Thomas B. Croat

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas B. Croat is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas B. Croat has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 50 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas B. Croat's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (114 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (68 papers) and Plant and animal studies (58 papers). Thomas B. Croat is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (114 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (68 papers) and Plant and animal studies (58 papers). Thomas B. Croat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Colombia. Thomas B. Croat's co-authors include Mónica M. Carlsen, William R. Buck, Claudia L. Henriquez, Ibrar Ahmed, Abdullah Abdullah, Ángel M. Felicísimo, Rubén G. Mateo, Jesús Muñoz, Alejandro Zuluaga and Michael R. McKain and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Planta and American Journal of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Thomas B. Croat

137 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Flora of Barro Colorado Island 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Flora of Barro Colorado Island
    1979 1000 citations Thomas B. Croat et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas B. Croat United States 22 1.8k 867 826 764 372 150 2.8k
João Renato Stehmann Brazil 25 1.5k 0.8× 640 0.7× 783 0.9× 684 0.9× 332 0.9× 131 2.7k
Porter P. Lowry United States 30 2.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.8× 881 1.1× 642 0.8× 374 1.0× 206 3.6k
David J. Harris United Kingdom 27 1.2k 0.6× 668 0.8× 602 0.7× 566 0.7× 269 0.7× 82 2.3k
P. E. Gibbs United Kingdom 26 1.9k 1.1× 761 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 710 0.9× 256 0.7× 72 2.7k
Dominique Strasberg Réunion 27 1.2k 0.7× 428 0.5× 675 0.8× 632 0.8× 385 1.0× 83 2.1k
Irène Till‐Bottraud France 27 1.3k 0.7× 600 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 713 0.9× 308 0.8× 61 2.3k
Douglas C. Daly United States 26 1.9k 1.1× 796 0.9× 938 1.1× 801 1.0× 223 0.6× 89 2.9k
Peter H. Weston Australia 32 2.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.6× 351 0.9× 94 3.8k
Terry A. Hedderson South Africa 31 2.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 1.7k 2.1× 728 1.0× 598 1.6× 102 3.9k
Sven Buerki United States 27 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 802 1.0× 381 0.5× 213 0.6× 123 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas B. Croat

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2025). Taxonomic study of Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium (Schott) Engl. (Araceae) from Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica. 39.
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2024). Three New Species of Anthurium sect. Belolonchium from the Eastern Slopes of the Eastern Andean Cordillera in Colombia. Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 32. 52–59.
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Jiménez, Pedro, et al.. (2024). A new species of broad-leafed Anthurium (Araceae) from the central region of Veracruz, Mexico. Phytotaxa. 644(1). 63–68. 1 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2024). Anthurium dairon-cardenasii, a New Species of Anthurium sect. Belolonchium (Araceae) for Colombia. Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 32. 33–38.
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Pérez‐Farrera, Miguel Ángel, et al.. (2022). Anthurium tacotalpense (Araceae), a new species from Mexico. Phytotaxa. 538(1). 74–78. 1 indexed citations
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Le, Chi Toan, et al.. (2022). Typhonium kbangense , a new species of Araceae (Aroidea–Areae) from Central Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2022(8). 2 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2022). Reconstruction of the evolutionary biogeography reveals the origin and diversification of Arisaema (Araceae). Acta Botanica Brasilica. 36. 2 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2021). Anthurium perezfarrerae (Araceae: sect. Andiphilum), a new species from Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 92. e9233551–e9233551. 1 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2021). A new species of ‘Bird’s Nest’Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium (Araceae) from Brazil. Phytotaxa. 523(3). 229–238. 2 indexed citations
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Abdullah, Abdullah, Claudia L. Henriquez, Furrukh Mehmood, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Chloroplast Genomes among Species of Unisexual and Bisexual Clades of the Monocot Family Araceae. Plants. 9(6). 737–737. 30 indexed citations
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Baldini, Riccardo M., et al.. (2019). Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama). Check List. 15(4). 651–689. 1 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2016). A Reappraisal of the Anthurium cuspidatum Masters Complex, section Polyneurium (Araceae). 39(2). 134–186. 5 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2016). Revision of Philodendron from the Lita-San Lorenzo Region (Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador). 39(1). 26–315. 4 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2016). New Species of Anthurium section Calomystrium from Costa Rica and Panama. Phytotaxa. 257(1). 4 indexed citations
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Zuluaga, Alejandro, et al.. (2015). Testing the monophyly of Spathiphyllum, and the relationship between Asian and tropical American species.. 107–115. 6 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2005). Montrichardia arborescens (L.) Schott (Araceae) newly reported for Mexico. 28(1). 86–87. 5 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (2005). A review of the Anthurium splendidum complex (Araceae). 28(1). 52–64.
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Croat, Thomas B.. (2004). Revision of Dieffenbachia (Araceae) of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 91(4). 1 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (1997). A new species of Typhonium (Araceae) from Vietnam. 20(1). 48–52. 4 indexed citations
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Croat, Thomas B., et al.. (1979). Standardization of Anthurium descriptions. 2(1). 15–25. 42 indexed citations

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