Michael Kessler

299 papers and 10.6k indexed citations
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About

Michael Kessler is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kessler has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 132 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 84 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Kessler’s work include Plant and animal studies (160 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (140 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (127 papers). Michael Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (160 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (140 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (127 papers). Michael Kessler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Michael Kessler's co-authors include Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Jürgen Kluge, Holger Kreft, Rodrigo Wilber Soria-Auza, Jürgen Böhner, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Olaf Conrad, Tobias Kawohl, H. Peter Linder and Thorsten Krömer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Kessler

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Kessler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Kessler

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