Walter Ocimati

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Walter Ocimati is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Ocimati has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Walter Ocimati's work include Banana Cultivation and Research (60 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (24 papers) and Cassava research and cyanide (17 papers). Walter Ocimati is often cited by papers focused on Banana Cultivation and Research (60 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (24 papers) and Cassava research and cyanide (17 papers). Walter Ocimati collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, Colombia and Italy. Walter Ocimati's co-authors include Guy Blomme, Michael Gomez Selvaraj, Henry Ruiz, J. Ntamwira, Sivalingam Elayabalan, William Tinzaara, E. Karamura, J.C.J. Groot, Miguel Dita and Pablo Tittonell and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Plant Science and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Walter Ocimati

68 papers receiving 1.2k 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. AI-powered banana diseases and pest detection
    2019 282 citations Walter Ocimati, Guy Blomme 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
Walter Ocimati Uganda 17 1.1k 149 137 101 94 71 1.3k
M. Olsen Kenya 14 1.1k 1.0× 78 0.5× 249 1.8× 142 1.4× 59 0.6× 25 1.3k
Joshua N. Cobb Philippines 12 1.2k 1.0× 48 0.3× 136 1.0× 150 1.5× 25 0.3× 19 1.4k
C. Kempenaar Netherlands 20 920 0.8× 67 0.4× 152 1.1× 80 0.8× 46 0.5× 98 1.3k
Leonardo Lopes Bhering Brazil 22 1.5k 1.3× 55 0.4× 122 0.9× 186 1.8× 62 0.7× 158 1.9k
Guy Blomme Uganda 26 2.1k 1.9× 309 2.1× 156 1.1× 264 2.6× 109 1.2× 156 2.6k
Aaron M. Shew United States 18 613 0.5× 132 0.9× 191 1.4× 223 2.2× 30 0.3× 40 1.2k
Barlín Orlando Olivares Venezuela 19 443 0.4× 118 0.8× 90 0.7× 40 0.4× 31 0.3× 64 881
C. Chattopadhyay India 16 631 0.6× 58 0.4× 60 0.4× 79 0.8× 41 0.4× 71 784
Biswanath Das Kenya 24 1.6k 1.4× 115 0.8× 239 1.7× 166 1.6× 39 0.4× 51 1.9k
Madhav Bhatta United States 21 1.0k 0.9× 51 0.3× 103 0.8× 62 0.6× 20 0.2× 54 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Ocimati

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Ocimati

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Ocimati

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2025). Banana Bunchy Top Disease in Rwanda: Identifying Disease Presence and Potential Areas at Risk. Phytopathology. 115(12). 1728–1736.
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2025). Spent Pleurotus ostreatus Substrate Has Potential for Controlling the Plant-Parasitic Nematode, Radopholus similis in Bananas. Agronomy. 15(5). 1040–1040. 1 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2024). Pleurotus ostreatus is a potential biological control agent of root-knot nematodes in eggplant (Solanum melongena). Frontiers in Agronomy. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Turner, D. W., Daniel J. Gibbs, Walter Ocimati, & Guy Blomme. (2024). A Functional Analysis of Inflorescence Architecture in Musa L. (Musaceae). Food and Energy Security. 13(5). 1 indexed citations
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Bouwmeester, H., Guy Blomme, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, & Walter Ocimati. (2023). Banana bunchy top disease in Africa—Predicting continent‐wide disease risks by combining survey data and expert knowledge. Plant Pathology. 72(8). 1476–1490. 10 indexed citations
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Okonya, Joshua Sikhu, et al.. (2023). Influence of altitude as a proxy for temperature on key Musa pests and diseases in watershed areas of Burundi and Rwanda. Heliyon. 9(3). e13854–e13854. 9 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2022). Spread of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum within banana mats: implications for Xanthomonas wilt management. Journal of Plant Pathology. 104(3). 1111–1122. 1 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2021). Comparing effectiveness, cost- and time-efficiency of control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana under Rwandan agro-ecological conditions. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 160(2). 487–501. 6 indexed citations
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Ntamwira, J., et al.. (2021). The Integration of Shade-Sensitive Annual Crops in Musa spp. Plantations in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Agronomy. 11(2). 368–368. 6 indexed citations
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Yemataw, Zerihun, et al.. (2021). Estimating Yield Components, Limiting Factors, and Yield Gaps of Enset in Ethiopia Using Easily Measurable Above-Ground Plant Traits. Sustainability. 13(23). 13255–13255. 1 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2021). Spent Pleurotus ostreatus Substrate Has Potential for Managing Fusarium Wilt of Banana. Journal of Fungi. 7(11). 946–946. 10 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, J.C.J. Groot, Guy Blomme, et al.. (2021). A Multi-Objective Model Exploration of Banana-Canopy Management and Nutrient Input Scenarios for Optimal Banana-Legume Intercrop Performance. Agronomy. 11(2). 311–311. 5 indexed citations
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Okonya, Joshua Sikhu, et al.. (2019). Farmer Reported Pest and Disease Impacts on Root, Tuber, and Banana Crops and Livelihoods in Rwanda and Burundi. Sustainability. 11(6). 1592–1592. 38 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2019). Pro‐vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 100(2). 634–647. 8 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, Miguel Dita, Luis Pérez Vicente, et al.. (2017). Bacterial Diseases of Bananas and Enset: Current State of Knowledge and Integrated Approaches Toward Sustainable Management. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1290–1290. 112 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2014). Musa germplasm diversity status across a wide range of agro-ecological zones in Rwanda. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 73(1). 5979–5990. 9 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2013). On-farm Musa germplasm diversity in different agro- ecologies of Burundi. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. 5(11). 751–760. 9 indexed citations

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