U. Eggli

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

U. Eggli is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, U. Eggli has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 35 papers in Food Science and 34 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in U. Eggli's work include Botanical Research and Applications (35 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (31 papers) and Plant and animal studies (23 papers). U. Eggli is often cited by papers focused on Botanical Research and Applications (35 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (31 papers) and Plant and animal studies (23 papers). U. Eggli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. U. Eggli's co-authors include Reto Nyffeler, Erika J. Edwards, Michael J. Moore, Elizabeth L. Spriggs, Mónica Arakaki, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, R. Matthew Ogburn, Beat Ernst Leuenberger, L. E. Newton and Nigel P. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Annals of Botany.

In The Last Decade

U. Eggli

55 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages
    2011 399 citations Reto Nyffeler, U. Eggli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
U. Eggli Switzerland 14 852 540 494 305 120 66 1.2k
Marie‐Stéphanie Samain Belgium 25 817 1.0× 552 1.0× 184 0.4× 555 1.8× 88 0.7× 79 1.3k
Reto Nyffeler Switzerland 20 1.5k 1.7× 705 1.3× 724 1.5× 643 2.1× 242 2.0× 45 2.0k
Vinícius Castro Souza Brazil 19 779 0.9× 508 0.9× 244 0.5× 334 1.1× 236 2.0× 155 1.4k
Beatriz Guzmán Spain 18 579 0.7× 524 1.0× 108 0.2× 344 1.1× 231 1.9× 28 1.0k
Hartmut H. Hilger Germany 25 1.7k 2.0× 1.1k 2.1× 207 0.4× 1.0k 3.4× 152 1.3× 97 2.2k
Cornelia Klak South Africa 17 797 0.9× 464 0.9× 82 0.2× 413 1.4× 184 1.5× 62 1.0k
Salvatore Brullo Italy 17 752 0.9× 1.3k 2.4× 124 0.3× 304 1.0× 139 1.2× 211 1.6k
Eve Lucas United Kingdom 26 1.7k 2.0× 526 1.0× 302 0.6× 844 2.8× 343 2.9× 119 2.1k
Anders S. Barfod Denmark 19 650 0.8× 381 0.7× 96 0.2× 276 0.9× 288 2.4× 61 1.2k
María Lúcia Kawasaki United States 9 465 0.5× 235 0.4× 121 0.2× 167 0.5× 233 1.9× 26 786

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Fields of papers citing papers by U. Eggli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of U. Eggli

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All Works

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Vos, Jurriaan M. de, U. Eggli, Reto Nyffeler, et al.. (2025). Phylogenomics and classification of Cactaceae based on hundreds of nuclear genes. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 311(5). 28–28. 2 indexed citations
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Conradi, Timo, U. Eggli, Holger Kreft, et al.. (2024). Reassessment of the risks of climate change for terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(5). 888–900. 26 indexed citations
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Higgins, Steven I., et al.. (2023). Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa. Ecosystems. 26(8). 1716–1733. 3 indexed citations
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Abrahamczyk, Stefan, U. Eggli, Joachim W. Kadereit, et al.. (2023). Inter- and intra-island speciation and their morphological and ecological correlates in Aeonium (Crassulaceae), a species-rich Macaronesian radiation. Annals of Botany. 131(4). 697–721. 7 indexed citations
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Eggli, U. & Reto Nyffeler. (2023). Dicotyledons: Rosids. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich).
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Eggli, U. & Reto Nyffeler. (2020). Monocotyledons. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 11 indexed citations
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Eggli, U., et al.. (2018). Prometheum rechingeri, a new report from Iran. 18(2). 142–149. 1 indexed citations
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Eggli, U., et al.. (2018). Johannes Kentmann, Conrad Gessner und die Einführung des Feigenkaktus in Europa im 16. Jahrhundert. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 27. 47–59. 1 indexed citations
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Celep, Ferhat, et al.. (2011). A taxonomic revision of the Sempervivum davisii complex (Crassulaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany. 29(1). 49–53. 4 indexed citations
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Nyffeler, Reto & U. Eggli. (2010). A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 6. 109–149. 67 indexed citations
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Machado, Marlon C., et al.. (2008). A New Species of Parodia (Cactaceae, Notocacteae) from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 18(2). 214–219. 4 indexed citations
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Eggli, U. & Beat Ernst Leuenberger. (2005). The Cárdenas type specimens of Cactaceae names in the herbarium of the Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina (LIL). Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. 35(1). 179–179. 4 indexed citations
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Eggli, U. & Nigel J. Taylor. (2002). Plate 450. Echeveria Compressicaulis Crassulaceae. Curtis s Botanical Magazine. 19(4). 222–226. 2 indexed citations
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Eggli, U. & Beat Ernst Leuenberger. (2000). Eulychnia castanea - 'not easily accessible either by land or by sea'.. Cactus and Succulent Journal. 72(1). 36–40. 2 indexed citations
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Eggli, U. & Beat Ernst Leuenberger. (1998). On colour forms ofOpuntia weberi (Cactaceae)with notes on the typification of the name. Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. 28(1-2). 175–180. 5 indexed citations
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Eggli, U.. (1995). A synoptical revision of Operculicarya (Anacardiaceae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 17. 149–158. 5 indexed citations
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Eggli, U.. (1985). A Bibliography of Succulent Plant Periodicals. Bradleya. 3(3). 103–119. 7 indexed citations

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