René Montalba

483 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 314 citations indexed

About

René Montalba is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, René Montalba has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 314 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in René Montalba's work include Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (5 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (3 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 papers). René Montalba is often cited by papers focused on Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (5 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (3 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 papers). René Montalba collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and United Kingdom. René Montalba's co-authors include Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, Lorena Vieli, Gustavo E. Zúñiga, César Arriagada, Marysol Alvear, Edmundo Muñoz, Leonardo Vera, Mauricio García and Xavier Lambin and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Scientia Horticulturae and Human Ecology.

In The Last Decade

René Montalba

16 papers receiving 298 citations

Hit Papers

Technological Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture at a ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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. Technological Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture at a Crossroads: An Agroecological Perspective
    2017 215 citations Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
René Montalba Chile 7 146 96 58 53 33 16 314
Yiying Cao China 11 177 1.2× 77 0.8× 48 0.8× 29 0.5× 25 0.8× 16 354
Joanna Ory United States 7 139 1.0× 143 1.5× 44 0.8× 43 0.8× 25 0.8× 7 302
Frederick Kirschenmann United States 6 101 0.7× 118 1.2× 56 1.0× 41 0.8× 42 1.3× 19 348
Georges F. Félix Netherlands 7 138 0.9× 177 1.8× 51 0.9× 71 1.3× 35 1.1× 13 337
Frank Eyhorn Switzerland 6 192 1.3× 153 1.6× 92 1.6× 43 0.8× 58 1.8× 12 394
Louise Luttikholt Switzerland 3 188 1.3× 80 0.8× 110 1.9× 27 0.5× 37 1.1× 3 328
Hsiaoping Chien Japan 12 122 0.8× 71 0.7× 63 1.1× 72 1.4× 58 1.8× 29 408
Leida Mercado Costa Rica 9 98 0.7× 135 1.4× 42 0.7× 99 1.9× 50 1.5× 14 363
Suwanna Praneetvatakul Thailand 9 181 1.2× 112 1.2× 28 0.5× 46 0.9× 53 1.6× 18 423
Zeynab Jouzi United States 5 161 1.1× 111 1.2× 50 0.9× 22 0.4× 26 0.8× 9 311

Countries citing papers authored by René Montalba

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Fields of papers citing papers by René Montalba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René Montalba

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Altieri, Miguel A., et al.. (2025). Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought. Frontiers in Agronomy. 7. 2 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, et al.. (2019). Environmental and productive performance of different blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) production regimes: Conventional, organic, and agroecological. Scientia Horticulturae. 256. 108592–108592. 14 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, et al.. (2017). Agroecology in Chile: precursors, pioneers, and their legacy. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 41(3-4). 416–428. 6 indexed citations
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Altieri, Miguel A., Clara I. Nicholls, & René Montalba. (2017). Technological Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture at a Crossroads: An Agroecological Perspective. Sustainability. 9(3). 349–349. 215 indexed citations breakdown →
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Montalba, René, Lorena Vieli, Arturo Vallejos-Romero, Hugo Marcelo Zunino, & Leonardo Vera. (2017). DETERMINACIÓN DE LAS FUERZAS CONDUCTORAS DE LA TRANSFORMACIÓN AMBIENTAL DE LA ARAUCANÍA CHILENA: EL “PAISAJE CULTURAL” COMO MARCO DE ANÁLISIS. Diálogo andino. 51–61. 3 indexed citations
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Vera, Leonardo, et al.. (2015). Methodology for determining the suitability of land for the cultivation of highbush blueberry: a case study on a farm in southern Chile. Ciencia e investigación agraria. 42(3). 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, et al.. (2014). Ecological Change and the “Ecological Mapuche”: A Historical Sketch of the Human Ecology of Chile’s Araucania Region. Human Ecology. 42(4). 637–643. 12 indexed citations
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Murúa, R., et al.. (2013). Determination of minimal age of five species of Chusquea bamboos through rhizome analysis as a tool to predict the flowering in southern Chile. Revista chilena de historia natural. 86(4). 423–432. 3 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, et al.. (2013). Plastic mulch effects on ground beetle communities (Coleóptera: Carabidae) in an organic blueberry field. Idesia. 31(4). 61–66. 3 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, et al.. (2013). Utilización del Índice Holístico de Riesgo (IHR) como medida de resiliencia socioecológica a condiciones de escasez de recursos hídricos. Aplicación en comunidades campesinas e indígenas de la Araucanía, Chile. Digitum: Institutional Repository of the University of Murcia (University of Murcia). 8(1). 63–70. 6 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, et al.. (2013). Plastic mulch effects on ground beetle communities (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in an organic blueberry field Efecto del uso de cubiertas plásticas sobre las comunidades de carábidos (Coleoptera: Carabidae) en un huerto de arándanos bajo manejo orgánico. 1 indexed citations
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Montalba, René, César Arriagada, Marysol Alvear, & Gustavo E. Zúñiga. (2010). Effects of conventional and organic nitrogen fertilizers on soil microbial activity, mycorrhizal colonization, leaf antioxidant content, and Fusarium wilt in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.). Scientia Horticulturae. 125(4). 775–778. 27 indexed citations
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Vera, Leonardo, et al.. (2009). Sustainable Agriculture: Unifying Concepts. Ciencia e investigación agraria. 36(1). 7 indexed citations

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