Folke Skoog

83.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
135 papers, 65.3k citations indexed

About

Folke Skoog is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Folke Skoog has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 65.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Plant Science and 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Folke Skoog's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (46 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (14 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers). Folke Skoog is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (46 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (14 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers). Folke Skoog collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Folke Skoog's co-authors include Toshio Murashige, Carlos O. Miller, D. J. Armstrong, F. M. Strong, M. H. von Saltza, Nelson J. Leonard, Ruth Y. Schmitz, G. C. Gerloff, Sidney M. Hecht and William Burrows and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Folke Skoog

134 papers receiving 57.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Revised Medium for Rapid Growth and Bio Assays with Tob... 1956 2026 1979 2002 1962 1965 1957 1956 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k 40.0k 50.0k
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. A Revised Medium for Rapid Growth and Bio Assays with Tobacco Tissue Cultures
    1962 55.5k citations Folke Skoog et al. profile →
  2. Organic Growth Factor Requirements of Tobacco Tissue Cultures
    1965 2.8k citations Folke Skoog et al. profile →
  3. Chemical regulation of growth and organ formation in plant tissues cultured in vitro.
    1957 1.7k citations Folke Skoog et al. profile →
  4. Isolation, Structure and Synthesis of Kinetin, a Substance Promoting Cell Division1,2
    1956 306 citations Folke Skoog, F. M. Strong et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Folke Skoog United States 40 52.3k 50.6k 8.5k 4.9k 4.5k 135 65.3k
Toshio Murashige United States 33 48.2k 0.9× 47.0k 0.9× 7.8k 0.9× 4.8k 1.0× 4.2k 0.9× 85 59.5k
Richard A. Dixon United States 121 35.5k 0.7× 35.2k 0.7× 5.9k 0.7× 2.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 440 61.0k
Marc Van Montagu Belgium 122 33.7k 0.6× 39.6k 0.8× 7.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.3× 1.3k 0.3× 598 53.1k
J. Van Staden South Africa 91 14.6k 0.3× 29.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.2× 1.5k 0.3× 4.6k 1.0× 1.4k 42.6k
Jeffrey B. Harborne United Kingdom 76 13.3k 0.3× 18.6k 0.4× 973 0.1× 1.2k 0.2× 4.9k 1.1× 539 34.8k
Dirk Inzé Belgium 141 36.9k 0.7× 50.6k 1.0× 2.3k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 591 62.2k
Jonathan Gershenzon Germany 107 23.7k 0.5× 22.2k 0.4× 1.9k 0.2× 1.0k 0.2× 8.3k 1.8× 481 41.9k
Lothar Willmitzer Germany 93 21.4k 0.4× 23.8k 0.5× 2.8k 0.3× 870 0.2× 844 0.2× 366 36.2k
Peter Albersheim United States 83 8.6k 0.2× 19.6k 0.4× 2.7k 0.3× 1.3k 0.3× 621 0.1× 263 24.3k
Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki Japan 140 45.1k 0.9× 74.4k 1.5× 1.5k 0.2× 1.2k 0.2× 1.9k 0.4× 350 82.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Armstrong, Donald J., et al.. (1979). Distribution of Cytokinin-active Ribonucleosides in Wheat Germ tRNA Species. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 63(1). 35–41. 12 indexed citations
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Swaminathan, S., Robert M. Bock, & Folke Skoog. (1977). Subcellular Localization of Cytokinins in Transfer Ribonucleic Acid. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 59(4). 558–563. 16 indexed citations
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Skoog, Folke, et al.. (1977). Kinetin Incorporated into Tobacco Callus Ribosomal RNA and Transfer RNA Preparations. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 60(2). 197–202. 17 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Donald J., et al.. (1976). Incorporation of Cytokinin N6-Benzyladenine into Tobacco Callus Transfer Ribonucleic Acid and Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Preparations. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 57(1). 15–22. 20 indexed citations
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Leonard, Nelson J., et al.. (1976). Photoaffinity-labeled Cytokinins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 58(6). 803–805. 12 indexed citations
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Einset, John, S. Swaminathan, & Folke Skoog. (1976). Ribosyl-cis-zeatin in a Leucyl Transfer RNA Species from Peas. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 58(2). 140–142. 5 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Donald J. & Folke Skoog. (1975). Chromatography of Cytokinins on a Neutral Polystyrene Resin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 55(2). 237–239. 8 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Ruth Y., Folke Skoog, Sidney M. Hecht, & Nelson J. Leonard. (1972). Comparison of Zeatin Indoleacetate with Zeatin and Indoleacetic Acid in the Tobacco Bioassay. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 50(1). 114–116. 9 indexed citations
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Vreman, Hendrik J., Folke Skoog, Charles R. Frihart, & Nelson J. Leonard. (1972). Cytokinins in Pisum Transfer Ribonucleic Acid. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 49(5). 848–851. 39 indexed citations
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Jordan, William R. & Folke Skoog. (1971). Effects of Cytokinins on Growth and Auxin in Coleoptiles of Derooted Avena Seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 48(1). 97–99. 39 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Ruth Y. & Folke Skoog. (1970). The Use of Dimethylsulfoxide as a Solvent in the Tobacco Bioassay for Cytokinins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 45(4). 537–538. 67 indexed citations
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Skoog, Folke, et al.. (1969). Flower Formation in Excised Tobacco Stem Segments; II. Reversible Removal of IAA Inhibition by RNA Base Analogues. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 44(10). 1407–1412. 22 indexed citations
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Skoog, Folke, et al.. (1966). Thiamine requirement in relation to cytokinin in ?normal? and ?mutant? strains of tobacco callus. Planta. 72(2). 146–154. 12 indexed citations
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Helgeson, John P., et al.. (1965). Partial Purification of a Cell-Division Factor from Peas. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 40(3). 469–476. 29 indexed citations
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Steinhart, Carol E., Laurens Anderson, & Folke Skoog. (1962). Growth Promoting Effect of Cyclitols on Spruce Tissue Cultures. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 37(1). 60–66. 17 indexed citations
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Sargent, John & Folke Skoog. (1960). Effects of Indoleacetic Acid and Kinetin on Scopoletin-Scopolin Levels in Relation to Growth of Tobacco Tissues in Vitro. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 35(6). 934–941. 31 indexed citations
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Keitt, G. W. & Folke Skoog. (1959). Effect of Some Substituted Benzoic Acids and Related Compounds on the Distribution of Callus Growth in Tobacco Stem Explants.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 34(2). 117–122. 11 indexed citations
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Howell, Robert W. & Folke Skoog. (1955). Effect of Adenine and Other Substances on Growth of Excised Pisum Epicotyls Cultured in Vitro. American Journal of Botany. 42(4). 356–356. 3 indexed citations
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Allen, S. E. & Folke Skoog. (1952). Stimulation of Seedling Growth by Seed Treatments with N-Phenyl Succinimide Derivatives. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 27(1). 179–183. 6 indexed citations
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Allen, S. E. & Folke Skoog. (1951). PHYTOTOXICITY OF IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 26(3). 611–624. 1 indexed citations

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