Will Goodall-Copestake

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland

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Author Impact Score

Custom 3-year author impact calculator based on citations and indexed documents.

47.33

Author impact score

568 Citations 2024 - 2026

12 Documents 2024 - 2026

Total Citations

1,891

Scholar + author-added

H-Index

21

research impact

I10-Index

30

quality score

Articles Found

49

merged research works

Top Performing Year

2025

232 citations

Tier

T2

CiteScore rank tier

Author CiteScore

47.33

Upward trend

Avg Citations / Year

84.55

yearly average

Citations / Article

38.59

impact efficiency

Citation Trend

208

Declining trend

Most Cited Article

On the comparison of population-level e...

222 citations

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Top citation year was 2025 with 232 citations. Average citations per year stand at 84.55. Each indexed article contributes around 38.59 citations on average. Latest Author Impact Score for 2026 is 47.33, indicating a upward trend. Current H-index is 21 and I10-index is 30. Most cited article currently has 222 citations. Recent yearly citation pattern indicates a declining trend.

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20 Years

Most Cited

222 Citations

Year: 2012

On the comparison of population-level estimates of haplotype and nucleotide diversity: a case study using the gene cox1 in animals

WP Goodall-Copestake, GA Tarling, EJ Murphy

Heredity 109 (1), 50-56, 2012

Yearly Citations

Author year-wise citation data

Year	Citations
2026	208
2025	232
2024	128
2023	100
2022	160
2021	126
2020	118
2019	90
2018	86
2017	96
2016	99
2015	80
2014	75
2013	64
2012	55
2011	44
2010	30
2009	24
2008	14
2007	11
2006	13
2005	7

