Peter Albersheim

34.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
263 papers, 24.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Albersheim is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Albersheim has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 24.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 225 papers in Plant Science, 96 papers in Molecular Biology and 72 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Albersheim's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (171 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (65 papers) and Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (53 papers). Peter Albersheim is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (171 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (65 papers) and Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (53 papers). Peter Albersheim collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Peter Albersheim's co-authors include Alan G. Darvill, Michael McNeil, Malcolm A. O’Neill, Patricia D. English, William S. York, Arthur L. Karr, Donald J. Nevins, Barbara Valent, Kenneth Keegstra and Michael G. Hahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Albersheim

262 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

A method for the analysis of sugars in plant cell-wall po... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 1984 1975 2004 1984 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. A method for the analysis of sugars in plant cell-wall polysaccharides by gas-liquid chromatography
    1967 1.5k citations Peter Albersheim, Donald J. Nevins et al. Carbohydrate Research profile →
  2. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE PRIMARY CELL WALLS OF PLANTS
    1984 736 citations Michael McNeil, Alan G. Darvill et al. profile →
  3. Quantitative analysis by various g.l.c. response-factor theories for partially methylated and partially ethylated alditol acetates
    1975 715 citations Peter Albersheim et al. Carbohydrate Research profile →
  4. RHAMNOGALACTURONAN II: Structure and Function of a Borate Cross-Linked Cell Wall Pectic Polysaccharide
    2004 684 citations Malcolm A. O’Neill, Tadashi Ishii et al. Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
  5. Phytoalexins and their Elicitors-A Defense Against Microbial Infection in Plants
    1984 615 citations Alan G. Darvill, Peter Albersheim profile →
  6. Requirement of Borate Cross-Linking of Cell Wall Rhamnogalacturonan II for Arabidopsis Growth
    2001 509 citations Malcolm A. O’Neill, Stefan Eberhard et al. Science profile →
  7. The Structure of Plant Cell Walls
    1973 470 citations Peter Albersheim et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  8. The Structure of Plant Cell Walls
    1973 466 citations Peter Albersheim et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  9. Determination, by methylation analysis, of the glycosyl-linkage compositions of microgram quantities of complex carbohydrates
    1983 434 citations Alan G. Darvill, Michael McNeil et al. Carbohydrate Research profile →
  10. A Gas Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Aldose and Uronic Acid Constituents of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides
    1972 370 citations Peter Albersheim et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  11. Host-Pathogen Interactions
    1976 306 citations Peter Albersheim et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Albersheim United States 83 19.6k 8.6k 4.9k 3.9k 2.7k 263 24.3k
Alan G. Darvill United States 66 12.4k 0.6× 5.5k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 170 15.0k
Antony Bacic Australia 77 13.9k 0.7× 8.6k 1.0× 3.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 345 20.1k
Stephen C. Fry United Kingdom 67 14.9k 0.8× 5.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 2.7k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 269 17.8k
Pedro M. Coutinho France 58 5.6k 0.3× 10.7k 1.2× 1.8k 0.4× 2.7k 0.7× 4.8k 1.7× 121 18.4k
Alphons G. J. Voragen Netherlands 69 7.2k 0.4× 3.8k 0.4× 6.4k 1.3× 4.9k 1.3× 3.3k 1.2× 245 15.1k
Geoffrey B. Fincher Australia 62 9.7k 0.5× 3.9k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 4.0k 1.0× 3.7k 1.3× 210 13.3k
Richard A. Dixon United States 121 35.2k 1.8× 35.5k 4.1× 3.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 9.6k 3.5× 440 61.0k
Harry J. Gilbert United Kingdom 75 6.2k 0.3× 9.1k 1.0× 1.6k 0.3× 3.2k 0.8× 8.3k 3.0× 267 17.9k
William G. T. Willats Denmark 62 10.7k 0.5× 5.9k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 1.8k 0.6× 196 14.6k
