Robert J. Soreng

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
123 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Soreng is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Soreng has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 63 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Soreng's work include Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (114 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (33 papers) and Plant and fungal interactions (20 papers). Robert J. Soreng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (114 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (33 papers) and Plant and fungal interactions (20 papers). Robert J. Soreng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Robert J. Soreng's co-authors include Jerrold I. Davis, Paul M. Peterson, Lynn J. Gillespie, Konstantin Romaschenko, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Gerrit Davidse, Lynn G. Clark, Emmet J. Judziewicz, Jeff J. Doyle and Tarciso S. Filgueiras and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Soreng

119 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)

2015 419 citations Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson et al. Journal of Systematics and Evolution profile →
A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications

2017 353 citations Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson et al. Journal of Systematics and Evolution profile →
A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update

2022 108 citations Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson et al. Journal of Systematics and Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phylogeny, biogeography, reticulation, and classification of Agrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae) with expansion of Polypogon to include Lachnagrostis (in part) 2025 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Konstantin Romaschenko, Patricia Barberá, (unknown), Carlos Aedo, Jeffery M. Saarela	0
2	Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for subtribe Cinninae and two new subtribes, Hookerochloinae and Dupontiinae (Poaceae tribe PoeaePPAMclade) 2022 ·Taxon ·Lynn J. Gillespie, Robert J. Soreng, Roger D. Bull, Peter J. de Lange, Rob D. Smissen	4
3	Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae 2022 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Timothy Gallaher, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Li D, Lynn G. Clark, Christopher D. Tyrrell, Cassiano Aimberê Dorneles Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Jordan K. Teisher	59
4	A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update breakdown → 2022 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Konstantin Romaschenko, Lynn G. Clark, Jordan K. Teisher, Lynn J. Gillespie, Patricia Barberá, Cassiano Aimberê Dorneles Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Li D, Gerrit Davidse	108
5	Biogeography, timing, and life‐history traits in the PPAM clade: Coleanthinae (syn. Puccinelliinae), Poinae, Alopecurinae superclade, Miliinae, and Avenulinae and Phleinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) 2021 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Robert J. Soreng, Lynn J. Gillespie, (unknown), Evren Cabi	7
6	New records of alien and potentially invasive grass (Poaceae) species for southern Africa 2021 ·Bothalia ·Steven P. Sylvester, Robert J. Soreng, (unknown), (unknown), Vincent Ralph Clark	3
7	Breeding systems and phylogeny in Poa, with special attention to Northeast Asia: The problem of Poa shumushuensis and sect. Nivicolae (Poaceae) 2020 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Robert J. Soreng, (unknown), (unknown), Lynn J. Gillespie	7
8	Poa laegaardiana, a new species from Ecuador (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae) 2018 ·PhytoKeys ·Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng	3
9	Miocene–Pliocene speciation, introgression, and migration of Patis and Ptilagrostis (Poaceae: Stipeae) 2013 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Konstantin Romaschenko, Núria Garcia‐Jacas, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Roser Vilatersana, Alfonso Susanna	38
10	NOVEDADES NOMENCLATURALES EN POACEAE ARGENTINAS 2011 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Liliana M. Giussani, Robert J. Soreng, Ana M. Antón	2
11	Aphanelytrum peruvianum (Poaceae: Poinae): a new species from Peru 2007 ·Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas ·(unknown), Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, (unknown)	3
12	A phylogenetic analysis of Poaceae, tribe Poeae sensu lato based on morphological characters and sequence data from three plastid-encoded genes: evidence for reticulation, and a new classification for the tribe 2007 ·Kew Bulletin ·Robert J. Soreng, Jerrold I. Davis, (unknown)	66
13	Notes on Grasses (Poaceae) for the Flora of Taiwan (II) 2006 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Robert J. Soreng, Chang‐Sheng Kuoh	2
14	A revision of Trisetum (Poaceae: Pooideae Aveninae) in South America 2005 ·Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden ·Víctor L. Finot, Paul M. Peterson, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Robert J. Soreng, O Matthei	20
15	A revision of Trisetum, Peyritschia , and Sphenopholis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Aveninae) in Mexico and Central America 2004 ·Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden ·Víctor L. Finot, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Fernando O. Zuloaga	15
16	Sequentially adjusted sex-ratios in gynomonoecism, and Poa diaboli (Poaceae), a new species from California. 2003 ·Madroño; a West American journal of botany ·Robert J. Soreng, David J. Keil	12
17	A Taxonomic Revision of the Eastern North American and Eastern Asian Disjunct Genus Brachyelytrum (Poaceae): Evidence from Morphology, Phytogeography and AFLPs 2003 ·Systematic Botany ·Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Ralph E. Chapman	22
18	Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. 2001 ·Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Gerrit Davidse, Tarciso S. Filgueiras, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Emmet J. Judziewicz	93
19	Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. 2000 ·Emmet J. Judziewicz, Robert J. Soreng, Gerrit Davidse, (unknown), Fernando O. Zuloaga	40
20	Notes on new infraspecific taxa and hybrids in North American Poa lPoaceaer 1991 ·Phytologia ·Robert J. Soreng	13

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