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Michael F. Fay

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
86
Citations
29515
World Ranking
581
National Ranking
88

Michael F. Fay publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 306 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.

Michael F. Fay 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 Michael F. Fay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael F. Fay is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens in the United Kingdom. Their research portfolio encompasses a range of topics within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to plant science and ecology.

Their work extends deeply into several subfields, including plant science, ecology, evolution, behavioral studies, molecular biology, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation. These areas reflect a focus on the biological and ecological facets of plant life and molecular mechanisms influencing biodiversity.

Key research topics addressed by Michael F. Fay include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and fungal species descriptions
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Plant diversity and evolution
  • Botanical studies and applications
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Horticultural and viticultural research

Their publication record includes numerous papers featured in several well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Curtis s Botanical Magazine
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Plants People Planet

Michael F. Fay has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Maarten J. M. Christenhusz
  • Jacopo Calevo
  • Ilia J. Leitch
  • Tim C. G. Rich
  • Roberta Gargiulo

Recent representative papers authored or coauthored by Michael F. Fay are:

  • "State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2020" (2020), Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
  • "The origin and speciation of orchids" (2024), New Phytologist
  • "A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity" (2023), PLoS ONE
  • "Rapid Parallel Adaptation to Anthropogenic Heavy Metal Pollution" (2021), Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Lost and Found: Coffea stenophylla and C. affinis, the Forgotten Coffee Crop Species of West Africa" (2020), Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Mark W. Chase;Mark E. Mort

  • Phylogenetics of Flowering Plants Based on Combined Analysis of Plastid atpB and rbcL Gene Sequences

    Vincent Savolainen;Mark W. Chase;Sara B. Hoot;Cynthia M. Morton

  • Cross-species transfer of nuclear microsatellite markers: potential and limitations.

    Thelma Barbará;Clarisse Palma-Silva;Gecele M. Paggi;Fernanda Bered

  • Phylogeny of the eudicots : a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcL gene sequences

    Vincent Savolainen;Michael F. Fay;Dirk C. Albach;Anders Backlund

  • Conservation of rare and endangered plants using in vitro methods

    Michael F. Fay

  • The largest eukaryotic genome of them all

    Jaume Pellicer;Michael F. Fay;Ilia J. Leitch

  • When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences

    Mark W. Chase;Sue Zmarzty;M. Dolores Lledo;Kenneth J. Wurdack

  • Taxonomic affinities of Medusagyne oppositifolia (Medusagynaceae)

    Michael F. Fay;Susan M. Swensen;Mark W. Chase

  • A review of the trade in orchids and its implications for conservation

    Amy Hinsley;Amy Hinsley;Hugo J. de Boer;Hugo J. de Boer;Hugo J. de Boer;Michael F. Fay;Michael F. Fay;Stephan W. Gale

  • A phylogenetic analysis of Rhamnaceae using rbcL and trnL-F plastid DNA sequences.

    James E. Richardson;Michael F. Fay;Quentin C. B. Cronk;Quentin C. B. Cronk;Diane Bowman;Diane Bowman

  • Barrier to gene flow between two ecologically divergent Populus species, P. alba (white poplar) and P. tremula (European aspen): the role of ecology and life history in gene introgression.

    C. Lexer;M. F. Fay;J. A. Joseph;M.-S. Nica

  • Rapid and recent origin of species richness in the Cape flora of South Africa

    James E. Richardson;James E. Richardson;Frans M. Weitz;Frans M. Weitz;Michael F. Fay;Quentin C. B. Cronk;Quentin C. B. Cronk

  • Barcoding of Plants and Fungi

    Mark W. Chase;Michael F. Fay

  • Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships

    Mark W. Chase;Michael F. Fay;Dion S. Devey;Oliver Maurin

  • Growing coffee: Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) subsumed on the basis of molecular and morphological data; implications for the size, morphology, distribution and evolutionary history of Coffea

    Aaron P. Davis;James Tosh;Nicolas Ruch;Michael F. Fay

  • Orchid conservation: how can we meet the challenges in the twenty-first century?

    Michael F. Fay;Michael F. Fay

  • Simultaneous parsimony jackknife analysis of 2538 rbcL DNA sequences reveals support for major clades of green plants, land plants, seed plants and flowering plants

    Mari Källersjö;James S. Farris;Mark W. Chase;Birgitta Bremer

  • Molecular systematics of Iridaceae: evidence from four plastid DNA regions

    Gail Reeves;Mark W. Chase;Peter Goldblatt;Paula Rudall

  • Stable Epigenetic Effects Impact Adaptation in Allopolyploid Orchids (Dactylorhiza: Orchidaceae)

    Ovidiu Paun;Richard M. Bateman;Michael F. Fay;Mikael Hedrén

  • Systematics of Amaryllidaceae based on cladistic analysis of plastid sequence data.

    Alan W. Meerow;Michael F. Fay;Charles L Guy;Qin-Bao Li

  • Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) reveal details of polyploid evolution in Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae)

    Mikael Hedrén;Michael F. Fay;Mark W. Chase

  • Diversity, phylogeny, and evolution in the monocotyledons

    Michael F. Fay

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Christian Lexer
Christian Lexer University of Vienna
Ilia J. Leitch
Ilia J. Leitch Royal Botanic Gardens
James E. Richardson
James E. Richardson University College Cork
Richard M. Bateman
Richard M. Bateman Royal Botanic Gardens
Paula J. Rudall
Paula J. Rudall Royal Botanic Gardens
Salvatore Cozzolino
Salvatore Cozzolino University of Naples Federico II
Quentin C. B. Cronk
Quentin C. B. Cronk University of British Columbia
Michelle van der Bank
Michelle van der Bank University of Johannesburg
J. Chris Pires
J. Chris Pires Colorado State University

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