Mercedes Ames

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Mercedes Ames is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mercedes Ames has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 7 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mercedes Ames's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (6 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (5 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (5 papers). Mercedes Ames is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (6 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (5 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (5 papers). Mercedes Ames collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Chile. Mercedes Ames's co-authors include David M. Spooner, Thomas J. Givnish, Stephanie P. Lyon, Alejandro Zuluaga, Daniel Spalink, Jim Leebens‐Mack, Mary T. K. Arroyo, Lorena Endara, Mark A. Clements and Ricardo Kriebel and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and American Journal of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Mercedes Ames

12 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Orchid phylogenomics and multiple drivers of their extraordinary diversification

2015 379 citations Thomas J. Givnish, Daniel Spalink et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers

Mercedes Ames

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Elliot M. Gardner United States

Giuseppe Pellegrino Italy

Petr Vít Czechia

Dorset W. Trapnell United States

Eduardo Leite Borba Brazil

Jennifer M. Cruse‐Sanders United States

Erik J. M. Koenen Switzerland

Adam P. Karremans Costa Rica

Douglas H. Goldman United States

Francisco Balao Spain

Elliot M. Gardner United States

Mercedes Ames

621 ×0.9

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562 ×1.0

372 ×0.8

93 ×0.7

NLC

302 ×2.5

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Citations per year, relative to Mercedes Ames Mercedes Ames (= 1×) peers Elliot M. Gardner

Countries citing papers authored by Mercedes Ames

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mercedes Ames

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mercedes Ames

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mercedes Ames. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mercedes Ames 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 Mercedes Ames. Mercedes Ames is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

Ames, Mercedes, Andy Hamernik, James S. Busse, Dennis Halterman, & Paul C. Bethke. (2025). Detection and Quantification of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid in Wild and Cultivated Potatoes Using a New Validated RT-qPCR Method. Plant Disease. PDIS12242625SR–PDIS12242625SR.

Ames, Mercedes, et al.. (2024). A survey of the Sli gene in wild and cultivated potato. Plant Direct. 8(5). e589–e589. 1 indexed citations

Givnish, Thomas J., Daniel Spalink, Mercedes Ames, et al.. (2016). Orchid historical biogeography, diversification, Antarctica and the paradox of orchid dispersal. Journal of Biogeography. 43(10). 1905–1916. 127 indexed citations

Givnish, Thomas J., Alejandro Zuluaga, Isabel Marques, et al.. (2016). Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the monocot order Liliales: out of Australia and through Antarctica. Cladistics. 32(6). 581–605. 60 indexed citations

Givnish, Thomas J., Daniel Spalink, Mercedes Ames, et al.. (2015). Orchid phylogenomics and multiple drivers of their extraordinary diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1814). 20151553–20151553. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

Givnish, Thomas J., et al.. (2013). Phylogeny, Floral Evolution, and Inter-Island Dispersal in Hawaiian Clermontia (Campanulaceae) Based on ISSR Variation and Plastid Spacer Sequences. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62566–e62566. 18 indexed citations

Givnish, Thomas J., et al.. (2013). Correction: Phylogeny, Floral Evolution, and Inter-Island Dispersal in Hawaiian Clermontia (Campanulaceae) Based on ISSR Variation and Plastid Spacer Sequences. PLoS ONE. 8(10). 6 indexed citations

Fajardo, Diego, Douglas Senalik, Mercedes Ames, et al.. (2012). Complete plastid genome sequence of Vaccinium macrocarpon: structure, gene content, and rearrangements revealed by next generation sequencing. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 9(2). 489–498. 85 indexed citations

Givnish, Thomas J., Mercedes Ames, Joel R. McNeal, et al.. (2010). Assembling the Tree of the Monocotyledons: Plastome Sequence Phylogeny and Evolution of Poales¹. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97(4). 584–616. 189 indexed citations

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Ames, Mercedes & David M. Spooner. (2010). Phylogeny of Solanum series Piurana and related species in Solanum section Petota based on five conserved ortholog sequences. Taxon. 59(4). 1091–1101. 21 indexed citations

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Ames, Mercedes & David M. Spooner. (2008). DNA from herbarium specimens settles a controversy about origins of the European potato. American Journal of Botany. 95(2). 252–257. 119 indexed citations

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Ames, Mercedes, Alberto Salas, & David M. Spooner. (2008). A Morphometric Study of Species Boundaries of the Wild Potato Solanum Series Piurana (Solanaceae) and Putatively Related Species from Seven Other Series in Solanum Sect. Petota. Systematic Botany. 33(3). 566–578. 14 indexed citations

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Ames, Mercedes, Alberto Salas, & David M. Spooner. (2007). The discovery and phylogenetic implications of a novel 41 bp plastid DNA deletion in wild potatoes. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 268(1-4). 159–175. 7 indexed citations

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