Ward Appeltans

5.0k total citations
49 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ward Appeltans is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Appeltans has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Oceanography and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ward Appeltans's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (10 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (9 papers). Ward Appeltans is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (10 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (9 papers). Ward Appeltans collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Ward Appeltans's co-authors include Mark J. Costello, B. Vanhoorne, Sabine Stöhr, Rob W. M. van Soest, Kristian Fauchald, Eduardo Klein, Gary C. B. Poore, Dennis P.‏ Gordon, Wim Decock and Geoffrey A. Boxshall and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ward Appeltans

46 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ward Appeltans France 14 632 403 330 173 151 49 1.1k
Hermann Neumann Germany 20 737 1.2× 543 1.3× 584 1.8× 160 0.9× 253 1.7× 37 1.2k
Chhaya Chaudhary Germany 8 619 1.0× 404 1.0× 343 1.0× 113 0.7× 108 0.7× 16 938
Francisco Hernández Belgium 12 696 1.1× 474 1.2× 417 1.3× 81 0.5× 154 1.0× 27 1.2k
Wim Decock Belgium 11 681 1.1× 507 1.3× 410 1.2× 88 0.5× 197 1.3× 45 1.2k
Karen Stocks United States 12 894 1.4× 609 1.5× 506 1.5× 98 0.6× 219 1.5× 33 1.3k
Marco Andrello France 21 597 0.9× 240 0.6× 455 1.4× 79 0.5× 101 0.7× 41 996
L. Vandepitte Belgium 17 957 1.5× 808 2.0× 583 1.8× 96 0.6× 204 1.4× 54 1.6k
Klaas Pauly Belgium 9 689 1.1× 403 1.0× 381 1.2× 205 1.2× 66 0.4× 18 1.0k
Vasilis D. Valavanis Greece 25 842 1.3× 293 0.7× 871 2.6× 153 0.9× 87 0.6× 50 1.3k
Fernando A. Zapata Colombia 18 846 1.3× 467 1.2× 535 1.6× 146 0.8× 48 0.3× 60 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ward Appeltans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ward Appeltans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ward Appeltans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ward Appeltans 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 Ward Appeltans. Ward Appeltans 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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Meyer, R.M., Ward Appeltans, William D. Duncan, et al.. (2023). Aligning Standards Communities for Omics Biodiversity Data: Sustainable Darwin Core-MIxS Interoperability. ZooKeys. 11. e112420–e112420. 6 indexed citations
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Provoost, Pieter, Abigail Benson, John Nicholls, et al.. (2023). Promoting High-Quality Data in OBIS: Insights from the OBIS Data Quality Assessment and Enhancement Project Team . Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 7. 1 indexed citations
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Ruhl, Henry A., Brian J. Bett, Jeroen Ingels, et al.. (2023). Integrating ocean observations across body‐size classes to deliver benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution information. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 8(5). 692–706. 2 indexed citations
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Buttigieg, Pier Luigi, Ward Appeltans, Gabrielle Canonico, et al.. (2019). Building a strategy towards an Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON). Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations
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Albouy, Camille, Philippe Archambault, Ward Appeltans, et al.. (2019). The marine fish food web is globally connected. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(8). 1153–1161. 94 indexed citations
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Benson, Abigail, Ward Appeltans, Samuel Bosch, et al.. (2018). Outcomes of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Ocean Biogeographic Information System OBIS-Event-Data Workshop on Animal Tagging and Tracking. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 2. e25728–e25728. 2 indexed citations
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Samuel, Samuel, Pieter Provoost, & Ward Appeltans. (2018). iobis/obistools: version 0.0.6. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Bosch, Samuel, Pieter Provoost, & Ward Appeltans. (2018). Fit for purpose? Identifying and resolving quality issues with marine biodiversity datasets in R. 1 indexed citations
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Weatherdon, Lauren V., Ward Appeltans, Nadine Bowles-Newark, et al.. (2017). Blueprints of Effective Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Products That Support Marine Policy. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 45 indexed citations
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Coro, Gianpaolo, Thomas J. Webb, Ward Appeltans, et al.. (2015). Classifying degrees of species commonness: North Sea fish as a case study. Ecological Modelling. 312. 272–280. 13 indexed citations
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Costello, Mark J., Philippe Bouchet, Geoffrey A. Boxshall, et al.. (2013). Global Coordination and Standardisation in Marine Biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and Related Databases. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e51629–e51629. 172 indexed citations
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Deneudt, Klaas, et al.. (2012). Talking to the WoRMS: what can VLIZ web services do for you?. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 1 indexed citations
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Bourgeois, Carine, et al.. (2010). The 'Mangrove Reference Database and Herbarium'. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 143(2). 225–232. 3 indexed citations
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Bourgeois, Carine, et al.. (2009). The 'Mangrove Reference Database and Herbarium'. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 29 indexed citations
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Costello, Mark J. & Ward Appeltans. (2008). Taxonomic editors plan a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 2 indexed citations
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Berghe, E. Vanden, Ward Appeltans, Mark J. Costello, & Peter Pissierssens. (2007). Proceedings Ocean Biodiversity Informatics: International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management, Hamburg, Germany 29 November to 1 December, 2004. VLIZ Special Publication. 2 indexed citations
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Degraer, S., Jan Wittoeck, Ward Appeltans, et al.. (2006). L'atlas du macrobenthos de la partie belge de la Mer du Nord. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).
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Degraer, S., Jan Wittoeck, Ward Appeltans, et al.. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 42 indexed citations
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Massin, Claude, Ward Appeltans, Gert Van Hoey, Magda Vincx, & S. Degraer. (2005). Leptosynapta minuta (Becher, 1906) (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea), a new record for Belgian marine waters. Belgian journal of zoology. 135(1). 83–86. 1 indexed citations
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Arvanitidis, Christos, A. Eleftheriou, E. Vanden Berghe, et al.. (2003). Electronic conference on 'Marine Biodiversity in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea': summary of discussions, 7 to 20 April, 2003. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 2 indexed citations

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