Colin A. Pendry

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Colin A. Pendry is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin A. Pendry has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 14 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Colin A. Pendry's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (15 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (10 papers) and Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (10 papers). Colin A. Pendry is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (15 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (10 papers) and Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (10 papers). Colin A. Pendry collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Russia. Colin A. Pendry's co-authors include R. Toby Pennington, Darién E. Prado, Matt Lavin, Charles A. Butterworth, Susan K. Pell, John Proctor, Julie A. Hawkins, Mark Watson, Sushim Ranjan Baral and C. Haris Saslis‐Lagoudakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Colin A. Pendry

31 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Neotropical seasonally dry forests and Quaternary vegetat... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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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. Neotropical seasonally dry forests and Quaternary vegetation changes
    2000 839 citations R. Toby Pennington, Colin A. Pendry et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin A. Pendry United Kingdom 13 943 629 457 308 281 34 1.8k
Finn Borchsenius Denmark 27 1.2k 1.2× 778 1.2× 446 1.0× 361 1.2× 244 0.9× 68 1.9k
David J. Harris United Kingdom 27 1.2k 1.2× 566 0.9× 602 1.3× 668 2.2× 251 0.9× 82 2.3k
Marc S.M. Sosef Belgium 17 863 0.9× 599 1.0× 391 0.9× 339 1.1× 240 0.9× 51 1.8k
Victoria Sosa Mexico 26 1.4k 1.5× 464 0.7× 742 1.6× 442 1.4× 410 1.5× 124 2.1k
Dominique Strasberg Réunion 27 1.2k 1.3× 632 1.0× 675 1.5× 428 1.4× 242 0.9× 83 2.1k
Gail Reeves South Africa 16 1.3k 1.4× 794 1.3× 571 1.2× 588 1.9× 328 1.2× 19 2.0k
Alberto Vicentini Brazil 21 924 1.0× 580 0.9× 432 0.9× 348 1.1× 145 0.5× 57 1.7k
Aelys M. Humphreys Sweden 19 816 0.9× 422 0.7× 428 0.9× 334 1.1× 253 0.9× 35 1.4k
Rodolphe Spichiger Switzerland 18 1.0k 1.1× 745 1.2× 580 1.3× 481 1.6× 163 0.6× 44 2.0k
Barnabas H. Daru South Africa 26 1.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 522 1.1× 302 1.0× 268 1.0× 57 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin A. Pendry

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All Works

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Wei, Yukun, et al.. (2021). SALVIA SUBVIOLACEA, A NEW SPECIES FROM THE HIMALAYAS–HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS, CHINA. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 78. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A. & Yukun Wei. (2021). FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE I: TAXONOMIC NOTES ON NEPALESE SALVIA. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 78. 1–8.
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Nobis, Marcin, Polina D. Gudkova, & Colin A. Pendry. (2019). Synopsis of the tribe Stipeae (Poaceae) in Nepal. PhytoKeys. 128. 97–119. 7 indexed citations
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Howard, Caroline, et al.. (2019). Phylogenomic Approaches to DNA Barcoding of Herbal Medicines: Developing Clade-Specific Diagnostic Characters for Berberis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 586–586. 20 indexed citations
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Gudkova, Polina D., et al.. (2017). Stipa krylovii Roshev. (Poaceae), a new record for the flora of Nepal. ZooKeys. 3 indexed citations
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Paszko, Beata, et al.. (2015). Typification of Hooker’s name Calamagrostis munroana var. stricta (Poaceae, Agrostidinae). Phytotaxa. 203(1). 1 indexed citations
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Milne, Richard I., et al.. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of Berberis s.l. inferred from nuclear ITS and chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Taxon. 64(1). 39–48. 15 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A.. (2014). A new species of Neillia (Rosaceae) from Bhutan and eastern Nepal. Phytotaxa. 10(1). 38–40. 1 indexed citations
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Adhikari, Bhim, Colin A. Pendry, & M. Möller. (2014). NEW CHROMOSOME COUNTS OF BERBERIS L. (BERBERIDACEAE) SUGGEST THAT POLYPLOIDY DOES NOT PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE GENUS IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYA. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 71(3). 297–308. 3 indexed citations
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Adhikari, Bhim, Colin A. Pendry, Mark Watson, & John R. Wood. (2013). An account of Thunbergia (Acanthaceae) in Nepal, with a description of the new species T. nepalensis. Kew Bulletin. 68(4). 651–661. 3 indexed citations
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Adhikari, Bhim, et al.. (2012). A REVISION OF BERBERIS S.S. (BERBERIDACEAE) IN NEPAL. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 69(3). 447–522. 18 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A. & Mark Watson. (2009). Flora Malesiana and the Flora of Nepal: floristic links and the potential for collaboration. Blumea - Biodiversity Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 54(1). 18–22. 1 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A., John Parnell, & Peter C. van Welzen. (2009). Biogeographic links between Thailand and Nepal and the potential for collaboration between their Flora projects. 169–185. 3 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A., et al.. (2007). In search of a functional flora—towards a greater integration of ecology and taxonomy. Plant Ecology. 192(2). 161–167. 11 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A.. (2004). Monograph of Ruprechtia (Polygonaceae). 67. 1–1. 24 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A.. (2003). NINE NEW SPECIES OF RUPRECHTIA (POLYGONACEAE) FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 60(1). 19–42. 5 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A.. (1999). A New Combination in Polygala (Polygalaceae) for Southeast Asia. Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 9(4). 545–545. 1 indexed citations
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Pendry, Colin A. & John Proctor. (1996). The Causes of Altitudinal Zonation of Rain Forests on Bukit Belalong, Brunei. Journal of Ecology. 84(3). 407–407. 54 indexed citations
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Poulsen, Axel Dalberg & Colin A. Pendry. (1995). Inventories of ground herbs at three altitudes on Bukit Belalong, Brunei, Borneo. Biodiversity and Conservation. 4(7). 745–757. 23 indexed citations

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