P Van Wyk

787 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 615 citations indexed

About

P Van Wyk is a scholar working on Forestry, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, P Van Wyk has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 615 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Forestry, 5 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in P Van Wyk's work include African Botany and Ecology Studies (5 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (2 papers). P Van Wyk is often cited by papers focused on African Botany and Ecology Studies (5 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (2 papers). P Van Wyk collaborates with scholars based in Singapore. P Van Wyk's co-authors include A.E. van Wyk, N. Fairall, U. De V. Pienaar, B.-E. Van Wyk, W. P. D Gertenbach, A.J. Hall-Martin, Ben Coetzee and Eric R. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Koedoe and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

P Van Wyk

13 papers receiving 524 citations

Hit Papers

Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300
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. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa
    1997 329 citations A.E. van Wyk, P Van Wyk profile →

Peers

P Van Wyk
P. Jacquard France
J. K. Adamson United Kingdom
Bo Tengnäs
Oleg Polunin United States
B. A. McKenzie New Zealand
R. Ganesan India
M. S. Cid Argentina
Zhaobin Jing China
Petr Maděra Czechia
S. Neser South Africa
P. Jacquard France
P Van Wyk
Citations per year, relative to P Van Wyk P Van Wyk (= 1×) peers P. Jacquard

Countries citing papers authored by P Van Wyk

Since Specialization
Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by P Van Wyk

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by P Van Wyk. 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 P Van Wyk. The network helps show where P Van Wyk may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of P Van Wyk

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
1.
Wyk, A.E. van & P Van Wyk. (2019). How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa. 1 indexed citations
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Wyk, A.E. van & P Van Wyk. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa Ed. 2. 4 indexed citations
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Wyk, A.E. van, P Van Wyk, & B.-E. Van Wyk. (2000). Photographic Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. 42 indexed citations
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Wyk, A.E. van & P Van Wyk. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. 329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wyk, P Van. (1994). Field guide to the trees of the Kruger National Park. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 41 indexed citations
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Wyk, P Van. (1993). Southern African Trees: a Photographic Guide. 8 indexed citations
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Wyk, P Van, et al.. (1984). The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park : 1931-1981. Koedoe. 27(2). 6 indexed citations
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Coetzee, Ben, et al.. (1981). ʼn Plantekologiese verkenning van die waterberggebied in die Noord-Transvaalse bosveld. Koedoe. 24(1). 4 indexed citations
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Wyk, P Van. (1972). Trees of the Kruger National Park. 46 indexed citations
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Wyk, P Van & N. Fairall. (1969). The influence of the African Elephant on the vegetation of the Kruger National Park. Koedoe. 12(1). 66 indexed citations
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Pienaar, U. De V., P Van Wyk, & N. Fairall. (1966). An experimental cropping scheme of Hippopotami in the Letaba river of the Kruger National Park. Koedoe. 9(1). 31 indexed citations
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Pienaar, U. De V., P Van Wyk, & N. Fairall. (1966). An areal census of elephant and buffalo in the Kruger National Park and the implication thereof on intended management schemes. Koedoe. 9(1). 33 indexed citations
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