Markus Pauly

17.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Markus Pauly is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Pauly has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Plant Science, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Markus Pauly's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (100 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (44 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (44 papers). Markus Pauly is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (100 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (44 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (44 papers). Markus Pauly collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Markus Pauly's co-authors include Kenneth Keegstra, Sascha Gille, Henrik Vibe Scheller, Cliff E. Foster, William S. York, Peter Albersheim, Alex Schultink, Björn Usadel, Guangyan Xiong and Wolf‐Rüdiger Scheible and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Markus Pauly

145 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cell‐wall carbohydrates and their modification as a resource for biofuels

2008 599 citations Markus Pauly, Kenneth Keegstra The Plant Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Pauly United States	63	9.0k	5.2k	3.1k	1.2k	1.0k	148	11.8k
Nicholas C. Carpita United States	61	11.6k 1.3×	5.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	2.5k 2.1×	1.9k 1.9×	155	14.7k
Catherine Lapierre France	64	6.5k 0.7×	6.7k 1.3×	5.9k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	464 0.4×	157	12.6k
Debra Mohnen United States	37	7.5k 0.8×	3.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	2.3k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	70	9.0k
Maureen C. McCann United States	51	6.2k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	547 0.5×	104	7.9k
Rachel A. Burton Australia	46	5.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	970 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	155	7.6k
Geoffrey B. Fincher Australia	62	9.7k 1.1×	3.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	4.0k 3.8×	210	13.3k
Peter Ulvskov Denmark	38	4.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	688 0.7×	90	6.5k
Clint Chapple United States	61	7.0k 0.8×	9.4k 1.8×	5.5k 1.8×	954 0.8×	208 0.2×	132	14.8k
Malcolm A. O’Neill United States	45	7.7k 0.8×	2.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	100	9.3k
John H. Grabber United States	41	3.0k 0.3×	2.6k 0.5×	3.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	586 0.6×	100	6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Pauly

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Ramírez, Vicente, et al.. (2025). Cellulose Synthesis in Cyanobacteria: Shared Pathways and Distinct Features with Bacteria and Plants. Plants. 14(17). 2655–2655.

Schipper, Kerstin, et al.. (2024). Monitoring corn stover processing by the fungus Ustilago maydis. Bioresources and Bioprocessing. 11(1). 87–87. 1 indexed citations

Rabbi, Ismail, Laíse Rosado-Souza, Benjamin Pommerrenig, et al.. (2024). Carbon usage in yellow‐fleshed Manihot esculenta storage roots shifts from starch biosynthesis to cell wall and raffinose biosynthesis via the myo‐inositol pathway. The Plant Journal. 119(4). 2045–2062. 4 indexed citations

Mottiar, Yaseen, et al.. (2023). Populus endo‐glucanase 16 localizes to the cell walls of developing tissues. Plant Direct. 7(2). e482–e482. 2 indexed citations

Kuhn, Hannah, Ivan Kulich, Anja Reinstädler, et al.. (2023). Interplay of EXO70 and MLO proteins modulates trichome cell wall composition and susceptibility to powdery mildew. The Plant Cell. 36(4). 1007–1035. 8 indexed citations

Hofhuis, Hugo, et al.. (2022). Explosive seed dispersal depends on SPL7 to ensure sufficient copper for localized lignin deposition via laccases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2202287119–e2202287119. 26 indexed citations

Perrot, Thomas, Markus Pauly, & Vicente Ramírez. (2022). Emerging Roles of β-Glucanases in Plant Development and Adaptative Responses. Plants. 11(9). 1119–1119. 96 indexed citations

Yang, Bo, et al.. (2021). Modular biosynthesis of plant hemicellulose and its impact on yeast cells. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 140–140. 16 indexed citations

Lunde, China, Moritz Koch, Benjamin M. Kuhn, et al.. (2021). A mixed-linkage (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan specific hydrolase mediates dark-triggered degradation of this plant cell wall polysaccharide. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(4). 1559–1573. 15 indexed citations

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Verhertbruggen, Yves, Jacqueline Vigouroux, Camille Alvarado, et al.. (2020). The TaCslA12 gene expressed in the wheat grain endosperm synthesizes wheat-like mannan when expressed in yeast and Arabidopsis. Plant Science. 302. 110693–110693. 11 indexed citations

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Pauly, Markus, et al.. (2019). The Suitability of Orthogonal Hosts to Study Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis. Plants. 8(11). 516–516. 9 indexed citations

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Voiniciuc, Cătălin, Markus Pauly, & Björn Usadel. (2018). Monitoring Polysaccharide Dynamics in the Plant Cell Wall. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(4). 2590–2600. 92 indexed citations

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Voiniciuc, Cătălin, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic insights from plant heteromannan synthesis in yeast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(2). 522–527. 45 indexed citations

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Gao, Yaping, Dongmei Zhang, Xiangling Liu, et al.. (2016). Two Trichome Birefringence-Like Proteins Mediate Xylan Acetylation, Which Is Essential for Leaf Blight Resistance in Rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 173(1). 470–481. 87 indexed citations

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Bethke, Gerit, Guangyan Xiong, Baohua Li, et al.. (2016). Pectin Biosynthesis Is Critical for Cell Wall Integrity and Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell. 28(2). 537–556. 139 indexed citations

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Velasquez, Silvia M., Martiniano M. Ricardi, Paula Virginia Fernández, et al.. (2011). O-Glycosylated Cell Wall Proteins Are Essential in Root Hair Growth. Science. 332(6036). 1401–1403. 239 indexed citations

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Pauly, Markus. (2009). Identification of a Xylogalacturonan Xylosyltransferase Involved in Pectin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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Cavalier, David, Olivier Lerouxel, Lutz Neumetzler, et al.. (2008). Disrupting Two Arabidopsis thaliana Xylosyltransferase Genes Results in Plants Deficient in Xyloglucan, a Major Primary Cell Wall Component . The Plant Cell. 20(6). 1519–1537. 344 indexed citations

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Pollet, Brigitte, Jürgen Ehlting, Kim Lambertsen Larsen, et al.. (2006). A coumaroyl-ester-3-hydroxylase insertion mutant reveals the existence of nonredundant meta-hydroxylation pathways and essential roles for phenolic precursors in cell expansion and plant growth. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 5 indexed citations

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Usadel, Björn, et al.. (2005). Transcriptional co-response analysis as a tool to identify new components of the wall biosynthetic machinery. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 139(1). 69–73. 11 indexed citations

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