René Geurts

10.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

René Geurts is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Geurts has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in René Geurts's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (64 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (33 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (31 papers). René Geurts is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (64 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (33 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (31 papers). René Geurts collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and United States. René Geurts's co-authors include Ton Bisseling, Erik Limpens, Patrick Smit, Carolien Franken, Clare Gough, Elena Fedorova, Frederic Debellé, Henk Franssen, Joost Willemse and Olga Kulikova and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

René Geurts

75 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

LysM Domain Receptor Kinases Regulating Rhizobial Nod Factor-Induced Infection

2003 564 citations Erik Limpens, Carolien Franken et al. Science profile →
A Putative Ca ²⁺ and Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Required for Bacterial and Fungal Symbioses

2004 533 citations René Geurts, Olga Kulikova et al. Science profile →
Synthetic bacterial community derived from a desert rhizosphere confers salt stress resilience to tomato in the presence of a soil microbiome

2022 158 citations Carolien Franken, Robin van Velzen et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
René Geurts Netherlands	34	5.1k	1.7k	613	289	231	77	5.4k
Simona Radutoiu Denmark	29	4.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	587 1.0×	346 1.2×	80 0.3×	54	4.8k
Masayoshi Kawaguchi Japan	50	7.4k 1.5×	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 2.1×	219 0.8×	273 1.2×	136	7.7k
Erik Limpens Netherlands	25	3.3k 0.7×	842 0.5×	423 0.7×	163 0.6×	165 0.7×	38	3.5k
R. Varma Penmetsa United States	36	5.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	559 0.9×	139 0.5×	289 1.3×	58	5.4k
Christian Staehelin China	35	3.4k 0.7×	994 0.6×	681 1.1×	355 1.2×	184 0.8×	89	3.8k
Ivone Torres‐Jerez United States	28	2.8k 0.6×	471 0.3×	657 1.1×	109 0.4×	159 0.7×	44	3.3k
Thierry Huguet France	40	3.9k 0.8×	724 0.4×	795 1.3×	202 0.7×	311 1.3×	78	4.2k
Toshiki Uchiumi Japan	24	2.1k 0.4×	555 0.3×	308 0.5×	265 0.9×	65 0.3×	69	2.3k
Ramakrishnan Karunakaran United Kingdom	21	1.6k 0.3×	362 0.2×	346 0.6×	304 1.1×	46 0.2×	32	1.9k
Mikiko Abe Japan	24	1.8k 0.4×	435 0.3×	326 0.5×	197 0.7×	55 0.2×	69	2.1k

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All Works

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Geurts, René & Simona Radutoiu. (2025). Self-fertilizing crops. EMBO Reports. 26(23). 5644–5648.

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Shen, Defeng, Rens Holmer, Olga Kulikova, et al.. (2021). The BOP‐type co‐transcriptional regulator NODULE ROOT1 promotes stem secondary growth of the tropical Cannabaceae tree Parasponia andersonii. The Plant Journal. 106(5). 1366–1386. 3 indexed citations

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Shen, Defeng, Ting Ting Xiao, Robin van Velzen, et al.. (2020). A Homeotic Mutation Changes Legume Nodule Ontogeny into Actinorhizal-Type Ontogeny. The Plant Cell. 32(6). 1868–1885. 24 indexed citations

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Rutten, Luuk, Kana Miyata, Yuda Purwana Roswanjaya, et al.. (2020). Duplication of Symbiotic Lysin Motif Receptors Predates the Evolution of Nitrogen-Fixing Nodule Symbiosis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(2). 1004–1023. 29 indexed citations

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Roswanjaya, Yuda Purwana, et al.. (2019). Transforming, Genome Editing and Phenotyping the Nitrogen-fixing Tropical Cannabaceae Tree <em>Parasponia andersonii</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Jieyu, Luuk Rutten, Erik Limpens, et al.. (2019). A Remote cis-Regulatory Region Is Required for NIN Expression in the Pericycle to Initiate Nodule Primordium Formation in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Cell. 31(1). 68–83. 89 indexed citations

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Bu, Fengjiao, Luuk Rutten, Yuda Purwana Roswanjaya, et al.. (2019). Mutant analysis in the nonlegume Parasponia andersonii identifies NIN and NF‐YA1 transcription factors as a core genetic network in nitrogen‐fixing nodule symbioses. New Phytologist. 226(2). 541–554. 33 indexed citations

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Roswanjaya, Yuda Purwana, et al.. (2019). Transforming, Genome Editing and Phenotyping the Nitrogen-fixing Tropical Cannabaceae Tree <em>Parasponia andersonii</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 13 indexed citations

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Velzen, Robin van, Jeff J. Doyle, & René Geurts. (2018). A Resurrected Scenario: Single Gain and Massive Loss of Nitrogen-Fixing Nodulation. Trends in Plant Science. 24(1). 49–57. 72 indexed citations

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Limpens, Erik & René Geurts. (2014). Plant‐driven genome selection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Plant Pathology. 15(6). 531–534. 10 indexed citations

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Pietraszewska‐Bogiel, Anna, Benoît Lefebvre, Frank L. W. Takken, et al.. (2013). Interaction of Medicago truncatula Lysin Motif Receptor-Like Kinases, NFP and LYK3, Produced in Nicotiana benthamiana Induces Defence-Like Responses. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65055–e65055. 68 indexed citations

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Camp, Rik Op den, et al.. (2011). Evolutionary origin of rhizobium Nod factor signaling. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(10). 1510–1514. 26 indexed citations

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Camp, Rik Op den, Stéphane De Mita, Qingqin Cao, et al.. (2010). LysM-Type Mycorrhizal Receptor Recruited for Rhizobium Symbiosis in Nonlegume Parasponia. Science. 331(6019). 909–912. 178 indexed citations

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Smit, Patrick, John Raedts, V. A. Portyanko, et al.. (2005). NSP1 of the GRAS Protein Family Is Essential for Rhizobial Nod Factor-Induced Transcription. Science. 308(5729). 1789–1791. 420 indexed citations

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Mirabella, Rossana, Carolien Franken, G.N.M. van der Krogt, Ton Bisseling, & René Geurts. (2004). Use of the Fluorescent Timer DsRED-E5 as Reporter to Monitor Dynamics of Gene Activity in Plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 135(4). 1879–1887. 44 indexed citations

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Kulikova, Olga, René Geurts, Dong-Jin Kim, et al.. (2004). Satellite repeats in the functional centromere and pericentromeric heterochromatin of Medicago truncatula. Chromosoma. 113(6). 276–283. 41 indexed citations

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Kulikova, Olga, Gustavo Gualtieri, René Geurts, et al.. (2001). Integration of the FISH pachytene and genetic maps of Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal. 27(1). 49–58. 147 indexed citations

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Geurts, René, et al.. (1998). Endomycorrhizae and rhizobial Nod factors both require SYM8 to induce the expression of the early nodulin genes PsENOD5 and PsENOD12A. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations

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Albrecht, Catherine, René Geurts, Frédéric Lapeyrie, & Ton Bisseling. (1998). Endomycorrhizae and rhizobial Nod factors both require SYM8 to induce the expression of the early nodulin genesPsENOD5 and PsENOD12A. The Plant Journal. 15(5). 605–614. 87 indexed citations

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Franssen, Henk, Photini V. Mylona, Katharina Pawlowski, et al.. (1995). Plant genes involved in root-nodule development on legumes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 350(1331). 101–107. 12 indexed citations

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