Torsten Eriksson

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Torsten Eriksson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Eriksson has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 31 papers in Plant Science and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Torsten Eriksson's work include Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (16 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (15 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (14 papers). Torsten Eriksson is often cited by papers focused on Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (16 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (15 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (14 papers). Torsten Eriksson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Switzerland. Torsten Eriksson's co-authors include Birgitta Bremer, Jenny E. E. Smedmark, Michael J. Donoghue, Christopher S. Campbell, Ulla Rasmussen, Rodger C. Evans, Jürg Schönenberger, Elena Conti, Timothy A. Dickinson and Daniel Potter and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, Oikos and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Eriksson

57 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae

2007 659 citations Torsten Eriksson, Rodger C. Evans et al. Plant Systematics and Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Torsten Eriksson Sweden	27	1.7k	1.6k	1.3k	342	306	58	3.2k
Trevor R. Hodkinson Ireland	34	2.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	652 1.9×	258 0.8×	144	4.3k
Niklas Wikström Sweden	26	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	358 1.0×	174 0.6×	43	3.0k
Anne Bruneau Canada	36	2.9k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.6×	667 2.0×	309 1.0×	105	4.7k
Sven Buerki United States	27	1.7k 1.0×	802 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	416 1.2×	213 0.7×	123	2.5k
John H. Wiersema United States	23	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	309 0.9×	252 0.8×	109	3.5k
Terry A. Hedderson South Africa	31	2.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	615 1.8×	598 2.0×	102	3.9k
R. K. Brummitt United Kingdom	19	2.4k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	905 0.7×	202 0.6×	271 0.9×	163	3.5k
Martyn P. Powell United Kingdom	16	1.9k 1.1×	862 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	557 1.6×	171 0.6×	22	2.6k
Gwilym P. Lewis United Kingdom	33	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	301 0.9×	193 0.6×	192	3.5k
Paul E. Berry United States	32	3.6k 2.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	293 0.9×	200 0.7×	145	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Eriksson, Torsten, et al.. (2020). Complex patterns of reticulate evolution in opportunistic weeds (Potentilla L., Rosaceae), as revealed by low-copy nuclear markers. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 38–38. 10 indexed citations

Töpel, Mats, et al.. (2011). Molecular data and ploidal levels indicate several putative allopolyploidization events in the genus Potentilla (Rosaceae). PLoS Currents. 3. RRN1237–RRN1237. 39 indexed citations

Kainulainen, Kent, Claes Persson, Torsten Eriksson, & Birgitta Bremer. (2010). Molecular systematics and morphological character evolution of the Condamineeae (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany. 97(12). 1961–1981. 31 indexed citations

Smedmark, Jenny E. E. & Torsten Eriksson. (2009). Phylogenetic Relationships of Geum (Rosaceae) and Relatives Inferred from the nrITS and trnL-trnF Regions. Systematic Botany. 27(2). 303–317. 24 indexed citations

Alice, Lawrence A., Torsten Eriksson, Bente Eriksen, & Christopher S. Campbell. (2009). Hybridization and Gene Flow Between Distantly Related Species of Rubus (Rosaceae): Evidence from Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region Sequences. Systematic Botany. 26(4). 769–778. 22 indexed citations

Kihlman, B.A., et al.. (2009). EFFECTS OF HYDROXYUREA ON CHROMOSOMES, CELL DIVISION AND NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS IN VICIA FABA. Hereditas. 55(2-3). 386–397. 3 indexed citations

Töpel, Mats, et al.. (2009). Allopolyploidy in Fragariinae (Rosaceae): Comparing four DNA sequence regions, with comments on classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51(2). 269–280. 31 indexed citations

Gehrke, Berit, Christian Bräuchler, Katya Romoleroux, et al.. (2008). Molecular phylogenetics of Alchemilla, Aphanes and Lachemilla (Rosaceae) inferred from plastid and nuclear intron and spacer DNA sequences, with comments on generic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(3). 1030–1044. 61 indexed citations

Smedmark, Jenny E. E., Torsten Eriksson, & Birgitta Bremer. (2005). Allopolyploid evolution in Geinae (Colurieae: Rosaceae) – building reticulate species trees from bifurcating gene trees. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 5(4). 275–283. 24 indexed citations

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Song, Tieying, et al.. (2005). Biodiversity and seasonal variation of the cyanobacterial assemblage in a rice paddy field in Fujian, China. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 54(1). 131–140. 109 indexed citations

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Bürger, Joachim, Wilfried Rosendahl, Odile Loreille, et al.. (2003). Molecular phylogeny of the extinct cave lion Panthera leo spelaea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30(3). 841–849. 131 indexed citations

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Smedmark, Jenny E. E., Torsten Eriksson, Rodger C. Evans, & Christopher S. Campbell. (2003). Ancient Allopolyploid Speciation in Geinae (Rosaceae): Evidence from Nuclear Granule-Bound Starch Synthase (GBSSI) Gene Sequences. Systematic Biology. 52(3). 374–385. 69 indexed citations

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Conti, Elena, Torsten Eriksson, Jürg Schönenberger, Kenneth J. Sytsma, & David Baum. (2002). EARLY TERTIARY OUT-OF-INDIA DISPERSAL OF CRYPTERONIACEAE: EVIDENCE FROM PHYLOGENY AND MOLECULAR DATING. Evolution. 56(10). 1931–1931. 142 indexed citations

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Eriksson, Torsten, et al.. (2001). phylogeny and phylogenetic taxonomy of dipsacales, with special reference to sinadoxa and tetradoxa (adoxaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany. 6(2). 459–479. 74 indexed citations

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Eriksson, Torsten, et al.. (1998). Phylogenetic analysis ofPotentilla using DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS), and implications for the classification ofRosoideae (Rosaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 211(3-4). 155–179. 102 indexed citations

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Puonti‐Kaerlas, Johanna, Torsten Eriksson, & P. Engström. (1992). Inheritance of a bacterial hygromycin phosphotransferase gene in the progeny of primary transgenic pea plants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 84-84(3-4). 443–450. 34 indexed citations

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Eriksson, Torsten, et al.. (1991). Transformation of pea by electroporation. Physiologia Plantarum. 82(1). 33.

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Puonti‐Kaerlas, Johanna, Torsten Eriksson, & P. Engström. (1990). Production of transgenic pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens — mediated gene transfer. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 80(2). 246–252. 84 indexed citations

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Wallin, Anita, et al.. (1989). Somatic hybridization between anther-derived dihaploid clones of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and the identification of hybrid plants by isozyme analysis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 77(1). 49–56. 28 indexed citations

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Steffen, Anja, Torsten Eriksson, & O. Schieder. (1986). Shoot regeneration of mesophyll protoplasts transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, not achievable with untransformed protoplasts. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 72(1). 135–140. 15 indexed citations

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