Ralph Kissen

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ralph Kissen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Kissen has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ralph Kissen's work include Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (13 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (4 papers). Ralph Kissen is often cited by papers focused on Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (13 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (4 papers). Ralph Kissen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Belgium. Ralph Kissen's co-authors include Atle M. Bones, Ishita Ahuja, John T. Rossiter, Per Winge, Murray Grant, John A. Pickett, Xiang Yi Kong, Glen Powell, Tom W. Pope and Patrick du Jardin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Kissen

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Phytoalexins in defense a... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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.

  1. Phytoalexins in defense against pathogens
    2011 804 citations Ishita Ahuja, Ralph Kissen et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph Kissen Norway 17 1.1k 895 151 118 113 26 1.6k
Tsunashi Kamo Japan 20 607 0.5× 537 0.6× 99 0.7× 134 1.1× 69 0.6× 59 1.2k
Shigeru Tamogami Japan 26 1.5k 1.3× 805 0.9× 363 2.4× 90 0.8× 86 0.8× 59 2.0k
Elizabeth Blée France 24 1.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 347 2.3× 130 1.1× 78 0.7× 44 2.2k
Sylvain Cordelier France 21 1.1k 1.0× 843 0.9× 75 0.5× 42 0.4× 181 1.6× 26 1.8k
Mark W. Farnham United States 24 1.1k 1.0× 651 0.7× 47 0.3× 95 0.8× 118 1.0× 84 1.5k
Raquel Sánchez‐Pérez Spain 25 1.6k 1.4× 975 1.1× 150 1.0× 55 0.5× 116 1.0× 61 2.1k
Federico Martinelli Italy 22 955 0.8× 405 0.5× 103 0.7× 127 1.1× 43 0.4× 65 1.3k
Tasiu Isah India 13 906 0.8× 916 1.0× 59 0.4× 77 0.7× 60 0.5× 24 1.6k
Kumudini M. Meepagala United States 20 817 0.7× 341 0.4× 197 1.3× 228 1.9× 106 0.9× 53 1.3k
Kosmas Haralampidis Greece 18 890 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 47 0.3× 81 0.7× 88 0.8× 45 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ralph Kissen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph Kissen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Kissen

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

All Works

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Nymark, Marianne, Giovanni Finazzi, Manuel Serif, et al.. (2023). Loss of CpFTSY Reduces Photosynthetic Performance and Affects Insertion of PsaC of PSI in Diatoms. Plant and Cell Physiology. 64(6). 583–603. 5 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Ishita, Ralph Kissen, Linh Hoang, et al.. (2021). The Imaging of Guard Cells of thioglucosidase (tgg) Mutants of Arabidopsis Further Links Plant Chemical Defence Systems with Physical Defence Barriers. Cells. 10(2). 227–227. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Yu‐Cheng, Chiu‐Ping Cheng, Ane Kjersti Vie, et al.. (2020). The Role of a Glucosinolate-Derived Nitrile in Plant Immune Responses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 257–257. 28 indexed citations
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Moradi, Babak, Ralph Kissen, H Zare Maivan, et al.. (2020). Assessment of oxidative stress response genes in Avicennia marina exposed to oil contamination – Polyphenol oxidase (PPOA) as a biomarker. Biotechnology Reports. 28. e00565–e00565. 9 indexed citations
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Bones, Atle M., et al.. (2018). Benzyl Cyanide Leads to Auxin-Like Effects Through the Action of Nitrilases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 1240–1240. 18 indexed citations
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Ruţă, Lavinia L., Ralph Kissen, Ioana Nicolau, et al.. (2017). Heavy metal accumulation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells armed with metal binding hexapeptides targeted to the inner face of the plasma membrane. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 101(14). 5749–5763. 16 indexed citations
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Kissen, Ralph, et al.. (2016). Effect of growth temperature on glucosinolate profiles in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. Phytochemistry. 130. 106–118. 26 indexed citations
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Kissen, Ralph, et al.. (2012). Ecotype dependent expression and alternative splicing of epithiospecifier protein (ESP) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology. 78(4-5). 361–375. 14 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Ishita, Ralph Kissen, & Atle M. Bones. (2011). Phytoalexins in defense against pathogens. Trends in Plant Science. 17(2). 73–90. 804 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kissen, Ralph, Per Winge, Diem Hong Tran, et al.. (2010). Transcriptional profiling of an Fd-GOGAT1/GLU1 mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a multiple stress response and extensive reprogramming of the transcriptome. BMC Genomics. 11(1). 190–190. 38 indexed citations
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Kissen, Ralph & Atle M. Bones. (2009). Nitrile-specifier Proteins Involved in Glucosinolate Hydrolysis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(18). 12057–12070. 114 indexed citations
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Kissen, Ralph, Tom W. Pope, Murray Grant, et al.. (2009). Modifying the Alkylglucosinolate Profile in Arabidopsis thaliana Alters the Tritrophic Interaction with the Herbivore Brevicoryne brassicae and Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35(8). 958–969. 17 indexed citations
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Pope, Tom W., Ralph Kissen, Murray Grant, et al.. (2008). Comparative Innate Responses of the Aphid Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to Alkenyl Glucosinolate Derived Isothiocyanates, Nitriles, and Epithionitriles. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 34(10). 1302–1310. 36 indexed citations
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Kissen, Ralph, John T. Rossiter, & Atle M. Bones. (2008). The ‘mustard oil bomb’: not so easy to assemble?! Localization, expression and distribution of the components of the myrosinase enzyme system. Phytochemistry Reviews. 8(1). 69–86. 196 indexed citations
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Zabala, Marta de Torres, Murray Grant, Atle M. Bones, et al.. (2005). Characterisation of recombinant epithiospecifier protein and its over-expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry. 66(8). 859–867. 48 indexed citations
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Wald, Flavia A., Ralph Kissen, Patrick du Jardin, & Sílvia Moreno. (2003). Characterization of UDP-glucose:protein transglucosylase genes from potato. Plant Molecular Biology. 52(4). 705–714. 18 indexed citations
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Bocca, Silvia N., Ralph Kissen, J. Rojas‐Beltrán, et al.. (1999). Molecular cloning and characterization of the enzyme UDP-glucose: protein transglucosylase from potato. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 37(11). 809–819. 31 indexed citations

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