Scot A. Kelchner

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Scot A. Kelchner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Scot A. Kelchner has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Scot A. Kelchner's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (11 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (10 papers). Scot A. Kelchner is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (11 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (10 papers). Scot A. Kelchner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Scot A. Kelchner's co-authors include Lynn G. Clark, Jonathan F. Wendel, Michael A. Thomas, Richard G. Olmstead, David C. Tank, Paul M. Beardsley, Amanda E. Fisher, William P. Wysocki, Melvin R. Duvall and Randall J. Bayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Trends in Genetics and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Scot A. Kelchner

27 papers receiving 2.1k 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 Evolution of Non-Coding Chloroplast DNA and Its Application in Plant Systematics

2000 604 citations Scot A. Kelchner Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scot A. Kelchner United States	20	1.5k	1.2k	860	490	121	27	2.2k
Steven Dodsworth United Kingdom	23	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	530 1.1×	96 0.8×	55	2.4k
Leigh A. Johnson United States	22	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	565 1.2×	237 2.0×	56	2.6k
Mark E. Mort United States	25	2.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	721 1.5×	306 2.5×	75	3.0k
Lisa Pokorny United Kingdom	21	1.0k 0.7×	802 0.6×	677 0.8×	406 0.8×	146 1.2×	38	1.6k
Peter C. Hoch United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	705 0.6×	782 0.9×	328 0.7×	233 1.9×	46	1.8k
C. Donovan Bailey United States	25	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	443 0.9×	114 0.9×	47	2.3k
Patrick A. Reeves United States	27	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.8×	359 0.7×	192 1.6×	52	2.8k
Robert K. Kuzoff United States	19	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	889 1.0×	247 0.5×	61 0.5×	23	1.9k
André S. Chanderbali United States	20	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	2.1k 2.4×	487 1.0×	88 0.7×	30	3.1k
J. Mark Porter United States	13	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	997 1.2×	325 0.7×	106 0.9×	24	2.1k

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Burke, Sean V., William P. Wysocki, Fernando O. Zuloaga, et al.. (2016). Evolutionary relationships in Panicoid grasses based on plastome phylogenomics (Panicoideae; Poaceae). BMC Plant Biology. 16(1). 140–140. 64 indexed citations

Duvall, Melvin R., Amanda E. Fisher, J. Travis Columbus, et al.. (2016). Phylogenomics and Plastome Evolution of the Chloridoid Grasses (Chloridoideae: Poaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 177(3). 235–246. 30 indexed citations

Saarela, Jeffery M., William P. Wysocki, Craig F. Barrett, et al.. (2015). Plastid phylogenomics of the cool-season grass subfamily: clarification of relationships among early-diverging tribes. AoB Plants. 7. plv046–plv046. 70 indexed citations

Wysocki, William P., Lynn G. Clark, Scot A. Kelchner, et al.. (2015). Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach. BMC Plant Biology. 15(1). 178–178. 55 indexed citations

Morrison, David A., Matthew J. Morgan, & Scot A. Kelchner. (2015). Molecular homology and multiple-sequence alignment: an analysis of concepts and practice. Australian Systematic Botany. 28(1). 46–62. 24 indexed citations

Wysocki, William P., Lynn G. Clark, Scot A. Kelchner, et al.. (2014). A multi–step comparison of short–read full plastome sequence assembly methods in grasses. Taxon. 63(4). 899–910. 28 indexed citations

Bapteste, Éric, Leo van Iersel, Axel Janke, et al.. (2013). Networks: expanding evolutionary thinking. Trends in Genetics. 29(8). 439–441. 127 indexed citations

Kelchner, Scot A.. (2013). Higher level phylogenetic relationships within the bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) based on five plastid markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 67(2). 404–413. 148 indexed citations

Morgan, Matthew J. & Scot A. Kelchner. (2010). Inference of molecular homology and sequence alignment by direct optimization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56(1). 305–311. 13 indexed citations

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Simon, David M., Scot A. Kelchner, & Steven Zimmerly. (2009). A Broadscale Phylogenetic Analysis of Group II Intron RNAs and Intron-Encoded Reverse Transcriptases. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(12). 2795–2808. 26 indexed citations

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Duffy, Aaron M., Scot A. Kelchner, & Paul G. Wolf. (2009). Conservation of selection on matK following an ancient loss of its flanking intron. Gene. 438(1-2). 17–25. 42 indexed citations

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Watts, Chad D., et al.. (2008). The D4 set: primers that target highly variable intron loops in plant chloroplast genomes. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8(6). 1344–1347. 16 indexed citations

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Kelchner, Scot A. & Michael A. Thomas. (2006). Model use in phylogenetics: nine key questions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 22(2). 87–94. 132 indexed citations

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Trueman, John, Bernard E. Pfeil, Scot A. Kelchner, & David K. Yeates. (2004). Did stick insects really regain their wings?. Systematic Entomology. 29(2). 138–139. 48 indexed citations

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Kelchner, Scot A.. (2002). Molecular Systematics and Plant Evolution.—P. M. Hollingsworth, R. M. Bateman, and R. J. Gornall (Eds.).. Systematic Biology. 51(2). 382–384. 2 indexed citations

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Kelchner, Scot A.. (2002). Group II introns as phylogenetic tools: structure, function, and evolutionary constraints. American Journal of Botany. 89(10). 1651–1669. 116 indexed citations

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Kelchner, Scot A.. (2000). The Evolution of Non-Coding Chloroplast DNA and Its Application in Plant Systematics. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 87(4). 482–482. 604 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kelchner, Scot A. & Lynn G. Clark. (1997). Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of the Chloroplastrpl16Intron inChusqueaand the Bambusoideae (Poaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 8(3). 385–397. 212 indexed citations

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Kelchner, Scot A. & Jonathan F. Wendel. (1996). Hairpins create minute inversions in non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA. Current Genetics. 30(3). 259–262. 141 indexed citations

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Clark, Lynn G., et al.. (1993). Insektisida pengendalian hama tanaman. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 2 indexed citations

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