Stephen A. Rolfe

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Stephen A. Rolfe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen A. Rolfe has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen A. Rolfe's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers). Stephen A. Rolfe is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers). Stephen A. Rolfe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Poland. Stephen A. Rolfe's co-authors include Julie D. Scholes, Jurriaan Ton, Joseph Griffiths, Steven F. Thornton, Pierre Pétriacq, Helgi Öpik, Robert Malinowski, Duncan D. Cameron, Wei E. Huang and Roland E. Schwarzenbacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stephen A. Rolfe

67 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Crying out for help with root exudates: adaptive mechanisms by which stressed plants assemble health-promoting soil microbiomes

2019 340 citations Stephen A. Rolfe, Jurriaan Ton et al. profile →
Metabolic regulation of the maize rhizobiome by benzoxazinoids

2019 230 citations T. E. Anne Cotton, Pierre Pétriacq et al. The ISME Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen A. Rolfe United Kingdom	33	2.4k	911	299	212	200	69	3.3k
Yanan Wang China	33	1.9k 0.8×	479 0.5×	181 0.6×	265 1.3×	167 0.8×	154	3.7k
Sandra Citterio Italy	31	1.7k 0.7×	711 0.8×	423 1.4×	104 0.5×	405 2.0×	113	3.4k
Larry J. Halverson United States	28	1.0k 0.4×	752 0.8×	563 1.9×	69 0.3×	198 1.0×	51	2.4k
Lidia S. Watrud United States	27	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	524 1.8×	214 1.0×	251 1.3×	61	2.7k
Mika Tarkka Germany	31	2.6k 1.1×	670 0.7×	558 1.9×	516 2.4×	276 1.4×	85	3.7k
Sergio Sgorbati Italy	28	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	346 1.2×	128 0.6×	271 1.4×	73	3.3k
Rodrigo Costa Portugal	38	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.4k 4.8×	284 1.3×	330 1.6×	97	4.0k
B. Schwyn Switzerland	16	4.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.9×	579 1.9×	536 2.5×	339 1.7×	20	6.2k
Paxton Payton United States	38	3.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	161 0.5×	69 0.3×	70 0.3×	119	4.3k
Julie D. Scholes United Kingdom	47	4.4k 1.8×	1.2k 1.3×	321 1.1×	286 1.3×	70 0.3×	87	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen A. Rolfe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen A. Rolfe

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barnes, James A., et al.. (2025). The influence of surface materials on microbial biofilm formation in aviation fuel systems. Biofouling. 41(3). 265–282.

Waals, Marcelle J. van der, Steven F. Thornton, Stephen A. Rolfe, et al.. (2024). Potential of stable isotope analysis to deduce anaerobic biodegradation of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) in groundwater: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(11). 16150–16163. 1 indexed citations

Banwart, Steven A., et al.. (2021). The Role of Extracellular DNA in Microbial Attachment to Oxidized Silicon Surfaces in the Presence of Ca²⁺ and Na⁺. Langmuir. 37(32). 9838–9850. 11 indexed citations

Rolfe, Stephen A., et al.. (2021). Distribution of ETBE-degrading microorganisms and functional capability in groundwater, and implications for characterising aquifer ETBE biodegradation potential. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(1). 1223–1238. 7 indexed citations

Rolfe, Stephen A., et al.. (2020). The relationship between properties of plant-based biochars and sorption of Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) in soil model systems. Heliyon. 6(11). e05388–e05388. 47 indexed citations

Leake, Jonathan R., et al.. (2020). Phosphate availability and ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Pinus sylvestris have independent effects on the Paxillus involutus transcriptome. Mycorrhiza. 31(1). 69–83. 5 indexed citations

Cotton, T. E. Anne, Pierre Pétriacq, Duncan D. Cameron, et al.. (2019). Metabolic regulation of the maize rhizobiome by benzoxazinoids. The ISME Journal. 13(7). 1647–1658. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

Lundgren, Marjorie R., Alice L. Baillie, Jessica Dunn, et al.. (2019). Mesophyll porosity is modulated by the presence of functional stomata. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2825–2825. 70 indexed citations

Rolfe, Stephen A., et al.. (2019). Electrical impedance tomography as a tool for phenotyping plant roots. Plant Methods. 15(1). 49–49. 41 indexed citations

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Truman, William, et al.. (2018). Clubroot Disease Stimulates Early Steps of Phloem Differentiation and Recruits SWEET Sucrose Transporters within Developing Galls. The Plant Cell. 30(12). 3058–3073. 73 indexed citations

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Truman, William, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional profiling identifies critical steps of cell cycle reprogramming necessary for Plasmodiophora brassicae‐driven gall formation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 97(4). 715–729. 27 indexed citations

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Lehmeier, C., R Pajor, Marjorie R. Lundgren, et al.. (2017). Cell density and airspace patterning in the leaf can be manipulated to increase leaf photosynthetic capacity. The Plant Journal. 92(6). 981–994. 74 indexed citations

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Rolfe, Stephen A., Stephen E. Strelkov, Matthew G. Links, et al.. (2016). The compact genome of the plant pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae is adapted to intracellular interactions with host Brassica spp. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 272–272. 94 indexed citations

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Pajor, R, Andrew J. Fleming, Colin P. Osborne, et al.. (2013). Seeing space: visualization and quantification of plant leaf structure using X-ray micro-computed tomography. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(2). 385–390. 35 indexed citations

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Pouran, Hamid M., et al.. (2009). Multi-factorial analysis of surface interactions in single species environmental bacteria and model surfaces. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Geoghegan, Mark, Catherine A. Biggs, Kevin E. Eboigbodin, et al.. (2008). The polymer physics and chemistry of microbial cell attachment and adhesion. Faraday Discussions. 139. 85–85. 53 indexed citations

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Öpik, Helgi & Stephen A. Rolfe. (2005). The Physiology of Flowering Plants. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 101 indexed citations

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Rolfe, Stephen A., et al.. (1995). The effect of Albugo candida on the photosynthetic and carbohydrate metabolism of Arabidopsis thaliana.. Aspects of applied biology. 149–153. 2 indexed citations

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Rolfe, Stephen A. & Julie D. Scholes. (1995). Quantitative imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence. New Phytologist. 131(1). 69–79. 56 indexed citations

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Stickler, D.J., et al.. (1989). Activity of antiseptics againstEscherichia coli growing as biofilms on silicone surfaces. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 8(11). 974–978. 30 indexed citations

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