David Baum

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

David Baum is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Baum has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 69 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Baum's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (53 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (27 papers). David Baum is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (53 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (27 papers). David Baum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. David Baum's co-authors include Stacey D. Smith, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, David D. Ackerly, F. A. Bazzaz, Cécile Ané, Kenneth J. Sytsma, William S. Alverson, Barbara A. Whitlock, Reto Nyffeler and Dianella G. Howarth and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

David Baum

127 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogenetic Overdispersion in Floridian Oak Communities 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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. Phylogenetic Overdispersion in Floridian Oak Communities
    2004 685 citations David Baum et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Baum United States 44 4.1k 3.2k 2.3k 1.4k 1.1k 133 7.2k
William J. Baker United Kingdom 45 4.5k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 201 6.9k
Vicki A. Funk United States 40 3.7k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 973 0.9× 170 7.2k
Quentin Cronk Canada 50 3.6k 0.9× 3.7k 1.2× 3.4k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 182 7.8k
Beryl B. Simpson United States 39 3.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 110 6.2k
Michael D. Crisp Australia 43 4.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 2.9k 2.5× 147 7.9k
Stephen A. Harris United Kingdom 34 2.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 597 0.5× 91 4.5k
W. John Kress United States 54 6.3k 1.5× 5.8k 1.8× 3.8k 1.7× 2.0k 1.4× 2.6k 2.3× 198 13.1k
Peter F. Stevens United States 33 2.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 469 0.3× 456 0.4× 100 5.1k
W. Scott Armbruster United States 53 8.7k 2.1× 2.3k 0.7× 5.7k 2.5× 1.6k 1.1× 4.3k 3.8× 171 10.3k
Charles C. Davis United States 56 6.3k 1.5× 3.9k 1.2× 3.1k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 2.2k 1.9× 240 10.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Baum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Baum

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baum, David, et al.. (2025). Evolution of complexity and the transition to biochemical life. Physical review. E. 111(6). 64403–64403.
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Baum, David, et al.. (2023). The ecology–evolution continuum and the origin of life. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(208). 9 indexed citations
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Keefover‐Ring, Ken, et al.. (2021). Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (Adansonia digitata). Biotropica. 54(1). 113–124. 4 indexed citations
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Cleaves, Henderson James, et al.. (2021). The Prebiotic Kitchen: A Guide to Composing Prebiotic Soup Recipes to Test Origins of Life Hypotheses. Life. 11(11). 1221–1221. 11 indexed citations
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Zizka, Alexander, Jefferson Carvalho-Sobrinho, R. Toby Pennington, et al.. (2020). Transitions between biomes are common and directional in Bombacoideae (Malvaceae). Journal of Biogeography. 47(6). 1310–1321. 36 indexed citations
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Mizuuchi, Ryo, et al.. (2019). Mineral surfaces select for longer RNA molecules. Chemical Communications. 55(14). 2090–2093. 24 indexed citations
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Conover, Justin L., Cécile Ané, Corrinne E. Grover, et al.. (2018). A Malvaceae mystery: A mallow maelstrom of genome multiplications and maybe misleading methods?. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 61(1). 12–31. 25 indexed citations
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Scott, Alison Dawn, et al.. (2016). Whole genome duplication in coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens ) and its implications for explaining the rarity of polyploidy in conifers. New Phytologist. 211(1). 186–193. 42 indexed citations
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Davis, Charles C., Hanno Schaefer, Zhenxiang Xi, et al.. (2014). Long-term morphological stasis maintained by a plant–pollinator mutualism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(16). 5914–5919. 91 indexed citations
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Whitlock, Barbara A., Clemens Bayer, & David Baum. (2009). Phylogenetic Relationships and Floral Evolution of the Byttnerioideae (“Sterculiaceae” or Malvaceae s.l.) Based on Sequences of the Chloroplast Gene, ndhF. Systematic Botany. 26(2). 420–437. 47 indexed citations
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Smith, Stacey D., Cécile Ané, & David Baum. (2009). MACROEVOLUTIONARY TESTS OF POLLINATION SYNDROMES: A REPLY TO FENSTER ET AL.. Evolution. 63(10). 2763–2767. 7 indexed citations
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Davis, Charles C., Peter K. Endress, & David Baum. (2008). The evolution of floral gigantism. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 11(1). 49–57. 64 indexed citations
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Davis, Charles C., Maribeth Latvis, Daniel L. Nickrent, Kenneth J. Wurdack, & David Baum. (2007). Floral Gigantism in Rafflesiaceae. Science. 315(5820). 1812–1812. 117 indexed citations
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Stilio, Verónica S. Di, Elena M. Kramer, & David Baum. (2005). Floral MADS box genes and homeotic gender dimorphism in Thalictrum dioicum (Ranunculaceae) – a new model for the study of dioecy. The Plant Journal. 41(5). 755–766. 84 indexed citations
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Yoon, Ho‐Sung & David Baum. (2004). Transgenic study of parallelism in plant morphological evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(17). 6524–6529. 80 indexed citations
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Conti, Elena, Frank Rutschmann, Torsten Eriksson, Kenneth J. Sytsma, & David Baum. (2004). CALIBRATION OF MOLECULAR CLOCKS AND THE BIOGEOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF CRYPTERONIACEAE: A REPLY TO MOYLE. Evolution. 58(8). 1874–1874. 1 indexed citations
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Howarth, Dianella G., Mats Gustafsson, David Baum, & Timothy J. Motley. (2003). Phylogenetics of the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae): implication for dispersal patterns across the Pacific Basin and colonization of the Hawaiian Islands. American Journal of Botany. 90(6). 915–923. 92 indexed citations
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Orzack, Steven Hecht, David Baum, H. Kern Reeve, et al.. (2001). Adaptationism and Optimality. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 178 indexed citations
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Alverson, William S., David Baum, & Kazuo Oginuma. (1999). A Cytological Study of Three Genera of Neotropical Bombacaceae (Clades Bombacoideae and Malvoideae). 50(2). 173–178. 3 indexed citations
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Baum, David. (1994). C/S apps without the heavy lifting. Datamation. 40(3). 22. 1 indexed citations

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