Enrico Coen

22.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
145 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Enrico Coen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Enrico Coen has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Plant Science, 102 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Enrico Coen's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (92 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (80 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (19 papers). Enrico Coen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (92 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (80 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (19 papers). Enrico Coen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Enrico Coen's co-authors include Rosemary Carpenter, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Coral Vincent, Pilar Cubas, Desmond Bradley, Lucy Copsey, R. Carpenter, Gabriel A. Dover, Oliver J. Ratcliffe and Da Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Enrico Coen

144 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

The war of the whorls: genetic interactions controlling f... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1991 1999 1997 1990 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. The war of the whorls: genetic interactions controlling flower development
    1991 2.2k citations Enrico Coen et al. profile →
  2. An epigenetic mutation responsible for natural variation in floral symmetry
    1999 888 citations Pilar Cubas, Coral Vincent et al. profile →
  3. Inflorescence Commitment and Architecture in Arabidopsis
    1997 689 citations Desmond Bradley, Coral Vincent et al. Science profile →
  4. floricaula: A homeotic gene required for flower development in antirrhinum majus
    1990 679 citations Enrico Coen, Rosemary Carpenter et al. profile →
  5. The TCP domain: a motif found in proteins regulating plant growth and development
    1999 660 citations Pilar Cubas, Enrico Coen et al. profile →
  6. Origin of floral asymmetry in Antirrhinum
    1996 618 citations Rosemary Carpenter, Coral Vincent et al. profile →
  7. Genetic Control of Surface Curvature
    2003 590 citations Utpal Nath, Brian Crawford et al. Science profile →

Peers

Enrico Coen
Cris Kuhlemeier Switzerland
Ueli Grossniklaus Switzerland
Elliot M. Meyerowitz United States
Robert A. Martienssen United States
Beverley J. Glover United Kingdom
Mitsuyasu Hasebe Japan
Gerd Jürgens Germany
David W. Ehrhardt United States
Peter W. Barlow United Kingdom
Markus Schmid Germany
Cris Kuhlemeier Switzerland
Enrico Coen
Citations per year, relative to Enrico Coen Enrico Coen (= 1×) peers Cris Kuhlemeier

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Fields of papers citing papers by Enrico Coen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Enrico Coen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Enrico Coen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Enrico Coen 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 Enrico Coen. Enrico Coen 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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Lee, Karen, Richard Kennaway, J. Elaine Barclay, et al.. (2023). Brassinosteroid coordinates cell layer interactions in plants via cell wall and tissue mechanics. Science. 380(6651). 1275–1281. 43 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jie, Xu Yao, Xiaoshan Duan, et al.. (2023). Diversification of ranunculaceous petals in shape supports a generalized model for plant lateral organ morphogenesis and evolution. Science Advances. 9(16). eadf8049–eadf8049. 13 indexed citations
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Satterlee, James, Phillip A. Conklin, Hao Wu, et al.. (2023). A Wox3-patterning module organizes planar growth in grass leaves and ligules. Nature Plants. 9(5). 720–732. 20 indexed citations
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Coen, Enrico & Daniel J. Cosgrove. (2023). The mechanics of plant morphogenesis. Science. 379(6631). eade8055–eade8055. 75 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jie, Robyn Johnston, Richard Kennaway, et al.. (2021). Evolution of the grass leaf by primordium extension and petiole-lamina remodeling. Science. 374(6573). 1377–1381. 25 indexed citations
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Whitewoods, Christopher, Beatriz Gonçalves, Jie Cheng, et al.. (2019). Evolution of carnivorous traps from planar leaves through simple shifts in gene expression. Science. 367(6473). 91–96. 85 indexed citations
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Kennaway, Richard & Enrico Coen. (2019). Volumetric finite-element modelling of biological growth. Open Biology. 9(5). 190057–190057. 15 indexed citations
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Lee, Karen, Yohei Koide, John Fozard, et al.. (2019). Shaping of a three-dimensional carnivorous trap through modulation of a planar growth mechanism. PLoS Biology. 17(10). e3000427–e3000427. 27 indexed citations
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Garrec, Jean‐François Le, Jorge N. Domínguez, Audrey Desgrange, et al.. (2017). A predictive model of asymmetric morphogenesis from 3D reconstructions of mouse heart looping dynamics. eLife. 6. 67 indexed citations
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Bradley, Desmond, Ping Xu, Irina Mohorianu, et al.. (2017). Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs. Science. 358(6365). 925–928. 50 indexed citations
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Kuchen, Erika E, Samantha Fox, Pierre Barbier de Reuille, et al.. (2012). Generation of Leaf Shape Through Early Patterns of Growth and Tissue Polarity. Science. 335(6072). 1092–1096. 177 indexed citations
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Coen, Enrico. (2009). Development of shape in plants. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Zoologia. 51(2).
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Kim, Minsung, Pilar Cubas, Amanda Gillies, et al.. (2008). Regulatory Genes Control a Key Morphological and Ecological Trait Transferred Between Species. Science. 322(5904). 1116–1119. 218 indexed citations
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Prusinkiewicz, Przemysław, Yvette Erasmus, Brendan Lane, Lawrence D. Harder, & Enrico Coen. (2007). Evolution and Development of Inflorescence Architectures. Science. 316(5830). 1452–1456. 297 indexed citations
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Lee, Karen, Jerome Avondo, Harris Morrison, et al.. (2006). Visualizing Plant Development and Gene Expression in Three Dimensions Using Optical Projection Tomography. The Plant Cell. 18(9). 2145–2156. 107 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Rosemary, et al.. (2005). Floral asymmetry involves an interplay between TCP and MYB transcription factors in Antirrhinum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(14). 5068–5073. 178 indexed citations
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Vincent, Coral & Enrico Coen. (2004). A temporal and morphological framework for flower development in Antirrhinum majus. Canadian Journal of Botany. 82(5). 681–690. 36 indexed citations
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Nath, Utpal, Brian Crawford, Rosemary Carpenter, & Enrico Coen. (2003). Genetic Control of Surface Curvature. Science. 299(5611). 1404–1407. 590 indexed citations breakdown →
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Coen, Enrico. (2002). The mahking of a blossom.. Natural history. 111(4). 48–55. 1 indexed citations
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Cubas, Pilar, Enrico Coen, & José M. Martínez‐Zapater. (2001). Ancient asymmetries in the evolution of flowers. Current Biology. 11(13). 1050–1052. 120 indexed citations

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