Roland Gerhards

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Roland Gerhards is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Gerhards has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Plant Science, 52 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 28 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Roland Gerhards's work include Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (124 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (48 papers) and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (38 papers). Roland Gerhards is often cited by papers focused on Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (124 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (48 papers) and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (38 papers). Roland Gerhards collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and China. Roland Gerhards's co-authors include Gerassimos G. Peteinatos, Svend Christensen, Dionisio Andújar, Markus Sökefeld, Martin Weis, W. Kühbauch, Víctor Rueda-Ayala, Erich-Christian Oerke, R. A. Sikora and Gunter Menz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Roland Gerhards

158 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Advances in site‐specific weed management in agriculture—... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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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. Advances in site‐specific weed management in agriculture—A review
    2022 130 citations Roland Gerhards, Pavel Hamouz et al. Weed Research profile →

Peers

Roland Gerhards
Muthukumar Bagavathiannan United States
César Fernández‐Quintanilla Spain
José Dorado Spain
Gulshan Mahajan India
Svend Christensen Denmark
Wilhelm Claupein Germany
Jack Christopher Australia
Felix Fritschi United States
Wade E. Thomason United States
Mainassara Zaman‐Allah Kenya
Muthukumar Bagavathiannan United States
Roland Gerhards
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Countries citing papers authored by Roland Gerhards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roland Gerhards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Gerhards

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

All Works

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Peteinatos, Gerassimos G., et al.. (2025). Assessing the capability of YOLO- and transformer-based object detectors for real-time weed detection. Precision Agriculture. 26(3). 4 indexed citations
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Gerhards, Roland, et al.. (2025). Sensor‐based inter‐ and intra‐row weed control methods in sugar beet, sunflower, and maize. Weed Research. 65(3). 1 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Matthias, Markus Sökefeld, Dionisio Andújar, et al.. (2025). A comparative applied analysis of six robotic-assisted weeding systems in sugar beets. Plant Soil and Environment. 71(11). 782–792.
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Gerhards, Roland, et al.. (2024). A new approach for modelling weed suppression of cover crops. Weed Research. 64(3). 219–226. 3 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Reintroduction strategies for rare arable weeds in agricultural practice and their influence on yield. Weed Research. 64(5). 384–394. 1 indexed citations
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Gerhards, Roland, et al.. (2024). Development and evaluation of a sensor-based slope-compensation system for camera-guided hoeing in maize. Biosystems Engineering. 247. 91–96. 1 indexed citations
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Piepho, Hans‐Peter, Waqas Ahmed Malik, Abbas El‐Hasan, et al.. (2024). Efficacy assessment in crop protection: a tutorial on the use of Abbott’s formula. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. 131(6). 2139–2160. 3 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Matthias, et al.. (2023). Impact of different establishment methods for summer-sown cover crops in Southwestern Germany on their weed suppression properties. European Journal of Agronomy. 152. 127031–127031. 2 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Jürgen, et al.. (2023). Weed control in a pesticide‐free farming system with mineral fertilisers. Weed Research. 63(3). 196–206. 7 indexed citations
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Gerhards, Roland, et al.. (2022). Advances in site‐specific weed management in agriculture—A review. Weed Research. 62(2). 123–133. 130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerhards, Roland, et al.. (2021). Crop Response to Leaf and Seed Applications of the Biostimulant ComCat® under Stress Conditions. Agronomy. 11(6). 1161–1161. 5 indexed citations
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Martínez-Guanter, Jorge, Ángela Ribeiro, Gerassimos G. Peteinatos, et al.. (2019). Low-Cost Three-Dimensional Modeling of Crop Plants. Sensors. 19(13). 2883–2883. 36 indexed citations
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Rueda-Ayala, Víctor, et al.. (2011). The influence of post‐emergence weed harrowing on selectivity, crop recovery and crop yield in different growth stages of winter wheat. Weed Research. 51(5). 478–488. 42 indexed citations
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Menegat, Alexander, et al.. (2011). Chlorophyll fluorescence microscreening as a rapid detection method for herbicide resistance in grass weeds in North China Plain winter wheat production systems and beyond.. JOURNAL OF WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH. 18. 350–358. 4 indexed citations
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Menegat, Alexander, et al.. (2011). Introduction of a non destructive method for the investigation of herbicide efficacy in greenhouse bioassays based on image analysis.. JOURNAL OF WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH. 18. 203–209.
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Sökefeld, Markus, et al.. (2000). Site-specific weed control - from weed recording to herbicide application.. 227–233. 10 indexed citations
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Gerhards, Roland, et al.. (2000). Precision weed control - more than just saving herbicides.. 179–186. 6 indexed citations

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