Sonja Vorwerk

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sonja Vorwerk is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Vorwerk has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sonja Vorwerk's work include Horticultural and Viticultural Research (5 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers). Sonja Vorwerk is often cited by papers focused on Horticultural and Viticultural Research (5 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers). Sonja Vorwerk collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Sonja Vorwerk's co-authors include Chris Somerville, Shauna Somerville, Alexander R. Paredez, Heather Youngs, Štefan Bauer, Michelle Facette, Thorsten Hamann, Jennifer L. Milne, Staffan Persson and Theodore K. Raab and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Methods and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Vorwerk

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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. Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls
    2004 948 citations Chris Somerville, Štefan Bauer et al. Science profile →

Peers

Sonja Vorwerk
Hugo Mélida Spain
Ron Sederoff United States
Kanwarpal S. Dhugga United States
Michelle Facette United States
Utku Avcı United States
Stefan Eberhard United States
Olga A. Zabotina United States
Trevor H. Yeats United States
Heather E. McFarlane Canada
Vincenzo Lionetti Italy
Hugo Mélida Spain
Sonja Vorwerk
Citations per year, relative to Sonja Vorwerk Sonja Vorwerk (= 1×) peers Hugo Mélida

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Vorwerk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Vorwerk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sonja Vorwerk. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sonja Vorwerk. The network helps show where Sonja Vorwerk may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Vorwerk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonja Vorwerk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonja Vorwerk 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 Sonja Vorwerk. Sonja Vorwerk is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Vorwerk, Sonja. (2018). Schritt für Schritt zum Patent. 1 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, K. Sonntag, R. Blaich, & Astrid Forneck. (2015). Application of current in situ hybridization techniques for grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Fitch) and grapevine (Vitis spp. L.). Julius Kühn-Institut. 47(2). 113–116. 3 indexed citations
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Loxdale, Hugh D., Sonja Vorwerk, & Astrid Forneck. (2012). The unstable ‘clone’: evidence from monitoring AFLP-based mutations for short-term clonal genetic variation in two asexual lineages of the grain aphid,Sitobion avenae(F.). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103(1). 111–118. 8 indexed citations
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Mrázek, Jan, et al.. (2010). NcRNA-microchip analysis. RNA Biology. 7(5). 586–595. 11 indexed citations
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Mraheil, Mobarak Abu, André Billion, Carsten Kuenne, et al.. (2010). Comparative genome‐wide analysis of small RNAs of major Gram‐positive pathogens: from identification to application. Microbial Biotechnology. 3(6). 658–676. 29 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, Kerstin Ganter, Cheng Yang, et al.. (2008). Microfluidic-based enzymatic on-chip labeling of miRNAs. New Biotechnology. 25(2-3). 142–149. 55 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja & Peter Roberts. (2008). MicroRNA profiling on a rapidly evolving microfluidic array. Nature Methods. 5(1). i–ii. 1 indexed citations
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Carapito, Raphaël, et al.. (2007). Gene expression in Fusarium graminearum grown on plant cell wall. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 45(5). 738–748. 30 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, Serry Koh, Marc T. Nishimura, et al.. (2007). EDR2 negatively regulates salicylic acid-based defenses and cell death during powdery mildew infections of Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology. 7(1). 35–35. 74 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, David R. Martinez, & Astrid Forneck. (2007). Pantoea agglomerans ‐associated bacteria in grape phylloxera ( Daktulosphaira vitifoliae , Fitch). Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(1). 57–64. 25 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja & Astrid Forneck. (2007). GENETIC STRUCTURE OF EUROPEAN POPULATIONS OF GRAPE PHYLLOXERA (DAKTULOSPHAIRA VITIFOLIAE FITCH) AS DETERMINED BY SSR-ANALYSIS. Acta Horticulturae. 89–96. 3 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja. (2007). Molecular evidence of intraclonal variation and implications for adaptational traits of grape phylloxera populations (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Fitch). University writing server of the University of Hohenheim (Universität Hohenheim). 1 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, R. Blaich, & Astrid Forneck. (2007). PANTOEA SP. - AN ASSOCIATED BACTERIA COMMON IN GRAPE PHYLLOXERA (DAKTULOSPHAIRA VITIFOLIAE FITCH). Acta Horticulturae. 47–51. 2 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, et al.. (2006). A role for a flavin‐containing mono‐oxygenase in resistance against microbial pathogens in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 47(4). 629–639. 77 indexed citations
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Vorwerk, Sonja, Shauna Somerville, & Chris Somerville. (2004). The role of plant cell wall polysaccharide composition in disease resistance. Trends in Plant Science. 9(4). 203–209. 400 indexed citations
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Somerville, Chris, Štefan Bauer, Michelle Facette, et al.. (2004). Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls. Science. 306(5705). 2206–2211. 948 indexed citations breakdown →
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