Frans W. M. Vera

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
4 papers, 773 citations indexed

About

Frans W. M. Vera is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frans W. M. Vera has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 773 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 3 papers in Ecology and 1 paper in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Frans W. M. Vera's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (1 paper) and Tree-ring climate responses (1 paper). Frans W. M. Vera is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (1 paper) and Tree-ring climate responses (1 paper). Frans W. M. Vera collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Frans W. M. Vera's co-authors include Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Christopher N. Johnson, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Gregory P. Asner, Jacquelyn L. Gill, John Terborgh, Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pedersen, Søren Faurby and Rasmus Ejrnæs and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Arboricultural Journal.

In The Last Decade

Frans W. M. Vera

4 papers receiving 749 citations

Hit Papers

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future d... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 100 200 300 400
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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. Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research
    2015 448 citations Jens‐Christian Svenning, Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pedersen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation
    2015 304 citations Elisabeth S. Bakker, Jacquelyn L. Gill et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frans W. M. Vera Netherlands 4 442 353 265 118 102 4 773
Erick Lundgren Australia 17 278 0.6× 402 1.1× 182 0.7× 128 1.1× 57 0.6× 39 763
Elizabeth le Roux South Africa 18 427 1.0× 543 1.5× 257 1.0× 135 1.1× 59 0.6× 56 987
Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pedersen Denmark 7 399 0.9× 325 0.9× 248 0.9× 108 0.9× 102 1.0× 9 646
Matthew K. Chew United States 7 463 1.0× 484 1.4× 281 1.1× 160 1.4× 52 0.5× 9 1.0k
Simon D. Schowanek Denmark 7 174 0.4× 255 0.7× 108 0.4× 139 1.2× 31 0.3× 10 446
Charles E. Kay United States 15 457 1.0× 750 2.1× 457 1.7× 40 0.3× 14 0.1× 40 1.0k
Scott Jarvie China 18 283 0.6× 391 1.1× 218 0.8× 240 2.0× 26 0.3× 43 770
Carolyn M. Kurle United States 19 273 0.6× 879 2.5× 292 1.1× 70 0.6× 55 0.5× 35 1000
Rasmus Østergaard Pedersen Denmark 11 193 0.4× 282 0.8× 100 0.4× 164 1.4× 20 0.2× 14 528
Kirsten Rowell United States 13 153 0.3× 393 1.1× 318 1.2× 98 0.8× 9 0.1× 24 795

Countries citing papers authored by Frans W. M. Vera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frans W. M. Vera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frans W. M. Vera. 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 Frans W. M. Vera. The network helps show where Frans W. M. Vera may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frans W. M. Vera

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

All Works

4 of 4 papers shown
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Bakker, Elisabeth S., Jacquelyn L. Gill, Christopher N. Johnson, et al.. (2015). Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(4). 847–855. 304 indexed citations breakdown →
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Svenning, Jens‐Christian, Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pedersen, C. Josh Donlan, et al.. (2015). Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(4). 898–906. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vera, Frans W. M.. (2010). The Shifting Baseline Syndrome in Restoration Ecology. 116–128. 10 indexed citations
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Vera, Frans W. M.. (2002). THE DYNAMIC EUROPEAN FOREST. Arboricultural Journal. 26(3). 179–211. 11 indexed citations

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