Esther van den Berg is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Plant Science and Ecology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Esther van den Berg has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 79 papers in Plant Science and 56 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Esther van den Berg's work include Nematode management and characterization studies (77 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (71 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (55 papers). Esther van den Berg is often cited by papers focused on Nematode management and characterization studies (77 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (71 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (55 papers). Esther van den Berg collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Esther van den Berg's co-authors include Geert Jan Biessels, L. Jaap Kappelle, Janne M. Papma, Lize C. Jiskoot, John C. van Swieten, Roy P. C. Kessels, Raoul P. Kloppenborg, Yaël D. Reijmer, Carla Ruis and Augustina M.A. Brands and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Brain.
In The Last Decade
Esther van den Berg
222 papers
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6.5k citations
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Qualitative Assessment of Verbal Fluency Performance in Frontotemporal Dementia
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Berg, Esther van den, et al.. (2015). GLAD: Groningen Lightweight Authorship Detection.. CLEF (Working Notes).14 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den & Tesfamariam Mekete. (2010). Notes on and new records of some Tylenchoidea (Nematoda) from Ethiopia. Nematologia mediterranea. 38(2). 211–214.3 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den, Mariette Marais, & Louwrens R. Tiedt. (2007). Plant nematodes in South Africa. 9. Check-list of plant nematodes from the Goegap and Witsand Nature Reserves, Northern Cape Province, with a description of a new Rotylenchus species (Hoplolaimidae : Nematoda). 13(1). 28–35.4 indexed citations
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Okech, S.H., et al.. (2004). Plant-parasitic nematodes in banana-based farming systems in Rwanda : species profile, distribution and abundance. 10(1). 27–33.8 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den, et al.. (2003). Hoplolaimidae Filip'ev, 1934 (Nemata) from Rwandan banana fields.. 9(1). 31–42.16 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den & Louwrens R. Tiedt. (2002). Zygotylenchus natalensis sp. n. (Nemata : Pratylenchidae) from a potato field in South Africa. 5(2). 145–151.2 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den, et al.. (2001). Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with maize-bean intercropping systems in Kenya. 7(2). 81–84.4 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den. (1994). New and known Criconematoidea (Nemata) from forests in South Africa with a redescription of Mesocriconema teres (Raski, 1952) Loof & De Grisse, 1989. Fundamental & applied nematology. 17(6). 551–562.5 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den. (1991). New and known Criconemella and Ogma species from northern Natal coastal sandy soils (Criconematinae: Nemata).. Phytophylactica. 23(2). 157–165.4 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den. (1990). Two new and one known species of the Tylenchoidea (Nemata) from southern Africa.. Phytophylactica. 22(1). 23–34.5 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den. (1989). More species of pin nematodes from southern Africa (Paratylenchinae: Nemata). Phytophylactica.4 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den & Dirk De Waele. (1989). Scutellonema sorghi n. sp., S. dreyeri n. sp. and Rotylenchus mabelei n. sp. (Nemata : Tylenchina) from sorghum in South Africa. Revue de nématologie. 12(4). 357–364.4 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den. (1985). Notes on the genus Afrina Brzeski, 1981 (Anguinidae: Nematoda) with descriptions of new and known species. Phytophylactica. 172. 67–79.1 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den, et al.. (1981). Rotylenchulus species found associated with sugar cane in South Africa with a description of R. sacchari sp.n. (Nematoda: Rotylenchulinae).. Phytophylactica. 13(1). 43–47.3 indexed citations
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Berg, Esther van den, et al.. (1979). Some spiral nematodes from the Fiji Islands (Hoplolaimidae: Nematoda).. Phytophylactica. 11(2). 99–109.9 indexed citations
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