Paul Schulze‐Lefert

46.6k total citations · 23 hit papers
198 papers, 30.2k citations indexed

About

Paul Schulze‐Lefert is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Schulze‐Lefert has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 30.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Plant Science, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Paul Schulze‐Lefert's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (129 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (56 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (33 papers). Paul Schulze‐Lefert is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (129 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (56 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (33 papers). Paul Schulze‐Lefert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Paul Schulze‐Lefert's co-authors include Ralph Panstruga, Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat, Davide Bulgarelli, Stijn Spaepen, Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Klaus Schlaeppi, Volker Lipka, Stéphane Hacquard, Alice C. McHardy and Andreas Freialdenhoven and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Paul Schulze‐Lefert

198 papers receiving 29.6k citations

Hit Papers

Structure and Functions o... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2013 2012 2015 1997 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Structure and Functions of the Bacterial Microbiota of Plants
    2013 2.1k citations Stijn Spaepen, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. profile →
  2. Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota
    2012 1.7k citations Bruno Hüettel, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. profile →
  3. Structure and Function of the Bacterial Root Microbiota in Wild and Domesticated Barley
    2015 941 citations Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. profile →
  4. The Barley Mlo Gene: A Novel Control Element of Plant Pathogen Resistance
    1997 887 citations Ralph Panstruga, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Cell profile →
  5. Functional overlap of the Arabidopsis leaf and root microbiota
    2015 867 citations Yang Bai, Rubén Garrido‐Oter et al. profile →
  6. A Glucosinolate Metabolism Pathway in Living Plant Cells Mediates Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Defense
    2008 760 citations Paweł Bednarek, Mariola Piślewska‐Bednarek et al. Science profile →
  7. SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall
    2003 750 citations Volker Lipka, Mónica Stein et al. profile →
  8. Microbial Interkingdom Interactions in Roots Promote Arabidopsis Survival
    2018 704 citations Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Cell profile →
  9. Pre- and Postinvasion Defenses Both Contribute to Nonhost Resistance in Arabidopsis
    2005 592 citations Volker Lipka, Paweł Bednarek et al. Science profile →
  10. Nuclear Activity of MLA Immune Receptors Links Isolate-Specific and Basal Disease-Resistance Responses
    2006 577 citations Qian‐Hua Shen, Yusuke Saijo et al. Science profile →
  11. ArabidopsisPEN3/PDR8, an ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Contributes to Nonhost Resistance to Inappropriate Pathogens That Enter by Direct Penetration
    2006 515 citations Mónica Stein, Clara Sánchez‐Rodríguez et al. profile →
  12. Microbiota and Host Nutrition across Plant and Animal Kingdoms
    2015 509 citations Stéphane Hacquard, Rubén Garrido‐Oter et al. profile →
  13. The RAR1 Interactor SGT1, an Essential Component of R Gene-Triggered Disease Resistance
    2002 501 citations Cristina Azevedo, Ari Sadanandom et al. Science profile →
  14. Root Endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae Confers Plant Fitness Benefits that Are Phosphate Status Dependent
    2016 449 citations Ryohei Thomas Nakano, Stéphane Hacquard et al. Cell profile →
  15. Quantitative divergence of the bacterial root microbiota in Arabidopsis thaliana relatives
    2013 371 citations Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. Plant-derived coumarins shape the composition of an Arabidopsis synthetic root microbiome
    2019 343 citations Yang Bai, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Interplay Between Innate Immunity and the Plant Microbiota
    2017 329 citations Stéphane Hacquard, Stijn Spaepen et al. profile →
  18. Direct pathogen-induced assembly of an NLR immune receptor complex to form a holoenzyme
    2020 310 citations Elke Logemann, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Science profile →
  19. Root-Secreted Coumarins and the Microbiota Interact to Improve Iron Nutrition in Arabidopsis
    2020 264 citations Yulong Niu, Rui Guan et al. profile →
  20. Root nodule symbiosis in Lotus japonicus drives the establishment of distinctive rhizosphere, root, and nodule bacterial communities
    2016 248 citations Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  21. Modular Traits of the Rhizobiales Root Microbiota and Their Evolutionary Relationship with Symbiotic Rhizobia
    2018 243 citations Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Ryohei Thomas Nakano et al. profile →
  22. A wheat resistosome defines common principles of immune receptor channels
    2022 169 citations Alexander Förderer, Elke Logemann et al. profile →
  23. TIR domains of plant immune receptors are 2′,3′-cAMP/cGMP synthetases mediating cell death
    2022 125 citations Elke Logemann, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Schulze‐Lefert Germany 92 26.1k 9.6k 4.2k 2.2k 973 198 30.2k
Jos M. Raaijmakers Netherlands 72 19.2k 0.7× 6.2k 0.6× 3.8k 0.9× 3.7k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 211 25.7k
Jeffery L. Dangl United States 108 48.1k 1.8× 17.2k 1.8× 5.1k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.6× 228 55.9k
Igor V. Grigoriev United States 61 8.2k 0.3× 7.4k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 334 15.9k
Thomas Boller Switzerland 75 27.7k 1.1× 8.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 434 0.2× 975 1.0× 181 30.3k
Joseph W. Kloepper United States 73 20.9k 0.8× 4.5k 0.5× 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 672 0.7× 221 23.5k
Corné M. J. Pieterse Netherlands 92 37.0k 1.4× 9.3k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 3.0k 3.0× 230 41.6k
I. Chet Israel 77 17.0k 0.7× 6.5k 0.7× 4.6k 1.1× 742 0.3× 967 1.0× 298 21.6k
Jorge M. Vivanco United States 62 16.7k 0.6× 4.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 2.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.7× 144 21.6k
Ben Lugtenberg Netherlands 75 14.4k 0.5× 7.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 3.4k 1.6× 436 0.4× 228 22.6k
Ray A. Bressan United States 93 25.4k 1.0× 14.9k 1.6× 985 0.2× 481 0.2× 984 1.0× 301 30.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Schulze‐Lefert

