Esta van Heerden
- Molecular Biology top 10%
- Ecology top 2%
- Environmental Chemistry top 1%
- Biomedical Engineering top 10%
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 5%
- Co-authors
- Diederik J. OppermanT. C. OnstottLizelle A. PiaterThomas L. KieftDerek LitthauerErrol D. CasonCara MagnaboscoMaggie C. Y. Lau
- Topics
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers)Chromium effects and bioremediation (11 papers)
- Journals
- NatureNature CommunicationsSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Esta van Heerden
81 papers receiving 2.3k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 123
- Molecular Biology 796
- Ecology 790
- Environmental Chemistry 678
- Biomedical Engineering 337
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 277
Countries citing papers authored by Esta van Heerden
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Fields of papers citing papers by Esta van Heerden
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Esta van Heerden. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Esta van Heerden. The network helps show where Esta van Heerden may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esta van Heerden
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Esta van Heerden. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Esta van Heerden 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 Esta van Heerden. Esta van Heerden is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | |
| 2 | 48 | |
| 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | 40 | |
| 5 | Biogenic Carbon on Mars: A Subsurface Chauvinistic Viewpoint | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | |
| 7 | Characterization of active members in C and N cycles in the subsurface environment of the Witwatersrand Basin | 1 |
| 8 | Single cell genomics of subsurface microorganisms | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | |
| 10 | 24 | |
| 11 | 4 | |
| 12 | Bacterial diversity of biofilm samples from deep mines in South Africa | 16 |
| 13 | 4 | |
| 14 | 3 | |
| 15 | The diversity of culturable airborne fungi in an active South African gold mine | 5 |
| 16 | Hyper-resistance to arsenic in bacteria isolated from an antimony mine in South Africa | 20 |
| 17 | 66 | |
| 18 | Optimization of conditions for selective esterification by lipase to yield pure γ-linolenic acid : research in action | 2 |
| 19 | 3 | |
| 20 | 11 |
About Esta van Heerden
Esta van Heerden is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Microbiology and Ecology, having authored 85 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Chromium effects and bioremediation (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (678 citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (182 citations) and Ecology (790 citations). Esta van Heerden has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Diederik J. Opperman, T. C. Onstott, Lizelle A. Piater, Thomas L. Kieft, Derek Litthauer, Errol D. Cason, Cara Magnabosco, Maggie C. Y. Lau, Barbara Sherwood Lollar and Gaëtan Borgonie. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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