Oscar Franken

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Oscar Franken is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Oscar Franken has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Oceanography and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Oscar Franken's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (5 papers). Oscar Franken is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (5 papers). Oscar Franken collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Oscar Franken's co-authors include E. Toby Kiers, Jan Jansa, Heike Bücking, Alberto Bago, Erik Verbruggen, Carl R. Fellbaum, George A. Kowalchuk, Todd M. Palmer, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse and Stuart A. West and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Oscar Franken

20 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhiz... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
    2011 1.3k citations E. Toby Kiers, Oscar Franken et al. profile →

Peers

Oscar Franken
Carl R. Fellbaum United States
Ülle Reier Estonia
Ek del‐Val Mexico
Jesse M. Kalwij South Africa
Peggy A. Schultz United States
Steven G. Hallett United States
Alicia Montesinos‐Navarro Spain
Gionata Bocci Italy
Brian J. Pickles United Kingdom
Stephanie S. Porter United States
Carl R. Fellbaum United States
Oscar Franken
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Countries citing papers authored by Oscar Franken

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oscar Franken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oscar Franken

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oscar Franken. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oscar Franken 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 Oscar Franken. Oscar Franken 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
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Franken, Oscar, Holger Haslob, Laura L. Govers, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of Population Trends Reveals Seascape‐Wide Reorganisation of Biodiversity From Microalgae to Birds. Global Change Biology. 31(6). e70298–e70298. 2 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar, et al.. (2025). Introduced substrates trigger colonization by reef-associated fish in a degraded coastal system. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0317431–e0317431.
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Witbaard, Rob, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Stuart Pearson, et al.. (2025). Coarsening coasts: quantifying sensitivity of benthic communities to sandification. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 320. 109303–109303. 1 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar, Ralph J. M. Temmink, Jannes H. T. Heusinkveld, et al.. (2025). Structural complexity of hard substrates shapes shallow marine benthic communities. Oikos. 2025(8).
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Franken, Oscar, Tjisse van der Heide, Sander Holthuijsen, et al.. (2024). Reintroduction of self-facilitating feedbacks could advance subtidal eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar, et al.. (2024). Hotspots in peril: Misalignment of conservation efforts and ecological values in a shallow coastal sea. People and Nature. 7(1). 160–179.
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Franken, Oscar, et al.. (2024). Enhancing ecological complexity in soft‐bottom coastal ecosystems: the impact of introducing hard substrates. Restoration Ecology. 32(4). 10 indexed citations
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Reijers, Valérie C., Tjeerd J. Bouma, Daphne van der Wal, et al.. (2024). Mutual facilitation between foundation species Mytilus edulis and Lanice conchilega promotes habitat heterogeneity on tidal flats. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar, Sander Holthuijsen, Britas Klemens Eriksson, et al.. (2023). Who lives in a pear tree under the sea? A first look at tree reefs as a complex natural biodegradable structure to enhance biodiversity in marine systems. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 9 indexed citations
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Gusmao, Joao B., Oscar Franken, Tjisse van der Heide, et al.. (2023). The seafloor from a trait perspective. A comprehensive life history dataset of soft sediment macrozoobenthos. Scientific Data. 10(1). 808–808. 5 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar, et al.. (2022). Characterizing bedforms in shallow seas as an integrative predictor of seafloor stability and the occurrence of macrozoobenthic species. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 9(3). 323–339. 4 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar, et al.. (2020). Disentangling the effects of plant species invasion and urban development on arthropod community composition. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3294–3306. 18 indexed citations
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Rineau, François, Jürg W. Spaak, Oscar Franken, et al.. (2019). Food Web Uncertainties Influence Predictions of Climate Change Effects on Soil Carbon Sequestration in Heathlands. Microbial Ecology. 79(3). 686–693. 5 indexed citations
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Franken, Oscar & Matty P. Berg. (2018). Entomofauna van de Noord-Hollandse duinen: Verslag van de 171e NEV-zomerbijeenkomst. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 78(2). 42–69. 1 indexed citations
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González, Jonathan B., Renee H. Petipas, Oscar Franken, et al.. (2018). Herbivore removal reduces influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and tolerance in an East African savanna. Oecologia. 187(1). 123–133. 10 indexed citations
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Knegt, Bram, Jan Jansa, Oscar Franken, et al.. (2014). Host plant quality mediates competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Fungal ecology. 20. 233–240. 45 indexed citations
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Hunting, Ellard R., et al.. (2013). Substrate as a driver of sponge distributions in mangrove ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 486. 133–141. 15 indexed citations
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Nota, Benjamin, Martijn J.T.N. Timmermans, Oscar Franken, et al.. (2008). Gene Expression Analysis of Collembola in Cadmium Containing Soil. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(21). 8152–8157. 59 indexed citations

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