Philippe Vain

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Philippe Vain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Vain has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Philippe Vain's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (34 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (16 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers). Philippe Vain is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (34 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (16 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers). Philippe Vain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Philippe Vain's co-authors include John J. Finer, B. Worland, J. W. Snape, David C. Baulcombe, Susan Angell, Olivier Voinnet, Vera Thole, Paul Christou, Ajay Kohli and Michael Bevan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Vain

40 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Systemic Spread of Sequence-Specific Transgene RNA Degrad... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Systemic Spread of Sequence-Specific Transgene RNA Degradation in Plants Is Initiated by Localized Introduction of Ectopic Promoterless DNA
    1998 544 citations Philippe Vain 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
Philippe Vain United Kingdom 29 2.5k 2.4k 948 140 129 41 3.2k
R. I. S. Brettell Australia 30 2.2k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 713 0.8× 145 1.0× 45 0.3× 46 2.7k
Ralph Scorza United States 31 2.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 374 0.4× 96 0.7× 149 1.2× 92 3.1k
Robbert A. Schilperoort Netherlands 15 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 704 0.7× 154 1.1× 49 0.4× 20 2.8k
Guang‐Ning Ye United States 9 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 490 0.5× 160 1.1× 57 0.4× 11 1.8k
Jean‐Christophe Palauqui France 23 2.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 213 0.2× 48 0.3× 113 0.9× 31 2.7k
Jean‐Benoît Morel France 22 2.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 183 0.2× 251 1.8× 143 1.1× 27 2.9k
Roger Thilmony United States 24 2.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 216 0.2× 92 0.7× 46 0.4× 46 3.2k
Chiyoko Machida Japan 32 3.4k 1.4× 3.1k 1.3× 174 0.2× 274 2.0× 58 0.4× 72 4.0k
Sang Ik Song South Korea 21 2.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 154 0.2× 150 1.1× 55 0.4× 39 2.9k
Steven R. Scofield United States 19 2.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 214 0.2× 65 0.5× 141 1.1× 42 2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Vain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thole, Vera & Philippe Vain. (2012). Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Brachypodium distachyon. Methods in molecular biology. 847. 137–149. 9 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, Vera Thole, B. Worland, et al.. (2011). A T‐DNA mutation in the RNA helicase eIF4A confers a dose‐dependent dwarfing phenotype in Brachypodium distachyon. The Plant Journal. 66(6). 929–940. 22 indexed citations
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Thole, Vera, Antoine Peraldi, B. Worland, et al.. (2011). T-DNA mutagenesis in Brachypodium distachyon. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(2). 567–576. 46 indexed citations
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Thole, Vera, B. Worland, Jonathan Wright, Michael Bevan, & Philippe Vain. (2010). Distribution and characterization of more than 1000 T‐DNA tags in the genome of Brachypodium distachyon community standard line Bd21. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 8(6). 734–747. 39 indexed citations
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Worland, B., et al.. (2009). A protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brachypodium distachyon community standard line Bd21. Nature Protocols. 4(5). 638–649. 109 indexed citations
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Opanowicz, Magdalena, Philippe Vain, John Draper, David Parker, & John H. Doonan. (2008). Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass. Trends in Plant Science. 13(4). 172–177. 139 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, B. Worland, Vera Thole, et al.. (2007). Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation of the temperate grass Brachypodium distachyon (genotype Bd21) for T‐DNA insertional mutagenesis. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 6(3). 236–245. 88 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe. (2006). Global trends in plant transgenic science and technology (1973–2003). Trends in biotechnology. 24(5). 206–211. 16 indexed citations
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Worland, B., et al.. (2004). A large-scale study of rice plants transformed with different T-DNAs provides new insights into locus composition and T-DNA linkage configurations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 109(4). 815–826. 61 indexed citations
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James, Victoria A., B. Worland, J. W. Snape, & Philippe Vain. (2004). Development of a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the precise quantification of transgene expression levels in rice plants. Physiologia Plantarum. 120(4). 650–656. 6 indexed citations
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James, Victoria A., B. Worland, J. W. Snape, & Philippe Vain. (2004). Strategies for precise quantification of transgene expression levels over several generations in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 55(401). 1307–1313. 9 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, Victoria A. James, B. Worland, & J. W. Snape. (2002). Transgene behaviour across two generations in a large random population of transgenic rice plants produced by particle bombardment. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 105(6). 878–889. 60 indexed citations
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James, Victoria A., et al.. (2002). The relationship between homozygous and hemizygous transgene expression levels over generations in populations of transgenic rice plants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 104(4). 553–561. 54 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, B. Worland, Martin Clarke, et al.. (1998). Expression of an engineered cysteine proteinase inhibitor (Oryzacystatin-IΔD86) for nematode resistance in transgenic rice plants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 96(2). 266–271. 103 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, et al.. (1996). Intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression in maize (Zea mays L.) and bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.). Plant Cell Reports. 15(7). 489–494. 67 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, et al.. (1995). Foreign gene delivery into monocotyledonous species. Biotechnology Advances. 13(4). 653–671. 14 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, et al.. (1993). Osmotic treatment enhances particle bombardment-mediated transient and stable transformation of maize. Plant Cell Reports. 12(2). 84–8. 255 indexed citations
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Finer, John J., et al.. (1992). Development of the particle inflow gun for DNA delivery to plant cells. Plant Cell Reports. 11(7). 323–8. 362 indexed citations
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Vain, Philippe, et al.. (1990). Effect of gelling agent on callus initiation from immature embryos of inbred A188..

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