Robert Backer

16 papers and 479 indexed citations
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About

Robert Backer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Backer has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert Backer’s work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (7 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (7 papers). Robert Backer is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (7 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (7 papers). Robert Backer collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and China. Robert Backer's co-authors include Noëlani van den Berg, Sanushka Naidoo, J. Wulff, Fred D. Sheffield, Jay J. Van Bavel, Peter Mende‐Siedlecki, Juanita Engelbrecht, Bianca Reeksting, Enrique Ibarra‐Laclette and Mengting Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Backer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Backer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Backer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Backer. Robert Backer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Robert Backer

13 papers receiving 363 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Backer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Robert Backer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Robert Backer. The network helps show where Robert Backer may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Backer

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