Alfred Botha

3.2k total citations
118 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alfred Botha is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Botha has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Plant Science and 32 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alfred Botha's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (31 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (25 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (21 papers). Alfred Botha is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (31 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (25 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (21 papers). Alfred Botha collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Canada. Alfred Botha's co-authors include J.L.F. Kock, Willem H. van Zyl, Bernard A. Prior, W.C.A. Gelderblom, J.F. Alberts, Francisco Lakay, P.J. Botes, D.J. Coetzee, Gideon Wolfaardt and Alex J. Valentine and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Water Research and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Botha

114 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Botha South Africa 23 923 890 355 315 273 118 2.2k
Sophie Mangenot France 24 741 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 125 0.4× 328 1.0× 142 0.5× 31 2.7k
Sheng Qin China 30 1.7k 1.9× 961 1.1× 455 1.3× 226 0.7× 114 0.4× 91 3.0k
Aline Aparecida Pizzirani‐Kleiner Brazil 24 1.4k 1.5× 642 0.7× 601 1.7× 79 0.3× 134 0.5× 66 2.2k
Ida Skaar Norway 28 712 0.8× 464 0.5× 345 1.0× 528 1.7× 131 0.5× 56 2.1k
Benoı̂t Valot France 30 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 138 0.4× 141 0.4× 163 0.6× 97 3.0k
Aurélie Deveau France 28 2.1k 2.2× 784 0.9× 523 1.5× 305 1.0× 259 0.9× 52 3.2k
Scott Clingenpeel United States 15 655 0.7× 998 1.1× 199 0.6× 167 0.5× 183 0.7× 21 2.2k
Oleg N. Reva South Africa 28 937 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 136 0.4× 386 1.2× 140 0.5× 120 2.9k
Lisa Crossman United Kingdom 21 723 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 98 0.3× 243 0.8× 188 0.7× 48 2.7k
László Kredics Hungary 33 1.8k 1.9× 849 1.0× 932 2.6× 208 0.7× 441 1.6× 139 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alfred Botha

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alfred Botha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfred Botha

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

All Works

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Clarke, Catherine E., Alfred Botha, Daniel O. Breecker, et al.. (2025). Carbon dynamics in termite mounds: The effect of land use on microbial oxalotrophy. CATENA. 254. 108947–108947. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Don A., Alfred Botha, Daniel O. Breecker, et al.. (2024). Oxalate and oxalotrophy: an environmental perspective. 1(1). 7 indexed citations
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Govender, Nelesh P., et al.. (2024). Exploring polyamine metabolism of the yeast-like fungus, Emergomyces africanus. FEMS Yeast Research. 24. 2 indexed citations
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Stone, Wendy, et al.. (2024). Riverine mycobiome dynamics: From South African tributaries to laboratory bioreactors. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology. 15(4). 631–650.
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Brandão, João, et al.. (2023). Health risk posed by direct ingestion of yeasts from polluted river water. Water Research. 231. 119599–119599. 13 indexed citations
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Roets, Francois, et al.. (2022). Predicting interactions of the frass-associated yeast Hyphopichia heimii with Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata and twig-boring bark beetles. Folia Microbiologica. 67(6). 899–911. 2 indexed citations
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Stander, Maria A., et al.. (2021). A link between urease and polyamine metabolism in Cryptococcus neoformans. Microbial Pathogenesis. 158. 105076–105076. 5 indexed citations
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Volschenk, Heinrich, et al.. (2021). Transcriptomic response ofCryptococcus neoformansto ecologically relevant nitrogen concentrations. FEMS Yeast Research. 21(4). 4 indexed citations
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Niekerk, Gustav van, et al.. (2021). The onco-immunological implications of Fusobacterium nucleatum in breast cancer. Immunology Letters. 232. 60–66. 38 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Ilan S., et al.. (2020). The virulence factor urease and its unexplored role in the metabolism of Cryptococcus neoformans. FEMS Yeast Research. 20(4). 22 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Ilan S., Nelesh P. Govender, Lynne Sigler, et al.. (2019). Emergomyces: The global rise of new dimorphic fungal pathogens. PLoS Pathogens. 15(9). e1007977–e1007977. 52 indexed citations
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Botha, Alfred, et al.. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of the Lignocellulose-Degrading Ascomycete Coniochaeta p ulveracea CAB 683. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(1). 4 indexed citations
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Botha, Alfred, et al.. (2015). Optimizing Vermicompost Concentrations for the N Nutrition and Production of the Legume Lupinus angustifolius. Compost Science & Utilization. 23(4). 217–236. 3 indexed citations
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Reeb, Desray, et al.. (2010). Fungi associated with the skin of a southern right whale ( Eubalaena australis ) from South Africa. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology. 1(3). 155–162. 8 indexed citations
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Botha, Alfred, et al.. (2010). Sunflower press cake as a substrate for eicosapentaenoic acid production by representatives of the genus Mortierella. BioResources. 5(2). 1232–1243. 13 indexed citations
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Kock, J.L.F., Pierre Venter, Alfred Botha, et al.. (1999). Production of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids by the Yeast Dipodascopsis Uninucleata. Biological Implications. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 469. 675–677. 1 indexed citations
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Walt, J. P. van der, Alfred Botha, & Maudy Th. Smith. (1997). Lipomyces mesembrius sp. nov., a member of the L. starkeyi species-complex. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 71(4). 325–328. 6 indexed citations

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