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

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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.

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 Sabine Kahlau, 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ralph Bock	19.9k	8.9k	3.2k	2.2k	2.1k	288	23.7k
William F. Thompson	10.3k 0.5×	13.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	3.3k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	169	18.1k
Nam‐Hai Chua	32.6k 1.6×	34.0k 3.8×	1.0k 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.6×	376	44.8k
Igor V. Grigoriev	7.4k 0.4×	8.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	584 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	334	15.9k
Mario Stanke	7.4k 0.4×	5.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	336 0.2×	63	12.9k
Motoaki Seki	23.6k 1.2×	35.1k 3.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	766 0.4×	340	40.5k
Jeffrey D. Palmer	20.1k 1.0×	10.3k 1.2×	8.9k 2.8×	4.0k 1.8×	261 0.1×	199	27.1k
Steven M. Smith	7.1k 0.4×	12.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.1×	614 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	219	18.3k
Steven Kelly	6.9k 0.3×	4.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	333 0.2×	147	11.8k
Satoshi Tabata	11.5k 0.6×	20.4k 2.3×	1.1k 0.3×	878 0.4×	311 0.1×	278	24.7k
Richard D. Vierstra	19.2k 1.0×	16.7k 1.9×	677 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	657 0.3×	238	27.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Bock

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Chang, Shengxin, et al.. (2025). Development of chloroplast transformation for five species in the genus Nicotiana. The Plant Journal. 124(2). e70542–e70542.

Su, Tong, et al.. (2025). Chloroplast precursor protein preClpD overaccumulation triggers multilevel reprogramming of gene expression and a heat shock-like response. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3777–3777. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Mengxiao, Ming Li, Yunze Wang, et al.. (2023). Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato. Molecular Plant. 17(2). 277–296. 9 indexed citations

Forner, Joachim, et al.. (2022). Expression strategies for the efficient synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in plastids. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5856–5856. 42 indexed citations

Thiele, Wolfram, Omar Saleh, Federico Scossa, et al.. (2022). Chloroplast translational regulation uncovers nonessential photosynthesis genes as key players in plant cold acclimation. The Plant Cell. 34(5). 2056–2079. 39 indexed citations

Schöttler, Mark Aurel, Karsten Liere, Axel Fischer, et al.. (2021). A photosynthesis operon in the chloroplast genome drives speciation in evening primroses. The Plant Cell. 33(8). 2583–2601. 29 indexed citations

Xu, Wenbo, Letian Xu, Kai‐Yun Fu, et al.. (2020). Length-dependent accumulation of double-stranded RNAs in plastids affects RNA interference efficiency in the Colorado potato beetle. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(9). 2670–2677. 54 indexed citations

Ruf, Stephanie, et al.. (2020). The availability of neither D2 nor CP43 limits the biogenesis of photosystem II in tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(3). 1111–1130. 10 indexed citations

Molina‐Hidalgo, Francisco Javier, Marta Vázquez‐Vilar, Lucio D’Andrea, et al.. (2020). Engineering Metabolism in Nicotiana Species: A Promising Future. Trends in biotechnology. 39(9). 901–913. 44 indexed citations

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Greiner, Stephan, Hieronim Golczyk, Irina Malinova, et al.. (2019). Chloroplast nucleoids are highly dynamic in ploidy, number, and structure during angiosperm leaf development. The Plant Journal. 102(4). 730–746. 48 indexed citations

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Giavalisco, Patrick, Axel Fischer, Julia M. Kreiner, et al.. (2019). Chloroplast competition is controlled by lipid biosynthesis in evening primroses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(12). 5665–5674. 35 indexed citations

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Greiner, Stephan, Pascal Lehwark, & Ralph Bock. (2019). OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW) version 1.3.1: expanded toolkit for the graphical visualization of organellar genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(W1). W59–W64. 1434 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Fengjuan, Ziyang Zhong, Yong Wang, et al.. (2019). Generation of virus‐resistant potato plants by RNA genome targeting. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(9). 1814–1822. 127 indexed citations

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Armarego‐Marriott, Tegan, Łucja Kowalewska, Asdrúbal Burgos, et al.. (2019). Highly Resolved Systems Biology to Dissect the Etioplast-to-Chloroplast Transition in Tobacco Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(1). 654–681. 48 indexed citations

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Scharff, Lars B., Liam Childs, Claudia Hasse, et al.. (2017). Shine-Dalgarno Sequences Play an Essential Role in the Translation of Plastid mRNAs in Tobacco. The Plant Cell. 29(12). 3085–3101. 36 indexed citations

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Greiner, Stephan, et al.. (2014). Why are most organelle genomes transmitted maternally?. BioEssays. 37(1). 80–94. 202 indexed citations

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Shao, Ning, et al.. (2013). A Mediator of Singlet Oxygen Responses in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Arabidopsis Identified by a Luciferase-Based Genetic Screen in Algal Cells. The Plant Cell. 25(10). 4209–4226. 75 indexed citations

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Karcher, Daniel, et al.. (2010). Inducible gene expression from the plastid genome by a synthetic riboswitch. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(14). 6204–6209. 102 indexed citations

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Stegemann, Sandra & Ralph Bock. (2009). Exchange of Genetic Material Between Cells in Plant Tissue Grafts. Science. 324(5927). 649–651. 229 indexed citations

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Rogalski, Marcelo, Mark Aurel Schöttler, Wolfram Thiele, Waltraud X. Schulze, & Ralph Bock. (2008). Rpl33, a Nonessential Plastid-Encoded Ribosomal Protein in Tobacco, Is Required under Cold Stress Conditions . The Plant Cell. 20(8). 2221–2237. 165 indexed citations

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