Matthias Erb

17.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
164 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Matthias Erb is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Erb has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Plant Science, 112 papers in Insect Science and 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Matthias Erb's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (94 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (74 papers) and Plant and animal studies (44 papers). Matthias Erb is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (94 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (74 papers) and Plant and animal studies (44 papers). Matthias Erb collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Matthias Erb's co-authors include Ted C. J. Turlings, Christelle A. M. Robert, Daniel J. Kliebenstein, Stefan Meldau, Gaétan Glauser, Philippe Reymond, Gregg A. Howe, Lingfei Hu, Yonggen Lou and Meng Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Erb

158 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota

2018 1.1k citations Lingfei Hu, Christelle A. M. Robert et al. profile →
Plant Secondary Metabolites as Defenses, Regulators, and Primary Metabolites: The Blurred Functional Trichotomy

2020 783 citations Matthias Erb et al. profile →
Role of phytohormones in insect-specific plant reactions

2012 678 citations Matthias Erb et al. profile →
Tritrophic Interactions Mediated by Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles: Mechanisms, Ecological Relevance, and Application Potential

2018 560 citations Ted C. J. Turlings, Matthias Erb profile →
Molecular Interactions Between Plants and Insect Herbivores

2019 459 citations Matthias Erb, Philippe Reymond Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
Indole is an essential herbivore-induced volatile priming signal in maize

2015 313 citations Matthias Erb, Nathalie Veyrat et al. profile →

Peers

Matthias Erb

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Nicole M. van Dam Netherlands

Toby J. A. Bruce United Kingdom

Gaétan Glauser Switzerland

André Keßler United States

Jurriaan Ton United Kingdom

Georg Jander United States

Michael Reichelt Germany

Gary W. Felton United States

Axel Mithöfer Germany

Sergio Rasmann Switzerland

Nicole M. van Dam Netherlands

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Erb

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

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Gobet, Erika, Albert Hafner, Christoph Schwörer, et al.. (2025). Climate and human forcing of montane vegetation dynamics during the past 15,600 years in the Simmental, Northern Swiss Alps. Quaternary Science Reviews. 366. 109470–109470.

Waterman, Jamie M., et al.. (2025). Leaf Size Determines Damage‐ and Herbivore‐Induced Volatile Emissions in Maize. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(5). 3766–3777.

Escobar‐Bravo, Rocío, Po‐An Lin, Jamie M. Waterman, & Matthias Erb. (2023). Dynamic environmental interactions shaped by vegetative plant volatiles. Natural Product Reports. 40(4). 840–865. 26 indexed citations

Escobar‐Bravo, Rocío, Bernardus C. J. Schimmel, Gaétan Glauser, Peter G. L. Klinkhamer, & Matthias Erb. (2022). Leafminer attack accelerates the development of soil‐dwelling conspecific pupae via plant‐mediated changes in belowground volatiles. New Phytologist. 234(1). 280–294. 8 indexed citations

Lin, Po‐An, et al.. (2022). Water availability and plant–herbivore interactions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(9). 2811–2828. 23 indexed citations

Ye, Wenfeng, Carlos Bustos‐Segura, Thomas Degen, Matthias Erb, & Ted C. J. Turlings. (2022). Belowground and aboveground herbivory differentially affect the transcriptome in roots and shoots of maize. Plant Direct. 6(7). e426–e426. 17 indexed citations

Hu, Lingfei, Christelle A. M. Robert, Tobias Züst, et al.. (2021). Soil chemistry determines whether defensive plant secondary metabolites promote or suppress herbivore growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(43). 40 indexed citations

Arce, Carla C. M., et al.. (2021). Adaptations and responses of the common dandelion to low atmospheric pressure in high‐altitude environments. Journal of Ecology. 109(10). 3487–3501. 8 indexed citations

Cadot, Selma, Valentin Gfeller, Lingfei Hu, et al.. (2021). Soil composition and plant genotype determine benzoxazinoid‐mediated plant–soil feedbacks in cereals. Plant Cell & Environment. 44(12). 3732–3744. 14 indexed citations

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Huber, Meret, Thomas Röder, Sandra Irmisch, et al.. (2021). A beta-glucosidase of an insect herbivore determines both toxicity and deterrence of a dandelion defense metabolite. eLife. 10. 16 indexed citations

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Wasimuddin, Klaus Schlaeppi, Francesca Ronchi, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of primer pairs for microbiome profiling from soils to humans within the One Health framework. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(6). 1558–1571. 81 indexed citations

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Kuhnert, Peter, et al.. (2020). Identification of Photorhabdus symbionts by MALDI-TOF MS. Microbiology. 166(6). 522–530. 15 indexed citations

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Züst, Tobias, et al.. (2020). Heritable variation in root secondary metabolites is associated with recent climate. Journal of Ecology. 108(6). 2611–2624. 12 indexed citations

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Erb, Matthias & Philippe Reymond. (2019). Molecular Interactions Between Plants and Insect Herbivores. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 70(1). 527–557. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ye, Meng, Gaétan Glauser, Yonggen Lou, Matthias Erb, & Lingfei Hu. (2019). Molecular Dissection of Early Defense Signaling Underlying Volatile-Mediated Defense Regulation and Herbivore Resistance in Rice. The Plant Cell. 31(3). 687–698. 95 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei, Valentin Gfeller, & Matthias Erb. (2019). Root volatiles in plant–plant interactions II: Root volatiles alter root chemistry and plant–herbivore interactions of neighbouring plants. Plant Cell & Environment. 42(6). 1964–1973. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, Carla C. M. Arce, Lingfei Hu, et al.. (2019). Plant defense resistance in natural enemies of a specialist insect herbivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 23174–23181. 55 indexed citations

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Gfeller, Valentin, et al.. (2019). Root volatiles in plant–plant interactions I: High root sesquiterpene release is associated with increased germination and growth of plant neighbours. Plant Cell & Environment. 42(6). 1950–1963. 55 indexed citations

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Robert, Christelle A. M., Tobias Züst, Lingfei Hu, et al.. (2018). Convergent evolution of a metabolic switch between aphid and caterpillar resistance in cereals. Science Advances. 4(12). eaat6797–eaat6797. 58 indexed citations

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Huffaker, Alisa, Gregory Pearce, Nathalie Veyrat, et al.. (2013). Plant elicitor peptides are conserved signals regulating direct and indirect antiherbivore defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(14). 5707–5712. 164 indexed citations

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