Marc De Block

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Marc De Block is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc De Block has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Marc De Block's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (24 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (8 papers). Marc De Block is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (24 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (8 papers). Marc De Block collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and United States. Marc De Block's co-authors include Marc Van Montagu, J. Leemans, J. Schell, Paul Tenning, Luís Herrera‐Estrella, Johan Botterman, Mieke Van Lijsebettens, Veronique Gosselé, Raimundo Villarroel and Jeff Schell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Marc De Block

41 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Engineering herbicide resistance in plants by expression ... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Engineering herbicide resistance in plants by expression of a detoxifying enzyme
    1987 587 citations Marc De Block, Johan Botterman et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marc De Block Belgium 29 3.5k 3.2k 1.3k 214 87 41 4.3k
Pamela Dunsmuir United States 38 3.9k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 748 0.6× 302 1.4× 89 1.0× 66 5.2k
Marc Van Montagu Belgium 39 3.6k 1.0× 3.7k 1.2× 763 0.6× 129 0.6× 92 1.1× 77 4.9k
Raimundo Villarroel Belgium 31 3.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 415 0.3× 292 1.4× 85 1.0× 48 4.5k
J. Schell Germany 37 4.2k 1.2× 3.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 320 1.5× 74 0.9× 70 5.0k
J. Leemans Belgium 25 4.1k 1.2× 3.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 284 1.3× 172 2.0× 46 5.0k
Mieke Van Lijsebettens Belgium 41 4.0k 1.1× 4.1k 1.3× 476 0.4× 219 1.0× 99 1.1× 87 5.1k
M P Gordon United States 33 4.2k 1.2× 3.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 377 1.8× 131 1.5× 54 5.1k
André Hoekema United States 17 4.1k 1.2× 3.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.5× 139 0.6× 61 0.7× 20 5.2k
Yasuo Niwa Japan 24 4.1k 1.2× 4.0k 1.3× 617 0.5× 108 0.5× 136 1.6× 54 5.6k
Bernd Reiss Germany 26 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 432 0.3× 421 2.0× 64 0.7× 42 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc De Block

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc De Block

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

All Works

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Schmidt, Martin, Michiel Van Bel, Magdalena Wołoszyńska, et al.. (2017). Plant-RRBS, a bisulfite and next-generation sequencing-based methylome profiling method enriching for coverage of cytosine positions. BMC Plant Biology. 17(1). 115–115. 11 indexed citations
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Verkest, Aurine, Marina Byzova, Cindy Martens, et al.. (2015). Selection for Improved Energy Use Efficiency and Drought Tolerance in Canola Results in Distinct Transcriptome and Epigenome Changes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 168(4). 1338–1350. 40 indexed citations
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Lijsebettens, Mieke Van, Geert Angenon, & Marc De Block. (2013). Transgenic plants: from first successes to future applications. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 57(6-7-8). 461–465. 1 indexed citations
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Block, Marc De & Mieke Van Lijsebettens. (2011). Energy efficiency and energy homeostasis as genetic and epigenetic components of plant performance and crop productivity. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 14(3). 275–282. 60 indexed citations
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Kelen, Katrien Van Der, Asfar S. Azmi, Frank Van Breusegem, et al.. (2009). Energy use efficiency is characterized by an epigenetic component that can be directed through artificial selection to increase yield. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(47). 20109–20114. 148 indexed citations
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Anami, Sylvester, Marc De Block, Jesse Machuka, & Mieke Van Lijsebettens. (2009). Molecular Improvement of Tropical Maize for Drought Stress Tolerance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 28(1-2). 16–35. 37 indexed citations
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Block, Marc De, et al.. (2004). Poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase in plants affects energy homeostasis, cell death and stress tolerance. The Plant Journal. 41(1). 95–106. 203 indexed citations
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Block, Marc De & Mieke Van Lijsebettens. (1998). P-Glucuronidase Enzyme Histochemistry on Semithin Sections of Plastic-Embedded Arabidopsis Explants. Humana Press eBooks. 82. 397–407. 6 indexed citations
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Lijsebettens, Mieke Van, Rudy Vanderhaeghen, Marc De Block, et al.. (1994). An S18 ribosomal protein gene copy at the Arabidopsis PFL locus affects plant development by its specific expression in meristems.. The EMBO Journal. 13(14). 3378–3388. 174 indexed citations
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D’Halluin, Kathleen, Marc De Block, Jürgen Denecke, et al.. (1992). The bar gene has selectable and screenable marker in plant engineering. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 216. 415–426. 95 indexed citations
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Mariani, Celestina, Veronique Gosselé, Marc De Beuckeleer, et al.. (1992). A chimaeric ribonuclease-inhibitor gene restores fertility to male sterile plants. Nature. 357(6377). 384–387. 240 indexed citations
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Block, Marc De, et al.. (1991). Two T-DNA's co-transformed intoBrassica napus by a doubleAgrobacterium tumefaciens infection are mainly integrated at the same locus. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 82(3). 257–263. 134 indexed citations
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Haring, Michel A. & Marc De Block. (1990). New roads towards chloroplast transformation in higher plants. Physiologia Plantarum. 79(1). 218–220. 7 indexed citations
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Block, Marc De, Johan Botterman, Chris Thoen, et al.. (1987). Engineering herbicide resistance in plants by expression of a detoxifying enzyme. The EMBO Journal. 6(9). 2513–2518. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zambryski, Patricia, Luís Herrera‐Estrella, Marc De Block, Marc Van Montagu, & Jeff Schell. (1984). The use of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium to study the transfer and expression of foreign DNA in plant cells. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations
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Block, Marc De, Luís Herrera‐Estrella, Marc Van Montagu, J. Schell, & Patricia Zambryski. (1984). Expression of foreign genes in regenerated plants and in their progeny. The EMBO Journal. 3(8). 1681–1689. 250 indexed citations
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Herrera‐Estrella, Luís, Marc De Block, Eric Messens, et al.. (1983). Chimeric genes as dominant selectable markers in plant cells. The EMBO Journal. 2(6). 987–995. 332 indexed citations

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