Thomas B. Jacobs

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas B. Jacobs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas B. Jacobs has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Thomas B. Jacobs's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (25 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (11 papers). Thomas B. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (25 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (11 papers). Thomas B. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Germany. Thomas B. Jacobs's co-authors include Wayne A. Parrott, Peter R. LaFayette, Robert J. Schmitz, Gregory B. Martin, Mansour Karimi, Christophe Gaillochet, Dhruv Patel‐Tupper, Ning Zhang, Moritz K. Nowack and Rafael Andrade Buono and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas B. Jacobs

40 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Targeted genome modifications in soybean with CRISPR/Cas9

2015 390 citations Thomas B. Jacobs, Peter R. LaFayette et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas B. Jacobs Belgium	20	1.2k	1.1k	128	100	90	41	1.5k
Zachary L. Nimchuk United States	32	1.8k 1.5×	3.0k 2.8×	122 1.0×	143 1.4×	84 0.9×	45	3.4k
Georg Mohr United States	22	1.7k 1.5×	239 0.2×	49 0.4×	373 3.7×	54 0.6×	39	1.9k
Huanbin Zhou China	21	2.1k 1.8×	2.2k 2.0×	377 2.9×	254 2.5×	226 2.5×	48	3.0k
Douglas A. Shoue United States	13	561 0.5×	771 0.7×	107 0.8×	36 0.4×	49 0.5×	24	1.3k
Natalia Quinones‐Olvera United States	5	704 0.6×	271 0.3×	33 0.3×	101 1.0×	27 0.3×	8	998
Jianbin Lai China	22	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	108 0.8×	54 0.5×	53 0.6×	59	1.9k
Sultan Habibullah Khan Pakistan	21	386 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	144 1.1×	183 1.8×	39 0.4×	98	1.4k
Zhiying Zhao United States	13	614 0.5×	302 0.3×	169 1.3×	109 1.1×	19 0.2×	29	1.2k
Qi Huang United States	20	627 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	142 1.1×	112 1.1×	34 0.4×	94	1.6k

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Blomme, Jonas, et al.. (2025). Consolidating Ulva functional genomics: gene editing and new selection systems. New Phytologist. 246(4). 1710–1723.

Rombaut, Debbie, et al.. (2024). Continual improvement of CRISPR‐induced multiplex mutagenesis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 119(2). 1158–1172. 8 indexed citations

Zhu, Shanshuo, Lixia Pan, Lam Dai Vu, et al.. (2023). Phosphoproteome analyses pinpoint the F‐box protein SLOW MOTION as a regulator of warm temperature‐mediated hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist. 241(2). 687–702. 1 indexed citations

Gaillochet, Christophe, Vera Goossens, Andrzej Drozdzecki, et al.. (2023). Systematic optimization of Cas12a base editors in wheat and maize using the ITER platform. Genome biology. 24(1). 6–6. 38 indexed citations

Debray, Kévin, Thomas B. Jacobs, Tom Ruttink, et al.. (2023). Combining multiplex gene editing and doubled haploid technology in maize. New Phytologist. 239(4). 1521–1532. 15 indexed citations

Debray, Kévin, Jonas De Saeger, Sabine Van Glabeke, et al.. (2023). SMAP design : a multiplex PCR amplicon and gRNA design tool to screen for natural and CRISPR-induced genetic variation. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(7). e37–e37. 4 indexed citations

Saeger, Jonas De, Mattias Vermeersch, Christophe Gaillochet, & Thomas B. Jacobs. (2022). Simple and Efficient Modification of Golden Gate Design Standards and Parts Using Oligo Stitching. ACS Synthetic Biology. 11(6). 2214–2220. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Cheng, Wenxin Tang, Shanshuo Zhu, et al.. (2022). ROPGAP-dependent interaction between brassinosteroid and ROP2-GTPase signaling controls pavement cell shape in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 32(3). 518–531.e6. 28 indexed citations

Debray, Kévin, Stijn Aesaert, Griet Coussens, et al.. (2022). BREEDIT: a multiplex genome editing strategy to improve complex quantitative traits in maize. The Plant Cell. 35(1). 218–238. 51 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Thomas B., et al.. (2022). Mini-Review: Transgenerational CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing in Plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 825042–825042. 19 indexed citations

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Hrtyan, Mónika, Katarzyna Retzer, Jana Humpolíčková, et al.. (2021). Mutually opposing activity of PIN7 splicing isoforms is required for auxin‐mediated tropic responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist. 233(1). 329–343. 16 indexed citations

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Blomme, Jonas, Xiaojie Liu, Thomas B. Jacobs, & Olivier De Clerck. (2021). A molecular toolkit for the green seaweed Ulva mutabilis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 186(3). 1442–1454. 18 indexed citations

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Pfeiffer, Marie L., et al.. (2021). Conditional and tissue-specific approaches to dissect essential mechanisms in plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 65. 102119–102119. 6 indexed citations

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Karimi, Mansour, Griet Coussens, Stijn Aesaert, et al.. (2020). Efficient CRISPR-mediated base editing in Agrobacterium spp.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 49 indexed citations

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Bollier, Norbert, Rafael Andrade Buono, Thomas B. Jacobs, & Moritz K. Nowack. (2020). Efficient simultaneous mutagenesis of multiple genes in specific plant tissues by multiplex CRISPR. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(4). 651–653. 20 indexed citations

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Buono, Rafael Andrade, Marie L. Pfeiffer, Nick Vangheluwe, et al.. (2019). CRISPR-TSKO: A Technique for Efficient Mutagenesis in Specific Cell Types, Tissues, or Organs in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 31(12). 2868–2887. 174 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhubing, Teng Zhang, Debbie Rombaut, et al.. (2019). Genome Editing-Based Engineering of CESA3 Dual Cellulose-Inhibitor-Resistant Plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(2). 827–836. 22 indexed citations

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Swinnen, Gwen, Thomas B. Jacobs, Laurens Pauwels, & Alain Goossens. (2019). CRISPR-Cas-Mediated Gene Knockout in Tomato. Methods in molecular biology. 2083. 321–341. 5 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Thomas B., Ning Zhang, Dhruv Patel‐Tupper, & Gregory B. Martin. (2017). Generation of a Collection of Mutant Tomato Lines Using Pooled CRISPR Libraries. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(4). 2023–2037. 105 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Thomas B., et al.. (2015). Simple gene silencing using the trans‐acting siRNA pathway. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 14(1). 117–127. 19 indexed citations

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