Robert B. Faden

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Faden is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Faden has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 35 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Faden's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (38 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (15 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (12 papers). Robert B. Faden is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (38 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (15 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (12 papers). Robert B. Faden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Robert B. Faden's co-authors include Beverley J. Glover, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Silvia Vignolini, Edwige Moyroud, Alison Reed, Ullrich Steiner, Paula J. Rudall, Kim Jacobsen, Niels Jacobsen and Bent Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Botany and Taxon.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Faden

56 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

2012 494 citations Silvia Vignolini, Paula J. Rudall et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Families of the Monocotyledons. Structure, Evolution and Taxonomy

1987 442 citations Robert B. Faden et al. Kew Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Faden United States	14	847	506	446	214	194	58	1.5k
Edwige Moyroud United Kingdom	22	569 0.7×	916 1.8×	931 2.1×	343 1.6×	294 1.5×	37	2.0k
Alessandro Rapini Brazil	23	1.3k 1.5×	322 0.6×	874 2.0×	334 1.6×	36 0.2×	97	2.3k
Y. Hiratsuka Japan	22	133 0.2×	681 1.3×	900 2.0×	89 0.4×	80 0.4×	98	2.0k
P. Maheshwari India	16	612 0.7×	747 1.5×	747 1.7×	26 0.1×	36 0.2×	72	1.7k
A. Boudet France	23	71 0.1×	788 1.6×	773 1.7×	126 0.6×	92 0.5×	64	1.7k
Michael Knoblauch United States	31	237 0.3×	2.5k 4.9×	966 2.2×	43 0.2×	59 0.3×	79	3.3k
Henrik Jakobsen Norway	25	221 0.3×	236 0.5×	207 0.5×	122 0.6×	16 0.1×	64	1.9k
Alison Reed United Kingdom	7	194 0.2×	164 0.3×	88 0.2×	288 1.3×	201 1.0×	8	798
Steven R. Larson United States	23	238 0.3×	687 1.4×	237 0.5×	42 0.2×	18 0.1×	94	1.6k
Damien Ertz Belgium	27	2.0k 2.3×	1.9k 3.7×	312 0.7×	110 0.5×	76 0.4×	140	2.7k

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Pellegrini, Marco Octávio de Oliveira & Robert B. Faden. (2017). Recircumscription and taxonomic revision of Siderasis, with comments on the systematics of subtribe Dichorisandrinae (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys. 83(83). 1–41. 9 indexed citations

Pellegrini, Marco Octávio de Oliveira, Robert B. Faden, & Rafael Felipe de Almeida. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys. 74(74). 35–78. 12 indexed citations

Vignolini, Silvia, Paula J. Rudall, Alison Reed, et al.. (2012). Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(39). 15712–15715. 494 indexed citations breakdown →

Faden, Robert B., et al.. (2009). Three new species of Commelina (Commelinaceae) from south-central Africa.. 79(1). 67–80. 1 indexed citations

Evans, Timothy M., Kenneth J. Sytsma, Robert B. Faden, & Thomas J. Givnish. (2009). Phylogenetic Relationships in the Commelinaceae: II. A Cladistic Analysis of rbcL Sequences and Morphology. Systematic Botany. 28(2). 270–292. 34 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Estrela, et al.. (2009). The botany of the Cunene-Zambezi Expedition with notes on Hugo Baum (1867-1950). Bothalia. 39(2). 185–211. 9 indexed citations

Faden, Robert B.. (2008). The author and typification of Tradescantia zebrina (Commelinaceae). Kew Bulletin. 63(4). 679–680. 1 indexed citations

Hardy, Christopher R. & Robert B. Faden. (2004). Plowmanianthus, a New Genus of Commelinaceae with Five New Species from Tropical America. Systematic Botany. 29(2). 316–333. 16 indexed citations

Thitimetharoch, Thaweesak, Pranom Chantaranothai, & Robert B. Faden. (2003). The Genus Porandra (Commelinaceae) in Thailand. 141–148.

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Faden, Robert B., et al.. (2000). Hutan jati dan kemakmuran: problematika dan strategi pemecahannya. 4 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B.. (1993). Tradescantia crassifolia (Commelinaceae), an Overlooked Species in the Southwestern United States. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 80(1). 219–219. 2 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B.. (1992). Floral Attraction and Floral Hairs in the Commelinaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 79(1). 46–46. 41 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B., et al.. (1991). The morphology and taxonomy of Aneilema R. Brown (Commelinaceae) /. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B. & David Hunt. (1991). The classification of the Commelinaceae. Taxon. 40(1). 19–31. 66 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B. & Henk Beentje. (1989). Encephalartos kisambo, a new cycad from Kenya, with a note on E. tegulaneus. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2(1). 7–10. 6 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B.. (1985). OVERLOOKED COMBINATIONS IN THE COMMELINACEAE PUBLISHED BY ROBERT SWEET AND J. C. LOUDON. Taxon. 34(2). 295–296. 2 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B.. (1983). Isolating mechanisms among five sympatric species of <i>Aneilema,/i> R. Br. (Commelinaceae) in Kenya. Bothalia. 14(3/4). 997–1002. 3 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B., et al.. (1980). The karyotype ofStreptolirion volubile edgeworth (Commelinaceae) from Japan. Journal of Plant Research. 93(4). 355–359. 2 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B.. (1978). Pollia Thunb. (Commelinaceae): The First Generic Record From the New World. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 65(2). 676–676. 5 indexed citations

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Faden, Robert B.. (1977). A New Species of Trichomanes from Eastern Africa. American Fern Journal. 67(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

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