A. El-Aich

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 901 citations indexed

About

A. El-Aich is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. El-Aich has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 901 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in A. El-Aich's work include Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (3 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (1 paper). A. El-Aich is often cited by papers focused on Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (3 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (1 paper). A. El-Aich collaborates with scholars based in Morocco, Netherlands and Greece. A. El-Aich's co-authors include V. P. Papanastasis, Concepción L. Alados, Yolanda Pueyo, Sonia Kéfi, Max Rietkerk, Peter C. de Ruiter, Baltasar Cabezudo, Teresa Navarro, Helena Freitas and H. Ben Salem and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecological Modelling and Protocol Exchange.

In The Last Decade

A. El-Aich

5 papers receiving 873 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems

2007 799 citations Sonia Kéfi, Max Rietkerk et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. El-Aich Morocco	4	644	429	245	155	122	5	901
Reinier HilleRisLambers Netherlands	8	955 1.5×	681 1.6×	368 1.5×	190 1.2×	84 0.7×	11	1.2k
Yongyut Trisurat Thailand	18	485 0.8×	195 0.5×	382 1.6×	123 0.8×	87 0.7×	38	923
Valerio Amici Italy	16	447 0.7×	268 0.6×	414 1.7×	95 0.6×	96 0.8×	27	891
R.M. Peterman Canada	9	532 0.8×	490 1.1×	355 1.4×	103 0.7×	39 0.3×	12	902
Mark A. White United States	15	752 1.2×	703 1.6×	494 2.0×	79 0.5×	67 0.5×	26	1.2k
Anders Bryn Norway	17	378 0.6×	255 0.6×	331 1.4×	96 0.6×	82 0.7×	52	829
Jianguo Zhu China	13	534 0.8×	169 0.4×	354 1.4×	96 0.6×	42 0.3×	33	911
James R. Strittholt United States	15	672 1.0×	388 0.9×	580 2.4×	74 0.5×	69 0.6×	23	1.0k
Michael Bedward Australia	20	980 1.5×	732 1.7×	727 3.0×	106 0.7×	74 0.6×	44	1.4k
Alice Boit Germany	11	465 0.7×	400 0.9×	331 1.4×	264 1.7×	44 0.4×	15	900

Countries citing papers authored by A. El-Aich

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. El-Aich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by A. El-Aich. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by A. El-Aich. The network helps show where A. El-Aich may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. El-Aich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. El-Aich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. El-Aich based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. El-Aich. A. El-Aich is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Bas, Pierre, P. Morand‐Fehr, A. El-Aich, et al.. (2009). Performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Timahdite-breed lambs finished on pasture or on hay and concentrate. 465–469. 2 indexed citations

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Kéfi, Sonia, Max Rietkerk, Concepción L. Alados, et al.. (2007). Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems. Nature. 449(7159). 213–217. 799 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Kéfi, Sonia, Max Rietkerk, Yolanda Pueyo, et al.. (2007). Investigating patchiness of spatially organized ecosystems using field and simulated data. Protocol Exchange. 4 indexed citations

4.

Alados, Concepción L., A. El-Aich, V. P. Papanastasis, et al.. (2004). Change in plant spatial patterns and diversity along the successional gradient of Mediterranean grazing ecosystems. Ecological Modelling. 180(4). 523–535. 87 indexed citations

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El-Aich, A., et al.. (1992). Fodder trees and shrubs in range and farming systems in North Africa.. 61–73. 9 indexed citations

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