Mika Zagrobelny

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Mika Zagrobelny is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mika Zagrobelny has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Plant Science, 24 papers in Insect Science and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mika Zagrobelny's work include Cassava research and cyanide (26 papers), Biological Control of Invasive Species (19 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (11 papers). Mika Zagrobelny is often cited by papers focused on Cassava research and cyanide (26 papers), Biological Control of Invasive Species (19 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (11 papers). Mika Zagrobelny collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and Brazil. Mika Zagrobelny's co-authors include Søren Bak, Birger Lindberg Møller, Kirsten Jørgensen, Carl Erik Olsen, Nanna Bjarnholt, Marc Morant, Stefan Pentzold, Bodil Jørgensen, C. M. Naumann and Fred Rook and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mika Zagrobelny

35 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Plant Defense against Insect Herbivores

2013 615 citations Mika Zagrobelny, Søren Bak et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mika Zagrobelny Denmark	18	1.5k	922	905	451	329	35	2.5k
Kotaro Konno Japan	20	911 0.6×	559 0.6×	779 0.9×	370 0.8×	119 0.4×	35	1.8k
Kenneth L. Korth United States	23	1.6k 1.1×	572 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	278 0.6×	122 0.4×	40	2.5k
Michael V. Kolomiets United States	35	3.4k 2.3×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	275 0.6×	147 0.4×	83	4.1k
Jürgen Engelberth United States	25	2.7k 1.8×	1.9k 2.1×	1.0k 1.2×	798 1.8×	149 0.5×	44	3.5k
Grit Kunert Germany	24	984 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	678 0.7×	705 1.6×	124 0.4×	56	2.0k
Wilhelm Boland Germany	30	2.4k 1.6×	2.3k 2.4×	891 1.0×	1.2k 2.6×	221 0.7×	54	3.5k
Monika Frey Germany	28	2.5k 1.7×	980 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	441 1.0×	108 0.3×	40	3.5k
Shawn A. Christensen United States	28	2.0k 1.3×	852 0.9×	963 1.1×	263 0.6×	73 0.2×	60	2.6k
Kirsten A. Leiss Netherlands	23	1.4k 0.9×	911 1.0×	662 0.7×	573 1.3×	111 0.3×	47	2.1k
Félix Ortego Spain	35	1.9k 1.3×	2.1k 2.3×	2.0k 2.2×	242 0.5×	126 0.4×	112	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mika Zagrobelny

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All Works

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Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2019). Sequestration and biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides in passion vine butterflies and consequences for the diversification of their host plants. Ecology and Evolution. 9(9). 5079–5093. 27 indexed citations

Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2019). Colonization of Northern Europe by Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera). Ecology and Evolution. 9(8). 4796–4804. 2 indexed citations

Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2018). Cyanogenesis in Arthropods: From Chemical Warfare to Nuptial Gifts. Insects. 9(2). 51–51. 38 indexed citations

Briolat, Emmanuelle S., Mika Zagrobelny, Carl Erik Olsen, Jonathan D. Blount, & Martin Stevens. (2018). Sex differences but no evidence of quantitative honesty in the warning signals of six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulaeL.)*. Evolution. 72(7). 1460–1474. 11 indexed citations

Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2018). Evolution of the Biosynthetic Pathway for Cyanogenic Glucosides in Lepidoptera. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 86(6). 379–394. 11 indexed citations

Pentzold, Stefan, Annemarie Matthes, Carl Erik Olsen, et al.. (2017). Spatial separation of the cyanogenic β-glucosidase ZfBGD2 and cyanogenic glucosides in the haemolymph ofZygaenalarvae facilitates cyanide release. Royal Society Open Science. 4(6). 170262–170262. 17 indexed citations

Pentzold, Stefan, Mika Zagrobelny, Bekzod Khakimov, et al.. (2016). Lepidopteran defence droplets - a composite physical and chemical weapon against potential predators. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22407–22407. 17 indexed citations

Pentzold, Stefan, Mika Zagrobelny, Nanna Bjarnholt, et al.. (2015). Metabolism, excretion and avoidance of cyanogenic glucosides in insects with different feeding specialisations. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 66. 119–128. 28 indexed citations

Zagrobelny, Mika, Henrik Toft Simonsen, Carl Erik Olsen, Søren Bak, & Birger Lindberg Møller. (2015). Volatiles from the burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera) and associated flowers, and their involvement in mating communication. Physiological Entomology. 40(4). 284–295. 13 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional regulation of de novo biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides throughout the life-cycle of the burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 49. 80–89. 15 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2014). Chemical Defense Balanced by Sequestration and De Novo Biosynthesis in a Lepidopteran Specialist. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e108745–e108745. 17 indexed citations

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Pentzold, Stefan, et al.. (2014). The Multiple Strategies of an Insect Herbivore to Overcome Plant Cyanogenic Glucoside Defence. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91337–e91337. 63 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2013). Plant Defense against Insect Herbivores. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 14(5). 10242–10297. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pentzold, Stefan, Mika Zagrobelny, Fred Rook, & Søren Bak. (2013). How insects overcome two‐component plant chemical defence: plant β‐glucosidases as the main target for herbivore adaptation. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 89(3). 531–551. 110 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, Carl Erik Olsen, Stefan Pentzold, et al.. (2013). Sequestration, tissue distribution and developmental transmission of cyanogenic glucosides in a specialist insect herbivore. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 44. 44–53. 33 indexed citations

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Bjarnholt, Nanna, Mirosław Nakonieczny, Andrzej Kędziorski, et al.. (2012). Occurrence of Sarmentosin and Other Hydroxynitrile Glucosides in Parnassius (Papilionidae) Butterflies and Their Food Plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38(5). 525–537. 17 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, Søren Bak, & Birger Lindberg Møller. (2008). Cyanogenesis in plants and arthropods. Phytochemistry. 69(7). 1457–1468. 197 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Kirsten, Marc Morant, Nanna Bjarnholt, et al.. (2005). Metabolon formation and metabolic channeling in the biosynthesis of plant natural products. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 8(3). 280–291. 404 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, Daniel Jeffares, & Peter Arctander. (2004). Differences in non-LTR retrotransposons within C. elegans and C. briggsae genomes. Gene. 330. 61–66. 6 indexed citations

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Zagrobelny, Mika, et al.. (2004). Cyanogenic glucosides and plant–insect interactions. Phytochemistry. 65(3). 293–306. 247 indexed citations

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