Monika Frey

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Monika Frey is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Monika Frey has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Monika Frey's work include Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (17 papers), Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (12 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers). Monika Frey is often cited by papers focused on Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (17 papers), Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (12 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers). Monika Frey collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Monika Frey's co-authors include Alfons Gierl, Ted C. J. Turlings, Matthias Erb, Sebastian Grün, Erich Glawischnig, Katrin Schullehner, Jurriaan Ton, Nathalie Veyrat, Regina Dick and Heinz Saedler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Monika Frey

40 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Analysis of a Chemical Plant Defense Mechanism in Grasses

1997 526 citations Monika Frey, Erich Glawischnig et al. profile →
Indole is an essential herbivore-induced volatile priming signal in maize

2015 313 citations Matthias Erb, Nathalie Veyrat et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Monika Frey Germany	28	2.5k	1.5k	980	441	147	40	3.5k
Shigemi Seo Japan	45	5.1k 2.0×	2.7k 1.8×	993 1.0×	316 0.7×	186 1.3×	100	6.0k
Vered Tzin Israel	25	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	626 0.6×	236 0.5×	141 1.0×	48	3.0k
Michael V. Kolomiets United States	35	3.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	275 0.6×	93 0.6×	83	4.1k
Carmen Castresana Spain	35	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	682 0.7×	208 0.5×	296 2.0×	53	4.1k
Ying‐Bo Mao China	22	3.1k 1.2×	3.2k 2.2×	1.2k 1.2×	247 0.6×	126 0.9×	39	4.6k
Mika Zagrobelny Denmark	18	1.5k 0.6×	905 0.6×	922 0.9×	451 1.0×	92 0.6×	35	2.5k
Alisa Huffaker United States	30	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	897 0.9×	265 0.6×	171 1.2×	53	3.9k
Emmanuel Gaquerel Germany	29	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	825 0.8×	512 1.2×	99 0.7×	53	2.3k
Erich Glawischnig Germany	32	3.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	349 0.4×	207 0.5×	176 1.2×	74	4.2k
Ute Wittstock Germany	28	3.2k 1.3×	3.0k 2.1×	1.0k 1.0×	534 1.2×	92 0.6×	55	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Monika Frey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Monika Frey

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Schäfer, C., Monika Frey, Henning J. Jessen, et al.. (2024). Association of the benzoxazinoid pathway with boron homeostasis in maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 2 indexed citations

Avramova, Viktoriya, Monika Frey, Claude Urbany, et al.. (2024). Embracing native diversity to enhance the maximum quantum efficiency of photosystem II in maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 2 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Thomas, Timo D. Stark, Linlin Zheng, et al.. (2021). Engineering of benzoxazinoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana: Metabolic and physiological challenges. Phytochemistry. 192. 112947–112947. 9 indexed citations

Sharma, Sapna, et al.. (2018). A promiscuous beta-glucosidase is involved in benzoxazinoid deglycosylation in Lamium galeobdolon. Phytochemistry. 156. 224–233. 11 indexed citations

Erb, Matthias, Nathalie Veyrat, Christelle A. M. Robert, et al.. (2015). Indole is an essential herbivore-induced volatile priming signal in maize. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6273–6273. 313 indexed citations breakdown →

Zheng, Linlin, Michael D. McMullen, Eva Bauer, et al.. (2015). Prolonged expression of the BX1 signature enzyme is associated with a recombination hotspot in the benzoxazinoid gene cluster in Zea mays. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(13). 3917–3930. 57 indexed citations

Zhuang, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2011). Biosynthesis and emission of insect herbivory-induced volatile indole in rice. Phytochemistry. 73(1). 15–22. 31 indexed citations

Pasinelli, Gilberto, Michael Schaub, Monika Frey, et al.. (2010). Impact of density and environmental factors on population fluctuations in a migratory passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80(1). 225–234. 38 indexed citations

Frey, Monika, et al.. (2009). Benzoxazinoid biosynthesis, a model for evolution of secondary metabolic pathways in plants. Phytochemistry. 70(15-16). 1645–1651. 259 indexed citations

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Gierl, Alfons & Monika Frey. (2007). The Hydroxamic Acid Pathway. Novartis Foundation symposium. 223. 150–165. 1 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Elisabeth, Michael Weyand, Monika Frey, et al.. (2005). On the Structural Basis of the Catalytic Mechanism and the Regulation of the Alpha Subunit of Tryptophan Synthase from Salmonella typhimurium and BX1 from Maize, Two Evolutionarily Related Enzymes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 352(3). 608–620. 48 indexed citations

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Grün, Sebastian, Monika Frey, & Alfons Gierl. (2005). Evolution of the indole alkaloid biosynthesis in the genus Hordeum: Distribution of gramine and DIBOA and isolation of the benzoxazinoid biosynthesis genes from Hordeum lechleri. Phytochemistry. 66(11). 1264–1272. 64 indexed citations

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Frey, Monika. (2004). Transcriptional activation of Igl, the gene for indole formation in Zea mays: a structure–activity study with elicitor-active N-acyl glutamines from insects. Phytochemistry. 65(8). 1047–1055. 32 indexed citations

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Frey, Monika, Karin Huber, Woong June Park, et al.. (2003). A 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase is integrated in DIMBOA-biosynthesis. Phytochemistry. 62(3). 371–376. 71 indexed citations

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Gierl, Alfons & Monika Frey. (2001). Evolution of benzoxazinone biosynthesis and indole production in maize. Planta. 213(4). 493–498. 115 indexed citations

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Rad, Uta von, et al.. (2001). Two glucosyltransferases are involved in detoxification of benzoxazinoids in maize. The Plant Journal. 28(6). 633–642. 142 indexed citations

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Sicker, Dieter, Monika Frey, Margot Schulz, & Alfons Gierl. (2000). Role of natural benzoxazinones in the survival strategy of plants. International review of cytology. 198. 319–346. 166 indexed citations

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Glawischnig, Erich, Sebastian Grün, Monika Frey, & Alfons Gierl. (1999). Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases of DIBOA biosynthesis: Specificity and conservation among grasses. Phytochemistry. 50(6). 925–930. 53 indexed citations

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Frey, Monika, et al.. (1995). Expression of a cytochrome P450 gene family in maize. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 246(1). 100–109. 82 indexed citations

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Gierl, Alfons & Monika Frey. (1991). Eukaryotic transposable elements with short terminal inverted repeats. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 1(4). 494–497. 5 indexed citations

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