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Ghillean T. Prance 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 Ghillean T. Prance sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 302 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ghillean T. Prance 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 Ghillean T. Prance sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1992 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Overview

Ghillean T. Prance is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within agricultural and biological sciences, particularly focusing on plant diversity and evolution, as well as molecular biology and ecology-related disciplines.

The scientist's work is characterized by contributions across various fields of study, including:

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

Subfields of study covered by their publications include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling

The core topics of Ghillean T. Prance's research involve:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies

Recent publications attributed to Ghillean T. Prance or featuring collaborative work include the following:

  • New Guinea has the world's richest island flora, 2020, Nature
  • A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea, 2023, Scientific Data
  • Giants of the Amazon: How does environmental variation drive the diversity patterns of large trees?, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Rapid diversification rates in Amazonian Chrysobalanaceae inferred from plastid genome phylogenetics, 2020, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Sixty Years with the Chrysobalanaceae, 2020, The Botanical Review

Ghillean T. Prance's frequent coauthors include:

  • Eve Lucas
  • Cynthia A. Sothers
  • Xavier Cornejo
  • Daniel Cahen
  • Martin Cheek

Common venues where their research has been published include:

  • Phytotaxa
  • Plants People Planet
  • Kew Bulletin
  • Nature
  • Scientific Data

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including:

  • Humiriaceae, published by New York Botanical Garden in 2021

Awards and honors received by Ghillean T. Prance include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1993
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 1992
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1990
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Best Publications

  • The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History.

    Ghillean T. Prance;Michael Goulding

  • Biological Diversification in the Tropics

    Unknown

  • NOTES ON THE VEGETATION OF AMAZONIA III. THE TERMINOLOGY OF AMAZONIAN FOREST TYPES SUBJECT TO INUNDATION

    Ghillean T. Prance

  • Introduced plants in the indigenous pharmacopoeia of northern South America.

    Bradley C. Bennett;Ghillean T. Prance

  • Herbaria are a major frontier for species discovery

    Daniel P. Bebber;Mark A. Carine;John R. I. Wood;Alexandra H. Wortley

  • Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list

    Domingos Cardoso;Tiina Särkinen;Sara Alexander;André M. Amorim

  • QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF TERRA FIRME AND VARZEA TROPICAL FOREST ON THE RIO XINGU, BRAZILIAN AMAZON

    David G. Campbell;Douglas C. Daly;Ghillean T. Prance;Ubirajara N. Maciel

  • Biogeography and quaternary history in tropical America

    Unknown

  • Phytogeographic support tor the theory of Pleistocene forest refuges in the Amazon Basin, based on evidence from distribution patterns in Caryocaraceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Dichapetalaceae and Lecythidaceae

    Ghillean T. Prance;Ghillean T. Prance

  • Preliminary study of some vegetation types of the pantanal, mato grosso, Brazil

    Ghillean T. Prance;George B. Schaller

  • Distribution patterns and conservation of eastern Brazilian coastal forest tree species

    Scott A. Mori;Brian M. Boom;Ghillean T. Prance

  • The Tropical Flora Remains Undercollected

    Ghillean T. Prance;Henk Beentje;John Dransfield;Robert Johns

  • A comparison of the efficacy of higher taxa and species numbers in the assessment of biodiversity in the neotropics

    Ghillean Tolmie Prance

  • A Review of the Phytogeographic Evidences for Pleistocene Climate Changes in the Neotropics

    Ghillean T. Prance

  • Islands in Amazonia

    Ghillean Tolmie Prance

  • Preliminary results of a large-scale tree inventory of upland rain forest in the Central Amazon

    Judy M. Rankin-de-Mérona;Ghillean T Prance;Roger W. Hutchings;Marlene Freitas da Silva

  • Plants of the Gods

    Ghillean T. Prance

  • New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora

    Rodrigo Cámara-Leret;Rodrigo Cámara-Leret;David G. Frodin;Frits Adema;Christiane Anderson

  • A study of the Floral Biology of Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Sowerby (Nymphaeaceae)

    Ghillean T. Prance;Ghillean T. Prance;Jorge R. Arias

  • Species richness and floristic composition in four hectares in the Jaú National Park in upland forests in Central Amazonia

    Leandro Valle Ferreira;Ghillean T. Prance

  • Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae) : 2. Mating system.

    D. M. O'Malley;D. P. Buckley;G. T. Prance;K. S. Bawa

  • Biodiversity and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests

    Ghillean T. Prance;Steven P. Churchill;Henrik Balslev;Enrique Forero

  • Tropical Rain Forest: Ecology and Management

    Ghillean T. Prance

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
José Rubens Pirani
José Rubens Pirani Universidade de São Paulo
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz State University of Feira de Santana
Renato Goldenberg
Renato Goldenberg Federal University of Paraná
Henrik Balslev
Henrik Balslev Aarhus University
Leandro V. Ferreira
Leandro V. Ferreira Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Jérôme Chave
Jérôme Chave Paul Sabatier University
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia
A. S. Belward
A. S. Belward Joint Research Center
Wolfgang J. Junk
Wolfgang J. Junk Max Planck Society

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