Mark E. Olson

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Mark E. Olson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark E. Olson has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 45 papers in Plant Science and 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mark E. Olson's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (33 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (26 papers). Mark E. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (33 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (26 papers). Mark E. Olson collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Italy. Mark E. Olson's co-authors include Julieta A. Rosell, Tommaso Anfodillo, Jed W. Fahey, Rodrigo Méndez‐Alonzo, Alex Fajardo, Sherwin Carlquist, Horacio Paz, Matiss Castorena, Alberto Bergerandi Echeverría and Sandrine Isnard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Olson

113 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold

2018 287 citations Mark E. Olson, Julieta A. Rosell et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark E. Olson Mexico	36	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	812	118	3.6k
Frederic Lens Netherlands	32	1.6k 1.1×	821 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	797 1.0×	94	3.7k
David Sánchez‐Gómez Spain	28	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	633 0.6×	548 0.7×	52	2.9k
Yusuke Onoda Japan	32	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.6×	697 0.7×	410 0.5×	76	3.9k
Ismael Aranda Spain	39	2.5k 1.8×	2.1k 1.5×	2.0k 1.4×	511 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	113	4.2k
Christine Scoffoni United States	34	3.8k 2.6×	1.7k 1.2×	3.4k 2.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	61	5.6k
Gilbert Neuner Austria	32	925 0.6×	638 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	603 0.6×	454 0.6×	86	2.6k
Cynthia S. Jones United States	23	558 0.4×	767 0.6×	957 0.7×	807 0.8×	221 0.3×	53	2.0k
Giovanna Aronne Italy	29	664 0.5×	501 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	517 0.5×	533 0.7×	103	2.4k
Jiao‐Lin Zhang China	27	963 0.7×	854 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	645 0.6×	362 0.4×	98	2.4k
David Neill Ecuador	23	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	548 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	271 0.3×	71	3.2k

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Olson, Mark E., et al.. (2025). Needle length in pines as a key trait regulating hydraulic resistance. Annals of Botany. 137(2). 393–404.

Olson, Mark E.. (2024). Ontogenetic trajectories as the target of selection. New Phytologist. 242(5). 1856–1859. 1 indexed citations

Ceci, Roberta, Mariateresa Maldini, Piergiorgio La Rosa, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Moringa oleifera Leaf Extract on C2C12 Myoblast Proliferation and Redox Status Under Oxidative Insult. Antioxidants. 13(12). 1460–1460. 1 indexed citations

Ceci, Roberta, Mariateresa Maldini, Piergiorgio La Rosa, et al.. (2024). Comparative Metabolomic Analysis of Moringa oleifera Leaves of Different Geographical Origins and Their Antioxidant Effects on C2C12 Myotubes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(15). 8109–8109. 3 indexed citations

Olson, Mark E.. (2024). Is Population Genetics Really Relevant to Evolutionary Biology?. Evolutionary Biology. 51(2). 235–243. 2 indexed citations

Rosell, Julieta A., et al.. (2023). Inner bark vs sapwood is the main driver of nitrogen and phosphorus allocation in stems and roots across three tropical woody plant communities. New Phytologist. 239(5). 1665–1678. 16 indexed citations

Echeverría, Alberto Bergerandi, et al.. (2023). Testing Carlquistian hypotheses on the functional significance of vessel element length. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal. 44(3-4). 399–428. 4 indexed citations

Rosell, Julieta A., Mark E. Olson, Cristina Martínez‐Garza, & Norberto Martínez‐Méndez. (2022). Functional Diversity in Woody Organs of Tropical Dry Forests and Implications for Restoration. Sustainability. 14(14). 8362–8362. 9 indexed citations

Cruz, Fausto R. Méndez‐de la, Norma L. Manríquez‐Morán, Mark E. Olson, et al.. (2022). Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2881–2881. 9 indexed citations

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Donoghue, Michael J., Deren A. R. Eaton, Michael J. Landis, et al.. (2022). Replicated radiation of a plant clade along a cloud forest archipelago. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(9). 1318–1329. 22 indexed citations

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Ceci, Roberta, Mariateresa Maldini, Mark E. Olson, et al.. (2022). Moringa oleifera Leaf Extract Protects C2C12 Myotubes against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants. 11(8). 1435–1435. 27 indexed citations

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Méndez‐Alonzo, Rodrigo, Mark E. Olson, Horacio Paz, et al.. (2022). Studies of plant hydraulics and water relations in Mexican environments: adaptation, physiology, and applications. Botanical Sciences. 100(Special). S325–S345.

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Rosell, Julieta A., et al.. (2020). Inner bark as a crucial tissue for non‐structural carbohydrate storage across three tropical woody plant communities. Plant Cell & Environment. 44(1). 156–170. 44 indexed citations

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Olson, Mark E., et al.. (2019). A User’s Guide to Metaphors In Ecology and Evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 34(7). 605–615. 40 indexed citations

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Fahey, Jed W., Mark E. Olson, Katherine K. Stephenson, et al.. (2018). The Diversity of Chemoprotective Glucosinolates in Moringaceae (Moringa spp.). Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7994–7994. 65 indexed citations

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Morris, Hugh, Mark A. F. Gillingham, Lenka Plavcová, et al.. (2017). Vessel diameter is related to amount and spatial arrangement of axial parenchyma in woody angiosperms. Plant Cell & Environment. 41(1). 245–260. 96 indexed citations

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Nouman, Wasif, M.T.H. Siddiqui, Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra, et al.. (2012). Response of Moringa oleifera to saline conditions.. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 14(5). 757–762. 32 indexed citations

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Arroyo, Teresa Patricia Feria, Mark E. Olson, Abisaí García-Mendoza, & Eloy Solano. (2009). A GIS‐Based Comparison of the Mexican National and IUCN Methods for Determining Extinction Risk. Conservation Biology. 23(5). 1156–1166. 15 indexed citations

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Olson, Mark E.. (2009). Combining Data from DNA Sequences and Morphology for a Phylogeny of Moringaceae (Brassicales). Systematic Botany. 27(1). 55–73. 83 indexed citations

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Olson, Mark E. & Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison. (2000). Moringa hildebrandtii (Moringaceae): a tree extinct in the wild but preserved by indigenous horticultural practices in Madagascar.. Adansonia. 22(2). 217–221. 20 indexed citations

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