Raymond Wightman

3.6k total citations
55 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Raymond Wightman is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Raymond Wightman has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Raymond Wightman's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (19 papers). Raymond Wightman is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (19 papers). Raymond Wightman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Raymond Wightman's co-authors include Simon R. Turner, Alexis Peaucelle, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Kalina T. Haas, Herman Höfte, Henrik Jönsson, Peter A. Meacock, Weibing Yang, Arun Sampathkumar and Arezki Boudaoud and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Raymond Wightman

53 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raymond Wightman United Kingdom 23 1.9k 1.4k 250 245 185 55 2.5k
Arun Sampathkumar Germany 26 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 116 0.5× 225 0.9× 215 1.2× 50 2.5k
Heather E. McFarlane Canada 29 2.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 177 0.7× 328 1.3× 186 1.0× 49 2.9k
Jean‐Pierre Verbelen Belgium 34 2.8k 1.5× 1.7k 1.2× 227 0.9× 172 0.7× 94 0.5× 87 3.3k
Erin Osborne Nishimura United States 19 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 289 1.2× 103 0.4× 195 1.1× 31 2.8k
Kris Vissenberg Belgium 38 3.8k 2.0× 2.0k 1.4× 263 1.1× 140 0.6× 95 0.5× 92 4.4k
Edouard Pesquet Sweden 28 2.3k 1.2× 1.9k 1.3× 421 1.7× 128 0.5× 64 0.3× 57 2.9k
Alexis Peaucelle France 24 4.1k 2.2× 2.9k 2.0× 96 0.4× 211 0.9× 125 0.7× 53 4.5k
Siobhan A. Braybrook United States 23 2.9k 1.6× 2.0k 1.4× 78 0.3× 143 0.6× 110 0.6× 30 3.3k
Samantha Vernhettes France 29 3.6k 1.9× 2.1k 1.5× 397 1.6× 234 1.0× 615 3.3× 40 4.0k
Shundai Li United States 26 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 200 0.8× 339 1.4× 341 1.8× 31 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raymond Wightman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Strullu‐Derrien, Christine, Raymond Wightman, Gareth Evans, et al.. (2025). An arbuscular mycorrhiza from the 407‐million‐year‐old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging. New Phytologist. 249(1). 448–459.
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Liu, Yangxuan, Yimin Zhu, Guanghua Gao, et al.. (2025). Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics. Science. 390(6777). 1064–1070.
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Zhu, Yimin, Alexis Peaucelle, Yangxuan Liu, et al.. (2025). CSLD5-mediated cell wall remodelling regulates tissue mechanics and shoot meristem growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7229–7229. 2 indexed citations
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Wightman, Raymond. (2023). Observing cellulose synthases at emerging secondary thickenings in developing xylem vessels of the plant root using airyscan confocal microscopy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100103–100103. 1 indexed citations
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Bonfanti, Alessandra, Matthieu Bourdon, Philip Carella, et al.. (2023). Stiffness transitions in new walls post-cell division differ between Marchantia polymorpha gemmae and Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(41). e2302985120–e2302985120. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Li, Yoshihisa Yoshimi, Raymond Wightman, et al.. (2022). Eudicot primary cell wall glucomannan is related in synthesis, structure, and function to xyloglucan. The Plant Cell. 34(11). 4600–4622. 44 indexed citations
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Yang, Weibing, Sandra Cortijo, Pawel Roszak, et al.. (2021). Molecular mechanism of cytokinin-activated cell division in Arabidopsis. Science. 371(6536). 1350–1355. 128 indexed citations
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Airoldi, Chiara, et al.. (2021). Mechanical buckling can pattern the light-diffracting cuticle of Hibiscus trionum. Cell Reports. 36(11). 109715–109715. 10 indexed citations
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Haas, Kalina T., Raymond Wightman, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, & Alexis Peaucelle. (2020). Pectin homogalacturonan nanofilament expansion drives morphogenesis in plant epidermal cells. Science. 367(6481). 1003–1007. 203 indexed citations
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Wightman, Raymond. (2017). Live Imaging of Developing Xylem In Planta. Methods in molecular biology. 1544. 77–82. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Manoj, Raymond Wightman, Ivan Atanassov, et al.. (2016). S-Acylation of the cellulose synthase complex is essential for its plasma membrane localization. Science. 353(6295). 166–169. 63 indexed citations
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Willis, Lisa, Yassin Refahi, Raymond Wightman, et al.. (2016). Cell size and growth regulation in the Arabidopsis thaliana apical stem cell niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(51). E8238–E8246. 125 indexed citations
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Yang, Weibing, Christoph Schuster, Cherie T. Beahan, et al.. (2016). Regulation of Meristem Morphogenesis by Cell Wall Synthases in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 26(11). 1404–1415. 78 indexed citations
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Peaucelle, Alexis, Raymond Wightman, & Herman Höfte. (2015). The Control of Growth Symmetry Breaking in the Arabidopsis Hypocotyl. Current Biology. 25(13). 1746–1752. 216 indexed citations
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Peaucelle, Alexis, Raymond Wightman, & Herman Höfte. (2015). The Control of Growth Symmetry Breaking in the Arabidopsis Hypocotyl. Current Biology. 25(13). 1798–1798. 8 indexed citations
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Sampathkumar, Arun, Pawel Krupinski, Raymond Wightman, et al.. (2014). Subcellular and supracellular mechanical stress prescribes cytoskeleton behavior in Arabidopsis cotyledon pavement cells. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Sampathkumar, Arun & Raymond Wightman. (2014). Live Cell Imaging of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Wall Enzymes in Plant Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1242. 133–141. 3 indexed citations
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Brown, David, Raymond Wightman, Zhinong Zhang, et al.. (2011). Arabidopsis genes IRREGULAR XYLEM (IRX15) and IRX15L encode DUF579‐containing proteins that are essential for normal xylan deposition in the secondary cell wall. The Plant Journal. 66(3). 401–413. 122 indexed citations
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Wightman, Raymond & Simon R. Turner. (2008). The roles of the cytoskeleton during cellulose deposition at the secondary cell wall. The Plant Journal. 54(5). 794–805. 125 indexed citations
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Wightman, Raymond, et al.. (2004). In Candida albicans , the Nim1 kinases Gin4 and Hsl1 negatively regulate pseudohypha formation and Gin4 also controls septin organization. The Journal of Cell Biology. 164(4). 581–591. 85 indexed citations

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