Jens Heller

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Jens Heller is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens Heller has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jens Heller's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (7 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (4 papers). Jens Heller is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (7 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (4 papers). Jens Heller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Jens Heller's co-authors include Paul Tudzynski, N. Louise Glass, Ulrike Siegmund, Asen Daskalov, Isidro G. Collado, Pierre Gladieux, A. Pedro Gonçalves, Arnaldo Videira, Dongdong Niu and Rachael Hamby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Development.

In The Last Decade

Jens Heller

19 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Reactive Oxygen Species in Phytopathogenic Fungi: Signaling, Development, and Disease

2011 422 citations Jens Heller, Paul Tudzynski Annual Review of Phytopathology profile →
Spray‐induced gene silencing for disease control is dependent on the efficiency of pathogen RNA uptake

2021 194 citations Lulu Qiao, Luca Capriotti et al. Plant Biotechnology Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jens Heller Germany	18	1.0k	682	322	197	161	19	1.4k
Mehdi Kabbage United States	25	2.2k 2.1×	799 1.2×	460 1.4×	65 0.3×	167 1.0×	54	2.6k
Anja Kombrink Netherlands	15	2.1k 2.0×	736 1.1×	792 2.5×	136 0.7×	96 0.6×	20	2.3k
Martin Münsterkötter Germany	26	924 0.9×	935 1.4×	462 1.4×	214 1.1×	82 0.5×	38	1.7k
Jafargholi Imani Germany	26	1.8k 1.8×	1.0k 1.5×	356 1.1×	85 0.4×	127 0.8×	63	2.4k
A. Beijersbergen Netherlands	9	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	388 1.2×	188 1.0×	48 0.3×	9	1.8k
Muriel Viaud France	15	911 0.9×	613 0.9×	402 1.2×	238 1.2×	397 2.5×	21	1.2k
Gregor Langen Germany	24	1.8k 1.7×	598 0.9×	506 1.6×	140 0.7×	194 1.2×	37	2.2k
Chuck Stäben United States	16	786 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	430 1.3×	224 1.1×	262 1.6×	27	1.7k
Xiaobo Zheng China	28	2.6k 2.5×	1.3k 1.9×	759 2.4×	320 1.6×	73 0.5×	56	3.0k
Takashi Kamakura Japan	21	922 0.9×	840 1.2×	255 0.8×	179 0.9×	138 0.9×	64	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jens Heller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jens Heller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jens Heller based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jens Heller. Jens Heller is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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19 of 19 papers shown

Qiao, Lulu, Luca Capriotti, Audrey M. V. Ah‐Fong, et al.. (2021). Spray‐induced gene silencing for disease control is dependent on the efficiency of pathogen RNA uptake. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(9). 1756–1768. 194 indexed citations breakdown →

Gonçalves, A. Pedro, et al.. (2020). Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation Regulate Social Interactions in Filamentous Fungi. Annual Review of Microbiology. 74(1). 693–712. 26 indexed citations

Gonçalves, A. Pedro, Jens Heller, Elise A. Span, et al.. (2019). Allorecognition upon Fungal Cell-Cell Contact Determines Social Cooperation and Impacts the Acquisition of Multicellularity. Current Biology. 29(18). 3006–3017.e3. 39 indexed citations

Daskalov, Asen, Pierre Gladieux, Jens Heller, & N. Louise Glass. (2019). Programmed Cell Death inNeurospora crassaIs Controlled by the Allorecognition Determinantrcd-1. Genetics. 213(4). 1387–1400. 32 indexed citations

Heller, Jens, Corinne Clavé, Pierre Gladieux, Sven J. Saupe, & N. Louise Glass. (2018). NLR surveillance of essential SEC-9 SNARE proteins induces programmed cell death upon allorecognition in filamentous fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(10). E2292–E2301. 63 indexed citations

Gonçalves, A. Pedro, Jens Heller, Asen Daskalov, Arnaldo Videira, & N. Louise Glass. (2017). Regulated Forms of Cell Death in Fungi. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1837–1837. 79 indexed citations

Daskalov, Asen, et al.. (2017). Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fusion and Heterokaryon Formation in Filamentous Fungi. Microbiology Spectrum. 5(2). 54 indexed citations

Rauschenberger, Verena, Dominic B. Bernkopf, Jens Heller, et al.. (2017). The phosphatase Pgam5 antagonizes Wnt/β-Catenin signaling in embryonic anterior-posterior axis patterning. Development. 144(12). 2234–2247. 18 indexed citations

Heller, Jens, et al.. (2016). Differential requirement of bone morphogenetic protein receptors Ia (ALK3) and Ib (ALK6) in early embryonic patterning and neural crest development. BMC Developmental Biology. 16(1). 1–1. 34 indexed citations

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Heller, Jens, et al.. (2016). Characterization of Greenbeard Genes Involved in Long-Distance Kind Discrimination in a Microbial Eukaryote. PLoS Biology. 14(4). e1002431–e1002431. 42 indexed citations

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Heller, Jens, et al.. (2014). Redox Systems in Botrytis cinerea: Impact on Development and Virulence. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 27(8). 858–874. 54 indexed citations

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Siegmund, Ulrike, Jens Heller, J.A.L. van Kan, & Paul Tudzynski. (2013). The NADPH Oxidase Complexes in Botrytis cinerea: Evidence for a Close Association with the ER and the Tetraspanin Pls1. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55879–e55879. 48 indexed citations

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Heller, Jens, Andreas J. Meyer, & Paul Tudzynski. (2012). Redox‐sensitive GFP2: use of the genetically encoded biosensor of the redox status in the filamentous fungus Botrytis cinerea. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13(8). 935–947. 29 indexed citations

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Heller, Jens, et al.. (2012). The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase BcSak1 of Botrytis cinerea Is Required for Pathogenic Development and Has Broad Regulatory Functions Beyond Stress Response. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 25(6). 802–816. 52 indexed citations

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Tudzynski, Paul, Jens Heller, & Ulrike Siegmund. (2012). Reactive oxygen species generation in fungal development and pathogenesis. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 15(6). 653–659. 100 indexed citations

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Oeser, Birgitt, Jens Heller, Adeline Simon, et al.. (2012). BcAtf1, a global regulator, controls various differentiation processes and phytotoxin production in Botrytis cinerea. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13(7). 704–718. 82 indexed citations

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Michielse, Caroline B., M. Becker, Jens Heller, et al.. (2011). The Botrytis cinerea Reg1 Protein, a Putative Transcriptional Regulator, Is Required for Pathogenicity, Conidiogenesis, and the Production of Secondary Metabolites. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(9). 1074–1085. 73 indexed citations

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Heller, Jens & Paul Tudzynski. (2011). Reactive Oxygen Species in Phytopathogenic Fungi: Signaling, Development, and Disease. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 49(1). 369–390. 422 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heller, Jens, et al.. (2008). Cloning and Characterization of α-Methylacyl Coenzyme A Racemase from Gordonia polyisoprenivorans VH2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(22). 7085–7089. 9 indexed citations

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