Michael S. Belcher

973 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 524 citations indexed

About

Michael S. Belcher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Belcher has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 524 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Belcher's work include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (3 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (2 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (2 papers). Michael S. Belcher is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (3 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (2 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (2 papers). Michael S. Belcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Michael S. Belcher's co-authors include Jay D. Keasling, Yuzhong Liu, Elias Englund, Qingyun Dan, Bo Pang, Kevin Yin, Amin Zargar, Pablo Cruz‐Morales, Patrick M. Shih and M. L. Putnam and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Belcher

9 papers receiving 520 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.

Biofuels for a sustainable future

2021 243 citations Yuzhong Liu, Pablo Cruz‐Morales et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael S. Belcher United States	9	261	189	166	62	48	9	524
Smriti Shrivastava India	9	318 1.2×	134 0.7×	363 2.2×	99 1.6×	37 0.8×	34	644
Han Qin China	17	585 2.2×	225 1.2×	450 2.7×	103 1.7×	34 0.7×	25	984
Kendall R. Corbin Australia	12	246 0.9×	277 1.5×	246 1.5×	65 1.0×	33 0.7×	19	696
Kenneth Francis Rodrigues Malaysia	4	413 1.6×	65 0.3×	479 2.9×	75 1.2×	47 1.0×	5	690
Silvia Hüttner Sweden	15	386 1.5×	301 1.6×	228 1.4×	228 3.7×	19 0.4×	22	723
Rubina Nelofer Pakistan	12	268 1.0×	106 0.6×	241 1.5×	157 2.5×	14 0.3×	36	544
Ainol Azifa Mohd Faik Malaysia	7	400 1.5×	66 0.3×	486 2.9×	71 1.1×	43 0.9×	13	693
Celia Flores Mexico	13	212 0.8×	78 0.4×	141 0.8×	86 1.4×	38 0.8×	23	394
Aya Zoghlami France	5	212 0.8×	97 0.5×	537 3.2×	95 1.5×	14 0.3×	7	659
Kevin S. Wenger United States	15	447 1.7×	86 0.5×	481 2.9×	116 1.9×	43 0.9×	17	665

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael S. Belcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael S. Belcher

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Farhi, Moran, Michael S. Belcher, Hokuto Nakayama, et al.. (2022). Heinz-resistant tomato cultivars exhibit a lignin-based resistance to field dodder (Cuscuta campestris) parasitism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 189(1). 129–151. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuzhong, Pablo Cruz‐Morales, Amin Zargar, et al.. (2021). Biofuels for a sustainable future. Cell. 184(6). 1636–1647. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Varoquaux, Nelle, Mary Madera, John P. Vogel, et al.. (2021). Cell Wall Compositions of Sorghum bicolor Leaves and Roots Remain Relatively Constant Under Drought Conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 747225–747225. 10 indexed citations

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Belcher, Michael S., Khanh M. Vuu, Nasim Mansoori, et al.. (2020). Design of orthogonal regulatory systems for modulating gene expression in plants. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(8). 857–865. 70 indexed citations

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Belcher, Michael S., et al.. (2020). New frontiers: harnessing pivotal advances in microbial engineering for the biosynthesis of plant-derived terpenoids. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 65. 88–93. 51 indexed citations

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Weisberg, Alexandra J., Edward W. Davis, Javier F. Tabima, et al.. (2020). Unexpected conservation and global transmission of agrobacterial virulence plasmids. Science. 368(6495). 53 indexed citations

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Markel, Kasey, Michael S. Belcher, & Patrick M. Shih. (2019). Defining and engineering bioenergy plant feedstock ideotypes. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 62. 196–201. 9 indexed citations

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Davis, Edward W., Javier F. Tabima, Alexandra J. Weisberg, et al.. (2018). Evolution of the U.S. Biological Select Agent Rathayibacter toxicus. mBio. 9(4). 9 indexed citations

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Savory, Elizabeth A., Alexandra J. Weisberg, William J. Thomas, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary transitions between beneficial and phytopathogenic Rhodococcus challenge disease management. eLife. 6. 56 indexed citations

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