Félix Forest

15.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
205 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Félix Forest is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Félix Forest has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 100 papers in Molecular Biology and 63 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Félix Forest's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (122 papers), Plant and animal studies (84 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (69 papers). Félix Forest is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (122 papers), Plant and animal studies (84 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (69 papers). Félix Forest collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Félix Forest's co-authors include William J. Baker, Vincent Savolainen, Mark W. Chase, Sven Buerki, Anne Bruneau, John C. Manning, Michelle van der Bank, Richard M. Cowling, Thomas L. P. Couvreur and Julie A. Hawkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Félix Forest

197 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

2007 727 citations Félix Forest et al. profile →
A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering

2018 351 citations Matthew G. Johnson, Lisa Pokorny et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Félix Forest United Kingdom	47	5.0k	3.1k	2.6k	1.6k	1.4k	205	8.0k
Hang Sun China	52	4.8k 1.0×	4.3k 1.4×	3.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	416	9.1k
Pablo Vargas Spain	53	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	3.9k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	203	7.4k
Bruce G. Baldwin United States	44	5.9k 1.2×	3.9k 1.2×	3.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	105	8.7k
Colin E. Hughes United Kingdom	38	3.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	110	6.0k
Matt Lavin United States	43	4.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	881 0.6×	120	7.4k
Mark P. Simmons United States	40	4.0k 0.8×	3.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	923 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	114	7.6k
Susana Magallón Mexico	36	4.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	880 0.6×	69	6.3k
Quentin Cronk Canada	50	3.6k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	3.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	182	7.8k
Joachim W. Kadereit Germany	44	5.3k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	4.1k 1.6×	940 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	178	8.5k
R. Toby Pennington United Kingdom	52	6.7k 1.3×	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	3.5k 2.1×	1.5k 1.1×	161	10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Félix Forest

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Fields of papers citing papers by Félix Forest

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Félix Forest

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All Works

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Vos, Jurriaan M. de, U. Eggli, Reto Nyffeler, et al.. (2025). Phylogenomics and classification of Cactaceae based on hundreds of nuclear genes. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 311(5). 28–28. 2 indexed citations

Pirie, Michael D., Dirk U. Bellstedt, Jaime Fagúndez, et al.. (2024). Spatial decoupling of taxon richness, phylogenetic diversity and threat status in the megagenus Erica (Ericaceae). PhytoKeys. 244. 127–150. 3 indexed citations

Vos, Jurriaan M. de, Julien Bachelier, Niroshini Epitawalage, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomics of the pantropical Connaraceae: revised infrafamilial classification and the evolution of heterostyly. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 310(4). 29–29. 1 indexed citations

Bureš, Petr, Tammy L. Elliott, Pavel Veselý, et al.. (2024). The global distribution of angiosperm genome size is shaped by climate. New Phytologist. 242(2). 744–759. 32 indexed citations

Gomez, Marybel Soto, Matilda J. M. Brown, Samuel Pironon, et al.. (2024). Genome size is positively correlated with extinction risk in herbaceous angiosperms. New Phytologist. 243(6). 2470–2485. 7 indexed citations

Maurin, Olivier, Félix Forest, I. M. Turner, et al.. (2023). Drift in the tropics: Phylogenetics and biogeographical patterns in Combretaceae. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(10). 1790–1802. 5 indexed citations

Tietje, Melanie, Alexandre Antonelli, Félix Forest, et al.. (2023). Global hotspots of plant phylogenetic diversity. New Phytologist. 240(4). 1636–1646. 35 indexed citations

Mattapha, Sawai, Félix Forest, Brian Schrire, et al.. (2023). Three new species of Millettia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae: Millettieae) from the Indo-Chinese region. Kew Bulletin. 78(2). 175–187. 2 indexed citations

Haigh, A., Marc Gibernau, Olivier Maurin, et al.. (2022). Target sequence data shed new light on the infrafamilial classification of Araceae. American Journal of Botany. 110(2). e16117–e16117. 12 indexed citations

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Milliken, William, Barnaby E. Walker, Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes, Félix Forest, & Eimear Nic Lughadha. (2021). Plants used traditionally as antimalarials in Latin America: Mining the tree of life for potential new medicines. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 279. 114221–114221. 19 indexed citations

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Siniscalchi, Carolina M., Oriane Hidalgo, Luis Palazzesi, et al.. (2021). Lineage‐specific vs. universal: A comparison of the Compositae1061 and Angiosperms353 enrichment panels in the sunflower family. Applications in Plant Sciences. 9(7). 23 indexed citations

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Pillon, Yohan, Helen C. F. Hopkins, Olivier Maurin, et al.. (2021). Phylogenomics and biogeography of Cunoniaceae (Oxalidales) with complete generic sampling and taxonomic realignments. American Journal of Botany. 108(7). 1181–1200. 20 indexed citations

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Lu, Meng, et al.. (2021). Evidence linking life‐form to a major shift in diversification rate in Crassula. American Journal of Botany. 109(2). 272–290. 13 indexed citations

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Forest, Félix, et al.. (2021). Harnessing large-scale biodiversity data to infer the current distribution ofVanilla planifolia(Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 196(3). 407–422. 5 indexed citations

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Baker, William J., Steven Dodsworth, Félix Forest, et al.. (2021). Exploring Angiosperms353: An open, community toolkit for collaborative phylogenomic research on flowering plants. American Journal of Botany. 108(7). 1059–1065. 47 indexed citations

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Liu, Udayangani, et al.. (2020). Conserving orthodox seeds of globally threatened plants ex situ in the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK: the status of seed collections. Biodiversity and Conservation. 29(9-10). 2901–2949. 44 indexed citations

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Pironon, Samuel, James S. Borrell, Ian Ondo, et al.. (2020). Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity. Plants. 9(9). 1128–1128. 30 indexed citations

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Gomez, Marybel Soto, Lisa Pokorny, Michael B. Kantar, et al.. (2019). A customized nuclear target enrichment approach for developing a phylogenomic baseline for Dioscorea yams (Dioscoreaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences. 7(6). 41 indexed citations

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Estrella, Manuel de la, Félix Forest, Bente Klitgård, et al.. (2018). A new phylogeny-based tribal classification of subfamily Detarioideae, an early branching clade of florally diverse tropical arborescent legumes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6884–6884. 43 indexed citations

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Callmander, Martin W., Porter P. Lowry, Félix Forest, et al.. (2012). Benstonea Callm. & Buerki (Pandanaceae): Characterization, Circumscription, and Distribution of a New Genus of Screw-Pines, with a Synopsis of Accepted Species. Candollea. 67(2). 323–323. 26 indexed citations

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