G. Ledyard Stebbins

26.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
188 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

G. Ledyard Stebbins is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Ledyard Stebbins has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Plant Science, 71 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in G. Ledyard Stebbins's work include Plant and animal studies (37 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (22 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (18 papers). G. Ledyard Stebbins is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (37 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (22 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (18 papers). G. Ledyard Stebbins collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. G. Ledyard Stebbins's co-authors include Arthur Cronquist, Herbert G. Baker, E. Anderson, Sewall Wright, Jack Major, Richard C Lewontin, G. S. Khush, Payel Sarkar, Edgar Anderson and D. H. Valentine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. Ledyard Stebbins

184 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Chromosomal evolution in higher plants

1971 2.5k citations G. Ledyard Stebbins Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Flowering Plants. Evolution above the Species Level

1975 1.2k citations G. Ledyard Stebbins et al. profile →
Flowering Plants

1974 1.1k citations G. Ledyard Stebbins Harvard University Press eBooks profile →
Self Fertilization and Population Variability in the Higher Plants

1957 1.0k citations G. Ledyard Stebbins profile →
Adaptive Radiation of Reproductive Characteristics in Angiosperms, I: Pollination Mechanisms

1970 927 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins profile →
Selection for colonizing abilitty.

1965 458 citations Herbert G. Baker, G. Ledyard Stebbins et al. profile →
HYBRIDIZATION AS AN EVOLUTIONARY STIMULUS

1954 440 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins et al. Evolution profile →
Evolution and the Genetics of Populations. Volume 3. Experimental Results and Evolutionary Deductions.

1977 380 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins et al. profile →
Endemism and Speciation in the California Flora

1965 335 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins et al. profile →
The Inviability, Weakness, and Sterility of Interspecific Hybrids

1958 316 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins Advances in genetics profile →
CYTOLOGY AND CYTOGENETICS

1957 251 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins profile →
CYTOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE GRASS FAMILY

1956 203 citations G. Ledyard Stebbins American Journal of Botany profile →

Peers

G. Ledyard Stebbins

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Donald A. Levin United States

Herbert G. Baker United States

Sewall Wright United States

Barbara A. Schaal United States

Kåre Bremer Sweden

Michael T. Clegg United States

Richard J. Abbott United Kingdom

Douglas W. Schemske United States

Charles C. Davis United States

Sherwin Carlquist United States

Donald A. Levin United States

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9.4k ×1.1

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4.4k ×1.3

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4.8k ×1.7

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Citations per year, relative to G. Ledyard Stebbins G. Ledyard Stebbins (= 1×) peers Donald A. Levin

Countries citing papers authored by G. Ledyard Stebbins

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All Works

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (2010). THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL POLYPLOIDS IN THE FAMILY GRAMINEAE. Hereditas. 35(S1). 461–485. 12 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1987). Species concepts: Semantics and actual situations. Biology & Philosophy. 2. 6 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1982). PERSPECTIVES IN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY. Evolution. 36(6). 1109–1118. 22 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1974). Flowering Plants. Harvard University Press eBooks. 1127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1973). Morphogenesisc vascularization and phylogeny in angiosperms. 418. 1–19. 3 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard, et al.. (1971). AN ALBINO MUTANT IN PLANTAGO INSULARIS REQUIRING THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE. I: GENETICS. Genetics. 68(2). 231–243. 6 indexed citations

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Yagil, Ezra & G. Ledyard Stebbins. (1969). THE MORPHOGENETIC EFFECTS OF THE HOODED GENE IN BARLEY II. CYTOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING GENE EXPRESSION. Genetics. 62(2). 307–319. 19 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1969). The basis of progressive evolution. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 90 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard, et al.. (1968). A cytotaxonomic revision of the fleshy-fruited Galium species of the Californias and southern Oregon (Rubiaceae). University of California Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard & Ezra Yagil. (1966). THE MORPHOGENETIC EFFECTS OF THE HOODED GENE IN BARLEY. I. THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT IN HOODED AND AWNED GENOTYPES. Genetics. 54(3). 727–741. 42 indexed citations

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Baker, Herbert G. & G. Ledyard Stebbins. (1965). The genetics of colonizing species : proceedings of the First International Union of Biological Sciences Symposia on General Biology. Academic Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations

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Morley, F. H. W., et al.. (1965). Colonization in Australia by Trifolium subterraneum L.. 11 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard, et al.. (1963). IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANCESTRY OF AN AMPHIPLOID VIOLA WITH THE AID OF PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY. American Journal of Botany. 50(8). 830–839. 31 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard & G. S. Khush. (1961). Variation in the Organization of the Stomatal Complex in the Leaf Epidermis of Monocotyledons and Its Bearing on Their Phylogeny. American Journal of Botany. 48(1). 51–51. 63 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard & Daniel Zohary. (1959). Morphology, distribution, and interrelationships of the diploid subspecies. University of California Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1958). The Inviability, Weakness, and Sterility of Interspecific Hybrids. Advances in genetics. 9. 147–215. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1958). ON THE HYBRID ORIGIN OF THE ANGIOSPERMS. Evolution. 12(2). 267–270. 19 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1954). The Major Features of Evolution . George Gaylord Simpson. Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 1953. 434 pp. Illus. $7.50. Science. 119(3098). 699–701. 1 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1953). A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE TRIBE CICHORIEAE, FAMILY COMPOSITAE. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 97 indexed citations

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard. (1951). NATURAL SELECTION AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF ANGIOSPERM FAMILIES. Evolution. 5(4). 299–324. 105 indexed citations

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