Karen Launis

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 952 citations indexed

About

Karen Launis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Launis has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 952 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Karen Launis's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (6 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (5 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (3 papers). Karen Launis is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (6 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (5 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (3 papers). Karen Launis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Austria. Karen Launis's co-authors include John Dawson, Martha Wright, Michael G. Koziel, Stephen V. Evola, Nadine B. Carozzi, Gregory W. Warren, Nalini Desai, Lyle Crossland, Kelly Lewis and Ellis Merlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Karen Launis

10 papers receiving 865 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.

Field Performance of Elite Transgenic Maize Plants Expressing an Insecticidal Protein Derived from Bacillus thuringiensis

1993 609 citations Michael G. Koziel, G. L. Beland et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Launis United States	8	854	655	315	229	55	10	952
Stephen V. Evola United States	8	907 1.1×	621 0.9×	220 0.7×	424 1.9×	68 1.2×	10	1.0k
Toni A. Armstrong United States	11	821 1.0×	691 1.1×	206 0.7×	206 0.9×	39 0.7×	12	951
Xiongying Cheng China	12	764 0.9×	524 0.8×	286 0.9×	176 0.8×	48 0.9×	20	856
Dalia Wolf Israel	15	664 0.8×	770 1.2×	122 0.4×	166 0.7×	68 1.2×	19	916
Brian Lenderts United States	12	961 1.1×	805 1.2×	159 0.5×	115 0.5×	138 2.5×	13	1.1k
Levi G. Lowder United States	9	1.4k 1.6×	967 1.5×	123 0.4×	213 0.9×	108 2.0×	10	1.5k
Je Wook Woo South Korea	4	1.0k 1.2×	700 1.1×	110 0.3×	170 0.7×	110 2.0×	5	1.1k
Claudia Corvalán South Korea	7	985 1.2×	814 1.2×	92 0.3×	141 0.6×	92 1.7×	7	1.1k
G. L. Beland United States	7	585 0.7×	518 0.8×	175 0.6×	260 1.1×	45 0.8×	12	745
Chen Klap Israel	6	644 0.8×	688 1.1×	73 0.2×	192 0.8×	65 1.2×	8	839

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Launis

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10 of 10 papers shown

Launis, Karen, et al.. (2017). Double-Mutated 5-Enol Pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate Synthase Protein Expressed in MZHG0JG Corn (Zea mays L.) Has No Impact on Toxicological Safety and Nutritional Composition. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 65(38). 8459–8465. 3 indexed citations

Barthet, Véronique J., Alison A. Edwards, Karen Launis, et al.. (2016). Report: Release of the International Life Sciences Institute Crop Composition Database Version 5. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 51. 106–111. 8 indexed citations

Kramer, Catherine, et al.. (2014). Vitamin E Levels in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Expressing a p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Gene from Oat (Avena sativa L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62(15). 3453–3457. 16 indexed citations

Reed, J. N., John Dawson, Erik Dunder, et al.. (2001). Phosphomannose isomerase: An efficient selectable marker for plant transformation. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 37(2). 127–132. 120 indexed citations

Wünn, Joachim, Andreas Klöti, P. K. Burkhardt, et al.. (1996). Transgenic Indica Rice Breeding Line IR58 Expressing a Synthetic crylA(b) Gene from Bacillus thuringiensis Provides Effective Insect Pest Control. Nature Biotechnology. 14(2). 171–176. 153 indexed citations

Koziel, Michael G., Nadine B. Carozzi, Nalini Desai, et al.. (1996). Transgenic Maize for the Control of European Corn Borer and Other Maize Insect Pests. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 792(1). 164–171. 7 indexed citations

Wright, Martha, et al.. (1996). A rapid visual method to identify transformed plants. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 32(1). 11–13. 9 indexed citations

Launis, Karen, et al.. (1995). Biolistic introduction of a synthetic Bt gene into elite maize. Euphytica. 85(1-3). 119–123. 9 indexed citations

Koziel, Michael G., G. L. Beland, Nadine B. Carozzi, et al.. (1993). Field Performance of Elite Transgenic Maize Plants Expressing an Insecticidal Protein Derived from Bacillus thuringiensis. Nature Biotechnology. 11(2). 194–200. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wright, M, et al.. (1991). A simple method for the recovery of multiple fertile plants from individual somatic embryos of soybean [Glycine max (L.) merrill]. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 27(3). 153–157. 18 indexed citations

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