Hans Kerp

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
185 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Hans Kerp is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Kerp has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 76 papers in Paleontology and 63 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Hans Kerp's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (125 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (70 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (48 papers). Hans Kerp is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (125 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (70 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (48 papers). Hans Kerp collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Hans Kerp's co-authors include Hagen Hass, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, Winfried Remy, Benjamin Bomfleur, Christian Pott, William A. DiMichele, Edith L. Taylor, Nora Dotzler and D. H. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans Kerp

182 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Four hundred-million-year-old vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae.

1994 719 citations Winfried Remy, Thomas N. Taylor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Hans Kerp	4.1k	2.6k	2.0k	1.7k	1.3k	185	6.6k
Michael Krings	3.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	714 0.5×	211	4.4k
Paul Kenrick	2.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	716 0.5×	82	5.3k
Dianne Edwards	3.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	116	4.9k
Edith L. Taylor	3.9k 0.9×	994 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	163	5.3k
Gar W. Rothwell	6.5k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	3.4k 2.1×	891 0.7×	278	7.5k
Zhe‐Kun Zhou	3.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	2.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.3×	235	6.6k
Richard M. Bateman	4.7k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	594 0.3×	2.8k 1.7×	436 0.3×	183	6.4k
David L. Dilcher	7.6k 1.9×	3.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	3.5k 2.1×	2.6k 1.9×	233	11.3k
Leo Hickey	4.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	74	5.9k
Peter Wilf	6.5k 1.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	130	9.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Kerp

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20 of 20 papers shown

Atfy, Haytham El, et al.. (2025). Paleoenvironment and source rock potential within the Jurassic-Cretaceous succession of the Nile Delta Basin, Egypt: Insights from palynology and organic geochemistry. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 181. 107492–107492.

Kustatscher, Evelyn, et al.. (2024). Cisuralian plant fossils from Khenifra (Central Morocco): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiogeographical reconstructions. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 330. 105186–105186. 1 indexed citations

Schachat, Sandra R., Andrés Baresch, Howard J. Falcon‐Lang, et al.. (2023). Vegetational change during the Middle–Late Pennsylvanian transition in western Pangaea. Geological Society London Special Publications. 535(1). 337–359. 2 indexed citations

Kerp, Hans, et al.. (2023). Leaves and sporangia developed in rare non-Fibonacci spirals in early leafy plants. Science. 380(6650). 1188–1192. 12 indexed citations

DiMichele, William A., Spencer G. Lucas, Cortland F. Eble, et al.. (2023). A detailed stratigraphic and taphonomic reassessment of the late Paleozoic fossil flora from Promontory Butte, Arizona. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 320. 105004–105004. 3 indexed citations

Kerp, Hans, et al.. (2021). The fossil flora of the Dead Sea region, Jordan – A late Permian Garden of Delights. Journal of Palaeosciences. 70((1-2)). 135–158. 8 indexed citations

Lucas, Spencer G., William A. DiMichele, Karl Krainer, et al.. (2021). The Pennsylvanian System in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA. Figshare. iv–215. 5 indexed citations

Hetherington, Alexander J., et al.. (2021). An evidence-based 3D reconstruction of Asteroxylon mackiei, the most complex plant preserved from the Rhynie chert. eLife. 10. 20 indexed citations

Kustatscher, Evelyn, Johanna H.A. van Konijnenburg‐van Cittert, Cindy V. Looy, et al.. (2018). The Lopingian (late Permian) flora from the Bletterbach Gorge in the Dolomites, Northern Italy: a review. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 12 indexed citations

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Kerp, Hans, et al.. (2018). A hidden cradle of plant evolution in Permian tropical lowlands. Science. 362(6421). 1414–1416. 63 indexed citations

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DiMichele, William A., Spencer G. Lucas, Cindy V. Looy, Hans Kerp, & Dan S. Chaney. (2017). Plant Fossils from the Pennsylvanian–Permian Transition in Western Pangea, Abo Pass, New Mexico. Figshare. 2–40. 9 indexed citations

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Kerp, Hans. (2017). Organs and tissues of Rhynie chert plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1739). 20160495–20160495. 33 indexed citations

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Krings, Michael, Thomas N. Taylor, Hagen Hass, et al.. (2007). An Alternative Mode of Early Land Plant Colonization by Putative Endomycorrhizal Fungi. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 2(2). 125–126. 23 indexed citations

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Taylor, Thomas N., Hans Kerp, & Hagen Hass. (2005). Life history biology of early land plants: Deciphering the gametophyte phase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(16). 5892–5897. 108 indexed citations

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Daviero‐Gomez, Véronique, Hans Kerp, & Hagen Hass. (2005). Nothia aphylla: the issue of clonal development in early land plants.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Krings, Michael, et al.. (2003). The Oldest Fossil Endophytic Alga and Its Unusual Habitat. Symbiosis. 34(3). 215–230. 3 indexed citations

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Kerp, Hans, Nigel H. Trewin, & Hagen Hass. (2003). New gametophytes from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 94(4). 411–428. 44 indexed citations

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Kerp, Hans. (2002). Atmospheric CO2 from fossil plant cuticles. Nature. 415(6867). 38–38. 5 indexed citations

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Roth‐Nebelsick, Anita, Guido W. Grimm, Volker Mosbrugger, Hagen Hass, & Hans Kerp. (2000). Morphometric analysis of Rhynia and Asteroxylon : testing functional aspects of early land plant evolution. Paleobiology. 26(3). 405–418. 18 indexed citations

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Taylor, Thomas N., Winfried Remy, Hagen Hass, & Hans Kerp. (1995). Fossil arbuscular mycorrhizae from the Early Devonian. Mycologia. 87(4). 560–573. 108 indexed citations

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