E. R. Ward

15.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
86 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

E. R. Ward is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, E. R. Ward has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in E. R. Ward's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (24 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (14 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). E. R. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (24 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (14 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). E. R. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. E. R. Ward's co-authors include John Ryals, Scott Uknes, Leslie Friedrich, Helmut Keßmann, Bernard Vernooij, David Negrotto, Thomas Gaffney, Sandra Dincher, Jean‐Pierre Métraux and Terrence P. Delaney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

E. R. Ward

84 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Requirement of Salicylic Acid for the Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance

1993 1.4k citations Leslie Friedrich, Scott Uknes et al. profile →
A Central Role of Salicylic Acid in Plant Disease Resistance

1994 1.4k citations Scott Uknes, Leslie Friedrich et al. profile →
Coordinate Gene Activity in Response to Agents That Induce Systemic Acquired Resistance.

1991 1.0k citations E. R. Ward, Scott Uknes et al. profile →
Acquired resistance in Arabidopsis.

1992 790 citations Scott Uknes, Mary B. Moyer et al. profile →
Increase in Salicylic Acid at the Onset of Systemic Acquired Resistance in Cucumber

1990 762 citations John Ryals, E. R. Ward et al. profile →
Arabidopsis mutants simulating disease resistance response

1994 583 citations Scott Uknes, E. R. Ward et al. profile →
INDUCTION OF SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS BY CHEMICALS

1994 481 citations Helmut Keßmann, E. R. Ward et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. R. Ward United States	40	9.5k	4.3k	1.1k	772	656	86	11.2k
Antonio Molina Spain	57	11.2k 1.2×	5.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	851 1.1×	732 1.1×	97	13.8k
Georg Felix Switzerland	55	15.5k 1.6×	4.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	666 0.9×	586 0.9×	88	16.6k
John W. Mansfıeld United Kingdom	50	9.9k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	257 0.3×	398 0.6×	159	11.2k
Scott Uknes United States	29	9.9k 1.0×	3.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	561 0.7×	701 1.1×	39	10.6k
Martin B. Dickman United States	51	7.2k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	310 0.4×	382 0.6×	116	9.2k
Naoto Shibuya Japan	61	10.0k 1.0×	5.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	774 1.0×	491 0.7×	180	13.5k
Silke Robatzek United Kingdom	59	13.8k 1.4×	6.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	501 0.6×	385 0.6×	100	15.5k
Thorsten Nürnberger Germany	44	9.4k 1.0×	2.7k 0.6×	937 0.8×	338 0.4×	366 0.6×	70	10.3k
H. J. Phaff United States	40	2.1k 0.2×	2.8k 0.6×	872 0.8×	850 1.1×	401 0.6×	171	5.2k
Jian‐Min Zhou China	74	19.2k 2.0×	6.9k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	650 0.8×	805 1.2×	167	21.9k

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Bettgenhaeuser, Jan, Inmaculada Hernández‐Pinzón, Phon Green, et al.. (2021). The barley immune receptor Mla recognizes multiple pathogens and contributes to host range dynamics. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6915–6915. 36 indexed citations

Yu, Guotai, Nicolas Champouret, Burkhard Steuernagel, et al.. (2017). Discovery and characterization of two new stem rust resistance genes in Aegilops sharonensis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 130(6). 1207–1222. 22 indexed citations

Bouyioukos, Costas, Matthew Moscou, Nicolas Champouret, et al.. (2013). Characterisation and Analysis of the Aegilops sharonensis Transcriptome, a Wild Relative of Wheat in the Sitopsis Section. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72782–e72782. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Zijiang, Larissa B. Thackray, Brian C. Miller, et al.. (2007). Coronavirus Replication Does Not Require the Autophagy GeneATG5. Autophagy. 3(6). 581–585. 159 indexed citations

Prade, Lars, et al.. (2000). Structures of adenylosuccinate synthetase from Triticum aestivum and Arabidopsis thaliana 1 1Edited by R. Huber. Journal of Molecular Biology. 296(2). 569–577. 20 indexed citations

Patton, David A., et al.. (1996). Complementation of an. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 251(3). 261–261. 5 indexed citations

Irzyk, Gerard P., Sharon Potter, E. R. Ward, & E. Patrick Fuerst. (1995). A cDNA Clone Encoding the 27-Kilodalton Subunits of Glutathione S-Transferase IV from Zea mays. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 107(1). 311–312. 19 indexed citations

Patton, David, et al.. (1995). Evidence for cross-pathway regulation of metabolic gene expression in plants.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(11). 4997–5000. 72 indexed citations

Hatano, Manabu, et al.. (1995). Insect Cell Expression of Recombinant Imidazoleglycerolphosphate Dehydratase of Arabidopsis and Wheat and Inhibition by Triazole Herbicides. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 109(1). 153–159. 32 indexed citations

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Ryals, John, Scott Uknes, & E. R. Ward. (1994). Systemic Acquired Resistance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 104(4). 1109–1112. 349 indexed citations

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Mizutani, Masaharu, et al.. (1993). Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of a cDNA Encoding Mung Bean Cytochrome P450 (P450C4H) Possessing Cinnamate 4-Hydroxylase Activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 190(3). 875–880. 81 indexed citations

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Lawton, Kay A., E. R. Ward, George B. Payne, Mary B. Moyer, & John Ryals. (1992). Acidic and basic class III chitinase mRNA accumulation in response to TMV infection of tobacco. Plant Molecular Biology. 19(5). 735–743. 94 indexed citations

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Williams, Shericca, Leslie Friedrich, Sandra Dincher, et al.. (1992). Chemical Regulation of Bacillus Thuringiensis ∂-Endotoxin Expression in Transgenic Plants. Nature Biotechnology. 10(5). 540–543. 65 indexed citations

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Edelbaum, Orit, Menachem Rubinstein, Daniela Novick, et al.. (1991). Two antiviral proteins, gp35 and gp22, correspond to ?-1,3-glucanase and an isoform of PR-5. Plant Molecular Biology. 17(1). 171–173. 19 indexed citations

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Ward, E. R., George B. Payne, Mary B. Moyer, et al.. (1991). Differential Regulation of β-1,3-Glucanase Messenger RNAs in Response to Pathogen Infection. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 96(2). 390–397. 119 indexed citations

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Ward, E. R., et al.. (1990). Isolation of single-copy-sequence clones from a yeast artificial chromosome library of randomly-sheared Arabidopsis thaliana DNA. Plant Molecular Biology. 14(4). 561–568. 96 indexed citations

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Criddle, W. J. & E. R. Ward. (1970). Radiolysis of myo-inositol solutions. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 40–40. 5 indexed citations

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Ward, E. R., et al.. (1959). The Synthesis of Some Potential Antimetabolites of Phenylalanine: Part I. The Synthesis of some γγ-Dialkyl-α-Aminobutyric Acids. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 11(1). 540–547. 7 indexed citations

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Ward, E. R., et al.. (1952). 77. Reactions of aromatic nitro-compounds with alkaline sulphides. Part IV. Disulphide formation. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 398–398. 3 indexed citations

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Ward, E. R., et al.. (1951). 170. The preparation and reactions of 2 : 4 : 8-trinitro-1-naphthylamine. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 782–782. 1 indexed citations

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