Christopher R. Somerville

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher R. Somerville is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. Somerville has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. Somerville's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (7 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (7 papers). Christopher R. Somerville is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (7 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (7 papers). Christopher R. Somerville collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Christopher R. Somerville's co-authors include David W. Ehrhardt, Alexander R. Paredez, Simon R. Turner, John Browse, John Schiefelbein, William L. Ogren, Clint Chapple, Shauna Somerville, Suzanne Hugly and Virginia Walbot and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. Somerville

39 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Visualization of Cellulose Synthase Demonstrates Functional Association with Microtubules

2006 963 citations Alexander R. Paredez, Christopher R. Somerville et al. Science profile →
Genes Galore: A Summary of Methods for Accessing Results from Large-Scale Partial Sequencing of Anonymous Arabidopsis cDNA Clones

1994 558 citations Trent Newman, Frans J. de Bruijn et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology

1988 488 citations Winslow R. Briggs, Russell L. Jones et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher R. Somerville

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Identification of cell‐wall stress as a hexose‐dependent and osmosensitive regulator of plant responses 2008 ·The Plant Journal ·Thorsten Hamann, Mark H. Bennett, John W. Mansfıeld, Christopher R. Somerville	151
2	Morlin, an inhibitor of cortical microtubule dynamics and cellulose synthase movement 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Seth DeBolt, Ryan Gutierrez, David W. Ehrhardt, Carlos V. Melo, Loretta Ross, Sean R. Cutler, Christopher R. Somerville, Dario Bonetta	122
3	Visualization of Cellulose Synthase Demonstrates Functional Association with Microtubules breakdown → 2006 ·Science ·Alexander R. Paredez, Christopher R. Somerville, David W. Ehrhardt	963
4	Identification of genes required for cellulose synthesis by regression analysis of public microarray data sets 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Staffan Persson, Hairong Wei, Jennifer L. Milne, Grier P. Page, Christopher R. Somerville	473
5	Plant organ size control: Aintegumenta regulates growth and cell numbers during, organogenesis 2000 ·Current Opinion in Plant Biology ·Yukiko Mizukami, R. Fischer, Christopher R. Somerville, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	31
6	Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology 1998 ·R. L. Jones, Christopher R. Somerville, Virginia Walbot	21
7	Preface/Front Matter 1994 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Christopher R. Somerville	1
8	Genes Galore: A Summary of Methods for Accessing Results from Large-Scale Partial Sequencing of Anonymous Arabidopsis cDNA Clones breakdown → 1994 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Trent Newman, Frans J. de Bruijn, (unknown), Kenneth Keegstra, Hans Kende, Lee McIntosh, John B. Ohlrogge, Natasha V. Raikhel, Shauna Somerville, Michael F. Thomashow, Ernest F. Retzel, Christopher R. Somerville	558
9	A Mutation at the fad8 Locus of Arabidopsis Identifies a Second Chloroplast [omega]-3 Desaturase 1994 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Michele M. McConn, Suzanne Hugly, John Browse, Christopher R. Somerville	139
10	New opportunities to dissect and manipulate plant processes 1993 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Christopher R. Somerville	1
11	Genetic engineering of commercially useful biosynthetic pathways in transgenic plants 1993 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·(unknown), Christopher R. Somerville	21
12	Production of industrial m aterials in transgenic plants 1993 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Christopher R. Somerville	10
13	Isolation and functional expression in Escherichia coli of a gene encoding phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.17) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides 1993 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Vincent Arondel, Christoph Benning, Christopher R. Somerville	86
14	A Role for Membrane Lipid Polyunsaturation in Chloroplast Biogenesis at Low Temperature 1992 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Suzanne Hugly, Christopher R. Somerville	146
15	Development of a system for efficient chromosome walking in Arabidopsis. 1991 ·PubMed ·Erwin Grill, Christopher R. Somerville	1
16	A Mutation Causing Imidazolinone Resistance Maps to the Csr1 Locus of Arabidopsis thaliana 1990 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·George W. Haughn, Christopher R. Somerville	59
17	Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology breakdown → 1988 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Winslow R. Briggs, Russell L. Jones, Virginia Walbot, Christopher R. Somerville, Deborah P. Delmer	488
18	Future prospects for genetic manipulation of Rubisco 1986 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Christopher R. Somerville	7
19	Photorespiration-deficient Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Lacking Mitochondrial Serine Transhydroxymethylase Activity 1981 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Christopher R. Somerville, William L. Ogren	157
20	Photorespiration mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana deficient in serine-glyoxylate aminotransferase activity 1980 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher R. Somerville, William L. Ogren	104

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