Kenny Helsen

1.4k total citations
46 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Kenny Helsen is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenny Helsen has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kenny Helsen's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (18 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers). Kenny Helsen is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (18 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers). Kenny Helsen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Norway and Ethiopia. Kenny Helsen's co-authors include Olivier Honnay, Martin Hermy, Katrien Vandepitte, Ben Somers, Joachim Mergeay, Bart Muys, Bente J. Graae, Raf Aerts, Isabel Roldán-Ruíz and Koenraad Van Meerbeek and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Ecology and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Kenny Helsen

45 papers receiving 930 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenny Helsen Belgium 19 471 372 319 271 211 46 944
Soraya Rouifed France 12 298 0.6× 332 0.9× 262 0.8× 170 0.6× 121 0.6× 23 703
Adelar Mantovani Brazil 17 406 0.9× 388 1.0× 327 1.0× 153 0.6× 147 0.7× 80 966
Jun‐Ichirou Suzuki Japan 16 612 1.3× 425 1.1× 469 1.5× 237 0.9× 213 1.0× 40 1.1k
Rafael F. del Castillo Mexico 19 285 0.6× 276 0.7× 222 0.7× 197 0.7× 215 1.0× 45 902
Brenda J. Grewell United States 16 461 1.0× 305 0.8× 463 1.5× 466 1.7× 106 0.5× 62 1.0k
Samuel Bridgewater United Kingdom 12 558 1.2× 695 1.9× 301 0.9× 224 0.8× 191 0.9× 22 1.2k
Robert C. Godfree Australia 16 253 0.5× 236 0.6× 366 1.1× 246 0.9× 186 0.9× 37 767
Emmanuele Farris Italy 20 407 0.9× 417 1.1× 673 2.1× 206 0.8× 133 0.6× 68 1.2k
Cindy Q. Tang China 20 557 1.2× 428 1.2× 222 0.7× 188 0.7× 202 1.0× 48 992
Marcelo Freire Moro Brazil 17 461 1.0× 625 1.7× 346 1.1× 151 0.6× 173 0.8× 51 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kenny Helsen

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Kenny Helsen's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Kenny Helsen with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Kenny Helsen more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Kenny Helsen

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kenny Helsen. 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 Kenny Helsen. The network helps show where Kenny Helsen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenny Helsen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Picoli, Michelle Cristina Araújo & Kenny Helsen. (2024). Remote Sensing Framework for Evaluating Forest Landscape Restoration Projects: Enhancing Accuracy and Effectiveness. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 21. 1–5.
2.
3.
Helsen, Kenny, et al.. (2023). Functional‐trait contrasts between terrestrial and epiphytic ferns in Taiwanese subtropical cloud forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(6). 1 indexed citations
4.
5.
Berecha, Gezahegn, et al.. (2022). Contrasting coffee leaf rust epidemics between forest coffee and semi-forest coffee agroforestry systems in SW-Ethiopia. Heliyon. 8(12). e11892–e11892. 6 indexed citations
6.
Helsen, Kenny, Martin Diekmann, Guillaume Decocq, et al.. (2021). Biological flora of Central Europe: Impatiens glandulifera Royle. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 50. 125609–125609. 16 indexed citations
7.
8.
9.
Cleemput, Elisa Van, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Kenny Helsen, Olivier Honnay, & Ben Somers. (2020). Remotely sensed plant traits can provide insights into ecosystem impacts of plant invasions: a case study covering two functionally different invaders. Biological Invasions. 22(12). 3533–3550. 12 indexed citations
10.
Plue, Jan, Sara A. O. Cousins, Karen De Pauw, et al.. (2020). Biological Flora of the British Isles:Poa nemoralis. Journal of Ecology. 108(4). 1750–1774. 3 indexed citations
11.
Helsen, Kenny, et al.. (2019). Community assembly on extensive green roofs: Effects of dispersal‐, abiotic‐ and biotic filtering on the spontaneous species‐ and functional diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(6). 1078–1088. 12 indexed citations
12.
Helsen, Kenny, Jenny Hagenblad, Kamal Acharya, et al.. (2019). No genetic erosion after five generations for Impatiens glandulifera populations across the invaded range in Europe. BMC Genetics. 20(1). 20–20. 11 indexed citations
13.
Luo, Wentao, Xiaoan Zuo, Robert J. Griffin‐Nolan, et al.. (2019). Long term experimental drought alters community plant trait variation, not trait means, across three semiarid grasslands. Plant and Soil. 442(1-2). 343–353. 36 indexed citations
14.
Helsen, Kenny, et al.. (2018). Impacts of an invasive plant on primary production: Testing a functional trait‐based framework with a greenhouse experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science. 29(2). 157–166. 7 indexed citations
15.
Helsen, Kenny, Kamal Prasad Acharya, Jörg Brunet, et al.. (2017). Biotic and abiotic drivers of intraspecific trait variation within plant populations of three herbaceous plant species along a latitudinal gradient. BMC Ecology. 17(1). 38–38. 47 indexed citations
16.
Helsen, Kenny, Martin Hermy, & Olivier Honnay. (2016). A test of priority effect persistence in semi-natural grasslands through the removal of plant functional groups during community assembly. BMC Ecology. 16(1). 22–22. 29 indexed citations
17.
Meeus, Sofie, Steven B. Janssens, Kenny Helsen, & Hans Jacquemyn. (2015). Evolutionary trends in the distylous genus Pulmonaria (Boraginaceae): Evidence of ancient hybridization and current interspecific gene flow. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98. 63–73. 14 indexed citations
18.
Meerbeek, Koenraad Van, Kenny Helsen, & Martin Hermy. (2014). Impact of land-use intensity on the conservation of functional and phylogenetic diversity in temperate semi-natural plant communities. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23(9). 2259–2272. 29 indexed citations
19.
Helsen, Kenny, Hans Jacquemyn, Martin Hermy, Katrien Vandepitte, & Olivier Honnay. (2013). Rapid Buildup of Genetic Diversity in Founder Populations of the Gynodioecious Plant Species Origanum vulgare after Semi-Natural Grassland Restoration. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e67255–e67255. 26 indexed citations
20.
Helsen, Kenny, Martin Hermy, & Olivier Honnay. (2012). Trait but not species convergence during plant community assembly in restored semi‐natural grasslands. Oikos. 121(12). 2121–2130. 70 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Soraya Rouifed Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Adelar Mantovani Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jun‐Ichirou Suzuki Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rafael F. del Castillo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brenda J. Grewell Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Samuel Bridgewater Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Robert C. Godfree Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Emmanuele Farris Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cindy Q. Tang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marcelo Freire Moro
Rankless by CCL
2026