Bernard Goffinet

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Bernard Goffinet is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Goffinet has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 141 papers in Plant Science and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Bernard Goffinet's work include Bryophyte Studies and Records (123 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (115 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (105 papers). Bernard Goffinet is often cited by papers focused on Bryophyte Studies and Records (123 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (115 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (105 papers). Bernard Goffinet collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and China. Bernard Goffinet's co-authors include A. Jonathan Shaw, Cymon J. Cox, Alain Vanderpoorten, Norman J. Wickett, William R. Buck, Rafael Medina, A. Jonathan Shaw, Yang Liu, Matthew G. Johnson and Jessica M. Budke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Goffinet

178 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

HybPiper: Extracting coding sequence and introns for phyl... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2020 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. HybPiper: Extracting coding sequence and introns for phylogenetics from high‐throughput sequencing reads using target enrichment
    2016 492 citations Matthew G. Johnson, Rafael Medina et al. profile →
  2. The Moss Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens: A Model Organism for Non-Seed Plants
    2020 192 citations Stefan A. Rensing, Bernard Goffinet et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Goffinet United States 40 4.7k 3.8k 1.2k 880 339 182 5.7k
A. Jonathan Shaw United States 43 4.7k 1.0× 4.0k 1.0× 841 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 138 0.4× 146 5.7k
Jochen Heinrichs Germany 39 4.6k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 505 0.4× 258 0.3× 196 0.6× 197 4.9k
Terry A. Hedderson South Africa 31 2.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 598 0.7× 163 0.5× 102 3.9k
Jerrold I. Davis United States 39 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 3.0k 2.6× 325 0.4× 207 0.6× 77 5.5k
Anne K. Brysting Norway 30 1.5k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 636 0.7× 177 0.5× 65 3.5k
Daniel L. Nickrent United States 37 3.5k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 2.3k 2.0× 364 0.4× 143 0.4× 114 5.1k
Arnoldo Santos‐Guerra United States 39 3.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 283 0.3× 499 1.5× 119 4.6k
Warren L. Wagner United States 40 3.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 1.9k 1.6× 805 0.9× 336 1.0× 186 5.4k
Randall J. Bayer Canada 34 2.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 269 0.3× 160 0.5× 111 3.3k
Karen S. Renzaglia United States 34 2.7k 0.6× 2.5k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 381 0.4× 234 0.7× 127 3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Goffinet

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All Works

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Hofmann, Martin, Patrick Mäder, Jana Wäldchen, et al.. (2025). Towards the automatized identification of moss species from their spore morphology. Annals of Botany. 137(1). 171–180.
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Jin, Yu, Yixin Zhu, Shanshan Dong, et al.. (2022). Chromosome-Level Genome Assemblies of Two Hypnales (Mosses) Reveal High Intergeneric Synteny. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(2). 12 indexed citations
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Dong, Shanshan, Yu Jin, Li Zhang, Bernard Goffinet, & Yang Liu. (2022). Phylotranscriptomics of liverworts: revisiting the backbone phylogeny and ancestral gene duplications. Annals of Botany. 130(7). 951–964. 15 indexed citations
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Widhelm, Todd J., Felix Grewe, Bernard Goffinet, et al.. (2021). Phylogenomic reconstruction addressing the Peltigeralean backbone (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). Fungal Diversity. 110(1). 59–73. 4 indexed citations
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Jin, Yu, Linzhou Li, Sibo Wang, et al.. (2020). Draft genome of the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica (Fontinalaceae, Bryophyta). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–9. 12 indexed citations
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Dong, Shanshan, Hong‐Lei Li, Bernard Goffinet, & Yang Liu. (2020). Exploring the impact of RNA editing on mitochondrial phylogenetic analyses in liverworts, an early land plant lineage. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 60(1). 16–22. 8 indexed citations
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Rensing, Stefan A., Bernard Goffinet, Rabea Meyberg, Shu‐Zon Wu, & Magdalena Bezanilla. (2020). The Moss Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens: A Model Organism for Non-Seed Plants. The Plant Cell. 32(5). 1361–1376. 192 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dong, Shanshan, Chaoxian Zhao, Shouzhou Zhang, et al.. (2019). The Amount of RNA Editing Sites in Liverwort Organellar Genes Is Correlated with GC Content and Nuclear PPR Protein Diversity. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(11). 3233–3239. 32 indexed citations
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Dong, Shanshan, Chaoxian Zhao, Shouzhou Zhang, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial genomes of the early land plant lineage liverworts (Marchantiophyta): conserved genome structure, and ongoing low frequency recombination. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 953–953. 27 indexed citations
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Goward, Trevor, et al.. (2018). Sticta torii sp. nov., a remarkable lichen of high conservation priority from northwestern North America. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 4 indexed citations
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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
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Goffinet, Bernard, Damien Ertz, André De Kesel, et al.. (2017). Circumscription and phylogeny of the Lepidostromatales (lichenized Basidiomycota) following discovery of new species from China and Africa. Mycologia. 109(5). 730–748. 11 indexed citations
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Magain, Nicolas, et al.. (2016). Recent and rapid radiation of the lichen genus Sticta in the Western Indian Ocean islands. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Goffinet, Bernard & A. Jonathan Shaw. (2009). Independent Origins of Cleistocarpy in the Splachnaceae: Analyses of cpDNA Sequences and Polyphyly of the Voitioideae (Bryophyta). Systematic Botany. 27(2). 203–208. 8 indexed citations
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Sérusiaux, Emmanuël, Bernard Goffinet, Jolanta Miądlikowska, & Orvo Vitikainen. (2009). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the lichen genus Peltigera in Papua New Guinea. Fungal Diversity. 38. 25 indexed citations
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Vanderpoorten, Alain, Dietmar Quandt, & Bernard Goffinet. (2006). Utility of the Internal Transcribed Spacers of the 18S-5.8S-26S Nuclear Ribosomal DNA in Land Plant Systematics with Special Emphasis on Bryophytes. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 17 indexed citations
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Vanderpoorten, Alain, A. Jonathan Shaw, & Bernard Goffinet. (2001). Testing Controversial Alignments in Amblystegium and Related Genera (Amblystegiaceae: Bryopsida). Evidence from rDNA ITS Sequences. Systematic Botany. 26(3). 470–479. 34 indexed citations

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