Heath Blackmon

Also affiliated with Texas A&M University

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 4%percentile

0.879Author DataRank

Indexed papers

4in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

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An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 4 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

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The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution(2022)10.3389/fevo.2022.832378

Top 40%

0.476DataRank

Top 40%13 citations

Heath Blackmon, Carl E. Hjelmen, Magnolia W. Morelli

Papers

Driven by 31 papers — median percentile 36. Top paper: “Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2022”.

Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2022

Cytogenetic and Genome Research(2022)10.1159/000529376

N/A

0.877DataRank · unranked

53 citations

James M. Alfieri, Nick Anthony, Peter Arensburger, Giridhar Athrey, Jennifer Balacco +95 more

Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution(2022)10.3389/fevo.2022.832378

Top 40%

0.476DataRank

Top 40%13 citations

Heath Blackmon, Carl E. Hjelmen, Magnolia W. Morelli

Of Traits and Trees: Probabilistic Distances under Continuous Trait Models for Dissecting the Interplay among Phylogeny, Model, and Data

Systematic Biology(2021)10.1093/sysbio/syab009

N/A

0.341DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Heath Blackmon, Michael DeGiorgio, Richard H. Adams

A reference quality genome assembly for the jewel scarab Chrysina gloriosa

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2024)10.1093/g3journal/jkae084

Top 56%

0.292DataRank

Top 56%6 citations

Zachary Hoover, Carl E. Hjelmen, Michelle M. Jonika, Leslie T Blackmon, James M. Alfieri +5 more

Genome assembly of the southern pine beetle ( Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman) reveals the origins of gene content reduction in Dendroctonus

Royal Society Open Science(2024)10.1098/rsos.240755

Top 72%

0.111DataRank

Top 72%1 citations

Shelby Landa, Adekola Owoyemi, Michelle M. Jonika, James M. Alfieri, J. Spencer Johnston +8 more

Polly: An R package for genotyping microsatellites and detecting highly polymorphic DNA markers from short‐read data

Molecular Ecology Resources(2024)10.1111/1755-0998.13933

N/A

0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Dirk Eddelbuettel, Gil G. Rosenthal, Heath Blackmon, Annabel Perry

A Primer for Single-Cell Sequencing in Non-Model Organisms

Genes(2022)10.3390/genes13020380

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

26 citations

Guosong Wang, Michelle M. Jonika, C. A. Gill, Heath Blackmon, Giridhar Athrey +1 more

Effects of biological sex mismatch on neural progenitor cell transplantation for spinal cord injury in mice

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-33134-x

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

23 citations

Miriam Aceves, Prakruthi Amar Kumar, Gabrielle Dampf, Peyton Green, Ashley Tucker +8 more

Why not Y naught

Heredity(2022)10.1038/s41437-022-00543-z

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

James M. Alfieri, Terrence Sylvester, Andrew Riley Buhrow, Heath Blackmon, Michelle M. Jonika

Phylogenetics in space: How continuous spatial structure impacts tree inference

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution(2022)10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107505

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Emma S. Lehmberg, Heath Blackmon, Zachary B. Hancock

CaveCrawler: an interactive analysis suite for cavefish bioinformatics

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2022)10.1093/g3journal/jkac132

Top 100%

0DataRank

Top 100%0 citations

Suzanne E. McGaugh, Alex C. Keene, Heath Blackmon, Annabel Perry

Genomic investigation refutes record of most diverged avian hybrid

Ecology and Evolution(2023)10.1002/ece3.9689

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Taryn Johnson, Anna Linderholm, Heath Blackmon, Giridhar Athrey, James M. Alfieri

Tempo and Mode of Genome Structure Evolution in Insects

Genes(2023)10.3390/genes14020336

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Michelle M. Jonika, Jennifer N. Dulin, Heath Blackmon, James M. Alfieri

Domestication is associated with increased interspecific hybrid compatibility in landfowl (order: Galliformes)

Journal of Heredity(2023)10.1093/jhered/esad059

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Reina Hingoranee, Giridhar Athrey, Heath Blackmon, James M. Alfieri

Wright was right: leveraging old data and new methods to illustrate the critical role of epistasis in genetics and evolution

Evolution(2024)10.1093/evolut/qpae003

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Maximos Chin, Brian E. Fontenot, Sabyasachi Mandal, Thomas D. McKnight, Jeffery P. Demuth +2 more

