Zerihun Woldu

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Zerihun Woldu is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zerihun Woldu has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 32 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 29 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in Zerihun Woldu's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (29 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (26 papers). Zerihun Woldu is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (29 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (26 papers). Zerihun Woldu collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Italy and Norway. Zerihun Woldu's co-authors include Zemede Asfaw, Mirutse Giday, Thomas Elmqvist, Enrico Feoli, Sebsebe Demissew, Tilahun Teklehaymanot, Ingvar Backéus, Lisanework Nigatu, M. A. M. Saleem and E.J. Mwendera and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zerihun Woldu

79 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.

  1. Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: An ethnobotanical study
    2009 363 citations Zemede Asfaw, Zerihun Woldu 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
Zerihun Woldu Ethiopia 23 1.4k 738 434 416 393 80 2.3k
Tamrat Bekele Ethiopia 25 1.1k 0.8× 861 1.2× 348 0.8× 599 1.4× 214 0.5× 94 2.1k
Ensermu Kelbessa Ethiopia 34 2.5k 1.8× 1.7k 2.3× 519 1.2× 556 1.3× 653 1.7× 78 3.5k
R. C. Sundriyal India 23 735 0.5× 291 0.4× 180 0.4× 374 0.9× 250 0.6× 93 1.7k
Ram Prasad Chaudhary Nepal 25 799 0.6× 139 0.2× 158 0.4× 420 1.0× 257 0.7× 77 2.0k
Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo Benin 32 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 128 0.3× 588 1.4× 320 0.8× 161 3.0k
Anne Mette Lykke Denmark 27 907 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 144 0.3× 437 1.1× 267 0.7× 110 2.3k
Yadav Uprety Nepal 21 838 0.6× 160 0.2× 112 0.3× 119 0.3× 318 0.8× 48 1.8k
S. S. Samant India 26 929 0.7× 154 0.2× 86 0.2× 534 1.3× 246 0.6× 108 1.7k
Ripu M. Kunwar Nepal 25 795 0.6× 116 0.2× 165 0.4× 131 0.3× 275 0.7× 78 1.9k
Uppeandra Dhar India 28 1.5k 1.1× 151 0.2× 76 0.2× 405 1.0× 362 0.9× 76 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zerihun Woldu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zerihun Woldu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zerihun Woldu

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

All Works

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Demissew, Sebsebe, et al.. (2023). Evaluate and analyze land cover change dynamics, driving force and their implications to biodiversity in the western escarpment of the Rift valley. Land Degradation and Development. 34(16). 5017–5028. 3 indexed citations
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Demissew, Sebsebe, et al.. (2023). Predicting the potential geographical distribution of Osyris quadripartita Decn. (Santalaceae) in Ethiopia under climate change scenarios. Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 46(4). 1129–1140. 2 indexed citations
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Palmer, Carolyn G., Tena Alamirew, Yazidhi Bamutaze, et al.. (2023). The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research. River Research and Applications. 40(9). 1732–1746. 3 indexed citations
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Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (2023). Impact of Elevation Change on the Physicochemical Properties of Forest Soil in South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2023. 1–17. 19 indexed citations
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Demissew, Sebsebe, et al.. (2023). Plant community types and species compositional variations of the forest patches in Wolaita zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Community Ecology. 24(3). 317–331. 1 indexed citations
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Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (2022). Land use and land cover dynamics and traditional agroforestry practices in Wonchi District, Ethiopia. PeerJ. 10. e12898–e12898. 5 indexed citations
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Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (2022). Plant community along age and disturbance gradients of dry Afromontane forest patches of Wombera district, Benshangul Gumuz, Ethiopia. Tropical Plant Research. 9(1). 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (2021). Carbon stocks of above- and belowground tree biomass in Kibate Forest around Wonchi Crater Lake, Central Highland of Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254231–e0254231. 13 indexed citations
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Teferi, Ermias, et al.. (2020). Dynamics and drivers of land cover change in the Afroalpine vegetation belt: Abune Yosef mountain range, Northern Ethiopia. Environment Development and Sustainability. 23(7). 10679–10701. 11 indexed citations
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Addis, Getachew, Zemede Asfaw, & Zerihun Woldu. (2013). Ethnobotany of Wild and Semi-wild Edible Plants of Konso Ethnic Community, South Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 11. 121–141. 27 indexed citations
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Addis, Getachew, Zemede Asfaw, & Zerihun Woldu. (2013). The Role of Wild and Semi-wild Edible Plants to Household Food Sovereignty in Hamar and Konso Communities, South Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 11. 251–271. 14 indexed citations
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Demissew, Sebsebe, Christian Brochmann, Ensermu Kelbessa, et al.. (2011). The Ethiopian Flora Project:a springboard to other projects. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations
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Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (1999). Vegetation under different tree species in <i>Acacia</i> woodland in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia. SINET Ethiopian Journal of Science. 22(2). 8 indexed citations
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Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (1999). Forests in the vegetation types of Ethiopia and their status in the geographical context. 32 indexed citations
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Feoli, Enrico, et al.. (1998). Vegetation mapping by integration of floristic analysis, GIS and remote sensing. An example from Tigray (Ethiopia). Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 132(1). 39–51. 8 indexed citations
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Tekle, Kebrom, et al.. (1997). Vegetation on hill slopes in southern Wello, Ethiopia: Degradation and regeneration. Nordic Journal of Botany. 17(5). 483–493. 27 indexed citations

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