Pamela S. Soltis

159.4k total citations · 29 hit papers
701 papers, 56.7k citations indexed

About

Pamela S. Soltis is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pamela S. Soltis has authored 701 papers receiving a total of 56.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 426 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 373 papers in Molecular Biology and 333 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Pamela S. Soltis's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (269 papers), Plant and animal studies (186 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (158 papers). Pamela S. Soltis is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (269 papers), Plant and animal studies (186 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (158 papers). Pamela S. Soltis collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Pamela S. Soltis's co-authors include Douglas E. Soltis, Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Charles D. Bell, Mark W. Chase, Loren H. Rieseberg, Leigh A. Johnson, Christopher H. Haufler, Michael J. Moore, Jennifer A. Tate and Vincent Savolainen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pamela S. Soltis

688 papers receiving 54.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ancestral polyploidy in seed ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2011 1983 2000 2009 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms
    2011 1.6k citations André S. Chanderbali, Yi Hu et al. profile →
  2. Starch Gel Electrophoresis of Ferns: A Compilation of Grinding Buffers, Gel and Electrode Buffers, and Staining Schedules
    1983 1.3k citations Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  3. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences
    2000 1.0k citations Pamela S. Soltis profile →
  4. The Role of Hybridization in Plant Speciation
    2009 1.0k citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis profile →
  5. Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification
    2009 938 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Charles D. Bell et al. profile →
  6. Polyploidy: recurrent formation and genome evolution
    1999 872 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis profile →
  7. Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America
    2006 863 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Paul S. Manos et al. profile →
  8. The role of genetic and genomic attributes in the success of polyploids
    2000 845 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences
    2000 787 citations Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  10. Phylogenetic consequences of cytoplasmic gene flow in plants.
    1991 701 citations Loren H. Rieseberg, Pamela S. Soltis Europe PMC (PubMed Central) profile →
  11. The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes
    1999 699 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  12. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes as a tool for comparative biology
    1999 659 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis et al. profile →
  13. The age and diversification of the angiosperms re‐revisited
    2010 650 citations Charles D. Bell, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  14. Advances in the study of polyploidy sincePlant speciation
    2003 606 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. New Phytologist profile →
  15. Patterns of genetic variation in rare and widespread plant congeners
    2000 592 citations Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Pamela S. Soltis profile →
  16. Phylogenetic analysis of 83 plastid genes further resolves the early diversification of eudicots
    2010 558 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Charles D. Bell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants
    2006 554 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  18. Molecular Data and the Dynamic Nature of Polyploidy
    1993 551 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  19. Using plastid genome-scale data to resolve enigmatic relationships among basal angiosperms
    2007 550 citations Charles D. Bell, Pamela S. Soltis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  20. Molecular Systematics of Plants II: DNA Sequencing
    1998 535 citations Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  21. Evolutionary Genetics of Genome Merger and Doubling in Plants
    2008 512 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  22. Polyploidy and genome evolution in plants
    2015 493 citations Pamela S. Soltis, D. Blaine Marchant et al. profile →
  23. Polyploidy: an evolutionary and ecological force in stressful times
    2020 421 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis et al. profile →
  24. The polyploidy revolution then…and now: Stebbins revisited
    2014 383 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  25. From algae to angiosperms–inferring the phylogeny of green plants (Viridiplantae) from 360 plastid genomes
    2014 380 citations Brad R. Ruhfel, Matthew A. Gitzendanner et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology profile →
  26. Ancient WGD events as drivers of key innovations in angiosperms
    2016 376 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis profile →
  27. A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering
    2018 351 citations Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →
  28. Diversification of Rosaceae since the Late Cretaceous based on plastid phylogenomics
    2017 270 citations Mark W. Chase, Pamela S. Soltis et al. New Phytologist profile →
  29. Deep reticulation: the long legacy of hybridization in vascular plant evolution
    2023 78 citations Gregory W. Stull, Pamela S. Soltis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pamela S. Soltis United States 120 30.2k 30.0k 29.5k 12.7k 4.4k 701 56.7k
Mark W. Chase United Kingdom 105 26.8k 0.9× 22.2k 0.7× 16.2k 0.6× 4.8k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 535 38.4k
Loren H. Rieseberg United States 100 13.8k 0.5× 11.7k 0.4× 18.9k 0.6× 17.8k 1.4× 4.8k 1.1× 437 37.1k
Michael J. Donoghue United States 91 18.9k 0.6× 10.7k 0.4× 10.0k 0.3× 5.3k 0.4× 8.8k 2.0× 250 32.7k
Masatoshi Nei United States 82 15.6k 0.5× 28.4k 0.9× 23.2k 0.8× 43.8k 3.4× 8.0k 1.8× 199 88.0k
Peter E. Smouse United States 36 10.9k 0.4× 9.5k 0.3× 12.9k 0.4× 25.1k 2.0× 7.5k 1.7× 78 44.9k
Stéphane Guindon France 21 7.3k 0.2× 16.3k 0.5× 8.8k 0.3× 8.3k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 39 39.8k
Rod Peakall Australia 54 12.0k 0.4× 7.8k 0.3× 13.1k 0.4× 18.2k 1.4× 6.2k 1.4× 184 34.8k
Olivier Gascuel France 35 6.5k 0.2× 21.0k 0.7× 10.8k 0.4× 8.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 136 46.4k
Rudolf Schmid United States 72 16.0k 0.5× 8.1k 0.3× 14.3k 0.5× 2.5k 0.2× 5.4k 1.2× 537 34.9k
Michael Lynch United States 99 6.8k 0.2× 18.4k 0.6× 8.6k 0.3× 22.1k 1.7× 3.8k 0.9× 425 42.4k

