Franco Widmer

12.7k citations
134 papers · 9.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

  • Soil Science top 0.2%
    • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology top 0.5%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 14
    • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 14
    • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 14
    • Insect Resistance and Genetics 25
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 14

Franco Widmer

132 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Franco Widmer's Hit Papers

Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming 2014 · 1.1k citations
1.1k0+4+8Years since publication50010001.5k

Peers

Franco Widmer
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
  • Soil Science 2.6k
  • Ecology 3.1k
  • Insect Science 1.4k
  • Plant Science 4.0k
  • Pollution 898
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Franco Widmer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality
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20141764
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Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming
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20141075
3 2001328
4 2013295
5 2016249
6 2001249
7 1999198
8 1998188
9 2006169
10 2006164
11 2005156
12 2014146
13 2001121
14 2010120
15 2004118
16 2003116
17 2004114
18 1996114
19 2006111
20 200599

About Franco Widmer

Franco Widmer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Insect Science and Soil Science, having authored 134 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers), Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (25 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (25 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (14 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (14 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (14 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (2.6k citations), Ecology (3.1k citations), Insect Science (1.4k citations), Plant Science (4.0k citations) and Pollution (898 citations). Franco Widmer has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Martin Hartmann, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Cameron Wagg, S. Franz Bender, Beat Frey, Josef Zeyer, Jochen Mayer, J. Enkerli, Paul Mäder and Manuel Pesaro. Their work appears in journals such as FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Journal of Microbiological Methods and Applied Soil Ecology.

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