Eric Schuettpelz

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Eric Schuettpelz is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Schuettpelz has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 11 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric Schuettpelz's work include Fern and Epiphyte Biology (51 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (42 papers) and Plant and animal studies (31 papers). Eric Schuettpelz is often cited by papers focused on Fern and Epiphyte Biology (51 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (42 papers) and Plant and animal studies (31 papers). Eric Schuettpelz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. Eric Schuettpelz's co-authors include Kathleen M. Pryer, Harald Schneider, Alan Р. Smith, Paul G. Wolf, Petra Korall, Raymond Cranfill, Susana Magallón, Richard Lupia, Michael D. Windham and Carl J. Rothfels and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Eric Schuettpelz

56 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

A classification for extant ferns 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2004 400 800 1.2k
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. A classification for extant ferns
    2006 1.3k citations Alan Р. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer et al. Taxon profile →
  2. Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms
    2004 614 citations Harald Schneider, Eric Schuettpelz et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Eric Schuettpelz
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx Netherlands
Niklas Wikström Sweden
John G. Conran Australia
Georg Zizka Germany
Petra Korall Sweden
Robbin C. Moran United States
Armen Takhtajan Russia
William L. Crepet United States
Kunio Iwatsuki Japan
Bruce K. Holst United States
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx Netherlands
Eric Schuettpelz
Citations per year, relative to Eric Schuettpelz Eric Schuettpelz (= 1×) peers Vincent S. F. T. Merckx

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Schuettpelz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schuettpelz, Eric, Michael D. Windham, Jefferson Prado, et al.. (2025). A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). Taxon. 74(2). 260–291.
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Castro, Mariana, et al.. (2024). Polyploid goldback and silverback ferns (Pentagramma) occupy a wider, colder, and wetter bioclimatic niche than diploid counterparts. American Journal of Botany. 111(3). e16305–e16305. 2 indexed citations
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Rothfels, Carl J., et al.. (2023). Resolving Deep Relationships and Revealing Ancient Whole-Genome Duplications in Pteridaceae using Transcriptomic Data. American Fern Journal. 113(3). 1 indexed citations
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Pittermann, Jarmila, Courtney Campany, Steven Jansen, et al.. (2022). A reduced role for water transport during the Cenozoic evolution of epiphytic Eupolypod ferns. New Phytologist. 237(5). 1745–1758. 3 indexed citations
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Campany, Courtney, et al.. (2021). Leaf water relations in epiphytic ferns are driven by drought avoidance rather than tolerance mechanisms. Plant Cell & Environment. 44(6). 1741–1755. 21 indexed citations
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Grusz, Amanda L., Michael D. Windham, Kathryn T. Picard, et al.. (2021). A drought‐driven model for the evolution of obligate apomixis in ferns: evidence from pellaeids (Pteridaceae). American Journal of Botany. 108(2). 263–283. 14 indexed citations
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Schuettpelz, Eric, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the status of fern and lycophyte nothotaxa in the context of the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification (PPG I). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58(6). 988–1002. 10 indexed citations
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Pittermann, Jarmila, Nick Rowe, James E. Watkins, et al.. (2018). Geometry, Allometry and Biomechanics of Fern Leaf Petioles: Their Significance for the Evolution of Functional and Ecological Diversity Within the Pteridaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 197–197. 26 indexed citations
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Sigel, Erin M., Eric Schuettpelz, Kathleen M. Pryer, & Joshua P. Der. (2018). Overlapping Patterns of Gene Expression Between Gametophyte and Sporophyte Phases in the Fern Polypodium amorphum (Polypodiales). Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 1450–1450. 15 indexed citations
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Schuettpelz, Eric, Paul B. Frandsen, Rebecca B. Dikow, et al.. (2017). Applications of deep convolutional neural networks to digitized natural history collections. Biodiversity Data Journal. 5(5). e21139–e21139. 42 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Carl J. Rothfels, Atsushi Ebihara, et al.. (2014). A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris (Pteridaceae) and related genera in the Pteridoideae. Cladistics. 31(4). 406–423. 50 indexed citations
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Cochran, Alyssa T., Jefferson Prado, & Eric Schuettpelz. (2014). Tryonia, a new taenitidoid fern genus segregated from Jamesonia and Eriosorus (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys. 35(35). 23–43. 24 indexed citations
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Schuettpelz, Eric, et al.. (2012). eupolypod IIシダ(ウラボシ亜綱:ウラボシ目)の世代レベル分類修正. Taxon. 61(3). 515–533. 5 indexed citations
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Korall, Petra, Eric Schuettpelz, & Kathleen M. Pryer. (2010). ABRUPT DECELERATION OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION LINKED TO THE ORIGIN OF ARBORESCENCE IN FERNS. Evolution. 64(9). 2786–2792. 37 indexed citations
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Pryer, Kathleen M., Eric Schuettpelz, Layne Huiet, et al.. (2010). DNA barcoding exposes a case of mistaken identity in the fern horticultural trade. Molecular Ecology Resources. 10(6). 979–985. 32 indexed citations
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Huiet, Layne, Eric Schuettpelz, Carl J. Rothfels, et al.. (2009). Using Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences to Redraw Generic Boundaries and Demystif Species Complexes in Cheilanthoid Ferns.. American Fern Journal. 99(2). 128–132. 33 indexed citations
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Pryer, Kathleen M., Eric Schuettpelz, Paul G. Wolf, et al.. (2004). Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences. American Journal of Botany. 91(10). 1582–1598. 479 indexed citations
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Schneider, Harald, Eric Schuettpelz, Kathleen M. Pryer, et al.. (2004). Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms. Nature. 428(6982). 553–557. 614 indexed citations breakdown →

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