Robert Meeley

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Meeley is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Meeley has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Plant Science, 60 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert Meeley's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (45 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (29 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (23 papers). Robert Meeley is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (45 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (29 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (23 papers). Robert Meeley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Robert Meeley's co-authors include Sarah Hake, Steven P. Briggs, George Chuck, Robert J. Schmidt, David Braun, John Doebley, Hajime Sakai, Thomas L. Slewinski, Gurmukh S. Johal and Patrick S. Schnable and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Meeley

102 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Analysis of a Chemical Plant Defense Mechanism in Grasses

1997 526 citations Robert Meeley, Kevin D. Simcox et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Meeley	8.0k	4.9k	1.7k	567	511	102	9.3k
Nevin D. Young	11.1k 1.4×	3.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	584 1.0×	298 0.6×	130	12.6k
Abdelhafid Bendahmane	8.5k 1.1×	4.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	698 1.2×	527 1.0×	146	9.7k
Kevin L. Childs	4.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	418 0.7×	241 0.5×	85	5.8k
Hui Guo	4.3k 0.5×	4.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	393 0.7×	278 0.5×	80	7.0k
Andrew L. Phillips	7.4k 0.9×	5.0k 1.0×	525 0.3×	431 0.8×	265 0.5×	76	8.4k
Masatomo Kobayashi	12.9k 1.6×	7.7k 1.6×	910 0.5×	545 1.0×	174 0.3×	122	14.6k
Esther van der Knaap	8.4k 1.1×	5.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	490 0.9×	212 0.4×	106	9.8k
Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka	13.6k 1.7×	8.6k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	867 1.5×	174 0.3×	75	14.6k
Ilan Paran	7.5k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	469 0.8×	368 0.7×	68	9.0k
Takuji Sasaki	10.8k 1.4×	4.8k 1.0×	5.1k 3.1×	279 0.5×	385 0.8×	164	12.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Meeley

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Lodeyro, Anabella F., et al.. (2025). Maize mutants in miR394 ‐regulated genes show improved drought tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(2). e70155–e70155. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Pei‐Cheng, et al.. (2024). Pentyl leaf volatiles promote insect and pathogen resistance via enhancing ketol-mediated defense responses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(2). 2 indexed citations

Huang, Pei‐Cheng, Shawn A. Christensen, Jinglan Zhang, et al.. (2023). A non‐JA producing oxophytodienoate reductase functions in salicylic acid‐mediated antagonism with jasmonic acid during pathogen attack. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(7). 725–741. 18 indexed citations

Gupta, Rajeev, Shuping Jiao, Suling Zhao, et al.. (2020). The maize premature senesence2 encodes for PHYTOCHROME‐DEPENDENT LATE‐FLOWERING and its expression modulation improves agronomic traits under abiotic stresses. Plant Direct. 4(12). e00295–e00295. 4 indexed citations

Ronceret, Arnaud, Inna Golubovskaya, Ljudmilla Timofejeva, et al.. (2020). Dynamic localization of SPO11-1 and conformational changes of meiotic axial elements during recombination initiation of maize meiosis. PLoS Genetics. 16(4). e1007881–e1007881. 27 indexed citations

Jiao, Shuping, Jan Hazebroek, Mark A. Chamberlin, et al.. (2019). Chitinase-like1 Plays a Role in Stalk Tensile Strength in Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 181(3). 1127–1147. 30 indexed citations

Tsuda, Katsutoshi, María Jazmín Abraham‐Juárez, Akiteru Maeno, et al.. (2017). KNOTTED1 Cofactors, BLH12 and BLH14, Regulate Internode Patterning and Vein Anastomosis in Maize. The Plant Cell. 29(5). 1105–1118. 74 indexed citations

Je, Byoung Il, Jérémy Gruel, Young Koung Lee, et al.. (2016). Signaling from maize organ primordia via FASCIATED EAR3 regulates stem cell proliferation and yield traits. Nature Genetics. 48(7). 785–791. 188 indexed citations

Pautler, Michael, Andrea L. Eveland, Therese LaRue, et al.. (2015). FASCIATED EAR4 Encodes a bZIP Transcription Factor That Regulates Shoot Meristem Size in Maize. The Plant Cell. 27(1). 104–120. 109 indexed citations

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Lin, Chien‐Yu, et al.. (2015). The Axial Element Protein DESYNAPTIC2 Mediates Meiotic Double-Strand Break Formation and Synaptonemal Complex Assembly in Maize. The Plant Cell. 27(9). 2516–2529. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Qing, Steven R. Eichten, Peter J. Hermanson, et al.. (2014). Genetic Perturbation of the Maize Methylome. The Plant Cell. 26(12). 4602–4616. 139 indexed citations

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Mendoza, J. Mulero, Claire Bendix, Robert Meeley, & Frank G. Harmon. (2012). The homeologous Zea mays gigantea genes: characterization of expression and novel mutant alleles. Maydica. 57(4). 252–259. 7 indexed citations

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Whipple, Clinton, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Allison Weber, et al.. (2011). grassy tillers1 promotes apical dominance in maize and responds to shade signals in the grasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(33). E506–12. 198 indexed citations

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Singh, Manjit, Shailendra Goel, Robert Meeley, et al.. (2011). Production of Viable Gametes without Meiosis in Maize Deficient for an ARGONAUTE Protein. The Plant Cell. 23(2). 443–458. 201 indexed citations

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Salvi, Silvio, G. Sponza, Michele Morgante, et al.. (2007). Conserved noncoding genomic sequences associated with a flowering-time quantitative trait locus in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(27). 11376–11381. 437 indexed citations

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Golubovskaya, Inna, Olivier Hamant, Rachel Wang, et al.. (2006). Alleles of afd1 dissect REC8 functions during meiotic prophase I. Journal of Cell Science. 119(16). 3306–3315. 128 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Charles R., Minoli A. Perera, Marna D. Yandeau‐Nelson, et al.. (2005). Characterization of two GL8 paralogs reveals that the 3‐ketoacyl reductase component of fatty acid elongase is essential for maize (Zea mays L.) development. The Plant Journal. 42(6). 844–861. 82 indexed citations

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Pawlowski, Wojciech P., Inna Golubovskaya, Ljudmilla Timofejeva, et al.. (2004). Coordination of Meiotic Recombination, Pairing, and Synapsis by PHS1. Science. 303(5654). 89–92. 119 indexed citations

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Shen, Bo, Changjiang Li, Min Zhao, et al.. (2003). sal1 determines the number of aleurone cell layers in maize endosperm and encodes a class E vacuolar sorting protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(11). 6552–6557. 115 indexed citations

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Meeley, Robert & Julia Walton. (1990). Metabolism of the cyclic peptide HC-toxin, a host-specific toxin, by resistant (R) and susceptible (S) maize. 1 indexed citations

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