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Author citation trend

22 Years

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#	Article Details	Year
1	On the comparison of population-level estimates of haplotype and nucleotide diversity: a case study using the gene cox1 in animals Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake, GA Tarling, EJ Murphy 📚 Heredity 109 (1), 50-56, 2012	2012
2	Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RE Shaw, KA Farquharson, MW Bruford, DJ Coates, CP Elliott, J Mergeay, ... 📚 Nature 638, 704–710, 2025	2025
3	Phylum Tardigrada: an “individual” approach Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 CJ Sands, SJ McInnes, NJ Marley, WP Goodall‐Copestake, P Convey, ... 📚 Cladistics 24 (6), 861-871, 2008	2008
4	Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic marine protected areas Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 DKA Barnes, SA Morley, J Bell, P Brewin, K Brigden, M Collins, T Glass, ... 📚 Current Biology 28 (19), R1137-R1138, 2018	2018
5	Do farmers reduce genetic diversity when they domesticate tropical trees? A case study from Amazonia Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 PM Hollingsworth, IK Dawson, WP Goodall‐Copestake, JE Richardson, ... 📚 Molecular Ecology 14 (2), 497-501, 2005	2005
6	Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of early life traits in a cooperative mammal Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 JF Nielsen, S English, WP Goodall‐Copestake, J Wang, CA Walling, ... 📚 Molecular Ecology 21 (11), 2788-2804, 2012	2012
7	Molecular markers and ex situ conservation of the European elms (Ulmus spp.) Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake, ML Hollingsworth, PM Hollingsworth, GI Jenkins, ... 📚 Biological Conservation 122 (4), 537-546, 2005	2005
8	Differential gene expression during the moult cycle of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 PJ Seear, GA Tarling, G Burns, WP Goodall-Copestake, E Gaten, ... 📚 BMC genomics 11 (1), 582, 2010	2010
9	Genetic diversity and population structure of Scottish Highland red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations: a mitochondrial survey Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 S Pérez-Espona, FJ Pérez-Barbería, WP Goodall-Copestake, CD Jiggins, ... 📚 Heredity 102 (2), 199-210, 2009	2009
10	The early evolution of the mega-diverse genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) inferred from organelle DNA phylogenies Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake, S Pérez-Espona, DJ Harris, PM Hollingsworth 📚 Biological journal of the Linnean society 101 (2), 243-250, 2010	2010
11	Swarms of diversity at the gene cox1 in Antarctic krill Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake, S Perez-Espona, MS Clark, EJ Murphy, PJ Seear, ... 📚 Heredity 104 (5), 513-518, 2010	2010
12	The origin of a mega-diverse genus: dating Begonia (Begoniaceae) using alternative datasets, calibrations and relaxed clock methods Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake, DJ Harris, PM Hollingsworth 📚 Botanical journal of the linnean society 159 (3), 363-380, 2009	2009
13	Inhibitory effects of climate change on the growth and extracellular enzyme activities of a widespread Antarctic soil fungus Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 M Misiak, WP Goodall‐Copestake, TH Sparks, MR Worland, L Boddy, ... 📚 Global Change Biology 27 (5), 1111-1125, 2021	2021
14	An introduction to the biology of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars) Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 GA Tarling, NS Ensor, T Fregin, WP Goodall-Copestake, P Fretwell 📚 Advances in marine biology 57, 1-40, 2010	2010
15	The evolution of diversity in Begonia Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 S Neale, W Goodall-Copestake, CA Kidner 📚 Floriculture, ornamental and plant biotechnology 4, 606-611, 2006	2006
16	Charting a course for genetic diversity in the UN Decade of Ocean Science Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 AI Thomson, FI Archer, MA Coleman, G Gajardo, WP Goodall‐Copestake, ... 📚 Evolutionary Applications 14 (6), 1497-1518, 2021	2021
17	Multiple late‐Pleistocene colonisation events of the Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) reveal the recent arrival of native Antarctic … Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 EM Biersma, C Torres‐Díaz, MA Molina‐Montenegro, KK Newsham, ... 📚 Journal of Biogeography 47 (8), 1663-1673, 2020	2020
18	Exploring Pandora's box: potential and pitfalls of low coverage genome surveys for evolutionary biology Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 F Leese, P Brand, A Rozenberg, C Mayer, S Agrawal, J Dambach, L Dietz, ... 📚 PLoS One 7 (11), e49202, 2012	2012
19	Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 PJ Seear, WP Goodall-Copestake, AH Fleming, E Rosato, GA Tarling 📚 Marine Ecology Progress Series 467, 61-75, 2012	2012
20	Extremophiles in an Antarctic marine ecosystem Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 I Dickinson, W Goodall-Copestake, MAS Thorne, T Schlitt, ... 📚 Microorganisms 4 (1), 8, 2016	2016
21	Experimental warming increases fungal alpha diversity in an oligotrophic maritime Antarctic soil Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 KK Newsham, M Misiak, WP Goodall-Copestake, MS Dahl, L Boddy, ... 📚 Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 1050372, 2022	2022
22	The molecular evolution of spiggin nesting glue in sticklebacks Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 PJ Seear, E Rosato, WP Goodall‐Copestake, I Barber 📚 Molecular Ecology 24 (17), 4474-4488, 2015	2015
23	A set of polymorphic microsatellites for Vochysia ferruginea, a promising tree for land reclamation in the Neotropics Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 AJ Lowe, WP Goodall‐Copestake, H Caron, A Kremer, S Decroocq 📚 Molecular Ecology Notes 2 (2), 153-155, 2002	2002
24	Novel polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the yellow waterlily, Nuphar lutea. Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 O NJ, GC WP, E JT 📚 Molecular ecology 9 (4), 497, 2000	2000
25	First assessment of MHC diversity in wild Scottish red deer populations Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 S Pérez-Espona, WP Goodall-Copestake, A Savirina, J Bobovikova, ... 📚 European Journal of Wildlife Research 65 (2), 22, 2019	2019
