Katherine Esau

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Katherine Esau is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine Esau has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Plant Science, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Katherine Esau's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (43 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (29 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (28 papers). Katherine Esau is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (43 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (29 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (28 papers). Katherine Esau collaborates with scholars based in United States and New Caledonia. Katherine Esau's co-authors include Vernon I. Cheadle, James Cronshaw, Lynn L. Hoefert, Robert H. Gill, Jennifer Thorsch, Sherwin Carlquist, Setiawan Dalimartha, Ernest M. Gifford, Iris Charvat and H. B. Currier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Katherine Esau

129 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Anatomy of Seed Plants 1960 2026 1982 2004 1960 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. Anatomy of Seed Plants
    1960 1.7k citations Katherine Esau Soil Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katherine Esau United States 37 4.5k 2.1k 1.2k 463 325 130 6.1k
Daniel Zohary Israel 41 5.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 588 1.3× 264 0.8× 91 7.6k
Jack R. Harlan United States 39 5.9k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.5× 647 1.4× 170 0.5× 152 8.3k
Harry Smith United Kingdom 39 4.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.4× 929 0.8× 174 0.4× 87 0.3× 126 6.5k
M. J. Wilkinson United Kingdom 45 4.1k 0.9× 3.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.0× 617 1.3× 478 1.5× 141 7.1k
B. E. Juniper United Kingdom 35 2.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 194 0.4× 318 1.0× 92 3.8k
Christopher S. Campbell United States 38 3.9k 0.9× 3.5k 1.6× 3.9k 3.1× 330 0.7× 918 2.8× 101 8.0k
Thomas L. Rost United States 38 3.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 614 0.5× 228 0.5× 267 0.8× 138 4.4k
Aart J. E. van Bel Germany 48 5.8k 1.3× 2.1k 1.0× 638 0.5× 234 0.5× 186 0.6× 136 7.0k
John W. Brown United States 44 3.0k 0.7× 3.7k 1.8× 918 0.7× 185 0.4× 114 0.4× 261 7.1k
Barbara A. Schaal United States 51 5.5k 1.2× 2.8k 1.3× 3.8k 3.1× 301 0.7× 604 1.9× 151 9.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katherine Esau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine Esau

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Esau, Katherine & Jennifer Thorsch. (1985). SIEVE PLATE PORES AND PLASMODESMATA, THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS OF THE SYMPLAST: ULTRASTRUCTURAL ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL RELATIONS. American Journal of Botany. 72(10). 1641–1653. 75 indexed citations
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Thorsch, Jennifer & Katherine Esau. (1985). An Ultrastructural Study of the Phloem of Drimys (Winteraceae). IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal. 6(3). 255–268. 1 indexed citations
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Shepardson, Sally, et al.. (1980). Ultrastructure of potato leaf phloem infected with potato leafroll virus. Virology. 105(2). 379–392. 59 indexed citations
4.
Esau, Katherine. (1979). Beet yellow stunt virus in cells of Sonchus oleraceus L. and its relation to host mitochondria. Virology. 98(1). 1–8. 7 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & Robert H. Gill. (1973). Correlations in differentiation of protophloem sieve elements of Allium cepa root. Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 44(3-4). 310–328. 38 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & Robert H. Gill. (1972). Nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum in differentiating root protophloem of Nicotiana tabacum. Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 41(1-2). 160–175. 29 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & Lynn L. Hoefert. (1972). Development of infection with beet western yellows virus in the sugarbeet. Virology. 48(3). 724–738. 58 indexed citations
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Hoefert, Lynn L., Katherine Esau, & James E. Duffus. (1970). Electron microscopy of beta leaves infected with beet yellow stunt virus. Virology. 42(4). 814–824. 19 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & Vernon I. Cheadle. (1969). Secondary Growth in Bougainvillea. Annals of Botany. 33(4). 807–819. 32 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & James Cronshaw. (1968). Plastids and mitochondria in the phloem of Cucurbita. Canadian Journal of Botany. 46(7). 877–880. 23 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & James Cronshaw. (1967). Tubular components in cells of healthy and tobacco mosaic virus-infected Nicotiana. Virology. 33(1). 26–35. 88 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & Vernon I. Cheadle. (1965). Cytologic studies on phloem. University of California Press eBooks. 28 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine, et al.. (1964). Secondary phloem of Liriodendron tulipifera. University of California Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine. (1963). Plants, Viruses, and Insects. Soil Science. 96(5). 359–359. 20 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine & Vernon I. Cheadle. (1962). AN EVALUATION OF STUDIES ON ULTRASTRUCTURE OF TONOPLAST IN SIEVE ELEMENTS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(1). 1–8. 198 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine, et al.. (1961). RELATION OF DWARFMISTLETOE (ARCEUTHOBIUM) TO THE XYLEM TISSUE OF CONIFERS. II. EFFECT OF THE PARASITE ON THE XYLEM ANATOMY OF THE HOST12. American Journal of Botany. 48(3). 209–215. 8 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine, et al.. (1961). RELATION OF DWARFMISTLETOE (ARCEUTHOBIUM) TO THE XYLEM TISSUE OF CONIFERS. I. ANATOMY OF PARASITE SINKERS AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH HOST XYLEM. American Journal of Botany. 48(2). 159–167. 23 indexed citations
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Esau, Katherine. (1960). Anatomy of Seed Plants. Soil Science. 90(2). 149–149. 1672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Esau, Katherine. (1957). Anatomic effects of barley yellow dwarf virus and maleic hydrazide on certain Gramineae. Hilgardia. 27(1). 15–69. 14 indexed citations
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Currier, H. B., Katherine Esau, & Vernon I. Cheadle. (1955). Plasmolytic Studies of Phloem. American Journal of Botany. 42(1). 68–68. 15 indexed citations

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