Alberto Vicentini

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alberto Vicentini is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Vicentini has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alberto Vicentini's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). Alberto Vicentini is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (19 papers). Alberto Vicentini collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Panama. Alberto Vicentini's co-authors include Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Janet C. Barber, Sandra S. Aliscioni, Liliana M. Giussani, Mario Cohn‐Haft, J. Marion Adeney, Norman L. Christensen, Flávia Machado Durgante, Lílian Costa Procópio and Lúcia G. Lohmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Vicentini

56 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Flora da Reserva Ducke - guia de identificação das planta... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Flora da Reserva Ducke - guia de identificação das plantas vasculares de uma floresta de terra-firme na Amazônia Central
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Peers

Alberto Vicentini
Colin A. Pendry United Kingdom
Alexander N. Schmidt‐Lebuhn Australia
Bonaventure Sonké Cameroon
David J. Harris United Kingdom
José G. García‐Franco Mexico
Ib Friis Denmark
Nawal Shrestha China
Rodolphe Spichiger Switzerland
José Pires de Lemos-Filho Brazil
Rob D. Smissen New Zealand
Colin A. Pendry United Kingdom
Alberto Vicentini
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alberto Vicentini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Vicentini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alberto Vicentini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alberto Vicentini based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alberto Vicentini. Alberto Vicentini is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Escada, Maria Isabel Sobral, Alan Carvalho Andrade, Susan G. W. Laurance, et al.. (2024). Degradation exposure scenario in the Brazilian Amazon: Edge effect on hyperdominant C-cycle tree species. Forest Ecology and Management. 562. 121926–121926. 1 indexed citations
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Ribas, Camila C., Fabiano do Nascimento Pupim, Naomi Porat, et al.. (2024). Origin of sandy substrates controlling the distribution of open vegetation ecosystems in Amazonia. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22833–22833. 1 indexed citations
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Vargas, Oscar M., Drew A. Larson, Xavier Cornejo, et al.. (2024). Reclassification of the Bertholletia Clade of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Plastome and Target Sequence Capture Data. Harvard Papers in Botany. 29(1). 1 indexed citations
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Weemstra, Monique, Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes, Claire Fortunel, et al.. (2023). Weak phylogenetic and habitat effects on root trait variation of 218 Neotropical tree species. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 7 indexed citations
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Nunes, Matheus Henrique, Marcel C. Vaz, José Luís Camargo, et al.. (2023). Edge effects on tree architecture exacerbate biomass loss of fragmented Amazonian forests. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8129–8129. 20 indexed citations
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Damasco, Gabriel, Christopher Baraloto, Alberto Vicentini, et al.. (2021). Revisiting the hyperdominance of Neotropical tree species under a taxonomic, functional and evolutionary perspective. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 9585–9585. 20 indexed citations
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Damasco, Gabriel, Douglas C. Daly, Alberto Vicentini, & Paul V. A. Fine. (2019). Reestablishment of Protium cordatum (Burseraceae) based on integrative taxonomy. Taxon. 68(1). 34–46. 20 indexed citations
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Perdiz, Ricardo de Oliveira, et al.. (2018). A new species of Macrolobium (Fabaceae, Detarioideae) endemic on a Tepui of the Guyana Shield in Brazil. Phytotaxa. 361(1). 3 indexed citations
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Dávila, Nállarett & Alberto Vicentini. (2016). Isertia psammophila (Isertieae, Rubiaceae), a new species from white-sand areas of the Brazilian Amazon. Phytotaxa. 257(2). 2 indexed citations
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Vicentini, Alberto. (2016). The Evolutionary History of Pagamea (Rubiaceae), a White‐sand Specialist Lineage in Tropical South America. Biotropica. 48(1). 58–69. 23 indexed citations
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Prata, Eduardo Magalhães Borges, et al.. (2016). Pagamea spruceana (Rubiaceae, Gaertnereae), a new species from flooded white-sand forests in the Upper Rio Negro region, Brazil. Phytotaxa. 269(3). 2 indexed citations
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Terra‐Araujo, Mário Henrique, Aparecida Donisete de Faria, Alberto Vicentini, Stephan Nylinder, & Ulf Swenson. (2015). Species tree phylogeny and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Pradosia (Sapotaceae, Chrysophylloideae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 87. 1–13. 33 indexed citations
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Costa, Flávia R. C., et al.. (2015). Near Infrared Spectroscopy Facilitates Rapid Identification of Both Young and Mature Amazonian Tree Species. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0134521–e0134521. 53 indexed citations
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Fischer, Erich Arnold, et al.. (2014). Predation of Carollia perspicillata by Phyllostomus cf. elongates in Central Amazonia. 3(1). 67–68. 1 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Alexandre A., Alberto Vicentini, Jérôme Chave, et al.. (2014). Habitat specialization and phylogenetic structure of tree species in a coastal Brazilian white-sand forest. Journal of Plant Ecology. 7(2). 134–144. 41 indexed citations
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Vicentini, Alberto, et al.. (2012). Three new species of Sloanea L. (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Central Amazon, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 35(1). 119–123. 6 indexed citations
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Rivadavia, Fernando, Alberto Vicentini, & Andreas Fleischmann. (2009). A new species of sundew (Drosera, Droseraceae), with water-dispersed seed, from the floodplains of the northern Amazon basin, Brazil.. 15. 13–21. 7 indexed citations

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