Axel Himmelbach

19.6k total citations
107 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Axel Himmelbach is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Himmelbach has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Axel Himmelbach's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (49 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (24 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (24 papers). Axel Himmelbach is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (49 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (24 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (24 papers). Axel Himmelbach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Axel Himmelbach's co-authors include Erwin Grill, Nils Stein, Martin Mascher, Yi Yang, Patrick Schweizer, Uwe Scholz, Jochen Kumlehn, Göetz Hensel, Thomas Höhn and Andreas Houben and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Axel Himmelbach

104 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Axel Himmelbach Germany 39 4.0k 2.2k 709 255 230 107 4.7k
Martin Trick United Kingdom 37 4.2k 1.0× 3.4k 1.6× 1.0k 1.5× 235 0.9× 356 1.5× 66 5.5k
Robert M. Stupar United States 38 3.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 1000 1.4× 221 0.9× 153 0.7× 93 4.3k
David J. Bertioli Brazil 40 4.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 333 0.5× 120 0.5× 146 0.6× 122 4.5k
Pietro Piffanelli Italy 34 3.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 391 0.6× 123 0.5× 207 0.9× 72 3.7k
Boulos Chalhoub France 34 4.8k 1.2× 2.8k 1.3× 793 1.1× 132 0.5× 246 1.1× 60 5.4k
Matthias Fladung Germany 33 2.3k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 558 0.8× 327 1.3× 348 1.5× 166 3.4k
Lex Flagel United States 30 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 805 1.1× 78 0.3× 419 1.8× 42 4.2k
Candice N. Hirsch United States 30 3.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 209 0.8× 158 0.7× 71 4.0k
Abdelali Bara­kat United States 26 2.7k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 388 0.5× 83 0.3× 303 1.3× 41 3.5k
Michael Ayliffe Australia 38 5.4k 1.3× 2.9k 1.3× 706 1.0× 237 0.9× 299 1.3× 79 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Axel Himmelbach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Axel Himmelbach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Himmelbach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Axel Himmelbach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Axel Himmelbach 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 Axel Himmelbach. Axel Himmelbach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Koch, Natalie, Thomas Hornick, Christian Dusny, et al.. (2025). Pollen and anther morphological variation in rye was shaped by domestication. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 389–389. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jianyong, Jan Bartoš, Anastassia Boudichevskaia, et al.. (2024). The genetic mechanism of B chromosome drive in rye illuminated by chromosome-scale assembly. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9686–9686. 4 indexed citations
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Regalado, Ledis, Marc S. Appelhans, Anja Poehlein, Axel Himmelbach, & Alexander R. Schmidt. (2024). Plastome phylogenomics and new fossil evidence from Dominican amber shed light on the evolutionary history of the Neotropical fern genus Pecluma. American Journal of Botany. 111(10). e16410–e16410. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhidan, et al.. (2024). Mutations of PDS5 genes enhance TAD-like domain formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9308–9308. 1 indexed citations
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Maurer, Andreas, Ricardo Fabiano Hettwer Giehl, Shuangshuang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Phytomeric Growth Contributes to Local Adaptation in Barley. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(2). 4 indexed citations
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Rutten, Twan, Shuangshuang Zhao, Göetz Hensel, et al.. (2023). A molecular framework for grain number determination in barley. Science Advances. 9(9). eadd0324–eadd0324. 21 indexed citations
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Kuo, Yi‐Tzu, Veit Schubert, Pavel Neumann, et al.. (2023). Holocentromeres can consist of merely a few megabase-sized satellite arrays. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3502–3502. 26 indexed citations
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Kale, Sandip M., Albert W. Schulthess, Sudharsan Padmarasu, et al.. (2022). A catalogue of resistance gene homologs and a chromosome‐scale reference sequence support resistance gene mapping in winter wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(9). 1730–1742. 31 indexed citations
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Boudichevskaia, Anastassia, Anne Fiebig, Katrin Kumke, Axel Himmelbach, & Andreas Houben. (2022). Rye B chromosomes differently influence the expression of A chromosome–encoded genes depending on the host species. Chromosome Research. 30(4). 335–349. 8 indexed citations
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Avni, Raz, Thomas Lux, Anna Minz‐Dub, et al.. (2022). Genome sequences of three Aegilops species of the section Sitopsis reveal phylogenetic relationships and provide resources for wheat improvement. The Plant Journal. 110(1). 179–192. 52 indexed citations
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Himmelbach, Axel, et al.. (2020). The contribution of cis- and trans-acting variants to gene regulation in wild and domesticated barley under cold stress and control conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(9). 2573–2584. 13 indexed citations
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Schreiber, Miriam, Martin Mascher, Jonathan Wright, et al.. (2020). A Genome Assembly of the Barley ‘Transformation Reference’ Cultivar Golden Promise. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(6). 1823–1827. 53 indexed citations
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Ruban, Alevtina, Thomas Schmutzer, Dan Wu, et al.. (2020). Supernumerary B chromosomes of Aegilops speltoides undergo precise elimination in roots early in embryo development. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2764–2764. 142 indexed citations
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Alqudah, Ahmad M., Stefan Ortleb, Twan Rutten, et al.. (2020). DEFECTIVE ENDOSPERM-D1 (Dee-D1) is crucial for endosperm development in hexaploid wheat. Communications Biology. 3(1). 791–791. 3 indexed citations
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Hensel, Göetz, Martin Mascher, Michael Melzer, et al.. (2019). Leaf Variegation and Impaired Chloroplast Development Caused by a Truncated CCT Domain Gene in albostrians Barley. The Plant Cell. 31(7). 1430–1445. 48 indexed citations
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Liu, Fang, Yusheng Zhao, Sebastian Beier, et al.. (2019). Exome association analysis sheds light onto leaf rust ( Puccinia triticina ) resistance genes currently used in wheat breeding ( Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal. 18(6). 1396–1408. 11 indexed citations
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Mascher, Martin, Uwe Scholz, Axel Himmelbach, et al.. (2012). Fine mapping of 5 resistance genes on introgressions of Hordeum bulbosum in barley with SNP markers. 43–43. 1 indexed citations

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