Michael Heads

2.4k total citations
72 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Heads is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Heads has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 31 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Heads's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (33 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (18 papers). Michael Heads is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (33 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (18 papers). Michael Heads collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Fiji and Chile. Michael Heads's co-authors include Victor G. Springer, R. C. Craw, Murray T. Brown, John R. Grehan, Andrew Mitchell, David G. Frodin, Peter J. de Lange, Isolda Luna‐Vega, J. Daniel Tejero-Díez and Raúl Contreras‐Medina and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Systematic Biology and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

Michael Heads

70 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Heads New Zealand 26 937 676 437 407 383 72 1.8k
Malte C. Ebach Australia 24 626 0.7× 793 1.2× 478 1.1× 272 0.7× 289 0.8× 117 1.8k
Jorge V. Crisci Argentina 27 1.2k 1.3× 725 1.1× 532 1.2× 429 1.1× 261 0.7× 92 2.3k
Jan Schnitzler Germany 22 650 0.7× 489 0.7× 462 1.1× 323 0.8× 335 0.9× 32 1.5k
Claudia Szumik Argentina 17 797 0.9× 988 1.5× 612 1.4× 206 0.5× 265 0.7× 45 1.7k
Huateng Huang China 15 733 0.8× 475 0.7× 324 0.7× 686 1.7× 293 0.8× 34 1.7k
Mary Morgan‐Richards New Zealand 26 1.2k 1.2× 367 0.5× 656 1.5× 304 0.7× 539 1.4× 123 2.2k
Folmer Bokma Sweden 24 480 0.5× 435 0.6× 607 1.4× 201 0.5× 596 1.6× 48 1.6k
Valerio Sbordoni Italy 31 945 1.0× 445 0.7× 574 1.3× 461 1.1× 731 1.9× 128 2.5k
Pedro Oromı́ Spain 31 1.2k 1.3× 725 1.1× 310 0.7× 368 0.9× 811 2.1× 96 2.7k
Santiago A. Catalano Argentina 17 1.0k 1.1× 1.6k 2.3× 901 2.1× 385 0.9× 378 1.0× 28 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Heads

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Heads

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heads, Michael, et al.. (2025). Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 101(2). 559–579.
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Heads, Michael, et al.. (2025). Passive uplift of montane biotas: recent advances. Cladistics. 42(1). 63–78.
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Heads, Michael. (2025). Biogeography, evolution, and ecology of oranges and their relatives (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63(6). 1415–1440. 1 indexed citations
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Summerfield, Tina C., et al.. (2024). Phylogenomics and morphology of Celmisiinae (Asteraceae: Astereae): Taxonomic and evolutionary implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 195. 108064–108064. 7 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael, et al.. (2024). The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(6). 2274–2303. 3 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (2018). The New Zealand grass Simplicia: biogeography, ecology and tectonics. Australian Systematic Botany. 31(4). 281–295. 1 indexed citations
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Luna‐Vega, Isolda, J. Daniel Tejero-Díez, Raúl Contreras‐Medina, Michael Heads, & Gerardo Rivas. (2012). Biogeographical analysis of two Polypodium species complexes (Polypodiaceae) in Mexico and Central America. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106(4). 940–955. 10 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (2008). Globally basal centres of endemism: the Tasman-Coral Sea region (south-west Pacific), Latin America and Madagascar/South Africa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 96(1). 222–245. 44 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (2005). Dating nodes on molecular phylogenies: a critique of molecular biogeography. Cladistics. 21(1). 62–78. 212 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (2002). Birds of paradise, vicariance biogeography and terrane tectonics in New Guinea. Journal of Biogeography. 29(2). 261–283. 53 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (2001). Regional patterns of biodiversity in New Guinea plants. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 136(1). 67–73. 16 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (2000). A new species of Hoheria (Malvaceae) from the poor knights Islands and hen and chickens Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 38(3). 373–377. 2 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael & Peter J. de Lange. (1999). Parsonsia praeruptis (Apocynaceae): A new threatened, ultramafic endemic from North Cape, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 37(1). 1–6. 12 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (1998). Coprosma decurva (Rubiaceae), a new species from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 36(1). 65–69. 8 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (1998). Biogeographic disjunction along the Alpine fault, New Zealand. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 63(2). 161–176. 7 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Andrew, David G. Frodin, & Michael Heads. (1997). Reinstatement of Raukaua , a genus of the Araliaceae centred in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 35(3). 309–315. 21 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (1997). Regional patterns of biodiversity in New Zealand: One degree grid analysis of plant and animal distributions. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 27(3). 337–354. 31 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (1994). Morphology, architecture and taxonomy in the Hebe complex (Scrophulariaceae). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 16(1). 163–191. 7 indexed citations
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Heads, Michael. (1989). Integrating earth and life sciences in New Zealand natural history: The parallel arcs model. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 16(4). 549–585. 71 indexed citations

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