Orsolya Valkó

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Orsolya Valkó is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Orsolya Valkó has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 73 papers in Ecology and 65 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Orsolya Valkó's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (94 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (50 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (32 papers). Orsolya Valkó is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (94 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (50 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (32 papers). Orsolya Valkó collaborates with scholars based in Hungary, Germany and Poland. Orsolya Valkó's co-authors include Balázs Déak, Péter Török, Béla Tóthmérész, András Kelemen, Tamás Miglécz, Katalin Tóth, Gábor Matus, Lars Westerberg, Peter Poschlod and Malin Tälle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Orsolya Valkó

138 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management

2016 261 citations Balázs Déak, Orsolya Valkó et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Orsolya Valkó Hungary	37	2.1k	1.7k	1.4k	904	801	149	3.8k
Balázs Déak Hungary	37	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	842 0.9×	924 1.2×	138	3.7k
Élise Buisson France	35	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	128	4.1k
Yann Hautier Netherlands	26	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	911 1.1×	72	3.9k
Annette Otte Germany	36	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	977 1.2×	129	4.0k
Ana M. Cingolani Argentina	37	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	816 0.6×	947 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	95	3.7k
Péter Török Hungary	40	3.1k 1.5×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	174	5.4k
Karsten Wesche Germany	38	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	909 1.1×	167	4.4k
Marcelo Sternberg Israel	32	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	94	4.4k
Norbert Hölzel Germany	42	2.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	158	5.6k
Jennifer Firn Australia	26	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	907 0.7×	660 0.7×	924 1.2×	83	3.5k

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Kotowska, Dorota, Andràs Báldí, Péter Dobosy, et al.. (2025). Aligning land use with sustainability: Context-sensitive pathways forward. Journal of Environmental Management. 394. 127252–127252.

Déak, Balázs, et al.. (2025). Ancient mounds, modern refuges: Out-of-production sites on kurgans support rare weeds in agricultural landscapes. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 394. 109902–109902.

Klaus, Valentin H., et al.. (2025). Countries need ambitious urban biodiversity targets under the EU Nature Restoration Law. npj Urban Sustainability. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Bede‐Fazekas, Ákos, et al.. (2025). Potential vegetation estimations help to assess feasibility and expected effort needed in grassland restoration by shrub removal. Restoration Ecology. 33(4). 1 indexed citations

Fekete, Réka, Orsolya Valkó, Leonie K. Fischer, Balázs Déak, & Valentin H. Klaus. (2024). Ecological restoration and biodiversity-friendly management of urban grasslands – A global review on the current state of knowledge. Journal of Environmental Management. 368. 122220–122220. 12 indexed citations

Valkó, Orsolya, et al.. (2024). Effects of mound building and caching by steppe mouse (Mus spicilegus Petényi) on the vegetation in agroecosystems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 379. 109359–109359. 1 indexed citations

Déak, Balázs, et al.. (2024). Synergies and Trade-offs Between Cultural and Natural Values of Sacred Sites – a Case Study of Ancient Burial Mounds in Central Europe. Human Ecology. 52(4). 743–756. 2 indexed citations

Csecserits, Anikó, et al.. (2023). Native species can reduce the establishment of invasive alien species if sown in high density and using competitive species. Restoration Ecology. 31(5). 10 indexed citations

Valkó, Orsolya, et al.. (2023). ‘Sense of place’ and conservation: Toponym diversity helps to maintain vegetation naturalness. People and Nature. 5(3). 1027–1033. 6 indexed citations

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Lukács, Katalin & Orsolya Valkó. (2021). Human-vectored seed dispersal as a threat to protected areas: Prevention, mitigation and policy. Global Ecology and Conservation. 31. e01851–e01851. 10 indexed citations

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Valkó, Orsolya, et al.. (2021). Threats and challenges related to grazing paddocks: Recovery of extremely overgrazed grassland after grazing exclusion. Arid Land Research and Management. 35(3). 346–357. 7 indexed citations

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Kiss, Réka, Balázs Déak, Béla Tóthmérész, et al.. (2020). Establishment gaps in species‐poor grasslands: artificial biodiversity hotspots to support the colonization of target species. Restoration Ecology. 29(S1). 26 indexed citations

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Rodrigo‐Comino, Jesús, Manuel López‐Vicente, Vinod Kumar, et al.. (2020). Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics. Air Soil and Water Research. 13. 89 indexed citations

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Fantinato, Edy, Judit Sonkoly, Orsolya Valkó, et al.. (2019). Pollination and dispersal trait spectra recover faster than the growth form spectrum during spontaneous succession in sandy old‐fields. Applied Vegetation Science. 22(3). 435–443. 4 indexed citations

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Valkó, Orsolya, András Kelemen, Tamás Miglécz, et al.. (2017). Litter removal does not compensate detrimental fire effects on biodiversity in regularly burned semi-natural grasslands. The Science of The Total Environment. 622-623. 783–789. 16 indexed citations

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E‐Vojtkó, Anna, Attila Mesterházy, Kristóf Süveges, Orsolya Valkó, & B. Lukács. (2017). Changes in sediment seed‐bank composition of invaded macrophyte communities in a thermal river. Freshwater Biology. 62(6). 1024–1035. 5 indexed citations

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Török, Péter, Orsolya Valkó, Balázs Déak, et al.. (2016). Managing for species composition or diversity? Pastoral and free grazing systems in alkali steppes. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 234. 23–30. 60 indexed citations

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Déak, Balázs, Orsolya Valkó, András Kelemen, et al.. (2011). Litter and graminoid biomass accumulation suppresses weedy forbs in grassland restoration. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 145(3). 730–737. 43 indexed citations

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Valkó, Orsolya, András Kelemen, Péter Török, et al.. (2010). Gyeprekonstrukció napraforgó- és gabonatáblák helyén alacsony diverzitású magkeverékek vetésével. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences).

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Déak, Balázs, Péter Török, Enikő Vida, et al.. (2008). Szik- és löszgyep-rekonstrukció vázfajokból álló magkeverék vetésével a Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park területén (Egyek-Pusztakócs). Tájökológiai Lapok. 6(3). 323–332. 1 indexed citations

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