Barbara Pfister

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Barbara Pfister is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Pfister has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 11 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Barbara Pfister's work include Food composition and properties (14 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (8 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (7 papers). Barbara Pfister is often cited by papers focused on Food composition and properties (14 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (8 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (7 papers). Barbara Pfister collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Barbara Pfister's co-authors include Samuel C. Zeeman, Bernhard Wurzinger, Markus Teige, Norbert Mehlmer, Edina Csaszar, Simon Stael, Roman G. Bayer, Simona Eicke, Andrea Mair and Kuan‐Jen Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Pfister

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Formation of starch in plant cells 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Formation of starch in plant cells
    2016 291 citations Barbara Pfister, Samuel C. Zeeman Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara Pfister Switzerland 14 836 443 328 125 103 24 1.2k
Jack Egelund Denmark 10 1.0k 1.2× 666 1.5× 118 0.4× 67 0.5× 196 1.9× 12 1.2k
Ahmed Faik United States 20 976 1.2× 717 1.6× 191 0.6× 454 3.6× 153 1.5× 34 1.4k
Nicolas Szydlowski France 13 516 0.6× 248 0.6× 357 1.1× 96 0.8× 100 1.0× 17 780
Julian G. Schwerdt Australia 16 586 0.7× 207 0.5× 145 0.4× 171 1.4× 61 0.6× 30 725
Sascha Gille United States 13 1.2k 1.4× 623 1.4× 133 0.4× 377 3.0× 135 1.3× 16 1.5k
Berit Ebert Australia 24 1.2k 1.5× 878 2.0× 122 0.4× 361 2.9× 129 1.3× 49 1.7k
Henrik Lütken Denmark 19 921 1.1× 606 1.4× 130 0.4× 52 0.4× 105 1.0× 68 1.3k
Nicolai Obel Germany 10 643 0.8× 305 0.7× 153 0.5× 117 0.9× 85 0.8× 11 796
María Teresa Sesma Spain 13 598 0.7× 298 0.7× 110 0.3× 50 0.4× 107 1.0× 18 794
Tina Barsby United Kingdom 16 828 1.0× 633 1.4× 313 1.0× 85 0.7× 157 1.5× 24 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Pfister

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Pfister

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Pfister

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moraïs, Sarah, Omar E. Tovar-Herrera, Meltem Tatlı, et al.. (2025). Spatial constraints drive amylosome-mediated resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromii in the human colon. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10763–10763.
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Pfister, Barbara, et al.. (2025). Branched oligosaccharides cause atypical starch granule initiation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(2). 1 indexed citations
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Eicke, Simona, et al.. (2024). MFP1 defines the subchloroplast location of starch granule initiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Chun, Barbara Pfister, R Osman, et al.. (2023). LIKE EARLY STARVATION 1 and EARLY STARVATION 1 promote and stabilize amylopectin phase transition in starch biosynthesis. Science Advances. 9(21). eadg7448–eadg7448. 15 indexed citations
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Boehlein, Susan K., Barbara Pfister, Tracie A. Hennen‐Bierwagen, et al.. (2023). Soluble and insoluble α-glucan synthesis in yeast by enzyme suites derived exclusively from maize endosperm. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 193(2). 1456–1478. 4 indexed citations
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Pfister, Barbara, et al.. (2022). Tuning heterologous glucan biosynthesis in yeast to understand and exploit plant starch diversity. BMC Biology. 20(1). 207–207. 6 indexed citations
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Eicke, Simona, Barbara Pfister, Gaétan Glauser, et al.. (2021). A multifaceted analysis reveals two distinct phases of chloroplast biogenesis during de-etiolation in Arabidopsis. eLife. 10. 53 indexed citations
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Menna, Alexandra, et al.. (2020). Single-run HPLC Quantification of Plant Cell Wall Monosaccharides. BIO-PROTOCOL. 10(5). e3546–e3546. 8 indexed citations
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Pfister, Barbara, et al.. (2020). Theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the biosynthesis of starch granules in a physiological context. Photosynthesis Research. 145(1). 55–70. 21 indexed citations
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Meier, Michaël A. R., Gavin M. George, Barbara Pfister, et al.. (2017). Analysis of genes involved in glycogen degradation in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 364(3). fnx016–fnx016. 8 indexed citations
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Pfister, Barbara, Antoni Sánchez‐Ferrer, Ana Díaz, et al.. (2016). Recreating the synthesis of starch granules in yeast. eLife. 5. 35 indexed citations
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Pfister, Barbara & Samuel C. Zeeman. (2016). Formation of starch in plant cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(14). 2781–2807. 291 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sundberg, Maria, Barbara Pfister, Daniel C. Fulton, et al.. (2013). The Heteromultimeric Debranching Enzyme Involved in Starch Synthesis in Arabidopsis Requires Both Isoamylase1 and Isoamylase2 Subunits for Complex Stability and Activity. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75223–e75223. 32 indexed citations
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Latz, Andreas, Norbert Mehlmer, Thomas D. Mueller, et al.. (2012). Salt Stress Triggers Phosphorylation of the Arabidopsis Vacuolar K+ Channel TPK1 by Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases (CDPKs). Molecular Plant. 6(4). 1274–1289. 155 indexed citations
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Wurzinger, Bernhard, Andrea Mair, Barbara Pfister, & Markus Teige. (2011). Cross-talk of calcium-dependent protein kinase and MAP kinase signaling. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(1). 8–12. 102 indexed citations
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Mehlmer, Norbert, Bernhard Wurzinger, Simon Stael, et al.. (2010). The Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase CPK3 is required for MAPK-independent salt-stress acclimation in Arabidopsis.. 63. 484–498. 75 indexed citations
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Mehlmer, Norbert, Bernhard Wurzinger, Simon Stael, et al.. (2010). The Ca2+-dependent protein kinase CPK3 is required for MAPK-independent salt-stress acclimation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 63(3). 484–498. 200 indexed citations
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Brand, T.S., et al.. (2000). The true metabolisable energy content of canola oilcake meal and full-fat canola seed for ostriches (Struthio camelus). British Poultry Science. 41(2). 201–203. 2 indexed citations

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