Erik Limpens

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Erik Limpens is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Limpens has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Erik Limpens's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (31 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (15 papers). Erik Limpens is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (31 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (15 papers). Erik Limpens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United States. Erik Limpens's co-authors include Ton Bisseling, René Geurts, Elena Fedorova, Patrick Smit, Carolien Franken, Sergey Ivanov, Joost Willemse, Lin Zhang, Gu Feng and Timothy George and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Erik Limpens

37 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

LysM Domain Receptor Kinases Regulating Rhizobial Nod Factor-Induced Infection

2003 564 citations Erik Limpens, Ton Bisseling et al. Science profile →
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra

2021 228 citations Lin Zhang, Jiachao Zhou et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum

2024 90 citations Gu Feng, Erik Limpens et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik Limpens Netherlands	25	3.3k	842	423	165	163	38	3.5k
R. Varma Penmetsa United States	36	5.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	559 1.3×	289 1.8×	139 0.9×	58	5.4k
René Geurts Netherlands	34	5.1k 1.5×	1.7k 2.0×	613 1.4×	231 1.4×	289 1.8×	77	5.4k
Andréas Niebel France	35	5.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	1.2k 2.9×	137 0.8×	119 0.7×	54	5.3k
Michiko Yasuda Japan	24	2.0k 0.6×	242 0.3×	537 1.3×	97 0.6×	104 0.6×	59	2.3k
Thierry Huguet France	40	3.9k 1.2×	724 0.9×	795 1.9×	311 1.9×	202 1.2×	78	4.2k
Simona Radutoiu Denmark	29	4.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.8×	587 1.4×	80 0.5×	346 2.1×	54	4.8k
Masayoshi Kawaguchi Japan	50	7.4k 2.2×	2.5k 2.9×	1.3k 3.0×	273 1.7×	219 1.3×	136	7.7k
Krzysztof Szczygłowski Canada	28	4.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	605 1.4×	108 0.7×	165 1.0×	56	4.6k
G. J. Boland Canada	25	2.3k 0.7×	509 0.6×	284 0.7×	253 1.5×	86 0.5×	57	2.4k
Andrew Breakspear United Kingdom	16	1.3k 0.4×	211 0.3×	291 0.7×	97 0.6×	44 0.3×	23	1.5k

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Fang, Liu, Yiyang Wang, Guangdong Li, et al.. (2025). A mobile DELLA controls Medicago truncatula root cortex patterning to host arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Nature Plants. 11(10). 2156–2167.

Feng, Gu, et al.. (2024). Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 22(12). 773–790. 90 indexed citations breakdown →

Limpens, Erik, et al.. (2024). Distributing Plant Developmental Regulatory Proteins via Plasmodesmata. Plants. 13(5). 684–684. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Huimin, Jinying Luo, Bo Ouyang, et al.. (2023). Plant lysin motif extracellular proteins are required for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(27). e2301884120–e2301884120. 17 indexed citations

Bergin, Claudia, et al.. (2023). Stochastic nuclear organization and host-dependent allele contribution in Rhizophagus irregularis. BMC Genomics. 24(1). 53–53. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, et al.. (2021). Medicago SPX1 and SPX3 regulate phosphate homeostasis, mycorrhizal colonization, and arbuscule degradation. The Plant Cell. 33(11). 3470–3486. 55 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, Erik Limpens, & Ruifeng Yao. (2021). Orchestrating plant direct and indirect phosphate uptake pathways. Trends in Plant Science. 27(4). 319–321. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Lin, Jiachao Zhou, Timothy George, Erik Limpens, & Gu Feng. (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra. Trends in Plant Science. 27(4). 402–411. 228 indexed citations breakdown →

Huisman, Rik, Jan Hontelez, Ton Bisseling, & Erik Limpens. (2020). SNARE Complexity in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 354–354. 10 indexed citations

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Zeng, Tian, Zijun Zheng, Ting Ting Xiao, et al.. (2019). A Medicago truncatula SWEET transporter implicated in arbuscule maintenance during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist. 224(1). 396–408. 109 indexed citations

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Liu, Jieyu, Luuk Rutten, Erik Limpens, et al.. (2019). A Remote cis-Regulatory Region Is Required for NIN Expression in the Pericycle to Initiate Nodule Primordium Formation in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Cell. 31(1). 68–83. 89 indexed citations

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Fournier, Joëlle, Mireille Chabaud, Sergey Ivanov, et al.. (2015). Remodeling of the Infection Chamber before Infection Thread Formation Reveals a Two-Step Mechanism for Rhizobial Entry into the Host Legume Root Hair. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 167(4). 1233–1242. 102 indexed citations

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Limpens, Erik & René Geurts. (2014). Plant‐driven genome selection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Plant Pathology. 15(6). 531–534. 10 indexed citations

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Moling, Sjef, Anna Pietraszewska‐Bogiel, Marten Postma, et al.. (2014). Nod Factor Receptors Form Heteromeric Complexes and Are Essential for Intracellular Infection inMedicagoNodules. The Plant Cell. 26(10). 4188–4199. 66 indexed citations

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Limpens, Erik, Sjef Moling, Guido Hooiveld, et al.. (2013). Cell- and Tissue-Specific Transcriptome Analyses of Medicago truncatula Root Nodules. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64377–e64377. 63 indexed citations

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Mita, Stéphane De, Alessandra Lillo, Qingqin Cao, et al.. (2011). A Phylogenetic Strategy Based on a Legume-Specific Whole Genome Duplication Yields Symbiotic Cytokinin Type-A Response Regulators. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 157(4). 2013–2022. 75 indexed citations

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Ovchinnikova, Evgenia, Etienne‐Pascal Journet, Mireille Chabaud, et al.. (2011). IPD3 Controls the Formation of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosomes in Pea and Medicago Spp.. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(11). 1333–1344. 103 indexed citations

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Wang, Dong, Joel S. Griffitts, Colby G. Starker, et al.. (2010). A Nodule-Specific Protein Secretory Pathway Required for Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis. Science. 327(5969). 1126–1129. 204 indexed citations

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Limpens, Erik & Ton Bisseling. (2003). Signaling in symbiosis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 6(4). 343–350. 107 indexed citations

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Gualtieri, Gustavo, Olga Kulikova, Erik Limpens, et al.. (2002). Microsynteny between pea and Medicago truncatula in the SYM2 region. Plant Molecular Biology. 50(2). 225–235. 50 indexed citations

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