Magnus Fries

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Magnus Fries is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Magnus Fries has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Magnus Fries's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (6 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (3 papers). Magnus Fries is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (6 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (3 papers). Magnus Fries collaborates with scholars based in France, Azerbaijan and Canada. Magnus Fries's co-authors include Eric Hultén, Gunnar Hoppe, Alfred Eisenack, Per Ekman, H. E. Wright, Meyer Rubin, Odile Peyron, Séverine Fauquette, Nathalie Combourieu‐Nebout and V. Lebreton and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Oikos and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Magnus Fries

15 papers receiving 970 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.

Atlas of North European Vascular Plants North of the Tropic of Cancer

1987 840 citations Eric Hultén, Magnus Fries et al. Taxon profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Magnus Fries France	10	661	566	321	249	227	17	1.1k
Eric Hultén Poland	11	951 1.4×	832 1.5×	379 1.2×	299 1.2×	339 1.5×	16	1.6k
Eckehart J. Jäger Germany	16	1.1k 1.7×	920 1.6×	331 1.0×	205 0.8×	169 0.7×	51	1.6k
M. Barbéro France	12	454 0.7×	238 0.4×	395 1.2×	208 0.8×	191 0.8×	34	987
B. P. J. Molloy New Zealand	15	355 0.5×	380 0.7×	245 0.8×	252 1.0×	205 0.9×	53	934
Janice E. Bowers United States	22	598 0.9×	442 0.8×	581 1.8×	115 0.5×	416 1.8×	50	1.2k
Norton G. Miller United States	23	664 1.0×	738 1.3×	156 0.5×	550 2.2×	434 1.9×	103	1.5k
M. Sonesson Sweden	22	718 1.1×	584 1.0×	164 0.5×	595 2.4×	734 3.2×	68	1.5k
Torbjørn Alm Norway	16	194 0.3×	244 0.4×	162 0.5×	434 1.7×	271 1.2×	36	937
Milan Valachovič Slovakia	17	431 0.7×	346 0.6×	291 0.9×	212 0.9×	270 1.2×	60	921
Elizabeth A. Lynch United States	12	219 0.3×	317 0.6×	269 0.8×	324 1.3×	145 0.6×	17	713

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17 of 17 papers shown

Combourieu‐Nebout, Nathalie, V. Lebreton, Séverine Fauquette, et al.. (2025). Vegetation and climate dynamics in the south-western mediterranean during MIS 37–31 (∼1.25 - ∼1. 06 Ma): Insights from the marine core ODP site 976. Quaternary Science Reviews. 369. 109635–109635.

Hultén, Eric, et al.. (1987). Atlas of North European Vascular Plants North of the Tropic of Cancer. Taxon. 36(3). 667–667. 840 indexed citations breakdown →

Hultén, Eric & Magnus Fries. (1986). Atlas of North European vascular plants (North of the Tropic of Cancer), Vols. I-III.. Resuscitation. 193. 109994–109994. 94 indexed citations

Fries, Magnus. (1980). Ragvaldsmossen. A pollen-analytical study of the postglacial forest history at the 'limes norrlandicus', south-central Sweden.. 73–82. 2 indexed citations

Ekman, Per & Magnus Fries. (1970). Studies of sediments from Lake Erken, Eastern Central Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 92(2). 214–224. 10 indexed citations

Fries, Magnus. (1969). Sedimentproppar Och Pollendiagram Fran Sjon Erken, Östra Mellansverige. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 91(3). 353–365. 3 indexed citations

Fries, Magnus. (1968). Organic Sediments and Radiocarbon Dates from Crater Lakes in the Azores. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 90(3). 360–368. 6 indexed citations

Fries, Magnus. (1967). Lennart von post's pollen diagram series of 1916. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 4(1-4). 9–13. 13 indexed citations

Hoppe, Gunnar, et al.. (1965). Submarine Peat in the Shetland Islands. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 47(4). 195–203. 38 indexed citations

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Eisenack, Alfred & Magnus Fries. (1965). Peridinium limbatum (Stokes) verglichen mit der tertiären Deflandrea phosphoritica eisenack. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 87(2). 239–248. 13 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus, et al.. (1965). Asbjørnsen's Peat Sampler — The Prototype of the Hiller Sampler. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 87(3). 307–313. 9 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus. (1962). Pollen Profiles of Late Pleistocene and Recent Sediments from Weber Lake, Northeastern Minnesota. Ecology. 43(2). 295–295. 40 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus. (1962). Studies of the Sediments and the Vegetational History in the Ösbysjö Basin, North of Stockholm. Oikos. 13(1). 76–76. 18 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus, H. E. Wright, & Meyer Rubin. (1961). A late Wisconsin buried peat at North Branch, Minnesota. American Journal of Science. 259(9). 679–693. 7 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus. (1958). Vegetationsutveckling och odlingshistoria i Varnhemstrakten : en pollenanalytisk undersökning i Västergötland. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus. (1953). A pro-Quaternary pollon found in post-glacial clay mud at Varnhem in Västorgötland, Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 75(1). 106–108. 1 indexed citations

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Fries, Magnus. (1951). Pollenanalytiska vittnesbörd om senkvartär vegetationsutveckling, särskilt skogshistoria, i nordvästra Götaland. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations

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