Serge Kauffmann

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Serge Kauffmann is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Serge Kauffmann has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Serge Kauffmann's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (24 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (11 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). Serge Kauffmann is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (24 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (11 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). Serge Kauffmann collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Serge Kauffmann's co-authors include Bernard Fritig, Michel Legrand, Pierrette Geoffroy, Fabienne Baillieul, Stéphan Dorey, Thierry Heitz, Annick Stintzi, Patrick Saindrenan, Pierre A. Geoffroy and Vivek Prasad and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Serge Kauffmann

36 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

  1. Plant ‘pathogenesis-related’ proteins and their role in defense against pathogens
    1993 535 citations Annick Stintzi, Thierry Heitz et al. Biochimie profile →
  2. Biological function of pathogenesis-related proteins: Four tobacco pathogenesis-related proteins are chitinases
    1987 398 citations Michel Legrand, Serge Kauffmann et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Serge Kauffmann 2.7k 1.4k 376 365 336 36 3.7k
Hong Zhai 2.6k 1.0× 2.0k 1.4× 666 1.8× 124 0.3× 110 0.3× 136 4.2k
Manabu Arioka 543 0.2× 2.2k 1.6× 77 0.2× 298 0.8× 1.0k 3.1× 88 3.3k
Sook‐Young Park 2.6k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 43 0.1× 86 0.2× 1.4k 4.3× 128 3.8k
Suzanne J. Reid 456 0.2× 943 0.7× 148 0.4× 81 0.2× 48 0.1× 47 2.2k
Nicolas Bouché 3.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.5× 23 0.1× 76 0.2× 61 0.2× 48 4.7k
Renate Schmidt 5.3k 1.9× 3.9k 2.8× 15 0.0× 680 1.9× 250 0.7× 80 7.1k
José Blanca 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 31 0.1× 120 0.3× 173 0.5× 62 3.6k
Sung‐Hwan Cho 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 30 0.1× 32 0.1× 62 0.2× 95 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Serge Kauffmann

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All Works

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Ghannam, Ahmed, Alban Jacques, Patrice de Ruffray, & Serge Kauffmann. (2015). NtRING1, putative RING-finger E3 ligase protein, is a positive regulator of the early stages of elicitin-induced HR in tobacco. Plant Cell Reports. 35(2). 415–428. 9 indexed citations
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Langlois-Meurinne, Mathilde, Floriant Bellvert, Marie Garmier, et al.. (2010). The differential spatial distribution of secondary metabolites in Arabidopsis leaves reacting hypersensitively to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is dependent on the oxidative burst. Journal of Experimental Botany. 61(12). 3355–3370. 51 indexed citations
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Kauffmann, Serge, Stéphan Dorey, & Fabienne Baillieul. (2009). Towards an alternative strategy for crop protection.. Biofutur. 26–30. 1 indexed citations
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Sanchez, Lisa, Parul Vatsa, Leslie Boudesocque‐Delaye, et al.. (2008). Bacterial rhamnolipids are novel MAMPs conferring resistance to Botrytis cinerea in grapevine. Plant Cell & Environment. 32(2). 178–193. 159 indexed citations
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Jacques, Alban, Ahmed Ghannam, Mathieu Erhardt, et al.. (2006). NtLRP1, a Tobacco Leucine-Rich Repeat Gene with a Possible Role as a Modulator of the Hypersensitive Response. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 19(7). 747–757. 22 indexed citations
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Shinya, Tomonori, Rozenn Ménard, Ikuko Kozone, et al.. (2006). Novel β‐1,3‐, 1,6‐oligoglucan elicitor from Alternaria alternata 102 for defense responses in tobacco. FEBS Journal. 273(11). 2421–2431. 43 indexed citations
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Ménard, Rozenn, Patrice de Ruffray, Bernard Fritig, Jean‐Claude Yvin, & Serge Kauffmann. (2005). Defense and Resistance-inducing Activities in Tobacco of the Sulfated β-1,3 glucan PS3 and its Synergistic Activities with the Unsulfated Molecule. Plant and Cell Physiology. 46(12). 1964–1972. 42 indexed citations
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Ghannam, Ahmed, Alban Jacques, Patrice de Ruffray, Fabienne Baillieul, & Serge Kauffmann. (2005). Identification of tobacco ESTs with a hypersensitive response (HR)-specific pattern of expression and likely involved in the induction of the HR and/or localized acquired resistance (LAR). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 43(3). 249–259. 13 indexed citations
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Cordelier, Sylvain, Patrice de Ruffray, Bernard Fritig, & Serge Kauffmann. (2003). Biological and molecular comparison between localized and systemic acquired resistance induced in tobacco by a Phytophthora megasperma glycoprotein elicitin. Plant Molecular Biology. 51(1). 109–118. 53 indexed citations
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Costet, Laurent, Bernard Fritig, & Serge Kauffmann. (2002). Scopoletin expression in elicitor‐treated and tobacco mosaic virus‐infected tobacco plants. Physiologia Plantarum. 115(2). 228–235. 43 indexed citations
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Sommer, Bernd, Samuel Barbieri, Katja Hofele, et al.. (2000). Mouse models of α-synucleinopathy and Lewy pathology. Experimental Gerontology. 35(9-10). 1389–1403. 33 indexed citations
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Fraissinet‐Tachet, Laurence, Rachel Baltz, Julie Chong, et al.. (1998). Two tobacco genes induced by infection, elicitor and salicylic acid encode glucosyltransferases acting on phenylpropanoids and benzoic acid derivatives, including salicylic acid. FEBS Letters. 437(3). 319–323. 100 indexed citations
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Heitz, Thierry, Serge Kauffmann, Pierre A. Geoffroy, et al.. (1994). Molecular characterization of a novel tobacco pathogenesis-related (PR) protein: a new plant chitinase/lysozyme. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 245(2). 246–254. 50 indexed citations
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Stintzi, Annick, Thierry Heitz, Vivek Prasad, et al.. (1993). Plant ‘pathogenesis-related’ proteins and their role in defense against pathogens. Biochimie. 75(8). 687–706. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kauffmann, Serge, Michel Legrand, & Bernard Fritig. (1990). Isolation and characterization of six pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins of Samsun NN tobacco. Plant Molecular Biology. 14(3). 381–390. 33 indexed citations
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Nasser, William, et al.. (1988). Identification and characterization of maize pathogenesis-related proteins. Four maize PR proteins are chitinases. Plant Molecular Biology. 11(4). 529–538. 69 indexed citations
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Kauffmann, Serge, Michel Legrand, Pierrette Geoffroy, & Bernard Fritig. (1987). Biological function of ‘pathogenesis-related’ proteins: four PR proteins of tobacco have 1,3-β-glucanase activity. The EMBO Journal. 6(11). 3209–3212. 395 indexed citations
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Kauffmann, Serge, Frans Th. Brederode, B.J.C. Cornelissen, et al.. (1987). Homology between chitinases that are induced by TMV infection of tobacco. Plant Molecular Biology. 9(4). 411–420. 37 indexed citations

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