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D-Index
92
Citations
40671
World Ranking
408
National Ranking
149

Scott V. Edwards 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 Scott V. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 269 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott V. Edwards 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 Scott V. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Scott V. Edwards is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily concentrating on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions to environmental science.

The scientist's work is notably represented across various specialized subfields, including genetics, molecular biology, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and paleontology.

Edwards has contributed extensively to topics such as genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, species distribution and climate change, animal behavior and reproduction, chromosomal and genetic variations, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and evolution and paleontology studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Nature
  • Science

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics," 2020, Nature
  • "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot," 2020, Science
  • "The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Digitization and the Future of Natural History Collections," 2020, BioScience
  • "The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution," 2020, Nature

Throughout their career, Edwards has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Timothy B. Sackton
  • Simon Yung Wa Sin
  • Bohao Fang
  • Alison Cloutier
  • Shaoyuan Wu

Scott V. Edwards has received recognition from multiple scientific associations. They became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the same year. In 2015, Edwards was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • DYNAMICS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA EVOLUTION IN ANIMALS: AMPLIFICATION AND SEQUENCING WITH CONSERVED PRIMERS

    T.D. Kocher;W.K. Thomas;A. Meyer;S.V. Edwards

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • IS A NEW AND GENERAL THEORY OF MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS EMERGING

    Scott V. Edwards

  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

    Guojie Zhang;Guojie Zhang;Cai Li;Qiye Li;Bo Li

  • Perspective: gene divergence, population divergence, and the variance in coalescence time in phylogeographic studies.

    Scott V. Edwards;Peter Beerli

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • The genome of a songbird

    Wesley C. Warren;David F. Clayton;Hans Ellegren;Arthur P. Arnold

  • The utility of single nucleotide polymorphisms in inferences of population history

    Robb T. Brumfield;Peter Beerli;Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott V. Edwards

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

    Jessica Alföldi;Federica Di Palma;Manfred Grabherr;Christina Williams

  • High-resolution species trees without concatenation

    Scott V. Edwards;Liang Liu;Liang Liu;Dennis K. Pearl

  • Estimating Divergence Times from Molecular Data on Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Timescales

    Brian S. Arbogast;Scott V. Edwards;John Wakeley;Peter Beerli

  • A maximum pseudo-likelihood approach for estimating species trees under the coalescent model

    Liang-Liang Liu;Lili Yu;Scott Edwards

  • Resolving conflict in eutherian mammal phylogeny using phylogenomics and the multispecies coalescent model.

    Sen Song;Liang Liu;Scott V. Edwards;Shaoyuan Wu;Shaoyuan Wu

  • Evolution and ecology of MHC molecules: from genomics to sexual selection

    Scott V. Edwards;Philip W. Hedrick

  • Estimating species phylogenies using coalescence times among sequences

    Liang Liu;Lili Yu;Dennis K. Pearl;Scott V. Edwards

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Coalescent methods for estimating phylogenetic trees.

    Liang Liu;Lili Yu;Laura S. Kubatko;Dennis K. Pearl

  • Multilocus phylogeography and phylogenetics using sequence-based markers.

    Patricia H. Brito;Patricia H. Brito;Scott V. Edwards

  • Mitochondrial resolution of a deep branch in the genealogical tree for perching birds.

    Scott V. Edwards;Peter Arctander;Allan Charles Wilson

  • Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics

    Scott V. Edwards;Zhenxiang Xi;Axel Janke;Brant C. Faircloth

  • Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: Amplification and sequencing with conserved primers (cytochrome b/12S ribosomal DNA/control region/evolutionary genetics/molecular phylogenies)

    T. D. Kocher;W. K. Thomas;A. Meyer;S. V. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang Liu
Liang Liu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Allan J. Baker
Allan J. Baker Royal Ontario Museum
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Julia A. Clarke
Julia A. Clarke The University of Texas at Austin
Robb T. Brumfield
Robb T. Brumfield Louisiana State University
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University

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