Norbert Kilian

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Norbert Kilian is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Norbert Kilian has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 28 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Norbert Kilian's work include Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (28 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (25 papers) and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies (17 papers). Norbert Kilian is often cited by papers focused on Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (28 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (25 papers) and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies (17 papers). Norbert Kilian collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Spain. Norbert Kilian's co-authors include Katy E. Jones, Elisabete F. Dias, Edward E. Schilling, Bruce R. Kowalski, Christoph Oberprieler, Christian Brochmann, Birgit Gemeinholzer, Harald Kürschner, Hua Peng and Thomas Borsch and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Plant Science and Taxon.

In The Last Decade

Norbert Kilian

69 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Chemometrics, mathematics and statistics in chemistry

1984 463 citations Bruce R. Kowalski, Edward E. Schilling et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Leontodon montecristensis (Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a very unlikely new member of the genus discovered on an inaccessible cliff of Montecristo Island (Tuscany, Italy) 2025 ·Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology ·Bruno Foggi, Marco Landi, (unknown), (unknown), Claudia Angiolini, (unknown), (unknown), Norbert Kilian	0
2	Ixeridium sagittarioides (Asteraceae-Cichorieae) revisited: range extension and molecular evidence for its systematic position in the Lactuca alliance 2023 ·PhytoKeys ·Jianwen Zhang, Norbert Kilian, (unknown), Hang Sun	0
3	Generic concepts and species diversity within the Gynoxyoid clade (Senecioneae, Compositae) 2023 ·PhytoKeys ·(unknown), Thomas Borsch, Norbert Kilian	4
4	Mojiangia oreophila (Crepidinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a new species and genus from Mojiang County, SW Yunnan, China, and putative successor of the maternal Faberia ancestor 2021 ·Plant Diversity ·(unknown), (unknown), Norbert Kilian, Ying Liu, Hua Peng, (unknown)	7
5	Scorzonera sensu lato (Asteraceae, Cichorieae) – taxonomic reassessment in the light of new molecular phylogenetic and carpological analyses 2020 ·PhytoKeys ·(unknown), Norbert Kilian, Katy E. Jones, Anastasia A. Krinitsina, (unknown), Anna S. Speranskaya, Alexander P. Sukhorukov	23
6	An empirical assessment of a single family‐wide hybrid capture locus set at multiple evolutionary timescales in Asteraceae 2019 ·Applications in Plant Sciences ·Katy E. Jones, Tomáš Fér, Roswitha Schmickl, Rebecca B. Dikow, Vicki A. Funk, Sonia Herrando‐Moraira, Paul R. Johnston, Norbert Kilian, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Alfonso Susanna, Marek Slovák, Ramhari Thapa, Linda E. Watson, Jennifer R. Mandel	30
7	A new species of Melanoseris (Lactucinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae) from SW Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular data 2018 ·Phytotaxa ·(unknown), Norbert Kilian, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
8	Lactuca pumila (Asteraceae, Cichorieae) revisited—additional evidence for a phytogeographical link between SE Zagros and Hindu Kush 2017 ·Phytotaxa ·Moslem Doostmohammadi, Norbert Kilian	6
9	Pleistocene shaping of genetic diversity in a monsoon-affected environment: the case of Gymnosporia (Celastraceae) in the southern Arabian Peninsula 2017 ·Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift ·Christoph Oberprieler, (unknown), (unknown), Norbert Kilian, Manuela Bog, Salvatore Tomasello, (unknown)	2
10	Ethnobotany, chemical constituents and biological activities of the flowers of Hydnora abyssinica A.Br. (Hydnoraceae). 2016 ·PubMed ·Mohamed Al-Fatimi, (unknown), Norbert Kilian, Katrin Franke, Norbert Arnold, (unknown), Jens Ejbye Schmidt, U Lindequist	12
11	Two new records of Lactuca L. (Cichorieae, Asteraceae) from South America. 2016 ·Revista Brasileira de Biociências ·Marcelo Monge, Norbert Kilian, Arne A. Anderberg, João Semir	4
12	Molecular Phylogeny of the Lactuca Alliance (Cichorieae Subtribe Lactucinae, Asteraceae) with Focus on Their Chinese Centre of Diversity Detects Potential Events of Reticulation and Chloroplast Capture 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Hua Peng, Norbert Kilian	36
13	Two new mountainous species of Lactuca (Cichorieae, Asteraceae) from Iran, one presenting a new, possibly myrmecochorous achene variant 2012 ·PhytoKeys ·Norbert Kilian, (unknown), (unknown)	4
14	Eritreo-Arabian Affinities of the Socotran Flora as Revealed from the Molecular Phylogeny of Aerva (Amaranthaceae) 2006 ·Systematic Botany ·Mike Thiv, Mats Thulin, Norbert Kilian, H. P. Linder	17
15	Temporal and spatial diversification of the shrub Justicia areysiana Deflers (Acanthaceae) endemic to the monsoon affected coastal mountains of the southern Arabian Peninsula 2006 ·Plant Systematics and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Norbert Kilian, Christoph Oberprieler	28
16	Studies in theCompositaeof the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra — 2.Pulicaria samhanensissp. nova(Inuleae)from Dhofar and notes on other S Arabian species of the genus 1999 ·Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem ·Norbert Kilian, (unknown)	4
17	Chromosome Numbers of North African Phanerogams. V. Some Counts in Launaea (Compositae, Lactuceae) 1995 ·University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg) ·Norbert Kilian, Christoph Oberprieler, Robert Vogt	5
18	Index to authors 1992 ·Taxon ·(unknown), Norbert Kilian	1
19	Index to authors 1991 ·Taxon ·B. Zimmer, Norbert Kilian	5
20	Chemometrics, mathematics and statistics in chemistry breakdown → 1984 ·Bruce R. Kowalski, Edward E. Schilling, Norbert Kilian, Katy E. Jones, Elisabete F. Dias	463

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