Alexander Wezel

8.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
87 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Alexander Wezel is a scholar working on Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Wezel has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Wezel's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (19 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (17 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (12 papers). Alexander Wezel is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (19 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (17 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (12 papers). Alexander Wezel collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Italy. Alexander Wezel's co-authors include Dominique Vallod, Marion Casagrande, Aurélie Ferrer, Stéphane Bellon, Charles Francis, Christophe David, Thierry Doré, Jean-François Vian, Josephine Peigné and Florian Celette and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Wezel

84 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review

2009 814 citations Alexander Wezel, Dominique Vallod et al. Agronomy for Sustainable Development profile →
Agroecological practices for sustainable agriculture. A review

2013 803 citations Alexander Wezel, Aurélie Ferrer et al. Agronomy for Sustainable Development profile →
Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review

2020 467 citations Alexander Wezel et al. Agronomy for Sustainable Development profile →
Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review

2021 191 citations Alexander Wezel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Wezel France	32	1.9k	1.9k	919	913	630	87	4.7k
W.A.H. Rossing Netherlands	36	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	992 1.1×	931 1.0×	984 1.6×	178	4.7k
Clara I. Nicholls United States	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	558 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	447 0.7×	70	4.0k
J.C.J. Groot Netherlands	37	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	999 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	175	5.2k
Michel Duru France	33	1.2k 0.6×	923 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	620 1.0×	127	3.9k
Frédéric Baudron Netherlands	35	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	477 0.5×	910 1.0×	648 1.0×	91	4.0k
Peter Läderach Colombia	44	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	822 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	1.0k 1.7×	126	5.9k
Edmundo Barrios Kenya	34	1.6k 0.8×	818 0.4×	703 0.8×	841 0.9×	720 1.1×	82	4.3k
Olivier Thérond France	34	821 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	943 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	814 1.3×	84	3.4k
Anthony Whitbread India	35	1.6k 0.9×	760 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.9×	153	4.9k
Stephen R. Gliessman United States	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	558 0.6×	589 0.6×	394 0.6×	73	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Wezel

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2025). Multiple agroecological practices use and climate change mitigation. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 45(5).

Fassò, Alessandro, Jan Hassink, Ulrich Schmutz, et al.. (2025). Agroecological Living Labs as entry points for transition towards sustainable food systems: a novel framework for the evaluation of living labs at different scales. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 50(1). 130–163. 2 indexed citations

Torralba, Mario, et al.. (2025). Farm Trees as Cultural Keystone Species: Bridging Biocultural Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Morocco High Atlas Mountains. Mountain Research and Development. 45(1).

Mouratiadou, Ioanna, et al.. (2024). The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 44(2). 24 indexed citations

Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Drying out fish ponds, for an entire growth season, as an agroecological practice: maintaining primary producers for fish production and biodiversity conservation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 125–125. 1 indexed citations

Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Drying out fish ponds, for an entire growth season, as an agroecological practice: maintaining primary producers for fish production and biodiversity conservation. Open Research Europe. 3. 125–125. 2 indexed citations

Silva, Erin, et al.. (2023). Insights into agroecological farming practice implementation by conservation-minded farmers in North America. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 4 indexed citations

Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Correction: Disturbance and resilience of aquatic plant communities in fish ponds after temporary dry periods. Aquatic Ecology. 57(3). 611–611. 1 indexed citations

Iocola, Ileana, Corrado Ciaccia, Luca Colombo, et al.. (2023). Agroecology research in Europe funded by European and transnational programmes: current status and perspectives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 139–139. 1 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Development of agroecology in Austria and Germany. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 25–25. 2 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Undestroyed winter cover crop strips support wild bee abundance and diversity in intensive cropping systems. Biodiversity and Conservation. 33(1). 179–204. 3 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2022). In‐field cover crop strips support carabid communities and shape the ecological trait repartition in maize fields. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 25(1). 152–163. 4 indexed citations

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Iocola, Ileana, Corrado Ciaccia, Luca Colombo, et al.. (2022). Agroecology research in Europe: current status and perspectives. Open Research Europe. 2. 139–139. 1 indexed citations

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Tack, Ayco J. M., Esayas Mendesil, Biruk Ayalew, et al.. (2021). Multi‐scale mosaics in top‐down pest control by ants from natural coffee forests to plantations. Ecology. 102(7). e03376–e03376. 8 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2020). A multi-method approach for the integrative assessment of soil functions: Application on a coastal mountainous site of the Philippines. Journal of Environmental Management. 264. 110461–110461. 9 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Water quality parameters and tipping points of dragonfly diversity and abundance in fishponds. Limnology. 19(3). 321–333. 11 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Result-oriented approaches to the management of drinking water catchments in agricultural landscapes. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 59(2). 183–202. 12 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander & Alain Peeters. (2014). Agroecology and herbivore farming systems - principles and practices. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 13 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Varied impact of land use on water and sediment parameters in fish ponds of the Dombes agro-ecosystem, France. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 58(4). 854–871. 17 indexed citations

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Wezel, Alexander, Joël Robin, Mathieu Guérin, Florent Arthaud, & Dominique Vallod. (2012). Management effects on water quality, sediments and fish production in extensive fish ponds in the Dombes region, France. Limnologica. 43(3). 210–218. 34 indexed citations

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