Kurt Weising

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Kurt Weising is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Weising has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Plant Science, 50 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 41 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kurt Weising's work include Plant and animal studies (25 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (23 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (23 papers). Kurt Weising is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (25 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (23 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (23 papers). Kurt Weising collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Brazil and United States. Kurt Weising's co-authors include Hilde Nybom, Richard C. Gardner, K. Wolff, Günter Kahl, G. Kahl, Helmut Freitag, Wieland Meyer, Gudrun Kadereit, Thomas Borsch and Peter Winter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, The EMBO Journal and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Weising

106 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

DNA Fingerprinting in Pla... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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. DNA Fingerprinting in Plants and Fungi
    1995 525 citations Kurt Weising, Hilde Nybom et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kurt Weising 3.5k 2.0k 1.9k 1.6k 619 106 5.5k
Mikeal L. Roose 4.4k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 792 1.3× 97 5.8k
Seung‐Chul Kim 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 307 0.5× 143 3.5k
Hilde Nybom 4.9k 1.4× 2.3k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 2.8k 1.8× 932 1.5× 166 7.1k
M. Sedgley 3.8k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 573 0.4× 411 0.7× 242 5.2k
Tao Sang 4.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.4× 2.8k 1.8× 346 0.6× 47 6.3k
Ting‐Shuang Yi 2.3k 0.7× 2.9k 1.5× 4.3k 2.2× 1.1k 0.7× 592 1.0× 93 6.1k
Frank R. Blattner 3.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 306 0.5× 118 4.7k
Sean W. Graham 2.7k 0.8× 4.2k 2.2× 4.7k 2.4× 1.2k 0.8× 483 0.8× 96 7.4k
Brandon S. Gaut 7.3k 2.1× 1.5k 0.8× 5.2k 2.7× 2.6k 1.7× 373 0.6× 113 10.2k
Elena Conti 1.9k 0.6× 3.0k 1.5× 2.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 221 0.4× 114 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt Weising

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Weising

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Porembski, S., Kurt Weising, Renato de Mello‐Silva, et al.. (2021). An overview on desiccation-tolerant mat-forming monocotyledons on tropical inselbergs. Flora. 285. 151953–151953. 13 indexed citations
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Benko‐Iseppon, Ana Maria, et al.. (2017). Population genetic structure of the rock outcrop species Encholirium spectabile (Bromeliaceae): The role of pollination vs. seed dispersal and evolutionary implications. American Journal of Botany. 104(6). 868–878. 31 indexed citations
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Wagner, Norman, Cläre von Neubeck, Daniela Guicking, et al.. (2016). No evidence for effects of infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus on populations of yellow-bellied toads. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 123(1). 55–65. 8 indexed citations
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Benko‐Iseppon, Ana Maria, et al.. (2013). A set of variable plastid SSR markers for the genus Cryptanthus (Bromeliaceae). 3(2). 18–21. 3 indexed citations
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Prinz, Kathleen, Kurt Weising, & Isabell Hensen. (2013). Habitat fragmentation and recent bottlenecks influence genetic diversity and differentiation of the Central European halophyte Suaeda maritima (Chenopodiaceae). American Journal of Botany. 100(11). 2210–2218. 10 indexed citations
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Wagner, Natascha, et al.. (2012). Development of microsatellite markers in Fosterella rusbyi (Bromeliaceae) using 454 pyrosequencing. American Journal of Botany. 99(4). e160–3. 19 indexed citations
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Roth, Terri L., I. Pfeiffer, Kurt Weising, & Bertram Brenig. (2006). Application of bovine microsatellite markers for genetic diversity analysis of European bison (Bison bonasus). Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 123(6). 406–409. 8 indexed citations
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Weising, Kurt, Hilde Nybom, K. Wolff, & G. Kahl. (2005). DNA fingerprinting in plants: principles, methods, and applications. 300 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Hugo, et al.. (2000). Characterization of novel microsatellite loci isolated from the tropical dioecious tree Simarouba amara. Molecular Ecology. 9(4). 498–500. 8 indexed citations
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Weising, Kurt, et al.. (2000). Locus‐specific microsatellite markers for the fungal chickpea pathogen Didymella rabiei (anamorph) Ascochyta rabiei. Molecular Ecology. 9(11). 1939–1941. 29 indexed citations
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Weising, Kurt & Günter Kahl. (1996). Natural genetic engineering of plant cells: the molecular biology of crown gall and hairy root disease. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 12(4). 327–351. 12 indexed citations
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Weising, Kurt, et al.. (1996). Oligonucleotide fingerprinting and RAPD analysis of Achillea species: Characterization and long-term monitoring of micropropagated clones. Plant Cell Reports. 15(8). 647–652. 31 indexed citations
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Weising, Kurt, Ross G. Atkinson, & Richard C. Gardner. (1995). Genomic fingerprinting by microsatellite-primed PCR: a critical evaluation.. Genome Research. 4(5). 249–255. 105 indexed citations
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Sharma, Prakash Chand, Peter Winter, Bruno Hüttel, et al.. (1995). Abundance and polymorphism of di-, tri-and tetra-nucleotide tandem repeats in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 90(1). 90–96. 53 indexed citations
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Weising, Kurt, Juliane Ramser, D. Kaemmer, & Günter Kahl. (1994). Multilocus DNA fingerprinting and genetic relatedness in plants: A case study with banana and tomato. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 69. 45–59. 1 indexed citations
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Poulsen, Gert, Günter Kahl, & Kurt Weising. (1993). Abundance and polymorphism of simple repetitive DNA sequences in Bmssica napus L.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 85(8). 994–1000. 51 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Willi, et al.. (1984). T-DNA of a crown gall tumor is organized in nucleosomes. The EMBO Journal. 3(2). 373–376. 14 indexed citations

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