Ottoline Leyser

27.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
119 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Ottoline Leyser is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ottoline Leyser has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Plant Science, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ottoline Leyser's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (96 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (54 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (36 papers). Ottoline Leyser is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (96 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (54 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (36 papers). Ottoline Leyser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Ottoline Leyser's co-authors include Stefan Kepinski, Petra Stirnberg, Mark Estelle, Lisa Williamson, Malgorzata A. Domagalska, Tom Bennett, Dean Rouse, Alastair Fitter, Ian J. Furner and Dörte Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ottoline Leyser

119 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Arabidopsis F-box protein TIR1 is an auxin receptor 1996 2026 2006 2016 2005 2001 1999 2011 1996 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. The Arabidopsis F-box protein TIR1 is an auxin receptor
    2005 1.3k citations Stefan Kepinski, Ottoline Leyser Nature profile →
  2. Auxin regulates SCFTIR1-dependent degradation of AUX/IAA proteins
    2001 1.1k citations Stefan Kepinski, Dean Rouse et al. Nature profile →
  3. An Auxin-Dependent Distal Organizer of Pattern and Polarity in the Arabidopsis Root
    1999 1.1k citations Ottoline Leyser et al. profile →
  4. Signal integration in the control of shoot branching
    2011 604 citations Ottoline Leyser et al. profile →
  5. Ethylene as a Signal Mediating the Wound Response of Tomato Plants
    1996 577 citations Ottoline Leyser et al. profile →
  6. Phosphate Availability Regulates Root System Architecture in Arabidopsis
    2001 566 citations Lisa Williamson, Alastair Fitter et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  7. MAX1andMAX2control shoot lateral branching inArabidopsis
    2002 554 citations Petra Stirnberg, Karin van de Sande et al. Development profile →
  8. Nitrate and phosphate availability and distribution have different effects on root system architecture of Arabidopsis
    2002 515 citations Lisa Williamson, Alastair Fitter et al. The Plant Journal profile →
  9. Auxin Signaling
    2017 501 citations Ottoline Leyser PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  10. A plant’s diet, surviving in a variable nutrient environment
    2020 350 citations Ottoline Leyser et al. profile →
  11. Strigolactone Can Promote or Inhibit Shoot Branching by Triggering Rapid Depletion of the Auxin Efflux Protein PIN1 from the Plasma Membrane
    2013 315 citations Ottoline Leyser et al. profile →
  12. SMAX1-LIKE/D53 Family Members Enable Distinct MAX2-Dependent Responses to Strigolactones and Karrikins in Arabidopsis
    2015 309 citations Tom Bennett, Yueyang Liang et al. profile →
  13. Rice cytochrome P450 MAX1 homologs catalyze distinct steps in strigolactone biosynthesis
    2014 286 citations Yanxia Zhang, Tatsiana Charnikhova et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ottoline Leyser United Kingdom 68 19.5k 10.8k 4.4k 553 463 119 20.6k
Tom Beeckman Belgium 79 20.3k 1.0× 12.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.3× 535 1.0× 377 0.8× 219 22.1k
Mikiko Kojima Japan 62 13.1k 0.7× 7.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.2× 482 0.9× 846 1.8× 169 14.5k
Richard M. Amasino United States 83 22.0k 1.1× 17.5k 1.6× 1.1k 0.3× 688 1.2× 1.5k 3.3× 165 24.5k
Peter Hedden United Kingdom 65 15.0k 0.8× 10.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.2× 835 1.5× 960 2.1× 204 17.6k
Thomas Schmülling Germany 67 13.7k 0.7× 9.5k 0.9× 660 0.2× 342 0.6× 434 0.9× 142 15.3k
Steven J. Rothstein Canada 69 10.6k 0.5× 7.3k 0.7× 796 0.2× 620 1.1× 1.1k 2.4× 164 14.0k
Mark Estelle United States 85 25.6k 1.3× 19.9k 1.8× 971 0.2× 294 0.5× 600 1.3× 156 28.9k
Yuriko Osakabe Japan 45 8.8k 0.5× 5.8k 0.5× 744 0.2× 247 0.4× 376 0.8× 83 10.3k
Christine A. Beveridge Australia 53 10.4k 0.5× 3.7k 0.3× 4.6k 1.0× 466 0.8× 287 0.6× 104 11.0k
