Paulo Mazzafera

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
268 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Paulo Mazzafera is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paulo Mazzafera has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Plant Science, 84 papers in Molecular Biology and 74 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Paulo Mazzafera's work include Coffee research and impacts (65 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (30 papers) and Growth and nutrition in plants (26 papers). Paulo Mazzafera is often cited by papers focused on Coffee research and impacts (65 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (30 papers) and Growth and nutrition in plants (26 papers). Paulo Mazzafera collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Germany. Paulo Mazzafera's co-authors include Ilka N. Abreu, Marcelo Carnier Dornelas, César Augusto Valencise Bonine, Sara Adrián López de Andrade, Ricardo Antunes Azevedo, Priscila Lupino Gratão, Igor Cesarino, Rahoma S. Mohamed, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland Sawaya and Tiago Tezotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Paulo Mazzafera

261 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Abiotic and Biotic Stresses and Changes in the Lignin Con... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 250 500 750
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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. Abiotic and Biotic Stresses and Changes in the Lignin Content and Composition in Plants
    2010 790 citations Paulo Mazzafera 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
Paulo Mazzafera Brazil 50 4.9k 2.3k 1.5k 947 786 268 8.5k
Jean-François Hausman Luxembourg 49 6.8k 1.4× 3.5k 1.5× 896 0.6× 338 0.4× 1.2k 1.5× 173 9.8k
Abdul Latif Khan Oman 70 11.7k 2.4× 3.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 303 0.3× 799 1.0× 320 15.1k
In‐Jung Lee South Korea 72 14.3k 2.9× 4.0k 1.7× 1.9k 1.2× 341 0.4× 657 0.8× 405 17.6k
Tomáš Řezanka Czechia 39 879 0.2× 2.7k 1.1× 951 0.6× 648 0.7× 494 0.6× 315 6.9k
Xiaojun Yan China 46 999 0.2× 2.9k 1.2× 738 0.5× 539 0.6× 659 0.8× 580 10.0k
Letícia V. Costa‐Lotufo Brazil 49 1.7k 0.3× 3.2k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 198 0.2× 934 1.2× 358 9.3k
Gea Guerriero Luxembourg 38 4.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 861 0.6× 397 0.4× 263 0.3× 131 5.8k
Andrew D. Hanson United States 69 8.1k 1.6× 7.8k 3.3× 268 0.2× 580 0.6× 738 0.9× 239 15.5k
Sarvajeet Singh Gill India 47 12.0k 2.4× 4.1k 1.7× 354 0.2× 633 0.7× 501 0.6× 135 16.1k
Lanping Guo China 38 2.5k 0.5× 2.6k 1.1× 811 0.5× 389 0.4× 925 1.2× 522 6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paulo Mazzafera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paulo Mazzafera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paulo Mazzafera

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paulo Mazzafera. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paulo Mazzafera based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paulo Mazzafera. Paulo Mazzafera is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lavres, José, et al.. (2025). Thirsty for solutions: How potassium drives sugarcane's varietal-specific strategies for drought tolerance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 223. 109791–109791.
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Mazzafera, Paulo, et al.. (2024). Variation in Soluble Sugars in Arabica Coffee Cherry Fruits. Plants. 13(13). 1853–1853. 3 indexed citations
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Mazzafera, Paulo, et al.. (2024). Application of Protein Hydrolysate Improved the Productivity of Soybean under Greenhouse Cultivation. Agriculture. 14(8). 1205–1205. 4 indexed citations
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Martínez, Herminia, et al.. (2023). Agronomic practices toward coffee sustainability. A review. Scientia Agricola. 81. 6 indexed citations
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Bottcher, Alexandra, Leonardo Perez de Souza, Takayuki Tohge, et al.. (2021). Sugarcane cell suspension reveals major metabolic changes under different nitrogen starvation regimes. Bragantia. 80. 2 indexed citations
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Brito, Michael dos Santos, Juliana Lischka Sampaio Mayer, Maria Helena S. Goldman, et al.. (2018). Ectopic expression of sugarcane SHINE changes cell wall and improves biomass in rice. Biomass and Bioenergy. 119. 322–334. 10 indexed citations
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Nóbile, Paula Macedo, Alexandra Bottcher, Juliana Lischka Sampaio Mayer, et al.. (2017). Identification, classification and transcriptional profiles of dirigent domain-containing proteins in sugarcane. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 292(6). 1323–1340. 15 indexed citations
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Kiyota, Eduardo, et al.. (2016). Production of Recombinant Caffeine Synthase from Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis) in Escherichia coli. Methods in molecular biology. 1405. 49–57. 1 indexed citations
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Abreu, Ilka N., et al.. (2014). Characterisation of the membrane transport of pilocarpine in cell suspension cultures of Pilocarpus microphyllus. Journal of Plant Physiology. 175. 37–47. 6 indexed citations
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Priolli, Regina Helena Geribello, Leonardo Ramos, David Pot, et al.. (2009). Construction of a genetic map based on an interspecific F2 population between Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora and its usefulness for quality related traits.. 882–890.
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Moldes, Carlos Alberto, Fabrício de Souza Delite, Geórgia Bertoni Pompeu, et al.. (2007). Antioxidant metabolism of coffee cell suspension cultures in response to cadmium.. 876–881. 15 indexed citations
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Rosa, Sttela Dellyzete Veiga Franco da, et al.. (2007). Pre-imbibition: Effects in the germination, seedling growth and content of caffeine in coffee seeds (Coffea arabica L.). Coffee Science. 2(1). 69–78. 1 indexed citations
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Pereira, Luiz Filipe Protásio, et al.. (2005). Sugar metabolism during coffee fruit development.. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 651–655. 4 indexed citations
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Mazzafera, Paulo, et al.. (2005). Control of chlorogenic acid formation in leaves and endosperm of coffee fruit of Coffea arabica.. 775–778. 2 indexed citations
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Abreu, Ilka N., et al.. (2003). In vitro Propagation and Isozyme Polymorphism of the Medicinal Plant Hypericum brasiliense. Biologia Plantarum. 46(4). 629–632. 7 indexed citations
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Shimizu, M., et al.. (2002). Transport of ureides and amino acids in nodulated soybean infected by Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica. Nematologia mediterranea. 30(1). 1 indexed citations
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Mazzafera, Paulo, et al.. (1999). Carbon Partitioning in Soybean Infected with Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica. PubMed Central. 11 indexed citations
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Costacurta, Antonia, Paulo Mazzafera, & Yoko B. Rosato. (1998). Indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis byXanthomonas axonopodispv. citri is increased in the presence of plant leaf extracts. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 159(2). 215–220. 42 indexed citations
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Mazzafera, Paulo, et al.. (1996). Degradation of caffeine and related methylxanthines by Serratia marcescens isolated from soil under coffee cultivation. Microbial Ecology. 31(2). 199–207. 73 indexed citations
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Mazzafera, Paulo, et al.. (1992). Variabilidade do teor de cafeina em sementes de cafe. Turrialba. 42(2). 231–237. 9 indexed citations

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