Franziska Turck

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
54 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Franziska Turck is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Franziska Turck has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Plant Science, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Franziska Turck's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (43 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (22 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (13 papers). Franziska Turck is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (43 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (22 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (13 papers). Franziska Turck collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Franziska Turck's co-authors include George Coupland, Fabio Fornara, Sara Farrona, Coral Vincent, Yue Zhou, Jessika Adrian, Yuehui He, Sandra Kröber, Iain Searle and Maria C. Albani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Franziska Turck

52 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Regulation and Identity of Florigen: FLOWERING LOCUS T Moves Center Stage

2008 793 citations Franziska Turck, Fabio Fornara et al. profile →
The transcription factor FLC confers a flowering response to vernalization by repressing meristem competence and systemic signaling in Arabidopsis

2006 703 citations Iain Searle, Yuehui He et al. Genes & Development profile →
CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis

2006 505 citations Stephan Wenkel, Franziska Turck et al. The Plant Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franziska Turck Germany	35	5.1k	4.1k	411	254	101	54	5.6k
Oliver J. Ratcliffe United States	18	5.8k 1.1×	4.7k 1.2×	290 0.7×	242 1.0×	128 1.3×	21	6.3k
Wim J. J. Soppe Germany	34	6.6k 1.3×	4.3k 1.0×	372 0.9×	228 0.9×	143 1.4×	49	7.1k
Kerstin Kaufmann Germany	42	5.8k 1.1×	5.3k 1.3×	357 0.9×	477 1.9×	131 1.3×	83	6.7k
Clare Lister United Kingdom	17	3.7k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	590 1.4×	250 1.0×	63 0.6×	20	4.3k
Kanako Ishiyama Japan	15	3.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	439 1.1×	160 0.6×	130 1.3×	16	4.2k
Sibum Sung United States	28	4.2k 0.8×	3.5k 0.9×	230 0.6×	154 0.6×	116 1.1×	49	5.0k
Cristina Ferrándiz Spain	37	5.3k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	229 0.6×	383 1.5×	116 1.1×	73	5.7k
Klaus Theres Germany	27	3.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	252 0.6×	242 1.0×	81 0.8×	41	4.1k
Corrie Hanhart Netherlands	28	4.3k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	495 1.2×	201 0.8×	90 0.9×	42	4.7k
Fabio Fornara Italy	30	6.1k 1.2×	4.5k 1.1×	708 1.7×	310 1.2×	209 2.1×	42	6.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franziska Turck

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Zicola, Johan, Xiaoyu Tu, Rechien Bader, et al.. (2025). Vegetative to generative1 ( Vgt1 ) is an enhancer affecting flowering time and jasmonate signaling in maize by promoting the expression of Zea mays Related to APETALA 2.7. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 199(3).

Biancucci, Marco, Bahman Khahani, Elide Formentin, et al.. (2025). Mutations in HEADING DATE 1 affect transcription and cell wall composition in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(4). 3 indexed citations

Manoj, Narayanapillai, et al.. (2024). Measuring CO2 assimilation of Arabidopsis thaliana whole plants and seedlings. Plant Science. 350. 112295–112295. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ce, Yajie Zhang, Johan Zicola, et al.. (2021). Photoperiod-responsive changes in chromatin accessibility in phloem companion and epidermis cells of Arabidopsis leaves. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 475–491. 27 indexed citations

Schmitz, Robert J., Alexandre P. Marand, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Quality control and evaluation of plant epigenomics data. The Plant Cell. 34(1). 503–513. 18 indexed citations

Zicola, Johan, et al.. (2019). Targeted DNA methylation represses two enhancers of FLOWERING LOCUS T in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Plants. 5(3). 300–307. 55 indexed citations

Zhou, Yue, Yuejun Wang, Kristin S Krause, et al.. (2018). Telobox motifs recruit CLF/SWN–PRC2 for H3K27me3 deposition via TRB factors in Arabidopsis. Nature Genetics. 50(5). 638–644. 114 indexed citations

Oka, Rurika, Johan Zicola, Sarah N. Anderson, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide mapping of transcriptional enhancer candidates using DNA and chromatin features in maize. Genome biology. 18(1). 137–137. 122 indexed citations

Romero–Campero, Francisco J., et al.. (2016). The Arabidopsis Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) Components AtBMI1A, B, and C Impact Gene Networks throughout All Stages of Plant Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 173(1). 627–641. 41 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yue, Benjamin Hartwig, Geo Velikkakam James, Korbinian Schneeberger, & Franziska Turck. (2015). Complementary Activities of TELOMERE REPEAT BINDING Proteins and Polycomb Group Complexes in Transcriptional Regulation of Target Genes. The Plant Cell. 28(1). 87–101. 61 indexed citations

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Nordström, Karl, Maria C. Albani, Geo Velikkakam James, et al.. (2013). Mutation identification by direct comparison of whole-genome sequencing data from mutant and wild-type individuals using k-mers. Nature Biotechnology. 31(4). 325–330. 110 indexed citations

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Jensen, Michael K., Søren Lindemose, Federico De Masi, et al.. (2013). ATAF1 transcription factor directly regulates abscisic acid biosynthetic gene NCED3 in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Open Bio. 3(1). 321–327. 166 indexed citations

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Engelhorn, Julia, Julia J. Reimer, Ulrike Göbel, et al.. (2012). DEVELOPMENT-RELATED PcG TARGET IN THE APEX 4 controls leaf margin architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development. 139(14). 2566–2575. 25 indexed citations

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Hartwig, Benjamin, et al.. (2012). Fast Isogenic Mapping-by-Sequencing of Ethyl Methanesulfonate-Induced Mutant Bulks . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 160(2). 591–600. 96 indexed citations

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He, Fei, Xuejing Zhang, Jingyu Hu, et al.. (2011). Widespread Interspecific Divergence in Cis-Regulation of Transposable Elements in the Arabidopsis Genus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(3). 1081–1091. 20 indexed citations

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Adrian, Jessika, Stefano Torti, & Franziska Turck. (2009). From Decision to Commitment: The Molecular Memory of Flowering. Molecular Plant. 2(4). 628–642. 66 indexed citations

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Farrona, Sara, George Coupland, & Franziska Turck. (2008). The impact of chromatin regulation on the floral transition. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 19(6). 560–573. 59 indexed citations

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Wenkel, Stephan, Franziska Turck, Lionel Gissot, et al.. (2006). CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 18(11). 2971–2984. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Searle, Iain, Yuehui He, Franziska Turck, et al.. (2006). The transcription factor FLC confers a flowering response to vernalization by repressing meristem competence and systemic signaling in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development. 20(7). 898–912. 703 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haizel, Thomas, Thomas Merkle, Franziska Turck, & Ferenc Nagy. (1995). Characterization of Membrane-Bound Small GTP-Binding Proteins from Nicotiana tabacum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 108(1). 59–67. 36 indexed citations

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