On November 14, 2024, Clarivate Analytics officially released the latest Essential Science Indicator (ESI) rankings. According to the latest ESI data, 11 JSE papers were in the top 1% of highly cited papers worldwide.

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JSE papers selected for Highly Cited Papers (Sorted by publication year)

2022

Genomic architectural variation of plant mitochondria—A review of multichromosomal structuring

Zhi-Qiang Wu, Xue-Zhu Liao, Xiao-Ni Zhang, Luke R. Tembrock, and Amanda Broz

J Syst Evol. 2022, 60(1): 160-168.
doi: 10.1111/jse.12655

Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae 

Timothy J. Gallaher, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Fernando O. Zuloaga, De-Zhu Li, Lynn G. Clark, Christopher D. Tyrrell, Cassiano A.D. Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and Jordan K. Teisher

J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (3): 522-569.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12857

A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update 

Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Konstantin Romaschenko, Lynn G. Clark, Jordan K. Teisher, Lynn J. Gillespie, Patricia Barberá, Cassiano A. D. Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, De-Zhu Li, and Gerrit Davidse

J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (3): 476-521.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12847

2021

A new classification of Cyperaceae (Poales) supported by phylogenomic data

Isabel Larridon, Alexandre R. Zuntini, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Russell L. Barrett, Julian R. Starr, A. Muthama Muasya, Tamara Villaverde, Kenneth Bauters, Grace E. Brewer, Jeremy J. Bruhl, Suzana M. Costa, Tammy L. Elliott, Niroshini Epitawalage, Marcial Escudero, Isabel Fairlie, Paul Goetghebeur, Andrew L. Hipp, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Izai A.B. Sabino Kikuchi, Modesto Luceño, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Olivier Maurin, Lisa Pokorny, Eric H. Roalson, Ilias Semmouri, David A. Simpson, Daniel Spalink, W. Wayt Thomas, Karen L. Wilson, Martin Xanthos, Félix Forest, and William J. Baker

J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (4): 852-895.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12757

Evolutionary origin of species diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau 

Kang-Shan Mao, Yi Wang, and Jian-Quan Liu

J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (6): 1142-1158.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12809

A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles 

Global Carex Group, Eric H. Roalson, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Andrew L. Hipp, Carmen Benítez-Benítez, Leo P. Bruederle, Kyong-Sook Chung, Marcial Escudero, Bruce A. Ford, Kerry Ford, Sebastian Gebauer, Berit Gehrke, Marlene Hahn, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Mathias H. Hoffmann, Xiao-Feng Jin, Sangtae Kim, Isabel Larridon, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Yi- Fei Lu, Modesto Luceño, Enrique Maguilla, Jose Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Tomomi Masaki, Mónica Míguez, Robert F. C. Naczi, Anton A. Reznicek, Daniel Spalink, Julian R. Starr, Uzma, Tamara Villaverde, Marcia J. Waterway, Karen L. Wilson, and Shu-Ren Zhang

J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (4): 726-762.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12722

2017

Plant DNA barcodes: Applications today and in the future 

W. John Kress

J Syst Evol 2017, 55 (4): 291-307.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12254

A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications 

Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, Konstantin Romaschenko, Gerrit Davidse, Jordan K. Teisher, Lynn G. Clark, Patricia Barberá, Lynn J. Gillespie, Fernando O. Zuloaga

J Syst Evol 2017, 55 (4): 259-290.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12262

2016

Intercontinental disjunctions between eastern Asia and western North America in vascular plants highlight the biogeographic importance of the Bering land bridge from late Cretaceous to Neogene 

Jun Wen, Ze-Long Nie, Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond

J Syst Evol 2016, 54 (5): 469-490.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12222

A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns 

The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group

J Syst Evol 2016, 54 (6): 563-603.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12229

2015

A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) 

Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, Konstantin Romaschenko, Gerrit Davidse, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Emmet J. Judziewicz, Tarciso S. Filgueiras, Jerrold I. Davis, and Osvaldo Morrone

J Syst Evol 2015, 53 (2): 117-137.  
doi: 10.1111/jse.12150