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77
Citations
22073
World Ranking
4764
National Ranking
2307

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James L. Patton is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Within these main fields, their work focuses on several subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Heredity
  • Journal of Special Operations Medicine
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering
  • Science

James L. Patton has contributed to several recent scientific papers showing the diversity of topics and collaborations, including:

  • Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities, 2021, Science
  • Specimen collection is essential for modern science, 2023, PLoS Biology
  • A new living species of degu, genus Octodon (Hystricomorpha: Octodontidae), 2020, Journal of Mammalogy
  • Thermal adaptation of pelage in desert rodents balances cooling and insulation, 2022, Evolution
  • Taxonomic reassessment of the Little pocket mouse, Perognathus longimembris (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) of southern California and northern Baja California, 2023, Therya

They frequently collaborate with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include Michael W. Nachman, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Chris J. Conroy, Merly Escalona, and Colin W Fairbairn.

James L. Patton has been recognized with fellowships, including Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) awarded in 2018 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA

    Craig Moritz;James L. Patton;Chris J. Conroy;Juan L. Parra

  • DIVERSIFICATION OF RAINFOREST FAUNAS: An Integrated Molecular Approach

    C. Moritz;J. L. Patton;C. J. Schneider;T. B. Smith

  • Center of mass velocity-position predictions for balance control

    Yi-Chung Pai;James Patton

  • The diversification of South American murid rodents: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence data for the akodontine tribe

    Margaret F. Smith;James L. Patton

  • Rapid speciation and chromosomal evolution in mammals.

    G L Bush;S M Case;A C Wilson;J L Patton

  • MAMMALS OF THE RIO JURUÁ AND THE EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION OF AMAZONIA

    James L. Patton;Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva;Jay R. Malcolm

  • Evaluation of robotic training forces that either enhance or reduce error in chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors.

    James L. Patton;Mary Ellen Stoykov;Mark Kovic;Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi

  • Genetic footprints of demographic expansion in North America, but not Amazonia, during the Late Quaternary.

    Enrique P. Lessa;Joseph A. Cook;James L. Patton

  • Phylogenetic Relationships and the Radiation of Sigmodontine Rodents in South America: Evidence from Cytochrome b

    Margaret F. Smith;James L. Patton

  • Chromosome Studies of Certain Pocket Mice Genus Perognathus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae)

    James L. Patton

  • Life Underground: The Biology Of Subterranean Rodents

    Eileen A. Lacey;James L. Patton;Guy N. Cameron

  • Lista anotada dos mamíferos do Brasil

    Adriano P. Paglia;Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca;Anthony B. Rylands;Gisela Herrmann

  • Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species

    Claude Gascon;Jay R. Malcolm;James L. Patton;Maria N. F. da Silva

  • Robot-assisted adaptive training: custom force fields for teaching movement patterns

    J.L. Patton;F.A. Mussa-Ivaldi

  • Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the neotropical cricetine complex

    Alfred L. Gardner;James Patton

  • Variation in mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence in natural populations of South American akodontine rodents (Muridae: Sigmodontinae).

    M F Smith;J L Patton

  • GENE GENEALOGY AND DIFFERENTIATION AMONG ARBOREAL SPINY RATS (RODENTIA: ECHIMYIDAE) OF THE AMAZON BASIN: A TEST OF THE RIVERINE BARRIER HYPOTHESIS.

    James L. Patton;Maria Nazareth F. da Silva;Maria Nazareth F. da Silva;Jay R. Malcolm

  • Molecular phylogeography and the evolution and conservation of Amazonian mammals

    Maria Nazareth F. Da Silva;James L. Patton

  • Static versus dynamic predictions of protective stepping following waist-pull perturbations in young and older adults

    Yi-Chung Pai;Mark W. Rogers;James Patton;Thomas D. Cain

  • GENETIC VARIATION IN THOMOMYS BOTTAE POCKET GOPHERS: MACROGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS.

    James L. Patton;Suh Y. Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi
Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi Northwestern University
Michael A. Peshkin
Michael A. Peshkin Northwestern University
Robert V. Kenyon
Robert V. Kenyon University of Illinois at Chicago
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Jay R. Malcolm
Jay R. Malcolm University of Toronto
Robert J. Baker
Robert J. Baker Texas Tech University
Guillermo D'Elía
Guillermo D'Elía Austral University of Chile
J.E. Colgate
J.E. Colgate Northwestern University
William Z. Rymer
William Z. Rymer Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Enrique P. Lessa
Enrique P. Lessa University of the Republic

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