Alan Paton

202 total papers · 5.4k total citations
124 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Alan Paton is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Paton has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Plant Science, 61 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 53 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alan Paton’s work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (52 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (36 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (30 papers). Alan Paton is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (52 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (36 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (30 papers). Alan Paton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Thailand and United States. Alan Paton's co-authors include Renée J. Grayer, Monique S. J. Simmonds, Catherine Lukhoba, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Geoffrey C. Kite, E. Putievsky, Rafaël Govaerts, Roberto F. Vieira, Robert J. Turner and James E. Simon and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Scientific Reports and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Paton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Paton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Paton 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 Alan Paton. Alan Paton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Alan Paton

108 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Paton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Alan Paton

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