Neil Bell

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Neil Bell is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Bell has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 25 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Neil Bell's work include Bryophyte Studies and Records (25 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (20 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (20 papers). Neil Bell is often cited by papers focused on Bryophyte Studies and Records (25 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (20 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (20 papers). Neil Bell collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Neil Bell's co-authors include Jaakko Hyvönen, Lars Hedenäs, Péter Poczai, Michael S. Ignatov, Jari P. T. Valkonen, Ildikó Varga, Maarja Laos, András Cseh, M. O. Hill and María J. Cano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, New Phytologist and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Neil Bell

34 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

An annotated checklist of the mosses of Europe and Macaronesia

2006 566 citations M. O. Hill, Neil Bell et al. Journal of Bryology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Bell Finland	14	993	972	215	174	112	34	1.4k
A. Jonathan Shaw United States	31	1.8k 1.8×	2.0k 2.1×	424 2.0×	247 1.4×	185 1.7×	86	2.5k
Jeremy J. Bruhl Australia	20	743 0.7×	641 0.7×	165 0.8×	315 1.8×	85 0.8×	96	1.1k
Robert F. C. Naczi United States	16	767 0.8×	501 0.5×	247 1.1×	150 0.9×	132 1.2×	79	991
Agnieszka Nobis Poland	17	560 0.6×	557 0.6×	77 0.4×	114 0.7×	65 0.6×	74	812
Toni Nikolić Croatia	16	517 0.5×	390 0.4×	101 0.5×	113 0.6×	67 0.6×	98	770
Vítězslav Plášek Czechia	16	566 0.6×	670 0.7×	152 0.7×	49 0.3×	17 0.2×	99	769
Dmitry A. German Russia	21	850 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	73 0.3×	732 4.2×	234 2.1×	94	1.4k
Dunyan Tan China	13	529 0.5×	409 0.4×	69 0.3×	343 2.0×	104 0.9×	53	820
Marie-Thérèse Misset France	14	509 0.5×	364 0.4×	135 0.6×	200 1.1×	127 1.1×	24	771
Jonas V. Müller United Kingdom	16	864 0.9×	396 0.4×	105 0.5×	185 1.1×	186 1.7×	51	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Bell

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Blockeel, Tom L., et al.. (2021). A new checklist of the bryophytes of Britain and Ireland, 2020. Journal of Bryology. 43(1). 1–51. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Matthew G. Johnson, Cymon J. Cox, et al.. (2019). Resolution of the ordinal phylogeny of mosses using targeted exons from organellar and nuclear genomes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1485–1485. 126 indexed citations

Bell, Neil & Michael S. Ignatov. (2018). Placing the regionally threatened moss Orthodontium gracile in the big picture – Phylogeny, genome incongruence and anthropogenic dispersal in the order Orthodontiales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134. 186–199. 5 indexed citations

Kariyawasam, I.U., David G. Long, & Neil Bell. (2018). A taxonomic revision of Oligotrichum Lam. & DC. (Polytrichaceae) in the Sino-Himalaya. Journal of Bryology. 40(3). 223–243. 2 indexed citations

Bell, Neil, et al.. (2017). Description and phylogenetic investigation of Pogonatum shevockii N.E.Bell & Hyvönen (Polytrichaceae), a new East Asian species with a unique leaf morphology. Journal of Bryology. 39(3). 235–246. 5 indexed citations

Hyvönen, Jaakko, et al.. (2016). The first Indian record of Pogonatum marginatum Mitt. (Polytrichaceae) from the Western Ghats. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution. 38(2). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Bell, Neil, I.U. Kariyawasam, Terry A. Hedderson, & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2015). Delongia gen. nov., a new genus of Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta) with two disjunct species in East Africa and the Himalaya. Taxon. 64(5). 893–910. 12 indexed citations

Bell, Neil, Jeffrey L. Boore, Brent D. Mishler, & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2014). Organellar genomes of the four-toothed moss, Tetraphis pellucida. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 383–383. 25 indexed citations

Poczai, Péter, Neil Bell, & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2014). Imre Festetics and the Sheep Breeders' Society of Moravia: Mendel's Forgotten “Research Network”. PLoS Biology. 12(1). e1001772–e1001772. 11 indexed citations

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Poczai, Péter, Ildikó Varga, Maarja Laos, et al.. (2013). Advances in plant gene-targeted and functional markers: a review. Plant Methods. 9(1). 6–6. 238 indexed citations

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Bell, Neil, Angela E. Newton, & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2012). Epiphytism and generic endemism in the Hypnodendrales: Cyrtopodendron, Franciella and macro–morphological plasticity. Taxon. 61(3). 498–514. 8 indexed citations

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Bell, Neil, Angela E. Newton, & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2012). New observations onPterobryella(Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger andCyrtopodendronM.Fleisch. in New Caledonia. Journal of Bryology. 34(4). 306–308. 2 indexed citations

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Huttunen, Sanna, Neil Bell, Michael Stech, & Dietmar Quandt. (2012). Bryophyte Tree of Life: the current state of phylogenetic reconstruction in mosses. Journal of Bryology. 34(3). 157–159. 1 indexed citations

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Poczai, Péter, et al.. (2011). Genetic diversity assessment of bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara, Solanaceae) germplasm using conserved DNA-derived polymorphism and intron-targeting markers. Annals of Applied Biology. 159(1). 141–153. 25 indexed citations

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Bell, Neil & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2010). Phylogeny of the moss class Polytrichopsida (BRYOPHYTA): Generic-level structure and incongruent gene trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(2). 381–398. 56 indexed citations

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Bell, Neil & Jaakko Hyvönen. (2010). A phylogenetic circumscription of Polytrichastrum (Polytrichaceae): Reassessment of sporophyte morphology supports molecular phylogeny. American Journal of Botany. 97(4). 566–578. 21 indexed citations

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Bell, Neil, Dietmar Quandt, Terence J. O’Brien, & Angela E. Newton. (2007). Taxonomy and phylogeny in the earliest diverging pleurocarps: square holes and bifurcating pegs. The Bryologist. 110(3). 533–560. 50 indexed citations

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Hill, M. O., Neil Bell, M. A. Bruggeman-Nannenga, et al.. (2006). An annotated checklist of the mosses of Europe and Macaronesia. Journal of Bryology. 28(3). 198–267. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, Neil & Angela E. Newton. (2004). Systematic studies of non-hypnanaean pleurocarps: establishing a phylogenetic framework for investigating the origins of pleurocarpy. 290–319. 4 indexed citations

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McPherson, E. Gregory, S.E. Maco, James R. Simpson, et al.. (2002). Western Washington and Oregon community tree guide : benefits, costs and strategic planting. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 128(1). 182–190. 18 indexed citations

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