Thomas Gaffney

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Gaffney is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Gaffney has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Gaffney's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (6 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers). Thomas Gaffney is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (6 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers). Thomas Gaffney collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Thomas Gaffney's co-authors include John Ryals, E. R. Ward, Scott Uknes, Bernard Vernooij, Leslie Friedrich, David Negrotto, Helmut Keßmann, Terrence P. Delaney, Kris Weymann and Stephen T.S. Lam and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Bacteriology and Plant Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Gaffney

13 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Requirement of Salicylic Acid for the Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance

1993 1.4k citations Thomas Gaffney, Leslie Friedrich et al. Science profile →
A Central Role of Salicylic Acid in Plant Disease Resistance

1994 1.4k citations Terrence P. Delaney, Scott Uknes et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Gaffney United States	11	3.0k	1.5k	358	229	155	13	3.7k
Henry‐York Steiner United States	17	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	372 1.0×	246 1.1×	137 0.9×	20	4.1k
Tomonori Shiraishi Japan	33	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	561 1.6×	147 0.6×	110 0.7×	166	3.7k
Mari‐Anne Newman Denmark	33	4.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	515 1.4×	320 1.4×	147 0.9×	51	5.4k
D’Maris Amick Dempsey United States	16	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	332 0.9×	383 1.7×	144 0.9×	18	4.2k
María Coca Spain	28	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	198 0.6×	179 0.8×	274 1.8×	36	2.7k
S. Mayama Japan	38	3.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 3.4×	157 0.7×	113 0.7×	106	4.1k
Noel T. Keen United States	29	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	393 1.1×	108 0.5×	457 2.9×	52	3.1k
Eiichi Minami Japan	47	5.1k 1.7×	2.9k 1.9×	539 1.5×	324 1.4×	256 1.7×	94	6.0k
Shree P. Pandey India	26	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	216 0.6×	238 1.0×	113 0.7×	54	2.9k
Sabine Rosahl Germany	33	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	371 1.0×	624 2.7×	231 1.5×	57	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Gaffney

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thomas Gaffney's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Thomas Gaffney with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thomas Gaffney more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Gaffney

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Gaffney. 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 Thomas Gaffney. The network helps show where Thomas Gaffney may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Gaffney

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

13 of 13 papers shown

Dietrich, Fred S., Sylvia Voegeli, Sophie Brachat, et al.. (2004). The Ashbya gossypii Genome as a Tool for Mapping the Ancient Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome. Science. 304(5668). 304–307. 481 indexed citations

Nowak-Thompson, Brian, Philip E. Hammer, D. Steven Hill, et al.. (2003). 2,5-Dialkylresorcinol Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aurantiaca : Novel Head-to-Head Condensation of Two Fatty Acid-Derived Precursors. Journal of Bacteriology. 185(3). 860–869. 46 indexed citations

Pierson, Leland S., Thomas Gaffney, Stephen T.S. Lam, & Fangcheng Gong. (1995). Molecular analysis of genes encoding phenazine biosynthesis in the biological control bacteriumPseudomonas aureofaciens30â84. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 134(2-3). 299–307. 105 indexed citations

Uknes, Scott, Bernard Vernooij, Shericca Williams, et al.. (1995). Systemic Acquired Resistance. HortScience. 30(5). 962–963. 10 indexed citations

Gaffney, Thomas. (1994). Global Regulation of Expression of Antifungal Factors by aPseudomonas fluorescensBiological Control Strain. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 7(4). 455–455. 110 indexed citations

Delaney, Terrence P., Scott Uknes, Bernard Vernooij, et al.. (1994). A Central Role of Salicylic Acid in Plant Disease Resistance. Science. 266(5188). 1247–1250. 1383 indexed citations breakdown →

Lam, Stephen T.S., Thomas Gaffney, & I. Chet. (1993). Biological activities of bacteria used in plant pathogen control.. 291–320. 21 indexed citations

Gaffney, Thomas, Leslie Friedrich, Bernard Vernooij, et al.. (1993). Requirement of Salicylic Acid for the Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance. Science. 261(5122). 754–756. 1411 indexed citations breakdown →

Payne, George B., E. R. Ward, Thomas Gaffney, et al.. (1990). Evidence for a third structural class of β-1,3-glucanase in tobacco. Plant Molecular Biology. 15(6). 797–808. 70 indexed citations

10.

Gaffney, Thomas, et al.. (1990). Indoleacetic acid operon of Pseudomonas syringae subsp. savastanoi: transcription analysis and promoter identification. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(10). 5593–5601. 27 indexed citations

11.

Gaffney, Thomas, et al.. (1989). Cotranscription of genes encoding indoleacetic acid production in Pseudomonas syringae subsp. savastanoi. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(2). 1002–1009. 24 indexed citations

12.

Gaffney, Thomas & T G Lessie. (1987). Insertion-sequence-dependent rearrangements of Pseudomonas cepacia plasmid pTGL1. Journal of Bacteriology. 169(1). 224–230. 40 indexed citations

13.

Beckman, William C., Thomas Gaffney, & T G Lessie. (1982). Correlation between auxotrophy and plasmid alteration in mutant strains of Pseudomonas cepacia. Journal of Bacteriology. 149(3). 1154–1158. 10 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact