Imre E. Somssich

24.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
90 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

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Imre E. Somssich is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Imre E. Somssich has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Plant Science, 65 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Imre E. Somssich's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (57 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (36 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers). Imre E. Somssich is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (57 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (36 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers). Imre E. Somssich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Imre E. Somssich's co-authors include Paul J. Rushton, Thomas Eulgem, Silke Robatzek, Klaus Hahlbrock, Bekir Ülker, Qingxi J. Shen, Shree P. Pandey, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, Kenichi Tsuda and Elke Logemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Imre E. Somssich

90 papers receiving 18.1k 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.

The WRKY superfamily of plant transcription factors

2000 2.4k citations Thomas Eulgem, Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
WRKY transcription factors

2010 2.1k citations Imre E. Somssich et al. profile →
Networks of WRKY transcription factors in defense signaling

2007 1.0k citations Thomas Eulgem, Imre E. Somssich Current Opinion in Plant Biology profile →
The Role of WRKY Transcription Factors in Plant Immunity

2009 939 citations Shree P. Pandey, Imre E. Somssich PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function

2004 811 citations Bekir Ülker, Imre E. Somssich Current Opinion in Plant Biology profile →
Nuclear Activity of MLA Immune Receptors Links Isolate-Specific and Basal Disease-Resistance Responses

2006 577 citations Qian‐Hua Shen, Yusuke Saijo et al. Science profile →
Targets of AtWRKY6 regulation during plant senescence and pathogen defense

2002 558 citations Silke Robatzek, Imre E. Somssich profile →
Interaction of elicitor-induced DNA-binding proteins with elicitor response elements in the promoters of parsley PR1 genes.

1996 556 citations Klaus Hahlbrock, Imre E. Somssich et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Physical interaction between RRS1-R, a protein conferring resistance to bacterial wilt, and PopP2, a type III effector targeted to the plant nucleus

2003 551 citations Laurent Deslandes, Imre E. Somssich et al. profile →
Arabidopsis WRKY33 Is a Key Transcriptional Regulator of Hormonal and Metabolic Responses toward Botrytis cinerea Infection

2012 437 citations Rainer P. Birkenbihl, Celia Diezel et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
Transcriptional networks in plant immunity

2015 384 citations Kenichi Tsuda, Imre E. Somssich New Phytologist profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Imre E. Somssich	15.7k	12.3k	1.1k	777	701	90	18.7k
Steven J. Clough	18.7k 1.2×	15.0k 1.2×	711 0.7×	921 1.2×	601 0.9×	60	22.1k
John Mundy	12.2k 0.8×	8.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	646 0.8×	552 0.8×	118	14.8k
Kirankumar S. Mysore	12.4k 0.8×	5.8k 0.5×	745 0.7×	531 0.7×	407 0.6×	274	14.0k
Masaru Ohme‐Takagi	17.8k 1.1×	13.8k 1.1×	425 0.4×	317 0.4×	510 0.7×	167	20.0k
Csaba Koncz	13.6k 0.9×	12.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	667 0.9×	428 0.6×	145	16.9k
Jian‐Min Zhou	19.2k 1.2×	6.9k 0.6×	650 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	805 1.1×	167	21.9k
Hirohiko Hirochika	15.2k 1.0×	9.5k 0.8×	676 0.6×	431 0.6×	325 0.5×	179	17.7k
Antonio Molina	11.2k 0.7×	5.8k 0.5×	851 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	732 1.0×	97	13.8k
Bernd Weißhaar	15.0k 1.0×	17.0k 1.4×	937 0.9×	384 0.5×	247 0.4×	165	21.7k
Antonio Granell	6.8k 0.4×	5.7k 0.5×	628 0.6×	275 0.4×	558 0.8×	190	9.5k

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P., Barbara Kracher, Mario Roccaro, & Imre E. Somssich. (2016). Induced Genome-Wide Binding of Three Arabidopsis WRKY Transcription Factors during Early MAMP-Triggered Immunity. The Plant Cell. 29(1). 20–38. 188 indexed citations

Tsuda, Kenichi & Imre E. Somssich. (2015). Transcriptional networks in plant immunity. New Phytologist. 206(3). 932–947. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

