Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 56 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (78 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (54 papers) and Plant and animal studies (32 papers). Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (78 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (54 papers) and Plant and animal studies (32 papers). Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Sweden and United States. Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen's co-authors include Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane, Andrew N. Drinnan, Catarina Rydin, Else Marie Friis, Maria von Balthazar, Marco Stampanoni, Jürg Schönenberger, Guido W. Grimm and Helena Eklund and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen

93 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

The origin and early diversification of angiosperms

1995 561 citations Peter R. Crane, Else Marie Friis et al. Nature profile →
Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution

2011 492 citations Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen Denmark	41	4.7k	3.1k	1.5k	1.3k	510	94	5.6k
Else Marie Friis Sweden	53	6.9k 1.5×	4.5k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	716 1.4×	138	8.3k
Edith L. Taylor United States	39	3.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	994 0.8×	1.2k 2.3×	163	5.3k
Hans Kerp Germany	45	4.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	2.6k 2.0×	1.3k 2.6×	185	6.6k
Paul Kenrick United Kingdom	34	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.9×	716 1.4×	82	5.3k
Michael Krings Germany	33	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	714 1.4×	211	4.4k
Zlatko Kvaček Czechia	31	2.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	760 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	158	3.2k
David J. Cantrill Australia	40	2.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	596 0.5×	1.4k 2.7×	132	4.7k
Richard M. Bateman United Kingdom	46	4.7k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	594 0.4×	2.5k 1.9×	436 0.9×	183	6.4k
Sérgio Archangelsky Argentina	34	2.4k 0.5×	888 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	450 0.3×	664 1.3×	169	3.1k
N. Rubén Cúneo Argentina	34	2.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	377 0.3×	678 1.3×	79	3.2k

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Friis, Else Marie, Peter R. Crane, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (2024). The Cretaceous diversification of angiosperms: perspectives from mesofossils. Geological Society London Special Publications. 544(1). 393–432. 4 indexed citations

Bomfleur, Benjamin, Lars Hedenäs, Else Marie Friis, et al.. (2023). Fossil mosses from the Early Cretaceous Catefica mesofossil flora, Portugal – a window into the Mesozoic history of Bryophytes. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 79(2). 103–125. 4 indexed citations

Friis, Else Marie, Peter R. Crane, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (2020). Catanthus, an Extinct Magnoliid Flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 182(1). 28–45. 6 indexed citations

Friis, Else Marie, Peter R. Crane, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (2019). Extinct Diversity among Early Cretaceous Angiosperms: Mesofossil Evidence of Early Magnoliales from Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 180(2). 93–127. 20 indexed citations

Herendeen, Patrick S., Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter R. Crane. (2017). Palaeobotanical redux: revisiting the age of the angiosperms. Nature Plants. 3(3). 17015–17015. 123 indexed citations

Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter R. Crane. (2016). Kenilanthus, a new eudicot flower with tricolpate pollen from the Early Cretaceous (early-middle Albian) of eastern North America. Grana. 56(3). 161–173. 17 indexed citations

Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter R. Crane. (2016). The emergence of core eudicots: new floral evidence from the earliest Late Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1845). 20161325–20161325. 19 indexed citations

Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Federica Marone. (2014). Arcellites punctatus sp. nov.: a new megaspore from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal studied using high resolution synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM). Grana. 53(2). 91–102. 6 indexed citations

Friis, Else Marie & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (2014). Blomster fra Kridttiden. 3 indexed citations

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Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter R. Crane. (2013). New Diversity among Chlamydospermous Seeds from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal and North America. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 174(3). 530–558. 29 indexed citations

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Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter K. Endress. (2012). 133 Returning to old friends : reexamination of Silvianthemum suecicum using SXRTM. 58. 62. 1 indexed citations

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Friis, Else Marie, Peter R. Crane, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (2011). Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter R. Crane. (2009). Early Cretaceous mesofossils from Portugal and eastern North America related to the Bennettitales‐Erdtmanithecales‐Gnetales group. American Journal of Botany. 96(1). 252–283. 85 indexed citations

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Rydin, Catarina, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, Peter R. Crane, & Else Marie Friis. (2006). Former Diversity of Ephedra (Gnetales): Evidence from Early Cretaceous Seeds from Portugal and North America. Annals of Botany. 98(1). 123–140. 101 indexed citations

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Rydin, Catarina, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Else Marie Friis. (2004). On the evolutionary history of Ephedra: Cretaceous fossils and extant molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(47). 16571–16576. 145 indexed citations

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Friis, Else Marie, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, & Peter R. Crane. (2000). Reproductive Structure and Organization of Basal Angiosperms from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian or Aptian) of Western Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 161(S6). S169–S182. 119 indexed citations

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Friis, Else Marie, Peter R. Crane, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (1997). Anacostia, a new basal angiosperm from the Early Cretaceous of North America and Portugal with trichotomocolpate/monocolpate pollen. Grana. 36(4). 225–244. 72 indexed citations

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Crane, Peter R., Else Marie Friis, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (1995). The origin and early diversification of angiosperms. Nature. 374(6517). 27–33. 561 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crane, Peter R., Else Marie Friis, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (1989). Reproductive structure and function in CretaceousChloranthaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 165(3-4). 211–226. 77 indexed citations

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Crane, Peter R., Else Marie Friis, & Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. (1986). Lower Cretaceous Angiosperm Flowers: Fossil Evidence on Early Radiation of Dicotyledons. Science. 232(4752). 852–854. 64 indexed citations

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