Rüdiger Simon

16.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
170 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Rüdiger Simon is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rüdiger Simon has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Plant Science, 91 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rüdiger Simon's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (78 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (68 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (31 papers). Rüdiger Simon is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (78 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (68 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (31 papers). Rüdiger Simon collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rüdiger Simon's co-authors include Ulrike Brand, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Jennifer C. Fletcher, George Coupland, Yvonne Stahl, Andrea Bleckmann, Karen Lee, Frances Robson, Mark Running and Ralf Müller-Xing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rüdiger Simon

169 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

The CONSTANS gene of arabidopsis promotes flowering and e... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1999 2000 2001 2016 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. The CONSTANS gene of arabidopsis promotes flowering and encodes a protein showing similarities to zinc finger transcription factors
    1995 1.1k citations Rüdiger Simon et al. profile →
  2. Signaling of Cell Fate Decisions by CLAVATA3 in Arabidopsis Shoot Meristems
    1999 1.1k citations Rüdiger Simon et al. profile →
  3. Dependence of Stem Cell Fate in Arabidopsis on a Feedback Loop Regulated by CLV3 Activity
    2000 898 citations Rüdiger Simon et al. profile →
  4. A Molecular Link between Stem Cell Regulation and Floral Patterning in Arabidopsis
    2001 559 citations Rüdiger Simon et al. profile →
  5. CLAVATA-WUSCHEL signaling in the shoot meristem
    2016 336 citations Rüdiger Simon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rüdiger Simon Germany 50 9.1k 7.9k 1.2k 1.1k 451 170 11.6k
Bart Janssen Germany 42 3.0k 0.3× 2.4k 0.3× 561 0.5× 173 0.2× 462 1.0× 115 5.8k
Mei Huang China 41 889 0.1× 3.5k 0.4× 291 0.2× 619 0.6× 439 1.0× 123 6.1k
Ralph Schlapbach Switzerland 34 747 0.1× 2.5k 0.3× 124 0.1× 390 0.4× 383 0.8× 98 4.8k
Koji Nagata Japan 35 510 0.1× 2.2k 0.3× 170 0.1× 533 0.5× 366 0.8× 232 4.2k
Zhou Du China 29 3.5k 0.4× 4.0k 0.5× 52 0.0× 80 0.1× 704 1.6× 64 6.9k
Masaki Mori Japan 38 1.8k 0.2× 1.9k 0.2× 44 0.0× 629 0.6× 478 1.1× 158 4.5k
Pavel Sinitcyn Germany 13 463 0.1× 4.4k 0.6× 123 0.1× 244 0.2× 468 1.0× 19 6.8k
Simon Morley United Kingdom 45 204 0.0× 4.0k 0.5× 741 0.6× 327 0.3× 311 0.7× 138 5.3k
Daniel N. Hebert United States 41 340 0.0× 3.7k 0.5× 216 0.2× 459 0.4× 402 0.9× 101 6.4k
Kathleen Collins United States 57 1.0k 0.1× 7.7k 1.0× 228 0.2× 251 0.2× 529 1.2× 129 10.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rüdiger Simon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simon, Rüdiger, et al.. (2025). Targeting Dysregulated Epigenetic Modifiers With Kidney‐Targeted Nanotherapeutics for Polycystic Kidney Disease. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 113(4). e37909–e37909. 1 indexed citations
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Lan, Tianyu, Gabriele Buchmann, Vera Wewer, et al.. (2025). PHOTOPERIOD 1 enhances stress resistance and energy metabolism to promote spike fertility in barley under high ambient temperatures. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(4). 2 indexed citations
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Demesa-Arévalo, Edgar, Tianyu Lan, Gwendolyn K. Kirschner, et al.. (2025). CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3937–3937. 1 indexed citations
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Narasimhan, Madhumitha, et al.. (2024). Macromolecular tool box to elucidate CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED–RLK binding, signaling, and downstream effects. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(17). 5438–5456. 2 indexed citations
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Demesa-Arévalo, Edgar, Madhumitha Narasimhan, & Rüdiger Simon. (2024). Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 75(1). 319–344. 10 indexed citations
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Krämer, Benedikt, Vivien I. Strotmann, Frank Wellmer, et al.. (2023). One pattern analysis (OPA) for the quantitative determination of protein interactions in plant cells. Plant Methods. 19(1). 73–73. 3 indexed citations
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Miras, Manuel, Vicky Howe, Lin Xi, et al.. (2023). A high‐confidence Physcomitrium patens plasmodesmata proteome by iterative scoring and validation reveals diversification of cell wall proteins during evolution. New Phytologist. 238(2). 637–653. 12 indexed citations
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Olsson, Vilde, et al.. (2021). The Cell Fate Controlling CLE40 Peptide Requires CNGCs to Trigger Highly Localized Ca2+ Transients in Arabidopsis thaliana Root Meristems. Plant and Cell Physiology. 62(8). 1290–1301. 15 indexed citations
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Clark, Natalie M., Adam Fisher, Barbara Berckmans, et al.. (2020). Protein complex stoichiometry and expression dynamics of transcription factors modulate stem cell division. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(26). 15332–15342. 33 indexed citations
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Yoshinari, Akira, et al.. (2020). Sensors for the quantification, localization and analysis of the dynamics of plant hormones. The Plant Journal. 105(2). 542–557. 64 indexed citations
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Ochoa‐Fernandez, Rocio, Nikolaj B. Abel, Franz-Georg Wieland, et al.. (2020). Optogenetic control of gene expression in plants in the presence of ambient white light. Nature Methods. 17(7). 717–725. 110 indexed citations
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Esse, G. Wilma van, Gwendolyn K. Kirschner, Ganggang Guo, et al.. (2020). An Acyl-CoA N-Acyltransferase Regulates Meristem Phase Change and Plant Architecture in Barley. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(3). 1088–1109. 21 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Nozomi, Dunia Pino Del Carpio, Alexander Hofmann, et al.. (2020). A Peptide Pair Coordinates Regular Ovule Initiation Patterns with Seed Number and Fruit Size. Current Biology. 30(22). 4352–4361.e4. 45 indexed citations
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Esse, G. Wilma van, et al.. (2019). CENTRORADIALIS Interacts with FLOWERING LOCUS T-Like Genes to Control Floret Development and Grain Number. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(2). 1013–1030. 40 indexed citations
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Berckmans, Barbara, Valya Vassileva, Sara Maes, et al.. (2011). Auxin-Dependent Cell Cycle Reactivation through Transcriptional Regulation of Arabidopsis E2Fa by Lateral Organ Boundary Proteins. The Plant Cell. 23(10). 3671–3683. 183 indexed citations
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Müller-Xing, Ralf, Lorenzo Borghi, Dorota Kwiatkowska, Patrick Laufs, & Rüdiger Simon. (2006). Dynamic and Compensatory Responses of Arabidopsis Shoot and Floral Meristems to CLV3 Signaling. The Plant Cell. 18(5). 1188–1198. 142 indexed citations
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Serruys, Patrick W., J Hamburger, Jean Fajadet, et al.. (2000). Total occlusion trial with angioplasty by using laser guidewire. EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam). 7 indexed citations
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Lins, Markus, et al.. (1997). COAGULATION ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY. Thrombosis Research. 86(6). 433–441. 13 indexed citations

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