Paul Kenrick

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
82 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Paul Kenrick is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Kenrick has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Paul Kenrick's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (47 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (20 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (19 papers). Paul Kenrick is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (47 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (20 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (19 papers). Paul Kenrick collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Paul Kenrick's co-authors include Peter R. Crane, Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Dianne Edwards, Harald Schneider, Charles H. Wellman, Silvia Pressel, Niklas Wikström, Jennifer L. Morris, Petra Korall and Mark N. Puttick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul Kenrick

80 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

The origin and early evolution of plants on land

1997 1.0k citations Paul Kenrick et al. profile →
The timescale of early land plant evolution

2018 606 citations Jennifer L. Morris, Mark N. Puttick et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte

2018 325 citations Mark N. Puttick, Jennifer L. Morris et al. Current Biology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	An arbuscular mycorrhiza from the 407‐million‐year‐old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging 2025 ·New Phytologist ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Raymond Wightman, (unknown), Gareth Evans, Frédéric Fercoq, Paul Kenrick, Andrea C. Ferrari, Sebastián Schornack	0
2	Cuticle ultrastructure of the Early Devonian trigonotarbid arachnid Palaeocharinus 2024 ·Arthropod Structure & Development ·(unknown), Gregory D. Edgecombe, Paul Kenrick, Xiaoya Ma	0
3	A fungal plant pathogen discovered in the Devonian Rhynie Chert 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Tomasz Góral, Alan R.T. Spencer, Paul Kenrick, M. Catherine Aime, Ester Gaya, David L. Hawksworth	10
4	Evolution of phenotypic disparity in the plant kingdom 2023 ·Nature Plants ·James Clark, Alexander J. Hetherington, Jennifer L. Morris, Silvia Pressel, Jeffrey G. Duckett, Mark N. Puttick, Harald Schneider, Paul Kenrick, Charles H. Wellman, Philip C. J. Donoghue	21
5	New evidence of the architecture and affinity of fossil trees from the Jurassic Purbeck Forest of southern England 2023 ·Botany Letters ·David C. Steart, (unknown), Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Marc Philippe, (unknown), (unknown), Alan R.T. Spencer, (unknown), Paul Kenrick	3
6	Revisions to the Eocene carpoflora of Anjou, western France, with new data from X-ray tomography 2022 ·Botany Letters ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Alan R.T. Spencer, Paul Kenrick, Walter S. Judd, Dario De Franceschi, Steven R. Manchester	3
7	An expanded diversity of oomycetes in Carboniferous forests: Reinterpretation of Oochytrium lepidodendri (Renault 1894) from the Esnost chert, Massif Central, France 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Marc Gèze, Alan R.T. Spencer, Dario De Franceschi, Paul Kenrick, Marc‐André Selosse, Andrew H. Knoll	2
8	The overlooked aquatic green algal component of early terrestrial environments: Triskelia scotlandica gen. et sp. nov. from the Rhynie cherts 2020 ·Papers in Palaeontology ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Alain Le Hérissé, Tomasz Góral, Alan R.T. Spencer, Paul Kenrick	10
9	Reconstructing trait evolution in plant evo–devo studies 2019 ·Current Biology ·Pierre‐Marc Delaux, Alexander J. Hetherington, Yoan Coudert, Charles F. Delwiche, Christophe Dunand, Sven B. Gould, Paul Kenrick, Fay‐Wei Li, Hervé Philippe, Stefan A. Rensing, Mélanie K. Rich, Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Jan de Vries	48
10	On the structure and chemistry of fossils of the earliest woody plant 2019 ·Palaeontology ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Sylvain Bernard, Alan R.T. Spencer, Laurent Rémusat, Paul Kenrick, Delphine Derrien	7
11	Testate Amoebae in the 407-Million-Year-Old Rhynie Chert 2019 ·Current Biology ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Paul Kenrick, Tomasz Góral, Andrew H. Knoll	18
12	The timescale of early land plant evolution breakdown → 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jennifer L. Morris, Mark N. Puttick, James Clark, Dianne Edwards, Paul Kenrick, Silvia Pressel, Charles H. Wellman, Ziheng Yang, Harald Schneider, Philip C. J. Donoghue	606
13	X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) of pyrite-permineralized fruits and seeds from the London Clay Formation (Ypresian) conserved in silicone oil: a critical evaluation 2016 ·Botany ·Margaret E. Collinson, (unknown), Steven R. Manchester, Gregory W. Stull, Fabiany Herrera, Selena Y. Smith, (unknown), Paul Kenrick, Dan Sykes	33
14	A New Chytridiomycete Fungus Intermixed with Crustacean Resting Eggs in a 407-Million-Year-Old Continental Freshwater Environment 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Christine Strullu‐Derrien, Tomasz Góral, Joyce E. Longcore, Jørgen Olesen, Paul Kenrick, Gregory D. Edgecombe	24
15	Testing coevolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Cretaceous dinosaurs and plants 2010 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Richard J. Butler, Paul M. Barrett, Malcolm Penn, Paul Kenrick	17
16	Phylogenetic relationships in Selaginellaceae based on RBCL sequences 2002 ·American Journal of Botany ·Petra Korall, Paul Kenrick	83
17	Evolution of Lycopodiaceae (Lycopsida): Estimating Divergence Times from rbcL Gene Sequences by Use of Nonparametric Rate Smoothing 2001 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Niklas Wikström, Paul Kenrick	90
18	An Early Cretaceous root-climbing epiphyte (Lindsaeaceae) and its significance for calibrating the diversification of polypodiaceous ferns 2001 ·Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology ·Harald Schneider, Paul Kenrick	24
19	CRETACEOUS PLANT FOSSILS FROM THE KOHUNG AREA, CHONNAM, KOREA 2000 ·Paul Kenrick, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
20	Palaeodepositional Environment of the Cretaceous Hampyeong Basin, Southwestern Korea 2000 ·Journal of the Korean earth science society ·(unknown), Paul Kenrick, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2

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