Esther Ngumbi

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 765 citations indexed

About

Esther Ngumbi is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther Ngumbi has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 765 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Insect Science, 14 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Esther Ngumbi's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (12 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Esther Ngumbi is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (12 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Esther Ngumbi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Esther Ngumbi's co-authors include Joseph W. Kloepper, Henry Y. Fadamiro, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Nilsa A. Bosque‐Pérez, Li Chen, Edgardo Jiménez-Martínez, Hongjian Ding, Analiz Rodriguez, Carmen M. Ugarte and Simon Zebelo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Plant Science and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Esther Ngumbi

22 papers receiving 749 citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: Current and future ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: Current and future prospects
    2016 293 citations Esther Ngumbi, Joseph W. Kloepper Applied Soil Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Esther Ngumbi United States 13 629 371 126 104 52 23 765
József Fail Hungary 12 312 0.5× 372 1.0× 160 1.3× 77 0.7× 66 1.3× 56 507
Swayamjit Ray United States 19 737 1.2× 736 2.0× 168 1.3× 313 3.0× 48 0.9× 28 1.1k
Shengyong Wu China 19 557 0.9× 795 2.1× 136 1.1× 321 3.1× 59 1.1× 45 934
Islam S. Sobhy Egypt 20 754 1.2× 809 2.2× 307 2.4× 241 2.3× 42 0.8× 35 1.1k
Serigne Sylla Senegal 13 453 0.7× 411 1.1× 108 0.9× 187 1.8× 54 1.0× 31 630
J. H. Tolman Canada 15 417 0.7× 556 1.5× 104 0.8× 239 2.3× 51 1.0× 34 685
I.L. Wise Canada 19 587 0.9× 520 1.4× 140 1.1× 334 3.2× 58 1.1× 54 850
Ganpati B. Jagdale United States 16 500 0.8× 384 1.0× 47 0.4× 239 2.3× 53 1.0× 42 640
A. Rauf Indonesia 9 350 0.6× 293 0.8× 55 0.4× 121 1.2× 43 0.8× 21 507
Guðbjörg I. Aradóttir United Kingdom 11 299 0.5× 267 0.7× 102 0.8× 99 1.0× 17 0.3× 20 436

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Fields of papers citing papers by Esther Ngumbi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther Ngumbi

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All Works

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Ngumbi, Esther. (2025). Beneficial soil microbes as drivers of plant–insect interactions: a perspective. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 72. 101432–101432.
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Ngumbi, Esther, et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of defensive secondary metabolites in wild teosinte and cultivated maize under flooding and herbivory stress. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(1). e14216–e14216. 4 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther. (2024). Could flooding undermine progress in building climate-resilient crops?. Trends in Plant Science. 30(1). 85–94. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, Gareth, Quint Rusman, William R. Morrison, et al.. (2023). Deciphering Plant-Insect-Microorganism Signals for Sustainable Crop Production. Biomolecules. 13(6). 997–997. 18 indexed citations
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Kleczewski, Nathan M., et al.. (2023). Plant Variety, Mycorrhization, and Herbivory Influence Induced Volatile Emissions and Plant Growth Characteristics in Tomato. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 49(11-12). 710–724. 8 indexed citations
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Kent, Angela D., et al.. (2022). Herbivory Protection via Volatile Organic Compounds Is Influenced by Maize Genotype, Not Bacillus altitudinis-Enriched Bacterial Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 826635–826635. 5 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther & Carmen M. Ugarte. (2021). Flooding and Herbivory Interact to Alter Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in Two Maize Hybrids. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47(7). 707–718. 16 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther. (2020). How changes in weather patterns could lead to more insect invasions. 1 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther, Lawrence M. Hanks, Andrew V. Suarez, Jocelyn G. Millar, & May R. Berenbaum. (2019). Factors Associated with Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles in the Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 46(1). 40–47. 12 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther & Joseph W. Kloepper. (2016). Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: Current and future prospects. Applied Soil Ecology. 105. 109–125. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sims, Steven R., et al.. (2014). Topical and Vapor Toxicity of Saturated Fatty Acids to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 107(2). 758–763. 17 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther & Henry Y. Fadamiro. (2012). Species and sexual differences in behavioural responses of a specialist and generalist parasitoid species to host-related volatiles. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 102(6). 710–718. 21 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther, Li Chen, & Henry Y. Fadamiro. (2009). Comparative GC-EAD Responses of A Specialist (Microplitis croceipes) and A Generalist (Cotesia marginiventris) Parasitoid to Cotton Volatiles Induced by Two Caterpillar Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35(9). 1009–1020. 58 indexed citations
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Bosque‐Pérez, Nilsa A., et al.. (2009). Rhopalosiphum padi(Hemiptera: Aphididae) Responses to Volatile Cues From Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus–Infected Wheat. Environmental Entomology. 38(3). 836–845. 104 indexed citations
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Ngumbi, Esther, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Nilsa A. Bosque‐Pérez, Hongjian Ding, & Analiz Rodriguez. (2007). Myzus persicae is Arrested More by Blends Than by Individual Compounds Elevated in Headspace of PLRV-Infected Potato. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33(9). 1733–1747. 82 indexed citations

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