Adrie van der Werf

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Adrie van der Werf is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrie van der Werf has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Adrie van der Werf's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Adrie van der Werf is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Adrie van der Werf collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Adrie van der Werf's co-authors include Hans Lambers, Hendrik Poorter, Michael L. Roderick, Éric Garnier, Evan Weiher, Ove Eriksson, Ken Thompson, A. J. Visser, Oscar W. Nagel and Owen K. Atkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, The EMBO Journal and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Adrie van der Werf

48 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology

1999 811 citations Evan Weiher, Adrie van der Werf et al. Journal of Vegetation Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adrie van der Werf Netherlands	26	1.5k	1.0k	636	599	423	48	2.7k
Rubén Milla Spain	30	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	629 1.0×	820 1.4×	350 0.8×	66	2.7k
Erik T. Nilsen United States	32	1.7k 1.2×	950 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	647 1.1×	541 1.3×	97	2.9k
Michael D. Madritch United States	26	774 0.5×	943 0.9×	490 0.8×	562 0.9×	876 2.1×	36	2.4k
Brad S. Ripley South Africa	26	939 0.6×	730 0.7×	841 1.3×	550 0.9×	450 1.1×	61	2.1k
Pasi Rautio Finland	31	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	540 0.8×	793 1.3×	782 1.8×	105	2.8k
Jaime Kigel Israel	35	2.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.6×	667 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	882 2.1×	115	4.1k
Susana Rodríguez‐Echeverría Portugal	36	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	321 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	705 1.7×	107	3.4k
A. H. Fitter United Kingdom	22	2.6k 1.8×	1.3k 1.3×	414 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	630 1.5×	33	3.9k
JB Reid New Zealand	28	1.5k 1.0×	606 0.6×	458 0.7×	516 0.9×	220 0.5×	121	2.6k
Dylan G. Fischer United States	19	760 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	460 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	936 2.2×	41	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Adrie van der Werf

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adrie van der Werf

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20 of 20 papers shown

Poelman, M., et al.. (2025). Too salty to farm: rethinking coastal land use in response to soil salinization. Restoration Ecology. 33(4). 3 indexed citations

Jindo, Keiji, Travis L. Goron, Paloma Pizarro‐Tobías, et al.. (2022). Application of biostimulant products and biological control agents in sustainable viticulture: A review. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 932311–932311. 35 indexed citations

Fort, Antoine, Marcus McHale, Philippe Potin, et al.. (2021). Exhaustive reanalysis of barcode sequences from public repositories highlights ongoing misidentifications and impacts taxa diversity and distribution. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(1). 86–101. 33 indexed citations

Brouwer, Paul, Henriette Schluepmann, Klaas G.J. Nierop, et al.. (2018). Growing Azolla to produce sustainable protein feed: the effect of differing species and CO₂ concentrations on biomass productivity and chemical composition. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 98(12). 4759–4768. 63 indexed citations

Brouwer, Paul, Andrea Bräutigam, Samantha Kurz, et al.. (2014). A zolla domestication towards a biobased economy?. New Phytologist. 202(3). 1069–1082. 39 indexed citations

Dueck, Tom, Ries de Visser, Hendrik Poorter, et al.. (2007). No evidence for substantial aerobic methane emission by terrestrial plants: a ¹³ C‐labelling approach. New Phytologist. 175(1). 29–35. 124 indexed citations

Boonman, Alex, Niels P. R. Anten, Tom Dueck, et al.. (2006). Functional Significance of Shade‐Induced Leaf Senescence in Dense Canopies: An Experimental Test Using Transgenic Tobacco. The American Naturalist. 168(5). 597–607. 46 indexed citations

Werf, Adrie van der, et al.. (2002). I.McIC: A single-chip MPEG2 video encoder for storage. 254–255,. 5 indexed citations

Smulders, M.J.M., J. van der Schoot, R.H.E.M. Geerts, et al.. (2000). Genetic Diversity and the Reintroduction of Meadow Species. Plant Biology. 2(4). 447–454. 35 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan, Adrie van der Werf, Ken Thompson, et al.. (1999). Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology. Journal of Vegetation Science. 10(5). 609–620. 811 indexed citations breakdown →

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Werf, Adrie van der, et al.. (1996). Components of relative growth rate and nitrogen productivity of Brussels sprouts and leeks grown at two widely differing light intensities. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science. 44(1). 21–29. 9 indexed citations

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Smit, A.L., et al.. (1995). Rooting Characteristics and Nitrogen Utilisation of Brussels Sprouts and Leeks. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture. 11(1-4). 247–256. 4 indexed citations

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Werf, Adrie van der, et al.. (1993). Contribution of physiological and morphological plant traits to a species' competitive ability at high and low nitrogen supply. Oecologia. 94(3). 434–440. 120 indexed citations

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Werf, Adrie van der, et al.. (1993). Effects of N‐supply on the rates of photosynthesis and shoot and root respiration of inherently fast‐ and slow‐growing monocotyledonous species. Physiologia Plantarum. 89(3). 563–569. 26 indexed citations

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Pons, Thijs L., et al.. (1993). Importance of the gradient in photosynthetically active radiation in a vegetation stand for leaf nitrogen allocation in two monocotyledons. Oecologia. 95(3). 416–424. 43 indexed citations

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Werf, Adrie van der, et al.. (1993). Allocation of carbon and nitrogen as a function of the internal nitrogen status of a plant: Modelling allocation under non-steady-state situations. Plant and Soil. 155-156(1). 183–186. 16 indexed citations

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Leprince, Olivier, Adrie van der Werf, R. Deltour, & Hans Lambers. (1992). Respiratory pathways in germinating maize radicles correlated with desiccation tolerance and soluble sugars. Physiologia Plantarum. 85(4). 581–588. 31 indexed citations

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Werf, Adrie van der, et al.. (1991). Evidence for a significant contribution by peroxidase-mediated O2 uptake to root respiration of Brachypodium pinnatum. Planta. 183(3). 347–352. 22 indexed citations

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Hirose, Tadaki, Hans Lambers, Henk Konings, & Adrie van der Werf. (1989). Modelling of Respiration: Effect of Variation in Respiration on Plant Growth in Two Carex Species. Functional Ecology. 3(6). 655–655. 10 indexed citations

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Laurent, M., Étienne Pays, Adrie van der Werf, et al.. (1984). Translocation alters the activation rate of a trypanosome surface antigen gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 12(22). 8319–8328. 38 indexed citations

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