Bertil Westerlund

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bertil Westerlund is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertil Westerlund has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 4 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Bertil Westerlund's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (4 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (3 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (3 papers). Bertil Westerlund is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (4 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (3 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (3 papers). Bertil Westerlund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Switzerland and Finland. Bertil Westerlund's co-authors include Christopher D. Philipson, Erik Andersson, Johan Stendahl, Tord Snäll, Micael Jonsson, Jon Moen, Mats Fröberg, Petter Kjellander, Fredrik Moberg and Lena Gustafsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Global Change Biology and Forest Ecology and Management.

In The Last Decade

Bertil Westerlund

8 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

2013 1.1k citations Lars Gamfeldt, Tord Snäll et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bertil Westerlund Sweden	6	727	669	336	228	184	8	1.2k
Erik Andersson Sweden	3	690 0.9×	646 1.0×	263 0.8×	202 0.9×	123 0.7×	4	1.1k
Khosro Sagheb‐Talebi Iran	14	338 0.5×	493 0.7×	309 0.9×	288 1.3×	143 0.8×	59	896
Alexandro B. Leverkus Spain	19	669 0.9×	544 0.8×	381 1.1×	490 2.1×	146 0.8×	49	1.1k
Bernd Stimm Germany	16	611 0.8×	642 1.0×	179 0.5×	191 0.8×	139 0.8×	62	1.1k
Per‐Ola Hedwall Sweden	22	523 0.7×	668 1.0×	413 1.2×	442 1.9×	226 1.2×	69	1.3k
Thomas Cordonnier France	20	801 1.1×	664 1.0×	219 0.7×	199 0.9×	104 0.6×	51	1.1k
Steffi Heinrichs Germany	16	368 0.5×	434 0.6×	288 0.9×	148 0.6×	135 0.7×	38	786
Juan Manuel Cellini Argentina	18	562 0.8×	625 0.9×	310 0.9×	266 1.2×	152 0.8×	80	1.0k
Ángela Taboada Spain	22	643 0.9×	592 0.9×	454 1.4×	644 2.8×	230 1.3×	47	1.3k
Haben Blondeel Belgium	16	373 0.5×	515 0.8×	186 0.6×	190 0.8×	177 1.0×	39	836

Countries citing papers authored by Bertil Westerlund

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bertil Westerlund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertil Westerlund

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Lee, Daesung, Emma Holmström, Jari Hynynen, et al.. (2023). Current state of mixed forests available for wood supply in Finland and Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 38(7-8). 442–452. 3 indexed citations

2.

Esseen, Per‐Anders, Magnus Ekström, Anton Grafström, et al.. (2022). Multiple drivers of large‐scale lichen decline in boreal forest canopies. Global Change Biology. 28(10). 3293–3309. 18 indexed citations

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Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar, Jonas Dahlgren, Magnus Ekström, et al.. (2021). Rapid Changes in Ground Vegetation of Mature Boreal Forests—An Analysis of Swedish National Forest Inventory Data. Forests. 12(4). 475–475. 12 indexed citations

4.

Ekström, Magnus, et al.. (2017). Logistic regression for clustered data from environmental monitoring programs. Ecological Informatics. 43. 165–173. 18 indexed citations

5.

Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar, Magnus Ekström, Per‐Anders Esseen, et al.. (2016). Dead wood availability in managed Swedish forests – Policy outcomes and implications for biodiversity. Forest Ecology and Management. 376. 174–182. 80 indexed citations

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Esseen, Per‐Anders, Magnus Ekström, Bertil Westerlund, et al.. (2016). Broad-scale distribution of epiphytic hair lichens correlates more with climate and nitrogen deposition than with forest structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 46(11). 1348–1358. 23 indexed citations

7.

Gamfeldt, Lars, Tord Snäll, Robert Bagchi, et al.. (2015). Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species, Suppl info. 2 indexed citations

8.

Gamfeldt, Lars, Tord Snäll, Robert Bagchi, et al.. (2013). Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1340–1340. 1060 indexed citations breakdown →

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