Friđgeir Grímsson

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Friđgeir Grímsson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Friđgeir Grímsson has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Friđgeir Grímsson's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (64 papers), Plant and animal studies (28 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (27 papers). Friđgeir Grímsson is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (64 papers), Plant and animal studies (28 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (27 papers). Friđgeir Grímsson collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Sweden and United States. Friđgeir Grímsson's co-authors include Reinhard Zetter, Thomas Denk, Guido W. Grimm, Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, Heidemarie Halbritter, Michael Weber, Andrea Frosch-Radivo, Ralf Buchner and Michael Hesse and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Friđgeir Grímsson

78 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Illustrated Pollen Terminology 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Illustrated Pollen Terminology
    2018 363 citations Silvia Ulrich, Friđgeir Grímsson et al. profile →

Peers

Friđgeir Grímsson
Reinhard Zetter Austria
James F. Basinger Canada
Selena Y. Smith United States
Raymond J. Carpenter Australia
Frédéric M.B. Jacques China
Kathleen B. Pigg United States
Andrew N. Drinnan Australia
Nathalie S. Nagalingum United States
Yong‐Jiang Huang China
Daphne E. Lee New Zealand
Reinhard Zetter Austria
Friđgeir Grímsson
Citations per year, relative to Friđgeir Grímsson Friđgeir Grímsson (= 1×) peers Reinhard Zetter

Countries citing papers authored by Friđgeir Grímsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Friđgeir Grímsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Friđgeir Grímsson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Friđgeir Grímsson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Friđgeir Grímsson 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 Friđgeir Grímsson. Friđgeir Grímsson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Engel, Michael S., Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, et al.. (2025). 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist. 248(4). 2111–2127.
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Bouchal, Johannes M., Silvia Ulrich, Volker Wilde, et al.. (2025). Qualitative LM and SEM study of the Messel palynoflora: Part II. Fabales to Caryophyllales. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 341. 105349–105349. 2 indexed citations
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Engel, Michael S., Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, et al.. (2024). The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 949–962. 5 indexed citations
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Ulrich, Silvia, Manuel Vieira, Mario Coiro, et al.. (2024). Origin and Early Evolution of Hydrocharitaceae and the Ancestral Role of Stratiotes. Plants. 13(7). 1008–1008. 4 indexed citations
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Bouchal, Johannes M., et al.. (2023). 5 Years Ragweed Finder: From the Idea to the official reporting tool of Ambrosia artemisiifolia. 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, et al.. (2023). Community assembly of tropical Fagaceae-dominated forests in Thailand dates back at least to the Late Palaeogene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(1). 1–22. 2 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, Silvia Ulrich, Reinhard Zetter, et al.. (2021). How to extract and analyze pollen from internal organs and exoskeletons of fossil insects. STAR Protocols. 2(4). 100923–100923. 7 indexed citations
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Wedmann, Sonja, Thomas Hörnschemeyer, Michael S. Engel, Reinhard Zetter, & Friđgeir Grímsson. (2021). The last meal of an Eocene pollen-feeding fly. Current Biology. 31(9). 2020–2026.e4. 11 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Juha, et al.. (2020). Palaeodietary traits of large mammals from the middle Miocene of Gračanica (Bugojno Basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 100(2). 457–477. 19 indexed citations
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Mayda, Serdar, et al.. (2020). Large giraffids (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the new late Miocene fossiliferous locality of Kemiklitepe-E (Western Anatolia, Turkey). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 101(3). 853–867. 5 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, et al.. (2018). The first Loranthaceae fossils from Africa. Grana. 57(4). 249–259. 11 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, et al.. (2018). Pollen morphology of the African Sclerosperma (Arecaceae). Grana. 58(2). 99–113. 10 indexed citations
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Denk, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Taxonomy and palaeoecology of two widespread western Eurasian Neogene sclerophyllous oak species: Quercus drymeja Unger and Q. mediterranea Unger. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 241. 98–128. 29 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, Paschalia Kapli, Christa‐Charlotte Hofmann, Reinhard Zetter, & Guido W. Grimm. (2017). Eocene Loranthaceae pollen pushes back divergence ages for major splits in the family. PeerJ. 5. e3373–e3373. 15 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, Guido W. Grimm, & Reinhard Zetter. (2017). Tiny pollen grains: first evidence of Saururaceae from the Late Cretaceous of western North America. PeerJ. 5. e3434–e3434. 12 indexed citations
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Wappler, Torsten, Conrad C. Labandeira, Michael S. Engel, Reinhard Zetter, & Friđgeir Grímsson. (2015). Specialized and Generalized Pollen-Collection Strategies in an Ancient Bee Lineage. Current Biology. 25(23). 3092–3098. 39 indexed citations
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Bouchal, Johannes M., Reinhard Zetter, Friđgeir Grímsson, & Thomas Denk. (2014). Evolutionary trends and ecological differentiation in early Cenozoic Fagaceae of western North America. American Journal of Botany. 101(8). 1332–1349. 36 indexed citations
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Denk, Thomas, Friđgeir Grímsson, & Reinhard Zetter. (2010). Episodic migration of oaks to Iceland: Evidence for a North Atlantic “land bridge” in the latest Miocene. American Journal of Botany. 97(2). 276–287. 116 indexed citations

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