Sandra L. Baldauf

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

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Sandra L. Baldauf is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra L. Baldauf has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Sandra L. Baldauf's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers). Sandra L. Baldauf is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers). Sandra L. Baldauf collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Sandra L. Baldauf's co-authors include W. Ford Doolittle, Andrew J. Roger, J D Palmer, Jeffrey D. Palmer, Eng‐Kiat Lim, Dianna J. Bowles, Yi Li, Peter J. Mayhew, Michaela Nelson and Jan Pawłowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sandra L. Baldauf

69 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

A Kingdom-Level Phylogeny of Eukaryotes Based on Combined Protein Data

2000 912 citations Sandra L. Baldauf, W. Ford Doolittle et al. Science profile →
The Deep Roots of Eukaryotes

2003 597 citations Sandra L. Baldauf Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra L. Baldauf Sweden	33	4.1k	2.1k	1.5k	917	907	69	6.4k
Kazunori Yamada Japan	23	3.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	76	7.8k
Steven Kelly United Kingdom	44	6.9k 1.7×	4.3k 2.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	725 0.8×	147	11.8k
John Rozewicki Japan	8	2.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	8	6.4k
Jörg Schultz Germany	34	5.2k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	656 0.7×	845 0.9×	77	8.3k
Diego Darriba Germany	10	3.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	492 0.5×	16	6.6k
Craig McAnulla United Kingdom	10	3.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	483 0.5×	449 0.5×	13	6.2k
Hsin-Yu Chang United Kingdom	9	3.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	482 0.5×	654 0.7×	10	6.2k
Michael D. Woodhams Australia	11	3.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.6×	479 0.5×	16	8.3k
Jason Stajich United States	53	5.0k 1.2×	5.3k 2.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	2.6k 2.8×	243	11.7k
A. F. Quinn United Kingdom	4	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	477 0.5×	442 0.5×	5	5.9k

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Cavender, James C., Eduardo M. Vadell, John C. Landolt, et al.. (2018). New dictyostelid cellular slime molds from South Africa. Phytotaxa. 383(3). 2 indexed citations

Glöeckner, Gernot, et al.. (2015). Root of Dictyostelia based on 213 universal proteins. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92. 53–62. 12 indexed citations

He, Ding, et al.. (2014). An Alternative Root for the Eukaryote Tree of Life. Current Biology. 24(4). 465–470. 157 indexed citations

Romeralo, María, Sandra L. Baldauf, & Ricardo Escalante. (2013). Dictyostelids : evolution, genomics and cell biology. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 13 indexed citations

Perrigo, Allison, Sandra L. Baldauf, & María Romeralo. (2012). Diversity of dictyostelid social amoebae in high latitude habitats of Northern Sweden. Fungal Diversity. 58(1). 185–198. 12 indexed citations

Atkinson, Gemma C. & Sandra L. Baldauf. (2010). Evolution of Elongation Factor G and the Origins of Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Forms. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(3). 1281–1292. 32 indexed citations

Romeralo, María, John C. Landolt, James C. Cavender, Gary A. Laursen, & Sandra L. Baldauf. (2010). Two species of dictyostelid cellular slime molds from Alaska. Mycologia. 102(3). 588–595. 7 indexed citations

Fiore‐Donno, Anna Maria, Sergey I. Nikolaev, Michaela Nelson, et al.. (2009). Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Slime Moulds (Mycetozoa). Protist. 161(1). 55–70. 104 indexed citations

Baldauf, Sandra L.. (2008). An overview of the phylogeny and diversity of eukaryotes. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 46(3). 263–273. 137 indexed citations

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Schaap, Pauline, Thomas Winckler, Michaela Nelson, et al.. (2006). Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Morphology in the Social Amoebas. Science. 314(5799). 661–663. 194 indexed citations

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Berney, Cédric, et al.. (2005). Higher‐Order Phylogeny of Plasmodial Slime Molds (Myxogastria) Based on Elongation Factor 1‐A and Small Subunit rRNA Gene Sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52(3). 201–210. 80 indexed citations

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Baldauf, Sandra L.. (2003). Phylogeny for the faint of heart: a tutorial. Trends in Genetics. 19(6). 345–351. 145 indexed citations

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Baldauf, Sandra L.. (2003). The Deep Roots of Eukaryotes. Science. 300(5626). 1703–1706. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yi, et al.. (2002). Plant Expansins Are a Complex Multigene Family with an Ancient Evolutionary Origin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 128(3). 854–864. 178 indexed citations

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Baldauf, Sandra L.. (1999). A Search for the Origins of Animals and Fungi: Comparing and Combining Molecular Data. The American Naturalist. 154(S4). S178–S188. 94 indexed citations

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Keeling, Patrick J., Sandra L. Baldauf, W. Ford Doolittle, Wolfram Zillig, & Hans‐Peter Klenk. (1996). An infB-Homolog in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 19(3). 312–321. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Qing Yan, Sandra L. Baldauf, & Michael Reith. (1996). Elongation factor 1? genes of the red alga Porphyra purpurea include a novel, developmentally specialized variant. Plant Molecular Biology. 31(1). 77–85. 21 indexed citations

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Gantt, J. Stephen, Sandra L. Baldauf, Patrick J. Calie, N. F. Weeden, & Jeffrey D. Palmer. (1991). Transfer of rpl22 to the nucleus greatly preceded its loss from the chloroplast and involved the gain of an intron.. The EMBO Journal. 10(10). 3073–3078. 196 indexed citations

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Baldauf, Sandra L. & Jeffrey D. Palmer. (1990). Evolutionary transfer of the chloroplast tufA gene to the nucleus. Nature. 344(6263). 262–265. 185 indexed citations

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Nieuwkoop, A J, Sandra L. Baldauf, Michael E. S. Hudspeth, & R. Bender. (1988). Bidirectional promoter in the hut(P) region of the histidine utilization (hut) operons from Klebsiella aerogenes. Journal of Bacteriology. 170(5). 2240–2246. 24 indexed citations

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