Thomas J. Near

Thomas J. Near

Yale University

H-index: 62

North America-United States

About Thomas J. Near

Thomas J. Near, With an exceptional h-index of 62 and a recent h-index of 36 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Yale University, specializes in the field of ichthyology, fishes, evolution, systematics, speciation.

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

Species status and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Negros Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)

Identification of non-native populations and reconstruction of invasion routes in the Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus

The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis

A giant bowfin from a Paleocene hothouse ecosystem in North America

Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Reassignment of a junior synonym of Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864 to L. platostomus Rafinesque 1820

Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the Etheostoma nigrum complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma)

Species-Level Recognition and Redescription of the Kentucky Arrow Darter, Etheostoma spilotum Gilbert (Percidae: litocara)

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14586

Citations(since 2020)

5838

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11189

hIndex(all)

62

hIndex(since 2020)

36

i10Index(all)

129

i10Index(since 2020)

100

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Thomas J. Near Skills & Research Interests

ichthyology

fishes

evolution

systematics

speciation

Top articles of Thomas J. Near

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Publication Date

Species status and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Negros Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)

Ibis

John A Nash

Richard C Harrington

Kristof Zyskowski

Thomas J Near

Richard O Prum

2024/1/29

Identification of non-native populations and reconstruction of invasion routes in the Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus

Biological Invasions

Daemin Kim

Jeffrey W Simmons

Thomas J Near

2024/1/23

The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis

Evolution

Chase D Brownstein

Daniel J MacGuigan

Daemin Kim

Oliver Orr

Liandong Yang

...

2024/5/1

A giant bowfin from a Paleocene hothouse ecosystem in North America

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Chase Doran Brownstein

Thomas J Near

2024/4/29

Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Thomas J Near

Christine E Thacker

2024/4

Reassignment of a junior synonym of Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864 to L. platostomus Rafinesque 1820

Zootaxa

DANIEL SINOPOLI

THOMAS J NEAR

SOLOMON R DAVID

PROSANTA CHAKRABARTY

2024/3/27

Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the Etheostoma nigrum complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Daniel J MacGuigan

Oliver D Orr

Thomas J Near

2023/1/1

Species-Level Recognition and Redescription of the Kentucky Arrow Darter, Etheostoma spilotum Gilbert (Percidae: litocara)

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Matthew R Thomas

Rebecca E Blanton

Ava Ghezelayagh

Thomas J Near

2023/4

Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes

Evolution

Daniel J MacGuigan

Trevor J Krabbenhoft

Richard C Harrington

Dylan K Wainwright

Nathan JC Backenstose

...

2023/7/1

Systematics of the Stripetail Darter, Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam), and the Distinctiveness of the Upper Cumberland Endemic Etheostoma cumberlandicum Jordan and Swain

Ichthyology & Herpetology

Thomas J Near

Jeffrey W Simmons

Rex M Strange

Stephanie Brandt

Matthew R Thomas

...

2023/7/1

Phylogenetics and the Cenozoic radiation of lampreys

Current Biology

Chase Doran Brownstein

Thomas J Near

2023/1/23

Widespread sympatry in a species-rich clade of marine fishes (Carangoidei)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Jessica R Glass

Richard C Harrington

Peter F Cowman

Brant C Faircloth

Thomas J Near

2023/11/1

The biogeography of extant lungfishes traces the breakup of Gondwana

Journal of Biogeography

Chase Doran Brownstein

Richard C Harrington

Thomas J Near

2023/7

Dispersal sweepstakes: Biotic interchange propelled air‐breathing fishes across the globe

Journal of Biogeography

Richard C Harrington

Matthew Kolmann

Julia J Day

Brant C Faircloth

Matt Friedman

...

2023/12/27

Erosional exhumation of carbonate rock facilitates dispersal-mediated allopatric speciation in freshwater fishes

Evolution

Daemin Kim

Maya F Stokes

Sandy Ebersole

Thomas J Near

2023/11/1

Erosion of heterogeneous rock drives diversification of Appalachian fishes

Science

Maya F Stokes

Daemin Kim

Sean F Gallen

Edgar Benavides

Benjamin P Keck

...

2023/5/26

Investigating the impact of whole genome duplication on transposable element evolution in ray-finned fishes

bioRxiv

Rittika Mallik

Dusitn J Wcisel

Jeffrey A Yoder

Thomas J Near

Alex Dornburg

2023

Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Chase Doran Brownstein

Thomas J Near

2023/10/16

A New Species of Spottail Darter Endemic to the Clarks River in Kentucky and Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Etheostoma)

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Julia E Wood

Richard C Harrington

Zachariah D Alley

Matthew R Thomas

Jeffrey W Simmons

...

2023/4

Phylogenomics of the Ancient and Species-Depauperate Gars Tracks 150 Million Years of Continental Fragmentation in the Northern Hemisphere

Systematic Biology

Chase Doran Brownstein

Liandong Yang

Matt Friedman

Thomas J Near

2023/1/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 83
Peter C Wainwright

Peter C Wainwright

University of California, Davis

H-index: 69
Michael Turelli

Michael Turelli

University of California, Davis

H-index: 63
Michael E. Alfaro

Michael E. Alfaro

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 56
Brant C. Faircloth

Brant C. Faircloth

Louisiana State University

H-index: 46
Matt Friedman

Matt Friedman

University of Michigan-Dearborn

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