Martijn Rep

18.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Martijn Rep is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martijn Rep has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Plant Science, 78 papers in Cell Biology and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Martijn Rep's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (75 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (68 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (27 papers). Martijn Rep is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (75 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (68 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (27 papers). Martijn Rep collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Martijn Rep's co-authors include Corné M. J. Pieterse, L.C. van Loon, Petra M. Houterman, Ben J. C. Cornelissen, Caroline B. Michielse, Frank L. W. Takken, H. Charlotte van der Does, Johan M. Thevelein, Stefan Hohmann and Leslie A. Grivell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Martijn Rep

109 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Significance of Inducible Defense-related Proteins in Infected Plants

2006 2.5k citations Martijn Rep et al. profile →
Pathogen profile update: Fusarium oxysporum

2009 565 citations Martijn Rep et al. Molecular Plant Pathology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martijn Rep Netherlands	53	8.2k	4.9k	3.7k	416	390	112	10.5k
Seogchan Kang United States	49	7.3k 0.9×	4.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	851 2.0×	331 0.8×	135	8.9k
Martin B. Dickman United States	51	7.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	3.7k 1.0×	479 1.2×	382 1.0×	116	9.2k
Pietro D. Spanu United Kingdom	37	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	540 1.3×	228 0.6×	90	7.2k
P.J.G.M. de Wit Netherlands	65	11.6k 1.4×	3.7k 0.8×	3.9k 1.1×	483 1.2×	522 1.3×	206	12.9k
David B. Collinge Denmark	46	7.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	3.8k 1.0×	366 0.9×	444 1.1×	104	9.5k
Barbara Valent United States	60	11.6k 1.4×	5.2k 1.1×	6.7k 1.8×	1.1k 2.6×	380 1.0×	118	13.6k
Karl‐Heinz Kogel Germany	59	10.2k 1.2×	2.8k 0.6×	3.4k 0.9×	572 1.4×	820 2.1×	164	11.8k
Ralph Hückelhoven Germany	46	7.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	307 0.7×	229 0.6×	146	8.9k
Zhensheng Kang China	62	12.3k 1.5×	2.4k 0.5×	5.2k 1.4×	345 0.8×	391 1.0×	466	13.5k
J. J. Rudd United Kingdom	34	5.7k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	370 0.9×	213 0.5×	61	6.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martijn Rep

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Janevska, Slavica, et al.. (2026). Facultative heterochromatin mediated by core and accessory chromosome-encoded H3K27-specific methyltransferases controls virulence in a fungal phytopathogen. Nucleic Acids Research. 54(1).

Rep, Martijn, et al.. (2025). Evolution of a vascular plant pathogen is associated with the loss of CRISPR-Cas and an increase in genome plasticity and virulence genes. Current Biology. 35(5). 954–969.e5. 3 indexed citations

Garrido, António, Bas Beerens, Ming Liang, et al.. (2025). The Tomato PR ‐5 Proteins PR ‐5x and NP24 Exert Antifungal Activity Against Fusarium oxysporum. Plant Pathology. 74(4). 1097–1113. 1 indexed citations

Kramer, Gertjan, et al.. (2024). Tomato R-gene-mediated resistance against Fusarium wilt originates in roots and extends to shoots via xylem to limit pathogen colonization. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1384431–1384431. 10 indexed citations

Fokkens, Like, Corinne Audran, Yohann Petit, et al.. (2023). The neighbouring genes AvrLm10A and AvrLm10B are part of a large multigene family of cooperating effector genes conserved in Dothideomycetes and Sordariomycetes. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(8). 914–931. 8 indexed citations

Fokkens, Like & Martijn Rep. (2023). Population genomics reveals meiotic recombination in Fusarium oxysporum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(30). e2309677120–e2309677120. 3 indexed citations

Constantin, Maria E., Like Fokkens, Mara de Sain, Frank L. W. Takken, & Martijn Rep. (2021). Number of Candidate Effector Genes in Accessory Genomes Differentiates Pathogenic From Endophytic Fusarium oxysporum Strains. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 761740–761740. 24 indexed citations

Constantin, Maria E., et al.. (2020). From laboratory to field: applying the Fo47 biocontrol strain in potato fields. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 158(3). 645–654. 5 indexed citations

Kesten, Christopher, Francisco M. Gámez‐Arjona, Alexandra Menna, et al.. (2019). Pathogen‐induced pH changes regulate the growth‐defense balance in plants. The EMBO Journal. 38(24). e101822–e101822. 84 indexed citations

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Niño‐Sánchez, Jonatan, H. Charlotte van der Does, Peter van Dam, et al.. (2018). A SIX1 homolog in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4 contributes to virulence towards Cavendish banana. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205896–e0205896. 56 indexed citations

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Dam, Peter van & Martijn Rep. (2017). The Distribution of Miniature Impala Elements and SIX Genes in the Fusarium Genus is Suggestive of Horizontal Gene Transfer. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 85(1-2). 14–25. 36 indexed citations

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Gawehns, Fleur, Lisong Ma, Oskar Bruning, et al.. (2015). The effector repertoire of Fusarium oxysporum determines the tomato xylem proteome composition following infection. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 967–967. 58 indexed citations

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Beerens, Bas, et al.. (2015). Fluorescence Assisted Selection of Transformants (FAST): Using flow cytometry to select fungal transformants. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 76. 104–109. 9 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Sarah M., Petra M. Houterman, Ines Schreiver, et al.. (2013). MITEs in the promoters of effector genes allow prediction of novel virulence genes in Fusarium oxysporum. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 119–119. 164 indexed citations

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Lievens, Bart, Martijn Rep, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2008). Recent developments in the molecular discrimination of formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum. Pest Management Science. 64(8). 781–788. 145 indexed citations

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Rep, Martijn, H. Charlotte van der Does, Michiel Meijer, et al.. (2004). A small, cysteine‐rich protein secreted by Fusarium oxysporum during colonization of xylem vessels is required for I‐3‐mediated resistance in tomato. Molecular Microbiology. 53(5). 1373–1383. 304 indexed citations

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Rep, Martijn, Lukas Dekker, Jack H. Vossen, et al.. (2002). Mass Spectrometric Identification of Isoforms of PR Proteins in Xylem Sap of Fungus-Infected Tomato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 130(2). 904–917. 174 indexed citations

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Koerkamp, Marian J.A. Groot, Martijn Rep, Harmen J. Bussemaker, et al.. (2002). Dissection of Transient Oxidative Stress Response inSaccharomyces cerevisiaeby Using DNA Microarrays. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(8). 2783–2794. 99 indexed citations

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Tamás, Markus J., Martijn Rep, Johan M. Thevelein, & Stefan Hohmann. (2000). Stimulation of the yeast high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway: evidence for a signal generated by a change in turgor rather than by water stress. FEBS Letters. 472(1). 159–165. 83 indexed citations

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Guélin, Emmanuel, Martijn Rep, & Leslie A. Grivell. (1994). Yeast sequencing reports. Sequence of the AFG3 gene encoding a new member of the FtsH/Yme1/Tma subfamily of the AAA‐protein family. Yeast. 10(10). 1389–1394. 56 indexed citations

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