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Michael S. Y. Lee

Michael S. Y. Lee

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
13382
World Ranking
1476
National Ranking
124

Michael S. Y. Lee publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Y. Lee sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 203 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Michael S. Y. Lee D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Y. Lee sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael S. Y. Lee is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia. Their research spans multiple aspects of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on paleontology and evolutionary biology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, the scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields such as:

  • Paleontology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The research topics they cover frequently involve:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Michael S. Y. Lee has published in a range of scholarly venues with repeated contributions to the following journals and platforms:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Nature
  • Molecular Ecology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Alessandro Palci
  • Alice M. Clement
  • John A. Long
  • Richard Cloutier
  • Michael W. Caldwell

Recent notable publications by Michael S. Y. Lee include:

  • "Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Lions and brown bears colonized North America in multiple synchronous waves of dispersal across the Bering Land Bridge," 2021, published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Plicidentine and the repeated origins of snake venom fangs," 2021, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo lagerstätte," 2022, published in Science
  • "The impact of molecular data on the phylogenetic position of the putative oldest crown crocodilian and the age of the clade," 2022, published in Biology Letters

Best Publications

  • Convergent evolution and character correlation in burrowing reptiles: towards a resolution of squamate relationships

    Michael S. Y. Lee

  • Calibration Choice, Rate Smoothing, and the Pattern of Tetrapod Diversification According to the Long Nuclear Gene RAG-1

    Andrew F. Hugall;Ralph Foster;Michael S. Y. Lee;Michael S. Y. Lee

  • Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution

    Kieren J. Mitchell;Bastien Llamas;Julien Soubrier;Nicolas J. Rawlence

  • The Influence of Rate Heterogeneity among Sites on the Time Dependence of Molecular Rates

    Julien Soubrier;Mike Steel;Michael S.Y. Lee;Clio Der Sarkissian

  • Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds

    Michael S. Y. Lee;Michael S. Y. Lee;Andrea Cau;Darren Naish;Gareth J. Dyke;Gareth J. Dyke

  • Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Habitat Preference Evolution of Marsupials

    Kieren J. Mitchell;Renae C. Pratt;Laura N. Watson;Gillian C. Gibb

  • The phylogeny of varanoid lizards and the affinities of snakes

    Michael S. Y. Lee

  • Snake phylogeny based on osteology, soft anatomy and ecology

    Michael S. Y. Lee;John D. Scanlon

  • A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East

    Michael W. Caldwell;Michael S. Y. Lee

  • Pareiasaur phylogeny and the origin of turtles

    Michael S. Y. Lee

  • Morphological Phylogenetics in the Genomic Age

    Michael S.Y. Lee;Michael S.Y. Lee;Alessandro Palci;Alessandro Palci

  • Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (Hydrophiinae): Evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations

    K.L. Sanders;M.S.Y. Lee;M.S.Y. Lee;Remko Leys;R. Foster

  • Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and the origin of compound eyes

    John R. Paterson;Diego C. García-Bellido;Michael S. Y. Lee;Michael S. Y. Lee;Glenn A. Brock

  • Rates of phenotypic and genomic evolution during the Cambrian explosion.

    Michael S.Y. Lee;Michael S.Y. Lee;Julien Soubrier;Gregory D. Edgecombe

  • Historical Burden In Systematics And The Interrelationships Of ‘Parareptiles’

    Michael S. Y. Lee

  • ADRIOSAURUS AND THE AFFINITIES OF MOSASAURS, DOLICHOSAURS, AND SNAKES

    Michael S. Y. Lee;Michael W. Caldwell

  • Species Names in Phylogenetic Nomenclature

    D. Philip Cantino;Harold N. Bryant;Kevin De Queiroz;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Molecular clock calibrations and metazoan divergence dates.

    Michael S.Y. Lee

  • Testing the relationship between morphological and molecular rates of change along phylogenies.

    Lindell Bromham;Lindell Bromham;Megan Woolfit;Megan Woolfit;Michael S. Y. Lee;Michael S. Y. Lee;Andrew Rambaut

  • The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes

    John D. Scanlon;John D. Scanlon;Michael S. Y. Lee

  • Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates

    J. R Merrick;M Archer;G. M Hickey;M. S. Y Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark N. Hutchinson
Mark N. Hutchinson South Australian Museum
Trevor H. Worthy
Trevor H. Worthy Flinders University
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Gregory D. Edgecombe Natural History Museum
John R. Paterson
John R. Paterson University of New England
James G. Gehling
James G. Gehling South Australian Museum
John A. Long
John A. Long Flinders University
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Michael Archer
Michael Archer University of New South Wales
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty Western Australian Museum

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