Birte Svensson Denmark 66 5.9k 0.3× 8.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.4× 5.3k 1.4× 2.6k 0.9× 489 17.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Neill, Malcolm A., Tadashi Ishii, Peter Albersheim, & Alan G. Darvill. (2004). RHAMNOGALACTURONAN II: Structure and Function of a Borate Cross-Linked Cell Wall Pectic Polysaccharide. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 55(1). 109–139. 684 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bergmann, Carl, Montserrat Saladié, V. S. Kumar Kolli, et al.. (2003). Characterization of a tomato protein that inhibits a xyloglucan‐specific endoglucanase. The Plant Journal. 34(3). 327–338. 83 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Malcolm A., Stefan Eberhard, Peter Albersheim, & Alan G. Darvill. (2001). Requirement of Borate Cross-Linking of Cell Wall Rhamnogalacturonan II for Arabidopsis Growth. Science. 294(5543). 846–849. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Darvill, Alan G., Stefan Eberhard, Markus Pauly, et al.. (2001). Preservation of the Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Response to Alloantigen by Xyloglucans or Oligogalacturonide does not Correlate with the Capacity to Reject Ultraviolet-Induced Skin Tumors in Mice. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 116(1). 62–68. 11 indexed citations
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Valafar, Homayoun, Faramarz Valafar, Alan Darvill, et al.. (2000). Predicting the effectiveness of hydroxyurea in individual sickle cell anemia patients. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 18(2). 133–148. 21 indexed citations
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Pauly, Markus, Sakari Kauppinen, Lene V. Kofod, et al.. (1999). A xyloglucan-specific endo- -1,4-glucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus: expression cloning in yeast, purification and characterization of the recombinant enzyme. Glycobiology. 9(1). 93–100. 189 indexed citations
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Matsunaga, Toshiro, et al.. (1998). THE LOCATION OF BORATE ESTERS IN THE RHAMNOGALACTURONAN II-BORATE COMPLEX. Plant and Cell Physiology. 39. 1 indexed citations
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Pauly, Markus, et al.. (1997). Structural characterization of novel l-galactose-containing oligosaccharide subunits of jojoba seed xyloglucans. Carbohydrate Research. 304(1). 11–20. 46 indexed citations
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Zablackis, Earl, Jianzhong Huang, Bernd Müller, Alan G. Darvill, & Peter Albersheim. (1995). Characterization of the Cell-Wall Polysaccharides of Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 107(4). 1129–1138. 307 indexed citations
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Azadi, Parastoo, Malcolm A. O’Neill, Carl Bergmann, Alan G. Darvill, & Peter Albersheim. (1995). The backbone of the pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan I is cleaved by an endohydrolase and an endolyase. Glycobiology. 5(8). 783–789. 48 indexed citations
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Augur, Christopher, Long Yu, Kumiko Sakai, et al.. (1992). Further Studies of the Ability of Xyloglucan Oligosaccharides to Inhibit Auxin-Stimulated Growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 99(1). 180–185. 47 indexed citations
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Cervone, Felice, Michael G. Hahn, Giulia De Lorenzo, Alan G. Darvill, & Peter Albersheim. (1989). Host-Pathogen Interactions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 90(2). 542–548. 199 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Roger A., Alan Darvill, & Peter Albersheim. (1989). A fluorescence assay for enzymes that cleave glycosidic linkages to produce reducing sugars. Analytical Biochemistry. 177(1). 11–15. 5 indexed citations
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Albersheim, Peter, Alan G. Darvill, Keith Davis, et al.. (1988). Oligosaccharins: Regulatory Molecules in Plants. HortScience. 23(3). 520–520. 1 indexed citations
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Albersheim, Peter, et al.. (1983). Host-Pathogen Interactions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 72(2). 557–563. 302 indexed citations
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Hahn, Michael G. & Peter Albersheim. (1978). Host-pathogen interactions. XIV. Isolation and partial characterization of an elicitor from yeast extract. [Glycine max, Phytophthora megasperma]. 62. 13 indexed citations
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Burke, David, Peter B. Kaufman, Michael McNeil, & Peter Albersheim. (1974). The Structure of Plant Cell Walls. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 54(1). 109–115. 118 indexed citations
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Delmer, Deborah P. & Peter Albersheim. (1970). The Biosynthesis of Sucrose and Nucleoside Diphosphate Glucoses in Phaseolus aureus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 45(6). 782–786. 67 indexed citations
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Nevins, Donald J., Patricia D. English, & Peter Albersheim. (1968). Changes in Cell Wall Polysaccharides Associated With Growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 43(6). 914–922. 55 indexed citations
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Albersheim, Peter. (1960). Spilliting of pectin chain molecules in neutral solutions. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 90. 45–51. 7 indexed citations

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