Alessandro Rapini

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Rapini is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Rapini has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Rapini's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (82 papers), Plant and animal studies (65 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (47 papers). Alessandro Rapini is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (82 papers), Plant and animal studies (65 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (47 papers). Alessandro Rapini collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Germany and United Kingdom. Alessandro Rapini's co-authors include M. Papoular, Patrícia Luz Ribeiro, Mark W. Chase, D. J. Goyder, Sigrid Liede‐Schumann, Cássio van den Berg, José Rubens Pirani, Sabrina Mota Lambert, Jayne Griffiths and Renato de Mello‐Silva and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Botany and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Rapini

93 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Rapini Brazil 23 1.3k 874 752 334 322 97 2.3k
Edwige Moyroud United Kingdom 22 569 0.4× 931 1.1× 248 0.3× 343 1.0× 916 2.8× 37 2.0k
Robert B. Faden United States 14 847 0.7× 446 0.5× 165 0.2× 214 0.6× 506 1.6× 58 1.5k
David Evans United States 26 122 0.1× 362 0.4× 414 0.6× 107 0.3× 212 0.7× 104 3.2k
Bela M. Mulder Netherlands 38 119 0.1× 1.4k 1.7× 1.4k 1.9× 256 0.8× 1.1k 3.4× 106 4.3k
Michael Knoblauch United States 31 237 0.2× 966 1.1× 44 0.1× 43 0.1× 2.5k 7.7× 79 3.3k
Morten Christensen Denmark 24 927 0.7× 63 0.1× 44 0.1× 140 0.4× 1.1k 3.4× 63 2.4k
Takashi Iwata Japan 16 68 0.1× 116 0.1× 228 0.3× 127 0.4× 260 0.8× 93 1.1k
Sara D. Leonhardt Germany 34 2.7k 2.1× 182 0.2× 163 0.2× 170 0.5× 1.1k 3.3× 96 3.7k
D. C. Morgan United Kingdom 24 269 0.2× 266 0.3× 614 0.8× 606 1.8× 1.1k 3.3× 42 3.0k
Somran Suddee Thailand 12 437 0.3× 388 0.4× 27 0.0× 45 0.1× 288 0.9× 94 919

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Rapini

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All Works

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Rapini, Alessandro, et al.. (2022). Comparative wood anatomy and origin of woodiness in subfamilies Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae). Taxon. 71(6). 1230–1250. 7 indexed citations
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Rapini, Alessandro, et al.. (2021). Petalostelma of Brazil and the initial evolution of Metastelmatinae (Apocynaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 307(2).
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Fernandes, Moabe Ferreira, et al.. (2020). Two new Critically Endangered species of Ditassa (Apocynaceae) from the threatened cangas of the Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 153(2). 246–256. 2 indexed citations
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Rapini, Alessandro, et al.. (2020). Biotic interactions and limitations to explain their effects on a neotropical savanna plant community. Acta Oecologica. 108. 103627–103627.
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Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz, et al.. (2019). A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137. 44–63. 11 indexed citations
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Silva, José Maria Cardoso da, Alessandro Rapini, Luís Claudio Fernandes Barbosa, & Roger Rodrigues Torres. (2019). Extinction risk of narrowly distributed species of seed plants in Brazil due to habitat loss and climate change. PeerJ. 7. e7333–e7333. 39 indexed citations
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Rapini, Alessandro, et al.. (2017). Novelties in Strychnos sect. Breviflorae (Loganiaceae). Phytotaxa. 329(3). 4 indexed citations
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Trad, Rafaela Jorge, et al.. (2015). Kielmeyera ferruginosa (Calophyllaceae), a new species from the Atlantic Forest, southern Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa. 221(3). 2 indexed citations
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Rapini, Alessandro, et al.. (2015). The Tetramerium lineage (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis for South American seasonally dry forests. American Journal of Botany. 102(6). 992–1007. 23 indexed citations
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Costa, Jorge Antônio Silva, et al.. (2015). Three new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys. 44(44). 1–13. 6 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz, et al.. (2012). Using multiple analytical methods to improve phylogenetic hypotheses in Minaria (Apocynaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65(3). 915–925. 13 indexed citations
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Rapini, Alessandro. (2012). Taxonomy "under construction": advances in the systematics of Apocynaceae, with emphasis on the Brazilian Asclepiadoideae. Rodriguésia. 63(1). 75–88. 40 indexed citations
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Riet-Corrêa, Franklin, et al.. (2011). Poisoning by Marsdenia hilariana and Marsdenia megalantha (Apocynaceae) in ruminants. Toxicon. 58(6-7). 610–613. 11 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Maurício Takashi Coutinho, Nádia Roque, & Alessandro Rapini. (2009). Apocynaceae sensu strictum no Parque Municipal de Mucugê, Bahia, Brasil, incluindo a publicação válida de dois nomes em Mandevilla Lindl. Iheringia Série Botânica. 64(1). 63–75. 7 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes, et al.. (2008). Primeiro registro de simuliidae (Diptera) com polinários de asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae). Neotropical Entomology. 37(3). 338–341. 7 indexed citations
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Castro, Ricardo Macedo Corrêa e & Alessandro Rapini. (2006). Four new species of Moraceae from Bahia, Brazil. 1(2). 13–20. 11 indexed citations
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Rapini, Alessandro, Mark W. Chase, & Tatiana Ungaretti Paleo Konno. (2006). Phylogenetics of South American Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae). Taxon. 55(1). 119–124. 40 indexed citations

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