Mark E. Mort

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Mark E. Mort is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark E. Mort has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mark E. Mort's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (26 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (20 papers). Mark E. Mort is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (26 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (20 papers). Mark E. Mort collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Portugal. Mark E. Mort's co-authors include Pamela S. Soltis, Arnoldo Santos‐Guerra, Daniel J. Crawford, Jenny K. Archibald, Javier Francisco‐Ortega, Sara B. Hoot, Mark W. Chase, Vincent Savolainen, Douglas E. Soltis and Michael J. Zanis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Mort

74 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and at... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences
    2000 787 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Mark W. Chase et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark E. Mort United States 25 2.1k 1.6k 1.2k 721 306 75 3.0k
Ze‐Long Nie China 29 1.9k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 542 0.8× 295 1.0× 98 2.9k
Helga Ochoterena Mexico 16 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 722 1.0× 193 0.6× 58 3.3k
Leigh A. Johnson United States 22 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 565 0.8× 237 0.8× 56 2.6k
Mark A. Carine United Kingdom 28 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 677 0.9× 358 1.2× 88 2.9k
Douglas E. Soltis United States 36 2.5k 1.2× 2.5k 1.6× 2.4k 2.1× 812 1.1× 398 1.3× 116 4.9k
Sven Buerki United States 27 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 802 0.7× 416 0.6× 381 1.2× 123 2.5k
Qiu‐Yun Xiang United States 33 2.6k 1.2× 2.3k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 869 1.2× 367 1.2× 107 4.0k
David C. Tank United States 27 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 972 0.8× 598 0.8× 423 1.4× 59 2.4k
Matthew A. Gitzendanner United States 28 2.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.9× 394 1.3× 66 3.8k
Steven J. Wagstaff New Zealand 33 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 299 0.4× 363 1.2× 62 2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark E. Mort

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mort, Mark E., et al.. (2023). Vallisneria (Hydrocharitaceae): novel species, taxonomic revisions, and hybridization. Aquatic Botany. 188. 103669–103669. 7 indexed citations
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Mort, Mark E., et al.. (2022). The New Principles of Biology: Access and Inclusion in the Science Lab. 42. 1 indexed citations
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Folk, Ryan A., Mark E. Mort, Nico Cellinese, et al.. (2019). Rates of niche and phenotype evolution lag behind diversification in a temperate radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(22). 10874–10882. 107 indexed citations
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Archibald, Jenny K., et al.. (2017). A reassessment of the phylogeny and circumscription of Zaluzianskya (Scrophulariaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 112. 194–208. 1 indexed citations
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Wessinger, Carolyn A., et al.. (2016). Multiplexed shotgun genotyping resolves species relationships within the North American genus Penstemon. American Journal of Botany. 103(5). 912–922. 41 indexed citations
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Casas, Rafael Rubio de, Mark E. Mort, & Pamela S. Soltis. (2016). The influence of habitat on the evolution of plants: a case study across Saxifragales. Annals of Botany. 118(7). 1317–1328. 10 indexed citations
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Mort, Mark E., Daniel J. Crawford, John K. Kelly, et al.. (2015). Multiplexed‐shotgun‐genotyping data resolve phylogeny within a very recently derived insular lineage. American Journal of Botany. 102(4). 634–641. 33 indexed citations
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Soltis, Pamela S., Mark E. Mort, Maribeth Latvis, et al.. (2013). Phylogenetic relationships and character evolution analysis of Saxifragales using a supermatrix approach. American Journal of Botany. 100(5). 916–929. 86 indexed citations
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Samuel, Rosabelle, Tod F. Stuessy, Daniel J. Crawford, et al.. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of Nassauvia (Asteraceae, Mutisieae) based on nrDNA ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298(2). 399–408. 8 indexed citations
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Mort, Mark E., Pamela S. Soltis, Javier Francisco‐Ortega, & Arnoldo Santos‐Guerra. (2009). Phylogenetics and Evolution of the Macaronesian Clade of Crassulaceae Inferred from Nuclear and Chloroplast Sequence Data. Systematic Botany. 27(2). 271–288. 88 indexed citations
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Marriage, Tara N., Stephen P. Hudman, Mark E. Mort, et al.. (2009). Direct estimation of the mutation rate at dinucleotide microsatellite loci in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae). Heredity. 103(4). 310–317. 85 indexed citations
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Kim, Seung‐Chul, Michael R. McGowen, Pesach Lubinsky, et al.. (2008). Timing and Tempo of Early and Successive Adaptive Radiations in Macaronesia. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2139–e2139. 122 indexed citations
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Levsen, Nicholas D., et al.. (2008). Nei's to Bayes’: comparing computational methods and genetic markers to estimate patterns of genetic variation in Tolpis (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany. 95(11). 1466–1474. 8 indexed citations
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Mort, Mark E., et al.. (2007). Inferring phylogeny at low taxonomic levels: utility of rapidly evolving cpDNA and nuclear ITS loci. American Journal of Botany. 94(2). 173–183. 87 indexed citations
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Crawford, Daniel J., Jenny K. Archibald, Arnoldo Santos‐Guerra, & Mark E. Mort. (2006). Allozyme diversity within and divergence among species ofTolpis(Asteraceae‐Lactuceae) in the Canary Islands: systematic, evolutionary, and biogeographical implications. American Journal of Botany. 93(4). 656–664. 28 indexed citations
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Mort, Mark E., et al.. (2000). Comparison of Three Methods for Estimating Internal Support on Phylogenetic Trees. Systematic Biology. 49(1). 160–171. 133 indexed citations
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Soltis, Pamela S., Mark E. Mort, Mark W. Chase, et al.. (1998). Inferring Complex Phylogenies Using Parsimony: An Empirical Approach Using Three Large DNA Data Sets for Angiosperms. Systematic Biology. 47(1). 32–42. 187 indexed citations

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