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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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167
Citations
117443
World Ranking
12
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Douglas E. Soltis is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Soltis's main research topics cover Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

The scientist has published in a range of venues, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications
  • Applications in Plant Sciences

Recent notable papers include:

  • Polyploidy: an evolutionary and ecological force in stressful times, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • The Cycas genome and the early evolution of seed plants, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Dynamic genome evolution in a model fern, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Green plant genomes: What we know in an era of rapidly expanding opportunities, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Pamela S. Soltis, Ryan A. Folk, Robert Guralnick, Heather R. Kates, and Carolina M. Siniscalchi.

Douglas E. Soltis has received several recognitions in their field, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017

Best Publications

  • An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II

    K. Bremer;M. W. Chase;J. L. Reveal;D. E. Soltis

  • Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

    Yuannian Jiao;Norman J. Wickett;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;André S. Chanderbali

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

    Amy E. Zanne;David C. Tank;William K. Cornwell;Jonathan M. Eastman

  • Starch Gel Electrophoresis of Ferns: A Compilation of Grinding Buffers, Gel and Electrode Buffers, and Staining Schedules

    Douglas E. Soltis;Christopher H. Haufler;David C. Darrow;Gerald J. Gastony

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Mark W. Chase;Mark E. Mort

  • The Role of Hybridization in Plant Speciation

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification

    Douglas E. Soltis;Victor A. Albert;Jim Leebens-Mack;Charles D. Bell

  • Polyploidy: recurrent formation and genome evolution

    Douglas E Soltis;Pamela S Soltis

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • The role of genetic and genomic attributes in the success of polyploids

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America.

    Douglas E. Soltis;Ashley B. Morris;Ashley B. Morris;Jason S. McLACHLAN;Paul S. Manos

  • Molecular Systematics of Plants

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Jeff J. Doyle

  • Isozymes in plant biology

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;G. Ledyard Stebbins

  • The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes

    Yin Long Qiu;Jungho Lee;Fabiana Bernasconi-Quadroni;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes as a tool for comparative biology

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis;Mark W. Chase

  • Phylogenetic consequences of cytoplasmic gene flow in plants.

    L. H. Rieseberg;D. E. Soltis

  • Advances in the study of polyploidy since Plant speciation

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Jennifer A. Tate

  • The age and diversification of the angiosperms re-revisited

    Charles D. Bell;Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis

  • Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants

    Liying Cui;P. Kerr Wall;James H. Leebens-Mack;Bruce G. Lindsay

  • Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life

    Cody E. Hinchliff;Stephen A. Smith;James F. Allman;J. Gordon Burleigh

  • Molecular data and the dynamic nature of polyploidy

    D. E. Soltis;P. S. Soltis

  • Origin of angiosperms and the puzzle of the Jurassic gap

    Hong-Tao Li;Ting-Shuang Yi;Lian-Ming Gao;Peng-Fei Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Robert P. Guralnick
Robert P. Guralnick Florida Museum of Natural History
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Paul G. Wolf
Paul G. Wolf University of Alabama in Huntsville
Claude W. dePamphilis
Claude W. dePamphilis Pennsylvania State University
Sangtae Kim
Sangtae Kim Catholic University of Korea
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University
Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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