Giles Oldroyd

28.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
124 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Giles Oldroyd is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giles Oldroyd has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Giles Oldroyd's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (109 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (66 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (36 papers). Giles Oldroyd is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (109 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (66 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (36 papers). Giles Oldroyd collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Giles Oldroyd's co-authors include J. Allan Downie, Sharon R. Long, Jongho Sun, Jeremy D. Murray, Cyril Zipfel, Philip S. Poole, Brian J. Staskawicz, Sibylle Hirsch, Julian I. Schroeder and Jane E. Parker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Giles Oldroyd

120 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Speak, friend, and enter: signalling systems that promote beneficial symbiotic associations in plants
    2013 1.1k citations Giles Oldroyd profile →
  2. Genetic strategies for improving crop yields
    2019 948 citations Giles Oldroyd et al. profile →
  3. The Rules of Engagement in the Legume-Rhizobial Symbiosis
    2011 815 citations Giles Oldroyd, Jeremy D. Murray et al. profile →
  4. Coordinating Nodule Morphogenesis with Rhizobial Infection in Legumes
    2008 747 citations Giles Oldroyd, J. Allan Downie profile →
  5. Plant signalling in symbiosis and immunity
    2017 513 citations Giles Oldroyd et al. profile →
  6. Fatty acids in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are synthesized by the host plant
    2017 490 citations Guru Radhakrishnan, Andrew Breakspear et al. Science profile →
  7. A plant’s diet, surviving in a variable nutrient environment
    2020 350 citations Giles Oldroyd et al. Science profile →
  8. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and the Challenges to Its Extension to Nonlegumes
    2016 349 citations Giles Oldroyd, Michael K. Udvardi et al. profile →
  9. The Root Hair “Infectome” of Medicago truncatula Uncovers Changes in Cell Cycle Genes and Reveals a Requirement for Auxin Signaling in Rhizobial Infection
    2014 257 citations Andrew Breakspear, Chengwu Liu et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giles Oldroyd United Kingdom 67 15.4k 3.9k 2.2k 730 692 124 16.5k
Martin Parniske Germany 60 11.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 655 0.9× 378 0.5× 115 12.7k
Philip S. Poole United Kingdom 52 8.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.9× 278 0.4× 1.5k 2.2× 149 10.2k
Luigi Cattivelli Italy 54 8.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 2.8k 1.3× 299 0.4× 266 0.4× 219 9.8k
Majid R. Foolad United States 41 9.8k 0.6× 636 0.2× 2.7k 1.2× 685 0.9× 297 0.4× 99 11.0k
Jean‐Michel Ané United States 41 4.9k 0.3× 937 0.2× 1.2k 0.5× 382 0.5× 309 0.4× 106 5.8k
Ε. H. Roberts United Kingdom 53 9.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 405 0.6× 191 10.1k
Ertao Wang China 41 6.3k 0.4× 573 0.1× 1.2k 0.6× 365 0.5× 283 0.4× 81 7.0k
Maria Harrison United States 65 13.4k 0.9× 564 0.1× 4.0k 1.8× 878 1.2× 220 0.3× 124 14.7k
Meixue Zhou Australia 59 9.7k 0.6× 740 0.2× 1.5k 0.7× 385 0.5× 432 0.6× 276 11.0k
Howard Thomas United Kingdom 49 6.4k 0.4× 938 0.2× 3.9k 1.8× 970 1.3× 232 0.3× 147 8.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gysel, Kira, Mette Laursen, Feng Feng, et al.. (2025). The Medicago truncatulaLYR4 intracellular domain serves as a scaffold in immunity signaling independent of its phosphorylation activity. New Phytologist. 246(4). 1423–1431. 1 indexed citations
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Roy, Sonali, Ivone Torres‐Jerez, Shulan Zhang, et al.. (2024). The peptide GOLVEN10 alters root development and noduletaxis in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal. 118(3). 607–625. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingyi, Jongho Sun, Kangping Li, et al.. (2024). A receptor required for chitin perception facilitates arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and distinguishes root symbiosis from immunity. Current Biology. 34(8). 1705–1717.e6. 21 indexed citations
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Lin, Jie-shun, Jongho Sun, Xiaowei Huang, et al.. (2022). Constitutive activation of a nuclear-localized calcium channel complex in Medicago truncatula. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2205920119–e2205920119. 14 indexed citations
