A. Jonathan Shaw

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

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A. Jonathan Shaw is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Jonathan Shaw has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 123 papers in Plant Science and 60 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in A. Jonathan Shaw's work include Bryophyte Studies and Records (127 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (115 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (75 papers). A. Jonathan Shaw is often cited by papers focused on Bryophyte Studies and Records (127 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (115 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (75 papers). A. Jonathan Shaw collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Germany. A. Jonathan Shaw's co-authors include Bernard Goffinet, Cymon J. Cox, Sandra B. Boles, Blanka Shaw, Matthew G. Johnson, Péter Szövényi, Stuart F. McDaniel, Norman J. Wickett, Alain Vanderpoorten and Rafael Medina and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

A. Jonathan Shaw

143 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Jonathan Shaw United States	43	4.7k	4.0k	1.6k	841	411	146	5.7k
Bernard Goffinet United States	40	4.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	880 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	298 0.7×	182	5.7k
Alain Vanderpoorten Belgium	40	3.6k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	955 0.6×	305 0.4×	358 0.9×	173	4.4k
Anne K. Brysting Norway	30	1.5k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	636 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	975 2.4×	65	3.5k
Jochen Heinrichs Germany	39	4.6k 1.0×	3.6k 0.9×	258 0.2×	505 0.6×	143 0.3×	197	4.9k
Terry A. Hedderson South Africa	31	2.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	598 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	615 1.5×	102	3.9k
Jeffrey G. Duckett United Kingdom	45	4.2k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	719 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	94 0.2×	201	6.4k
Karen S. Renzaglia United States	34	2.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	381 0.2×	1.3k 1.6×	127 0.3×	127	3.9k
C. A. Stace United Kingdom	28	2.0k 0.4×	2.4k 0.6×	638 0.4×	717 0.9×	352 0.9×	92	4.0k
Robert J. Soreng United States	31	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	208 0.1×	1.1k 1.3×	523 1.3×	123	3.9k
Stuart F. McDaniel United States	28	1.4k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	538 0.3×	530 0.6×	494 1.2×	78	2.3k

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Little, Damon P., Blanka Aguero, A. Jonathan Shaw, & Michael Tessler. (2025). AI for difficult herbarium specimens: identification of peat mosses (subgenus Sphagnum) without dissection. New Phytologist.

Aguero, Blanka, et al.. (2024). Parallel patterns of genetic diversity and structure in circumboreal species of the Sphagnum capillifolium complex. American Journal of Botany. 111(5). e16348–e16348. 2 indexed citations

Carrell, Alyssa A., Daniel J. Wieczynski, A. Jonathan Shaw, et al.. (2024). Temperature and CO₂ interactively drive shifts in the compositional and functional structure of peatland protist communities. Global Change Biology. 30(3). e17203–e17203. 6 indexed citations

Piatkowski, Bryan, David J. Weston, Blanka Aguero, et al.. (2023). Divergent selection and climate adaptation fuel genomic differentiation between sister species of Sphagnum (peat moss). Annals of Botany. 132(3). 499–512. 6 indexed citations

Wieczynski, Daniel J., Stefan Geisen, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, et al.. (2023). Viral infections likely mediate microbial controls on ecosystem responses to global warming. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(3). 12 indexed citations

Carrell, Alyssa A., Travis J. Lawrence, Kristine Grace M. Cabugao, et al.. (2022). Habitat‐adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience to warming. New Phytologist. 234(6). 2111–2125. 32 indexed citations

Medina, Rafael, Matthew G. Johnson, Yang Liu, et al.. (2019). Phylogenomic delineation of Physcomitrium (Bryophyta: Funariaceae) based on targeted sequencing of nuclear exons and their flanking regions rejects the retention of Physcomitrella, Physcomitridium and Aphanorrhegma. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 57(4). 404–417. 65 indexed citations

Laenen, Benjamin, Jairo Patiño, Anders Hagborg, et al.. (2018). Evolutionary origin of the latitudinal diversity gradient in liverworts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 606–612. 17 indexed citations

Kostka, Joel E., David J. Weston, Jennifer B. Glass, et al.. (2016). The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage. New Phytologist. 211(1). 57–64. 111 indexed citations

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Carter, Benjamin E., Juan Larraín, Blanka Shaw, et al.. (2016). Species delimitation and biogeography of a southern hemisphere liverwort clade, Frullania subgenus Microfrullania (Frullaniaceae, Marchantiophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107. 16–26. 25 indexed citations

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Konrat, Matt von, A. Jonathan Shaw, & Karen S. Renzaglia. (2014). A special issue of Phytotaxa dedicated to Bryophytes: The closest living relatives of early land plants. Phytotaxa. 9(1). 5–10. 12 indexed citations

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Szövényi, Péter, Sebastian Sundberg, & A. Jonathan Shaw. (2012). Long‐distance dispersal and genetic structure of natural populations: an assessment of the inverse isolation hypothesis in peat mosses. Molecular Ecology. 21(22). 5461–5472. 46 indexed citations

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Devos, Nicolas, Matt A. M. Renner, S. Robbert Gradstein, et al.. (2011). Evolution of sexual systems, dispersal strategies and habitat selection in the liverwort genus Radula. New Phytologist. 192(1). 225–236. 41 indexed citations

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Kreier, Hans‐Peter, Kathrin Feldberg, Andrea Bombosch, et al.. (2010). Phylogeny of the leafy liverwort Ptilidium: Cryptic speciation and shared haplotypes between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(3). 1260–1267. 55 indexed citations

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Vanderpoorten, Alain, Sandra B. Boles, & A. Jonathan Shaw. (2009). Patterns of Molecular and Morphological Variation in Leucobryum albidum, L. glaucum, and L. juniperoideum (Bryopsida). Systematic Botany. 28(4). 651–656. 10 indexed citations

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Feldberg, Kathrin, Jiří Váňa, David G. Long, et al.. (2009). A phylogeny of Adelanthaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers, with comments on classification, cryptic speciation and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(1). 293–304. 55 indexed citations

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Karlin, Eric F., Sandra B. Boles, & A. Jonathan Shaw. (2008). Systematics of Sphagnum section Sphagnum in New Zealand: A microsatellite‐based analysis. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 46(2). 105–118. 25 indexed citations

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Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cymon J. Cox, & Sandra B. Boles. (2003). Polarity of peatmoss (Sphagnum) evolution: who says bryophytes have no roots?. American Journal of Botany. 90(12). 1777–1787. 118 indexed citations

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Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cymon J. Cox, & Sandra B. Boles. (2003). Global patterns in peatmoss biodiversity. Molecular Ecology. 12(10). 2553–2570. 35 indexed citations

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Shaw, A. Jonathan & Hannah L. Owens. (1995). Ecological and experimental studies on the "copper mosses': Mielichhoferia elongata (Bryaceae) and Scopelophila cataractae (Pottiaceae). Digital Collections - Ithaca College Library (Ithaca College). 40(1). 519. 7 indexed citations

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