Lauri Saag

7.5k total citations
22 papers, 650 citations indexed

About

Lauri Saag is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lauri Saag has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 650 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lauri Saag's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (11 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (8 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers). Lauri Saag is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (11 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (8 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers). Lauri Saag collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, New Zealand and Australia. Lauri Saag's co-authors include Tiina Randlane, Andres Saag, Mait Metspalu, Murray P. Cox, Herawati Sudoyo, Luca Pagani, Georgi Hudjashov, Mark Stoneking, François‐Xavier Ricaut and Mayukh Mondal and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Current Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lauri Saag

22 papers receiving 615 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lauri Saag Estonia 14 312 271 181 114 99 22 650
Marie‐France Deguilloux France 19 99 0.3× 124 0.5× 511 2.8× 267 2.3× 74 0.7× 39 956
Mim A. Bower United Kingdom 16 43 0.1× 311 1.1× 649 3.6× 81 0.7× 75 0.8× 29 1.1k
Auli Bläuer Finland 12 171 0.5× 130 0.5× 138 0.8× 76 0.7× 58 0.6× 31 510
J. M. Larruga Spain 18 94 0.3× 107 0.4× 843 4.7× 263 2.3× 46 0.5× 34 1.1k
Heidi Nistelberger Australia 11 150 0.5× 109 0.4× 270 1.5× 43 0.4× 17 0.2× 21 492
Ricardo Kanitz Switzerland 8 26 0.1× 21 0.1× 256 1.4× 92 0.8× 64 0.6× 14 416
Loredana Castrì Italy 14 63 0.2× 24 0.1× 446 2.5× 179 1.6× 59 0.6× 22 692
Olga Kardailsky New Zealand 12 82 0.3× 38 0.1× 364 2.0× 55 0.5× 18 0.2× 21 558
André Prous Brazil 10 21 0.1× 86 0.3× 82 0.5× 86 0.8× 223 2.3× 41 494
Elise M. S. Belle United Kingdom 14 59 0.2× 105 0.4× 275 1.5× 63 0.6× 22 0.2× 19 617

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lauri Saag

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lauri Saag

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lauri Saag. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lauri Saag based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lauri Saag. Lauri Saag is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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IlumäE, Anne-Mai, Helen Post, Rodrigo Flores, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic history of patrilineages rare in northern and eastern Europe from large-scale re-sequencing of human Y-chromosomes. European Journal of Human Genetics. 29(10). 1510–1519. 2 indexed citations
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Natri, Heini M., Georgi Hudjashov, Pradiptajati Kusuma, et al.. (2021). Genetic architecture of gene regulation in Indonesian populations identifies QTLs associated with global and local ancestries. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 109(1). 50–65. 11 indexed citations
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Brucato, Nicolas, Lauri Saag, William Pomat, et al.. (2021). Papua New Guinean Genomes Reveal the Complex Settlement of North Sahul. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(11). 5107–5121. 14 indexed citations
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Brucato, Nicolas, Verónica Fernandes, Lauri Saag, et al.. (2020). Papuan mitochondrial genomes and the settlement of Sahul. Journal of Human Genetics. 65(10). 875–887. 34 indexed citations
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Hudjashov, Georgi, Lauri Saag, Pradiptajati Kusuma, et al.. (2019). Multiple Deeply Divergent Denisovan Ancestries in Papuans. Cell. 177(4). 1010–1021.e32. 142 indexed citations
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Post, Helen, Rodrigo Flores, Gábor J. Székely, et al.. (2019). Y-chromosomal connection between Hungarians and geographically distant populations of the Ural Mountain region and West Siberia. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7786–7786. 11 indexed citations
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Cox, Murray P., et al.. (2019). Archaic mitochondrial DNA inserts in modern day nuclear genomes. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 1017–1017. 9 indexed citations
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Hudjashov, Georgi, Phillip Endicott, Helen Post, et al.. (2018). Investigating the origins of eastern Polynesians using genome-wide data from the Leeward Society Isles. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1823–1823. 20 indexed citations
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Saag, Lehti, Liivi Varul, Christiana L. Scheib, et al.. (2017). Extensive Farming in Estonia Started through a Sex-Biased Migration from the Steppe. Current Biology. 27(14). 2185–2193.e6. 69 indexed citations
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Mark, Kristiina, Lauri Saag, Steven D. Leavitt, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of traditionally circumscribed species in the lichen-forming genus Usnea, section Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) using a six-locus dataset. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 16(3). 497–524. 38 indexed citations
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Saag, Lauri, Kristiina Mark, Andres Saag, & Tiina Randlane. (2014). Species delimitation in the lichenized fungal genus Vulpicida (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) using gene concatenation and coalescent‐based species tree approaches. American Journal of Botany. 101(12). 2169–2182. 19 indexed citations
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Saag, Lauri, et al.. (2013). Lichens on Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris – from tree bottom to the top. The Lichenologist. 45(1). 51–63. 36 indexed citations
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Saag, Andres, Tiina Randlane, Lauri Saag, Arne Thell, & Teuvo Ahtı. (2013). Third world list of cetrarioid lichens: A databased tool for documentation of nomenclatural data—lessons learned. Taxon. 62(3). 591–603. 3 indexed citations
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Saag, Lauri, et al.. (2012). Species Richness of Epiphytic Lichens in Coniferous Forests: the Effect of Canopy Openness. Annales Botanici Fennici. 49(5-6). 352–358. 25 indexed citations
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Mark, Kristiina, Lauri Saag, Andres Saag, Arne Thell, & Tiina Randlane. (2012). Testing morphology-based delimitation of Vulpicida juniperinus and V. tubulosus (Parmeliaceae) using three molecular markers. The Lichenologist. 44(6). 757–772. 8 indexed citations
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Saag, Lauri, et al.. (2011). Phylogenetic relations of European shrubby taxa of the genusUsnea. The Lichenologist. 43(5). 427–444. 18 indexed citations
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Saag, Lauri, et al.. (2011). Effects of forest continuity and tree age on epiphytic lichen biota in coniferous forests in Estonia. Ecological Indicators. 11(5). 1270–1276. 53 indexed citations
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Randlane, Tiina, et al.. (2009). Key to European Usnea species. 100. 47 indexed citations
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Saag, Lauri. (2007). The substrate preferences of epiphytic Lepraria species in old-growth forests in Estonia. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 43. 51–56. 4 indexed citations
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Lõhmus, Piret, Lauri Saag, & Asko Lõhmus. (2003). Is there merit in identifying leprarioid crusts to species in ecological studies?. The Lichenologist. 35(2). 187–190. 7 indexed citations

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