Thomas Börner

16.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
213 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Börner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Börner has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Molecular Biology, 84 papers in Plant Science and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Börner's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (104 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers). Thomas Börner is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (104 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers). Thomas Börner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Thomas Börner's co-authors include Elke Dittmann, Brett A. Neilan, Andreas Weihe, Marcel Erhard, Wolfgang R. Hess, Karsten Liere, Boris Hedtke, Hans von Döhren, Elke Lieckfeldt and Guntram Christiansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Börner

208 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

Structural organization of microcystin biosynthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806: an integrated peptide–polyketide synthetase system

2000 809 citations Elke Dittmann, Thomas Börner et al. Chemistry & Biology profile →
The Cyanobacterial Hepatotoxin Microcystin Binds to Proteins and Increases the Fitness of Microcystis under Oxidative Stress Conditions

2011 359 citations Keishi Ishida, Aaron Kaplan et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Börner	6.6k	3.8k	3.8k	2.6k	2.4k	213	12.1k
Nicole Tandeau de Marsac	4.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	108	6.9k
Martin Hagemann	7.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	2.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	228	10.6k
Wolfgang R. Hess	9.1k 1.4×	787 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	825 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	239	12.0k
Elke Dittmann	2.7k 0.4×	5.6k 1.5×	408 0.1×	3.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	118	9.4k
Matthias Wolf	2.9k 0.4×	757 0.2×	955 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	92	5.7k
Christopher O. Miles	2.1k 0.3×	3.8k 1.0×	610 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	181	6.0k
Riyo Kunisawa	3.7k 0.6×	977 0.3×	852 0.2×	822 0.3×	532 0.2×	23	6.2k
C. Peter Wölk	6.3k 1.0×	943 0.2×	997 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	869 0.4×	147	8.7k
Enrique Flores	7.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	189	9.4k
David P. Fewer	1.9k 0.3×	2.0k 0.5×	378 0.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	98	5.2k

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Greiner, Stephan, Hieronim Golczyk, Irina Malinova, et al.. (2019). Chloroplast nucleoids are highly dynamic in ploidy, number, and structure during angiosperm leaf development. The Plant Journal. 102(4). 730–746. 48 indexed citations

Hensel, Göetz, Martin Mascher, Michael Melzer, et al.. (2019). Leaf Variegation and Impaired Chloroplast Development Caused by a Truncated CCT Domain Gene in albostrians Barley. The Plant Cell. 31(7). 1430–1445. 48 indexed citations

Börner, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Chloroplast RNA polymerases: Role in chloroplast biogenesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1847(9). 761–769. 200 indexed citations

Sharma, Cynthia M., et al.. (2012). The Primary Transcriptome of Barley Chloroplasts: Numerous Noncoding RNAs and the Dominating Role of the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase . The Plant Cell. 24(1). 123–136. 168 indexed citations

Richter, Uwe, Kristina Kühn, Sachiko Okada, et al.. (2009). A mitochondrial rRNA dimethyladenosine methyltransferase in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 61(4). 558–569. 24 indexed citations

Schatz, Daniella, Yael Keren, Assaf Vardi, et al.. (2007). Towards clarification of the biological role of microcystins, a family of cyanobacterial toxins. Environmental Microbiology. 9(4). 965–970. 193 indexed citations

Krieger, Gerhard, et al.. (2007). Concept design of a near-space radar for tsunami detection. 34–37. 13 indexed citations

Ishida, Keishi, Guntram Christiansen, Wesley Y. Yoshida, et al.. (2007). Biosynthesis and Structure of Aeruginoside 126A and 126B, Cyanobacterial Peptide Glycosides Bearing a 2-Carboxy-6-Hydroxyoctahydroindole Moiety. Chemistry & Biology. 14(5). 565–576. 103 indexed citations

Börner, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Concepts for Spaceborne and Groundbased Radar Systems for Tsunami Detection. Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 10(2). 251–255. 1 indexed citations

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Nolan, Matt, et al.. (2005). PHASE SENSITIVENESS TO SOIL MOISTURE IN CONTROLLED ANECHOIC CHAMBER: MEASUREMENTS AND FIRST RESULTS. AGUFM. 2005. 3 indexed citations

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Jain, Sanjay Kumar, Gregor Langen, Wolfgang R. Hess, et al.. (2004). The White Barley Mutant Albostrians Shows Enhanced Resistance to the Biotroph Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17(4). 374–382. 16 indexed citations

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Hounam, D., Betlem Rosich, Thomas Börner, et al.. (2002). SAR PRODUCT CONTROL SOFTWARE. elib (German Aerospace Center). 526. 5. 2 indexed citations

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Lisowsky, Thomas, et al.. (2002). The C-terminal Region of Mitochondrial Single-subunit RNA Polymerases Contains Species-specific Determinants for Maintenance of Intact Mitochondrial Genomes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(7). 2245–2255. 2 indexed citations

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Börner, Thomas. (2001). Die Toxine der Cyanobakterien: Neue bioaktive Verbindungen. Biologie in unserer Zeit. 31(2). 108–115. 1 indexed citations

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Hess, Wolfgang R. & Thomas Börner. (1999). Organellar RNA Polymerases of Higher Plants. International review of cytology. 190. 1–59. 189 indexed citations

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Kuhls, Katrin, Elke Lieckfeldt, Gary J. Samuels, et al.. (1997). Revision of Trichoderma sect. Longibrachiatum including related teleomorphs based on analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences. Mycologia. 89(3). 442–460. 98 indexed citations

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Zink, Matthias, et al.. (1997). Microwave Remote Sensing for Monitoring Forest Vitality.. elib (German Aerospace Center). 414. 1891–1897. 5 indexed citations

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Backert, Steffen, et al.. (1996). Rolling-Circle Replication of Mitochondrial DNA in the Higher Plant Chenopodium album (L.). Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(11). 6285–6294. 53 indexed citations

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Palmer, Jeffrey D., Stephen R. Downie, Jacqueline M. Nugent, et al.. (1994). 3 Chloroplast and Mitochondrial DNAs of Arabidopsis thaliana: Conventional Genomes in an Unconventional Plant. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 27. 37–62. 11 indexed citations

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Börner, Thomas & Armin Meister. (1980). Chlorophyll and carotenoid content of ribosome-deficient plastids.. Photosynthetica. 14(4). 589–593. 11 indexed citations

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