Mike Pollard

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Mike Pollard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Pollard has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Plant Science and 23 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Mike Pollard's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (23 papers), Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (17 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers). Mike Pollard is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (23 papers), Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (17 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers). Mike Pollard collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Mike Pollard's co-authors include John B. Ohlrogge, Fred Beisson, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Isabel Molina, Gustavo Bonaventure, Philip D. Bates, Abraham J. Koo, Scott E. Sattler, Dean DellaPenna and Maria Magallanes‐Lundback and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mike Pollard

40 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Building lipid barriers: biosynthesis of cutin and suberin

2008 734 citations Mike Pollard, Fred Beisson et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
Vitamin E Is Essential for Seed Longevity and for Preventing Lipid Peroxidation during Germination

2004 527 citations Mike Pollard et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mike Pollard United States	32	4.4k	3.3k	2.0k	310	297	40	6.0k
Anders S. Carlsson Sweden	35	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	52 0.2×	416 1.4×	84	4.5k
Rafael Garcés Spain	30	1.5k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	103 0.3×	411 1.4×	142	3.3k
Enrique Martínez‐Force Spain	30	1.2k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	70 0.2×	325 1.1×	143	2.9k
Jens Koßmann Germany	44	4.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	148 0.1×	81 0.3×	653 2.2×	118	6.3k
Guanqun Chen Canada	33	1.3k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	21 0.1×	338 1.1×	123	3.4k
Rebecca E. Cahoon United States	30	1.2k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	625 0.3×	21 0.1×	121 0.4×	52	2.4k
Joshua J. Blakeslee United States	34	4.8k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	158 0.1×	18 0.1×	137 0.5×	62	5.9k
C. B. Rajashekar United States	23	1.9k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	373 0.2×	26 0.1×	31 0.1×	45	2.7k
Chang‐Jun Liu United States	35	3.9k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	89 0.0×	50 0.2×	493 1.7×	71	5.8k
Arthur Germano Fett‐Neto Brazil	39	2.3k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	220 0.1×	18 0.1×	98 0.3×	137	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Pollard

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pollard, Mike & Yair Shachar‐Hill. (2021). Kinetic complexities of triacylglycerol accumulation in developing embryos from Camelina sativa provide evidence for multiple biosynthetic systems. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(1). 101396–101396. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Weili, Mike Pollard, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, & John B. Ohlrogge. (2016). Quantitative analysis of glycerol in dicarboxylic acid-rich cutins provides insights into Arabidopsis cutin structure. Phytochemistry. 130. 159–169. 18 indexed citations

Pollard, Mike, et al.. (2015). Lipid labeling from acetate or glycerol in cultured embryos of Camelina sativa seeds: A tale of two substrates. Phytochemistry. 118. 192–203. 19 indexed citations

Kosma, Dylan K., et al.. (2015). Analysis of aliphatic waxes associated with root periderm or exodermis from eleven plant species. Phytochemistry. 117. 351–362. 24 indexed citations

Shaw, Vincent, Hyun-Woo Park, Tom Clemente, et al.. (2015). Metabolic engineering of oilseed crops to produce high levels of novel acetyl glyceride oils with reduced viscosity, freezing point and calorific value. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 13(6). 858–865. 64 indexed citations

Pollard, Mike, et al.. (2015). Lipid analysis of developing Camelina sativa seeds and cultured embryos. Phytochemistry. 118. 23–32. 22 indexed citations

Beisson, Fred, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, & Mike Pollard. (2012). Solving the puzzles of cutin and suberin polymer biosynthesis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 15(3). 329–337. 238 indexed citations

Nadakuduti, Satya Swathi, Mike Pollard, Dylan K. Kosma, et al.. (2012). Pleiotropic Phenotypes of the sticky peel Mutant Provide New Insight into the Role of CUTIN DEFICIENT2 in Epidermal Cell Function in Tomato . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 159(3). 945–960. 130 indexed citations

Yang, Weili, Mike Pollard, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, et al.. (2010). A distinct type of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase with sn -2 preference and phosphatase activity producing 2-monoacylglycerol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(26). 12040–12045. 158 indexed citations

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Li‐Beisson, Yonghua, Mike Pollard, Vincent Sauveplane, et al.. (2009). Nanoridges that characterize the surface morphology of flowers require the synthesis of cutin polyester. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(51). 22008–22013. 222 indexed citations

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Pollard, Mike, Fred Beisson, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, & John B. Ohlrogge. (2008). Building lipid barriers: biosynthesis of cutin and suberin. Trends in Plant Science. 13(5). 236–246. 734 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bates, Philip D., John B. Ohlrogge, & Mike Pollard. (2007). Incorporation of Newly Synthesized Fatty Acids into Cytosolic Glycerolipids in Pea Leaves Occurs via Acyl Editing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(43). 31206–31216. 180 indexed citations

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Beisson, Fred, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Gustavo Bonaventure, Mike Pollard, & John B. Ohlrogge. (2007). The Acyltransferase GPAT5 Is Required for the Synthesis of Suberin in Seed Coat and Root of Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 19(1). 351–368. 332 indexed citations

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Li‐Beisson, Yonghua, Fred Beisson, Mike Pollard, & John B. Ohlrogge. (2006). Oil content of Arabidopsis seeds: The influence of seed anatomy, light and plant-to-plant variation. Phytochemistry. 67(9). 904–915. 326 indexed citations

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Molina, Isabel, Gustavo Bonaventure, John B. Ohlrogge, & Mike Pollard. (2006). The lipid polyester composition of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus seeds. Phytochemistry. 67(23). 2597–2610. 124 indexed citations

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Suh, Mi Chung, Lacey Samuels, Reinhard Jetter, et al.. (2005). Cuticular Lipid Composition, Surface Structure, and Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Stem Epidermis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 139(4). 1649–1665. 286 indexed citations

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Milcamps, Anne, Ajay W. Tumaney, Troy Paddock, et al.. (2004). Isolation of a Gene Encoding a 1,2-Diacylglycerol-sn-acetyl-CoA Acetyltransferase from Developing Seeds of Euonymus alatus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(7). 5370–5377. 52 indexed citations

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Koo, Abraham J., John B. Ohlrogge, & Mike Pollard. (2004). On the Export of Fatty Acids from the Chloroplast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(16). 16101–16110. 108 indexed citations

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Bonaventure, Gustavo, Fred Beisson, John B. Ohlrogge, & Mike Pollard. (2004). Analysis of the aliphatic monomer composition of polyesters associated with Arabidopsis epidermis: occurrence of octadeca‐cis‐6, cis‐9‐diene‐1,18‐dioate as the major component. The Plant Journal. 40(6). 920–930. 163 indexed citations

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Bao, Xinhe, Manfred Focke, Mike Pollard, & John B. Ohlrogge. (2000). Understanding in vivo carbon precursor supply for fatty acid synthesis in leaf tissue. The Plant Journal. 22(1). 39–50. 110 indexed citations

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