Robert Thomson

Robert Thomson

University of Hawaii at Manoa

H-index: 33

North America-United States

About Robert Thomson

Robert Thomson, With an exceptional h-index of 33 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Hawaii at Manoa, specializes in the field of Evolutionary Biology, Phylogenetics, Herpetology, Conservation Biology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Expected Behaviors of Posterior Predictive Tests and Their Unexpected Interpretation

Testing concordance and conflict in spatial replication of landscape genetics inferences

Biogeographic inferences across spatial and evolutionary scales

On the Origin and Current Distribution of the Oceania Snake-Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Temperate zone isolation by climate: an extension of Janzen’s 1967 hypothesis

The evolutionary network of whiptail lizards reveals predictable outcomes of hybridization

On the Need for New Measures of Phylogenomic Support

Divergence Dating and Biogeography of Xenosauridae Including Fossils as Terminal Taxa

Robert Thomson Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Biology

Citations(all)

3175

Citations(since 2020)

1553

Cited By

2186

hIndex(all)

33

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

45

i10Index(since 2020)

39

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Robert Thomson Skills & Research Interests

Evolutionary Biology

Phylogenetics

Herpetology

Conservation Biology

Top articles of Robert Thomson

The Expected Behaviors of Posterior Predictive Tests and Their Unexpected Interpretation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

2024/3

Testing concordance and conflict in spatial replication of landscape genetics inferences

Molecular Ecology

2023/8/21

Biogeographic inferences across spatial and evolutionary scales

Molecular Ecology

2023/3/25

On the Origin and Current Distribution of the Oceania Snake-Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Pacific Science

2023/1

Temperate zone isolation by climate: an extension of Janzen’s 1967 hypothesis

American Naturalist

2023/2

The evolutionary network of whiptail lizards reveals predictable outcomes of hybridization

Science

2022/8/11

On the Need for New Measures of Phylogenomic Support

Systematic Biology

2022/1/28

Divergence Dating and Biogeography of Xenosauridae Including Fossils as Terminal Taxa

Journal of Herpetology

2022

Genetic diversity and the origins of parthenogenesis in the teiid lizard Aspidoscelis laredoensis

Molecular Ecology

2022/1

A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2021/2/16

A new diploid parthenogenetic whiptail lizard from Sonora, Mexico is the ‘missing link’ in the evolutionary transition to polyploidy

The American Naturalist

2021/8/1

A watershed moment: Analysis of sub-basins refocuses the geography of turtle conservation across the globe

Biological Conservation

2021

Properties of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Performance across Many Empirical Alignments

Molecular Biology and Evolution

2021/4

Phylogenomics reveals ancient gene tree discordance in the amphibian tree of life

Systematic Biology

2021/1

Model-Based Species Delimitation: Are Coalescent Species Reproductively Isolated?

Systematic Biology

2020

Genomic differentiation in an endemic Philippine genus (Aves: Sarcophanops) owing to geographical isolation on recently disassociated islands

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

2020/12/1

Morphological Change during Rapid Population Expansion Confounds Leopard Frog Identifications in the Southwestern United States

Copeia

2020/7

Ecological variability is associated with functional trait diversity in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

2020/1/30

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