Stephan Clemens

16.9k citations

114 papers · 12.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

Pollution top 0.05%
- Heavy metals in environment
Plant Science top 0.05%
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals

Papers in

Plant Science 87
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance 61
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects 56
- Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals 48
Pollution 21
- Heavy metals in environment 20

Co-authors: Jian Feng Ute Krämer Michael Palmgren Michael Weber Nathalie Verbruggen Sébastien Thomine Mark G. M. Aarts Edda von Roepenack‐Lahaye
Journals: Plant Cell & Environment (7 papers)Journal of Experimental Botany (7 papers)New Phytologist (7 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (7 papers)The Plant Journal (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States France

In The Last Decade

Stephan Clemens

113 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Toxic Heavy Metal and Metalloid Accumulation in Crop Plants and Foods 2016 · 836 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Annual Review of Plant Biology
2012 Trends in Plant Science
2006 Biochimie
2002 Trends in Plant Science
2001 Planta

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stephan Clemens, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Specific redox and iron homeostasis responses in the root tip of Arabidopsis upon zinc excess New Phytologist ·Mark Quin Mingo, Torre López E, Ronaldo Lima, Daniel P. Persson, Alok Ranjan, P. Albaladejo da Silva, Stéphanie Boutet, Lucas Cunha Dias de Rezende, Stephan Clemens, Nathalie Verbruggen, Marc Hanikenne	2025	2
2	Arabidopsis thaliana root responses to Cd exposure: insights into root tip‐specific changes and the role of HY5 in limiting Cd accumulation and promoting tolerance The Plant Journal ·Ronaldo Lima, Eui-Chong Kim, Mark Quin Mingo, Torre López E, Stéphanie Boutet, Marc Hanikenne, Stephan Clemens, Nathalie Verbruggen	2025	0
3	New genomic techniques in organic production: Considerations for science-based, effective, and acceptable EU regulation Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Eunchan Kim, Stephan Clemens, L.O. Fresco, E. De Saint-germain, Jale Tosun, U. Niggli, Matin Qaim, Richard G. F. Visser, Andreas P.M. Weber, Justus Wesseler, David Zilberman, Kai Purnhagen	2025	1
4	Establishment of a system to analyze effects of airborne ultra-fine particulate matter from brake wear on plants under realistic exposure conditions Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Ronaldo Lima, 裕久谷口, Siddiqua Aamir, Nico Langhof, Stephan Clemens	2024	2
5	Sporadic Pb accumulation by plants: Influence of soil biogeochemistry, microbial community and physiological mechanisms Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Xue Liu, MiG Bm, Saglara Mandzhieva, E. Nurse, Tatiana Minkina, Vishnu D. Rajput, Timberley M. Roane, Sarunpat Prakthong, Yuanping Li, Q. Lena, Stephan Clemens, Christopher Rensing	2022	32
6	Arabidopsis halleri shows hyperbioindicator behaviour for Pb and leaf Pb accumulation spatially separated from Zn New Phytologist ·Jinkichi Takahashi, Paula Pongrac, Johannes T. van Elteren, Motaganhalli Raghunandan, Katarina Vogel‐Mikuš, Michael Weber, Manuel Braun, Ashling Cook, 卢德美, Primož Vavpetič, Primož Pelicon, Iztok Arčon, Ute Krämer, Stephan Clemens	2020	12
7	Effects of Cd and Zn on physiological and anatomical properties of hydroponically grown Brassica napus plants Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·純一河本, Hassan Ahmadi, Zuzana Dučaiová, Edita Tylová, Stephan Clemens, Jiří Tůma	2017	64
8	Zn and Fe biofortification: The right chemical environment for human bioavailability Plant Science ·Stephan Clemens	2014	83
9	Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase 2 is constitutively active in vivo and can rescue the growth defect of the PCS1-deficient cad1-3 mutant on Cd-contaminated soil Journal of Experimental Botany ·Marc Cerrillo Boronat, Holger Schmidt, Shimpei Uraguchi, Stephan Clemens	2014	67
