Michael Lenhard

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Lenhard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lenhard has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Plant Science and 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael Lenhard's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (47 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (45 papers) and Plant and animal studies (16 papers). Michael Lenhard is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (47 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (45 papers) and Plant and animal studies (16 papers). Michael Lenhard collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Michael Lenhard's co-authors include Thomas Laux, Gerd Jürgens, Klaus Mayer, Heiko Schoof, Achim Haecker, Adrien Sicard, Andrea Bohnert, Christian Kappel, Ben Scheres and Marijn Luijten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lenhard

75 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

The Stem Cell Population of Arabidopsis Shoot Meristems Is Maintained by a Regulatory Loop between the CLAVATA and WUSCHEL Genes

2000 1.4k citations Michael Lenhard, Thomas Laux et al. profile →
Role of WUSCHEL in Regulating Stem Cell Fate in the Arabidopsis Shoot Meristem

1998 1.3k citations Michael Lenhard, Thomas Laux et al. profile →
Conserved factors regulate signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana shoot and root stem cell organizers

2007 858 citations Michael Lenhard, Thomas Laux et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Lenhard Germany	36	7.2k	6.6k	1.0k	533	174	76	8.1k
Jean‐Philippe Vielle‐Calzada Mexico	33	4.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.5×	725 0.7×	519 1.0×	118 0.7×	71	4.9k
Claudia Köhler Sweden	56	7.6k 1.0×	5.4k 0.8×	828 0.8×	1.2k 2.3×	143 0.8×	138	8.7k
Jennifer C. Fletcher United States	43	6.6k 0.9×	6.0k 0.9×	578 0.6×	477 0.9×	50 0.3×	76	7.7k
Coral Vincent Germany	24	6.7k 0.9×	5.7k 0.9×	974 0.9×	559 1.0×	62 0.4×	31	7.5k
Peter Huijser Germany	40	10.0k 1.4×	8.6k 1.3×	773 0.7×	561 1.1×	40 0.2×	70	11.2k
Miltos Tsiantis United Kingdom	41	6.6k 0.9×	5.6k 0.9×	743 0.7×	336 0.6×	53 0.3×	90	7.3k
Christian S. Hardtke Switzerland	45	7.9k 1.1×	6.0k 0.9×	405 0.4×	241 0.5×	47 0.3×	100	8.5k
Gary N. Drews United States	35	6.7k 0.9×	6.2k 0.9×	744 0.7×	467 0.9×	31 0.2×	41	7.5k
John Paul Alvarez Australia	29	7.8k 1.1×	6.7k 1.0×	643 0.6×	362 0.7×	30 0.2×	37	8.2k
Elena M. Kramer United States	42	3.9k 0.5×	4.0k 0.6×	2.2k 2.1×	355 0.7×	115 0.7×	97	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Lenhard

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Robertson, Caroline E., Viola Willemsen, Robert A. Ingle, et al.. (2025). Spiral phyllotaxis predicts left-right asymmetric growth and style deflection in mirror-image flowers of Cyanella alba. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3695–3695. 1 indexed citations

Castro, Sílvia, Elena Conti, Hans Jacquemyn, et al.. (2025). Heterostylous plants in an era of global change: a review on the consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation. AoB Plants. 17(4). plaf016–plaf016. 1 indexed citations

McKenzie, Catherine, Samantha Baldwin, Susan Thomson, et al.. (2025). Genomic selection in a kiwiberry breeding programme: integrating intra- and inter-specific crossing. Molecular Breeding. 45(3). 31–31.

Lenhard, Michael, et al.. (2024). Heterostyly. Current Biology. 34(5). R181–R183. 3 indexed citations

Kappel, Christian, et al.. (2023). Poly(A) polymerase 1 contributes to competence acquisition of pollen tubes growing through the style inArabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 114(3). 651–667. 2 indexed citations

Baldwin, Samantha, Canhong Cheng, John McCallum, et al.. (2023). Implementation of different relationship estimate methodologies in breeding value prediction in kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta). Molecular Breeding. 43(10). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

Kappel, Christian, et al.. (2023). The gain-of-function mutation blf13 in the barley orthologue of the rice growth regulator NARROW LEAF1 is associated with increased leaf width. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(3). 850–867. 1 indexed citations

Kappel, Christian, et al.. (2023). Testing the effect of individual scent compounds on pollinator attraction in nature using quasi‐isogenic Capsella lines. American Journal of Botany. 110(10). e16237–e16237. 2 indexed citations

Kappel, Christian, Thomas Friedrich, Vicky Oberkofler, et al.. (2023). Genomic and epigenomic determinants of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory in Arabidopsis. Genome biology. 24(1). 129–129. 25 indexed citations

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Potente, Giacomo, Étienne Léveillé‐Bourret, Narjes Yousefi, et al.. (2022). Comparative Genomics Elucidates the Origin of a Supergene Controlling Floral Heteromorphism. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(2). 32 indexed citations

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Jiang, Liang, Takuya Yoshida, Jing Yue, et al.. (2020). Multi-omics approach reveals the contribution of KLU to leaf longevity and drought tolerance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(2). 352–368. 32 indexed citations

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Kappel, Christian, et al.. (2019). A high-throughput amplicon-based method for estimating outcrossing rates. Plant Methods. 15(1). 47–47. 3 indexed citations

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Sicard, Adrien & Michael Lenhard. (2018). Capsella. Current Biology. 28(17). R920–R921. 5 indexed citations

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Kramer, Elena M. & Michael Lenhard. (2017). Shape and form in plant development. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 79. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Sicard, Adrien, Christian Kappel, Young Wha Lee, et al.. (2016). Standing genetic variation in a tissue-specific enhancer underlies selfing-syndrome evolution in Capsella. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(48). 13911–13916. 46 indexed citations

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Hensel, Göetz, Christian Kappel, Arnis Druka, et al.. (2016). The INDETERMINATE DOMAIN Protein BROAD LEAF1 Limits Barley Leaf Width by Restricting Lateral Proliferation. Current Biology. 26(7). 903–909. 27 indexed citations

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Sicard, Adrien, Anna Thamm, Young Wha Lee, et al.. (2014). Repeated Evolutionary Changes of Leaf Morphology Caused by Mutations to a Homeobox Gene. Current Biology. 24(16). 1880–1886. 97 indexed citations

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Fujikura, Ushio, Holger Breuninger, Clara Sánchez‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2014). Atkinesin-13A Modulates Cell-Wall Synthesis and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana via the THESEUS1 Pathway. PLoS Genetics. 10(9). e1004627–e1004627. 37 indexed citations

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Sharma, Vijay, et al.. (2006). The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase BIG BROTHER Controls Arabidopsis Organ Size in a Dosage-Dependent Manner. Current Biology. 16(3). 272–279. 263 indexed citations

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Lenhard, Michael & Thomas Laux. (2003). Stem cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem is regulated by intercellular movement of CLAVATA3 and its sequestration by CLAVATA1. Development. 130(14). 3163–3173. 209 indexed citations

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