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56
Citations
11418
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1522
National Ranking
42

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Genus
  • Ecology

Erik Smets mainly investigates Botany, Phylogenetic tree, Ecology, Monophyly and Biogeography. The various areas that he examines in his Botany study include Phylogenetics, Clade and Polyphyly. Erik Smets has researched Phylogenetic tree in several fields, including Taxon, Range and Prunus.

His study in Species richness, Global warming, Arctic and Tundra is carried out as part of his studies in Ecology. His studies deal with areas such as Terrestrial ecosystem and Ecosystem as well as Global warming. His Biogeography study incorporates themes from Biological dispersal and Balsaminaceae.

His most cited work include:

  • Exploring genetic variation in the tomato (Solanum section Lycopersicon) clade by whole‐genome sequencing (228 citations)
  • Aluminum Hyperaccumulation in Angiosperms: A Review of Its Phylogenetic Significance (198 citations)
  • Phylogeny of Cyperaceae Based on DNA Sequence Data: Current Progress and Future Prospects (133 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Erik Smets mainly focuses on Botany, Phylogenetic tree, Rubiaceae, Pollen and Phylogenetics. His Botany research incorporates elements of Clade and Burkholderia. The concepts of his Phylogenetic tree study are interwoven with issues in Evolutionary biology, Balsaminaceae and Taxon.

His Rubiaceae study is concerned with the larger field of Ecology. His work deals with themes such as Ultrastructure, Systematics and Reticulate, which intersect with Pollen. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Taxonomy and Symbiosis.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (116.96%)
  • Phylogenetic tree (38.89%)
  • Rubiaceae (20.18%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Botany (116.96%)
  • Ecology (24.56%)
  • Pollinator (6.43%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Botany, Ecology, Pollinator, Evolutionary biology and Phylogenetic tree. His Botany study combines topics in areas such as Symbiosis and Burkholderia. His work in the fields of Vegetation, Ecosystem, Arctic and Tundra overlaps with other areas such as Snow fence.

His Pollinator research includes themes of Agamous and Stamen. His Evolutionary biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Organism, Horizontal gene transfer and Homology. His biological study deals with issues like Balsaminaceae, which deal with fields such as Pollen, Palynology, Reticulate and Foot layer.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia (45 citations)
  • Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia (45 citations)
  • Biogeographical Patterns of Legume-Nodulating Burkholderia spp.: from African Fynbos to Continental Scales. (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Genus
  • Ecology

Ecology, Biogeography, Botany, Vegetation and Ecosystem are his primary areas of study. His Biogeography research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Biological dispersal and Endemism. His research in Biological dispersal intersects with topics in Biodiversity, Archipelago, Rubiaceae and Vicariance.

His studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Rhizobia and Burkholderia. The Burkholderia study combines topics in areas such as Phaseoleae, Indigofereae, Crotalarieae and Genetic diversity. His Vegetation study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Species richness and Tundra, Arctic, Arctic ecology.

Best Publications

  • Exploring genetic variation in the tomato (Solanum section Lycopersicon) clade by whole‐genome sequencing

    Saulo Aflitos;Elio Schijlen;Hans de Jong

  • Aluminum Hyperaccumulation in Angiosperms: A Review of Its Phylogenetic Significance

    Steven Jansen;Martin R. Broadley;Elmar Robbrecht;Erik Smets

  • Phylogeny of Cyperaceae Based on DNA Sequence Data: Current Progress and Future Prospects

    A. Muthama Muasya;David A. Simpson;G. Anthony Verboom;Paul Goetghebeur

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of Balsaminaceae inferred from ITS sequences

    Yong–Ming Yuan;Yi Song;Koen Geuten;Elisette Rahelivololona

  • Rapid radiation of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) during Pliocene and Pleistocene: result of a global climate change.

    Steven B. Janssens;Eric B. Knox;Suzy Huysmans;Erik F. Smets;Erik F. Smets

  • Orbicules in angiosperms : morphology, function, distribution, and relation with tapetum types

    Suzy Huysmans;Gamal El-Ghazaly;Erik Smets

  • Changes in pit membrane porosity due to deflection and stretching: the role of vestured pits.

    Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Maciej A. Zwieniecki;Erik Smets

  • Phylogenetics of Impatiens and Hydrocera (Balsaminaceae) using chloroplast atpB-rbcL spacer sequences

    S. Janssens;K. Geuten;Y. Yuan;Y. Song

  • Antimicrobial Activity of Necklace Orchids is Phylogenetically Clustered and can be Predicted With a Biological Response Method.

    Richa Kusuma Wati;Richa Kusuma Wati;Esmée F. de Graaf;Diego Bogarín;Diego Bogarín;Reinout Heijungs;Reinout Heijungs

  • A Plastid Gene Phylogeny of the Yam Genus, Dioscorea: Roots, Fruits and Madagascar

    P. Wilkin;P. Schols;M. Chase;K. Chayamarit

  • Symbiotic diversity, specificity and distribution of rhizobia in native legumes of the Core Cape Subregion (South Africa).

    Benny Lemaire;Benny Lemaire;Oscar Dlodlo;Samson Chimphango;Charles Stirton

  • Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: Evidence from vestured pits

    Steven Jansen;Pieter Baas;Peter Gasson;Frederic Lens

  • Insular woodiness on the Canary Islands: a remarkable case of convergent evolution

    Frederic Lens;Nicolas Davin;Erik Smets;Marcelino del Arco

  • World Flora Online: Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world's plants

    Thomas Borsch;Walter Berendsohn;Eduardo Dalcin;Maïté Delmas

  • Aluminium accumulation in leaves of 127 species in Melastomataceae, with comments on the order Myrtales

    Steven Jansen;Toshihiro Watanabe;Erik Smets

  • Phylogeny of the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) based on plastid DNA data

    Inge Groeninckx;Steven Dessein;Helga Ochoterena;Claes Persson

  • Does temperature stress induce nectar secretion in Mediterranean plants

    Theodora Petanidou;Erik Smets

  • Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia

    Steven B. Janssens;Filip Vandelook;Edmond De Langhe;Brecht Verstraete

  • Phylogeny and evolution of Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data

    Vincent Merckx;Peter Schols;Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer;Paul Maas

  • Long-term warming alters richness and composition of taxonomic and functional groups of arctic fungi

    József Geml;József Geml;Luis N. Morgado;Tatiana A. Semenova;Tatiana A. Semenova;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • The evolution and function of vessel and pit characters with respect to cavitation resistance across 10 Prunus species

    Alexander Scholz;David Rabaey;Anke Stein;Anke Stein;Hervé Cochard

  • Phylogenetic significance of leaf micromorphology and anatomy in the tribe Mentheae (Nepetoideae: Lamiaceae)

    Hye-Kyoung Moon;Suk-Pyo Hong;Erik Smets;Erik Smets;Suzy Huysmans

  • Summer temperature increase has distinct effects on the ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of moist tussock and dry tundra in Arctic Alaska

    Luis N. Morgado;Tatiana A. Semenova;Tatiana A. Semenova;Jeffrey M. Welker;Marilyn D. Walker

  • Systematic significance of fruit morphology and anatomy in tribes Persicarieae and Polygoneae (Polygonaceae)

    Louis P. Ronse Decraene;Suk-Pyo Hong;Erik Smets

  • Intervascular pit membranes with a torus in the wood of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) and related genera

    S. Jansen;B. Choat;S. Vinckier;F. Lens

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzy Huysmans
Suzy Huysmans University of Antwerp
Steven Jansen
Steven Jansen University of Ulm
Frederic Lens
Frederic Lens Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Barbara Gravendeel
Barbara Gravendeel Leiden University
A. Muthama Muasya
A. Muthama Muasya University of Cape Town
Pieter Baas
Pieter Baas Leiden University
József Geml
József Geml Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Paul Goetghebeur
Paul Goetghebeur Ghent University
Bart Panis
Bart Panis KU Leuven

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