Philipp Franken

11.7k citations

117 papers · 7.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.1%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Papers in

Plant Science 106
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 76
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 34
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 30
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 21
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance 14
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 13
Pharmacology 29
- Fungal Biology and Applications 29

Co-authors: Uwe Druege Karl‐Heinz Kogel Ralph Hückelhoven Mohammad R. Hajirezaei Ajit Varma Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson Bettina Hause Michael Bitterlich
Journals: Mycorrhiza (16 papers)Frontiers in Plant Science (9 papers)Plant and Soil (6 papers)Mycologia (5 papers)Plant Signaling & Behavior (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany France Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Philipp Franken

115 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi act as biostimulants in horticultural crops 2015 · 439 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Scientia Horticulturae
2005 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Convergent evolution and adaptive diversification of root symbioses Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Zhenshan Liu, Bin Hu, Emmanouil Flemetakis, Seiya Hagino, Philipp Franken, Heinz Rennenberg	2025	0
2	Short-term artificial adaptation of Rhizoglomus irregulare to high phosphate levels and its implications for fungal-plant interactions: phenotypic and transcriptomic insights Frontiers in Plant Science ·Helena King, Ajiya Dahiru Adamu, PUTRI RUKMANA, Carolin Schneider, Philipp Franken	2024	3
3	Ecological Niche-Inspired Genome Mining Leads to the Discovery of Crop-Protecting Nonribosomal Lipopeptides Featuring a Transient Amino Acid Building Block Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Sebastian Götze, Raghav Vij, M. Jalón Monzón, Yakov Matyushkin, Mohamed Harir, Ralf Kiese, Sherri Byrand, Rita Müller, 貞義深美, В.В. Клименко, Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Grit Walther, Hans‐Martin Dahse, Lars Regestein, Sascha Brunke, Bernhard Hube, Christian Hertweck, Philipp Franken, Pierre Stallforth	2023	18
4	Salt Stress Tolerance of Dark Septate Endophytes Is Independent of Melanin Accumulation Frontiers in Microbiology ·Hak Min Lee, Charlotte Berthelot, Iris Camehl, Gábor M. Kovács, Damien Blaudez, Philipp Franken	2020	21
5	The interaction between Rhizoglomus irregulare and hyphae attached phosphate solubilizing bacteria increases plant biomass of Solanum lycopersicum Microbiological Research ·ARTHUR E. IIERTZLER, Stéphane Compant, Max‐Bernhard Ballhausen, Silke Ruppel, Philipp Franken	2020	49
6	Acclimatization of Rhizophagus irregularis Enhances Zn Tolerance of the Fungus and the Mycorrhizal Plant Partner Frontiers in Microbiology ·E. Deniz, Philipp Franken	2018	21
7	Unraveling the Initial Plant Hormone Signaling, Metabolic Mechanisms and Plant Defense Triggering the Endomycorrhizal Symbiosis Behavior Frontiers in Plant Science ·Y.S. Cho, Ajiya Dahiru Adamu, Carolin Schneider, Philipp Franken, Helena King	2018	77
8	Atmospheric drought and low light impede mycorrhizal effects on leaf photosynthesis—a glasshouse study on tomato under naturally fluctuating environmental conditions Mycorrhiza ·Michael Bitterlich, Philipp Franken, Jan Graefe	2018	19
9	Transcriptomic analysis reveals ethylene as stimulator and auxin as regulator of adventitious root formation in petunia cuttings Frontiers in Plant Science ·Uwe Druege, Philipp Franken, Margarida Henriques, Amir Ahkami, Siegfried Zerche, Bettina Hause, Mohammad R. Hajirezaei	2014	83
10	Cell type-specific protein and transcription profiles implicate periarbuscular membrane synthesis as an important carbon sink in the mycorrhizal symbiosis Plant Signaling & Behavior ·Nicole Gaude, Waltraud X. Schulze, Philipp Franken, Franziska Krajinski	2012	25
