Jack A. Wolfe

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
62 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

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Jack A. Wolfe is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack A. Wolfe has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 29 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jack A. Wolfe's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (36 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (17 papers). Jack A. Wolfe is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (36 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (17 papers). Jack A. Wolfe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Jack A. Wolfe's co-authors include Garland R. Upchurch, Leo Hickey, Robert A. Spicer, Chris E. Forest, Toshimasa Tanai, Péter Molnár, Paul J. Valdes, S. P. Kelley, Alexei B. Herman and Mike Widdowson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jack A. Wolfe

62 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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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.

Constant elevation of southern Tibet over the past 15 million years

2003 572 citations Robert A. Spicer, Nigel Harris et al. Nature profile →
Some Aspects of Plant Geography of the Northern Hemisphere During the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary

1975 498 citations Jack A. Wolfe Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden profile →
A Paleobotanical Interpretation of Tertiary Climates in the Northern Hemisphere

1978 444 citations Jack A. Wolfe profile →
The Bases of Angiosperm Phylogeny: Vegetative Morphology

1975 406 citations Leo Hickey, Jack A. Wolfe Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack A. Wolfe United States	35	3.5k	2.2k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	62	6.0k
David L. Dilcher United States	54	7.6k 2.2×	2.6k 1.2×	3.2k 1.9×	3.5k 2.6×	3.0k 2.3×	233	11.3k
Edith L. Taylor United States	39	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	994 0.7×	163	5.3k
Stephen McLoughlin Sweden	45	3.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	725 0.5×	177	5.8k
Hans Kerp Germany	45	4.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	2.6k 1.9×	185	6.6k
William G. Chaloner United Kingdom	34	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	763 0.6×	915 0.7×	89	3.7k
David J. Cantrill Australia	40	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	596 0.4×	132	4.7k
Zhe‐Kun Zhou China	45	3.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	2.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	235	6.6k
David R. Greenwood Canada	34	2.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	634 0.5×	551 0.4×	107	4.5k
Torsten Utescher Germany	41	2.1k 0.6×	3.6k 1.6×	2.2k 1.4×	646 0.5×	766 0.6×	112	5.3k
Tom L. Phillips United States	33	2.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	596 0.4×	795 0.6×	78	3.6k

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Spicer, Robert A., Nigel Harris, Mike Widdowson, et al.. (2003). Constant elevation of southern Tibet over the past 15 million years. Nature. 421(6923). 622–624. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

Wolfe, Jack A., Kathryn M. Gregory‐Wodzicki, Peter Molnar, & George Mustoe. (2000). Paleobotanical evidence for the development of high altitudes during the early Eocene in northwestern North America. GFF. 122(1). 186–187. 7 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack A.. (1995). Paleoclimatic Estimates from Tertiary Leaf Assemblages. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 23(1). 119–142. 220 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack A.. (1994). An analysis of Neogene climates in Beringia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 108(3-4). 207–216. 103 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack A. & Howard E. Schorn. (1989). Paleoecologic, paleoclimatic, and evolutionary significance of the Oligocene Creede flora, Colorado. Paleobiology. 15(2). 180–198. 35 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack A. & Garland R. Upchurch. (1989). Reply. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 69. 142–144. 2 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack A. & Toshimasa Tanai. (1987). Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America. Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University). 22(1). 1–246. 101 indexed citations

Spicer, Robert A. & Jack A. Wolfe. (1987). Plant taphonomy of late Holocene deposits in Trinity (Clair Engle) Lake, northern California. Paleobiology. 13(2). 227–245. 107 indexed citations

Spicer, Robert A., Jack A. Wolfe, & Douglas J. Nichols. (1987). Alaskan Cretaceous-Tertiary floras and Arctic origins. Paleobiology. 13(1). 73–83. 39 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A.. (1987). Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic history of deciduousness and the terminal Cretaceous event. Paleobiology. 13(2). 215–226. 95 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A. & Garland R. Upchurch. (1987). North American nonmarine climates and vegetation during the Late Cretaceous. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 61. 33–77. 342 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A. & Garland R. Upchurch. (1986). Vegetation, climatic and floral changes at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Nature. 324(6093). 148–152. 149 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A.. (1981). Paleoclimates: Climates Throughout Geologic Time . L. A. Frakes. Elsevier, New York, 1979. xii, 310 pp., illus. Cloth, $58.50; paper, $29.95.. Science. 211(4489). 1414–1415. 1 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A. & Toshimasa Tanai. (1980). The Miocene Seldovia Point flora from the Kenai Group, Alaska. USGS professional paper. 105 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A.. (1978). A Paleobotanical Interpretation of Tertiary Climates in the Northern Hemisphere. 66(6). 694–703. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wolfe, Jack A.. (1977). Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region. USGS professional paper. 214 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A.. (1975). Some Aspects of Plant Geography of the Northern Hemisphere During the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 62(2). 264–264. 498 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hickey, Leo & Jack A. Wolfe. (1975). The Bases of Angiosperm Phylogeny: Vegetative Morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 62(3). 538–538. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hopkins, David M., John Matthews, Jack A. Wolfe, & Miles L. Silberman. (1971). A Pliocene flora and insect fauna from the Bering Strait region. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 9(3). 211–231. 50 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack A.. (1969). NEOGENE FLORISTIC AND VEGETATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 20. 83–110. 99 indexed citations

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