Alan Р. Smith
Impact in
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- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Lichen and fungal ecology
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- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Papers in
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- Fern and Epiphyte Biology 163
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 118
- Plant and animal studies 99
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- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies 43
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies 12
- Co-authors
- Kathleen M. Pryer (15 shared papers)Harald Schneider (13 shared papers)Paul G. Wolf (5 shared papers)Eric Schuettpelz (7 shared papers)Raymond Cranfill (7 shared papers)Petra Korall (2 shared papers)Alice F. Tryon (2 shared papers)R. M. Tryon (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- American Fern Journal (48 papers)Phytotaxa (41 papers)Taxon (14 papers)Systematic Botany (9 papers)Health Physics (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandBrazil
In The Last Decade
Alan Р. Smith
230 papers receiving 7.6k citations
Alan Р. Smith's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 166
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6.2k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 681
- Plant Science 1.4k
- Cell Biology 515
- Paleontology 208
Countries citing papers authored by Alan Р. Smith
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Р. Smith
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 271 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | A classification for extant ferns Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1323 |
| 2 | Are we now living in the Anthropocene Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 558 |
| 3 | Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 553 |
| 4 | Ferns and Allied Plants. with Special Reference to Tropical America Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 543 |
| 5 | Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 509 |
| 6 | 2007 | 293 | |
| 7 | 1995 | 239 | |
| 8 | 2003 | 181 | |
| 9 | 2011 | 177 | |
| 10 | 1996 | 139 | |
| 11 | 2004 | 131 | |
| 12 | 1972 | 116 | |
| 13 | 2001 | 114 | |
| 14 | 1977 | 113 | |
| 15 | 2003 | 109 | |
| 16 | 2002 | 107 | |
| 17 | 1974 | 104 | |
| 18 | 1990 | 101 | |
| 19 | 2001 | 91 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 83 |
About Alan Р. Smith
Alan Р. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Molecular Biology, having authored 271 papers that have together received 8.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fern and Epiphyte Biology (163 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (118 papers), Plant and animal studies (99 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (43 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (14 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (13 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (681 citations), Plant Science (1.4k citations), Cell Biology (515 citations) and Paleontology (208 citations). Alan Р. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Kathleen M. Pryer, Harald Schneider, Paul G. Wolf, Eric Schuettpelz, Raymond Cranfill, Petra Korall, Alice F. Tryon, R. M. Tryon, John T. Mickel and Robbin C. Moran. Their work appears in journals such as American Fern Journal, Phytotaxa, Taxon, Systematic Botany and Health Physics.
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