James Richardson

14.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

James Richardson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Richardson has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in James Richardson's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (41 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (31 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). James Richardson is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (41 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (31 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). James Richardson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Colombia. James Richardson's co-authors include R. Toby Pennington, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Mark W. Chase, T. D. Pennington, Santiago Madriñán, Lars W. Chatrou, Michael F. Fay, Roy H. J. Erkens, Andrés J. Cortés and Robyn S. Cowan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James Richardson

123 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Beyond Partnership: Strategies for Innovation and Lean Supply

1994 697 citations James Richardson profile →
Rapid Diversification of a Species-Rich Genus of Neotropical Rain Forest Trees

2001 610 citations James Richardson, R. Toby Pennington et al. profile →
The business model: an integrative framework for strategy execution

2008 519 citations James Richardson profile →
Páramo is the world's fastest evolving and coolest biodiversity hotspot

2013 308 citations Santiago Madriñán, Andrés J. Cortés et al. Frontiers in Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Richardson United Kingdom	43	3.5k	2.6k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	128	8.3k
Werner Ulrich Poland	50	4.3k 1.2×	924 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	180 0.1×	1.3k 1.1×	350	11.2k
Achim Walter Switzerland	60	566 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	6.1k 3.8×	1.9k 1.5×	506 0.4×	239	12.1k
Ying Zhang China	40	799 0.2×	518 0.2×	3.6k 2.2×	200 0.2×	427 0.4×	372	13.2k
David A. King United States	40	884 0.3×	102 0.0×	982 0.6×	355 0.3×	140 0.1×	233	7.0k
Jikun Huang China	72	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	3.8k 2.4×	760 0.6×	240 0.2×	390	17.1k
John McNeill United States	37	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	128 0.1×	300 0.2×	266	9.9k
John W. Morgan Australia	39	1.2k 0.3×	96 0.0×	878 0.5×	740 0.6×	157 0.1×	196	5.8k
Graeme Newell Australia	37	747 0.2×	166 0.1×	234 0.1×	436 0.3×	454 0.4×	205	6.6k
Martin D. Smith United States	44	263 0.1×	968 0.4×	322 0.2×	322 0.3×	376 0.3×	131	6.6k
Paul West United States	32	2.3k 0.7×	672 0.3×	4.4k 2.7×	140 0.1×	646 0.5×	79	11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Richardson

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All Works

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Colli‐Silva, Matheus, James Richardson, José Rubens Pirani, & Antônio Figueira. (2025). Wild or Introduced? Investigating the Genetic Landscape of Cacao Populations in South America. Ecology and Evolution. 15(7). e71746–e71746.

Richardson, James, et al.. (2024). Venture capital internationalization in China and the Uppsala model. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal.

Colli‐Silva, Matheus, James Richardson, Fabián A. Michelangeli, & José Rubens Pirani. (2024). Expanding the cacao group: three new species of Theobroma sect. Herrania (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae) from the Western Amazon Basin. Kew Bulletin. 79(3). 571–582.

Colli‐Silva, Matheus, James Richardson, Antônio Figueira, & José Rubens Pirani. (2024). Human influence on the distribution of cacao: insights from remote sensing and biogeography. Biodiversity and Conservation. 33(3). 1009–1025. 3 indexed citations

Colli‐Silva, Matheus, et al.. (2024). A phylogenetic framework to study desirable traits in the wild relatives of Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(5). 963–978. 4 indexed citations

Richardson, James, et al.. (2023). Sinopsis del género Micropholis (Sapotacea) en Colombia y clave para la identificación de sus especies. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. 47(183). 301–314. 1 indexed citations

Colli‐Silva, Matheus, James Richardson, Eduardo Góes Neves, et al.. (2023). Domestication of the Amazonian fruit tree cupuaçu may have stretched over the past 8000 years. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 7 indexed citations

Richardson, James, Richard I. Milne, Julie A. Hawkins, et al.. (2021). Andean orogeny and the diversification of lowland neotropical rain forest trees: A case study in Sapotaceae. Global and Planetary Change. 201. 103481–103481. 7 indexed citations

Clerici, Nicola, Camilo Salazar, Carolina Pardo‐Díaz, et al.. (2018). Peace in Colombia is a critical moment for Neotropical connectivity and conservation: Save the northern Andes–Amazon biodiversity bridge. Conservation Letters. 12(1). 63 indexed citations

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Richardson, James, et al.. (2018). Biotic homogeneity of putative biogeographic units in the Neotropics: A test with Sapotaceae. Diversity and Distributions. 24(8). 1121–1135. 2 indexed citations

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Richardson, James, et al.. (2015). ‘I didn't feel like I was alone anymore’: evaluating self-organised employee coping practices conducted via Facebook. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 2 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Kate, Graham N. Stone, James A. Nicholls, et al.. (2014). Patterns of diversification amongst tropical regions compared: a case study in Sapotaceae. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 362–362. 41 indexed citations

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Madriñán, Santiago, Andrés J. Cortés, & James Richardson. (2013). Páramo is the world's fastest evolving and coolest biodiversity hotspot. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 192–192. 308 indexed citations breakdown →

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Staats, Martijn, Roy H. J. Erkens, Bart van de Vossenberg, et al.. (2013). Genomic Treasure Troves: Complete Genome Sequencing of Herbarium and Insect Museum Specimens. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69189–e69189. 167 indexed citations

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Gower, David J., et al.. (2012). Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 139 indexed citations

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Misra, Sukant K., et al.. (2010). A determination of cotton market price premiums required to justify more lint cleaning in the gin plant.. The journal of cotton science/Journal of cotton science. 14(4). 199–204. 2 indexed citations

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Couvreur, Thomas L. P., James Richardson, Marc S.M. Sosef, Roy H. J. Erkens, & Lars W. Chatrou. (2008). Evolution of syncarpy and other morphological characters in African Annonaceae: A posterior mapping approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(1). 302–318. 62 indexed citations

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Schindehutte, Minet, et al.. (2006). Is the Business Model a Useful Strategic Concept? Conceptual, Theoretical, and Empirical Insights. Journal of Small Business Strategy. 17(1). 27–50. 81 indexed citations

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Verlag, Gabler & James Richardson. (1993). Restructuring Supplier Relationships in U.S. Manufacturing for Improved Quality1. Management International Review. 33(2). 53. 26 indexed citations

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Richardson, James. (1988). Nash-efficient collective choice with compensation : theory and experiments. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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