Washington Tapia

2.3k total citations
59 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Washington Tapia is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Washington Tapia has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 31 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Washington Tapia's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (29 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (12 papers). Washington Tapia is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (29 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (12 papers). Washington Tapia collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, United States and Canada. Washington Tapia's co-authors include James P. Gibbs, Adalgisa Caccone, José A. González, Carlos Montes, J. L. Rodríguez, Michael A. Russello, Gabriele Gentile, Howard L. Snell, Linda J. Cayot and Cruz Márquez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Washington Tapia

58 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Washington Tapia Ecuador 21 468 447 432 224 222 59 1.1k
Jonathan J. Fong South Korea 22 387 0.8× 247 0.6× 383 0.9× 302 1.3× 459 2.1× 91 1.5k
Sanjay Molur India 15 307 0.7× 245 0.5× 356 0.8× 239 1.1× 216 1.0× 45 962
Séverine Vuilleumier Switzerland 20 449 1.0× 406 0.9× 303 0.7× 258 1.2× 163 0.7× 40 1.1k
Laurent Schley United Kingdom 15 1.1k 2.4× 655 1.5× 238 0.6× 231 1.0× 233 1.0× 29 1.7k
Jaime A. Chaves United States 18 455 1.0× 348 0.8× 271 0.6× 403 1.8× 123 0.6× 54 1.1k
Haw Chuan Lim United States 20 561 1.2× 478 1.1× 238 0.6× 346 1.5× 183 0.8× 43 1.2k
Maxine P. Piggott Australia 21 1.3k 2.7× 650 1.5× 287 0.7× 156 0.7× 254 1.1× 35 1.7k
Oris I. Sanjur Panama 21 373 0.8× 558 1.2× 412 1.0× 446 2.0× 184 0.8× 30 1.7k
Elisa Bonaccorso Ecuador 20 440 0.9× 311 0.7× 327 0.8× 401 1.8× 324 1.5× 63 1.2k
Madhava Meegaskumbura Sri Lanka 18 293 0.6× 509 1.1× 352 0.8× 377 1.7× 729 3.3× 80 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Washington Tapia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Washington Tapia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Washington Tapia

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tapia, Washington & James P. Gibbs. (2023). Rewilding giant tortoises engineers plant communities at local to landscape scales. Conservation Letters. 16(4). 6 indexed citations
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Jensen, Evelyn L., Stephen J. Gaughran, Nikos Poulakakis, et al.. (2022). The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct. Communications Biology. 5(1). 546–546. 3 indexed citations
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Tapia, Washington & James P. Gibbs. (2022). Galapagos land iguanas as ecosystem engineers. PeerJ. 10. e12711–e12711. 2 indexed citations
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Jensen, Evelyn L., Maud C. Quinzin, Joshua M. Miller, et al.. (2022). A new lineage of Galapagos giant tortoises identified from museum samples. Heredity. 128(4). 261–270. 3 indexed citations
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Conrad, Cyler, Patrick D. Campbell, Addison H. Wynn, et al.. (2022). Galápagos tortoise stable isotope ecology and the 1850s Floreana Island Chelonoidis niger niger extinction. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 22187–22187. 1 indexed citations
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Hunter, Elizabeth A., James P. Gibbs, Linda J. Cayot, et al.. (2019). Seeking compromise across competing goals in conservation translocations: The case of the ‘extinct’ Floreana Island Galapagos giant tortoise. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(1). 136–148. 4 indexed citations
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Arteaga, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). Reptiles of the Galápagos: Life on the Enchanted Islands. 12 indexed citations
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Jensen, Evelyn L., Danielle L. Edwards, Ryan C. Garrick, et al.. (2018). Population genomics through time provides insights into the consequences of decline and rapid demographic recovery through head‐starting in a Galapagos giant tortoise. Evolutionary Applications. 11(10). 1811–1821. 21 indexed citations
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Drago, Massimiliano, Valentina Franco‐Trecu, Luís Cardona, et al.. (2016). Stable Isotopes Reveal Long-Term Fidelity to Foraging Grounds in the Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki). PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0147857–e0147857. 17 indexed citations
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Poulakakis, Nikos, Danielle L. Edwards, Ylenia Chiari, et al.. (2015). Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0138779–e0138779. 46 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James P., Elizabeth A. Hunter, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Washington Tapia, & Linda J. Cayot. (2014). Demographic Outcomes and Ecosystem Implications of Giant Tortoise Reintroduction to Española Island, Galapagos. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110742–e110742. 44 indexed citations
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Edwards, Danielle L., Ryan C. Garrick, Washington Tapia, & Adalgisa Caccone. (2014). Cryptic structure and niche divergence within threatened Galápagos giant tortoises from southern Isabela Island. Conservation Genetics. 15(6). 1357–1369. 11 indexed citations
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Gentile, Gabriele, et al.. (2013). Illegal wildlife trade in Galápagos: molecular tools help the taxonomic identification of confiscated iguanas and guide their rapid repatriation. Conservation Genetics Resources. 5(3). 867–872. 11 indexed citations
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Russello, Michael A., Nikos Poulakakis, James P. Gibbs, et al.. (2010). DNA from the Past Informs Ex Situ Conservation for the Future: An “Extinct” Species of Galápagos Tortoise Identified in Captivity. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8683–e8683. 32 indexed citations
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Costantini, David, Giacomo Dell’Omo, Stefania Paola De Filippis, et al.. (2009). Temporal and Spatial Covariation of Gender and Oxidative Stress in the Galápagos Land IguanaConolophus subcristatus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82(5). 430–437. 29 indexed citations
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Tzika, Athanasia C., Anna Fabiani, Howard L. Snell, et al.. (2008). Population genetics of Galápagos land iguana (genus Conolophus) remnant populations. Molecular Ecology. 17(23). 4943–4952. 43 indexed citations
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Carrión, Victor G., Christian Sevilla, & Washington Tapia. (2008). Management of introduced animals in Galapagos. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 4 indexed citations
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Milinkovitch, Michel C., Daniel Monteyne, Michael A. Russello, et al.. (2007). Giant Galápagos tortoises; molecular genetic analyses identify a trans-island hybrid in a repatriation program of an endangered taxon. BMC Ecology. 7(1). 2–2. 15 indexed citations
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Costantini, David, Giacomo Dell’Omo, Stefania Casagrande, et al.. (2005). Inter-population variation of carotenoids in Galápagos land iguanas (Conolophus subcristatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 142(2). 239–244. 23 indexed citations

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