Ronald Pierik Netherlands 54 8.5k 0.4× 3.9k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 352 0.6× 150 0.3× 182 9.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leyser, Ottoline, et al.. (2024). The activation of Arabidopsis axillary buds involves a switch from slow to rapid committed outgrowth regulated by auxin and strigolactone. New Phytologist. 242(3). 1084–1097. 5 indexed citations
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Hamon‐Josse, Maxime, José Antonio Villaécija‐Aguilar, Karin Ljung, et al.. (2022). KAI2 regulates seedling development by mediating light‐induced remodelling of auxin transport. New Phytologist. 235(1). 126–140. 17 indexed citations
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Jong, Maaike de, Hugo Tavares, Raj Pasam, et al.. (2019). Natural variation in Arabidopsis shoot branching plasticity in response to nitrate supply affects fitness. PLoS Genetics. 15(9). e1008366–e1008366. 31 indexed citations
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Bennett, Tom, et al.. (2019). Connective auxin transport contributes to strigolactone-mediated shoot branching control independent of the transcription factor BRC1. PLoS Genetics. 15(3). e1008023–e1008023. 51 indexed citations
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Bennett, Tom, Yueyang Liang, Madeleine Seale, et al.. (2016). Strigolactone regulates shoot development through a core signalling pathway. Biology Open. 5(12). 1806–1820. 123 indexed citations
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Coudert, Yoan, Wojtek Pałubicki, Karin Ljung, et al.. (2015). Three ancient hormonal cues co-ordinate shoot branching in a moss. eLife. 4. 82 indexed citations
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Waldie, Tanya, et al.. (2014). Strigolactones and the control of plant development: lessons from shoot branching. The Plant Journal. 79(4). 607–622. 187 indexed citations
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Leyser, Ottoline. (2014). What should be in the biology curriculum. School science review. 95(352). 43–45. 1 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Catarina, Yanxia Zhang, Muhammad Jamil, et al.. (2014). Natural variation of rice strigolactone biosynthesis is associated with the deletion of two MAX1 orthologs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(6). 2379–2384. 110 indexed citations
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Bennett, Tom, et al.. (2013). Canalization: what the flux?. Trends in Genetics. 30(2). 41–48. 81 indexed citations
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Ward, Sally, et al.. (2013). Using Arabidopsis to Study Shoot Branching in Biomass Willow      . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 162(2). 800–811. 19 indexed citations
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Stirnberg, Petra, Jinping Liu, Sally Ward, Sarah L. Kendall, & Ottoline Leyser. (2012). Mutation of the cytosolic ribosomal protein-encoding RPS10Bgene affects shoot meristematic function in Arabidopsis. BMC Plant Biology. 12(1). 160–160. 28 indexed citations
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Leyser, Ottoline. (2009). The control of shoot branching: an example of plant information processing. Plant Cell & Environment. 32(6). 694–703. 199 indexed citations
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Kepinski, Stefan & Ottoline Leyser. (2005). The Arabidopsis F-box protein TIR1 is an auxin receptor. Nature. 435(7041). 446–451. 1295 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kepinski, Stefan & Ottoline Leyser. (2004). Auxin-induced SCF TIR1 –Aux/IAA interaction involves stable modification of the SCF TIR1 complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(33). 12381–12386. 141 indexed citations
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Stirnberg, Petra, Karin van de Sande, & Ottoline Leyser. (2002). MAX1andMAX2control shoot lateral branching inArabidopsis. Development. 129(5). 1131–1141. 554 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leyser, Ottoline. (2001). Auxin. Current Biology. 11(18). R728–R728. 5 indexed citations
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Williamson, Lisa, et al.. (2001). Phosphate Availability Regulates Root System Architecture in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 126(2). 875–882. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zenser, Nathan, Jason Ramos, Dean Rouse, et al.. (2000). Degradation of Aux/IAA proteins is essential for normal auxin signalling. The Plant Journal. 21(6). 553–562. 230 indexed citations

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