Franco Pupulin

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Franco Pupulin is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Pupulin has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 56 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Franco Pupulin's work include Plant and animal studies (91 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (53 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (46 papers). Franco Pupulin is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (91 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (53 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (46 papers). Franco Pupulin collaborates with scholars based in Costa Rica, United States and Netherlands. Franco Pupulin's co-authors include Diego Bogarín, Jorge Warner, Vincent Savolainen, Timothy G. Barraclough, Olivier Maurin, Renaud Lahaye, Michelle van der Bank, Guillaume Gigot, Sylvie Duthoit and Adam P. Karremans and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Franco Pupulin

92 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 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. DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots
    2008 726 citations Diego Bogarín, Franco Pupulin 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
Franco Pupulin Costa Rica 15 866 838 523 254 242 105 1.4k
Judith Fehrer Czechia 23 1.0k 1.2× 495 0.6× 1.1k 2.1× 223 0.9× 231 1.0× 48 1.7k
Rhiannon M. Peery Canada 7 851 1.0× 1.5k 1.8× 529 1.0× 190 0.7× 436 1.8× 16 1.9k
Zhong‐Hu Li China 21 551 0.6× 978 1.2× 460 0.9× 148 0.6× 571 2.4× 129 1.6k
J. Mark Porter United States 13 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 997 1.9× 220 0.9× 325 1.3× 24 2.1k
Lawrence A. Alice United States 14 876 1.0× 735 0.9× 691 1.3× 156 0.6× 179 0.7× 19 1.5k
Josep A. Rosselló Spain 20 960 1.1× 751 0.9× 1.2k 2.2× 216 0.9× 438 1.8× 117 1.8k
Kevin Weitemier United States 13 680 0.8× 938 1.1× 474 0.9× 97 0.4× 404 1.7× 16 1.4k
Gang Hao China 23 962 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 697 1.3× 156 0.6× 447 1.8× 101 1.7k
Hai‐Fei Yan China 21 547 0.6× 823 1.0× 385 0.7× 103 0.4× 286 1.2× 65 1.2k
Amandine Cornille France 22 449 0.5× 468 0.6× 1.1k 2.1× 260 1.0× 402 1.7× 39 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Pupulin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Pupulin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Pupulin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franco Pupulin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franco Pupulin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Franco Pupulin. Franco Pupulin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Darragh, Kathy, Cheryl A. Dean, Diego Bogarín, et al.. (2024). The Gongora gibba genome assembly provides new insights into the evolution of floral scent in male euglossine bee–pollinated orchids. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(11). 1 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco, et al.. (2024). New species and records of Orchidaceae from Costa Rica. IV.. Lankesteriana. 1 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco, Diego Bogarín, & Adam P. Karremans. (2023). LANKESTER CATALOGUE OF COSTA RICAN ORCHIDACEAE. Lankesteriana.
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Bogarín, Diego, Oscar A. Pérez‐Escobar, Adam P. Karremans, et al.. (2019). Phylogenetic comparative methods improve the selection of characters for generic delimitations in a hyperdiverse Neotropical orchid clade. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15098–15098. 16 indexed citations
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Bogarín, Diego, Oscar A. Pérez‐Escobar, D.S.J. Groenenberg, et al.. (2018). Anchored hybrid enrichment generated nuclear, plastid and mitochondrial markers resolve the Lepanthes horrida (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 129. 27–47. 39 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco. (2015). Orchid florula of Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Costa Rica. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Dressler, Robert L. & Franco Pupulin. (2015). La identidad de Sobralia leucoxantha, con tres nuevas especies, dos muy cercanas y una más lejana. 25(2). 134.
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Bogarín, Diego & Franco Pupulin. (2015). Las orquídeas del Parque Nacional Barra Honda, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Lankesteriana. 7(1-2). 2 indexed citations
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Karremans, Adam P., Franco Pupulin, David A. Grimaldi, et al.. (2015). Pollination ofSpeckliniaby nectar-feedingDrosophila: the first reported case of a deceptive syndrome employing aggregation pheromones in Orchidaceae. Annals of Botany. 116(3). 437–455. 31 indexed citations
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Karremans, Adam P., Franco Pupulin, & Barbara Gravendeel. (2015). Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae). PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0131971–e0131971. 7 indexed citations
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Dressler, Robert L. & Franco Pupulin. (2014). Two New White-Flowered Species ofSobralia(Orchidaceae) from Costa Rica. Harvard Papers in Botany. 19(1). 117–122. 4 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco, et al.. (2013). New species of <i>Porroglossum</i> (Orchidaceae: pleurothallidinae) from Ecuador. Lankesteriana. 2 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco & Adam P. Karremans. (2010). Crossoglossa sotoana (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae), a new species honoring the late Mexican botanist, Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas. Lankesteriana. 9(3). 443–446. 3 indexed citations
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Neubig, Kurt M., Norris H. Williams, W. Mark Whitten, & Franco Pupulin. (2009). Molecular phylogenetics and the evolution of fruit and leaf morphology of Dichaea (Orchidaceae: Zygopetalinae). Annals of Botany. 104(3). 457–467. 15 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco, et al.. (2007). THREE NEW SPECIES OF ACIANTHERA (ORCHIDACEAE: PLEUROTHALLIDINAE) FROM COSTA RICA. Harvard Papers in Botany. 12(1). 155–162. 8 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco. (2007). EPIDENDRA, THE BOTANICAL DATABASES OF JARDÍN BOTÁNICO LANKESTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA. Lankesteriana. 7. 178–180. 8 indexed citations
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Pupulin, Franco. (1998). A new species of Ionopsis (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) and a reconsideration of the genus Konantzia.. Harvard Papers in Botany. 3(2). 225–229. 1 indexed citations

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