Lawrence Behers

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 969 citations indexed

About

Lawrence Behers is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence Behers has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 969 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Plant Science, 2 papers in Ecology and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lawrence Behers's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (2 papers). Lawrence Behers is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (2 papers). Lawrence Behers collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Israel and Estonia. Lawrence Behers's co-authors include Salme Timmusk, Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva, Anne-Charlotte Aronsson, Eviatar Nevo, Islam A. Abd El-Daim, Lucian Copolovici, Elna Stenström, Ülo Niinemets, Astrid Kännaste and Bo Ek and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Behers

8 papers receiving 936 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Drought-Tolerance of Wheat Improved by Rhizosphere Bacteria from Harsh Environments: Enhanced Biomass Production and Reduced Emissions of Stress Volatiles

2014 411 citations Salme Timmusk, Islam A. Abd El-Daim et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Perspectives and Challenges of Microbial Application for Crop Improvement

2017 330 citations Salme Timmusk, Lawrence Behers et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence Behers Sweden	6	820	217	99	75	70	8	969
Hui Tian China	20	788 1.0×	192 0.9×	48 0.5×	105 1.4×	42 0.6×	45	959
Islam A. Abd El-Daim Sweden	8	924 1.1×	215 1.0×	25 0.3×	69 0.9×	61 0.9×	9	1.0k
Lulu Xie China	16	349 0.4×	265 1.2×	33 0.3×	86 1.1×	63 0.9×	31	591
Vadivelmurugan Irulappan India	7	670 0.8×	187 0.9×	31 0.3×	24 0.3×	41 0.6×	12	813
Bruna Durante Batista Australia	12	669 0.8×	199 0.9×	18 0.2×	75 1.0×	113 1.6×	21	845
Cecilia M. Creus Argentina	13	818 1.0×	222 1.0×	16 0.2×	81 1.1×	59 0.8×	29	950
Juan Ignacio Vílchez Spain	13	556 0.7×	160 0.7×	22 0.2×	47 0.6×	62 0.9×	32	692
Heba Ibrahim Egypt	15	636 0.8×	178 0.8×	24 0.2×	42 0.6×	21 0.3×	28	780
Elizabeth J. Gray Canada	5	574 0.7×	221 1.0×	15 0.2×	50 0.7×	43 0.6×	7	766
Ram Nageena Singh India	13	270 0.3×	153 0.7×	56 0.6×	24 0.3×	102 1.5×	42	535

Countries citing papers authored by Lawrence Behers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lawrence Behers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence Behers

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Timmusk, Salme, et al.. (2021). Paenibacillus polymyxa A26 and Its Surfactant-Deficient Mutant Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 266–276. 3 indexed citations

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Timmusk, Salme, et al.. (2019). Paenibacillus polymyxa biofilm polysaccharides antagonise Fusarium graminearum. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 662–662. 36 indexed citations

3.

Timmusk, Salme, Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva, & Lawrence Behers. (2018). Titania (TiO2) nanoparticles enhance the performance of growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 617–617. 113 indexed citations

4.

Timmusk, Salme, et al.. (2017). Perspectives and Challenges of Microbial Application for Crop Improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 49–49. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Timmusk, Salme, Eviatar Nevo, Islam A. Abd El-Daim, et al.. (2015). Sfp-type PPTase inactivation promotes bacterial biofilm formation and ability to enhance wheat drought tolerance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 387–387. 60 indexed citations

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Timmusk, Salme, Islam A. Abd El-Daim, Lucian Copolovici, et al.. (2014). Drought-Tolerance of Wheat Improved by Rhizosphere Bacteria from Harsh Environments: Enhanced Biomass Production and Reduced Emissions of Stress Volatiles. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96086–e96086. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Timmusk, Salme, Lucian Copolovici, Astrid Kännaste, et al.. (2014). Drought-tolerance of wheat improved by rhizosphere bacteria from harsh environments. Epsilon Open Archive (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet biblioteket (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)). 1 indexed citations

8.

Timmusk, Salme, et al.. (2013). Rhizobacterial Plant Drought Stress Tolerance Enhancement: Towards Sustainable Water Resource Management and Food Security. 1(1). 6–9. 15 indexed citations

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