10	Hard Selective Sweep and Ectopic Gene Conversion in a Gene Cluster Affording Environmental Adaptation PLoS Genetics ·Marc Hanikenne, Juergen Kroymann, Aleksandra Trampczynska, María Bernal, Patrick Motté, Stephan Clemens, Ute Krämer	2013	71
11	MYB10 and MYB72 Are Required for Growth under Iron-Limiting Conditions PLoS Genetics ·Christine M. Palmer, Annia Movellas Rosales, Holger Schmidt, Stephan Clemens, Mary Lou Guerinot	2013	172
12	Plant science: the key to preventing slow cadmium poisoning Trends in Plant Science ·Stephan Clemens, Mark G. M. Aarts, Sébastien Thomine, Nathalie Verbruggen Hit paper breakdown →	2012	900
13	Attack on blue penguin by a New Zealand fur seal New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Stephan Clemens, Thomua Lube, Alan R. Light, Karen A. Stockin	2011	2
14	Use of recombinantly produced 15N3-labelled nicotianamine for fast and sensitive stable isotope dilution ultra-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Holger Schmidt, Christoph Böttcher, Aleksandra Trampczynska, Stephan Clemens	2010	11
15	Proteomics of metal mediated protein dynamics in plants - iron and cadmium in the focus Frontiers in bioscience ·Stephan Clemens	2009	9
16	Arabidopsis IRT3 is a zinc‐regulated and plasma membrane localized zinc/iron transporter New Phytologist ·Ya‐Fen Lin, Carol Maxwell, Shu‐Yi Yang, Bianca BASCIANO, Stephan Clemens, Chyi‐Chuann Chen, Jing-Fen Wu, А. И. Семячков, Kuo‐Chen Yeh	2009	210
17	Profiling of Arabidopsis Secondary Metabolites by Capillary Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Edda von Roepenack‐Lahaye, Thomas Degenkolb, H.N. Kim, Burkhard Schwetje, Udo Roth, Ludger A. Wessjohann, Jürgen Schmidt, Dierk Scheel, Stephan Clemens	2004	140
18	Metalloid tolerance based on phytochelatins is not functionally equivalent to the arsenite transporter Acr3p Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Robert Wysocki, Stephan Clemens, Daria Augustyniak, Paweł Golik, Ewa Maciaszczyk‐Dziubinska, Markus J. Tamás, Dorota Dziadkowiec	2003	44
19	Crystal Structure of a Hypoallergenic Isoform of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1 and its Likely Biological Function as a Plant Steroid Carrier Journal of Molecular Biology ·Z. Marković-Housley, Massimo Degano, Doriano Lamba, Edda von Roepenack‐Lahaye, Stephan Clemens, Markus Susani, Fátima Ferreira, Otto Scheiner, Heimo Breiteneder	2002	251
20	cDNA from wheat roots enhances transport of cadmium, lead and calcium to yeast cells Danuta Maria Antosiewicz, Daniel P. Schachtman, Stephan Clemens, Julian I. Schroeder	1996	2

About Stephan Clemens

Stephan Clemens is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 114 papers that have together received 12.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (61 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (56 papers), Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (48 papers), Heavy metals in environment (20 papers), Trace Elements in Health (16 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (6 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (3.8k citations), Plant Science (9.1k citations), Analytical Chemistry (1.0k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (539 citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.2k citations). Stephan Clemens has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Jian Feng, Ute Krämer, Michael Palmgren, Michael Weber, Nathalie Verbruggen, Sébastien Thomine, Mark G. M. Aarts, Edda von Roepenack‐Lahaye, Aleksandra Trampczynska and Holger Schmidt. Their work appears in journals such as Plant Cell & Environment, Journal of Experimental Botany, New Phytologist, Environmental Science & Technology and The Plant Journal.

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