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Lee, Tak, Boas Pucker, Giles Oldroyd, et al.. (2021). A mycorrhiza-associated receptor-like kinase with an ancient origin in the green lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 19 indexed citations
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Radhakrishnan, Guru, Jean Keller, Mélanie K. Rich, et al.. (2020). An ancestral signalling pathway is conserved in intracellular symbioses-forming plant lineages. Nature Plants. 6(3). 280–289. 131 indexed citations
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Lee, Tak, Jungnam Cho, Boas Pucker, et al.. (2020). The negative regulator SMAX1 controls mycorrhizal symbiosis and strigolactone biosynthesis in rice. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2114–2114. 90 indexed citations
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Feike, Doreen, Andrey Korolev, Eleni Soumpourou, et al.. (2019). Characterizing standard genetic parts and establishing common principles for engineering legume and cereal roots. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(12). 2234–2245. 21 indexed citations
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Feng, Feng, Jongho Sun, Guru Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2019). A combination of chitooligosaccharide and lipochitooligosaccharide recognition promotes arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in Medicago truncatula. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5047–5047. 148 indexed citations
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Couzigou, Jean‐Malo, Katharina Schiessl, Shengbin Liu, et al.. (2018). MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 Are Essential for Indeterminate Nodule Identity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 178(1). 295–316. 33 indexed citations
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Roy, Sonali, Fran Robson, Chengwu Liu, et al.. (2017). MtLAX2, a Functional Homologue of the Arabidopsis Auxin Influx Transporter AUX1, Is Required for Nodule Organogenesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(1). 326–338. 50 indexed citations
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Charpentier, Myriam, Jongho Sun, Guru Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2016). Nuclear-localized cyclic nucleotide–gated channels mediate symbiotic calcium oscillations. Science. 352(6289). 1102–1105. 201 indexed citations
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Miller, J. Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Phosphorylation of S344 in the calmodulin‐binding domain negatively affects CCaMK function during bacterial and fungal symbioses. The Plant Journal. 76(2). 287–296. 23 indexed citations
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Granqvist, Emma, Derin B. Wysham, Wojciech Kozłowski, et al.. (2012). Buffering Capacity Explains Signal Variation in Symbiotic Calcium Oscillations   . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 160(4). 2300–2310. 31 indexed citations
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Xie, Fang, Jeremy D. Murray, Jiyoung Kim, et al.. (2011). Legume pectate lyase required for root infection by rhizobia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(2). 633–638. 177 indexed citations
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Rogers, Christian, Jiangqi Wen, Rujin Chen, & Giles Oldroyd. (2009). Deletion-Based Reverse Genetics in Medicago truncatula    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 151(3). 1077–1086. 62 indexed citations
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Jakab, Júlia, R. Varma Penmetsa, Colby G. Starker, et al.. (2007). An ERF Transcription Factor in Medicago truncatula That Is Essential for Nod Factor Signal Transduction. The Plant Cell. 19(4). 1221–1234. 235 indexed citations
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Kaló, Péter, Cynthia Gleason, Anne Edwards, et al.. (2005). Nodulation Signaling in Legumes Requires NSP2, a Member of the GRAS Family of Transcriptional Regulators. Science. 308(5729). 1786–1789. 402 indexed citations
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Ané, Jean‐Michel, G. B. Kiss, Brendan K. Riely, et al.. (2004). Medicago truncatula DMI1 Required for Bacterial and Fungal Symbioses in Legumes. Science. 303(5662). 1364–1367. 358 indexed citations
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Mitra, Raka M., Cynthia Gleason, Anne Edwards, et al.. (2004). A Ca 2+ /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase required for symbiotic nodule development: Gene identification by transcript-based cloning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(13). 4701–4705. 323 indexed citations

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