S.J.E. Wand

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

S.J.E. Wand is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, S.J.E. Wand has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in S.J.E. Wand's work include Horticultural and Viticultural Research (17 papers), Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (16 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (14 papers). S.J.E. Wand is often cited by papers focused on Horticultural and Viticultural Research (17 papers), Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (16 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (14 papers). S.J.E. Wand collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Chile. S.J.E. Wand's co-authors include W.J. Steyn, D.M. Holcroft, G. Jacobs, Guy F. Midgley, Michael H. Jones, Peter S. Curtis, Jiregna Gindaba, C.F. Musil, K.I. Theron and Gerard Jacobs and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Environmental Pollution and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

S.J.E. Wand

38 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Anthocyanins in vegetative tissues: a proposed unified function in photoprotection

2002 756 citations W.J. Steyn, S.J.E. Wand et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S.J.E. Wand South Africa	21	1.7k	703	490	346	337	39	2.3k
D. Grill Austria	26	2.2k 1.3×	611 0.9×	487 1.0×	249 0.7×	329 1.0×	107	2.8k
Tsonko Tsonev Bulgaria	31	2.5k 1.5×	844 1.2×	511 1.0×	89 0.3×	253 0.8×	74	2.9k
Ina Zimmer Germany	27	1.3k 0.8×	872 1.2×	529 1.1×	221 0.6×	355 1.1×	46	2.2k
George Karabourniotis Greece	34	2.0k 1.2×	836 1.2×	405 0.8×	134 0.4×	822 2.4×	62	2.8k
Raquel Esteban Spain	21	1.2k 0.7×	522 0.7×	261 0.5×	197 0.6×	271 0.8×	50	1.8k
Beatriz Fernández‐Marín Spain	28	1.3k 0.8×	783 1.1×	461 0.9×	185 0.5×	626 1.9×	74	2.2k
M. Cecilia Rousseaux Argentina	29	1.7k 1.0×	352 0.5×	419 0.9×	139 0.4×	382 1.1×	59	2.3k
Federico Brilli Italy	27	1.8k 1.1×	603 0.9×	885 1.8×	105 0.3×	488 1.4×	52	2.9k
Kari Taulavuori Finland	24	1.2k 0.7×	361 0.5×	372 0.8×	99 0.3×	306 0.9×	68	1.9k
Karel Klem Czechia	26	1.5k 0.9×	387 0.6×	490 1.0×	67 0.2×	287 0.9×	98	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S.J.E. Wand

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20 of 20 papers shown

Steyn, W.J., et al.. (2009). Evidence for a photoprotective function of low‐temperature‐induced anthocyanin accumulation in apple and pear peel. Physiologia Plantarum. 136(4). 461–472. 104 indexed citations

Wand, S.J.E., et al.. (2008). HEAT INJURY THRESHOLDS IN APPLES MEASURED USING CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE ARE INFLUENCED BY ORCHARD HEAT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. Acta Horticulturae. 273–277. 9 indexed citations

Smit, A., W.J. Steyn, & S.J.E. Wand. (2008). EFFECTS OF SHADE NETTING ON GAS EXCHANGE OF BLUSHED APPLE CULTIVARS. Acta Horticulturae. 73–80. 9 indexed citations

Gindaba, Jiregna & S.J.E. Wand. (2007). Climate‐ameliorating measures influence photosynthetic gas exchange of apple leaves. Annals of Applied Biology. 150(1). 75–80. 19 indexed citations

Wand, S.J.E., et al.. (2005). Harvest and post-harvest apple fruit quality following applications of kaolin particle film in South African orchards. Scientia Horticulturae. 107(3). 271–276. 73 indexed citations

Gindaba, Jiregna & S.J.E. Wand. (2005). Comparative Effects of Evaporative Cooling, Kaolin Particle Film, and Shade Net on Sunburn and Fruit Quality in Apples. HortScience. 40(3). 592–596. 100 indexed citations

Holcroft, D.M., et al.. (2005). Postharvest quality of ‘Laetitia’ and ‘Songold’ (Prunus salicina Lindell) plums as affected by preharvest shading treatments. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 37(1). 81–92. 33 indexed citations

Stock, William D., Fulco Ludwig, Carl Morrow, et al.. (2005). Long-term effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on species composition and productivity of a southern African C4 dominated grassland in the vicinity of a CO2 exhalation. Plant Ecology. 178(2). 211–224. 20 indexed citations

Wand, S.J.E., et al.. (2004). EFFECT OF KAOLIN APPLICATIONS ON APPLE FRUIT QUALITY AND GAS EXCHANGE OF APPLE LEAVES. Acta Horticulturae. 545–550. 42 indexed citations

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Steyn, W.J., D.M. Holcroft, S.J.E. Wand, & G. Jacobs. (2004). Regulation of Pear Color Development in Relation to Activity of Flavonoid Enzymes. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 129(1). 6–12. 2 indexed citations

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Wand, S.J.E. & Guy F. Midgley. (2004). Effects of atmospheric CO₂ concentration and defoliation on the growth of Themeda triandra. Grass and Forage Science. 59(3). 215–226. 7 indexed citations

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Steyn, W.J., S.J.E. Wand, D.M. Holcroft, & G. Jacobs. (2002). Anthocyanins in vegetative tissues: a proposed unified function in photoprotection. New Phytologist. 155(3). 349–361. 756 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rundel, Philip W., Arthur C. Gibson, Guy F. Midgley, et al.. (2002). Ecological and ecophysiological patterns in a pre-altiplano shrubland of the Andean Cordillera in northern Chile. Plant Ecology. 169(2). 179–193. 22 indexed citations

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Wand, S.J.E., Guy F. Midgley, & William D. Stock. (2001). Growth responses to elevated CO 2 in NADP-ME, NAD-ME and PCK C 4 grasses and a C 3 grass from South Africa. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 28(1). 13–25. 28 indexed citations

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Esler, Karen J., et al.. (2000). Seasonal gas exchange responses under three different temperature treatments in a leaf-succulent and a drought-deciduous shrub from the Succulent Karoo. South African Journal of Botany. 66(2). 118–123. 2 indexed citations

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Wand, S.J.E., Karen J. Esler, Philip W. Rundel, & Heather W. Sherwin. (1999). A preliminary study of the responsiveness to seasonal atmospheric and rainfall patterns of wash woodland species in the arid Richtersveld. Plant Ecology. 142(1-2). 141–160. 7 indexed citations

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Midgley, Guy F., S.J.E. Wand, & N.W. Pammenter. (1999). Nutrient and genotypic effects on CO2-responsiveness: photosynthetic regulation in Leucadendron species of a nutrient-poor environment. Journal of Experimental Botany. 50(333). 533–542. 25 indexed citations

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Musil, C.F., Guy F. Midgley, & S.J.E. Wand. (1999). Carry‐over of enhanced ultraviolet‐B exposure effects to successive generations of a desert annual: interaction with atmospheric CO2 and nutrient supply. Global Change Biology. 5(3). 311–329. 28 indexed citations

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Midgley, Guy F., S.J.E. Wand, & C.F. Musil. (1998). Repeated exposure to enhanced UV‐B radiation in successive generations increases developmental instability (leaf fluctuating asymmetry) in a desert annual. Plant Cell & Environment. 21(4). 437–442. 18 indexed citations

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Wand, S.J.E., Guy F. Midgley, & C.F. Musil. (1996). Growth, phenology and reproduction of an arid-environment winter ephemeral Dimorphotheca pluvialis in response to combined increases in CO2 and UV-B radiation. Environmental Pollution. 94(3). 247–254. 12 indexed citations

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