Katherine S. Downes

862 total citations
13 papers, 699 citations indexed

About

Katherine S. Downes is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine S. Downes has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 699 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Katherine S. Downes's work include Plant and animal studies (6 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers). Katherine S. Downes is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (6 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers). Katherine S. Downes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and Czechia. Katherine S. Downes's co-authors include Byron B. Lamont, Tianhua He, Leon A. Terry, Gemma A. Chope, J. Van Staden, M.E. Light, Martin Pošta, Ladislav Kohout, John M. Koch and Matthew I. Daws and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Annals of Botany and Talanta.

In The Last Decade

Katherine S. Downes

13 papers receiving 657 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katherine S. Downes Australia 11 410 300 289 202 82 13 699
Javier G. Puntieri Argentina 15 333 0.8× 427 1.4× 280 1.0× 277 1.4× 78 1.0× 76 769
Kristina F. Connor United States 15 406 1.0× 257 0.9× 131 0.5× 180 0.9× 103 1.3× 52 653
F. Lelièvre France 14 342 0.8× 139 0.5× 135 0.5× 172 0.9× 49 0.6× 24 803
Hildeberto Caldas de Sousa Brazil 11 318 0.8× 97 0.3× 281 1.0× 87 0.4× 76 0.9× 27 599
Hamid Ejtehadi Iran 13 205 0.5× 199 0.7× 236 0.8× 48 0.2× 90 1.1× 70 481
Vinod Prasad Khanduri India 14 261 0.6× 176 0.6× 250 0.9× 78 0.4× 69 0.8× 72 578
Linda Styer Caldas Brazil 10 328 0.8× 201 0.7× 218 0.8× 190 0.9× 137 1.7× 23 637
Kristen Frole United States 4 402 1.0× 252 0.8× 208 0.7× 411 2.0× 50 0.6× 6 712
Rogéria Pereira Souza Brazil 9 635 1.5× 158 0.5× 143 0.5× 197 1.0× 63 0.8× 17 820
Da Yang China 13 219 0.5× 132 0.4× 123 0.4× 175 0.9× 30 0.4× 31 470

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine S. Downes

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Downes, Katherine S., M.E. Light, Martin Pošta, & J. Van Staden. (2015). Fire-related cues and the germination of eight Conostylis (Haemodoraceae) taxa, when freshly collected, after burial and after laboratory storage. Seed Science Research. 25(3). 286–298. 20 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S., M.E. Light, Martin Pošta, Ladislav Kohout, & J. Van Staden. (2014). Do fire-related cues, including smoke-water, karrikinolide, glyceronitrile and nitrate, stimulate the germination of 17 Anigozanthos taxa and Blancoa canescens (Haemodoraceae)?. Australian Journal of Botany. 62(4). 347–347. 27 indexed citations
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Lamont, Byron B., Tianhua He, & Katherine S. Downes. (2013). Adaptive responses to directional trait selection in the Miocene enabled Cape proteas to colonize the savanna grasslands. Evolutionary Ecology. 27(6). 1099–1115. 42 indexed citations
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He, Tianhua, Byron B. Lamont, & Katherine S. Downes. (2011). Banksia born to burn. New Phytologist. 191(1). 184–196. 152 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S.. (2011). Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia: Strategies and Guidelines for Developing, Managing and Utilising Ex Situ Collections. Austral Ecology. 36(7). e42–e43. 58 indexed citations
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Lamont, Byron B. & Katherine S. Downes. (2011). Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa. Plant Ecology. 212(12). 2111–2125. 176 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S., Byron B. Lamont, M.E. Light, & J. Van Staden. (2010). The fire ephemeral Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) germinates in response to smoke but not the butenolide 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one. Annals of Botany. 106(2). 381–384. 31 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S. & Leon A. Terry. (2010). A new acetonitrile-free mobile phase method for LC–ELSD quantification of fructooligosaccharides in onion (Allium cepa L.). Talanta. 82(1). 118–124. 50 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S., Gemma A. Chope, & Leon A. Terry. (2010). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLOUR AND BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SKIN FROM 'RED BARON' ONION BULBS CURED AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES. Acta Horticulturae. 1175–1181. 2 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S., Gemma A. Chope, & Leon A. Terry. (2009). Postharvest application of ethylene and 1-methylcyclopropene either before or after curing affects onion (Allium cepa L.) bulb quality during long term cold storage. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 55(1). 36–44. 46 indexed citations
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Downes, Katherine S., Gemma A. Chope, & Leon A. Terry. (2009). Effect of curing at different temperatures on biochemical composition of onion (Allium cepa L.) skin from three freshly cured and cold stored UK-grown onion cultivars. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 54(2). 80–86. 50 indexed citations

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