Victor Wepener

4.7k total citations
196 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Victor Wepener is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor Wepener has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 73 papers in Ecology and 57 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Victor Wepener's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (59 papers), Heavy metals in environment (44 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers). Victor Wepener is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (59 papers), Heavy metals in environment (44 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers). Victor Wepener collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Belgium and Japan. Victor Wepener's co-authors include J.H.J. Van Vuren, Nico J. Smit, Lieven Bervoets, Wynand Malherbe, Tarryn L. Botha, Gordon O’Brien, Thimo Groffen, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Mayumi Ishizuka and Natalie Degger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Victor Wepener

187 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers

Victor Wepener
Kevin V. Brix United States
Richard P. Lim Australia
António J.A. Nogueira Portugal
Rui Ribeiro Portugal
Mark Crane United Kingdom
Bjørn Olav Rosseland Norway
Michiel H.S. Kraak Netherlands
Wim Admiraal Netherlands
Vincent Pettigrove Australia
James C. McGeer Canada
Kevin V. Brix United States
Victor Wepener
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Countries citing papers authored by Victor Wepener

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Fields of papers citing papers by Victor Wepener

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Victor Wepener

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

All Works

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Brendonck, Luc, et al.. (2024). Effects of river regulation on aquatic invertebrate community composition: A comparative analysis in two southern African rivers. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e10963–e10963. 3 indexed citations
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Smit, Nico J., et al.. (2024). Element contamination of the Orange-Vaal River basin, South Africa: a One Health approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(20). 29886–29901. 2 indexed citations
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Kock, Anrich, et al.. (2023). Using Confocal Microscopy and Pigment Analyses to Detect Adverse Insecticide Effects in non-target Freshwater Diatom species - a proof-of-concept Using Nitzschia palea. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 110(6). 107–107. 1 indexed citations
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Yohannes, Yared Beyene, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Akifumi Eguchi, et al.. (2023). Investigation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) on xenobiotic enzyme disruption and metabolomic bile acid biosynthesis in DDT-sprayed areas using wild rats. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 85(2). 236–243. 5 indexed citations
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Nachev, Milen, et al.. (2023). The use of fish parasitic isopods as element accumulation indicators in marine pollution monitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194(Pt A). 115385–115385. 1 indexed citations
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Rooyen, D. van, et al.. (2023). Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury through the aquatic food webs of an African sub-tropical wetland system. The Science of The Total Environment. 889. 164210–164210. 22 indexed citations
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Wepener, Victor, et al.. (2022). Oxidative stress in the freshwater shrimp Caridina africana following exposure to atrazine. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 109(3). 443–449. 5 indexed citations
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Wepener, Victor, Sonja Zimmermann, Milen Nachev, et al.. (2022). High element concentrations are not always equivalent to a stressful environment: differential responses of parasite taxa to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 184. 114110–114110. 2 indexed citations
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Handy, Richard D., Nathaniel J. Clark, David Boyle, et al.. (2022). The bioaccumulation testing strategy for nanomaterials: correlations with particle properties and a meta-analysis ofin vitrofish alternatives toin vivofish tests. Environmental Science Nano. 9(2). 684–701. 7 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Sonja, et al.. (2021). Laboratory and field studies on the use of artificial mussels as a monitoring tool of platinum exposure in the freshwater environment. Environmental Sciences Europe. 33(1). 5 indexed citations
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Botha, Tarryn L., Christian K. Feld, Michael Weyand, et al.. (2021). Effects of conventionally-treated and ozonated wastewater on mortality, physiology, body length, and behavior of embryonic and larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental Pollution. 286. 117241–117241. 13 indexed citations
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Wepener, Victor, Milen Nachev, Sonja Zimmermann, et al.. (2020). The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study in the world’s most productive platinum mining region. Parasitology Research. 119(9). 2783–2798. 25 indexed citations
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Weyl, Olaf L. F., Kevin W. Christison, Tatenda Dalu, et al.. (2020). Ten research questions to support South Africa’s Inland Fisheries Policy. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 46(1). 1–10. 12 indexed citations
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Malherbe, Wynand, Ruan Gerber, Olaf L. F. Weyl, et al.. (2019). First record of Labeo capensis (Smith, 1841) in the Crocodile River (West) system: another successful non-native freshwater fish introduction in South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 44(2). 177–181. 4 indexed citations
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Dabrowski, J., et al.. (2013). Prioritizing agricultural pesticides used in South Africa based on their environmental mobility and potential human health effects. Environment International. 62. 31–40. 94 indexed citations
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Vuren, J.H.J. Van, et al.. (2009). The impact of feedlot effluent on water quality and aquatic macroinvertebrate community structure in streams of the upper Vaal River catchment, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 34(3). 219–230. 3 indexed citations

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