Douglas E. Soltis

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Douglas E. Soltis is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas E. Soltis has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 49 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Douglas E. Soltis's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (25 papers). Douglas E. Soltis is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (25 papers). Douglas E. Soltis collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Douglas E. Soltis's co-authors include Pamela S. Soltis, Mark W. Chase, Yves Van de Peer, Tia‐Lynn Ashman, J. M. Dowd, D. R. Morgan, PG Martin, Beth C. Mullin, Susan M. Swensen and Ryan A. Folk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Douglas E. Soltis

109 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes as a tool for comparative biology

1999 659 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis et al. profile →
Polyploidy: an evolutionary and ecological force in stressful times

2020 421 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas E. Soltis United States	36	2.5k	2.5k	2.4k	812	398	116	4.9k
Anne Bruneau Canada	36	2.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	667 0.8×	490 1.2×	105	4.7k
Jerrold I. Davis United States	39	3.0k 1.2×	3.7k 1.5×	2.1k 0.8×	994 1.2×	402 1.0×	77	5.5k
Pascal‐Antoine Christin United Kingdom	41	2.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	770 0.9×	716 1.8×	82	5.2k
Martin F. Wojciechowski United States	34	3.5k 1.4×	4.1k 1.7×	3.0k 1.2×	923 1.1×	347 0.9×	75	6.6k
Frank R. Blattner Germany	43	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	3.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	271 0.7×	118	4.7k
Gerald M. Schneeweiss Austria	40	2.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	430 1.1×	106	5.0k
Zhenxiang Xi China	32	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	985 1.2×	306 0.8×	54	3.5k
Qiu‐Yun Xiang United States	33	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	869 1.1×	367 0.9×	107	4.0k
Elvira Hörandl Germany	41	1.3k 0.5×	3.4k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	721 0.9×	762 1.9×	123	4.5k
Dirk C. Albach Germany	34	2.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	588 0.7×	320 0.8×	140	4.6k

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Twyford, Alex D., Justin L. Conover, Jeff J. Doyle, et al.. (2025). The polyploid continuum and the landscape of polyploid genomic variation. American Journal of Botany. 112(11). e70121–e70121.

Liu, Yunpeng, John J. Wiens, Ao Luo, et al.. (2025). Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(5).

Folk, Ryan A., Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Heather R. Kates, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic diversity and regionalization in the temperate arid zone. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(6). 1201–1217. 1 indexed citations

Xiang, Kun‐Li, Xiaoguo Xiang, Florian Jabbour, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic evidence clarifies the history of the extrusion of Indochina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(35). e2322527121–e2322527121. 7 indexed citations

Folk, Ryan A., Joseph L. M. Charboneau, Michael W. Belitz, et al.. (2024). Anatomy of a mega‐radiation: Biogeography and niche evolution in Astragalus. American Journal of Botany. 111(3). e16299–e16299. 15 indexed citations

Folk, Ryan A., Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Heather R. Kates, et al.. (2024). Spatial phylogenetics of Fagales: Investigating drivers of temperate forest distributions. Journal of Biogeography. 51(8). 1518–1532. 1 indexed citations

Carruthers, Tom, Jana Ebersbach, Adrien Favre, et al.. (2024). Repeated upslope biome shifts in Saxifraga during late-Cenozoic climate cooling. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1100–1100. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, Wei, Fenglin Deng, Mohammad Babla, et al.. (2024). Efficient gene editing of a model fern species through gametophyte-based transformation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 196(4). 2346–2361. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yunpeng, J. Aaron Hogan, Jeremy W. Lichstein, et al.. (2024). Biodiversity and productivity in eastern US forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(14). e2314231121–e2314231121. 11 indexed citations

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Landis, Jacob B., Timothy K. O’Connor, Robert G. Laport, et al.. (2024). nQuack: An R package for predicting ploidal level from sequence data using site‐based heterozygosity. Applications in Plant Sciences. 12(4). e11606–e11606. 10 indexed citations

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Erst, Andrey S., Florian Jabbour, Rosa del C. Ortiz, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary history of the Arctic flora. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4021–4021. 12 indexed citations

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Soltis, Douglas E., Evgeny V. Mavrodiev, Vladimir Brukhin, et al.. (2023). Tragopogon pratensis: Multiple introductions to North America, circumscription, and the formation of the allotetraploid T. miscellus. Taxon. 72(4). 848–861. 2 indexed citations

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Kress, W. John, Douglas E. Soltis, Paul Kersey, et al.. (2022). Green plant genomes: What we know in an era of rapidly expanding opportunities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 83 indexed citations

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Chanderbali, André S., Lingling Jin, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2022). Buxus and Tetracentron genomes help resolve eudicot genome history. Nature Communications. 13(1). 643–643. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Haihua, Jianfei Ye, Bing Liu, et al.. (2021). Temporal and spatial comparisons of angiosperm diversity between eastern Asia and North America. National Science Review. 9(6). nwab199–nwab199. 15 indexed citations

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Folk, Ryan A., Marcelo Reginato, Fabián A. Michelangeli, et al.. (2020). A two‐tier bioinformatic pipeline to develop probes for target capture of nuclear loci with applications in Melastomataceae. Applications in Plant Sciences. 8(5). 24 indexed citations

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Lu, Limin, Haihua Hu, Bing Liu, et al.. (2020). Noise does not equal bias in assessing the evolutionary history of the angiosperm flora of China: A response to Qian (2019). Journal of Biogeography. 47(10). 2286–2291. 7 indexed citations

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Folk, Ryan A., Mark E. Mort, Nico Cellinese, et al.. (2019). Rates of niche and phenotype evolution lag behind diversification in a temperate radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(22). 10874–10882. 107 indexed citations

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Cai, Shengguan, Guang Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary Conservation of ABA Signaling for Stomatal Closure. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2). 732–747. 164 indexed citations

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Thornton, K., et al.. (2003). PENNDOT'S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. Transportation research circular. 1 indexed citations

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