Niklas Wikström

3.8k citations

43 papers · 3.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 26

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Horticulture 2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 40
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 35
- Plant and animal studies 20
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology 14

Co-authors: Mark W. Chase Vincent Savolainen Paul Kenrick Birgitta Bremer Catarina Rydin Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison Jeffrey L. Thorne Kåre Bremer
Journals: Taxon (7 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (6 papers)American Journal of Botany (5 papers)International Journal of Plant Sciences (3 papers)Journal of Biogeography (2 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Niklas Wikström

43 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree 2001 · 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2001 Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Plastid phylogenomics and cytonuclear discordance in Rubioideae, Rubiaceae PLoS ONE ·А.П. Осипов, Niklas Wikström, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Catarina Rydin	2024	6
2	Phylogenomics and topological conflicts in the tribe Anthospermeae (Rubiaceae) Ecology and Evolution ·А.П. Осипов, Niklas Wikström, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Catarina Rydin	2024	5
3	Development of a BLOCK zonal model in a BPS software to predict thermal stratification and air flows Energy and Buildings ·Zavial'skaia Np, Angela Garcia‐Codoñer, Niklas Wikström, О. О. Климчук	2023	2
4	No phylogenomic support for a Cenozoic origin of the “living fossil” Isoetes American Journal of Botany ·Niklas Wikström, Trabanelli Giordano, F.E.M. Missotten, Catarina Rydin	2022	3
5	Phylogeny of Merlin’s grass (Isoetaceae): revealing an “Amborella syndrome” and the importance of geographic distribution for understanding current and historical diversity SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Trabanelli Giordano, Niklas Wikström, F.E.M. Missotten, Catarina Rydin	2022	7
6	Historical biogeography and phylogeny of the pantropical Psychotrieae alliance (Rubiaceae), with particular emphasis on the Western Indian Ocean Region American Journal of Botany ·Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Kent Kainulainen, Niklas Wikström, Birgitta Bremer	2017	28
7	Conflicting results from mitochondrial genomic data challenge current views of Rubiaceae phylogeny American Journal of Botany ·Catarina Rydin, Niklas Wikström, Birgitta Bremer	2017	52
8	The chloroplast genome of Ephedra foeminea (Ephedraceae, Gnetales), an entomophilous gymnosperm endemic to the Mediterranean area Mitochondrial DNA Part A ·Chen Hou, Niklas Wikström, Catarina Rydin	2015	3
9	A Revised Time Tree of the Asterids: Establishing a Temporal Framework For Evolutionary Studies of the Coffee Family (Rubiaceae) PLoS ONE ·Niklas Wikström, Kent Kainulainen, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Jenny E. E. Smedmark, Birgitta Bremer	2015	65
10	Phylogeny and generic limits in the sister tribes Psychotrieae and Palicoureeae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of schizocarps in Psychotria and origins of bacterial leaf nodules of the Malagasy species American Journal of Botany ·Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Charlotte M. Taylor, Niklas Wikström, Thierry Pailler, F.E.M. Missotten, Birgitta Bremer	2014	83
11	Inferring geographic range evolution of a pantropical tribe in the coffee family (Lasiantheae, Rubiaceae) in the face of topological uncertainty Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jenny E. E. Smedmark, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Niklas Wikström, Birgitta Bremer	2013	13
12	Phylogeny of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): Redefining a complex Asian–Pacific assemblage Taxon ·Niklas Wikström, Suman Neupane, Jesper Kårehed, Timothy J. Motley, Birgitta Bremer	2013	28
13	Relationships and evolutionary origins of polyploid Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) from Europe inferred using nuclear pgiC and plastid trnL-F sequence data Taxon ·Aino Juslén, Henry Väre, Niklas Wikström	2011	34
14	Molecular dating and biogeography of fig-pollinating wasps Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Carlos López‐Vaamonde, Niklas Wikström, Karl M. Kjer, George D. Weiblen, Jean–Yves Rasplus, Carlos A. Machado, James M. Cook	2009	43
15	Occurrence and evolutionary origins of polyploids in the clubmoss genus Diphasiastrum (Lycopodiaceae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Melinda I. Potter, Johann Greilhuber, Xian‐Chun Zhang, Niklas Wikström	2009	14
16	Reticulate phylogenetic patterns in diploid European Diphasiastrum (Lycopodiaceae). Melinda I. Potter, Johann Greilhuber, Johannes Vogel, Niklas Wikström	2009	2
17	Incongruence between primary sequence data and the distribution of a mitochondrial atp1 group II intron among ferns and horsetails Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Niklas Wikström, Kathleen M. Pryer	2005	57
18	Molecular evidence on plant divergence times American Journal of Botany ·Michael J. Sanderson, Jeffrey L. Thorne, Niklas Wikström, Kåre Bremer	2004	242
19	Phylogeny of Isoëtes (Lycopsida): resolving basal relationships using rbcL sequences Taxon ·Catarina Rydin, Niklas Wikström	2002	40
20	Evolution of Lycopodiaceae (Lycopsida): Estimating Divergence Times from rbcL Gene Sequences by Use of Nonparametric Rate Smoothing Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Niklas Wikström, Paul Kenrick	2001	90

About Niklas Wikström

Niklas Wikström is a scholar working on Horticulture, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 43 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (35 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (14 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (4 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.1k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (564 citations), Horticulture (42 citations), Plant Science (1.1k citations) and Ecological Modeling (118 citations). Niklas Wikström has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Mark W. Chase, Vincent Savolainen, Paul Kenrick, Birgitta Bremer, Catarina Rydin, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Jeffrey L. Thorne, Kåre Bremer, Michael J. Sanderson and Kent Kainulainen. Their work appears in journals such as Taxon, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, American Journal of Botany, International Journal of Plant Sciences and Journal of Biogeography.

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