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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
#433,255
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,631
of 29,826
Works
1,243
Citations
60k
Citations per work
48.4
h-index
107
i10-index 824Top 0.1% in Plant Science
Michael J. Wingfield

What does Michael J. Wingfield research?

Michael J. Wingfield's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%), Environmental Science (14%).

Life Sciences: 933 works · 75.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 482 works · 38.8% of their workPlant Science: 328 works · 26.4% of their workInsect Science: 96 works · 7.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 58 works · 4.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 451 works · 36.3% of their workCell Biology: 310 works · 24.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 142 works · 11.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 173 works · 13.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 173 works · 13.9% of their workEcology: 173 works · 13.9% of their workEverything else: 137 works · 11.0% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael J.Wingfield1,243works
Life Sciences75%Physical Sciences14%

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 Sciences48238.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45136.3%
    1. Environmental Science17313.9%
  3. Everything else13711.0%
  1. 1Plant Science26% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology25% of their works
  3. 3Ecology14% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology11% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science8% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael J. Wingfield's research?

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

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis1,2783 topics
  2. Fungal Pathogens1,1872 topics
  3. Endophytic Fungi8631 topic
  4. Genomic Characterization8631 topic
  5. Ecosystem Functioning5942 topics
  6. Fungal Diversity4751 topic
  7. Mycorrhizal Fungi4751 topic
  8. Bark Beetles4591 topic
  9. Forest Pests4591 topic
  10. Diversity3241 topic
  11. Yeast3241 topic
  12. Dead Wood1191 topic
  13. Forest Management1191 topic
  14. Fungal Symbiosis991 topic
  15. Mycoviruses991 topic
  16. Genome Sequencing911 topic
  17. Phytophthora911 topic
  18. Plant Immunity531 topic
  19. Rhizosphere Interactions531 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 1,243 works and 60,103 citations for Michael J. Wingfield, an h-index of 107, ranking #433,255 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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