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Researcher · Agroscope · Switzerland

Franco Widmer

Franco Widmer publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science, on topics such as Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0002-1735-8397 OpenAlex
World rank
#315,196
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#5,991
of 80,918
Works
222
Citations
13k
Citations per work
58.5
h-index
53
i10-index 117Top 1.1% in Plant Science
Franco Widmer

What does Franco Widmer research?

Franco Widmer's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (60%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Environmental Science (9%).

Life Sciences: 158 works · 71.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 134 works · 60.4% of their workPlant Science: 87 works · 39.0% of their workInsect Science: 23 works · 10.2% of their workSoil Science: 13 works · 6.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 works · 5.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 works · 10.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 24 works · 10.7% of their workEverything else: 44 works · 20.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 20 works · 8.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 20 works · 8.9% of their workEcology: 20 works · 8.9% of their workTHEIR WORKFranco Widmer222works
Life Sciences71%Physical Sciences9%

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 Sciences13460.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2410.7%
  2. Everything else4420.0%
    1. Environmental Science208.9%
  1. 1Plant Science39% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology9% of their works
  5. 5Soil Science6% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Franco Widmer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genome Analysis, Genomics, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Oxalic Acid, Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum and Biological Control.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Genome Analysis592 topics
  2. Genomics381 topic
  3. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria381 topic
  4. Marine Microbes361 topic
  5. Microbial Biogeography361 topic
  6. Oxalic Acid351 topic
  7. Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum351 topic
  8. Biological Control321 topic
  9. Entomopathogenic Fungi321 topic
  10. Nitrogen Cycle281 topic
  11. Soil Carbon Sequestration281 topic
  12. Bacillus thuringiensis261 topic
  13. RNA Interference261 topic
  14. Plant Immunity251 topic
  15. Rhizosphere Interactions251 topic
  16. Legumes241 topic
  17. Symbiosis241 topic

Where does Franco Widmer work?

Franco Widmer's main affiliation in the publication record is Agroscope, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Franco Widmer have?

OpenAlex counts 222 works and 12,984 citations for Franco Widmer, an h-index of 53, ranking #315,196 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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