Ryan A. Folk

2.8k citations

76 papers · 1.7k indexed · h-index 22

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 1%
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Ecological Modeling top 5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 11
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 11
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 49
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 36
- Plant and animal studies 22

Co-authors: Pamela S. Soltis Robert Guralnick John V. Freudenstein Jennifer R. Mandel Douglas E. Soltis Nico Cellinese Julie M. Allen Brandon T. Sinn
Journals: American Journal of Botany (10 papers)Systematic Botany (5 papers)Applications in Plant Sciences (5 papers)Nature Communications (4 papers)Frontiers in Plant Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Switzerland

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Ryan A. Folk

71 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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1	A phylogenomic investigation into the biogeography of the Mexico–eastern U.S. disjunction in Symphyotrichum American Journal of Botany ·Sushil Dahal, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Ryan A. Folk	2025	0
2	Convergent evolution of NFP -facilitated root nodule symbiosis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christina Finegan, Heather R. Kates, Robert Guralnick, Pamela S. Soltis, Márcio F. R. Resende, Jean‐Michel Ané, Matias Kirst, Ryan A. Folk, Douglas E. Soltis	2025	0
3	Revealing Speciation Mechanisms Across Endemic Southern Andean Lilies (Phycella, Hippeastreae, Amaryllidaceae) in the Chilean Biodiversity Hotspot Molecular Ecology ·Nicolás García, Taryn Fuentes‐Castillo, María José Román, Ryan A. Folk	2025	0
4	Spatial phylogenetics of Fagales: Investigating drivers of temperate forest distributions Journal of Biogeography ·Ryan A. Folk, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, J. M. Doby, Heather R. Kates, Steven R. Manchester, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Robert Guralnick, Michael W. Belitz	2024	1
5	Repeated upslope biome shifts in Saxifraga during late-Cenozoic climate cooling Nature Communications ·Tom Carruthers, Michelangelo S. Moerland, Jana Ebersbach, Adrien Favre, Ryan A. Folk, Julie A. Hawkins, Alexandra N. Muellner‐Riehl, Martin Röser, Douglas E. Soltis, Natalia Tkach, William J. Baker, Jurriaan M. de Vos, Wolf L. Eiserhardt	2024	7
6	Phylogenetic diversity and regionalization in the temperate arid zone Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Ryan A. Folk, Ali-Asghar Maassoumi, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Heather R. Kates, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Michael W. Belitz, Robert Guralnick	2024	1
7	Anatomy of a mega‐radiation: Biogeography and niche evolution in Astragalus American Journal of Botany ·Ryan A. Folk, Joseph L. M. Charboneau, Michael W. Belitz, Tajinder Singh, Heather R. Kates, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Robert Guralnick, Carolina M. Siniscalchi	2024	15
8	Phylogenomics, reticulation, and biogeographical history of Elaeagnaceae Plant Diversity ·Wei Gu, Ting Zhang, Shui-Yin Liu, Qin Tian, Chen-Xuan Yang, Qing Lu, Xiao‐Gang Fu, Heather R. Kates, Gregory W. Stull, Pamela S. Soltis, Ryan A. Folk, Robert Guralnick, Li D, Ting‐Shuang Yi	2024	3
9	Continental sampling reveals core bacterial and environmentally driven fungal leaf endophytes in Heuchera American Journal of Botany ·Dexcem J. Pantinople, R. Conner, Stephanie Sutton‐Dauber, Kelli Broussard, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Nicholas J. Engle‐Wrye, Heather R. Jordan, Ryan A. Folk	2024	1
10	An integrative framework reveals widespread gene flow during the early radiation of oaks and relatives in Quercoideae (Fagaceae) Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ·Shui‐Yin Liu, Yingying Yang, Qin Tian, Zhiyun Yang, Shufeng Li, Paul J. Valdes, Alex Farnsworth, Heather R. Kates, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Robert Guralnick, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Gregory W. Stull, Ryan A. Folk, Ting‐Shuang Yi	2024	12
11	Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal deep gene tree discordance in Camellia (Theaceae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Zhi‐Qiong Mo, Hang Ye, Zhao‐Yuan Zhang, Hua Peng, Jian‐Li Zhao, Shi‐Xiong Yang, Xiang‐Qin Yu	2023	10
12	Functional and comparative genomics reveals conserved noncoding sequences in the nitrogen‐fixing clade New Phytologist ·Wendell J. Pereira, Sara Knaack, Sanhita Chakraborty, Daniel Conde, Ryan A. Folk, Paolo M. Triozzi, Kelly M. Balmant, Christopher Dervinis, Henry W. Schmidt, Jean‐Michel Ané, Sushmita Roy, Matias Kirst	2022	4
13	Species discrimination in Schima (Theaceae): Next‐generation super‐barcodes meet evolutionary complexity Molecular Ecology Resources ·Xiang‐Qin Yu, yinzi jiang, Ryan A. Folk, Jian‐Li Zhao, Chao‐Nan Fu, Liang Fang, Hua Peng, Junbo Yang, Shi‐Xiong Yang	2022	21
14	The Effects of Herbarium Specimen Characteristics on Short-Read NGS Sequencing Success in Nearly 8000 Specimens: Old, Degraded Samples Have Lower DNA Yields but Consistent Sequencing Success Frontiers in Plant Science ·Heather R. Kates, Joshua R. Doby, Carol M. Siniscalchi, Raphael LaFrance, Pamela S. Soltis, Robert Guralnick, Ryan A. Folk	2021	27
15	A two‐tier bioinformatic pipeline to develop probes for target capture of nuclear loci with applications in Melastomataceae Applications in Plant Sciences ·Johanna R. Jantzen, Prabha Amarasinghe, Ryan A. Folk, Marcelo Reginato, Fabián A. Michelangeli, Douglas E. Soltis, Nico Cellinese, Pamela S. Soltis	2020	24
16	Plastome Evolution in Saxifragaceae and Multiple Plastid Capture Events Involving Heuchera and Tiarella Frontiers in Plant Science ·Luxian Liu, Yingxue Du, Ryan A. Folk, Shenyi Wang, Pamela S. Soltis, Fude Shang, Pan Li	2020	46
17	Rates of niche and phenotype evolution lag behind diversification in a temperate radiation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ryan A. Folk, Rebecca L. Stubbs, Mark E. Mort, Nico Cellinese, Julie M. Allen, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Robert Guralnick	2019	107
18	Ancient DNA from a 2,500-year-old Caribbean fossil places an extinct bird (Caracara creightoni) in a phylogenetic context Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jessica A. Oswald, Julia M. Allen, Kelsey E. Witt, Ryan A. Folk, Nancy A. Albury, David W. Steadman, Robert Guralnick	2019	13
19	Biodiversity synthesis across the green branches of the tree of life Nature Plants ·Julie M. Allen, Ryan A. Folk, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Robert Guralnick	2018	23
20	Phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in Heuchera (Saxifragaceae) on the basis of multiple nuclear loci American Journal of Botany ·Ryan A. Folk, John V. Freudenstein	2014	17

About Ryan A. Folk

Ryan A. Folk is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Genetics, having authored 76 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (36 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (24 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (983 citations), Ecological Modeling (189 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (249 citations), Paleontology (128 citations) and Genetics (486 citations). Ryan A. Folk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Pamela S. Soltis, Robert Guralnick, John V. Freudenstein, Jennifer R. Mandel, Douglas E. Soltis, Nico Cellinese, Julie M. Allen, Brandon T. Sinn, Michael Broe and Raphael LaFrance. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Botany, Systematic Botany, Applications in Plant Sciences, Nature Communications and Frontiers in Plant Science.

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