Bruno Touraine

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Bruno Touraine is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruno Touraine has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Bruno Touraine's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (29 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (22 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers). Bruno Touraine is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (29 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (22 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers). Bruno Touraine collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and United States. Bruno Touraine's co-authors include John Imsande, Guilhem Desbrosses, Bertrand Muller, J. John Vidmar, Claire Prigent‐Combaret, Marie‐Lara Bouffaud, Florence Wisniewski‐Dyé, Jordan Vacheron, Daniel Müller and Laurent Legendre and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bruno Touraine

38 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system func... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750
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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. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system functioning
    2013 970 citations Jordan Vacheron, Guilhem Desbrosses et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruno Touraine France 28 3.7k 1.0k 400 224 174 38 4.1k
Marcel Bucher Germany 40 6.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 466 1.2× 250 1.1× 216 1.2× 64 6.8k
Mechthild Tegeder United States 41 5.4k 1.5× 1.6k 1.6× 408 1.0× 521 2.3× 120 0.7× 61 6.0k
Daniel Wipf France 35 4.4k 1.2× 880 0.9× 408 1.0× 208 0.9× 176 1.0× 104 4.9k
Jean‐Christophe Avice France 40 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 367 0.9× 464 2.1× 81 0.5× 97 3.6k
Anne Krapp France 33 4.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 204 0.5× 241 1.1× 86 0.5× 53 4.9k
Rosa Morcuende Spain 27 4.3k 1.2× 1.8k 1.7× 170 0.4× 286 1.3× 104 0.6× 63 4.9k
Xingming Lian China 34 4.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 114 0.3× 181 0.8× 121 0.7× 49 4.6k
Brent N. Kaiser Australia 32 3.5k 1.0× 737 0.7× 352 0.9× 419 1.9× 114 0.7× 75 4.0k
R. L. Warner United States 27 2.0k 0.5× 659 0.7× 196 0.5× 138 0.6× 76 0.4× 57 2.3k
Jóska Gerendás Germany 24 1.8k 0.5× 425 0.4× 278 0.7× 174 0.8× 93 0.5× 46 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruno Touraine

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruno Touraine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruno Touraine

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

All Works

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Bresson, Justine, François Vasseur, Myriam Dauzat, et al.. (2014). Interact to Survive: Phyllobacterium brassicacearum Improves Arabidopsis Tolerance to Severe Water Deficit and Growth Recovery. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107607–e107607. 36 indexed citations
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Vacheron, Jordan, Guilhem Desbrosses, Marie‐Lara Bouffaud, et al.. (2013). Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system functioning. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 356–356. 970 indexed citations breakdown →
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Desbrosses, Guilhem, Céline Contesto, Fabrice Varoquaux, Marc Galland, & Bruno Touraine. (2009). PGPR-Arabidopsis interactions is a useful system to study signaling pathways involved in plant developmental control. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 4(4). 319–321. 35 indexed citations
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Contesto, Céline, Guilhem Desbrosses, Cécile Lefoulon, et al.. (2008). Effects of rhizobacterial ACC deaminase activity on Arabidopsis indicate that ethylene mediates local root responses to plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Plant Science. 175(1-2). 178–189. 87 indexed citations
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Girin, Thomas, Laurence Lejay, Judith Wirth, et al.. (2007). Identification of a 150 bp cis‐acting element of the AtNRT2.1 promoter involved in the regulation of gene expression by the N and C status of the plant. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(11). 1366–1380. 94 indexed citations
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Mantelin, Sophie, et al.. (2005). Nitrate-dependent control of root architecture and N nutrition are altered by a plant growth-promoting Phyllobacterium sp. Planta. 223(3). 591–603. 102 indexed citations
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Vidmar, J. John, et al.. (2000). Cloning and characterization of a root specific high‐affinity sulfate transporter from Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters. 475(1). 65–69. 80 indexed citations
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Bertrand, Helmut, Claude Plassard, Xavier Pinochet, et al.. (2000). Stimulation of the ionic transport system in Brassica napus by a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (Achromobacter sp.). Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 46(3). 229–236. 98 indexed citations
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Vidmar, J. John, Jan K. Schjøerring, Bruno Touraine, & Anthony D. M. Glass. (1999). Regulation of the hvst1 gene encoding a high-affinity sulfate transporter from Hordeum vulgare. Plant Molecular Biology. 40(5). 883–892. 62 indexed citations
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Muller, Bertrand, Bruno Touraine, & Heinz Rennenberg. (1996). Interaction between atmospheric and pedospheric nitrogen nutrition in spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) seedlings. Plant Cell & Environment. 19(3). 345–355. 54 indexed citations
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Imsande, John & Bruno Touraine. (1994). N Demand and the Regulation of Nitrate Uptake. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 105(1). 3–7. 366 indexed citations
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Muller, Bertrand & Bruno Touraine. (1992). Inhibition of NO⊟3Uptake by Various Phloem-Translocated Amino Acids in Soybean Seedlings. Journal of Experimental Botany. 43(5). 617–623. 178 indexed citations
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Touraine, Bruno, Bertrand Muller, & Claude Grignon. (1992). Effect of Phloem-Translocated Malate on NO3− Uptake by Roots of Intact Soybean Plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 99(3). 1118–1123. 55 indexed citations
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Touraine, Bruno, Nicole Grignon, & Claude Grignon. (1990). Interaction between nitrate assimilation in shoots and nitrate uptake by roots of soybean (Glycine max) plants: Role of carboxylate. Plant and Soil. 124(2). 169–174. 13 indexed citations
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Grignon, Nicole, et al.. (1989). 6(5)Carboxyfluorescein as a Tracer of Phloem Sap Translocation. American Journal of Botany. 76(6). 871–871. 27 indexed citations
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Grignon, Nicole, et al.. (1989). 6(5)CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN AS A TRACER OF PHLOEM SAP TRANSLOCATION. American Journal of Botany. 76(6). 871–877. 87 indexed citations
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Touraine, Bruno, Nicole Grignon, & Claude Grignon. (1988). Charge Balance in NO3−-Fed Soybean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 88(3). 605–612. 71 indexed citations

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