Jefferson Prado

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
228 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jefferson Prado is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jefferson Prado has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 56 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jefferson Prado's work include Fern and Epiphyte Biology (169 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (147 papers) and Plant and animal studies (140 papers). Jefferson Prado is often cited by papers focused on Fern and Epiphyte Biology (169 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (147 papers) and Plant and animal studies (140 papers). Jefferson Prado collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Germany. Jefferson Prado's co-authors include Regina Y. Hirai, John McNeill, V. Demoulin, Werner Greuter, David L. Hawksworth, Patrick S. Herendeen, Karol Marhold, John H. Wiersema, Fred R. Barrie and Nicholas J. Turland and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Jefferson Prado

215 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code)

2012 907 citations John McNeill, Fred R. Barrie et al. profile →
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia

2012 471 citations John McNeill, Fred R. Barrie et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jefferson Prado Brazil	23	2.5k	1.1k	766	412	356	228	3.5k
Juli Caujapé‐Castells Spain	30	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	614 0.8×	227 0.6×	429 1.2×	109	2.4k
Freek T. Bakker Netherlands	33	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	1.8k 2.4×	644 1.6×	358 1.0×	70	3.8k
John H. Wiersema United States	23	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	414 1.0×	153 0.4×	109	3.5k
Karol Marhold Slovakia	35	2.6k 1.0×	3.0k 2.8×	1.7k 2.2×	498 1.2×	217 0.6×	165	4.6k
Raymond L. Tremblay Puerto Rico	22	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	419 0.5×	181 0.4×	937 2.6×	79	2.2k
Ovidiu Paun Austria	32	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	149 0.4×	470 1.3×	75	3.1k
Torsten Eriksson Sweden	27	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	191 0.5×	243 0.7×	58	3.2k
Anne K. Brysting Norway	30	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.8×	177 0.4×	267 0.8×	65	3.5k
Terry A. Hedderson South Africa	31	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	163 0.4×	728 2.0×	102	3.9k
Richard I. Milne United Kingdom	31	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 2.3×	268 0.7×	619 1.7×	104	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jefferson Prado

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Pires‐Zottarelli, Carmen Lidia Amorim, Agostina V. Marano, Jefferson Prado, et al.. (2024). Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of Saprolegniales (Oomycota) reveal taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties. Mycological Progress. 23(1).

Moore, Gerry, Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, et al.. (2024). In defense of the primacy of the Nomenclature Section in decision‐making in botanical nomenclature: A reply to the Rapporteurs’ comment on Proposal 193 to amend the Shenzhen Code. Taxon. 73(3). 663–667.

Luebert, Federico, et al.. (2024). Historical biogeography of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) reveals range expansion in South American mountaintops after climatic cooling events and increased diversification rates after the occupation of Southern Espinhaço Province. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 207(2). 115–127. 3 indexed citations

Leitman, Paula, et al.. (2024). The REFLORA Program: implementation, repatriation, and creation of the REFLORA Virtual Herbarium as a tool for biodiversity studies. Biota Neotropica. 24(4). 1 indexed citations

Prado, Jefferson, et al.. (2023). (306–314) Proposals to address subsequent type designations (Articles 9.14, 9.19 and Recommendation 9A.4). Taxon. 72(4). 949–951. 1 indexed citations

Welker, Cassiano Aimberê Dorneles, Jefferson Prado, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, & Kanchi N. Gandhi. (2021). Clarifying the type of the polyphyletic genus Schizachyrium (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Kew Bulletin. 76(2). 327–331. 3 indexed citations

Pereira, Jovani B. S., Ana María Giulietti, Jefferson Prado, et al.. (2021). Plastome-based phylogenomics elucidate relationships in rare Isoëtes species groups from the Neotropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 161. 107177–107177. 16 indexed citations

Schwartsburd, Pedro B., et al.. (2018). Formal recognition of six subordinate taxa within the South American bracken fern, Pteridium esculentum (P. esculentum subsp. arachnoideum s.l.—Dennstaedtiaceae), based on morphology and geography. Phytotaxa. 333(1). 13 indexed citations

Kessler, Michael, Alan Р. Smith, & Jefferson Prado. (2017). Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVII. Pteridaceae. Phytotaxa. 332(3). 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, Carl J. Rothfels, Atsushi Ebihara, et al.. (2014). A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris (Pteridaceae) and related genera in the Pteridoideae. Cladistics. 31(4). 406–423. 50 indexed citations

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Cochran, Alyssa T., Jefferson Prado, & Eric Schuettpelz. (2014). Tryonia, a new taenitidoid fern genus segregated from Jamesonia and Eriosorus (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys. 35(35). 23–43. 24 indexed citations

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McNeill, John, Fred R. Barrie, Will Buck, et al.. (2012). International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prado, Jefferson & Regina Y. Hirai. (2011). Checklist das licófitas e samambaias do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neopropica. 11(suppl 1). 161–190. 14 indexed citations

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Prado, Jefferson, et al.. (2010). Polypodiaceae e Pteridaceae da Estação Ecológica do Panga, Uberlândia, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 33(1). 167–183. 6 indexed citations

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Zuquim, Gabriela, Flávia R. C. Costa, & Jefferson Prado. (2007). Fatores que determinam a distribuição de espécies de pteridófitas da Amazônia Central. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 5. 360–362. 13 indexed citations

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Prado, Jefferson. (2005). FLORA DA RESERVA DUCKE, AMAZÔNIA, BRASIL: PTERIDOPHYTA -TECTARIACEAE. Rodriguésia. 56(86). 103–104. 2 indexed citations

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Kiesling, Roberto & Jefferson Prado. (2005). Próximos cambios en el Código Internacional de Nomenclatura Botánica (Código de Viena, 2006). Darwiniana nueva serie. 43. 277–280. 1 indexed citations

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Prado, Jefferson & Paulo G. Windisch. (1996). Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Dennstaedtiaceae. Boletim de Botânica. 15(1). 83–88. 5 indexed citations

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Prado, Jefferson. (1956). O Brasil e o colonialismo europeu. 2 indexed citations

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Prado, Jefferson. (1954). Primeiros povoadores do Brasil, 1500-1530. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 2 indexed citations

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