Andres Wiemken

25.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
221 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Andres Wiemken is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andres Wiemken has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Plant Science, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Andres Wiemken's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (82 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (63 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (58 papers). Andres Wiemken is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (82 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (63 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (58 papers). Andres Wiemken collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Andres Wiemken's co-authors include Thomas Böller, Ian R. Sanders, Thomas Boller, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel, Kurt Ineichen, Fritz Oehl, Thomas Hottiger, Peter Moutoglis and John N. Klironomos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Andres Wiemken

220 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

1998 2.6k citations Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel et al. profile →
Impact of Land Use Intensity on the Species Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agroecosystems of Central Europe

2003 617 citations Fritz Oehl, Paul Mäder et al. profile →
DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

1998 564 citations Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Thomas Boller et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andres Wiemken Switzerland	73	14.5k	5.2k	3.0k	2.6k	2.4k	221	19.3k
Francis Martin France	71	13.7k 0.9×	3.6k 0.7×	3.2k 1.1×	3.3k 1.2×	3.4k 1.4×	337	17.3k
Thomas Boller Switzerland	75	27.7k 1.9×	8.7k 1.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	181	30.3k
Manuela Giovannetti Italy	52	11.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.3×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	174	12.3k
Jorge M. Vivanco United States	62	16.7k 1.2×	4.3k 0.8×	1000 0.3×	444 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	144	21.6k
I. Chet Israel	77	17.0k 1.2×	6.5k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	4.6k 1.9×	298	21.6k
Igor V. Grigoriev United States	61	8.2k 0.6×	7.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	334	15.9k
Nicholas Smirnoff United Kingdom	59	14.0k 1.0×	7.2k 1.4×	578 0.2×	554 0.2×	732 0.3×	136	19.0k
Jonathan Gershenzon Germany	107	22.2k 1.5×	23.7k 4.6×	11.3k 3.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	481	41.9k
Ivo Feußner Germany	80	13.3k 0.9×	10.6k 2.0×	3.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	366	22.0k
Lynne Boddy United Kingdom	59	8.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	4.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	258	13.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andres Wiemken

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Symanczik, Sarah, Moritz F. Lehmann, Andres Wiemken, Thomas Böller, & Pierre‐Emmanuel Courty. (2018). Effects of two contrasted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal isolates on nutrient uptake by Sorghum bicolor under drought. Mycorrhiza. 28(8). 779–785. 61 indexed citations

Koegel, Sally, Delphine Mieulet, Sefer Baday, et al.. (2017). Phylogenetic, structural, and functional characterization of AMT3;1, an ammonium transporter induced by mycorrhization among model grasses. Mycorrhiza. 27(7). 695–708. 33 indexed citations

Symanczik, Sarah, et al.. (2014). Three new species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi discovered at one location in a desert of Oman: Diversispora omaniana , Septoglomus nakheelum and Rhizophagus arabicus. Mycologia. 106(2). 243–259. 36 indexed citations

Symanczik, Sarah, Janusz Błaszkowski, Sally Koegel, et al.. (2014). Isolation and identification of desert habituated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi newly reported from the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Arid Land. 6(4). 488–497. 22 indexed citations

Walder, Florian, Helge Niemann, Natarajan Mathimaran, et al.. (2012). Mycorrhizal Networks: Common Goods of Plants Shared under Unequal Terms of Trade . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 159(2). 789–797. 294 indexed citations

Martínez-Noël, Giselle M.A., Jorge Tognetti, Graciela L. Salerno, Andres Wiemken, & Horacio G. Pontis. (2009). Protein phosphatase activity and sucrose-mediated induction of fructan synthesis in wheat. Planta. 230(5). 1071–1079. 23 indexed citations

Altenbach, Denise, E. Rudiño-Piñera, Clarita Olvera, et al.. (2008). An acceptor-substrate binding site determining glycosyl transfer emerges from mutant analysis of a plant vacuolar invertase and a fructosyltransferase. Plant Molecular Biology. 69(1-2). 47–56. 30 indexed citations

Tchabi, Atti, Danny Coyne, Fabien C. C. Hountondji, et al.. (2008). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in sub-Saharan Savannas of Benin, West Africa, as affected by agricultural land use intensity and ecological zone. Mycorrhiza. 18(4). 181–195. 132 indexed citations

Nagaraj, Vinay J., et al.. (2005). Purification, cloning and functional characterization of a fructan 6-exohydrolase from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Experimental Botany. 57(1). 213–223. 77 indexed citations

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Vogel, Guido, et al.. (2001). Trehalose metabolism in Arabidopsis: occurrence of trehalose and molecular cloning and characterization of trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase homologues. Journal of Experimental Botany. 52(362). 1817–1826. 108 indexed citations

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Riedl, Ralph, et al.. (2001). Light and sugar regulation of the barley sucrose : fructan 6-fructosyltransferase promoter. Journal of Plant Physiology. 158(12). 1601–1607. 37 indexed citations

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Mäder, Paul, Horst Vierheilig, Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel, et al.. (2000). Transport of ¹⁵N from a soil compartment separated by a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane to plant roots via the hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist. 146(1). 155–161. 117 indexed citations

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Goverde, Marcel, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Andres Wiemken, Ian R. Sanders, & Andreas Erhardt. (2000). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence life history traits of a lepidopteran herbivore. Oecologia. 125(3). 362–369. 102 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Maria José, et al.. (1997). Trehalose synthesis is important for the acquisition of thermotolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular Microbiology. 25(3). 571–581. 58 indexed citations

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Sprenger, Norbert, et al.. (1997). Fructan synthesis in transgenic tobacco and chicory plants expressing barley sucrose:fructan 6‐fructosyltransferase. FEBS Letters. 400(3). 355–358. 42 indexed citations

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Reinders, Anke, Niels Bürckert, Stefan Hohmann, et al.. (1997). Structural analysis of the subunits of the trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase/phosphatase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their function during heat shock. Molecular Microbiology. 24(4). 687–696. 89 indexed citations

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Virgilio, Claudio De, et al.. (1994). The role of trehalose synthesis for the acquisition of thermotolerance in yeast. European Journal of Biochemistry. 219(1-2). 179–186. 263 indexed citations

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Obenland, David, Urs Simmen, Thomas Boller, & Andres Wiemken. (1993). Purification and Characterization of Three Soluble Invertases from Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 101(4). 1331–1339. 63 indexed citations

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Müller, Joachim, Christian Staehelin, Robert B. Mellor, Thomas Böller, & Andres Wiemken. (1992). Partial purification and characterization of trehalase from soybean nodules. Journal of Plant Physiology. 140(1). 8–13. 33 indexed citations

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Wiemken, Andres, et al.. (1984). Fractionation of Hevea brasiliensis latex on ficoll density gradients. Phytochemistry. 23(4). 747–750. 1 indexed citations

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