Jonathan Gershenzon

58.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
481 papers, 41.9k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Gershenzon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Gershenzon has authored 481 papers receiving a total of 41.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 317 papers in Molecular Biology, 225 papers in Plant Science and 163 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Gershenzon's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (183 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (131 papers) and Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (87 papers). Jonathan Gershenzon is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (183 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (131 papers) and Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (87 papers). Jonathan Gershenzon collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Jonathan Gershenzon's co-authors include Michael Reichelt, Tobias G. Köllner, Natalia Dudareva, Eran Pichersky, Jörg Degenhardt, Barbara Ann Halkier, Sybille B. Unsicker, Rodney Croteau, Thomas Mitchell‐Olds and Dorothea Tholl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Gershenzon

474 papers receiving 40.8k citations

Hit Papers

BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF GLUCOSINOLATES 2001 2026 2009 2017 2006 2007 2006 2005 2002 500 1000 1.5k
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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. BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF GLUCOSINOLATES
    2006 1.6k citations Jonathan Gershenzon et al. profile →
  2. The function of terpene natural products in the natural world
    2007 1.5k citations Jonathan Gershenzon, Natalia Dudareva profile →
  3. Diversity and Distribution of Floral Scent
    2006 1.1k citations Jonathan Gershenzon et al. profile →
  4. Recruitment of entomopathogenic nematodes by insect-damaged maize roots
    2005 939 citations Tobias G. Köllner, Jörg Degenhardt et al. profile →
  5. The formation and function of plant volatiles: perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense
    2002 868 citations Eran Pichersky, Jonathan Gershenzon profile →
  6. Monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases and the origin of terpene skeletal diversity in plants
    2009 832 citations Jörg Degenhardt, Tobias G. Köllner et al. profile →
  7. Biochemistry of Plant Volatiles
    2004 792 citations Natalia Dudareva, Eran Pichersky et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  8. Variation of glucosinolate accumulation among different organs and developmental stages of Arabidopsis thaliana
    2003 738 citations P. D. Brown, Michael Reichelt et al. profile →
  9. Multiple stress factors and the emission of plant VOCs
    2010 691 citations Jonathan Gershenzon et al. profile →
  10. A unified mechanism of action for volatile isoprenoids in plant abiotic stress
    2009 535 citations Jonathan Gershenzon et al. profile →
  11. Genetic Control of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Glucosinolate Accumulation
    2001 518 citations Daniel J. Kliebenstein, Juergen Kroymann et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  12. The specificity of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in attracting herbivore enemies
    2012 414 citations Sybille B. Unsicker, Jonathan Gershenzon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Gershenzon Germany 107 23.7k 22.2k 11.3k 8.3k 3.6k 481 41.9k
Eran Pichersky United States 85 17.2k 0.7× 10.7k 0.5× 2.9k 0.3× 4.2k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 222 23.8k
Jörg Bohlmann Canada 72 11.2k 0.5× 4.7k 0.2× 3.6k 0.3× 2.3k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 155 16.2k
Harro J. Bouwmeester Netherlands 83 9.7k 0.4× 16.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.2× 7.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 308 24.0k
Jeffrey B. Harborne United Kingdom 76 13.3k 0.6× 18.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.2× 4.9k 0.6× 6.0k 1.7× 539 34.8k
Richard A. Dixon United States 121 35.5k 1.5× 35.2k 1.6× 1.8k 0.2× 2.1k 0.3× 3.8k 1.1× 440 61.0k
Natalia Dudareva United States 64 11.4k 0.5× 7.3k 0.3× 2.2k 0.2× 3.7k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 149 17.2k
Dirk Inzé Belgium 141 36.9k 1.6× 50.6k 2.3× 1.8k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 591 62.2k
J. Van Staden South Africa 91 14.6k 0.6× 29.2k 1.3× 919 0.1× 4.6k 0.5× 6.6k 1.8× 1.4k 42.6k
Kevin D. Hyde Thailand 95 10.5k 0.4× 29.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.2× 7.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.3× 1.4k 37.7k
Corné M. J. Pieterse Netherlands 92 9.3k 0.4× 37.0k 1.7× 6.3k 0.6× 3.0k 0.4× 679 0.2× 230 41.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stein, Gideon, et al.. (2026). Plant diversity influences plant volatile emission with varying effects at the species and community levels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(3). e2518326123–e2518326123.
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Reichelt, Michael, et al.. (2025). Deciphering organ‐specific chemical changes following insect herbivory in Populus nigra using comparative metabolomics. Plant Biology. 27(5). 834–846. 1 indexed citations
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Gershenzon, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Comparing two strategies of counter-defense against plant toxins: a modeling study on plant–herbivore interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 3 indexed citations
