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Hans Peter Comes

Hans Peter Comes

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
7966
World Ranking
5045
National Ranking
35

Hans Peter Comes 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 Hans Peter Comes sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 102 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Peter Comes 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 Hans Peter Comes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hans Peter Comes is affiliated with the University of Salzburg in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Genomic insights into historical population dynamics, local adaptation, and climate change vulnerability of the East Asian Tertiary relict Euptelea (Eupteleaceae), 2020, published in Evolutionary Applications
  • Evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) as an escape from ecological niche conservatism in Malagasy Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae), 2021, published in New Phytologist
  • Genomic insights on the contribution of balancing selection and local adaptation to the long-term survival of a widespread living fossil tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, 2020, published in New Phytologist
  • Genome sequences and population genomics provide insights into the demographic history, inbreeding, and mutation load of two 'living fossil' tree species of Dipteronia, 2023, published in The Plant Journal
  • Phylogenomic insights into the temporal-spatial divergence history, evolution of leaf habit and hybridization in Stachyurus (Stachyuraceae), 2020, published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent co-authors of Hans Peter Comes include:

  • Yingxiong Qiu (13 collaborative publications)
  • Pan Li (10 collaborative publications)
  • Shanshan Zhu (7 collaborative publications)
  • Xinyi Zhang (6 collaborative publications)
  • Ruisen Lu (5 collaborative publications)

Publications by Comes have appeared regularly in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Journal of Biogeography (7 publications)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (6 publications)
  • New Phytologist (4 publications)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • The effect of Quaternary climatic changes on plant distribution and evolution

    Hans Peter Comes;Joachim W Kadereit

  • Plant molecular phylogeography in China and adjacent regions: Tracing the genetic imprints of Quaternary climate and environmental change in the world's most diverse temperate flora.

    Ying-Xiong Qiu;Cheng-Xing Fu;Hans Peter Comes

  • Differential cycles of range contraction and expansion in European high mountain plants during the Late Quaternary: insights from Pritzelago alpina (L.) O. Kuntze (Brassicaceae).

    Matthias Kropf;Joachim W. Kadereit;Hans Peter Comes

  • Molecular phylogeography, reticulation, and lineage sorting in Mediterranean Senecio sect. Senecio (Asteraceae).

    Hans Peter Comes;Richard J. Abbott

  • Phylogeny and quaternary history of the European montane/alpine endemic Soldanella (Primulaceae) based on ITS and AFLP variation

    Li-Bing Zhang;Hans Peter Comes;Joachim W. Kadereit

  • Late Quaternary distributional stasis in the submediterranean mountain plant Anthyllis montana L. (Fabaceae) inferred from ITS sequences and amplified fragment length polymorphism markers.

    Matthias Kropf;Joachim W. Kadereit;Hans Peter Comes

  • Molecular data and ecological niche modelling reveal a highly dynamic evolutionary history of the East Asian Tertiary relict Cercidiphyllum (Cercidiphyllaceae)

    Xin-Shuai Qi;Chen Chen;Hans Peter Comes;Shota Sakaguchi

  • Quaternary diversification in European alpine plants: pattern and process

    Joachim W. Kadereit;Eva Maria Griebeler;Hans Peter Comes

  • Did glacials and/or interglacials promote allopatric incipient speciation in East Asian temperate plants? Phylogeographic and coalescent analyses on refugial isolation and divergence in Dysosma versipellis.

    Ying-Xiong Qiu;Bi-Cai Guan;Cheng-Xin Fu;Hans Peter Comes

  • Spatial and temporal patterns in the evolution of the flora of the European Alpine System

    Hans Peter Comes;Joachim W. Kadereit

  • Long-distance dispersal vs vicariance: the origin and genetic diversity of alpine plants in the Spanish Sierra Nevada.

    Matthias Kropf;Hans Peter Comes;Joachim W. Kadereit

  • Glacial survival east and west of the 'Mekong-Salween Divide' in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains region as revealed by AFLPs and cpDNA sequence variation in Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Berberidaceae).

    Yong Li;Sheng-Nan Zhai;Ying-Xiong Qiu;Yan-Ping Guo

  • Evolutionary history of the subnival flora of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains: first insights from comparative phylogeography of four perennial herbs

    Dong Luo;Ji-Pei Yue;Wen-Guang Sun;Bo Xu

  • Phylogeography of Sophora davidii (Leguminosae) across the ‘Tanaka‐Kaiyong Line’, an important phytogeographic boundary in Southwest China

    Deng Mei Fan;Deng Mei Fan;Ji Pei Yue;Ze Long Nie;Zhi Min Li

  • Molecular phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of a widespread herbaceous climber, Tetrastigma hemsleyanum (Vitaceae): insights into Plio–Pleistocene range dynamics of evergreen forest in subtropical China

    Yi Han Wang;Wei Mei Jiang;Hans Peter Comes;Feng Sheng Hu

  • Evolutionary processes in a continental island system: molecular phylogeography of the Aegean Nigella arvensis alliance (Ranunculaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA

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  • Evolution in the Arctic: a phylogeographic analysis of the circumarctic plant, Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple saxifrage)

    Richard J. Abbott;Hans Peter Comes

  • Molecular phylogeography of East Asian Kirengeshoma (Hydrangeaceae) in relation to Quaternary climate change and landbridge configurations

    Ying-Xiong Qiu;Yi Sun;Xiao-Ping Zhang;Joongku Lee

  • Chloroplast phylogeography of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) from the eastern Sino-Himalayan region and its correlation with historical river capture events.

    Ti-Cao Zhang;Hans Peter Comes;Hang Sun

  • Plant speciation in continental island floras as exemplified by Nigella in the Aegean Archipelago

    Hans Peter Comes;Andreas Tribsch;Christiane Bittkau

  • Evolution of East Asia’s Arcto-Tertiary relict Euptelea (Eupteleaceae) shaped by Late Neogene vicariance and Quaternary climate change

    Ya-Nan Cao;Hans Peter Comes;Shota Sakaguchi;Lu-Yao Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim W. Kadereit
Joachim W. Kadereit Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Andreas Tribsch
Andreas Tribsch University of Salzburg
Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Marc Gibernau
Marc Gibernau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jürg Schönenberger
Jürg Schönenberger University of Vienna
Stefan Dötterl
Stefan Dötterl University of Salzburg
Hang Sun
Hang Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marcus A. Koch
Marcus A. Koch Heidelberg University
Martin Lascoux
Martin Lascoux Uppsala University
Xue-Jun Ge
Xue-Jun Ge Chinese Academy of Sciences

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