Norbert Jürgens

3.5k total citations
59 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Norbert Jürgens is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Norbert Jürgens has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 15 papers in Ecological Modeling and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Norbert Jürgens's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers) and African Botany and Ecology Studies (9 papers). Norbert Jürgens is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers) and African Botany and Ecology Studies (9 papers). Norbert Jürgens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and Namibia. Norbert Jürgens's co-authors include Ute Schmiedel, Jens Oldeland, Dirk Wesuls, Wouter Dorigo, Robert J. Scholes, Duccio Rocchini, Michael W. Schmidt, Georgina M. Mace, Anne Larigauderie and Harold A. Mooney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Norbert Jürgens

56 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norbert Jürgens Germany 20 674 648 534 410 402 59 1.7k
Fabio Attorre Italy 22 536 0.8× 413 0.6× 410 0.8× 399 1.0× 368 0.9× 121 1.6k
Eva Spehn Switzerland 19 908 1.3× 507 0.8× 507 0.9× 347 0.8× 515 1.3× 34 2.0k
Pablo A. Cipriotti Argentina 18 912 1.4× 531 0.8× 569 1.1× 156 0.4× 388 1.0× 59 1.7k
Kimberly J. La Pierre United States 21 842 1.2× 648 1.0× 772 1.4× 196 0.5× 329 0.8× 24 1.8k
S. P. S. Kushwaha India 23 561 0.8× 939 1.4× 648 1.2× 655 1.6× 256 0.6× 68 2.0k
Robert John India 14 1.2k 1.8× 495 0.8× 549 1.0× 414 1.0× 680 1.7× 33 1.8k
Sylvie de Blois Canada 27 1.2k 1.7× 818 1.3× 717 1.3× 378 0.9× 482 1.2× 39 2.0k
Mario González‐Espinosa Mexico 24 909 1.3× 499 0.8× 643 1.2× 251 0.6× 473 1.2× 63 1.8k
Philip Desmet South Africa 21 814 1.2× 657 1.0× 612 1.1× 370 0.9× 413 1.0× 36 1.6k
Duncan Golicher Mexico 22 617 0.9× 490 0.8× 464 0.9× 439 1.1× 337 0.8× 32 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norbert Jürgens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norbert Jürgens

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holdt, Johanna von, Helga van der Merwe, Igshaan Samuels, et al.. (2025). Land cover, drought, and dust emission in arid Succulent Karoo shrublands. Aeolian Research. 74. 101006–101006.
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Jürgens, Norbert & Alexander Gröngröft. (2023). Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 60. 125745–125745. 4 indexed citations
3.
Lages, Fernanda, et al.. (2022). Tipping the scales: how fire controls the balance among functional groups in Angolan grasslands. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 39(1). 56–69. 5 indexed citations
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Gonçalves, Francisco M. P., et al.. (2021). First vegetation-plot database of woody species from Huíla province, SW Angola. ZooKeys. 2. 109–116. 5 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert, et al.. (2021). Welwitschia: Phylogeography of a living fossil, diversified within a desert refuge. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2385–2385. 9 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert, et al.. (2019). Elevation‐richness pattern of vascular plants in wadis of the arid mountain Gebel Elba, Egypt. African Journal of Ecology. 57(2). 238–246. 6 indexed citations
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Kruger, Herculina S., Carlos Ribeiro, Mary Seely, et al.. (2018). SASSCAL WeatherNet: present state, challenges, and achievements of the regional climatic observation network and database. Biodiversity & Ecology. 6. 34–43. 21 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert, et al.. (2018). Biodiversity observation - an overview of the current state and first results of biodiversity monitoring studies. Biodiversity & Ecology. 6. 382–396. 6 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert, et al.. (2018). Online presentation of the SASSCAL ObservationNet. Biodiversity & Ecology. 6. 448–449. 5 indexed citations
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Proença, Vânia, Laura J. Martin, Henrique M. Pereira, et al.. (2016). Global biodiversity monitoring: From data sources to Essential Biodiversity Variables. Biological Conservation. 213. 256–263. 183 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert, et al.. (2015). The Effect of Epidermal Structures on Leaf Spectral Signatures of Ice Plants (Aizoaceae). Remote Sensing. 7(12). 16901–16914. 20 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert, et al.. (2012). Namib Desert Region Vegetation Database. Biodiversity & Ecology. 4. 296–296. 1 indexed citations
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Schmiedel, Ute, et al.. (2012). BIOTA Southern Africa Biodiversity Observatories Vegetation Database. Biodiversity & Ecology. 4. 111–123. 4 indexed citations
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Reynolds, James F., Alan Grainger, Mark Stafford‐Smith, et al.. (2011). Scientific concepts for an integrated analysis of desertification. Land Degradation and Development. 22(2). 166–183. 115 indexed citations
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Oldeland, Jens, Wouter Dorigo, Dirk Wesuls, & Norbert Jürgens. (2010). Mapping Bush Encroaching Species by Seasonal Differences in Hyperspectral Imagery. Remote Sensing. 2(6). 1416–1438. 55 indexed citations
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Mills, Anthony, et al.. (2010). Do soil properties constrain species richness? Insights from boundary line analysis across several biomes in south western Africa. Journal of Arid Environments. 74(9). 1052–1060. 63 indexed citations
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Scholes, Robert J., Georgina M. Mace, Woody Turner, et al.. (2008). Toward a Global Biodiversity Observing System. Science. 321(5892). 1044–1045. 181 indexed citations
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Krug, Cornelia B., et al.. (2006). North-South cooperation through BIOTA: an interdisciplinary monitoring programme in arid and semi-arid southern Africa. South African Journal of Science. 102. 187–190. 7 indexed citations
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Schmiedel, Ute & Norbert Jürgens. (2004). Habitat ecology of southern African quartz fields: studies on the thermal properties near the ground. Plant Ecology. 170(2). 153–166. 31 indexed citations
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Jürgens, Norbert. (1985). Konvergente Evolution von Blatt‐ und Epidermismerkmalen bei blattsukkulenten Familien. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft. 98(1). 425–446. 10 indexed citations

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