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Gershenzon, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Evolution of DIMBOA-Glc O-Methyltransferases from Flavonoid O-Methyltransferases in the Grasses. Molecules. 27(3). 1007–1007. 5 indexed citations
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Ullah, Chhana, et al.. (2022). Constitutive expression of JASMONATE RESISTANT 1 induces molecular changes that prime the plants to better withstand drought. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(10). 2906–2922. 23 indexed citations
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Krause, Sandra T., Pan Liao, Christoph Crocoll, et al.. (2021). The biosynthesis of thymol, carvacrol, and thymohydroquinone in Lamiaceae proceeds via cytochrome P450s and a short-chain dehydrogenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(52). 85 indexed citations
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Easson, Michael L. A. E., Osnat Malka, Christian Paetz, et al.. (2021). Activation and detoxification of cassava cyanogenic glucosides by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13244–13244. 22 indexed citations
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Lackus, Nathalie D., Axel Schmidt, Meret Huber, et al.. (2019). Separate Pathways Contribute to the Herbivore-Induced Formation of 2-Phenylethanol in Poplar. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(2). 767–782. 24 indexed citations
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Jia, Qidong, Xinlu Chen, Tobias G. Köllner, et al.. (2019). Terpene Synthase Genes Originated from Bacteria through Horizontal Gene Transfer Contribute to Terpenoid Diversity in Fungi. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9223–9223. 37 indexed citations
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Berasategui, Aileen, Hassan Salem, Christian Paetz, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness. Molecular Ecology. 26(15). 4099–4110. 153 indexed citations
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Bustos‐Segura, Carlos, Erik H. Poelman, Michael Reichelt, Jonathan Gershenzon, & Rieta Gols. (2016). Intraspecific chemical diversity among neighbouring plants correlates positively with plant size and herbivore load but negatively with herbivore damage. Ecology Letters. 20(1). 87–97. 57 indexed citations
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Nagel, Raimund, Axel Schmidt, Peter Rahfeld, et al.. (2013). Metal ions control product specificity of isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in the insect terpenoid pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(11). 4194–4199. 60 indexed citations
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Jirschitzka, Jan, Gregor W. Schmidt, Michael Reichelt, et al.. (2012). Plant tropane alkaloid biosynthesis evolved independently in the Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(26). 10304–10309. 67 indexed citations
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Li, Guanglin, Tobias G. Köllner, Yanbin Yin, et al.. (2012). Nonseed plant Selaginella moellendorffii has both seed plant and microbial types of terpene synthases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(36). 14711–14715. 101 indexed citations
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Gigolashvili, Tamara, et al.. (2009). The Plastidic Bile Acid Transporter 5 Is Required for the Biosynthesis of Methionine-Derived Glucosinolates in Arabidopsis thaliana  . The Plant Cell. 21(6). 1813–1829. 108 indexed citations
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Phillips, Michael A., John C. D’Auria, Jonathan Gershenzon, & Eran Pichersky. (2008). The Arabidopsis thaliana Type I Isopentenyl Diphosphate Isomerases Are Targeted to Multiple Subcellular Compartments and Have Overlapping Functions in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis. The Plant Cell. 20(3). 677–696. 109 indexed citations
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Vergara, Fredd, et al.. (2008). Nonuniform distribution of glucosinolates in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves has important consequences for plant defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(16). 6196–6201. 225 indexed citations
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Schuster, Joachim, et al.. (2007). Arabidopsis Branched-Chain Aminotransferase 3 Functions in Both Amino Acid and Glucosinolate Biosynthesis    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 146(3). 1028–1039. 117 indexed citations
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D’Auria, John C., Eran Pichersky, Andrea Schaub, Armin Hansel, & Jonathan Gershenzon. (2007). Characterization of a BAHD acyltransferase responsible for producing the green leaf volatile (Z)-3-hexen-1-yl acetate in Arabidopsis thaliana. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 6 indexed citations
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Kliebenstein, Daniel J., Juergen Kroymann, P. D. Brown, et al.. (2001). Genetic Control of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Glucosinolate Accumulation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 126(2). 811–825. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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