Charles D. Bell

10.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
58 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Charles D. Bell is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles D. Bell has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Charles D. Bell's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (41 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (29 papers) and Plant and animal studies (29 papers). Charles D. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (41 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (29 papers) and Plant and animal studies (29 papers). Charles D. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Chile. Charles D. Bell's co-authors include Pamela S. Soltis, Michael J. Moore, Michael J. Donoghue, Corrie S. Moreau, Charles C. Davis, J. Gordon Burleigh, Roger Vila, Naomi E. Pierce, S. Bruce Archibald and Sarah Mathews and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Charles D. Bell

57 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification

2009 938 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Victor A. Albert et al. American Journal of Botany profile →
The age and diversification of the angiosperms re‐revisited

2010 650 citations Charles D. Bell, Pamela S. Soltis American Journal of Botany profile →
Phylogeny of the Ants: Diversification in the Age of Angiosperms

2006 639 citations Charles D. Bell et al. profile →
Phylogenetic analysis of 83 plastid genes further resolves the early diversification of eudicots

2010 558 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Charles D. Bell et al. profile →
Using plastid genome-scale data to resolve enigmatic relationships among basal angiosperms

2007 550 citations Charles D. Bell, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles D. Bell United States	36	4.7k	3.6k	2.6k	2.0k	731	58	7.3k
Bruce G. Baldwin United States	44	5.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.1×	3.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	105	8.7k
Pablo Vargas Spain	53	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	3.9k 1.5×	2.3k 1.1×	1.6k 2.2×	203	7.4k
Beryl B. Simpson United States	39	3.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	110	6.2k
Susana Magallón Mexico	36	4.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	880 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	69	6.3k
Xing‐Jin He China	30	2.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	991 0.5×	428 0.6×	182	5.1k
Hans Peter Comes Austria	39	3.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	993 1.4×	104	5.7k
Colin E. Hughes United Kingdom	38	3.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	110	6.0k
Dennis Wm. Stevenson United States	47	4.5k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	767 0.4×	335 0.5×	205	6.6k
Jerrold I. Davis United States	39	3.7k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	994 0.5×	402 0.5×	77	5.5k
Elizabeth A. Zimmer United States	49	5.3k 1.1×	5.2k 1.4×	3.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	404 0.6×	105	8.5k

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Bell, Charles D., et al.. (2023). The effects of climate change on cytotype distributions of endemic genera in the North American Coastal Plain. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 16(1-2). 45–59.

Bell, Charles D., et al.. (2022). Pollen morphology of selected taxa of Valeriana (Caprifoliaceae): taxonomic and evolutionary implications. Phytotaxa. 577(1). 57–78. 3 indexed citations

Aime, M. Catherine, Charles D. Bell, & Andrew W. Wilson. (2018). Deconstructing the evolutionary complexity between rust fungi (Pucciniales) and their plant hosts. Studies in Mycology. 89. 143–152. 91 indexed citations

Bell, Charles D., et al.. (2018). Exploring the utility of “next-generation” sequence data on inferring the phylogeny of the South American Valeriana (Valerianaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 123. 44–49. 3 indexed citations

Landis, Jacob B., et al.. (2018). Evolution of floral traits and impact of reproductive mode on diversification in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 878–890. 31 indexed citations

Bell, Charles D., et al.. (2016). Towards A Complete Species Level Phylogeny of Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae). BioOne Complete (BioOne). 63(3). 208–219. 1 indexed citations

McKelvy, Alexander D., et al.. (2016). A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0161070–e0161070. 232 indexed citations

Carmody, David, Rochelle N. Naylor, Charles D. Bell, et al.. (2016). GCK-MODY in the US National Monogenic Diabetes Registry: frequently misdiagnosed and unnecessarily treated. Acta Diabetologica. 53(5). 703–708. 57 indexed citations

Ellison, Aaron M., et al.. (2012). Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Carnivorous Plant Family Sarraceniaceae. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39291–e39291. 46 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles D., Adriana Kutschker, & Mary T. K. Arroyo. (2012). Phylogeny and diversification of Valerianaceae (Dipsacales) in the southern Andes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63(3). 724–737. 44 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles D. & Pamela S. Soltis. (2010). The age and diversification of the angiosperms re‐revisited. American Journal of Botany. 97(8). 1296–1303. 650 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peterson, Kristin R., Donald H. Pfister, & Charles D. Bell. (2010). Cophylogeny and biogeography of the fungal parasite Cyttaria and its host Nothofagus, southern beech. Mycologia. 102(6). 1417–1425. 38 indexed citations

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Soltis, Pamela S., Victor A. Albert, Jim Leebens‐Mack, et al.. (2009). Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification. American Journal of Botany. 96(1). 336–348. 938 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soltis, Pamela S., Charles D. Bell, & Sangtae Kim. (2008). Origin and Early Evolution of Angiosperms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1133(1). 3–25. 208 indexed citations

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Winkworth, Richard C., Charles D. Bell, & Michael J. Donoghue. (2007). Mitochondrial sequence data and Dipsacales phylogeny: Mixed models, partitioned Bayesian analyses, and model selection. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46(3). 830–843. 35 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles D.. (2007). Phylogenetic placement and biogeography of the North American species of Valerianella (Valerianaceae: Dipsacales) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3). 929–941. 21 indexed citations

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Hershkovitz, Mark, Mary T. K. Arroyo, Charles D. Bell, & Luis Felipe Hinojosa. (2006). Phylogeny of Chaetanthera (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) reveals both ancient and recent origins of the high elevation lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41(3). 594–605. 41 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles D. & Michael J. Donoghue. (2005). Dating the Dipsacales: comparing models, genes, and evolutionary implications. American Journal of Botany. 92(2). 284–296. 118 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles D.. (2003). Preliminary phylogeny of Valerianaceae (Dipsacales) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31(1). 340–350. 52 indexed citations

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Parhami-Seren, Behnaz, Charles D. Bell, Michael N. Margolies, & Garner T. Haupert. (1999). Monoclonal Antibodies That Distinguish Between Two Related Digitalis Glycosides, Ouabain and Digoxin. The Journal of Immunology. 163(8). 4360–4366. 6 indexed citations

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