Steven B. Janssens

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Steven B. Janssens is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven B. Janssens has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 43 papers in Plant Science and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Steven B. Janssens's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (20 papers). Steven B. Janssens is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (20 papers). Steven B. Janssens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Steven B. Janssens's co-authors include Filip Dochy, Katrien Struyven, Sarah Gielen, Filip Vandelook, Erik Smets, Steven Dessein, Brecht Verstraete, Rony Swennen, Tian‐Gang Gao and Xiangyun Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Steven B. Janssens

79 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

  1. Students’ perceptions about evaluation and assessment in higher education: a review
    2005 526 citations Steven B. Janssens et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven B. Janssens Belgium 20 785 601 554 414 176 85 2.1k
Martha R. Weiss United States 23 389 0.5× 682 1.1× 1.4k 2.5× 359 0.9× 101 0.6× 42 2.3k
Michael T. Stevens United States 17 340 0.4× 245 0.4× 229 0.4× 133 0.3× 71 0.4× 52 1.3k
Dominic Wyse United Kingdom 29 839 1.1× 662 1.1× 149 0.3× 286 0.7× 372 2.1× 133 2.5k
Jo Luck Australia 25 281 0.4× 1.7k 2.9× 242 0.4× 227 0.5× 40 0.2× 64 2.6k
John L. Clark United States 21 139 0.2× 223 0.4× 488 0.9× 331 0.8× 105 0.6× 118 1.2k
John C. Wise United States 26 310 0.4× 773 1.3× 182 0.3× 394 1.0× 230 1.3× 163 2.1k
Steven Janssens Belgium 23 255 0.3× 196 0.3× 225 0.4× 330 0.8× 50 0.3× 151 1.9k
Marshall D. Sundberg United States 15 377 0.5× 210 0.3× 219 0.4× 158 0.4× 113 0.6× 61 860
Jacques van der Meer New Zealand 15 474 0.6× 1.3k 2.1× 72 0.1× 341 0.8× 105 0.6× 43 2.2k
Elisabeth E. Schussler United States 21 630 0.8× 220 0.4× 152 0.3× 51 0.1× 163 0.9× 50 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven B. Janssens

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All Works

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Honnay, Olivier, et al.. (2023). Habitat fragmentation affects climate adaptation in a forest herb. Journal of Ecology. 112(2). 246–264. 3 indexed citations
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Traiperm, Paweena, et al.. (2023). Evolution and Classification of Musaceae Based on Male Floral Morphology. Plants. 12(8). 1602–1602. 5 indexed citations
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Salas, Roberto M., et al.. (2023). Multi-loci phylogeny and morphological evidence support the recognition of Januaria (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), a new monospecific genus endemic to the North of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 95(1). e20211601–e20211601. 4 indexed citations
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Kallow, Simon, et al.. (2022). Phylogeography and conservation gaps of Musa balbisiana Colla genetic diversity revealed by microsatellite markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 69(7). 2515–2534. 4 indexed citations
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Swennen, Rony, Filip Vandelook, Bart Panis, et al.. (2022). Diversity of Fusarium associated banana wilt in northern Viet Nam. MycoKeys. 87. 53–76. 6 indexed citations
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Fischer, Eberhard, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Norbert Holstein, & Steven B. Janssens. (2021). Evolution of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) in the Albertine Rift – The endemic Impatiens purpureoviolacea complex consists of ten species. Taxon. 70(6). 1273–1299. 8 indexed citations
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Kallow, Simon, Steven B. Janssens, Filip Vandelook, et al.. (2021). Banana seed genetic resources for food security: Status, constraints, and future priorities. Food and Energy Security. 11(1). e345–e345. 9 indexed citations
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Viruel, Juan, Krista McGrath, Steven B. Janssens, et al.. (2021). Patterns of transmission and horizontal gene transfer in the Dioscorea sansibarensis leaf symbiosis revealed by whole-genome sequencing. Current Biology. 31(12). 2666–2673.e4. 8 indexed citations
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Swennen, Rony, et al.. (2021). Conservation status assessment of banana crop wild relatives using species distribution modelling. Diversity and Distributions. 27(4). 729–746. 27 indexed citations
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Kallow, Simon, et al.. (2021). Maximizing genetic representation in seed collections from populations of self and cross-pollinated banana wild relatives. BMC Plant Biology. 21(1). 415–415. 7 indexed citations
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Kallow, Simon, Bart Panis, Steven B. Janssens, et al.. (2020). Regulation of seed germination by diurnally alternating temperatures in disturbance-adapted banana crop wild relatives (Musa acuminata). Seed Science Research. 30(4). 238–248. 7 indexed citations
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Estrella, Manuel de la, et al.. (2020). The impact of rainforest area reduction in the Guineo‐Congolian region on the tempo of diversification and habitat shifts in the Berlinia clade (Leguminosae). Journal of Biogeography. 47(12). 2728–2740. 5 indexed citations
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Kallow, Simon, K Longin, Steven B. Janssens, et al.. (2020). Challenges for Ex Situ Conservation of Wild Bananas: Seeds Collected in Papua New Guinea Have Variable Levels of Desiccation Tolerance. Plants. 9(9). 1243–1243. 18 indexed citations
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Breton, Catherine, Julie Sardos, Simon Kallow, et al.. (2020). Filling the gaps in gene banks: Collecting, characterizing, and phenotyping wild banana relatives of Papua New Guinea. Crop Science. 61(1). 137–149. 21 indexed citations
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Panis, Bart, Zhiying Li, Julie Sardos, et al.. (2019). Genetic diversity and core subset selection inex situseed collections of the banana crop wild relativeMusa balbisiana. Plant Genetic Resources. 17(6). 536–544. 14 indexed citations
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Weigend, Maximilian, et al.. (2018). Breeding systems in Balsaminaceae in relation to pollen/ovule ratio, pollination syndromes, life history and climate zone. Plant Biology. 21(1). 157–166. 23 indexed citations
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Lemaire, Benny, Steven B. Janssens, Erik Smets, & Steven Dessein. (2011). A population genetic study of Psychotria leptophylla reveals the endosymbiont transmission mode in bacterial leaf nodulation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1 indexed citations

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