Christopher D. Todd

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. Todd is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Todd has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Todd's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (11 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers). Christopher D. Todd is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (11 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers). Christopher D. Todd collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Christopher D. Todd's co-authors include Maurizio Trovato, Dietmar Funck, Giuseppe Forlani, Joe C. Polacco, Peta C. Bonham‐Smith, Yongping Yang, Yangdou Wei, David J. Gifford, Xiangyang Hu and Xuegui Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Todd

49 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Physiological implications of arginine metabolism in plants 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Physiological implications of arginine metabolism in plants
    2015 470 citations Christopher D. Todd et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher D. Todd Canada 26 1.8k 853 89 75 72 50 2.2k
Juan Wang China 34 3.0k 1.7× 1.5k 1.8× 32 0.4× 50 0.7× 99 1.4× 98 3.4k
Xiaojuan Liu China 20 1.0k 0.6× 882 1.0× 34 0.4× 38 0.5× 48 0.7× 86 1.6k
Ludivine Taconnat France 28 3.3k 1.8× 2.4k 2.8× 69 0.8× 70 0.9× 101 1.4× 35 4.3k
Jennifer Ann Harikrishna Malaysia 25 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 79 0.9× 30 0.4× 67 0.9× 105 2.1k
Jun Tang China 27 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 26 0.3× 93 1.2× 59 0.8× 94 2.4k
Paula Duque Portugal 24 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 54 0.6× 33 0.4× 36 0.5× 43 2.5k
Tiziana Pandolfini Italy 26 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 27 0.3× 79 1.1× 95 1.3× 66 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher D. Todd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher D. Todd

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Todd, Christopher D., Lingling Jin, & Ian McQuillan. (2025). SV-JIM, detailed pairwise structural variant calling using long-reads and genome assemblies. Methods. 234. 305–313.
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Todd, Christopher D., et al.. (2024). Plasmodiophora brassicae Effector PbPE23 Induces Necrotic Responses in Both Host and Nonhost Plants. Phytopathology. 115(1). 66–76. 1 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., et al.. (2024). The Plasmodiophora brassicae Golgi-localized UPF0016 protein PbGDT1 mediates calcium but not manganese transport in yeast and Nicotiana benthamiana. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 172. 103896–103896. 1 indexed citations
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Dresler, Sławomir, Jozef Kováčik, Ireneusz Sowa, et al.. (2022). Allantoin overaccumulation enhances production of metabolites under excess of metals but is not tightly regulated by nitric oxide. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 436. 129138–129138. 7 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., et al.. (2018). There is a direct link between allantoin concentration and cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 135. 441–449. 22 indexed citations
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Trost, Brett, J. C. Tu, Anthony Kusalik, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome analysis of response to Plasmodiophora brassicae infection in the Arabidopsis shoot and root. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 23–23. 73 indexed citations
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Gordon, Cameron, Nandhakishore Rajagopalan, Eddy Risseeuw, et al.. (2016). Characterization of Triticum aestivum Abscisic Acid Receptors and a Possible Role for These in Mediating Fusairum Head Blight Susceptibility in Wheat. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164996–e0164996. 37 indexed citations
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Daba, Ketema, Thomas D. Warkentin, Rosalind Bueckert, Christopher D. Todd, & Bunyamin Tar’an. (2016). Determination of Photoperiod-Sensitive Phase in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 478–478. 19 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., et al.. (2015). Arabidopsis AIR12 influences root development. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 21(4). 479–489. 21 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., et al.. (2015). Combining RNA-seq and proteomic profiling to identify seminal fluid proteins in the migratory grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes (F). BMC Genomics. 16(1). 1096–1096. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Chuntao, Xiangxiang Kong, Lan Ma, et al.. (2013). A Series of TA-Based and Zero-Background Vectors for Plant Functional Genomics. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59576–e59576. 18 indexed citations
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Gravot, Antoine, Carole Deleu, Christine Lariagon, et al.. (2012). Arginase Induction Represses Gall Development During Clubroot Infection in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(5). 901–911. 44 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., et al.. (2008). Analysis of Arabidopsis arginase gene transcription patterns indicates specific biological functions for recently diverged paralogs. Plant Molecular Biology. 67(4). 429–440. 42 indexed citations
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Palmieri, Luigi, Christopher D. Todd, Roberto Arrigoni, et al.. (2006). Arabidopsis mitochondria have two basic amino acid transporters with partially overlapping specificities and differential expression in seedling development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1757(9-10). 1277–1283. 42 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., Peter A. Tipton, Dale G. Blevins, et al.. (2005). Update on ureide degradation in legumes. Journal of Experimental Botany. 57(1). 5–12. 139 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D. & David J. Gifford. (2003). Loblolly pine arginase responds to arginine in vitro. Planta. 217(4). 610–615. 13 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D. & David J. Gifford. (2002). The role of the megagametophyte in maintaining loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) seedling arginase gene expression in vitro. Planta. 215(1). 110–118. 22 indexed citations
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Todd, Christopher D., Janice E. K. Cooke, Robert T. Mullen, & David J. Gifford. (2001). Regulation of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) arginase in developing seedling tissue during germination and post-germinative growth. Plant Molecular Biology. 45(5). 555–565. 40 indexed citations

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