Igor Cesarino

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Igor Cesarino is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Cesarino has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Plant Science and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Igor Cesarino's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (32 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (23 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (13 papers). Igor Cesarino is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (32 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (23 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (13 papers). Igor Cesarino collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Belgium and United States. Igor Cesarino's co-authors include Paulo Mazzafera, Wout Boerjan, Pedro Araújo, Ruben Vanholme, Geert Goeminne, Kris Morreel, Bartel Vanholme, John Ralph, Hoon Kim and Juliana Lischka Sampaio Mayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Igor Cesarino

53 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

2013 403 citations Ruben Vanholme, Igor Cesarino et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor Cesarino Brazil	24	1.2k	1.2k	770	258	127	58	2.0k
Jaime Barros United States	21	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	580 0.8×	314 1.2×	179 1.4×	40	2.3k
Jeongim Kim United States	20	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	755 1.0×	223 0.9×	131 1.0×	44	2.2k
Scott A. Harding United States	26	1.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	496 0.6×	286 1.1×	147 1.2×	55	2.8k
Takefumi Hattori Japan	23	787 0.7×	981 0.8×	661 0.9×	332 1.3×	93 0.7×	66	1.7k
Godfrey Neutelings France	24	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	280 0.4×	138 0.5×	118 0.9×	36	1.9k
Shojiro Hishiyama Japan	21	853 0.7×	940 0.8×	466 0.6×	354 1.4×	61 0.5×	46	1.5k
Jin Nakashima United States	27	1.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	708 0.9×	264 1.0×	123 1.0×	44	2.8k
Shinya Kajita Japan	24	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	880 1.1×	534 2.1×	102 0.8×	89	2.1k
Tom Clemente United States	27	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	340 0.4×	252 1.0×	90 0.7×	62	2.6k
Dyoni Matias de Oliveira Brazil	14	489 0.4×	572 0.5×	526 0.7×	176 0.7×	125 1.0×	30	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor Cesarino

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mota, Thatiane Rodrigues, Igor Cesarino, & Dyoni Matias de Oliveira. (2025). Xylan engineering in vascular tissue for biomass valorization. Trends in Plant Science. 31(1). 8–10.

Li, Wenze, et al.. (2025). Polysaccharides of coffee: dynamic changes during processing, effects on quality, and implications for by-product utilization. Food Research International. 220. 117116–117116.

He, Feifei, et al.. (2025). Nutritional and antioxidant profiling reveals coffee cherry tea as a health-promoting ingredient retaining the nutraceutical properties of coffee husks. LWT. 227. 117985–117985. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, Dyoni Matias de & Igor Cesarino. (2023). Genome editing of wood for sustainable pulping. Trends in Plant Science. 29(2). 111–113. 2 indexed citations

Cesarino, Igor, et al.. (2023). Pour some sugar on me: The diverse functions of phenylpropanoid glycosylation. Journal of Plant Physiology. 291. 154138–154138. 7 indexed citations

Oliveira, Dyoni Matias de & Igor Cesarino. (2023). Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly. Molecular Plant. 17(2). 230–232.

Ma, Jiayi, Jinping Li, Hong He, et al.. (2022). Characterization of sensory properties of Yunnan coffee. Current Research in Food Science. 5. 1205–1215. 20 indexed citations

Aricetti, Juliana A., Rodrigo Floriano Pimpinato, Ricardo Ferraz de Oliveira, et al.. (2022). Infection by Moniliophthora perniciosa reprograms tomato Micro-Tom physiology, establishes a sink, and increases secondary cell wall synthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(11). 3651–3670. 2 indexed citations

Ferreira, Sávio Siqueira, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive expression analyses of the ABCG subfamily reveal SvABCG17 as a potential transporter of lignin monomers in the model C4 grass Setaria viridis. Journal of Plant Physiology. 280. 153900–153900. 6 indexed citations

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Baekelandt, Alexandra, Stijn Dhondt, Olivier Leroux, et al.. (2019). cis-Cinnamic acid is a natural plant growth-promoting compound. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(21). 6293–6304. 43 indexed citations

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Cesarino, Igor, Lívia Vargas, Hoon Kim, et al.. (2017). Silencing CAFFEOYL SHIKIMATE ESTERASE Affects Lignification and Improves Saccharification in Poplar. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 175(3). 1040–1057. 92 indexed citations

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Özparpucu, Merve, Markus Rüggeberg, Notburga Gierlinger, et al.. (2017). Unravelling the impact of lignin on cell wall mechanics: a comprehensive study on young poplar trees downregulated for CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE (CAD). The Plant Journal. 91(3). 480–490. 50 indexed citations

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Klíma, Petr, Mussa Quareshy, Igor Cesarino, et al.. (2016). cis-Cinnamic Acid Is a Novel, Natural Auxin Efflux Inhibitor That Promotes Lateral Root Formation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 173(1). 552–565. 64 indexed citations

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Eloy, Núbia Barbosa, Wannes Voorend, Wu Lan, et al.. (2016). Silencing CHALCONE SYNTHASE in Maize Impedes the Incorporation of Tricin into Lignin and Increases Lignin Content. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 173(2). 998–1016. 83 indexed citations

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Vargas, Lívia, Igor Cesarino, Ruben Vanholme, et al.. (2016). Improving total saccharification yield of Arabidopsis plants by vessel-specific complementation of caffeoyl shikimate esterase (cse) mutants. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1). 139–139. 56 indexed citations

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Cesarino, Igor, Petr Klíma, Mussa Quareshy, et al.. (2016). The allelochemical MDCA inhibits lignification and affects auxin homeostasis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 172(2). pp.01972.2015–pp.01972.2015. 27 indexed citations

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Vicentini, Renato, Alexandra Bottcher, Michael dos Santos Brito, et al.. (2015). Large-Scale Transcriptome Analysis of Two Sugarcane Genotypes Contrasting for Lignin Content. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0134909–e0134909. 48 indexed citations

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Vanholme, Ruben, Igor Cesarino, Katarzyna Rataj, et al.. (2013). Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis. Science. 341(6150). 1103–1106. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cesarino, Igor, Pedro Araújo, Juliana Lischka Sampaio Mayer, Adriana Franco Paes Leme, & Paulo Mazzafera. (2012). Enzymatic activity and proteomic profile of class III peroxidases during sugarcane stem development. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 55. 66–76. 39 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Milton Massao, Adriana Brombini dos Santos, Alexandra Bottcher, et al.. (2011). Enzyme characterisation, isolation and cDNA cloning of polyphenol oxidase in the hearts of palm of three commercially important species. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 49(9). 970–977. 19 indexed citations

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