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All Works

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Chen, Yaping, Robert A. Spicer, Richard G.J. Hodel, et al.. (2025). Rapid Radiation of a Plant Lineage Sheds Light on the Assembly of Dry Valley Biomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(2). 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunpeng, John J. Wiens, Ao Luo, et al.. (2025). Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(5).
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Stull, Gregory W., Jürgen Kellermann, Diego Medán, et al.. (2024). Rapid in situ diversification rates in Rhamnaceae explain the parallel evolution of high diversity in temperate biomes from global to local scales. New Phytologist. 241(4). 1851–1865. 8 indexed citations
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Crowl, Andrew A., James L. Luteyn, Walter S. Judd, et al.. (2024). A global blueberry phylogeny: Evolution, diversification, and biogeography of Vaccinieae (Ericaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 201. 108202–108202. 2 indexed citations
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Folk, Ryan A., Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Heather R. Kates, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic diversity and regionalization in the temperate arid zone. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(6). 1201–1217. 1 indexed citations
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Jamzad, Ziba, et al.. (2023). Towards a global perspective for Salvia L.: Phylogeny, diversification and floral evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36(3). 589–604. 10 indexed citations
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Stull, Gregory W., Xiao‐Jian Qu, Caroline Parins‐Fukuchi, et al.. (2021). Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms. Nature Plants. 7(8). 1015–1025. 101 indexed citations
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Hu, Haihua, Jianfei Ye, Bing Liu, et al.. (2021). Temporal and spatial comparisons of angiosperm diversity between eastern Asia and North America. National Science Review. 9(6). nwab199–nwab199. 15 indexed citations
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Folk, Ryan A., Mark E. Mort, Nico Cellinese, et al.. (2019). Rates of niche and phenotype evolution lag behind diversification in a temperate radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(22). 10874–10882. 107 indexed citations
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Marchant, D. Blaine, Emily B. Sessa, Paul G. Wolf, et al.. (2019). The C-Fern (Ceratopteris richardii) genome: insights into plant genome evolution with the first partial homosporous fern genome assembly. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18181–18181. 164 indexed citations
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Feliner, Gonzalo Nieto, Inés Álvarez, Javier Aguilar, et al.. (2017). Is homoploid hybrid speciation that rare? An empiricist’s view. Heredity. 118(6). 513–516. 122 indexed citations
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Cai, Shengguan, Guang Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary Conservation of ABA Signaling for Stomatal Closure. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2). 732–747. 164 indexed citations
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Su, Jun‐Xia, et al.. (2016). Phylogeny of the Rosidae: A dense taxon sampling analysis. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54(4). 363–391. 61 indexed citations
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Chanderbali, André S., Brent Berger, Dianella G. Howarth, Pamela S. Soltis, & Pamela S. Soltis. (2016). Evolving Ideas on the Origin and Evolution of Flowers: New Perspectives in the Genomic Era. Genetics. 202(4). 1255–1265. 72 indexed citations
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Ruhfel, Brad R., Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, & J. Gordon Burleigh. (2014). From algae to angiosperms–inferring the phylogeny of green plants (Viridiplantae) from 360 plastid genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14(1). 23–23. 380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allen, Geraldine A., Pamela S. Soltis, & Pamela S. Soltis. (2009). Phylogeny and Biogeography of Erythronium (Liliaceae) Inferred from Chloroplast matK and Nuclear rDNA ITS Sequences. Systematic Botany. 28(3). 512–523. 28 indexed citations
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Soltis, Pamela S., Charles D. Bell, Sangtae Kim, & Pamela S. Soltis. (2008). Origin and Early Evolution of Angiosperms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1133(1). 3–25. 208 indexed citations
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Kim, Sangtae, Jin Koh, Hong Mā, et al.. (2005). Sequence and Expression Studies of A‐, B‐, and E‐Class MADS‐Box Homologues in Eupomatia (Eupomatiaceae): Support for the Bracteate Origin of the Calyptra. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 166(2). 185–198. 50 indexed citations
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Davies, T. Jonathan, Timothy G. Barraclough, Mark W. Chase, et al.. (2004). Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(7). 1904–1909. 477 indexed citations
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Rieseberg, Loren H. & Pamela S. Soltis. (1991). Phylogenetic consequences of cytoplasmic gene flow in plants.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 5(1). 65–84. 701 indexed citations breakdown →

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