Ward C. Wheeler

23.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
171 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Ward C. Wheeler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward C. Wheeler has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 85 papers in Genetics and 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ward C. Wheeler's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (78 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (48 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers). Ward C. Wheeler is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (78 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (48 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers). Ward C. Wheeler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Argentina. Ward C. Wheeler's co-authors include Gonzalo Giribet, James M. Carpenter, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Michael F. Whiting, Quentin D. Wheeler, Célio F. B. Haddad, Darrel R. Frost, Julián Faivovich, Rob DeSalle and Jonathan A. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology.

In The Last Decade

Ward C. Wheeler

166 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE

2006 1.7k citations Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich et al. profile →
Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

2008 1.4k citations Gregory D. Edgecombe, Ward C. Wheeler et al. profile →
The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology

1997 803 citations James M. Carpenter, Ward C. Wheeler et al. profile →
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION

2005 789 citations Julián Faivovich, Célio F. B. Haddad et al. profile →
Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

2009 555 citations Gregory D. Edgecombe, Ward C. Wheeler et al. profile →
OPTIMIZATION ALIGNMENT: THE END OF MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT IN PHYLOGENETICS?

1996 514 citations Ward C. Wheeler Cladistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ward C. Wheeler United States	63	6.6k	5.6k	5.5k	5.2k	4.1k	171	17.4k
David M. Hillis United States	58	5.4k 0.8×	8.3k 1.5×	7.2k 1.3×	4.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	140	21.6k
Gonzalo Giribet United States	75	5.4k 0.8×	6.6k 1.2×	5.1k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	7.1k 1.7×	396	19.9k
David L. Swofford United States	34	6.6k 1.0×	7.9k 1.4×	7.3k 1.3×	2.2k 0.4×	2.9k 0.7×	55	21.7k
Wayne P. Maddison Canada	52	9.6k 1.5×	7.3k 1.3×	10.1k 1.8×	2.6k 0.5×	4.9k 1.2×	134	24.0k
Paul van der Mark Netherlands	3	6.8k 1.0×	7.7k 1.4×	4.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	8	21.2k
Maxim Teslenko Sweden	8	6.7k 1.0×	7.7k 1.4×	4.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	19	21.2k
S. Blair Hedges United States	69	4.4k 0.7×	7.3k 1.3×	6.0k 1.1×	6.1k 1.2×	3.8k 0.9×	233	20.2k
Sebastian Höhna Germany	22	7.4k 1.1×	8.4k 1.5×	5.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	47	23.0k
Arnold G. Kluge United States	50	8.6k 1.3×	8.0k 1.4×	5.4k 1.0×	3.7k 0.7×	5.2k 1.3×	122	21.0k
Bret Larget United States	24	7.9k 1.2×	9.6k 1.7×	6.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.5×	2.6k 0.6×	41	25.4k

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Wheeler, Ward C. & Andrés Varón. (2025). Phylogenetic minimum description length: an optimality criterion based on algorithmic complexity. Cladistics. 41(2). 193–211.

Ballesteros, Jesús A., Carlos E. Santibáñez‐López, Caitlin M. Baker, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive Species Sampling and Sophisticated Algorithmic Approaches Refute the Monophyly of Arachnida. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(2). 61 indexed citations

Lyra, Mariana L., Thiago Ribeiro de Carvalho, Célio F. B. Haddad, et al.. (2022). A tale of two bellies: systematics of the oval frogs (Anura: Microhylidae:Elachistocleis). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 197(3). 545–568.

Huang, Jinlong, Yi Zhong, Alvin P. Makohon-Moore, et al.. (2022). Evidence for reduced BRCA2 functional activity in Homo sapiens after divergence from the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor. Cell Reports. 39(5). 110771–110771. 4 indexed citations

Orrico, Victor G. D., Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, et al.. (2020). The phylogeny of Dendropsophini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae). Cladistics. 37(1). 73–105. 26 indexed citations

Whiteley, Peter M., et al.. (2018). Revising the Bantu tree. Cladistics. 35(3). 329–348. 10 indexed citations

Clouse, Ronald M., Milan Janda, Benjamin S. Blanchard, et al.. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of Indo-Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 3 indexed citations

Faivovich, Julián, Célio F. B. Haddad, Délio Baêta, et al.. (2009). The phylogenetic relationships of the charismatic poster frogs, Phyllomedusinae (Anura, Hylidae). Cladistics. 26(3). 227–261. 118 indexed citations

Vinh, Lê Sỹ, Andrés Varón, Daniel Janies, & Ward C. Wheeler. (2007). Towards Phylogenomic Reconstruction.. 98–104. 2 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Ward C., Lone Aagesen, Claudia P. Arango, et al.. (2006). Dynamic homology and phylogenetic systematics: a unified approach using POY. KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas). 111 indexed citations

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Pickett, Kurt M., James M. Carpenter, & Ward C. Wheeler. (2006). Systematics of Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), with a phylogenetic consideration of Hamilton's haplodiploidy hypothesis. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 43. 390–406. 17 indexed citations

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DeSalle, Rob, Gonzalo Giribet, & Ward C. Wheeler. (2002). Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 105 indexed citations

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Giribet, Gonzalo, Ward C. Wheeler, & Jyrki Muona. (2002). DNA multiple sequence alignments. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 107–114. 31 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Ward C.. (2001). Homology and the Optimization of DNA Sequence Data. Cladistics. 17(1). 82 indexed citations

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Giribet, Gonzalo, Ward C. Wheeler, & Gregory D. Edgecombe. (1999). Sistemática y filogenia de artrópodos: estado de la cuestión con énfasis en análisis de datos moleculares. Boletín de la SEA. 197–212. 2 indexed citations

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Giribet, Gonzalo, Ward C. Wheeler, & Gregory D. Edgecombe. (1999). Filogenia de chilipoda: combinando secuencias de los genes ribosómicos 18S y 28S y morfología. Boletín de la SEA. 293–331. 5 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Ward C. & Cheryl Y. Hayashi. (1998). The Phylogeny of the Extant Chelicerate Orders. Cladistics. 14(2). 173–192. 275 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Ward C.. (1998). The Phylogeny of the Extant Chelicerate Orders. Cladistics. 14(2). 173–192. 16 indexed citations

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Bridge, Diane M., et al.. (1993). [4] Collection and storage of invertebrate samples. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 224. 51–65. 13 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Ward C.. (1990). NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE PHYLOGENY AND RANDOM OUTGROUPS. Cladistics. 6(4). 363–367. 211 indexed citations

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