Pesch, Martina, et al.. (2014). Arabidopsis TTG2 Regulates TRY Expression through Enhancement of Activator Complex-Triggered Activation . The Plant Cell. 26(10). 4067–4083. 58 indexed citations

Birkenbihl, Rainer P., Celia Diezel, & Imre E. Somssich. (2012). Arabidopsis WRKY33 Is a Key Transcriptional Regulator of Hormonal and Metabolic Responses toward Botrytis cinerea Infection . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 159(1). 266–285. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

Birkenbihl, Rainer P. & Imre E. Somssich. (2011). Transcriptional Plant Responses Critical for Resistance Towards Necrotrophic Pathogens. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 76–76. 36 indexed citations

Jordan, Tina, et al.. (2010). The wheat Mla homologue TmMla1 exhibits an evolutionarily conserved function against powdery mildew in both wheat and barley. The Plant Journal. 65(4). 610–621. 48 indexed citations

Pandey, Shree P., et al.. (2010). Transcriptional reprogramming regulated by WRKY18 and WRKY40 facilitates powdery mildew infection of Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 64(6). 912–923. 200 indexed citations

Hu, Jian, Xavier Barlet, Laurent Deslandes, et al.. (2008). Transcriptional Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana during Wilt Disease Caused by the Soil-Borne Phytopathogenic Bacterium, Ralstonia solanacearum. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2589–e2589. 75 indexed citations

Eulgem, Thomas & Imre E. Somssich. (2007). Networks of WRKY transcription factors in defense signaling. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10(4). 366–371. 1046 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Qian‐Hua, Yusuke Saijo, Christoph Biskup, et al.. (2006). Nuclear Activity of MLA Immune Receptors Links Isolate-Specific and Basal Disease-Resistance Responses. Science. 315(5815). 1098–1103. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Serrano, Mario, Silke Robatzek, Martha Torres, et al.. (2006). Chemical Interference of Pathogen-associated Molecular Pattern-triggered Immune Responses in Arabidopsis Reveals a Potential Role for Fatty-acid Synthase Type II Complex-derived Lipid Signals. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(9). 6803–6811. 61 indexed citations

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Logemann, Elke, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, Bekir Ülker, & Imre E. Somssich. (2006). An improved method for preparing Agrobacterium cells that simplifies the Arabidopsis transformation protocol. Plant Methods. 2(1). 16–16. 140 indexed citations

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Andréasson, Erik, Thomas H. Jenkins, Peter Brodersen, et al.. (2005). The MAP kinase substrate MKS1 is a regulator of plant defense responses. The EMBO Journal. 24(14). 2579–2589. 417 indexed citations

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Ülker, Bekir & Imre E. Somssich. (2004). WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 7(5). 491–498. 811 indexed citations breakdown →

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Somssich, Imre E.. (2003). Closing Another Gap in the Plant SAR Puzzle. Cell. 113(7). 815–816. 17 indexed citations

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Schmelzer, Elmon, et al.. (2000). A novel regulatory element involved in rapid activation of parsley ELI7 gene family members by fungal elicitor or pathogen infection. Molecular Plant Pathology. 1(4). 243–251. 43 indexed citations

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Plesch, Gunnar, et al.. (1997). Developmental and auxin‐induced expression of the Arabidopsis prha homeobox gene. The Plant Journal. 12(3). 635–647. 26 indexed citations

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Logemann, Elke, Susanne Reinold, Imre E. Somssich, & Klaus Hahlbrock. (1997). A Novel Type of Pathogen Defense-Related Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase. Biological Chemistry. 378(8). 909–914. 30 indexed citations

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Somssich, Imre E., et al.. (1989). Differential early activation of defense-related genes in elicitor-treated parsley cells. Plant Molecular Biology. 12(2). 227–234. 99 indexed citations

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Somssich, Imre E., Elmon Schmelzer, Petra Kawalleck, & Klaus Hahlbrock. (1988). Gene structure and in situ transcript localization of pathogenesis-related protein 1 in parsley. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 213(1). 93–98. 175 indexed citations

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