Renate Schmidt

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Renate Schmidt is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Renate Schmidt has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Renate Schmidt's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (26 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (12 papers). Renate Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (26 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (12 papers). Renate Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Austria. Renate Schmidt's co-authors include Lothar Willmitzer, Caroline Dean, Guy Vancanneyt, Mario Rocha‐Sosa, Aileen O’Connor-Sánchez, Daniel Schubert, Brian J. Staskawicz, Jérôme Giraudat, Barbara N. Kunkel and Andrew F. Bent and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Renate Schmidt

79 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

RPS2 of Arabidopsis thaliana : a Leucine-Rich Repeat Class of Plant Disease Resistance Genes

1994 761 citations Renate Schmidt et al. Science profile →
Construction of an intron-containing marker gene: Splicing of the intron in transgenic plants and its use in monitoring early events in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation

1990 704 citations Renate Schmidt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renate Schmidt Germany	44	5.3k	3.9k	680	656	343	80	7.1k
Sang Yeol Lee South Korea	61	7.9k 1.5×	6.3k 1.6×	434 0.6×	262 0.4×	176 0.5×	213	10.5k
Biao Ma China	49	6.3k 1.2×	3.5k 0.9×	219 0.3×	346 0.5×	154 0.4×	110	7.7k
Alan M. Jones United States	63	10.7k 2.0×	8.6k 2.2×	305 0.4×	372 0.6×	360 1.0×	203	12.9k
Hideyuki Takahashi Japan	40	2.5k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	375 0.6×	273 0.4×	153 0.4×	104	4.4k
Pere Puigdomènech Spain	42	3.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.9×	430 0.6×	529 0.8×	115 0.3×	149	5.3k
Yunde Zhao United States	65	12.4k 2.3×	10.6k 2.7×	276 0.4×	513 0.8×	469 1.4×	121	15.4k
Donald R. McCarty United States	52	8.2k 1.6×	6.0k 1.5×	271 0.4×	596 0.9×	728 2.1×	108	10.4k
Sean R. Cutler United States	42	9.2k 1.7×	5.0k 1.3×	218 0.3×	188 0.3×	298 0.9×	80	10.8k
Masatomo Kobayashi Japan	51	12.9k 2.4×	7.7k 2.0×	185 0.3×	910 1.4×	545 1.6×	122	14.6k
Lutz Nover Germany	41	4.2k 0.8×	6.1k 1.6×	195 0.3×	251 0.4×	165 0.5×	84	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renate Schmidt

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schulthess, Albert W., Renate Schmidt, Guoliang Li, et al.. (2025). Disentangling the genetic architecture of key traits for wheat hybrid seed production. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(18). 5320–5336. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Fang, Renate Schmidt, Jochen C. Reif, & Yong Jiang. (2019). Selecting Closely-Linked SNPs Based on Local Epistatic Effects for Haplotype Construction Improves Power of Association Mapping. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(12). 4115–4126. 17 indexed citations

Jiang, Yong, Renate Schmidt, Yusheng Zhao, & Jochen C. Reif. (2017). A quantitative genetic framework highlights the role of epistatic effects for grain-yield heterosis in bread wheat. Nature Genetics. 49(12). 1741–1746. 136 indexed citations

Boudichevskaia, Anastassia, Hieu X. Cao, & Renate Schmidt. (2017). Tailoring high-density oligonucleotide arrays for transcript profiling of different Arabidopsis thaliana accessions using a sequence-based approach. Plant Cell Reports. 36(8). 1323–1332. 1 indexed citations

Šimková, Hana, et al.. (2016). Chromosome identification for the carnivorous plant Genlisea margaretae. Chromosoma. 126(3). 389–397. 5 indexed citations

Fischer, Ute, Markus Kuhlmann, Aleš Pečinka, Renate Schmidt, & Michael Florian Mette. (2007). Local DNA features affect RNA‐directed transcriptional gene silencing and DNA methylation. The Plant Journal. 53(1). 1–10. 32 indexed citations

Schubert, Daniel, et al.. (2004). Silencing in Arabidopsis T-DNA Transformants: The Predominant Role of a Gene-Specific RNA Sensing Mechanism versus Position Effects. The Plant Cell. 16(10). 2561–2572. 213 indexed citations

Schmidt, Renate, Frank Baumann, Heike Knüpfer, et al.. (2004). CYP3A4, CYP2C9 and CYP2B6 expression and ifosfamide turnover in breast cancer tissue microsomes. British Journal of Cancer. 90(4). 911–916. 32 indexed citations

Knüpfer, Heike, et al.. (2003). CYP2C and IL-6 expression in breast cancer. The Breast. 13(1). 28–34. 32 indexed citations

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Schubert, Daniel, et al.. (2003). Neither inverted repeat T‐DNA configurations nor arrangements of tandemly repeated transgenes are sufficient to trigger transgene silencing. The Plant Journal. 34(4). 507–517. 100 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Renate. (2002). Plant genome evolution: lessons from comparative genomics at the DNA level.. PubMed. 48(1-2). 21–37. 59 indexed citations

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Franke, Heike, Ute Krügel, Renate Schmidt, et al.. (2001). P2 receptor‐types involved in astrogliosis in vivo. British Journal of Pharmacology. 134(6). 1180–1189. 93 indexed citations

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Acarkan, Adile, Mathias Roßberg, Мarcus A. Koch, & Renate Schmidt. (2000). Comparative genome analysis reveals extensive conservation of genome organisation for Arabidopsis thaliana and Capsella rubella. The Plant Journal. 23(1). 55–62. 70 indexed citations

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Sherson, Sarah M., Isabelle Gy, Renate Schmidt, et al.. (1999). The arabinose kinase, ARA1, gene of Arabidopsis is a novel member of the galactose kinase gene family. Plant Molecular Biology. 39(5). 1003–1012. 40 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Robert, et al.. (1997). A Novel Zinc Finger Protein Is Encoded by the Arabidopsis LSD1 Gene and Functions as a Negative Regulator of Plant Cell Death. Cell. 88(5). 685–694. 370 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Renate, Dietlind Sorger, Fiona M Walter, Martin Schönfelder, & Rainer Preiß. (1996). pS2 Protein, EGFR and Cathepsin D in Association with Established Prognostic Factors in Early Recurrence of Breast Cancer1. Oncology Research and Treatment. 19(2). 176–180. 1 indexed citations

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Thompson, H L, Renate Schmidt, & Caroline Dean. (1996). Analysis of the occurrence and nature of repeated DNA in an 850 kb region of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4. Plant Molecular Biology. 32(3). 553–557. 5 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Renate, Joanne West, Clare Lister, et al.. (1995). Physical Map and Organization of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 4. Science. 270(5235). 480–483. 168 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Renate, Gerda Cnops, Ian Bancroft, & Caroline Dean. (1992). Construction of an Overlapping YAC Library of the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 19(4). 341–351. 18 indexed citations

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Bancroft, Ian, Lore Westphal, Renate Schmidt, & Caroline Dean. (1992). PFGE-resolved RFLP analysis and long range restriction mapping of the DNA ofArabidopsis thalianausing whole YAC clones as probes. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(23). 6201–6207. 10 indexed citations

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