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D-Index
68
Citations
16355
World Ranking
1526
National Ranking
190

Félix Forest publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Félix Forest sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 280 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Félix Forest D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Félix Forest sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Félix Forest is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, which include:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Félix Forest has coauthored extensively with several researchers, reflecting collaborative work in their field. Frequent coauthors include William J. Baker, Olivier Maurin, Alexandre R. Zuntini, Niroshini Epitawalage, and Ilia J. Leitch.

The venues where Forest has most frequently published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Journal of Botany
  • New Phytologist
  • Plants People Planet

Among recent papers are works that address broad topics related to plant and fungal species conservation, phylogenomics, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology. Selected papers include:

  • Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi, 2020, Plants People Planet
  • A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the Angiosperm Tree of Life, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi, 2020, Plants People Planet
  • New targets acquired: Improving locus recovery from the Angiosperms353 probe set, 2021, Applications in Plant Sciences
  • Fast diversification through a mosaic of evolutionary histories characterizes the endemic flora of ancient Neotropical mountains, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

    Félix Forest;Félix Forest;Richard Grenyer;Mathieu Rouget;T Jonathan Davies;T Jonathan Davies

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering.

    Matthew G. Johnson;Lisa Pokorny;Steven Dodsworth;Steven Dodsworth;Laura R. Botigue

  • Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi

    Eimear Nic Lughadha;Steven P. Bachman;Tarciso C.C. Leão;Félix Forest

  • Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms.

    Thomas L P Couvreur;Thomas L P Couvreur;Félix Forest;William J Baker

  • A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the Angiosperm Tree of Life.

    William J Baker;Paul Bailey;Vanessa Barber;Abigail Barker

  • Phylogenies reveal predictive power of traditional medicine in bioprospecting.

    C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis;C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis;C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis;Vincent Savolainen;Vincent Savolainen;Elizabeth M. Williamson;Félix Forest

  • Large multi-gene phylogenetic trees of the grasses (Poaceae): progress towards complete tribal and generic level sampling.

    Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi;Nicolas Salamin;Vincent Savolainen;Felix Forest

  • Complete Generic-Level Phylogenetic Analyses of Palms (Arecaceae) with Comparisons of Supertree and Supermatrix Approaches

    William J. Baker;Vincent Savolainen;Vincent Savolainen;Conny B. Asmussen-Lange;Mark W. Chase

  • Phylogenetic Relationships in the Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) as Inferred from Chloroplast trnL Intron Sequences

    Anne Bruneau;Félix Forest;Félix Forest;Patrick S. Herendeen;Bente B. Klitgaard

  • Origin and diversification of the Greater Cape flora: Ancient species repository, hot-bed of recent radiation, or both?

    G. Anthony Verboom;Jenny K. Archibald;Freek T. Bakker;Dirk U. Bellstedt

  • An evaluation of new parsimony‐based versus parametric inference methods in biogeography: a case study using the globally distributed plant family Sapindaceae

    Sven Buerki;Félix Forest;Nadir Alvarez;Johan A. A. Nylander

  • Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)

    Sven Buerki;Félix Forest;Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez;Martin W. Callmander

  • Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi

    Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes;Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes;Cassandra L. Quave;Jérôme Collemare;Evangelos C. Tatsis

  • Hybrid speciation in angiosperms: parental divergence drives ploidy

    Ovidiu Paun;Félix Forest;Michael F. Fay;Mark W. Chase

  • Calibrating the Tree of Life: fossils, molecules and evolutionary timescales.

    Félix Forest

  • Extinction risk and diversification are linked in a plant biodiversity hotspot.

    T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;Gideon F. Smith;Dirk U. Bellstedt;James S. Boatwright

  • Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments

    Brian D. Schrire;Matt Lavin;Nigel P. Barker;Félix Forest

  • The Use of Phylogeny to Interpret Cross-Cultural Patterns in Plant Use and Guide Medicinal Plant Discovery: An Example from Pterocarpus (Leguminosae)

    C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis;C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis;Bente B. Klitgaard;Félix Forest;Louise Francis

  • Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

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  • Speciation and radiations track climate transitions since the Miocene Climatic Optimum: a case study of southern African chameleons

    Krystal A. Tolley;Brian M. Chase;Félix Forest

  • Early evolution of the angiosperm clade Asteraceae in the Cretaceous of Antarctica

    Viviana Dora Barreda;Luis Palazzesi;Maria Cristina Telleria;Eduardo Bernardo Olivero

  • Spatio‐temporal history of the endemic genera of Madagascar

    Sven Buerki;Dion S. Devey;Martin W. Callmander;Peter B. Phillipson

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Baker
William J. Baker Royal Botanic Gardens
Sven Buerki
Sven Buerki Boise State University
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Ilia J. Leitch
Ilia J. Leitch Royal Botanic Gardens
Anne Bruneau
Anne Bruneau University of Montreal
John C. Manning
John C. Manning South African National Biodiversity Institute
Vincent Savolainen
Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London
Gwilym P. Lewis
Gwilym P. Lewis Royal Botanic Gardens
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Barbara Gravendeel
Barbara Gravendeel Leiden University

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