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D-Index
52
Citations
12478
World Ranking
1869
National Ranking
489

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Genus
  • Botany
  • Paleontology

James A. Doyle mainly focuses on Austrobaileyales, Botany, Nymphaeales, Paleontology and Potomac Group. James A. Doyle has included themes like Sister group and Chloranthaceae in his Austrobaileyales study. James A. Doyle interconnects Amborellaceae and Basal angiosperms in the investigation of issues within Nymphaeales.

James A. Doyle works mostly in the field of Paleontology, limiting it down to topics relating to Evolutionary biology and, in certain cases, Range and Molecular clock. His Potomac Group course of study focuses on Reticulate and Magnoliidae, Tricolpate and Aptian. His work on Caytoniales as part of general Bennettitales research is frequently linked to Monophyly, Magnoliales, Magnoliids and Ovule, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His most cited work include:

  • Seed plant phylogeny and the origin of angiosperms: An experimental cladistic approach (460 citations)
  • The Bases of Angiosperm Phylogeny: Palynology (435 citations)
  • The Importance of Fossils in Phylogeny Reconstruction (371 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Pollen, Paleobotany, Austrobaileyales and Magnoliales. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Laurales and Nymphaeales. His Pollen research focuses on Cretaceous and how it relates to Paleoecology, Macrofossil and Inflorescence.

His Austrobaileyales study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Sister group. The Magnoliales study which covers Anaxagorea that intersects with Genus, Pantropical and Character evolution. His studies in Clade integrate themes in fields like Zoology and Taxon.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (64.10%)
  • Pollen (24.36%)
  • Paleobotany (23.08%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • Botany (64.10%)
  • Eudicots (14.10%)
  • Evolutionary biology (15.38%)

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

James A. Doyle mostly deals with Botany, Eudicots, Evolutionary biology, Gynoecium and Chloranthaceae. The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Cretaceous and Nymphaeales. His research integrates issues of Laurales and Magnoliidae in his study of Nymphaeales.

His Austrobaileyales study, which is part of a larger body of work in Eudicots, is frequently linked to Paleobotany, bridging the gap between disciplines. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Evolutionary biology, Long branch attraction is strongly linked to Morphology. His studies deal with areas such as Magnoliids, Pollen and Crown group as well as Chloranthaceae.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification (130 citations)
  • Integrating Early Cretaceous Fossils into the Phylogeny of Living Angiosperms: ANITA Lines and Relatives of Chloranthaceae (56 citations)
  • How deep is the conflict between molecular and fossil evidence on the age of angiosperms (44 citations)

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

  • Genus
  • Botany
  • Paleontology

James A. Doyle mainly investigates Botany, Eudicots, Chloranthaceae, Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales. His Botany study focuses mostly on Gynoecium and Stamen. His research in Gynoecium intersects with topics in Tepal, Plant morphology, Perianth and Molecular phylogenetics.

His Eudicots research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Evolutionary biology and Taphonomy. The various areas that he examines in his Chloranthaceae study include Magnoliids, Magnoliidae and Amborellaceae. His Magnoliids study combines topics in areas such as Laurales, Potomac Group, Cabombaceae, Crown group and Nymphaeaceae.

Best Publications

  • The Bases of Angiosperm Phylogeny: Palynology

    James W Walker;James A Doyle

  • Seed plant phylogeny and the origin of angiosperms: An experimental cladistic approach

    James A. Doyle;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Early cretaceous fossil evidence for angiosperm evolution

    Leo J. Hickey;James A. Doyle

  • Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Basal Angiosperms: Comparison and Combination with Molecular Data

    James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress

  • Pollen and leaves from the Mid-Cretaceous Potomac group and their bearing on early angiosperm evolution

    J.A. Doyle;L.J. Hickey

  • Reconstructing the ancestral angiosperm flower and its initial specializations.

    Peter K. Endress;James A. Doyle

  • Cretaceous angiosperm pollen of the Atlantic coastal plain and its evolutionary significance

    J A Doyle

  • Towards a phylogenetic nomenclature of Tracheophyta

    Philip D. Cantino;James A. Doyle;Sean W. Graham;Walter S. Judd

  • Phylogenies and angiosperm diversification

    James A. Doyle;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Angiosperm pollen zonation of the continental Cretaceous of the Atlantic coastal plain and its application to deep wells in the Salisbury embayment

    James A. Doyle;Eleanora I. Robbins

  • Sources of error and confidence intervals in estimating the age of angiosperms from rbcL and 18S rDNA data.

    Michael J. Sanderson;James A. Doyle

  • Dark and disturbed: a new image of early angiosperm ecology

    Taylor S. Feild;Nan Crystal Arens;James A. Doyle;Todd E. Dawson

  • Molecular and Fossil Evidence on the Origin of Angiosperms

    James A. Doyle

  • Seed ferns and the origin of angiosperms

    James A. Doyle

  • Seed Plant Phylogeny and the Relationships of Gnetales

    James A. Doyle

  • Hydatellaceae identified as a new branch near the base of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree

    Jeffery M. Saarela;Hardeep S. Rai;James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress

  • Origin of Angiosperms

    James A. Doyle

  • Integration of morphological and ribosomal RNA data on the origin of angiosperms

    James A. Doyle;Michael J. Donoghue;Elizabeth A. Zimmer

  • PHYLOGENY OF VASCULAR PLANTS

    James A. Doyle

  • Archaefructus--angiosperm precursor or specialized early angiosperm?

    Else Marie Friis;James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress;Qin Leng

  • Seed plant phylogeny: Demise of the anthophyte hypothesis?

    Michael J. Donoghue;James A. Doyle

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Magnoliales and Myristicaceae based on multiple data sets: implications for character evolution

    Hervé Sauquet;James A. Doyle;Tanya Scharaschkin;Thomas Borsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. Endress
Peter K. Endress University of Zurich
Michael J. Donoghue
Michael J. Donoghue Yale University
Jürg Schönenberger
Jürg Schönenberger University of Vienna
Patrick S. Herendeen
Patrick S. Herendeen George Washington University
Else Marie Friis
Else Marie Friis Aarhus University
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Kenneth H. Wolfe
Kenneth H. Wolfe University College Dublin
Heinz Saedler
Heinz Saedler Max Planck Society
William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li Academia Sinica

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