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Researcher · Citrus Research International · South Africa

Elma Carstens

Elma Carstens publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-4789-2299 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,912,794
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#25,100
of 29,826
Works
27
Citations
268
Citations per work
9.9
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 70% in Plant Science
Elma Carstens

What does Elma Carstens research?

Elma Carstens's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (55%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%), Environmental Science (5%).

Life Sciences: 25 works · 91.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 works · 55.1% of their workPlant Science: 12 works · 44.9% of their workHorticulture: 2 works · 6.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 3.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 works · 35.9% of their workCell Biology: 7 works · 26.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 9.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEcology: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKElma Carstens27works
Life Sciences91%Physical Sciences5%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1555.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1035.9%
    1. Environmental Science15.1%
  3. Everything else13.9%
  1. 1Plant Science45% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology27% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Horticulture6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology5% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Elma Carstens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fungal Pathogens, Phylogenetic Analysis, Host Specificity, Endophytic Fungi, Genomic Characterization, Fungal Diversity, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Diversity.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Fungal Pathogens272 topics
  2. Phylogenetic Analysis272 topics
  3. Host Specificity252 topics
  4. Endophytic Fungi211 topic
  5. Genomic Characterization211 topic
  6. Fungal Diversity71 topic
  7. Mycorrhizal Fungi71 topic
  8. Diversity61 topic
  9. Yeast61 topic
  10. Agroforestry51 topic
  11. Banana51 topic
  12. Cacao51 topic
  13. Genetics51 topic
  14. Bark Beetles41 topic
  15. Forest Pests41 topic
  16. Genomics41 topic
  17. Huanglongbing41 topic
  18. Phytoplasmas41 topic
  19. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria41 topic

Where does Elma Carstens work?

Elma Carstens's main affiliation in the publication record is Citrus Research International, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Elma Carstens have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 268 citations for Elma Carstens, an h-index of 7, ranking #5,912,794 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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