Kai Graeber

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Graeber is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Graeber has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Kai Graeber's work include Seed Germination and Physiology (10 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers) and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (3 papers). Kai Graeber is often cited by papers focused on Seed Germination and Physiology (10 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers) and Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (3 papers). Kai Graeber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Czechia. Kai Graeber's co-authors include Gerhard Leubner‐Metzger, Ada Linkies, Charles A. Knight, Kazumi Nakabayashi, Wim J. J. Soppe, Andrew T. A. Wood, Kerstin Müller, Danuše Tarkowská, Miroslav Strnad and Antje Voegele and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kai Graeber

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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. Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy
    2012 464 citations Kai Graeber, Kazumi Nakabayashi et al. Plant Cell & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Graeber Germany 12 1.2k 555 172 59 54 16 1.5k
Ada Linkies Germany 16 2.0k 1.6× 920 1.7× 173 1.0× 85 1.4× 46 0.9× 24 2.3k
D. A. Morris United Kingdom 27 1.9k 1.6× 1.3k 2.4× 128 0.7× 33 0.6× 19 0.4× 60 2.4k
Jens F. Sundström Sweden 20 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 2.3× 146 0.8× 6 0.1× 31 0.6× 36 1.7k
D. Magnus Eklund Sweden 19 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 282 1.6× 6 0.1× 17 0.3× 34 1.7k
Huimin Li China 17 800 0.7× 457 0.8× 67 0.4× 24 0.4× 5 0.1× 91 1.2k
Rafael de Andrade Moral Ireland 16 521 0.4× 258 0.5× 130 0.8× 9 0.2× 102 1.9× 93 1.1k
S. Matthews United Kingdom 26 1.7k 1.4× 489 0.9× 148 0.9× 140 2.4× 50 0.9× 77 1.9k
Assaf Mosquna Israel 17 1.2k 1.0× 763 1.4× 120 0.7× 15 0.3× 8 0.1× 25 1.4k
Ricardo Hernández United States 17 1.1k 0.9× 246 0.4× 42 0.2× 39 0.7× 18 0.3× 51 1.4k
D. P. S. Verma India 11 1.5k 1.3× 805 1.5× 35 0.2× 13 0.2× 13 0.2× 20 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Graeber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Graeber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Graeber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Graeber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Graeber 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 Kai Graeber. Kai Graeber is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Steinbrecher, Tina, Antje Voegele, Karin Weitbrecht, et al.. (2025). Distinct Molecular Biomechanical Mechanisms Inhibit Endosperm Cell‐Wall Weakening and Seed Germination at Cold and Warm Nonoptimal Temperatures. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(11). 8047–8067.
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Wilhelmsson, Per K.I., Noé Fernández‐Pozo, Kai Graeber, et al.. (2024). The dimorphic diaspore model Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae): Distinct molecular and morphological control of responses to parental and germination temperatures. The Plant Cell. 36(7). 2465–2490. 5 indexed citations
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Mérai, Zsuzsanna, Kai Graeber, Mattia Donà, et al.. (2024). Long days induce adaptive secondary dormancy in the seeds of the Mediterranean plant Aethionema arabicum. Current Biology. 34(13). 2893–2906.e3. 1 indexed citations
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Mérai, Zsuzsanna, Kai Graeber, Per K.I. Wilhelmsson, et al.. (2019). Aethionema arabicum: a novel model plant to study the light control of seed germination. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(12). 3313–3328. 34 indexed citations
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Wilhelmsson, Per K.I., Noé Fernández‐Pozo, Kai Graeber, et al.. (2019). Usability of reference-free transcriptome assemblies for detection of differential expression: a case study on Aethionema arabicum dimorphic seeds. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 95–95. 18 indexed citations
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Sperber, Katja, Tina Steinbrecher, Kai Graeber, et al.. (2017). Fruit fracture biomechanics and the release of Lepidium didymum pericarp-imposed mechanical dormancy by fungi. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1868–1868. 32 indexed citations
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Graeber, Kai, Ada Linkies, Tina Steinbrecher, et al.. (2014). DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 mediates a conserved coat-dormancy mechanism for the temperature- and gibberellin-dependent control of seed germination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(34). E3571–80. 151 indexed citations
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Chen, Hongying, Daniel Osuna, Louise Colville, et al.. (2014). Correction: Transcriptome-Wide Mapping of Pea Seed Ageing Reveals a Pivotal Role for Genes Related to Oxidative Stress and Programmed Cell Death. PLoS ONE. 9(1). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Hong‐Ying, Daniel Osuna, Louise Colville, et al.. (2013). Transcriptome-Wide Mapping of Pea Seed Ageing Reveals a Pivotal Role for Genes Related to Oxidative Stress and Programmed Cell Death. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78471–e78471. 80 indexed citations
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Graeber, Kai, et al.. (2012). Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy. Plant Cell & Environment. 35(10). 1769–1786. 464 indexed citations breakdown →
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Voegele, Antje, Kai Graeber, Krystyna Oracz, et al.. (2012). Embryo growth, testa permeability, and endosperm weakening are major targets for the environmentally regulated inhibition of Lepidium sativum seed germination by myrigalone A. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(14). 5337–5350. 36 indexed citations
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Graeber, Kai, Ada Linkies, Andrew T. A. Wood, & Gerhard Leubner‐Metzger. (2011). A Guideline to Family-Wide Comparative State-of-the-Art Quantitative RT-PCR Analysis Exemplified with a Brassicaceae Cross-Species Seed Germination Case Study . The Plant Cell. 23(6). 2045–2063. 85 indexed citations
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Linkies, Ada, Kai Graeber, Charles A. Knight, & Gerhard Leubner‐Metzger. (2010). The evolution of seeds. New Phytologist. 186(4). 817–831. 406 indexed citations
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Linkies, Ada, et al.. (2010). The evolution of seeds. New Phytol. 12 indexed citations
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