Michael Hothorn

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Hothorn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hothorn has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Hothorn's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (17 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers). Michael Hothorn is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (17 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers). Michael Hothorn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Michael Hothorn's co-authors include Klaus Scheffzek, Julia Santiago, Andreas G. Ladurner, Ulrich Hohmann, Joanne Chory, Tsegaye Dabi, Kelvin Lau, Christine Henzler, Vladimir Rybin and Georg Kustatscher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hothorn

62 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Control of eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by inositol p... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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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. Control of eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by inositol polyphosphate sensor domains
    2016 454 citations Rebekka Wild, Rūta Gerasimaitė et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Hothorn Germany 38 3.5k 3.4k 416 274 214 63 5.6k
Alain Zachowski France 45 4.1k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 243 0.6× 574 2.1× 505 2.4× 105 6.0k
José Antonio Márquez France 27 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 143 0.3× 119 0.4× 142 0.7× 57 3.2k
Naoyuki Sugiyama Japan 33 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 212 0.5× 340 1.2× 123 0.6× 87 5.1k
Majid Ghassemian United States 27 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 172 0.4× 390 1.4× 134 0.6× 62 3.6k
Carrie Baker Brachmann United States 25 4.2k 1.2× 614 0.2× 549 1.3× 737 2.7× 242 1.1× 45 5.5k
Hans Ronne Sweden 41 5.5k 1.6× 1.8k 0.5× 192 0.5× 1.0k 3.8× 322 1.5× 88 7.2k
Sho Tabata Japan 33 1.7k 0.5× 910 0.3× 288 0.7× 138 0.5× 234 1.1× 80 3.0k
Shingo Hata Japan 39 2.8k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 314 0.8× 234 0.9× 776 3.6× 107 5.5k
U.I. Flügge Germany 16 3.0k 0.9× 844 0.2× 249 0.6× 566 2.1× 272 1.3× 17 4.3k
Robert Müller Germany 22 2.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 194 0.5× 141 0.5× 151 0.7× 44 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Hothorn

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vadas, Oscar, et al.. (2025). A small signaling domain controls PPIP5K phosphatase activity in phosphate homeostasis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1753–1753. 2 indexed citations
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Shukla, Anuj, Daniel Couto, Joël Nicolet, et al.. (2024). Inositol pyrophosphate catabolism by three families of phosphatases regulates plant growth and development. PLoS Genetics. 20(11). e1011468–e1011468. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Xuan, Stefan J. Siira, Kelvin Lau, et al.. (2024). The Vsr-like protein FASTKD4 regulates the stability and polyadenylation of the MT-ND3 mRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(4). 4 indexed citations
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Claus, Lucas Alves Neubus, Derui Liu, Ulrich Hohmann, et al.. (2023). BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 internalization can occur independent of ligand binding. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 192(1). 65–76. 5 indexed citations
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Guan, Zeyuan, Qunxia Zhang, Zhifei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic insights into the regulation of plant phosphate homeostasis by the rice SPX2 – PHR2 complex. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1581–1581. 53 indexed citations
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Podolec, Roman, et al.. (2021). A constitutively monomeric UVR8 photoreceptor confers enhanced UV-B photomorphogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 36 indexed citations
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Doll, Nicolas M., Satoshi Fujita, Satohiro Okuda, et al.. (2020). A two-way molecular dialogue between embryo and endosperm is required for seed development. Science. 367(6476). 431–435. 101 indexed citations
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Crook, Ashley, Ora Hazak, Satohiro Okuda, et al.. (2020). BAM1/2 receptor kinase signaling drives CLE peptide-mediated formative cell divisions in Arabidopsis roots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(51). 32750–32756. 36 indexed citations
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Hohmann, Ulrich, Priya Ramakrishna, Laura Lorenzo‐Orts, et al.. (2020). Constitutive Activation of Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinase Signaling Pathways by BAK1-INTERACTING RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE3 Chimera. The Plant Cell. 32(10). 3311–3323. 27 indexed citations
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Then, Christiane, et al.. (2020). Adjustment of the PIF7‐HFR1 transcriptional module activity controls plant shade adaptation. The EMBO Journal. 40(1). e104273–e104273. 44 indexed citations
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Lorenzo‐Orts, Laura, Ulrich Hohmann, Jinsheng Zhu, & Michael Hothorn. (2019). Molecular characterization of CHAD domains as inorganic polyphosphate-binding modules. Life Science Alliance. 2(3). e201900385–e201900385. 28 indexed citations
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Lau, Kelvin, Roman Podolec, Richard Chappuis, Roman Ulm, & Michael Hothorn. (2019). Plant photoreceptors and their signaling components compete for COP 1 binding via VP peptide motifs. The EMBO Journal. 38(18). e102140–e102140. 117 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jinsheng, Sylvain Loubéry, Larissa Broger, et al.. (2019). A genetically validated approach for detecting inorganic polyphosphates in plants. The Plant Journal. 102(3). 507–516. 14 indexed citations
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Lorenzo‐Orts, Laura, Daniel Couto, & Michael Hothorn. (2019). Identity and functions of inorganic and inositol polyphosphates in plants. New Phytologist. 225(2). 637–652. 61 indexed citations
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Lorenzo‐Orts, Laura, Jules Deforges, Sylvain Loubéry, et al.. (2019). Concerted expression of a cell cycle regulator and a metabolic enzyme from a bicistronic transcript in plants. Nature Plants. 5(2). 184–193. 25 indexed citations
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Kozłowski, Marek, David Corujo, Michael Hothorn, et al.. (2018). MacroH2A histone variants limit chromatin plasticity through two distinct mechanisms. EMBO Reports. 19(10). 62 indexed citations
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Wild, Rebekka, Rūta Gerasimaitė, Ji‐Yul Jung, et al.. (2016). Control of eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by inositol polyphosphate sensor domains. Science. 352(6288). 986–990. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Christie, John M., A.S. Arvai, Katherine J. Baxter, et al.. (2012). Plant UVR8 Photoreceptor Senses UV-B by Tryptophan-Mediated Disruption of Cross-Dimer Salt Bridges. Science. 335(6075). 1492–1496. 350 indexed citations
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Hothorn, Michael, Wim Van den Ende, Willem Lammens, Vladimir Rybin, & Klaus Scheffzek. (2010). Structural insights into the pH-controlled targeting of plant cell-wall invertase by a specific inhibitor protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(40). 17427–17432. 83 indexed citations

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