F. Xavier Sans

3.1k total citations
87 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

F. Xavier Sans is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Xavier Sans has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in F. Xavier Sans's work include Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (36 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers) and Plant and animal studies (26 papers). F. Xavier Sans is often cited by papers focused on Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (36 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers) and Plant and animal studies (26 papers). F. Xavier Sans collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Switzerland. F. Xavier Sans's co-authors include José M. Blanco‐Moreno, Laura Armengot, Lourdes Chamorro, J. Escarré, Laura José‐María, R. M. Masalles, Lidia Caño, Paul Mäder, Joan Romanyà and Alfred Berner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

F. Xavier Sans

81 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. Xavier Sans Spain 28 1.4k 848 820 405 348 87 2.1k
Guillaume Fried France 25 1.5k 1.1× 930 1.1× 907 1.1× 439 1.1× 407 1.2× 74 2.2k
Fabrice Dessaint France 20 1.2k 0.9× 539 0.6× 418 0.5× 293 0.7× 269 0.8× 51 1.7k
Fabián D. Menalled United States 28 1.8k 1.3× 925 1.1× 766 0.9× 698 1.7× 980 2.8× 111 3.0k
José M. Blanco‐Moreno Spain 22 807 0.6× 495 0.6× 434 0.5× 242 0.6× 225 0.6× 54 1.3k
Terho Hyvönen Finland 23 826 0.6× 643 0.8× 575 0.7× 206 0.5× 247 0.7× 69 1.6k
Paula R. Westerman Germany 22 1.1k 0.8× 520 0.6× 475 0.6× 362 0.9× 556 1.6× 60 1.7k
Jacob N. Barney United States 30 1.2k 0.9× 691 0.8× 941 1.1× 738 1.8× 289 0.8× 105 2.8k
Lukas Pfiffner Switzerland 22 643 0.5× 741 0.9× 443 0.5× 147 0.4× 662 1.9× 81 1.9k
Stéphane Cordeau France 24 1.4k 1.1× 366 0.4× 343 0.4× 788 1.9× 194 0.6× 76 1.9k
John Cardina United States 31 3.0k 2.2× 566 0.7× 465 0.6× 1.3k 3.1× 441 1.3× 108 3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Xavier Sans

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Caballero‐López, Berta, et al.. (2025). Associating cultivars or species with complementary traits is key for enhancing aphid control through bottom‐up effects. Ecosphere. 16(2). 1 indexed citations
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Blanco‐Moreno, José M., et al.. (2024). Effects of agricultural landscape heterogeneity on pollinator visitation rates in Mediterranean oilseed rape. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 363. 108869–108869. 6 indexed citations
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Morales, Melanie, et al.. (2024). Landscape crop diversity contributes to higher pollination effectiveness and positively affects rapeseed quality in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes. The Science of The Total Environment. 950. 175062–175062. 2 indexed citations
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Sans, F. Xavier, et al.. (2023). Alterations in the odor profile of plants in cultivar mixtures affect aphid host-location behavior. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1186425–1186425. 5 indexed citations
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Chamorro, Lourdes, R. M. Masalles, & F. Xavier Sans. (2016). Arable weed decline in Northeast Spain: Does organic farming recover functional biodiversity?. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 223. 1–9. 45 indexed citations
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Boutin, Céline, et al.. (2015). Herbicide impact on the growth and reproduction of characteristic and rare arable weeds of winter cereal fields. Ecotoxicology. 24(5). 991–1003. 21 indexed citations
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Blanco‐Moreno, José M., et al.. (2015). Which conditions determine the presence of rare weeds in arable fields?. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 203. 55–61. 22 indexed citations
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Sans, F. Xavier, et al.. (2013). La intensificación agrícola y la diversidad vegetal en los sistemas cerealistas de secano mediterráneos: implicaciones para la conservación. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Castells, Eva, et al.. (2013). Reduced seed predation after invasion supports enemy release in a broad biogeographical survey. Oecologia. 173(4). 1397–1409. 20 indexed citations
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José‐María, Laura & F. Xavier Sans. (2011). Weed seedbanks in arable fields: effects of management practices and surrounding landscape. Weed Research. 51(6). 631–640. 41 indexed citations
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Blanco‐Moreno, José M., Lourdes Chamorro, Jordi Izquierdo, R. M. Masalles, & F. Xavier Sans. (2008). Modelling within‐field spatial variability of crop biomass – weed density relationships using geographically weighted regression. Weed Research. 48(6). 512–522. 4 indexed citations
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Chamorro, Lourdes, et al.. (2008). Effects of landscape agricultural intensification and management on weed species richness in the edges of dryland cereal fields.. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 640–643. 4 indexed citations
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Caño, Lidia, J. Escarré, Klaas Vrieling, & F. Xavier Sans. (2008). Palatability to a generalist herbivore, defence and growth of invasive and native Senecio species: testing the evolution of increased competitive ability hypothesis. Oecologia. 159(1). 95–106. 74 indexed citations
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Sans, F. Xavier. (2007). La diversidad de los agroecosistemas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(1). 0. 29 indexed citations
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Pino, Joan, F. Xavier Sans, & R. M. Masalles. (2002). Size-dependent reproductive pattern and short-term reproductive cost in Rumex obtusifolius L. Acta Oecologica. 23(5). 321–328. 36 indexed citations
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Sans, F. Xavier, et al.. (1999). Efecto de la duración de los cultivos sobre la dinámica de poblaciones de "Rumex obtusifolius" en una rotación alfalfa-cereal de invierno. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 127–132.
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Sans, F. Xavier, et al.. (1997). Regenerative strategy of "Rumex obtusifolius" L. in mediterranean forage crops: the role of seed bank and annual seed production. Lagascalia. 19(1). 563–570.
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Sans, F. Xavier, et al.. (1996). Flora alóctona de origen americano en los cultivos de Cataluña = Weeds of American origin at cultivated sites in Catalonia. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 54(1). 436–442. 10 indexed citations
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Pino, Joan, et al.. (1995). Clonal growth and fragment regeneration of Rumex obtusifolius L.. Weed Research. 35(3). 141–148. 43 indexed citations
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Sans, F. Xavier, et al.. (1988). Els secans abandonats amb Taeniathero-Aegilopion Geniculatae a les comarques lleidatanes meridionals. 37(37). 345–353. 2 indexed citations

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