Hans Peter Comes

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Hans Peter Comes is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Peter Comes has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 51 papers in Plant Science and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hans Peter Comes's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (49 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (27 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (26 papers). Hans Peter Comes is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (49 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (27 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (26 papers). Hans Peter Comes collaborates with scholars based in Austria, China and Germany. Hans Peter Comes's co-authors include Joachim W. Kadereit, Yingxiong Qiu, Richard J. Abbott, Matthias Kropf, Chengxin Fu, Li‐Bing Zhang, Hang Sun, Alexander Gamisch, Eva Maria Griebeler and Andreas Tribsch and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans Peter Comes

102 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

The effect of Quaternary climatic changes on plant distri... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2011 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The effect of Quaternary climatic changes on plant distribution and evolution
    1998 792 citations Hans Peter Comes, Joachim W. Kadereit profile →
  2. Plant molecular phylogeography in China and adjacent regions: Tracing the genetic imprints of Quaternary climate and environmental change in the world’s most diverse temperate flora
    2011 739 citations Yingxiong Qiu, Hans Peter Comes et al. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans Peter Comes Austria 39 3.2k 2.9k 2.4k 2.1k 993 104 5.7k
Pablo Vargas Spain 53 4.3k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 3.9k 1.9× 1.6k 1.6× 203 7.4k
Richard A. Ennos United Kingdom 37 2.9k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 140 6.6k
Christian Lexer Switzerland 49 3.6k 1.1× 4.4k 1.5× 2.3k 1.0× 3.1k 1.5× 1.6k 1.7× 126 8.3k
Andrew L. Hipp United States 38 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 126 4.8k
Warren L. Wagner United States 40 3.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 186 5.4k
Guillaume Besnard France 51 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 2.7k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 581 0.6× 158 6.6k
Richard I. Milne United Kingdom 31 1.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 619 0.6× 104 3.7k
Elena Conti Switzerland 42 3.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 773 0.8× 114 4.9k
Maurizio Rossetto Australia 35 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 156 4.4k
Bruce G. Baldwin United States 44 5.9k 1.9× 1.7k 0.6× 3.9k 1.6× 3.7k 1.8× 1.2k 1.2× 105 8.7k

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All Works

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Vilatersana, Roser, Linfeng Li, Yuguo Wang, et al.. (2023). Phylogenomic and population genomic analyses reveal the spatial–temporal dynamics of diversification of the Nigella arvensis complex (Ranunculaceae) in the Aegean archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 188. 107908–107908. 2 indexed citations
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Gibernau, Marc, et al.. (2023). Variation in scent amount but not in composition correlates with pollinator visits within populations of deceptive Arum maculatum L. (Araceae). Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1046532–1046532. 1 indexed citations
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Comes, Hans Peter, Jun Chen, Shanshan Zhu, et al.. (2023). Genome sequences and population genomics provide insights into the demographic history, inbreeding, and mutation load of two ‘living fossil’ tree species of Dipteronia. The Plant Journal. 117(1). 177–192. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhihui, et al.. (2023). Plastome evolution and phylogenomics of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae). Planta. 257(2). 45–45. 9 indexed citations
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Affenzeller, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Plant speciation in the Namib Desert: potential origin of a widespread derivative species from a narrow endemic. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 15(5-6). 329–353. 5 indexed citations
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Wagner, Rüdiger, et al.. (2022). Antennae of psychodid and sphaerocerid flies respond to a high variety of floral scent compounds of deceptive Arum maculatum L.. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 5086–5086. 8 indexed citations
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Comes, Hans Peter, et al.. (2022). Plastid Phylogenomics and Plastome Evolution of Nandinoideae (Berberidaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 913011–913011. 2 indexed citations
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Ye, Wenqing, Shanshan Zhu, Hans Peter Comes, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomics and diversification drivers of the Eastern Asian – Eastern North American disjunct Podophylloideae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 169. 107427–107427. 13 indexed citations
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Gamisch, Alexander, Klaus Winter, Gunter A. Fischer, & Hans Peter Comes. (2021). Evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) as an escape from ecological niche conservatism in Malagasy Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae). New Phytologist. 231(3). 1236–1248. 20 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shanshan, Jun Chen, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2020). Genomic insights on the contribution of balancing selection and local adaptation to the long‐term survival of a widespread living fossil tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum. New Phytologist. 228(5). 1674–1689. 36 indexed citations
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Gamisch, Alexander & Hans Peter Comes. (2019). Clade-age-dependent diversification under high species turnover shapes species richness disparities among tropical rainforest lineages of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 93–93. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ticao, Hans Peter Comes, & Hang Sun. (2011). Chloroplast phylogeography of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) from the eastern Sino-Himalayan region and its correlation with historical river capture events. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 60(1). 1–12. 94 indexed citations
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Pelser, Pieter B., Richard J. Abbott, Hans Peter Comes, et al.. (2011). The genetic ghost of an invasion past: colonization and extinction revealed by historical hybridization inSenecio. Molecular Ecology. 21(2). 369–387. 35 indexed citations
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Kropf, Matthias, Hans Peter Comes, & Joachim W. Kadereit. (2008). Causes of the genetic architecture of south-west European high mountain disjuncts. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 1(2). 217–228. 44 indexed citations
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Bartish, Igor V., Joachim W. Kadereit, & Hans Peter Comes. (2006). Late Quaternary history of Hippophaë rhamnoides L. (Elaeagnaceae) inferred from chalcone synthase intron (Chsi) sequences and chloroplast DNA variation. Molecular Ecology. 15(13). 4065–4083. 54 indexed citations
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Comes, Hans Peter. (2004). The Mediterranean region – a hotspot for plant biogeographic research. New Phytologist. 164(1). 11–14. 70 indexed citations

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