Drift drives the evolution of chromosome number II: The impact of range size on genome evolution in Carnivora

Journal of Heredity(2024)10.1093/jhered/esae025

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Kayla Wilhoit, Maximos Chin, Abhimanyu Arekere, Heath Blackmon, Michelle M. Jonika

Drift drives the evolution of chromosome number I: The impact of trait transitions on genome evolution in Coleoptera

Journal of Heredity(2024)10.1093/jhered/esae001

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Michelle M. Jonika, James M. Alfieri, Leen Fardoun, Jeffery P. Demuth, Heath Blackmon

Worse than nothing at all: the inequality of fusions joining autosomes to the PAR and non-PAR portions of sex chromosomes

PeerJ(2024)10.7717/peerj.17740

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Emmarie P. Alexander, Heath Blackmon, Kayla Wilhoit

Genome assembly of the southern pine beetle ( Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman) reveals the origins of gene content reduction in Dendroctonus

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.05.08.592785

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Shelby Landa, Adekola Owoyemi, Michelle M. Jonika, Jamie Alfieri, Terrence Sylvester +8 more

Assessing the opportunity for selection to impact morphological traits in crosses between two Solanum species

PeerJ(2024)10.7717/peerj.17985

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Crystal Nava, Heath Blackmon, J. B. Burch

Functional synaptic connectivity of engrafted spinal cord neurons with hindlimb motor circuitry in the injured spinal cord

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-65395-7

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Angelina Baltazar, Jaclyn T. Eisdorfer, Joshua K. Thackray, K.N.C. Vo, Hannah Thomas +20 more

Drivers of achiasmatic meiosis: sexual antagonism versus heteromorphy-dependent aneuploidy across sex-chromosome divergence

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2025)10.1093/g3journal/jkaf217

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Heath Blackmon, Andres Barboza Pereira

Funding distributions, trends, gaps, and policy implications for spinal cord injury research: A systematic analysis of US federal funds

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.06.01.25328764

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Andrew Buxton, Bethany R. Kondiles, Miranda E. Leal-Garcia, Mia R. Pacheco, Ashley V. Tran +30 more

DirectRepeateR: An R package for annotating direct repeats in genome assemblies

F1000Research(2025)10.12688/f1000research.170810.1

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Andres Barboza, Joseph S. Romanowski, Zach N. Adelman, Heath Blackmon, Megan Copeland

Mode and Tempo of Microsatellite Evolution across 300 Million Years of Insect Evolution

Genes(2020)10.3390/genes11080945

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Johnathan Lo, Heath Blackmon, Michelle M. Jonika

Funding Distributions, Trends, Gaps, and Policy Implications for Spinal Cord Injury Research: A Systematic Analysis of U.S. Federal Funds

Journal of Neurotrauma(2025)10.1177/08977151251392895

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Andrew Buxton, Bethany R. Kondiles, Miranda E. Leal-Garcia, Mia R. Pacheco, Ashley V. Tran +30 more

Chromosome number evolves at equal rates in holocentric and monocentric clades

PLoS Genetics(2020)10.1371/journal.pgen.1009076

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

42 citations

Michelle M. Jonika, Claudio Casola, Heath Blackmon, Sarah N. Ruckman

The March of the Beetles: Epistatic Components Dominate Divergence in Dispersal Tendency in Tribolium castaneum

Journal of Heredity(2020)10.1093/jhered/esaa030

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Heath Blackmon, Sarah N. Ruckman

Ghosts of a Structured Past: Impacts of Ancestral Patterns of Isolation-by-Distance on Divergence-Time Estimation

Journal of Heredity(2020)10.1093/jhered/esaa042

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Heath Blackmon, Zachary B. Hancock

CaveCrawler: An interactive analysis suite for cavefish bioinformatics

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.12.01.470856

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Suzanne E. McGaugh, Alex C. Keene, Heath Blackmon, Annabel Perry

Simulation Tests of Methods in Evolution, Ecology, and Systematics: Pitfalls, Progress, and Principles

Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics(2022)10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102320-093722

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

27 citations

Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Heath Blackmon, Katie E. Lotterhos

Heath Blackmon

Indexed papers

Top data-sharing exemplar

Papers