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All Works

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Ordon, Jana, Elke Logemann, Tak Lee, et al.. (2025). Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota. Nature Plants. 11(3). 612–631. 4 indexed citations
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Fan, Renchun, Lei Feng, Yaling Liu, et al.. (2025). An NLR receptor confers broad‐spectrum resistance to diversified powdery mildew sublineages in wheat and barley. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(7). 2482–2484. 1 indexed citations
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Ordon, Jana, Julien Thouin, Ryohei Thomas Nakano, et al.. (2024). Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota. Nature Microbiology. 9(4). 1117–1129. 6 indexed citations
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Ordon, Jana, et al.. (2023). Targeted gene deletion with SpCas9 and multiple guide RNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana: four are better than two. Plant Methods. 19(1). 30–30. 5 indexed citations
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Frindte, Katharina, Pengfan Zhang, Stéphane Hacquard, et al.. (2021). Differential Impact of Plant Secondary Metabolites on the Soil Microbiota. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 666010–666010. 49 indexed citations
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Ma, Ka‐Wai, Yulong Niu, Yong Jia, et al.. (2021). Coordination of microbe–host homeostasis by crosstalk with plant innate immunity. Nature Plants. 7(6). 814–825. 133 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingying, Yongxin Liu, Xiaoxuan Guo, et al.. (2021). High-throughput cultivation and identification of bacteria from the plant root microbiota. Nature Protocols. 16(2). 988–1012. 162 indexed citations
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Hématy, Kian, Mariola Piślewska‐Bednarek, Clara Sánchez‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2020). Moonlighting Function of Phytochelatin Synthase1 in Extracellular Defense against Fungal Pathogens. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(4). 1920–1932. 28 indexed citations
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Bai, Yang, et al.. (2019). Plant-derived coumarins shape the composition of an Arabidopsis synthetic root microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(25). 12558–12565. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saur, Isabel M. L., Saskia Bauer, Barbara Kracher, et al.. (2019). Multiple pairs of allelic MLA immune receptor-powdery mildew AVRA effectors argue for a direct recognition mechanism. eLife. 8. 91 indexed citations
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Wibowo, Anjar Tri, Claude Becker, Julius Dürr, et al.. (2018). Partial maintenance of organ-specific epigenetic marks during plant asexual reproduction leads to heritable phenotypic variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(39). E9145–E9152. 53 indexed citations
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Uemura, Tomohiro, Ryohei Thomas Nakano, Junpei Takagi, et al.. (2018). A Golgi-Released Subpopulation of the Trans-Golgi Network Mediates Protein Secretion in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 179(2). 519–532. 69 indexed citations
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Panstruga, Ralph, Jane E. Parker, & Paul Schulze‐Lefert. (2009). SnapShot: Plant Immune Response Pathways. Cell. 136(5). 978.e1–978.e3. 80 indexed citations
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Saijo, Yusuke, Nico Tintor, Xunli Lu, et al.. (2009). Receptor quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum for plant innate immunity. The EMBO Journal. 28(21). 3439–3449. 217 indexed citations
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Bednarek, Paweł, Mariola Piślewska‐Bednarek, Aleš Svatoš, et al.. (2008). A Glucosinolate Metabolism Pathway in Living Plant Cells Mediates Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Defense. Science. 323(5910). 101–106. 760 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Qian‐Hua, Yusuke Saijo, Christoph Biskup, et al.. (2006). Nuclear Activity of MLA Immune Receptors Links Isolate-Specific and Basal Disease-Resistance Responses. Science. 315(5815). 1098–1103. 577 indexed citations breakdown →
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Farmer, Edward E. & Paul Schulze‐Lefert. (2005). Biotic interactions - From molecular networks to inter-organismal communities - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 8(4). 343–345. 1 indexed citations
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Sadanandom, Ari, Kim Findlay, John H. Doonan, Paul Schulze‐Lefert, & Ken Shirasu. (2004). CHPA, a Cysteine- and Histidine-Rich-Domain-Containing Protein, Contributes to Maintenance of the Diploid State in Aspergillus nidulans. Eukaryotic Cell. 3(4). 984–991. 8 indexed citations
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Panstruga, Ralph & Paul Schulze‐Lefert. (2003). Corruption of host seven-transmembrane proteins by pathogenic microbes: a common theme in animals and plants?. Microbes and Infection. 5(5). 429–437. 31 indexed citations
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Azevedo, Cristina, Ari Sadanandom, Katsumi Kitagawa, et al.. (2002). The RAR1 Interactor SGT1, an Essential Component of R Gene-Triggered Disease Resistance. Science. 295(5562). 2073–2076. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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