2026 Joachim W. Kadereit: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	52	1873	1719	126	109	192	12402
Ecology and Evolution	52	3432	3303	189	185	184	12582

Overview

Joachim W. Kadereit is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

Main topics covered in their research include:

Plant Diversity and Evolution
Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
Plant and animal studies

Some of the recent publications by Joachim W. Kadereit are:

Plant speciation in the Quaternary, 2021, Plant Ecology & Diversity
The uneven distribution of refugial endemics across the European Alps suggests a threefold role of climate in speciation of refugial populations, 2024, Alpine Botany

Other notable papers include works coauthored with colleagues such as Thibaud F.E. Messerschmid and Michael A. Gerschwitz-Eidt. For example, the 2020 paper "Linnaeus's folly - phylogeny, evolution and classification of Sedum (Crassulaceae) and Crassulaceae subfamily Sempervivoideae" published in Taxon and the 2023 paper "Phylogeny of Saxifraga section Saxifraga subsection Arachnoideae (Saxifragaceae) and the origin of low elevation shade-dwelling species" in Ecology and Evolution.

Their frequent co-authors include:

Markus S. Dillenberger
Thibaud F.E. Messerschmid
Gudrun Kadereit
Michael A. Gerschwitz-Eidt
Philipp Hühn

Joachim W. Kadereit has also contributed to book literature, with a publication titled "Die Ranunculaceae der Flora von Zentraleuropa: Familie Ranunculaceae A. L. De JUSSIEU 1789, Gen. Pl.: 231, nom. cons. - Hahnenfußgewächse" in 2021 by the University Library J. C. Senckenberg eBooks.

The scientist publishes frequently in several venues including:

Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Taxon
Alpine Botany
Ecology and Evolution
Kochia

Best Publications

The effect of Quaternary climatic changes on plant distribution and evolution

Hans Peter Comes;Joachim W Kadereit

1147
Citations
The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants@@@The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants Vol. 6. Flowering Plants • Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales@@@The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants Vol. 7. Flowering Plants • Dicotyledons: Lamiales (Except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae)

Rudolf Schmid;K. (Klaus) Kubitzki;J. (Joachim) W. Kadereit

519
Citations
The families and genera of vascular plants: Flowering plants: Dicotyledons

C. Bayer;J W Kadereit;Charles Jeffrey;Peter F Stevens

434
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An ITS phylogeny of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) and a new delimitation of Senecio L.

Pieter B. Pelser;Pieter B. Pelser;Bertil Nordenstam;Joachim W. Kadereit;Linda E. Watson

426
Citations
Patterns and causes of incongruence between plastid and nuclear Senecioneae (Asteraceae) phylogenies

Pieter B. Pelser;Aaron H. Kennedy;Aaron H. Kennedy;Eric J. Tepe;Jacob B. Shidler

319
Citations
The Palaeoanthropocene – The beginnings of anthropogenic environmental change

Stephen F. Foley;Stephen F. Foley;Detlef Gronenborn;Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Joachim W. Kadereit

316
Citations
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

280
Citations
The colonization history of Olea europaea L. in Macaronesia based on internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS-1) sequences, randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPD), and intersimple sequence repeats (ISSR)

J. Hess;J. W. Kadereit;P. Vargas;P. Vargas

251
Citations
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

238
Citations
The phylogeny of Gentianella (Gentianaceae) and its colonization of the southern hemisphere as revealed by nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence variation

K. Bernhard von Hagen;Joachim W. Kadereit

218
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Gentianaceae: Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Gentianaceae, including a new tribal and subtribal classification

L. Struwe;J. W. Kadereit;J. Klackenberg;S. Nilsson

205
Citations
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

193
Citations
Quaternary diversification in European alpine plants: pattern and process

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

186
Citations
Spatial and temporal patterns in the evolution of the flora of the European Alpine System

Hans Peter Comes;Joachim W. Kadereit

167
Citations
The Phylogeny of Linum and Linaceae Subfamily Linoideae, with Implications for Their Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Heterostyly

Joshua McDill;Miriam Repplinger;Beryl B. Simpson;Joachim W. Kadereit

166
Citations
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

158
Citations
Historical biogeography in a linear system: genetic variation of Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima) and Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) along European coasts

G. Clausing;K. Vickers;J. W. Kadereit

137
Citations
Flowering plants : Eudicots, Asterales

Joachim W Kadereit;Charles Jeffrey

136
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Flowering Plants. Eudicots

Joachim W. Kadereit;Volker Bittrich

136
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THE DIVERSIFICATION OF HALENIA (GENTIANACEAE): ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY VERSUS KEY INNOVATION

K. B. von Hagen;J. W. Kadereit

123
Citations
Repeat intercontinental dispersal and Pleistocene speciation in disjunct Mediterranean and desert Senecio (Asteraceae).

Max Coleman;Aaron Liston;Joachim W. Kadereit;Richard J. Abbott

121
Citations
Terrestrial growth and marine dispersal? Comparative phylogeography of five coastal plant species at a European scale

Joachim W. Kadereit;Rami Arafeh;Gabriella Somogyi;Erik Westberg

116
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