Ralph Bock

36.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
288 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

Ralph Bock is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Bock has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 268 papers in Molecular Biology, 94 papers in Plant Science and 36 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ralph Bock's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (197 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (56 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (48 papers). Ralph Bock is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (197 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (56 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (48 papers). Ralph Bock collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Ralph Bock's co-authors include Stephan Greiner, Marc Lohse, Stephanie Ruf, Pascal Lehwark, Oliver Drechsel, Daniel Karcher, Sabine Kahlau, Sandra Stegemann, Axel Fischer and Michael Tillich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Bock

280 papers receiving 23.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

GeSeq – versatile and accurate annotation of organelle genomes

2017 2.1k citations Pascal Lehwark, Axel Fischer et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW) version 1.3.1: expanded toolkit for the graphical visualization of organellar genomes

2019 1.4k citations Stephan Greiner, Pascal Lehwark et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
OrganellarGenomeDRAW—a suite of tools for generating physical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes and visualizing expression data sets

2013 1.2k citations Ralph Bock et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW): a tool for the easy generation of high-quality custom graphical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes

2007 982 citations Ralph Bock et al. profile →
Multicolor bimolecular fluorescence complementation reveals simultaneous formation of alternative CBL/CIPK complexes in planta

2008 639 citations Ralph Bock et al. The Plant Journal profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Ralph Bock

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph Bock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Bock

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralph Bock. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralph Bock 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 Ralph Bock. Ralph Bock is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Development of chloroplast transformation for five species in the genus Nicotiana 2025 ·The Plant Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Shengxin Chang, Stephanie Ruf, Ralph Bock	0
2	Chloroplast precursor protein preClpD overaccumulation triggers multilevel reprogramming of gene expression and a heat shock-like response 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tong Su, Leonard Krall, Xu Wu, Ralph Bock, Guo‐Zhang Wu	1
3	R-loop control and mitochondrial genome stability require the 5′-3′ exonuclease/flap endonuclease OEX1 2025 ·The Plant Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kin Pan Chung, Pierre Mercier, Rana Khalid Iqbal, (unknown), André Dietrich, Ralph Bock, Frédérique Weber‐Lotfi, José M. Gualberto	1
4	Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato 2023 ·Molecular Plant ·Mengxiao Yan, Ming Li, Yunze Wang, Xinyi Wang, M-Hossein Moeinzadeh, (unknown), Weijuan Fan, (unknown), (unknown), Haozhen Nie, Zhangying Wang, Aiko Tanaka, Bettina Heider, Jan Kreuze, Godelieve Gheysen, Hongxia Wang, Martin Vingron, Ralph Bock, Jun Yang	9
5	Expression strategies for the efficient synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in plastids 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Joachim Forner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shreya Agrawal, Daniel Karcher, (unknown), (unknown), Ralph Bock	42
6	A photosynthesis operon in the chloroplast genome drives speciation in evening primroses 2021 ·The Plant Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark Aurel Schöttler, (unknown), (unknown), Karsten Liere, Axel Fischer, Reimo Zoschke, Irina Malinova, Ralph Bock, Stephan Greiner	29
7	Length-dependent accumulation of double-stranded RNAs in plastids affects RNA interference efficiency in the Colorado potato beetle 2020 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown), Wenbo Xu, Letian Xu, Kai‐Yun Fu, Wen‐Chao Guo, Ralph Bock, Jiang Zhang	54
8	The availability of neither D2 nor CP43 limits the biogenesis of photosystem II in tobacco 2020 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), (unknown), Stephanie Ruf, Reimo Zoschke, Ralph Bock, Mark Aurel Schöttler	10
9	Photosynthesis without β-carotene 2020 ·eLife ·Pengqi Xu, Volha U. Chukhutsina, Wojciech J. Nawrocki, Gert Schansker, (unknown), Yinghong Lu, Daniel Karcher, Ralph Bock, Roberta Croce	38
10	Engineering Metabolism in Nicotiana Species: A Promising Future 2020 ·Trends in biotechnology ·Francisco Javier Molina‐Hidalgo, Marta Vázquez‐Vilar, Lucio D’Andrea, Olivia Costantina Demurtas, Paul D. Fraser, Giovanni Giuliano, Ralph Bock, Diego Orzáez, Alain Goossens	44
11	Generation of virus‐resistant potato plants by RNA genome targeting 2019 ·Plant Biotechnology Journal ·(unknown), Fengjuan Zhang, Ziyang Zhong, (unknown), Yong Wang, Ling Chang, Ralph Bock, Bihua Nie, Jiang Zhang	127
12	Chloroplast nucleoids are highly dynamic in ploidy, number, and structure during angiosperm leaf development 2019 ·The Plant Journal ·Stephan Greiner, Hieronim Golczyk, Irina Malinova, (unknown), Ralph Bock, Thomas Börner, Reinhold G. Herrmann	48
13	Chloroplast competition is controlled by lipid biosynthesis in evening primroses 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Patrick Giavalisco, Axel Fischer, Julia M. Kreiner, Dirk Walther, Mark Aurel Schöttler, (unknown), Hieronim Golczyk, Toshihiro Obata, Ralph Bock, Barbara B. Sears, Stephan Greiner	35
14	OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW) version 1.3.1: expanded toolkit for the graphical visualization of organellar genomes breakdown → 2019 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Stephan Greiner, Pascal Lehwark, Ralph Bock	1434
15	Different carotenoid conformations have distinct functions in light-harvesting regulation in plants 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Nicoletta Liguori, Pengqi Xu, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Bart van Oort, Yinghong Lu, Daniel Karcher, Ralph Bock, Roberta Croce	89
16	Why are most organelle genomes transmitted maternally? 2014 ·BioEssays ·Stephan Greiner, (unknown), Ralph Bock	202
17	A Mediator of Singlet Oxygen Responses in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Arabidopsis Identified by a Luciferase-Based Genetic Screen in Algal Cells 2013 ·The Plant Cell ·Ning Shao, (unknown), Ralph Bock	75
18	Inducible gene expression from the plastid genome by a synthetic riboswitch 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Daniel Karcher, Ralph Bock	102
19	Exchange of Genetic Material Between Cells in Plant Tissue Grafts 2009 ·Science ·Sandra Stegemann, Ralph Bock	229
20	Rpl33, a Nonessential Plastid-Encoded Ribosomal Protein in Tobacco, Is Required under Cold Stress Conditions 2008 ·The Plant Cell ·Marcelo Rogalski, Mark Aurel Schöttler, Wolfram Thiele, Waltraud X. Schulze, Ralph Bock	165

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