Patrick W. Sweeney

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 889 citations indexed

About

Patrick W. Sweeney is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick W. Sweeney has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 889 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 20 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Patrick W. Sweeney's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (14 papers), Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies (9 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (9 papers). Patrick W. Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (14 papers), Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies (9 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (9 papers). Patrick W. Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Mexico. Patrick W. Sweeney's co-authors include Michael J. Donoghue, Erika J. Edwards, Charles C. Davis, Wendy L. Clement, Elizabeth L. Spriggs, Barnabas H. Daru, Daniel Park, Richard B. Primack, Aaron M. Ellison and David S. Barrington and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, BioScience and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick W. Sweeney

29 papers receiving 871 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.

  1. Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization
    2017 277 citations Barnabas H. Daru, Daniel Park et al. New Phytologist profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick W. Sweeney United States 15 514 325 320 251 243 32 889
Gil Nelson United States 12 369 0.7× 212 0.7× 528 1.6× 218 0.9× 144 0.6× 27 913
Laura P. Lagomarsino United States 12 573 1.1× 211 0.6× 132 0.4× 199 0.8× 263 1.1× 32 798
Frank A. Bisby United Kingdom 14 406 0.8× 327 1.0× 328 1.0× 223 0.9× 239 1.0× 43 1.1k
Ed Biffin Australia 19 571 1.1× 274 0.8× 109 0.3× 225 0.9× 461 1.9× 57 1.1k
Thaís Vasconcelos Brazil 20 769 1.5× 234 0.7× 125 0.4× 238 0.9× 347 1.4× 54 994
Estrela Figueiredo South Africa 18 684 1.3× 799 2.5× 142 0.4× 130 0.5× 250 1.0× 223 1.3k
Sheng‐Xiang Yu China 16 509 1.0× 217 0.7× 105 0.3× 163 0.6× 418 1.7× 60 748
Barnaby E. Walker United Kingdom 15 349 0.7× 166 0.5× 195 0.6× 200 0.8× 130 0.5× 22 631
John Parnell Ireland 15 542 1.1× 368 1.1× 78 0.2× 148 0.6× 388 1.6× 80 930
James R. P. Worth Japan 15 294 0.6× 200 0.6× 146 0.5× 196 0.8× 319 1.3× 42 742

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick W. Sweeney

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All Works

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Eaton, Deren A. R., Patrick W. Sweeney, Kirstin Dion, et al.. (2024). Genetic architecture underlying the parallel evolution of leaf ecomorphs in Viburnum. 3(1).
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Sweeney, Patrick W., et al.. (2022). Garcinia yaatapsap (Clusiaceae), a new species from northern Myanmar. Phytotaxa. 545(2). 121–127. 4 indexed citations
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Donoghue, Michael J., Deren A. R. Eaton, Michael J. Landis, et al.. (2022). Replicated radiation of a plant clade along a cloud forest archipelago. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(9). 1318–1329. 22 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Patrick W., et al.. (2021). Robust Machine Learning Classification of Unlabeled Biological Data: A case study with herbaria sheets. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 5. 1 indexed citations
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Landis, Michael J., Deren A. R. Eaton, Wendy L. Clement, et al.. (2020). Joint Phylogenetic Estimation of Geographic Movements and Biome Shifts during the Global Diversification of Viburnum. Systematic Biology. 70(1). 67–85. 42 indexed citations
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Pearson, Katelin D., Myla F. J. Aronson, Pierre Bonnet, et al.. (2020). Machine Learning Using Digitized Herbarium Specimens to Advance Phenological Research. BioScience. 70(7). 610–620. 78 indexed citations
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Lorieul, Titouan, Katelin D. Pearson, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, et al.. (2019). Toward a large‐scale and deep phenological stage annotation of herbarium specimens: Case studies from temperate, tropical, and equatorial floras. Applications in Plant Sciences. 7(3). e01233–e01233. 47 indexed citations
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Votipka, Daniel, et al.. (2018). The Battle for New York: A Case Study of Applied Digital Threat Modeling at the Enterprise Level.. USENIX Security Symposium. 621–637. 14 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Patrick W., Binil Starly, Paul J. Morris, et al.. (2018). Large–scale digitization of herbarium specimens: Development and usage of an automated, high–throughput conveyor system. Taxon. 67(1). 165–178. 45 indexed citations
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Spriggs, Elizabeth L., Edgar Benavides, Michael J. Landis, et al.. (2018). Sterile marginal flowers increase visitation and fruit set in the hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides, Adoxaceae) at multiple spatial scales. Annals of Botany. 123(2). 381–390. 8 indexed citations
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Daru, Barnabas H., Daniel Park, Richard B. Primack, et al.. (2017). Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization. New Phytologist. 217(2). 939–955. 277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spriggs, Elizabeth L., Wendy L. Clement, Patrick W. Sweeney, et al.. (2015). Temperate radiations and dying embers of a tropical past: the diversification of Viburnum. New Phytologist. 207(2). 340–354. 75 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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Morris, Paul J., James Hanken, David Lowery, et al.. (2014). Capturing Inventory level information about collections as a step in object to image to data workflows. 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Zachary S., Patrick W. Sweeney, & Laurent Gautier. (2011). Malagasy Garcinia (Clusiaceae) Revisited: New Combinations and Lectotypifications for Ochrocarpos Goudotianus and O. Evonymoides and the Lectotypification of Garcinia Comorensis. Candollea. 66(2). 417–417. 3 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Patrick W.. (2008). Systematics and Floral Evolution in the Plant Genus Garcinia (Clusiaceae). IRL - University of Missouri, St. Louis (University of Missouri–St. Louis). 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Zachary S. & Patrick W. Sweeney. (2007). Two Distinctive New Species of Malagasy Garcinia (Clusiaceae). Systematic Botany. 32(4). 772–779. 2 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Patrick W. & Robert A. Price. (2000). Polyphyly of the Genus Dentaria (Brassicaceae): Evidence from trnL Intron and ndhF Sequence Data. Systematic Botany. 25(3). 468–468. 34 indexed citations

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