Systematic Biology

363.4k citations
3.7k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

Papers in

Systematic Biology

3.3k papers receiving 337.0k citations

Peers

Systematic Biology
Comparison fields: 5 of 238
  • Paleontology 75.1k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 119.7k
  • Ecological Modeling 25.6k
  • Genetics 116.9k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 49.5k
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Countries where authors publish in Systematic Biology

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Fields of papers published in Systematic Biology

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This network shows the impact of papers published in Systematic Biology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Systematic Biology.

About Systematic Biology

The 3.7k papers published in Systematic Biology in the last decades have received a total of 363.4k indexed citations . Papers published in Systematic Biology usually cover Paleontology (1.2k papers), Ecological Modeling (324 papers), Genetics (1.7k papers), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (908 papers) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (422 papers) specifically the topics of Genetic diversity and population structure (1.4k papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (1.2k papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (1.1k papers), Plant and animal studies (398 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (324 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (267 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (249 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (226 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Systematic Biology are Olivier Gascuel, Stéphane Guindon, John P. Huelsenbeck, Fredrik Ronquist, Wayne P. Maddison, John J. Wiens, David M. Hillis, James S. Farris, Marc A. Suchard and Maria Anisimova.

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