Ruth Bastow

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ruth Bastow is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Bastow has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Ruth Bastow's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers), Light effects on plants (7 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers). Ruth Bastow is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers), Light effects on plants (7 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers). Ruth Bastow collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hungary. Ruth Bastow's co-authors include Andrew J. Millar, Caroline Dean, Harriet G. McWatters, Joshua S. Mylne, Clare Lister, Zachary B. Lippman, Robert A. Martienssen, Anthony Hall, Seth J Davis and Ferenc Nagy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Bastow

20 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Vernalization requires epigenetic silencing of FLC by his... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Vernalization requires epigenetic silencing of FLC by histone methylation
    2004 726 citations Ruth Bastow, Joshua S. Mylne et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Bastow United Kingdom 14 1.8k 1.4k 152 122 72 21 2.0k
Heiko Schoof Germany 18 3.9k 2.2× 3.5k 2.6× 16 0.1× 270 2.2× 198 2.8× 42 4.3k
Gary Schindelman United States 7 664 0.4× 483 0.4× 59 0.4× 36 0.3× 10 0.1× 10 901
Qiguang Xie China 24 1.8k 1.0× 957 0.7× 88 0.6× 98 0.8× 86 1.2× 42 2.1k
David Emmert United States 10 220 0.1× 854 0.6× 23 0.2× 270 2.2× 89 1.2× 13 1.3k
Henry D. Priest United States 19 2.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.5× 166 1.1× 179 1.5× 77 1.1× 24 3.0k
Mark R. Doyle United States 11 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 85 0.6× 107 0.9× 91 1.3× 11 2.0k
Moon‐Soo Soh South Korea 18 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 61 0.4× 64 0.5× 74 1.0× 37 2.0k
Lawrence Hobbie United States 17 2.9k 1.6× 2.6k 1.9× 13 0.1× 47 0.4× 94 1.3× 24 3.3k
Joshua M. Gendron United States 21 4.0k 2.2× 3.0k 2.2× 72 0.5× 117 1.0× 89 1.2× 37 4.5k
Pablo D. Cerdán Argentina 21 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 46 0.3× 57 0.5× 55 0.8× 37 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Bastow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Bastow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruth Bastow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruth Bastow based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ruth Bastow. Ruth Bastow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Halewood, Michael, Tinashe Chiurugwi, Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton, et al.. (2018). Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: opportunities and challenges emerging from the science and information technology revolution. New Phytologist. 217(4). 1407–1419. 73 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Sabina, Robert Davey, Elizabeth Arnaud, Geraint Parry, & Ruth Bastow. (2017). Data management and best practice for plant science. Nature Plants. 3(6). 17086–17086. 31 indexed citations
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Bastow, Ruth, et al.. (2017). The Global Plant Council. Food and Energy Security. 6(1). 3–4.
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Gilliham, Matthew, et al.. (2017). The case for evidence‐based policy to support stress‐resilient cropping systems. Food and Energy Security. 6(1). 5–11. 4 indexed citations
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Parry, Geraint, Nicola J. Patron, Ruth Bastow, & Colette Matthewman. (2016). Meeting report: GARNet/OpenPlant CRISPR-Cas workshop. Plant Methods. 12(1). 6–6. 9 indexed citations
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Shaw, Felix, Alejandra González-Beltrán, Philippe Rocca‐Serra, et al.. (2015). COPO â" Linked Open Infrastructure for Plant Data.. 181–182. 1 indexed citations
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Cook, Carly N., et al.. (2014). Opportunities in plant synthetic biology. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(8). 1921–1926. 15 indexed citations
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Matasci, Naim, et al.. (2014). Data mining with iPlant: A meeting report from the 2013 GARNet workshop, Data mining with iPlant. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(1). 1–6. 8 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Sabina, et al.. (2013). Making open data work for plant scientists. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(14). 4109–4117. 20 indexed citations
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Arnaud, Elizabeth, Laurel Cooper, Rosemary Shrestha, et al.. (2012). Towards a Reference Plant Trait Ontology for Modeling Knowledge of Plant Traits and Phenotypes. 220–225. 27 indexed citations
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Lavagi, Irene, Mark Estelle, Wolfram Weckwerth, Jim Beynon, & Ruth Bastow. (2012). From Bench to Bountiful Harvests: A Road Map for the Next Decade of Arabidopsis Research. The Plant Cell. 24(6). 2240–2247. 6 indexed citations
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Kevei, Éva, Péter Gyula, Anthony Hall, et al.. (2006). Forward Genetic Analysis of the Circadian Clock Separates the Multiple Functions of ZEITLUPE. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 140(3). 933–945. 75 indexed citations
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Bastow, Ruth, et al.. (2004). 開花決定における複数の経路 能力付与,促進およびリセッテイング. The Plant Cell. 16. 18–31. 35 indexed citations
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Bastow, Ruth, Joshua S. Mylne, Clare Lister, et al.. (2004). Vernalization requires epigenetic silencing of FLC by histone methylation. Nature. 427(6970). 164–167. 726 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hall, Anthony, Ruth Bastow, Seth J Davis, et al.. (2003). TheTIME FOR COFFEEGene Maintains the Amplitude and Timing of Arabidopsis Circadian Clocks[W]. The Plant Cell. 15(11). 2719–2729. 156 indexed citations
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Bastow, Ruth & Caroline Dean. (2002). The Molecular Basis of Photoperiodism. Developmental Cell. 3(4). 461–462. 6 indexed citations
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Hall, Anthony, László Kozma‐Bognár, Ruth Bastow, Ferenc Nagy, & Andrew J. Millar. (2002). Distinct regulation of CAB and PHYB gene expression by similar circadian clocks. The Plant Journal. 32(4). 529–537. 63 indexed citations
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Doyle, Mark R., Seth J Davis, Ruth Bastow, et al.. (2002). The ELF4 gene controls circadian rhythms and flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature. 419(6902). 74–77. 389 indexed citations
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Reed, Jason W., Punita Nagpal, Ruth Bastow, et al.. (2000). Independent Action of ELF3 and phyB to Control Hypocotyl Elongation and Flowering Time. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 122(4). 1149–1160. 81 indexed citations
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McWatters, Harriet G., Ruth Bastow, Anthony Hall, & Andrew J. Millar. (2000). The ELF3 zeitnehmer regulates light signalling to the circadian clock. Nature. 408(6813). 716–720. 271 indexed citations

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