Michael P. Timko

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
198 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Michael P. Timko is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Timko has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Plant Science, 95 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Timko's work include Plant Parasitism and Resistance (55 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (48 papers) and Agricultural pest management studies (43 papers). Michael P. Timko is often cited by papers focused on Plant Parasitism and Resistance (55 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (48 papers) and Agricultural pest management studies (43 papers). Michael P. Timko collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Michael P. Timko's co-authors include Anthony R. Cashmore, James H. Westwood, John I. Yoder, Claude W. dePamphilis, Julia Tait Lathrop, Paul J. Rushton, Nikolai Lebedev, Marc Van Montagu, Luís Herrera‐Estrella and Nan Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Timko

188 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

An evolutionarily conserved protein binding sequence upstream of a plant light-regulated gene.

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Timko	5.2k	4.2k	938	424	408	198	7.3k
Sjef Smeekens	10.3k 2.0×	6.9k 1.6×	342 0.4×	547 1.3×	338 0.8×	130	13.6k
Diter von Wettstein	5.4k 1.1×	4.6k 1.1×	464 0.5×	592 1.4×	395 1.0×	157	8.1k
Stefan A. Rensing	4.4k 0.9×	4.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	201 0.5×	370 0.9×	153	7.1k
Steven J. Rothstein	10.6k 2.1×	7.3k 1.7×	796 0.8×	587 1.4×	220 0.5×	164	14.0k
Curtis G. Wilkerson	3.0k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	298 0.3×	395 0.9×	316 0.8×	73	6.7k
Marc Boutry	4.9k 0.9×	6.3k 1.5×	371 0.4×	673 1.6×	223 0.5×	157	9.0k
Robert Fluhr	9.3k 1.8×	6.2k 1.5×	408 0.4×	518 1.2×	227 0.6×	138	11.5k
Yang Do Choi	7.7k 1.5×	6.6k 1.6×	482 0.5×	576 1.4×	98 0.2×	147	11.1k
John C. Gray	5.2k 1.0×	8.7k 2.1×	625 0.7×	746 1.8×	865 2.1×	235	10.5k
Peggy G. Lemaux	4.3k 0.8×	4.9k 1.2×	376 0.4×	1.5k 3.6×	233 0.6×	116	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael P. Timko

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Zheng, Shufa, Dan Zhang, Wei Wu, et al.. (2025). International multicenter development of ensemble machine learning driven host response based diagnosis for tuberculosis. iScience. 28(9). 113444–113444.

Kernodle, Sheri P., Rui Shi, Hai Liu, et al.. (2024). BBL enzymes exhibit enantiospecific preferences in the biosynthesis of pyridine alkaloids in Nicotiana tabacum L.. Phytochemistry. 232. 114363–114363. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Hai, Valesca Pandolfi, Cláudia Ulisses, et al.. (2023). Expression of Cowpea VuWRKY21 and VuWRKY87 Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana Confers Plant Tolerance to Salt Stress. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 168–185. 1 indexed citations

Ruan, Jian, Shuaishuai Xu, Qiong Li, et al.. (2022). EMLI-ICC: an ensemble machine learning-based integration algorithm for metastasis prediction and risk stratification in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23(6). 8 indexed citations

Shen, Yifei, Qinjie Chu, Michael P. Timko, & Longjiang Fan. (2021). scDetect: a rank-based ensemble learning algorithm for cell type identification of single-cell RNA sequencing in cancer. Bioinformatics. 37(22). 4115–4122. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Xi, Jie Qiu, Weidi Wang, et al.. (2019). Characterization and evolution of gene clusters for terpenoid phytoalexin biosynthesis in tobacco. Planta. 250(5). 1687–1702. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Xi, Shuo Sun, Enhui Shen, et al.. (2019). A transcriptomic profile of topping responsive non-coding RNAs in tobacco roots (Nicotiana tabacum). BMC Genomics. 20(1). 856–856. 28 indexed citations

López, Lúa, Emily S. Bellis, Eric Wafula, et al.. (2019). Transcriptomics of host-specific interactions in natural populations of the parasitic plant purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica). Weed Science. 67(4). 397–411. 12 indexed citations

Jiang, Weiqin, Yifei Shen, Yongfeng Ding, et al.. (2017). A naive Bayes algorithm for tissue origin diagnosis (TOD‐Bayes) of synchronous multifocal tumors in the hepatobiliary and pancreatic system. International Journal of Cancer. 142(2). 357–368. 21 indexed citations

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Gowda, Bhavani Shankara, et al.. (2017). Identification of potential sources of striga resistance in cowpea [Vigna Unguiculata (L.) walp.] accessions from Ghana. 3(1). 14–22. 3 indexed citations

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Shen, Yifei, Shuo Sun, Shuijin Hua, et al.. (2017). Analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic changes in hybrid vigor of allopolyploid Brassica napus uncovers key roles for small RNAs. The Plant Journal. 91(5). 874–893. 89 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yeting, Mónica Fernández‐Aparicio, Eric Wafula, et al.. (2013). Evolution of a horizontally acquired legume gene, albumin 1, in the parasitic plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca and related species. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 48–48. 39 indexed citations

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Honaas, Loren, Eric Wafula, Zhenzhen Yang, et al.. (2013). Functional genomics of a generalist parasitic plant: Laser microdissection of host-parasite interface reveals host-specific patterns of parasite gene expression. BMC Plant Biology. 13(1). 9–9. 60 indexed citations

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Omoigui, Lucky O., et al.. (2012). Molecular characterization of cowpea breeding lines for Striga resistance using SCAR markers. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations

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Oikawa, Patricia Y., et al.. (2011). Short term changes in methanol emission and pectin methylesterase activity are not directly affected by light in Lycopersicon esculentum. Biogeosciences. 8(4). 1023–1030. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Jianxiong & Michael P. Timko. (2009). Gene-for-Gene Resistance in Striga -Cowpea Associations. Science. 325(5944). 1094–1094. 90 indexed citations

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Sawadogo, Mahamadou, Jeremy T. Ouedraogo, D. Balma, et al.. (2009). The use of cross species SSR primers to study genetic diversity of okra from Burkina Faso.. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 8(11). 2476–2482. 28 indexed citations

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Rushton, Paul J., et al.. (2008). Tobacco Transcription Factors: Novel Insights into Transcriptional Regulation in the Solanaceae . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 147(1). 280–295. 219 indexed citations

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Timko, Michael P.. (1991). Edinburgh, Oxford, Christminster: Self & Society in Victorian England. 19. 25–40.

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Timko, Michael P., et al.. (1963). Innocent Victorian : the satiric poetry of Arthur Hugh Clough. Ohio University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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