Jeff Schell

36.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
307 papers, 26.6k citations indexed

About

Jeff Schell is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeff Schell has authored 307 papers receiving a total of 26.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 232 papers in Plant Science, 211 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Jeff Schell's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (146 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (61 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (56 papers). Jeff Schell is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (146 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (61 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (56 papers). Jeff Schell collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and Hungary. Jeff Schell's co-authors include Csaba Koncz, Lothar Willmitzer, J. Logemann, Marc Van Montagu, Klaus Palme, Angelo Spena, J. Leemans, Zsuzsanna Koncz–Kálmán, Henri De Greve and Patricia Zambryski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jeff Schell

301 papers receiving 25.0k citations

Hit Papers

Improved method for the isolation of RNA from plant tissues 1974 2026 1991 2008 1987 1986 1996 1985 1974 500 1000 1.5k
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. Improved method for the isolation of RNA from plant tissues
    1987 1.7k citations Jeff Schell, Lothar Willmitzer et al. profile →
  2. The promoter of TL-DNA gene 5 controls the tissue-specific expression of chimaeric genes carried by a novel type of Agrobacterium binary vector
    1986 1.7k citations Csaba Koncz, Jeff Schell Molecular and General Genetics MGG profile →
  3. Brassinosteroids Rescue the Deficiency of CYP90, a Cytochrome P450, Controlling Cell Elongation and De-etiolation in Arabidopsis
    1996 831 citations Jeff Schell, Csaba Koncz et al. profile →
  4. Efficient octopine Ti plasmid-derived vectors forAgrobacterium-mediated gene transfer to plants
    1985 612 citations R. Deblaere, Henri De Greve et al. profile →
  5. Large plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens essential for crown gall-inducing ability
    1974 544 citations Gilbert Engler, Jeff Schell et al. profile →
  6. Ti plasmid vector for the introduction of DNA into plant cells without alteration of their normal regeneration capacity
    1983 537 citations Patricia Zambryski, H. Joos et al. profile →
  7. New plant binary vectors with selectable markers located proximal to the left T-DNA border
    1992 532 citations Jeff Schell et al. Plant Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jeff Schell Germany 90 20.3k 19.5k 5.5k 906 784 307 26.6k
Paul J. J. Hooykaas Netherlands 62 10.4k 0.5× 11.0k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 784 0.9× 640 0.8× 198 14.7k
Michael Bevan United Kingdom 61 17.3k 0.9× 15.7k 0.8× 4.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 242 0.3× 138 21.5k
William F. Thompson United States 49 13.3k 0.7× 10.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.3× 3.3k 3.6× 626 0.8× 169 18.1k
Eugene W. Nester United States 77 11.3k 0.6× 14.2k 0.7× 5.0k 0.9× 1.9k 2.1× 1.3k 1.7× 213 18.1k
Vitaly Citovsky United States 64 10.9k 0.5× 7.7k 0.4× 2.5k 0.4× 476 0.5× 757 1.0× 179 13.8k
Gynheung An South Korea 96 22.3k 1.1× 15.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.3× 3.5k 3.8× 369 0.5× 376 26.8k
Daniel F. Klessig United States 93 27.5k 1.4× 13.3k 0.7× 971 0.2× 1.6k 1.8× 418 0.5× 238 32.5k
Ann Depicker Belgium 49 8.1k 0.4× 8.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.6× 697 0.8× 267 0.3× 153 12.0k
Uwe Sonnewald Germany 79 14.9k 0.7× 7.9k 0.4× 1.3k 0.2× 465 0.5× 328 0.4× 258 18.5k
Els J. M. Van Damme Belgium 64 6.4k 0.3× 11.0k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 344 0.4× 546 0.7× 415 16.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bakó, László, Masaaki Umeda, Antonio F. Tiburcio, Jeff Schell, & Csaba Koncz. (2003). The VirD2 pilot protein of Agrobacterium -transferred DNA interacts with the TATA box-binding protein and a nuclear protein kinase in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(17). 10108–10113. 66 indexed citations
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Röhrig, Horst, et al.. (2002). Soybean ENOD40 encodes two peptides that bind to sucrose synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(4). 1915–1920. 183 indexed citations
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Strizhov, N., Marcel P. Keller, Avital Regev, et al.. (1996). Mapping of the entomocidal fragment of Spodoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis toxin CryIC. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 253(1-2). 11–19. 12 indexed citations
4.
Grosser, Jude W., Frederick G. Gmitter, Eliezer S. Louzada, et al.. (1996). Allotetraploid hybrids between citrus and seven related genera produced by somatic hybridization. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 92(5). 577–582. 49 indexed citations
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John, Michael, Horst Röhrig, Jürgen Schmidt, Ursula Wieneke, & Jeff Schell. (1993). Rhizobium NodB protein involved in nodulation signal synthesis is a chitooligosaccharide deacetylase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(2). 625–629. 184 indexed citations
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Hesse, Thomas, Christine Garbers, Břetislav Brzobohatý, et al.. (1993). Two members of the ERabp gene family are expressed differentially in reproductive organs but to similar levels in the coleoptile of maize. Plant Molecular Biology. 23(1). 57–66. 20 indexed citations
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Koncz, Csaba, et al.. (1992). T-DNA insertional mutagenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology. 20(5). 963–976. 124 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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Schell, Jeff, et al.. (1987). Recombination of Selectable Marker DNA in Nicotiana tabacum. DNA. 6(3). 245–253. 19 indexed citations
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Inzé, Dirk, A. Follin, Harry Van Onckelen, et al.. (1987). Functional analysis of the T-DNA onc genes. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 6 indexed citations
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Czernilofsky, A.P., Rüdiger Hain, Luís Herrera‐Estrella, et al.. (1986). Fate of Selectable Marker DNA Integrated into the Genome of Nicotiana tabacum. DNA. 5(2). 101–113. 71 indexed citations
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Schell, Jeff, Marc Van Montagu, Lothar Willmitzer, et al.. (1984). Transfer of foreign genes to plants and its use to study developmental processes. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Zambryski, Patricia, Luís Herrera‐Estrella, Marc De Block, Marc Van Montagu, & Jeff Schell. (1984). The use of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium to study the transfer and expression of foreign DNA in plant cells. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations
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Schell, Jeff, Marc Van Montagu, Jean-Pierre Hernálsteens, et al.. (1982). The use of Ti plasmids as gene vectors for plants. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Lemmers, M., Gilbert Engler, Marc Van Montagu, et al.. (1981). Le plasmide Ti, vecteur potentiel pour la modification génétique des plantes. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Schell, Jeff & Marc Van Montagu. (1980). Gene transfer as an infective process. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Montagu, Marc Van & Jeff Schell. (1979). The plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 16 indexed citations
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Wilde, Michel De, Ann Depicker, Guido De Vos, et al.. (1978). Molecular cloning as a tool to the analysis of the Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations
19.
Depicker, Ann, Marc Van Montagu, & Jeff Schell. (1977). Physical map of RP4. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 20 indexed citations
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Vandekerckhove, Joël, et al.. (1975). Purification of the Agrobacterium radiobacter 84 agrocin.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 83(5). 974–5. 3 indexed citations

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