World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
17430
World Ranking
15922
National Ranking
243

Overview

Bengt Oxelman is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research activity spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work is reflected in numerous publications focused on evolutionary biology, plant science, and genetic studies.

Oxelman's primary fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of interest encompass:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

The scientist's main topics of work feature:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bengt Oxelman include:

  • A Guide to Carrying Out a Phylogenomic Target Sequence Capture Project, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • A new taxonomic backbone for the infrageneric classification of the species-rich genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae), 2020, Taxon
  • Multiple species delimitation approaches applied to the avian lark genus Alaudala, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Phylogeny and species delimitation in Silene sect. Arenosae (Caryophyllaceae): a new section, 2020, PhytoKeys
  • Biogeographic origins of southern African Silene (Caryophyllaceae), 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Oxelman include:

  • Farzaneh Jafari
  • Christine D. Bacon
  • Shahin Zarré
  • Frida Eggens
  • Anne-Sophie Quatela

Bengt Oxelman publishes regularly in specific scientific journals with a notable presence in:

  • Taxon
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • PhytoKeys
  • Data in Brief
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Improvements to resampling measures of group support

    Pablo Augusto Goloboff;James Farris;Mari Kallersjo;Bengt Oxelman

  • Reliability of Bayesian posterior probabilities and bootstrap frequencies in phylogenetics.

    Per Erixon;Bodil Svennblad;T. O. M. Britton;Bengt Oxelman

  • Chloroplastrps16 intron phylogeny of the tribeSileneae (Caryophyllaceae)

    Bengt Oxelman;Magnus Lidén;Daniel Berglund

  • Phylogenies without roots? A plea for the use of vouchers in molecular phylogenetic studies.

    Fredrik Pleijel;U Jondelius;Erika Norlinder;Arne Nygren

  • A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales

    Patricia Hernández-Ledesma;Walter G. Berendsohn;Thomas Borsch;Sabine Von Mering

  • Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae.

    Dirk Albach;Heidi Meudt;Bengt Oxelman

  • Further disintegration of Scrophulariaceae

    Bengt Oxelman;Per Kornhall;Richard G. Olmstead;Birgitta Bremer

  • More characters or more taxa for a robust phylogeny--case study from the coffee family (Rubiaceae).

    Birgitta Bremer;Robert K. Jansen;Bengt Oxelman;Maria Backlund

  • Inferring the history of the polyploid Silene aegaea (Caryophyllaceae) using plastid and homoeologous nuclear DNA sequences

    Magnus Popp;Bengt Oxelman

  • DISSECT: an assignment-free Bayesian discovery method for species delimitation under the multispecies coalescent

    Graham Jones;Zeynep Aydin;Bengt Oxelman

  • Erratum to: Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae

    Daniel B Sloan;Bengt Oxelman;Anja Rautenberg;Douglas R Taylor

  • Generic boundaries in the tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae) as inferred from nuclear rDNA sequences

    Bengt Oxelman;Magnus Lidén

  • Relationships of the Buddlejaceae s. l. investigated using parsimony jackknife and branch support analysis of chloroplast ndhF and rbcL sequence data.

    Bengt Oxelman;Maria Backlund;Birgitta Bremer

  • Whole-Gene Positive Selection, Elevated Synonymous Substitution Rates, Duplication, and Indel Evolution of the Chloroplast clpP1 Gene

    Per Erixon;Bengt Oxelman;Bengt Oxelman

  • Phylogenetic relationships within the Gentianales based on NDHF and RBCL sequences, with particular reference to the Loganiaceae.

    Maria Backlund;Bengt Oxelman;Birgitta Bremer

  • Origin and evolution of a circumpolar polyploid species complex in Silene (Caryophyllaceae) inferred from low copy nuclear rna polymerase introns, rDNA, and chloroplast DNA

    Magnus Popp;Magnus Popp;Per Erixon;Frida Eggens;Bengt Oxelman

  • Hybrid Origins and Homoploid Reticulate Evolution within Heliosperma (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae)—A Multigene Phylogenetic Approach with Relative Dating

    Božo Frajman;Božo Frajman;Frida Eggens;Bengt Oxelman;Bengt Oxelman

  • A revised generic classification of the tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae)

    Magnus Lidén;Magnus Popp;Bengt Oxelman

  • Reticulate phylogenetics and phytogeographical structure of Heliosperma (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae) inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences

    Božo Frajman;Bengt Oxelman

  • Inferring Species Networks from Gene Trees in High-polyploid North American and Hawaiian Violets (Viola, Violaceae)

    Thomas Marcussen;Kjetill S. Jakobsen;Jiří Danihelka;Jiří Danihelka;Harvey E. Ballard

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Birgitta Bremer
Birgitta Bremer Stockholm University
Honor C. Prentice
Honor C. Prentice Lund University
Tom Britton
Tom Britton Stockholm University
Boris Vyskot
Boris Vyskot Czech Academy of Sciences
Daniel B. Sloan
Daniel B. Sloan Colorado State University
Vincent Moulton
Vincent Moulton University of East Anglia
Fabien L. Condamine
Fabien L. Condamine University of Montpellier
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Biology and Biochemistry majors have a diverse range of career options—many of which can start with flexible online study programs. Students interested in healthcare administration may want to know is medical billing and coding worth it, since these roles offer remote work options and strong job growth, but come with their own training and daily challenges.

Those looking to expand into data and management roles can explore health information management schools online, which prepare graduates for positions overseeing medical records and patient data security.

If nutrition and wellness is your passion, pursuing an online nutrition masters can open doors in clinical practice, food industry leadership, or public health education.

For students drawn to patient care and diagnostic technology, ultrasound tech school online offers a pathway to a hands-on medical imaging career without needing to attend campus full time.

Each of these online degrees can complement a background in Biology or Biochemistry, helping you advance in both clinical and non-clinical healthcare careers.

Best Scientists Citing Bengt Oxelman

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles