Mónica Arakaki

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 825 citations indexed

About

Mónica Arakaki is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mónica Arakaki has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 825 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 9 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mónica Arakaki's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (5 papers) and Fern and Epiphyte Biology (4 papers). Mónica Arakaki is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (5 papers) and Fern and Epiphyte Biology (4 papers). Mónica Arakaki collaborates with scholars based in Peru, United States and China. Mónica Arakaki's co-authors include Erika J. Edwards, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Michael J. Moore, Elizabeth L. Spriggs, U. Eggli, Reto Nyffeler, R. Matthew Ogburn, Colin P. Osborne, Rowan F. Sage and Pablo Speranza and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New Phytologist and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Mónica Arakaki

19 papers receiving 815 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.

Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

2011 399 citations Mónica Arakaki, Pascal‐Antoine Christin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mónica Arakaki Peru	10	560	341	286	152	130	21	825
R. Matthew Ogburn United States	7	602 1.1×	338 1.0×	324 1.1×	184 1.2×	139 1.1×	10	879
J. Travis Columbus United States	17	640 1.1×	422 1.2×	448 1.6×	49 0.3×	92 0.7×	35	957
Cornelia Klak South Africa	17	797 1.4×	413 1.2×	464 1.6×	82 0.5×	184 1.4×	62	1.0k
Kelly Anne Shepherd Australia	15	506 0.9×	203 0.6×	508 1.8×	55 0.4×	159 1.2×	68	901
Terry Desmond Macfarlane Australia	19	714 1.3×	479 1.4×	489 1.7×	37 0.2×	94 0.7×	75	996
Janet C. Barber United States	14	663 1.2×	451 1.3×	689 2.4×	71 0.5×	105 0.8×	25	1.2k
Ruth Jaén‐Molina Spain	16	254 0.5×	174 0.5×	271 0.9×	24 0.2×	80 0.6×	24	562
Berit Gehrke Germany	18	544 1.0×	226 0.7×	370 1.3×	14 0.1×	218 1.7×	29	813
Katharina Schulte Germany	19	1.4k 2.5×	379 1.1×	344 1.2×	26 0.2×	196 1.5×	28	1.6k
Miguel Ángel Pérez‐Farrera Mexico	19	838 1.5×	149 0.4×	291 1.0×	48 0.3×	87 0.7×	113	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mónica Arakaki

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James, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). The ‘queen of the Andes’ (Puya raimondii) is genetically fragile and fragmented: a consequence of long generation time and semelparity?. New Phytologist. 244(1). 277–291. 3 indexed citations

Pacheco, Víctor, José Luis Mena, Silvia Díaz, et al.. (2024). Disproportion between the Peruvian Amazonian megadiverse mammalian fauna and the available molecular information. Zoologia (Curitiba). 41.

Song, Feng, Ning Fu, Lu Jin, et al.. (2024). Generation of genomic resources and phylogenetic contributions in Oxalis from desert fog oases in Peru. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63(3). 656–669.

Sweeney, Patrick W., et al.. (2024). Caught in the Act: Incipient Speciation at the Southern Limit of Viburnum in the Central Andes. Systematic Biology. 73(4). 629–643. 2 indexed citations

Song, Feng, Yunfei Deng, Hai‐Fei Yan, et al.. (2023). Flora diversity survey and establishment of a plant DNA barcode database of Lomas ecosystems in Peru. Scientific Data. 10(1). 294–294. 3 indexed citations

Cosacov, Andrea, et al.. (2022). Genetic diversity and genetic structure of Puya raimondii (Bromeliaceae) for its conservation in the Peruvian Andes. Revista Peruana de Biología. 29(2). e22557–e22557. 3 indexed citations

Arakaki, Mónica, et al.. (2022). Genetic markers in Andean Puya species (Bromeliaceae) with implications on plastome evolution and phylogeny. Ecology and Evolution. 12(8). e9159–e9159. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Lu, et al.. (2021). Draft genome of Puya raimondii (Bromeliaceae), the Queen of the Andes. Genomics. 113(4). 2537–2546. 6 indexed citations

Arakaki, Mónica, et al.. (2021). Quaternary diversification of a columnar cactus in the driest place on earth. American Journal of Botany. 108(2). 184–199. 25 indexed citations

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Arakaki, Mónica, et al.. (2016). Characterization of 16 microsatellite markers for the Oreinotinus clade of Viburnum (Adoxaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences. 4(12). 3 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Mónica Arakaki, Colin P. Osborne, & Erika J. Edwards. (2015). Genetic Enablers Underlying the Clustered Evolutionary Origins of C4 Photosynthesis in Angiosperms. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32(4). 846–858. 46 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Mónica Arakaki, Colin P. Osborne, et al.. (2014). Shared origins of a key enzyme during the evolution of C4 and CAM metabolism. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(13). 3609–3621. 69 indexed citations

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Clement, Wendy L., Mónica Arakaki, Patrick W. Sweeney, Erika J. Edwards, & Michael J. Donoghue. (2014). A chloroplast tree for Viburnum (Adoxaceae) and its implications for phylogenetic classification and character evolution. American Journal of Botany. 101(6). 1029–1049. 53 indexed citations

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León, Blanca, Carl J. Rothfels, Mónica Arakaki, Kenneth R. Young, & Kathleen M. Pryer. (2013). Revealing a Cryptic Fern Distribution Through DNA Sequencing:Pityrogramma trifoliatain the Western Andes of Peru. American Fern Journal. 103(1). 40–48. 4 indexed citations

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Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Colin P. Osborne, Rowan F. Sage, Mónica Arakaki, & Erika J. Edwards. (2011). C4 eudicots are not younger than C4 monocots. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(9). 3171–3181. 101 indexed citations

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Arakaki, Mónica, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Reto Nyffeler, et al.. (2011). Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(20). 8379–8384. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rua, Gabriel H., Pablo Speranza, Magdalena Vaio, & Mónica Arakaki. (2010). A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Paspalum (Poaceae) based on cpDNA and morphology. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 288(3-4). 227–243. 45 indexed citations

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Arakaki, Mónica, Núria Garcia‐Jacas, Alfonso Susanna, et al.. (2010). Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Arctium minus (Compositae). American Journal of Botany. 97(2). e4–6. 11 indexed citations

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Arakaki, Mónica, Pamela S. Soltis, & Pablo Speranza. (2007). New chromosome counts and evidence of polyploidy in Haageocereus and related genera in tribe Trichocereeae and other tribes of Cactaceae. Brittonia. 59(3). 290–297. 13 indexed citations

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Arakaki, Mónica & Asunción Cano. (2003). Composición florística de la cuenca del río Ilo-Moquegua y Lomas de Ilo, Moquegua, Perú Floristic composition of river Ilo-Moquegua basin and Lomas of Ilo, Moquegua, Peru. 2 indexed citations

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