26	nrDNA:mtDNA copy number ratios as a comparative metric for evolutionary and conservation genetics Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake 📚 Heredity 121 (2), 105-111, 2018	2018
27	One tunic but more than one barcode: evolutionary insights from dynamic mitochondrial DNA in Salpa thompsoni (Tunicata: Salpida) Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake 📚 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120 (3), 637-648, 2017	2017
28	Mycothalli of the hepatic Barbilophozia hatcheri in Antarctica: distribution and identities of mycobionts Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 KK Newsham, WP Goodall-Copestake, R Ochyra, J Váňa 📚 Fungal Ecology 11, 91-99, 2014	2014
29	The “Trojan horse” strategy: Seed fungal endophyte symbiosis helps to explain the invasion success of the grass, Poa annua, in Maritime Antarctica Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 MA Molina‐Montenegro, GI Ballesteros, IS Acuña‐Rodríguez, ... 📚 Diversity and Distributions 29 (11), 1432-1444, 2023	2023
30	Morphological and molecular characterization of salps (Thalia spp.) from the Tristan da Cunha archipelago Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WP Goodall-Copestake 📚 Journal of Plankton Research 36 (3), 883-888, 2014	2014
31	The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) under current and future climate change scenarios Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 IS Acuña-Rodríguez, KK Newsham, P Convey, EM Biersma, ... 📚 Soil Biology and Biochemistry 188, 109249, 2024	2024
32	Historical mitogenomic diversity and population structuring of southern hemisphere fin whales Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 DL Buss, LM Atmore, MH Zicos, WP Goodall-Copestake, S Brace, ... 📚 Genes 14 (5), 1038, 2023	2023
33	Resolving phylogenetic and taxonomic conflict in Begonia Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 WH Ardi, L Campos-Dominguez, KF Chung, WK Dong, E Drinkwater, ... 📚 Edinburgh Journal of Botany 79 (Special Issue), 1928, 2022	2022
34	Army imposters: diversification of army ant-mimicking beetles with their Eciton hosts Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 S Pérez-Espona, WP Goodall-Copestake, SM Berghoff, KJ Edwards, ... 📚 Insectes Sociaux 65 (1), 59-75, 2018	2018
35	Comparative phylogeography, a tool to increase assessment efficiency of polar assemblage resilience and vulnerability Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 CJ Sands, WP Goodall-Copestake, S Stöhr, BE Narayanaswamy, ... 📚 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1409618, 2024	2024
36	The taxonomic identity and distribution of the eel cod Muraenolepis (Gadiformes: Muraenolepididae) around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 E Fitzcharles, PR Hollyman, WP Goodall-Copestake, JS Maclaine, ... 📚 Polar Biology 44 (4), 637-651, 2021	2021
37	The Role of Community Science in DNA‐Based Biodiversity Monitoring Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 C Corrales, K Bacela‐Spychalska, E Buzan, T Ekrem, S Ferreira, ... 📚 Molecular Ecology, e70100, 2025	2025
38	Biogeography of the oceans Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 C Halsband, S Ahyong, A Brandt, K Kosobokova, P Ward, ... 📚 The natural history of the Crustacea, 121-154, 2020	2020
39	Use of emerging technologies to help measure fjordic biodiversity and blue carbon: mini-manned submarines and autonomous underwater vehicle swarms Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 DKA Barnes, W Goodall-Copestake, K Weller, A Durrent, T Souster, ... 📚 Carbon Footprints 2, 2023	2023
40	Phylogenetic analysis of Ruprechtia Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RT Pennington, CA Pendry, W Goodall-Copestake, S O'Sullivan 📚 Systematic Botany Monographs, 2004	2004
41	The diverse and widespread Southern Ocean ophiuroid Amphiura belgicae should be considered a species complex Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 CJ Sands, WP Goodall-Copestake, S Stöhr, BE Narayanaswamy, ... 📚 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1416418, 2024	2024
42	Historical niche partitioning of baleen whales in the western South Atlantic Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 D Buss, T O'Connell, S Evans, C Kneale, J Osborn, L Atmore, A Sremba, ... 📚 Marine Ecology Progress Series 765, 115-136, 2025	2025
43	Liverworts frequently form mycothalli on Spitsbergen in the High Arctic Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 KK Newsham, WP Goodall-Copestake 📚 Polar Research 40, 2021	2021
44	What’s inside the net? insights into fish bycatch diversity in the Antarctic krill fishery Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 ML Romero Martínez, WDK Reid, MA Collins, KL Treviño Cuellar, ... 📚 Polar Biology 49 (1), 24, 2026	2026
45	And then there were many: insights from the tangled taxonomy of the Antarctic brittle star Ophioplinthus gelida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 CJ Sands, T O'Hara, A Guzzi, W Goodall-Copestake, P Convey, ... 📚 Frontiers in Marine Science 12, 1615695, 2025	2025
46	Climate Change Projected to Double the Richness and Abundance of Soilborne Phytopathogenic Fungi in Southern Maritime Antarctica Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 KK Newsham, EM Biersma, IS Acuña‐Rodríguez, GI Ballesteros, ... 📚 Global Change Biology 32 (5), e70885, 2026	2026
47	Empowering national capacity for DNA-based approach to species identification and biodiversity monitoring Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 E Kaitetzidou, P Gadawski, WP Goodall-Copestake, G Dankova, ... 📚 Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 10, e183268, 2026	2026
48	Species Identification, Discovery and Biomonitoring: Strategic Priorities for the International Barcode of Life in Europe, Set in a Global Context Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 PM Hollingsworth, K Fantoni, D Koureas, M Arakelyan, FA Aravanopoulos, ... 📚 Bioscience, 2026	2026
49	A cosmopolitan Serendipita forms mycothalli with sub-Antarctic leafy liverworts Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 KK Newsham, GW Foot, CJ Sands, WP Goodall-Copestake 📚 Fungal Biology 128 (8), 2355-2364, 2024	2024

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