Georg Felix

23.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
88 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Georg Felix is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Felix has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Plant Science, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Georg Felix's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (55 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (29 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (21 papers). Georg Felix is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (55 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (29 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (21 papers). Georg Felix collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Georg Felix's co-authors include Thomas Boller, Cyril Zipfel, Delphine Chinchilla, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Silke Robatzek, Martin Regenass, Gernot Kunze, Birgit Kemmerling, Thorsten Nürnberger and Lourdes Gómez‐Gómez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Georg Felix

88 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

A Renaissance of Elicitors: Perception of Microbe-Asso... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2009 2007 2006 2004 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. A Renaissance of Elicitors: Perception of Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns and Danger Signals by Pattern-Recognition Receptors
    2009 2.4k citations Thomas Boller, Georg Felix profile →
  2. A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence
    2007 1.4k citations Delphine Chinchilla, Cyril Zipfel et al. profile →
  3. Perception of the Bacterial PAMP EF-Tu by the Receptor EFR Restricts Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation
    2006 1.4k citations Cyril Zipfel, Gernot Kunze et al. Cell profile →
  4. Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception
    2004 1.3k citations Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
  5. Plants have a sensitive perception system for the most conserved domain of bacterial flagellin
    1999 1.2k citations Georg Felix, Thomas Boller et al. The Plant Journal profile →
  6. The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants
    2004 658 citations Gernot Kunze, Cyril Zipfel et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  7. The Arabidopsis Receptor Kinase FLS2 Binds flg22 and Determines the Specificity of Flagellin Perception
    2005 625 citations Delphine Chinchilla, Martin Regenass et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  8. A single locus determines sensitivity to bacterial flagellin in Arabidopsis thaliana
    1999 565 citations Georg Felix, Thomas Boller et al. The Plant Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Georg Felix Switzerland 55 15.5k 4.8k 1.1k 666 586 88 16.6k
Silke Robatzek United Kingdom 59 13.8k 0.9× 6.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 501 0.8× 385 0.7× 100 15.5k
Antonio Molina Spain 57 11.2k 0.7× 5.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 851 1.3× 732 1.2× 97 13.8k
Cyril Zipfel United Kingdom 77 23.2k 1.5× 7.0k 1.5× 1.7k 1.6× 733 1.1× 810 1.4× 166 25.0k
Gregory B. Martin United States 74 18.0k 1.2× 6.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 722 1.1× 688 1.2× 199 19.8k
Ryohei Terauchi Japan 58 10.9k 0.7× 5.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.7× 481 0.7× 402 0.7× 193 12.9k
Jane Glazebrook United States 54 16.0k 1.0× 5.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 408 0.6× 1.4k 2.3× 108 17.5k
Peter N. Dodds Australia 60 12.7k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 2.2k 1.9× 466 0.7× 415 0.7× 143 13.7k
Thorsten Nürnberger Germany 44 9.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 937 0.8× 338 0.5× 366 0.6× 70 10.3k
Hailing Jin United States 58 10.5k 0.7× 7.2k 1.5× 703 0.6× 330 0.5× 614 1.0× 107 13.6k
Yuelin Zhang Canada 60 11.9k 0.8× 5.2k 1.1× 671 0.6× 352 0.5× 456 0.8× 128 13.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Georg Felix

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ordon, Jana, Elke Logemann, Tak Lee, et al.. (2025). Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota. Nature Plants. 11(3). 612–631. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, Xu Wang, Andreas Schaller, et al.. (2025). A receptor antagonist counterbalances multiple systemin phytocytokines in tomato. Cell. 188(23). 6509–6518.e12. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Danielle M., Alexandra J. Weisberg, Judith Fliegmann, et al.. (2024). Natural variation of immune epitopes reveals intrabacterial antagonism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(23). e2319499121–e2319499121. 14 indexed citations
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Löffelhardt, Birgit, Dagmar Kolb, Thomas Leisen, et al.. (2023). Convergent evolution of plant pattern recognition receptors sensing cysteine-rich patterns from three microbial kingdoms. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3621–3621. 18 indexed citations
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Fliegmann, Judith, Ming‐Jing Hwang, Ching‐Shu Suen, et al.. (2023). Identification of a damage‐associated molecular pattern (DAMP) receptor and its cognate peptide ligand in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Plant Cell & Environment. 46(8). 2558–2574. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, Guangyong Li, Georg Felix, Markus Albert, & Ming Guo. (2022). Engineered Agrobacterium improves transformation by mitigating plant immunity detection. New Phytologist. 237(6). 2493–2504. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, Tobias Maierhofer, Katarzyna Rybak, et al.. (2019). Anion channel SLAH3 is a regulatory target of chitin receptor-associated kinase PBL27 in microbial stomatal closure. eLife. 8. 52 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, Elias Einig, Marília Almeida-Trapp, et al.. (2018). The systemin receptor SYR1 enhances resistance of tomato against herbivorous insects. Nature Plants. 4(3). 152–156. 124 indexed citations
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Wildhagen, Mari, Melinka A. Butenko, Reidunn B. Aalen, Georg Felix, & Markus Albert. (2015). A Chemiluminescence Based Receptor-ligand Binding Assay Using Peptide Ligands with an Acridinium Ester Label. BIO-PROTOCOL. 5(6). 2 indexed citations
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Albert, Markus, Anna K. Jehle, Ursula Fürst, et al.. (2013). A Two-Hybrid-Receptor Assay Demonstrates Heteromer Formation as Switch-On for Plant Immune Receptors  . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 163(4). 1504–1509. 21 indexed citations
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Drissner, David, Gernot Kunze, Nico Callewaert, et al.. (2007). Lyso-Phosphatidylcholine Is a Signal in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. Science. 318(5848). 265–268. 118 indexed citations
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Chinchilla, Delphine, et al.. (2005). The Arabidopsis Receptor Kinase FLS2 Binds flg22 and Determines the Specificity of Flagellin Perception. The Plant Cell. 18(2). 465–476. 625 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kunze, Gernot, Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek, et al.. (2004). The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants. The Plant Cell. 16(12). 3496–3507. 658 indexed citations breakdown →
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Danon, Antoine, et al.. (2004). Concurrent activation of cell death‐regulating signaling pathways by singlet oxygen in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 41(1). 68–80. 162 indexed citations
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Felix, Georg & Thomas Boller. (2003). Molecular Sensing of Bacteria in Plants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(8). 6201–6208. 174 indexed citations
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Enkerli, J., Georg Felix, & Thomas Boller. (1999). The Enzymatic Activity of Fungal Xylanase Is Not Necessary for Its Elicitor Activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 121(2). 391–398. 108 indexed citations
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Metz, Birgit A., et al.. (1993). Interaction of a Rhizobial DNA-Binding Protein with the Promoter Region of a Plant Leghemoglobin Gene. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 102(4). 1095–1107. 14 indexed citations
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Spanu, Pietro D., Georg Felix, & Thomas Boller. (1990). Inactivation of Stress Induced 1-Aminocyclopropane Carboxylate Synthase in Vivo Differs from Substrate-Dependent Inactivation in Vitro. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 93(4). 1482–1485. 24 indexed citations
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Bruijn, Frans J. de, Georg Felix, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, et al.. (1989). Regulation of plant genes specifically induced in nitrogen-fixing nodules: role of cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors in leghemoglobin gene expression. Plant Molecular Biology. 13(3). 319–325. 28 indexed citations
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Felix, Georg & Frederick Meins. (1986). Developmental and hormonal regulation of β-1,3-glucanase in tobacco. Planta. 167(2). 206–211. 68 indexed citations

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