L. Hirth

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

L. Hirth is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Hirth has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in L. Hirth's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (67 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (36 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (25 papers). L. Hirth is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (67 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (36 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (25 papers). L. Hirth collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Germany. L. Hirth's co-authors include G. Jonard, H. Guilley, Guy Ourisson, A. Franck, Ken Richards, G. Lebeurier, P. Pfeiffer, K. Richards, Pierre Benveniste and C. Fritsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

L. Hirth

94 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Nucleotide sequence of cauliflower mosaic virus DNA 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 100 200 300
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. Nucleotide sequence of cauliflower mosaic virus DNA
    1980 394 citations H. Guilley, G. Jonard 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
L. Hirth France 27 1.7k 993 669 487 250 94 2.3k
A. van Kammen Netherlands 24 2.5k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 328 0.5× 235 0.5× 447 1.8× 60 3.0k
T. Höhn Switzerland 38 2.8k 1.6× 2.0k 2.0× 544 0.8× 332 0.7× 432 1.7× 69 3.9k
H.S. Savithri India 26 969 0.6× 940 0.9× 459 0.7× 243 0.5× 268 1.1× 144 2.1k
S.P. Dinesh-Kumar United States 20 2.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.1× 131 0.2× 295 0.6× 249 1.0× 29 3.2k
Tadas Panavas United States 25 1.8k 1.0× 999 1.0× 135 0.2× 694 1.4× 84 0.3× 38 2.3k
Arthur G. Hunt United States 37 2.8k 1.6× 2.8k 2.8× 159 0.2× 395 0.8× 556 2.2× 112 4.4k
Itaru Takebe Japan 32 2.7k 1.5× 2.3k 2.3× 278 0.4× 268 0.6× 650 2.6× 68 3.4k
Alison G. Roberts United Kingdom 29 2.9k 1.7× 1.4k 1.4× 272 0.4× 248 0.5× 433 1.7× 40 3.5k
Tetsuo Meshi Japan 43 5.8k 3.4× 2.4k 2.5× 773 1.2× 1.1k 2.3× 813 3.3× 100 6.4k
Yedidya Gafni Israel 27 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 91 0.1× 311 0.6× 373 1.5× 57 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Hirth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Hirth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of L. Hirth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of L. Hirth 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 L. Hirth. L. Hirth 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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Lebeurier, G., et al.. (1984). Detection in vivo of a new gene product (gene III ) of cauliflower mosaic virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(21). 6608–6612. 27 indexed citations
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Hirth, L., et al.. (1982). Free cauliflower mosaic virus supercoiled DNA in infected plants. Virology. 117(2). 322–328. 22 indexed citations
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Sommer, Pascal, et al.. (1980). Replication of alfalfa mosaic virus RNA: Evidence for a soluble replicase in healthy and infected tobacco leaves. Virology. 100(1). 91–100. 13 indexed citations
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Chauvin, C., et al.. (1979). The structure of cauliflower mosaic virus: A neutron diffraction study. Virology. 96(2). 640–641. 12 indexed citations
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Cuillel, Martine, Michel Herzog, & L. Hirth. (1979). Specificity of in vitro reconstitution of bromegrass mosaic virus. Virology. 95(1). 146–153. 18 indexed citations
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Hoppe, H. H., H. W. Goedde, D. P. Agarwal, et al.. (1978). A Silent Gene (C3<sup>&ndash;</sup>) Producing Partial Deficiency of the Third Component of Human Complement. Human Heredity. 28(2). 141–146. 4 indexed citations
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Legrand, Michel, Bernard Fritig, & L. Hirth. (1978). O-diphenol O-methyltransferases of healthy and tobacco-mosaic-virus-infected hypersensitive tobacco. Planta. 144(1). 101–108. 31 indexed citations
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Briand, Jean‐Paul, et al.. (1976). Stucture of the amino-acid accepting 3'-end of high-molecular-weight eggplant mosaic virus RNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 73(3). 737–741. 17 indexed citations
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Richards, K., et al.. (1975). Location of the cistron of the tobacco mosaic virus coat protein. Biochimie. 57(6-7). 749–755. 14 indexed citations
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Nicolaïeff, A., et al.. (1975). The Uncoating of Native and Reconstituted TMV by Dimethylsulphoxide: the Polarity of Stripping. Journal of General Virology. 26(3). 295–306. 14 indexed citations
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Pinck, L., et al.. (1972). Separation of 2′- and 3′-mononucleotides of plant viral ribonucleic acids by an improved two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 48(2). 497–503. 4 indexed citations
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Nicolaïeff, A., et al.. (1972). Electron Microscopy of Replicative Form and Single-stranded RNA of Alfalfa Mosaic Virus. Journal of General Virology. 16(1). 47–59. 8 indexed citations
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Guilley, H., et al.. (1972). Some recent advances in the comprehension of in vitro morphogenesis of tobacco mosaic virus. Biochimie. 54(3). 287–296. 6 indexed citations
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Guilley, H., et al.. (1972). Hydroxyapatite column chromatography of reconstitution products of TMV: Some properties of the isolated fractions. Virology. 49(2). 475–485. 6 indexed citations
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Lebeurier, G., et al.. (1969). Partial reconstitution of tobacco mosaic virus. Virology. 38(1). 16–25. 47 indexed citations
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Hewlins, M. J. E., et al.. (1969). The Conversion of [14C]Cycloartenol and [14C]Lanosterol into Phytosterols by Cultures of Nicotiana tabacum. European Journal of Biochemistry. 8(2). 184–188. 36 indexed citations
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Jonard, G. & L. Hirth. (1966). Action de l'urée sur le virus de la mosaïque jaune du navet: formation de capsides artificielles.. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l Académie des sciences. 263(23). 8 indexed citations
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Benveniste, Pierre, L. Hirth, & Guy Ourisson. (1966). La biosynthèse des stérols dans les tissus de tabac cultivés in vitro—II.. Phytochemistry. 5(1). 45–58. 64 indexed citations
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Jonard, G. & L. Hirth. (1966). [Action of urea on the turnip yellow mosaic virus: formation of artificial capsids].. PubMed. 263(23). 1909–12. 2 indexed citations

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