Mark A. Bernards

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Bernards is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Bernards has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Plant Science, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Bernards's work include Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (22 papers), Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (17 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers). Mark A. Bernards is often cited by papers focused on Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (22 papers), Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (17 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers). Mark A. Bernards collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Mark A. Bernards's co-authors include Norman Lewis, Fawzi A. Razem, Aiming Wang, Carol A. Peterson, Raymond Thomas, Weili Yang, Miguel A. Valvano, Elizabeth A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, Robert Nicol and J. A. Traquair and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Bernards

104 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus : An emerging and rapidly spreading plant RNA virus that threatens tomato production worldwide

2022 110 citations Shaokang Zhang, Jonathan S. Griffiths et al. Molecular Plant Pathology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Bernards Canada	40	2.9k	1.4k	417	392	385	108	4.4k
Antonio Blanco Italy	49	4.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	452 1.1×	396 1.0×	246 0.6×	306	7.7k
Shinji Kawasaki Japan	43	5.1k 1.8×	3.1k 2.2×	299 0.7×	228 0.6×	230 0.6×	177	7.2k
John P. Vogel United States	45	6.6k 2.3×	3.0k 2.1×	553 1.3×	367 0.9×	723 1.9×	116	7.8k
Jae‐Ho Shin South Korea	31	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	390 0.9×	239 0.6×	232 0.6×	224	3.8k
Welington Luiz Araújo Brazil	38	3.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 3.5×	661 1.7×	377 1.0×	128	5.5k
Kim Findlay United Kingdom	50	5.2k 1.8×	3.5k 2.5×	310 0.7×	520 1.3×	137 0.4×	93	7.6k
Xinquan Zhang China	41	4.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.6×	142 0.3×	202 0.5×	630 1.6×	237	6.6k
Jérôme Pelloux France	31	5.4k 1.9×	3.5k 2.4×	191 0.5×	215 0.5×	215 0.6×	62	6.9k
Stephen J. Powers United Kingdom	46	5.5k 1.9×	2.5k 1.8×	311 0.7×	221 0.6×	487 1.3×	138	7.1k
Aurélie Deveau France	28	2.1k 0.7×	784 0.6×	523 1.3×	469 1.2×	319 0.8×	52	3.2k

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Aung, Banyar, et al.. (2025). Aluminum Stress Response Is Regulated Through a miR156/SPL13 Module in Medicago sativa. Genes. 16(7). 751–751. 1 indexed citations

McDowell, Tim, et al.. (2025). miR156 Is a Negative Regulator of Aluminum Response in Medicago sativa. Plants. 14(6). 958–958. 1 indexed citations

He, Rong‐Rong, Yinzi Li, Mark A. Bernards, & Aiming Wang. (2024). Turnip mosaic virus selectively subverts a PR‐5 thaumatin‐like, plasmodesmal protein to promote viral infection. New Phytologist. 245(1). 299–317. 4 indexed citations

Bernards, Mark A., et al.. (2024). The properties of ginsenosides in ginseng garden soil: accumulation, persistence and behaviour. Plant and Soil. 511(1-2). 855–866.

Molina, Isabel, et al.. (2024). Altered Metabolism in Knockdown Lines of Two HXXXD/BAHD Acyltransferases During Wound Healing in Potato Tubers. Plants. 13(21). 2995–2995.

He, Rong‐Rong, Yinzi Li, Mark A. Bernards, & Aiming Wang. (2023). Manipulation of the Cellular Membrane-Cytoskeleton Network for RNA Virus Replication and Movement in Plants. Viruses. 15(3). 744–744. 18 indexed citations

Dixit, Sameer, Émilie Widemann, Nicolas Bensoussan, et al.. (2022). β-Cyanoalanine synthase protects mites against Arabidopsis defenses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 189(4). 1961–1975. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Shaokang, et al.. (2022). Tomato brown rugose fruit virus : An emerging and rapidly spreading plant RNA virus that threatens tomato production worldwide. Molecular Plant Pathology. 23(9). 1262–1277. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhurov, Vladimir, et al.. (2022). Transcriptomic analysis of wound-healing in Solanum tuberosum (potato) tubers: Evidence for a stepwise induction of suberin-associated genes. Phytochemistry. 206. 113529–113529. 14 indexed citations

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Widemann, Émilie, Kristie Bruinsma, Cristina Rioja, et al.. (2021). Multiple indole glucosinolates and myrosinases defend Arabidopsis against Tetranychus urticae herbivory. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(1). 116–132. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Fangfang, Changwei Zhang, Ziwei Tang, et al.. (2020). A plant RNA virus activates selective autophagy in a UPR‐dependent manner to promote virus infection. New Phytologist. 228(2). 622–639. 61 indexed citations

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Branfireun, Brian A., et al.. (2020). Food stress, but not experimental exposure to mercury, affects songbird preen oil composition. Ecotoxicology. 29(3). 275–285. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Bin, Hui Chen, Rima Menassa, et al.. (2019). Development of a cucumber green mottle mosaic virus-based expression vector for the production in cucumber of neutralizing epitopes against a devastating animal virus. Journal of Virological Methods. 269. 18–25. 7 indexed citations

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Rundle, Howard D., et al.. (2018). The genetic basis of female pheromone differences between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. Heredity. 122(1). 93–109. 14 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhen‐Guo, Frédéric Marsolais, Mark A. Bernards, et al.. (2016). Glyoxylate cycle and metabolism of organic acids in the scutellum of barley seeds during germination. Plant Science. 248. 37–44. 40 indexed citations

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Makhzoum, Abdullah, et al.. (2015). Novel Plant Regeneration and Transient Gene Expression in Catharanthus roseus. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations

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Corea, Oliver R.A., et al.. (2011). Complementation of the pha2 yeast mutant suggests functional differences for arogenate dehydratases from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 49(8). 882–890. 24 indexed citations

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Gerson, Alexander R., Jason C. L. Brown, Raymond Thomas, Mark A. Bernards, & James F. Staples. (2008). Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on mitochondrial metabolism in mammalian hibernation. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211(16). 2689–2699. 47 indexed citations

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Bernards, Mark A., et al.. (1999). Biochemical Characterization of the Suberization-Associated Anionic Peroxidase of Potato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 121(1). 135–146. 178 indexed citations

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Bernards, Mark A. & Brian E. Ellis. (1991). Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase from Tomato Cell Cultures Inoculated with Verticillium albo-atrum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 97(4). 1494–1500. 19 indexed citations

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