Nils Rugen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 728 citations indexed

About

Nils Rugen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Rugen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 728 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Nils Rugen's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (2 papers). Nils Rugen is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (2 papers). Nils Rugen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Brazil. Nils Rugen's co-authors include Hans‐Peter Braun, Tatjana M. Hildebrandt, Björn Heinemann, Wagner L. Araújo, Willian Batista‐Silva, Adriano Nunes‐Nesi, Holger Eubel, Jennifer Senkler, Jan Hegermann and Iris Finkemeier and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Cell, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Nils Rugen

11 papers receiving 720 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.

The role of amino acid metabolism during abiotic stress release

2019 371 citations Willian Batista‐Silva, Björn Heinemann et al. Plant Cell & Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nils Rugen Germany	8	423	390	45	31	24	14	728
Ricarda Fenske Australia	13	567 1.3×	625 1.6×	37 0.8×	33 1.1×	27 1.1×	19	902
Kentaro Takahara Japan	17	523 1.2×	746 1.9×	46 1.0×	23 0.7×	32 1.3×	30	987
Hélène Vanacker France	11	690 1.6×	652 1.7×	64 1.4×	21 0.7×	12 0.5×	15	1.0k
Hendrik Tschoep Germany	10	420 1.0×	573 1.5×	50 1.1×	36 1.2×	17 0.7×	13	792
Sabrina Kleeßen Germany	15	549 1.3×	424 1.1×	41 0.9×	26 0.8×	20 0.8×	20	879
И. Е. Мошков Russia	15	392 0.9×	675 1.7×	30 0.7×	19 0.6×	29 1.2×	45	894
Üner Kolukisaoglu Germany	12	588 1.4×	621 1.6×	75 1.7×	10 0.3×	27 1.1×	14	934
Rachid Ghrir France	14	314 0.7×	352 0.9×	41 0.9×	29 0.9×	13 0.5×	23	662
Céline Forzani France	14	723 1.7×	1.0k 2.6×	23 0.5×	34 1.1×	34 1.4×	17	1.2k
А. Т. Епринцев Russia	17	616 1.5×	718 1.8×	67 1.5×	24 0.8×	19 0.8×	102	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Rugen

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14 of 14 papers shown

Rugen, Nils, Johannes Thiel, Markus Kuhlmann, et al.. (2025). A spatio-temporal transcriptomic and proteomic dataset of developing Brassica napus seeds. Scientific Data. 12(1). 759–759.

Adrar, Nabil, et al.. (2025). A comparative study of the nutritional and physiological potential of Xuta (edible Jatropha curcas L.) protein: Insights into its digestibility and effects on the intestinal barrier. Current Research in Food Science. 12. 101257–101257.

Medina‐Escobar, Nieves, Frank Schaarschmidt, Nils Rugen, et al.. (2024). Three Arabidopsis UMP kinases have different roles in pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis and (deoxy)CMP salvage. The Plant Cell. 36(9). 3611–3630. 1 indexed citations

Rugen, Nils, et al.. (2023). Getting Ready for Large-Scale Proteomics in Crop Plants. Nutrients. 15(3). 783–783. 7 indexed citations

Rugen, Nils, Michael Senkler, & Hans‐Peter Braun. (2023). Deep proteomics reveals incorporation of unedited proteins into mitochondrial protein complexes in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(2). 1180–1199. 5 indexed citations

Rupp, Oliver, Michael Senkler, Nils Rugen, et al.. (2023). The Viscum album Gene Space database. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1193122–1193122. 1 indexed citations

Klusch, N., et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structure of the respiratory I + III2 supercomplex from Arabidopsis thaliana at 2 Å resolution. Nature Plants. 9(1). 142–156. 48 indexed citations

Rugen, Nils, Frank Schaarschmidt, Jürgen Eirich, et al.. (2021). Protein interaction patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana leaf mitochondria change in dependence to light. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1862(8). 148443–148443. 16 indexed citations

Rugen, Nils, Jan Hegermann, Patrick Giavalisco, et al.. (2020). Rapid Affinity Purification of Tagged Plant Mitochondria (Mito-AP) for Metabolome and Proteome Analyses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(3). 1194–1210. 38 indexed citations

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Fuchs, Philippe, Nils Rugen, Chris Carrie, et al.. (2019). Single organelle function and organization as estimated from Arabidopsis mitochondrial proteomics. The Plant Journal. 101(2). 420–441. 135 indexed citations

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Rugen, Nils, et al.. (2019). Complexome Profiling Reveals Association of PPR Proteins with Ribosomes in the Mitochondria of Plants. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 18(7). 1345–1362. 37 indexed citations

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Batista‐Silva, Willian, Björn Heinemann, Nils Rugen, et al.. (2019). The role of amino acid metabolism during abiotic stress release. Plant Cell & Environment. 42(5). 1630–1644. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Senkler, Jennifer, Nils Rugen, Holger Eubel, Jan Hegermann, & Hans‐Peter Braun. (2018). Absence of Complex I Implicates Rearrangement of the Respiratory Chain in European Mistletoe. Current Biology. 28(10). 1606–1613.e4. 63 indexed citations

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Pohl, Sarah, Matthias Preuße, Nils Rugen, et al.. (2016). Unravelling post‐transcriptional PrmC‐dependent regulatory mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environmental Microbiology. 18(10). 3583–3592. 6 indexed citations

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