Ward B. Watt

4.6k total citations
62 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ward B. Watt is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward B. Watt has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Genetics, 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ward B. Watt's work include Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (14 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (11 papers). Ward B. Watt is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (14 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (11 papers). Ward B. Watt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Russia. Ward B. Watt's co-authors include Joel G. Kingsolver, Carol L. Boggs, Patrick A. Carter, Frances S. Chew, Christopher W. Wheat, Antony M. Dean, Peter C. Hoch, Bruce E. Tabashnik, Lee R. G. Snyder and Paul R. Ehrlich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ward B. Watt

60 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ward B. Watt United States 34 2.3k 1.9k 886 677 676 62 3.7k
R. Bijlsma Netherlands 35 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 650 1.0× 600 0.9× 81 4.1k
Orley R. Taylor United States 32 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 421 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 392 0.6× 79 3.1k
Masakado Kawata Japan 29 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 935 1.1× 494 0.7× 513 0.8× 155 2.8k
Leena Lindström Finland 35 2.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 797 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 327 0.5× 85 3.7k
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra United Kingdom 29 1.6k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 714 0.8× 472 0.7× 498 0.7× 59 3.6k
Paul Schmidt United States 37 1.2k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 705 1.0× 231 0.3× 79 4.0k
James D. Fry United States 33 1.6k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 620 0.7× 821 1.2× 386 0.6× 64 3.4k
William J. Etges United States 29 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 536 0.6× 992 1.5× 254 0.4× 74 2.3k
Jason E. Bond United States 39 1.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.9× 596 0.7× 271 0.4× 297 0.4× 127 5.0k
Lawrence E. Gilbert United States 46 5.2k 2.2× 4.0k 2.1× 696 0.8× 2.6k 3.8× 1.1k 1.7× 146 6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ward B. Watt

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All Works

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Hanly, Joseph J., Pasi Rastas, Anton Chichvarkhin, et al.. (2023). Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy. Science Advances. 9(12). eabq3713–eabq3713. 9 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., et al.. (2013). A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 9–9. 5 indexed citations
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DePasse, J. Mason, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary Genomics of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI) Introns. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 74(1-2). 96–111. 7 indexed citations
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Bonebrake, Timothy C., et al.. (2011). One variable species or multiple cryptic? Mitochondrial phylogeny of Central and North American Chlosyne lacinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). European Journal of Entomology. 108(4). 529–535. 8 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., et al.. (2009). Emergence of Complex Haplotypes from Microevolutionary Variation in Sequence and Structure of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 68(5). 433–447. 13 indexed citations
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Wheat, Christopher W., Ward B. Watt, David D. Pollock, & Patricia M. Schulte. (2005). From DNA to Fitness Differences: Sequences and Structures of Adaptive Variants of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(3). 499–512. 72 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., Christopher W. Wheat, Everett Meyer, & Jean‐François Martin. (2003). Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular–functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Molecular Ecology. 12(5). 1265–1275. 69 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., et al.. (1999). Flight-muscle adenylate pool responses to flight demands and thermal constraints in individual Colias eurytheme (Lepidoptera, pieridae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 202(22). 3145–3154. 20 indexed citations
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Pollock, David D., et al.. (1998). Molecular Phylogeny for Colias Butterflies and Their Relatives (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 91(5). 524–531. 36 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B.. (1995). Descent with modification: Evolutionary study of Colias in the tradition of Charles Remington. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B.. (1994). Allozymes in evolutionary genetics: self-imposed burden or extraordinary tool?. Genetics. 136(1). 11–16. 63 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., et al.. (1989). Testing the `Mimicry' Explanation for the Colias `alba' Polymorphism: Patterns of Co-Occurrence of Colias and Pierine Butterflies. Functional Ecology. 3(2). 193–193. 10 indexed citations
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Tsuji, Joyce S., Joel G. Kingsolver, & Ward B. Watt. (1986). Thermal physiological ecology of Colias butterflies in flight. Oecologia. 69(2). 161–170. 51 indexed citations
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Boggs, Carol L. & Ward B. Watt. (1981). Population structure of pierid butterflies IV. Genetic and physiological investment in offspring by male Colias. Oecologia. 50(3). 320–324. 145 indexed citations
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Tabashnik, Bruce E., et al.. (1981). Individual variation in oviposition preference in the butterfly, Colias eurytheme. Oecologia. 50(2). 225–230. 109 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., et al.. (1979). Population structure of pierid butterflies. Oecologia. 44(1). 44–52. 48 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B., et al.. (1977). Population structure of pierid butterflies. Oecologia. 27(1). 1–22. 206 indexed citations
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Sherman, Paul W. & Ward B. Watt. (1973). The thermal ecology of someColias butterfly larvae. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 83(1). 25–40. 74 indexed citations
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Watt, Ward B.. (1964). Pteridine Components of Wing Pigmentation in the Butterfly Colias eurytheme. Nature. 201(4926). 1326–1327. 39 indexed citations

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