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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Michael van der Laan

Michael van der Laan publishes mostly in Plant Science, Environmental Engineering and Agronomy and Crop Science, on topics such as Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement and GABA and Rice Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-8656-623X OpenAlex
World rank
#377,447
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,049
of 5,570
Works
18
Citations
57
Citations per work
3.2

What does Michael van der Laan research?

Plant Science: 42.9%Environmental Engineering: 28.6%Agronomy and Crop Science: 14.3%Global and Planetary Change: 14.3%43%top field
Plant Science42.9%Environmental Engineering28.6%Agronomy and Crop Science14.3%Global and Planetary Change14.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Plant Science43% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering29% of their works
  3. 3Agronomy and Crop Science14% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change14% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael van der Laan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ecosystem Services, Emergy Analysis, Flooding Stress, Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Green Roofs, Land Use Change, Maize Yield and Metabolism.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 7 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  2. Emergy Analysis11 topic
  3. Flooding Stress11 topic
  4. Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid11 topic
  5. Green Roofs11 topic
  6. Land Use Change11 topic
  7. Maize Yield11 topic
  8. Metabolism11 topic
  9. Nitrogen Uptake11 topic
  10. Rice11 topic
  11. Submergence Tolerance11 topic
  12. Urban Heat Island11 topic
  13. Urban Metabolism11 topic
  14. Water Management11 topic

Where does Michael van der Laan work?

Michael van der Laan's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Michael van der Laan have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 57 citations for Michael van der Laan, ranking #377,447 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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