Robin van Velzen

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Robin van Velzen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin van Velzen has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Plant Science, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Robin van Velzen's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (8 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (7 papers). Robin van Velzen is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (8 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (7 papers). Robin van Velzen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. Robin van Velzen's co-authors include Freek T. Bakker, Giovanni Felici, René Geurts, Emanuel Weitschek, Ton Bisseling, M. Eric Schranz, Jeff J. Doyle, Carolien Franken, Ting‐Shuang Yi and Li D and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robin van Velzen

37 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Synthetic bacterial community derived from a desert rhizosphere confers salt stress resilience to tomato in the presence of a soil microbiome

2022 158 citations Robin van Velzen, Ton Bisseling et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin van Velzen Netherlands	20	738	384	213	160	147	40	1.2k
Alex Beharav Israel	21	1.1k 1.5×	364 0.9×	269 1.3×	55 0.3×	350 2.4×	57	1.5k
Michael Rostás Germany	25	1.3k 1.7×	347 0.9×	636 3.0×	68 0.4×	124 0.8×	85	1.9k
Ivan Hiltpold Switzerland	17	1.8k 2.5×	963 2.5×	532 2.5×	77 0.5×	103 0.7×	39	2.6k
Natoniel Franklin de Melo Brazil	16	803 1.1×	290 0.8×	192 0.9×	47 0.3×	92 0.6×	75	983
Inmaculada Garrido‐Jurado Spain	22	1.2k 1.6×	667 1.7×	127 0.6×	68 0.4×	115 0.8×	58	1.8k
Marcelo C. Picanço Brazil	23	1.2k 1.7×	669 1.7×	352 1.7×	51 0.3×	97 0.7×	105	2.0k
Luc Harvengt France	24	858 1.2×	844 2.2×	144 0.7×	32 0.2×	126 0.9×	33	1.3k
Philippe Cubry France	17	539 0.7×	166 0.4×	83 0.4×	230 1.4×	262 1.8×	42	869
Barbara Vornam Germany	13	552 0.7×	546 1.4×	105 0.5×	31 0.2×	217 1.5×	35	1.1k
Marty J. Faville New Zealand	19	537 0.7×	235 0.6×	393 1.8×	37 0.2×	216 1.5×	63	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin van Velzen

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Vitales, Daniel, Zhiqiang Wang, Zoltán Barina, et al.. (2025). Integrating target capture with whole genome sequencing of recent and natural history collections to explain the phylogeography of wild‐growing and cultivated cannabis. Plants People Planet. 7(6). 1771–1788. 3 indexed citations

Velzen, Robin van, et al.. (2025). Developmental transcriptomics of the Firebrat: Exploring developmental expression patterns and morphology during the embryogenesis of Thermobia domestica. PLoS ONE. 20(6). e0324844–e0324844.

Velzen, Robin van, et al.. (2025). Ethylene biosynthesis in legumes: gene identification and expression during early symbiotic stages. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(10). 2659–2672.

Loosdrecht, Marieke S. van de, Frank Becker, Harro Maat, et al.. (2024). Maroon Rice Genomic Diversity Reflects 350 Years of Colonial History. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(10). 1 indexed citations

Qureshi, Rahmatullah, Robin van Velzen, Zia‐ur‐Rehman Mashwani, et al.. (2024). Geo-climatic factors co-drive the phenotypic diversity of wild hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in the Potohar Plateau and Lesser Himalayas. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 1031–1031. 1 indexed citations

Kodde, Jan, Froukje van der Wal, Gerco C. Angenent, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary origin and functional investigation of the widely conserved plant PEBP gene STEPMOTHER OF FT AND TFL1 (SMFT). The Plant Journal. 120(4). 1410–1420. 2 indexed citations

Velzen, Robin van & M. Eric Schranz. (2021). Origin and Evolution of the Cannabinoid Oxidocyclase Gene Family. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(8). 24 indexed citations

Migicovsky, Zoë, Trevor H. Yeats, Jun Song, et al.. (2021). Apple Ripening Is Controlled by a NAC Transcription Factor. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 671300–671300. 46 indexed citations

McElroy, Michel, et al.. (2021). Cannabis labelling is associated with genetic variation in terpene synthase genes. Nature Plants. 7(10). 1330–1334. 30 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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Hemerik, Lia, et al.. (2020). Capturing variation in floral shape: a virtual3D based morphospace for Pelargonium. PeerJ. 8. e8823–e8823. 5 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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Kovalchuk, Igor, Marco Pellino, Philippe Rigault, et al.. (2020). The Genomics of Cannabis and Its Close Relatives. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 71(1). 713–739. 109 indexed citations

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Jin, Jian‐Jun, et al.. (2019). Born migrators: Historical biogeography of the cosmopolitan family Cannabaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58(4). 461–473. 23 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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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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Velzen, Robin van, et al.. (2016). Description of a new Cymothoe Hübner, 1819 from northern Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae).. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 2 indexed citations

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Velzen, Robin van, Emanuel Weitschek, Giovanni Felici, & Freek T. Bakker. (2012). DNA Barcoding of Recently Diverged Species: Relative Performance of Matching Methods. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30490–e30490. 144 indexed citations

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Weitschek, Emanuel, Robin van Velzen, & Giovanni Felici. (2011). Species classification using DNA Barcode sequences: A comparative analysis. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4 indexed citations

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McBride, Carolyn S., Robin van Velzen, & Torben Bjerregaard Larsen. (2009). Allopatric origin of cryptic butterfly species that were discovered feeding on distinct host plants in sympatry. Molecular Ecology. 18(17). 3639–3651. 28 indexed citations

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