Birgit Walkemeier

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Birgit Walkemeier is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Walkemeier has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Food Science and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Walkemeier's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (16 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (16 papers) and Potato Plant Research (9 papers). Birgit Walkemeier is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (16 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (16 papers) and Potato Plant Research (9 papers). Birgit Walkemeier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and France. Birgit Walkemeier's co-authors include Christiane Gebhardt, Enrique Ritter, Francesco Salamini, Undine Schachtschabel, Thomas Debener, H. Uhrig, Agim Ballvora, Richard D. Thompson, Martin W. Ganal and Steven D. Tanksley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Walkemeier

21 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. A pan-genome of 69 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions reveals a conserved genome structure throughout the global species range
    2024 59 citations Qichao Lian, Bruno Hüettel et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Walkemeier Germany 15 1.4k 525 327 257 110 21 1.5k
Pan S China 3 1.4k 1.0× 373 0.7× 578 1.8× 142 0.6× 102 0.9× 3 1.5k
Leonor Ruiz‐García Spain 15 1.5k 1.0× 397 0.8× 951 2.9× 149 0.6× 42 0.4× 27 1.6k
Silvia Lorenzi Italy 14 598 0.4× 404 0.8× 204 0.6× 102 0.4× 50 0.5× 24 697
Jamila Chaïb France 11 650 0.5× 146 0.3× 371 1.1× 114 0.4× 42 0.4× 15 790
Valentina di Rienzo Italy 18 399 0.3× 182 0.3× 220 0.7× 213 0.8× 75 0.7× 30 666
Kazuyoshi Hosaka Japan 26 1.8k 1.2× 812 1.5× 352 1.1× 191 0.7× 157 1.4× 76 1.9k
Valentina Fanelli Italy 17 450 0.3× 184 0.4× 210 0.6× 205 0.8× 43 0.4× 49 713
Frédérique Pelsy France 14 703 0.5× 353 0.7× 271 0.8× 45 0.2× 68 0.6× 24 766
José A. Abelenda Spain 10 1.3k 0.9× 426 0.8× 583 1.8× 76 0.3× 31 0.3× 12 1.4k
Gisèle Butterlin France 11 900 0.6× 644 1.2× 290 0.9× 65 0.3× 175 1.6× 17 965

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Walkemeier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Birgit Walkemeier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Birgit Walkemeier 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 Birgit Walkemeier. Birgit Walkemeier 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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Sun, Hequan, Sergio Tusso, Craig Dent, et al.. (2025). The phased pan-genome of tetraploid European potato. Nature. 642(8067). 389–397. 7 indexed citations
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Goel, Manish, José Antonio Campoy, Kristin S Krause, et al.. (2024). The vast majority of somatic mutations in plants are layer-specific. Genome biology. 25(1). 194–194. 10 indexed citations
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Lian, Qichao, Bruno Hüettel, Birgit Walkemeier, et al.. (2024). A pan-genome of 69 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions reveals a conserved genome structure throughout the global species range. Nature Genetics. 56(5). 982–991. 59 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lian, Qichao, Stéphanie Durand, Joiselle Blanche Fernandes, et al.. (2023). HEIP1 is required for efficient meiotic crossover implementation and is conserved from plants to humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(23). e2221746120–e2221746120. 7 indexed citations
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Walkemeier, Birgit, Jelle Van Leene, Geert De Jaeger, et al.. (2022). The FANCC–FANCE–FANCF complex is evolutionarily conserved and regulates meiotic recombination. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(6). 2516–2528. 12 indexed citations
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Lian, Qichao, Birgit Walkemeier, Stéphanie Durand, et al.. (2022). The megabase-scale crossover landscape is largely independent of sequence divergence. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3828–3828. 29 indexed citations
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Galarreta, José Ignacio Ruíz de, Rena Sanetomo, Birgit Walkemeier, et al.. (2016). Identification and reproducibility of diagnostic DNA markers for tuber starch and yield optimization in a novel association mapping population of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 129(4). 767–785. 48 indexed citations
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Mosquera, Teresa, María Fernanda Álvarez, José M. Jiménez‐Gómez, et al.. (2016). Targeted and Untargeted Approaches Unravel Novel Candidate Genes and Diagnostic SNPs for Quantitative Resistance of the Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to Phytophthora infestans Causing the Late Blight Disease. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156254–e0156254. 51 indexed citations
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Obidiegwu, Jude, Rena Sanetomo, Kerstin Flath, et al.. (2015). Genomic architecture of potato resistance to Synchytrium endobioticum disentangled using SSR markers and the 8.3k SolCAP SNP genotyping array. BMC Genetics. 16(1). 21 indexed citations
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Walkemeier, Birgit, et al.. (2014). SNPs in Genes Functional in Starch-Sugar Interconversion Associate with Natural Variation of Tuber Starch and Sugar Content of Potato (Solanum tuberosumL.). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 4(10). 1797–1811. 54 indexed citations
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Draffehn, Astrid M., Li Li, Nicolas Krezdorn, et al.. (2013). Comparative transcript profiling by SuperSAGE identifies novel candidate genes for controlling potato quantitative resistance to late blight not compromised by late maturity. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 423–423. 34 indexed citations
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Tacke, Eckhard, Jens Lübeck, Josef Strahwald, et al.. (2013). Validation of candidate gene markers for marker-assisted selection of potato cultivars with improved tuber quality. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126(4). 1039–1052. 56 indexed citations
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Pajerowska‐Mukhtar, Karolina M., Benjamin Stich, Ute Achenbach, et al.. (2009). Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Allene Oxide Synthase 2 Gene Are Associated With Field Resistance to Late Blight in Populations of Tetraploid Potato Cultivars. Genetics. 181(3). 1115–1127. 64 indexed citations
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Menéndez, Cristina M., Enrique Ritter, Ralf Schäfer-Pregl, et al.. (2002). Cold-sweetening in diploid potato. Mapping QTL and candidate genes. RIUR (Universidad de La Rioja). 10 indexed citations
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Menéndez, Cristina M., Enrique Ritter, Ralf Schäfer-Pregl, et al.. (2002). Cold Sweetening in Diploid Potato: Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Genes. Genetics. 162(3). 1423–1434. 98 indexed citations
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Schäfer-Pregl, Ralf, Enrique Ritter, Josef Hesselbach, et al.. (1998). Analysis of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and quantitative trait alleles (QTAs) for potato tuber yield and starch content. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 97(5-6). 834–846. 78 indexed citations
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Gebhardt, Christiane, Enrique Ritter, Amalia Barone, et al.. (1991). RFLP maps of potato and their alignment with the homoeologous tomato genome. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 83(1). 49–57. 328 indexed citations
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Gebhardt, Christiane, Enrique Ritter, Thomas Debener, et al.. (1989). RFLP analysis and linkage mapping in Solanum tuberosum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 78(1). 65–75. 319 indexed citations

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