Rafael Herrera

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rafael Herrera is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Herrera has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Rafael Herrera's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Forest ecology and management (4 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (3 papers). Rafael Herrera is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Forest ecology and management (4 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (3 papers). Rafael Herrera collaborates with scholars based in Venezuela, Spain and Germany. Rafael Herrera's co-authors include Ernesto Medina, Christopher Uhl, Kathleen Clark, Juan F. Saldarriaga, Robert L. Sanford, H. Klinge, M. A. Sobrado, Gisela Cuenca, Teresa Vegas‐Vilarrúbia and G. Escalante and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Herrera

34 papers receiving 999 citations

Hit Papers

Amazon Rain-Forest Fires 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 50 100 150 200 250
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. Amazon Rain-Forest Fires
    1985 250 citations Robert L. Sanford, Juan F. Saldarriaga et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Herrera Venezuela 18 449 313 299 233 202 34 1.1k
Maarit Puhakka Finland 9 274 0.6× 523 1.7× 156 0.5× 702 3.0× 122 0.6× 10 1.2k
Amos Majule Tanzania 16 319 0.7× 72 0.2× 190 0.6× 204 0.9× 316 1.6× 49 1.1k
Zewdu Eshetu Ethiopia 19 439 1.0× 111 0.4× 81 0.3× 120 0.5× 355 1.8× 32 858
L. Shanan Israel 10 204 0.5× 157 0.5× 292 1.0× 225 1.0× 112 0.6× 17 1.1k
Aziz Nacib Ab’Sáber Brazil 16 245 0.5× 190 0.6× 60 0.2× 181 0.8× 56 0.3× 69 818
Przemyslaw Zelazowski United Kingdom 13 1.1k 2.5× 539 1.7× 149 0.5× 496 2.1× 250 1.2× 18 1.7k
J. J. Jiménez-Osornio Mexico 15 294 0.7× 87 0.3× 190 0.6× 107 0.5× 194 1.0× 39 720
Jonathan A. Sandor United States 23 143 0.3× 35 0.1× 311 1.0× 267 1.1× 241 1.2× 33 1.4k
André A. Mariotti France 11 176 0.4× 111 0.4× 232 0.8× 435 1.9× 297 1.5× 15 1.1k
Christiane W. Runyan United States 10 494 1.1× 177 0.6× 98 0.3× 295 1.3× 152 0.8× 16 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafael Herrera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Herrera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Herrera

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

All Works

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Vilanova, Emilio, Hirma Ramírez‐Angulo, Armando Torres‐Lezama, et al.. (2018). Environmental drivers of forest structure and stem turnover across Venezuelan tropical forests. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198489–e0198489. 23 indexed citations
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Chacón, Noemí, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms Involved in Soil Ammonium Production in a Mauritia flexuosa Palm Swamp Community. Wetlands. 38(3). 641–646. 1 indexed citations
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Navarro‐Cerrillo, Rafael M., Raúl Sánchez‐Salguero, Rafael Herrera, et al.. (2016). Contrasting growth and water use efficiency after thinning in mixed Abies pinsapo-Pinus pinaster-Pinus sylvestris forests. Journal of Forest Science. 62(2). 53–64. 30 indexed citations
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Dezzeo, Nelda, Rafael Herrera, G. Escalante, & Noemí Chacón. (2000). Deposition of sediments during a flood event on seasonally flooded forests of the lower Orinoco River and two of its black-water tributaries, Venezuela. Biogeochemistry. 49(3). 241–257. 16 indexed citations
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Herrera, Rafael, et al.. (1995). The use of a common epiphytic lichen as a bioindicator of atmospheric inputs to two Venezuelan cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 11(1). 1–26. 18 indexed citations
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Barrios, Edmundo & Rafael Herrera. (1994). Nitrogen cycling in a Venezuelan tropical seasonally flooded forest: soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 10(3). 399–416. 30 indexed citations
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Herrera, Rafael, et al.. (1994). Studies of fog events at two cloud forests near Caracas, Venezuela-I. frequency and duration of fog. Atmospheric Environment. 28(2). 317–322. 16 indexed citations
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Vegas‐Vilarrúbia, Teresa & Rafael Herrera. (1993). Seasonal alternation of lentic/lotic conditions in the Mapire system, a tropical floodplain lake in Venezuela. Hydrobiologia. 262(1). 43–55. 12 indexed citations
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Cuenca, Gonzalo Marco, et al.. (1991). Distribution of aluminium in accumulator plants by X‐ray microanalysis in Richeria grandis Vahl leaves from a cloud forest in Venezuela. Plant Cell & Environment. 14(4). 437–441. 28 indexed citations
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Cuenca, Gisela, et al.. (1990). Effects of VA mycorrhiza on the growth of cacao seedlings under nursery conditions in Venezuela. Plant and Soil. 126(1). 71–78. 14 indexed citations
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Cuenca, Gisela, Rafael Herrera, & Ernesto Medina. (1990). Aluminium tolerance in trees of a tropical cloud forest. Plant and Soil. 125(2). 169–175. 56 indexed citations
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Vegas‐Vilarrúbia, Teresa, Jorge Paolini, & Rafael Herrera. (1988). A physico-chemical survey of blackwater rivers from the Orinoco and the Amazon basins in Venezuela. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 111(4). 491–506. 23 indexed citations
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Sanford, Robert L., Juan F. Saldarriaga, Kathleen Clark, Christopher Uhl, & Rafael Herrera. (1985). Amazon Rain-Forest Fires. Science. 227(4682). 53–55. 250 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ehrlich, Paul R., John Harte, Mark A. Harwell, et al.. (1983). Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War. Science. 222(4630). 1293–1300. 115 indexed citations
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Klinge, H. & Rafael Herrera. (1983). Phytomass structure of natural plant communities on spodosols in southern Venezuela: The tall Amazon Caatinga forest. Plant Ecology. 53(2). 65–84. 59 indexed citations
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Herrera, Rafael, Ernesto Medina, H. Klinge, Carl F. Jordan, & Christopher Uhl. (1981). Nutrient retention mechanisms in tropical forests: The Amazon Caatinga, San Carlos pilot project, Venezuela. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1. 85–97. 3 indexed citations
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Medina, Ernesto, M. A. Sobrado, & Rafael Herrera. (1978). Significance of leaf orientation for leaf temperature in an amazonian sclerophyll vegetation. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 15(2). 131–140. 73 indexed citations
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Herrera, Rafael, et al.. (1974). Neutron activation analysis of trace elements in quartz sands: Its possibilities in the assessment of provenance. Chemical Geology. 14(1-2). 81–93. 9 indexed citations

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