Petra Wester

50 total papers · 920 total citations
28 papers, 585 citations indexed

About

Petra Wester is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Petra Wester has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 585 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Petra Wester’s work include Plant and animal studies (24 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (15 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (8 papers). Petra Wester is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (24 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (15 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (8 papers). Petra Wester collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and Czechia. Petra Wester's co-authors include Regıne Classen‐Bockhoff, Steven D. Johnson, Anton Pauw, Klaus Lunau, Werner Knöß, Christa Neumeyer, Bruce Anderson, Corneile Minnaar, Kenneth Oberlander and João Loureiro and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Petra Wester

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

Petra Wester

28 papers receiving 567 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Petra Wester

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Petra Wester

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