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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Michael J. Wingfield

Michael J. Wingfield publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, on topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

ORCID 0000-0001-9346-2009 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,849,446
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#12,258
of 29,826
Works
254
Citations
7k
Citations per work
27.5
h-index
46
i10-index 159Top 1.8% in Plant Science
Michael J. Wingfield

What does Michael J. Wingfield research?

Michael J. Wingfield's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (12%).

Life Sciences: 172 works · 67.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 90 works · 35.4% of their workCell Biology: 61 works · 24.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 29 works · 11.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 82 works · 32.3% of their workPlant Science: 70 works · 27.6% of their workInsect Science: 12 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 41 works · 16.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 32 works · 12.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 32 works · 12.5% of their workEcology: 32 works · 12.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 3.8% of their workHealth Professions: 10 works · 3.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 10 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael J.Wingfield254works
Life Sciences68%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences4%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9035.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8232.3%
  2. Everything else4116.0%
    1. Environmental Science3212.5%
    1. Health Professions103.8%
  1. 1Plant Science28% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology24% of their works
  3. 3Ecology12% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology11% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science5% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael J. Wingfield's research?

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

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis2563 topics
  2. Fungal Pathogens2412 topics
  3. Host Specificity1952 topics
  4. Endophytic Fungi1771 topic
  5. Genomic Characterization1771 topic
  6. Ecosystem Functioning1042 topics
  7. Fungal Diversity901 topic
  8. Mycorrhizal Fungi901 topic
  9. Bark Beetles841 topic
  10. Forest Pests841 topic
  11. Diversity641 topic
  12. Yeast641 topic
  13. Genomics181 topic
  14. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria181 topic
  15. Antioxidant Activity161 topic
  16. Medicinal Mushrooms161 topic
  17. Genome Sequencing151 topic
  18. Phytophthora151 topic
  19. Dead Wood141 topic
  20. Forest Management141 topic

Where does Michael J. Wingfield work?

Michael J. Wingfield's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Michael J. Wingfield have?

OpenAlex counts 254 works and 6,983 citations for Michael J. Wingfield, an h-index of 46, ranking #2,849,446 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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