11	Piriformospora indica mycorrhization increases grain yield by accelerating early development of barley plants Plant Signaling & Behavior ·Asmae Bouachtala, Karl‐Heinz Kogel, Philipp Franken, Frank Waller	2010	25
12	Phosphate systemically inhibits development of arbuscular mycorrhiza in Petunia hybrida and represses genes involved in mycorrhizal functioning The Plant Journal ·Florence Breuillin‐Sessoms, かおり納富, Mohammad R. Hajirezaei, Amir Ahkami, Patrick Favre, Uwe Druege, Bettina Hause, Marcel Bucher, Tobias Kretzschmar, Eligio Bossolini, Cris Kuhlemeier, Enrico Martinoia, Philipp Franken, Uwe Scholz, Didier Reinhardt	2010	299
13	Impact of Piriformospora indica on tomato growth and on interaction with fungal and viral pathogens Mycorrhiza ·Gabriela de Deus Miranda, Diana R. Andrade‐Linares, Susanne von Bargen, Martina Bandte, Carmen Büttner, Rita Grosch, Dietmar Schwarz, Philipp Franken	2009	137
14	Overlapping expression patterns and differential transcript levels of phosphate transporter genes in arbuscular mycorrhizal, Pi-fertilised and phytohormone-treated Medicago truncatula roots Planta ·Tatjana Baranov, Wenbing Guo, Kerstin Fischer, Stanislav V. Isayenkov, Jutta Ludwig‐Müller, Bettina Hause, Xiaolong Yan, H. Küster, Philipp Franken	2009	81
15	The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Frank Waller, Asmae Bouachtala, Helmut Baltruschat, József Fodor, Katja Becker, Marina Fischer, Boris JANÍČEK, Ralph Hückelhoven, Christina Neumann, Diter von Wettstein, Philipp Franken, Karl‐Heinz Kogel Hit paper breakdown →	2005	856
16	Identification of mycorrhiza-regulated genes with arbuscule development-related expression profile Plant Molecular Biology ·Tatjana Baranov, Neelam Kalindi, M’Barek Tamasloukht, José Antonio Mazzotti, Anke Becker, Petra Mann, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, Franziska Krajinski, Philipp Franken	2004	56
17	Arbuscular mycorrhiza development regulates the mRNA abundance of Mtaqp 1 encoding a mercury-insensitive aquaporin of Medicago truncatula Planta ·Franziska Krajinski, Thada Suchart Thamrongvech, Ludivine Fausten, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, Ralf Kaldenhoff, Philipp Franken	2000	65
18	Piriformospora indica , gen. et sp. nov., a new root-colonizing fungus Mycologia ·S. Fan, Ajit Varma, Karl‐Heinz Rexer, 耿玉民, Gerhard Kost, A. K. Sarbhoy, Prakash S. Bisen, Loretta Huang, Philipp Franken	1998	174
19	Cellular localization of a plant protein PSAM 1 in arbuscular mycorrhizas of Pisum sativum Planta ·Fabrice Martin‐Laurent, Christine Arnould, Odile Chatagnier, Diederik van Tuinen, Philipp Franken, S. Gianinazzi, Milan Đuričić	1998	3
20	Molecular analysis of C1 alleles in Zea mays defines regions involved in the expression of this regulatory gene Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Brian E. Scheffler, Philipp Franken, Fair Barbour Hurst, Michael Vanlaningham, Heinz Saedler, Udo Wienand	1994	22

About Philipp Franken

Philipp Franken is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Immunology and Allergy and Insect Science, having authored 117 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (76 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (34 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (30 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (29 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (22 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (14 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (6.5k citations), Cell Biology (1.3k citations), Pharmacology (1.1k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (855 citations) and Soil Science (292 citations). Philipp Franken has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, France and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Uwe Druege, Karl‐Heinz Kogel, Ralph Hückelhoven, Mohammad R. Hajirezaei, Ajit Varma, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, Bettina Hause, Michael Bitterlich, Helmut Baltruschat and Frank Waller. Their work appears in journals such as Mycorrhiza, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant and Soil, Mycologia and Plant Signaling & Behavior.

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