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D-Index
82
Citations
38288
World Ranking
730
National Ranking
108

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Vincent Savolainen is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, notably Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work focuses on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and related subfields.

The scientist's main topics of research include Plant and animal studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Identification and Quantification in Food, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Vincent Savolainen has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Meta-analysis shows that environmental DNA outperforms traditional surveys, but warrants better reporting standards (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Towards the completion of speciation: the evolution of reproductive isolation beyond the first barriers (2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • The Nutritional Profiles of Five Important Edible Insect Species From West Africa-An Analytical and Literature Synthesis (2021, Frontiers in Nutrition)
  • Joining forces in Ochnaceae phylogenomics: a tale of two targeted sequencing probe kits (2021, American Journal of Botany)
  • Advances in metabarcoding techniques bring us closer to reliable monitoring of the marine benthos (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Savolainen include Ewan O. Flintham, Emma Ransome, Victoria Priestley, Guy Woodward, and Thomas Bell. These collaborations reflect sustained teamwork on various research projects.

The venues where Vincent Savolainen most often publishes include:

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B

Vincent Savolainen has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), indicating engagement with significant scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • A DNA barcode for land plants.

    Peter M. Hollingsworth;Laura L. Forrest;John L. Spouge

  • Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree.

    Niklas Wikström;Vincent Savolainen;Mark W. Chase

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

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

  • DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots

    Renaud Lahaye;Michelle van der Bank;Diego Bogarin;Jorge Warner

  • Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

    Félix Forest;Félix Forest;Richard Grenyer;Mathieu Rouget;T Jonathan Davies;T Jonathan Davies

  • The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes

    Yin Long Qiu;Jungho Lee;Fabiana Bernasconi-Quadroni;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Land plants and DNA barcodes: short-term and long-term goals.

    Mark W Chase;Nicolas Salamin;Mike Wilkinson;James M Dunwell

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Caryophyllales based on nuclear 18S rDNA and plastid rbcL, atpB, and matK DNA sequences

    Philippe Cuénoud;Vincent Savolainen;Lars W. Chatrou;Martyn Powell

  • Towards writing the encyclopaedia of life: an introduction to DNA barcoding

    Vincent Savolainen;Robyn S. Cowan;Alfried P. Vogler;George K. Roderick

  • Sympatric speciation in palms on an oceanic island

    Vincent Savolainen;Marie-Charlotte Anstett;Christian Lexer;Ian Hutton

  • 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

  • Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms

    T. Jonathan Davies;Timothy G. Barraclough;Mark W. Chase;Pamela S. Soltis

  • Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information

    Khidir W. Hilu;Thomas Borsch;Kai Müller;Douglas E. Soltis

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

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

  • Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses.

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Guillaume Besnard;Emanuela Samaritani;Melvin R. Duvall

  • An Extreme Case of Plant–Insect Codiversification: Figs and Fig-Pollinating Wasps

    Astrid Cruaud;Nina Ronsted;Nina Ronsted;Nina Ronsted;Bhanumas Chantarasuwan;Lien Siang Chou

  • Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities

    Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto;Olivier J. Hardy;C. E. Timothy Paine;C. E. Timothy Paine;Kyle G. Dexter

  • Rate heterogeneity among lineages of tracheophytes: Integration of molecular and fossil data and evidence for molecular living fossils

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis;Vincent Savolainen;Peter R. Crane

  • Phylogeny of basal angiosperms: analyses of five genes from three genomes.

    Yin‐Long Qiu;Jungho Lee;Fabiana Bernasconi‐Quadroni;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Biogeography of the grasses (Poaceae): a phylogenetic approach to reveal evolutionary history in geographical space and geological time

    Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi;Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi;G. Anthony Verboom;Vincent Savolainen;Vincent Savolainen;Trevor R. Hodkinson

  • Inferring Complex Phylogenies Using Parsimony: An Empirical Approach Using Three Large DNA Data Sets for Angiosperms

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Timothy G. Barraclough
Timothy G. Barraclough University of Oxford
William J. Baker
William J. Baker Royal Botanic Gardens
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Félix Forest
Félix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens
Michelle van der Bank
Michelle van der Bank University of Johannesburg
Peter Goldblatt
Peter Goldblatt Missouri Botanical Garden

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