Thomas Lübberstedt

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
258 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Lübberstedt is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Lübberstedt has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Plant Science, 134 papers in Genetics and 69 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Lübberstedt's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (130 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (88 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (61 papers). Thomas Lübberstedt is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (130 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (88 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (61 papers). Thomas Lübberstedt collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Thomas Lübberstedt's co-authors include Jeppe Reitan Andersen, Albrecht E. Melchinger, Ursula K. Frei, Bruno Studer, Jordon Pace, Gerhard Wenzel, Mingliang Xu, Torben Asp, Candice Gardner and Yanhai Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Lübberstedt

250 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Functional markers in plants

2003 565 citations Jeppe Reitan Andersen, Thomas Lübberstedt profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Lübberstedt United States	47	6.2k	3.0k	2.0k	924	442	258	7.3k
Zhikang Li China	52	7.8k 1.3×	3.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	435 0.5×	299 0.7×	198	8.7k
Shawn M. Kaeppler United States	55	8.2k 1.3×	2.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.8×	269 0.6×	162	9.8k
Yongzhong Xing China	59	12.8k 2.0×	8.8k 3.0×	3.1k 1.5×	641 0.7×	287 0.6×	183	14.2k
Steven J. Knapp United States	60	9.2k 1.5×	3.3k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	563 0.6×	850 1.9×	214	10.9k
Patrick J. Brown United States	35	5.8k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	343 0.8×	91	7.3k
Brigitte Courtois France	53	6.7k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	460 0.5×	339 0.8×	198	8.0k
Zhongfu Ni China	56	9.8k 1.6×	2.3k 0.8×	4.3k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	233 0.5×	282	11.0k
Yunbi Xu China	48	7.3k 1.2×	4.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	572 0.6×	203 0.5×	110	8.3k
Roberto Tuberosa Italy	51	9.1k 1.5×	3.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	226 0.5×	173	9.7k
Alexander E. Lipka United States	34	4.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	503 0.5×	240 0.5×	102	5.7k

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Nikolau, Basil J., et al.. (2025). Molecular breeding approaches for the improvement of oil content and fatty acid composition in exotic‐derived maize germplasm. New Phytologist. 248(4). 1920–1939.

Zhang, Lin, Yue Hao, Mingfei Sun, et al.. (2025). Polymerization of beneficial plant height QTLs to develop superior lines which can achieving hybrid performance levels. Molecular Breeding. 45(2). 26–26. 1 indexed citations

Sanchez, Darlene L., et al.. (2023). Phenotypic and genome-wide association analyses for nitrogen use efficiency related traits in maize (Zea mays L.) exotic introgression lines. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1270166–1270166. 5 indexed citations

Lübberstedt, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Development of maize inbred lines with elevated grain methionine concentration from a high methionine population. Crop Science. 63(4). 2417–2425. 5 indexed citations

Dutta, Somak, et al.. (2023). Overcoming roadblocks for in vitro nurseries in plants: induction of meiosis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1204813–1204813. 5 indexed citations

Sibiya, Julia, et al.. (2022). Improving drought tolerance in maize: Tools and techniques. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 1001001–1001001. 18 indexed citations

Lübberstedt, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Seasonal Variation of Tropical Savanna Altered Agronomic Adaptation of Stock-6-Derived Inducer Lines. Plants. 11(21). 2902–2902. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Xun, Peng Liu, Guangsheng Yuan, et al.. (2021). Genetic dissection of maize seedling traits in an IBM Syn10 DH population under the combined stress of lead and cadmium. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 296(5). 1057–1070. 12 indexed citations

Lomthaisong, Khomsorn, Jirawat Sanitchon, Sompong Chankaew, et al.. (2021). Breeding for Prolificacy, Total Carotenoids and Resistance to Downy Mildew in Small-Ear Waxy Corn by Modified Mass Selection. Agronomy. 11(9). 1793–1793. 8 indexed citations

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Chankaew, Sompong, et al.. (2021). Selection Gain of Maize Haploid Inducers for the Tropical Savanna Environments. Plants. 10(12). 2812–2812. 6 indexed citations

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Frei, Ursula K., et al.. (2020). Genomic prediction of maternal haploid induction rate in maize. The Plant Genome. 13(1). e20014–e20014. 15 indexed citations

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Frei, Ursula K., et al.. (2020). Breeding Maize Maternal Haploid Inducers. Plants. 9(5). 614–614. 34 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiwei, Qiong Chen, Jihua Tang, et al.. (2019). Genetic dissection of haploid male fertility in maize ( Zea mays L.). Plant Breeding. 138(3). 259–265. 15 indexed citations

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Moore, Kenneth J., Robert P. Anex, Amani Elobeid, et al.. (2019). Regenerating Agricultural Landscapes with Perennial Groundcover for Intensive Crop Production. Agronomy. 9(8). 458–458. 45 indexed citations

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Sanchez, Darlene L., Sisi Liu, Rania Ibrahim, Michael Blanco, & Thomas Lübberstedt. (2017). Genome-wide association studies of doubled haploid exotic introgression lines for root system architecture traits in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Science. 268. 30–38. 53 indexed citations

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Osiru, D.S.O., et al.. (2016). Genetic diversity and heterotic grouping of the core set of southern African and temperate maize (Zea mays L) inbred lines using SNP markers.. Maydica. 61(1). 9. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, Thomas Lübberstedt, & Mingliang Xu. (2012). The Genetic and Molecular Basis of Plant Resistance to Pathogens. Journal of genetics and genomics. 40(1). 23–35. 81 indexed citations

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Lübberstedt, Thomas & Ursula K. Frei. (2012). Application of doubled haploids for target gene fixation in backcross programmes of maize. Plant Breeding. 131(3). 449–452. 24 indexed citations

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Andersen, Jeppe Reitan, Imad Zein, Gerhard Wenzel, et al.. (2008). Characterization of phenylpropanoid pathway genes within European maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds. BMC Plant Biology. 8(1). 2–2. 50 indexed citations

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Lübberstedt, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Development of ryegrass allele-specific (GRASP) markers for sustainable grassland improvement - a new EU framework V project.. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 39. 125–128. 7 indexed citations

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