Tom Gerats

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Tom Gerats is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Gerats has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Plant Science, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tom Gerats's work include Plant Reproductive Biology (24 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers). Tom Gerats is often cited by papers focused on Plant Reproductive Biology (24 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers). Tom Gerats collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and France. Tom Gerats's co-authors include Craita E. Bita, Michiel Vandenbussche, Jan Zethof, Anneke S. Rijpkema, Cathie Martin, Marc Van Montagu, Janny L. Peters, Ronald Koes, Tamara Maes and Judith Strommer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tom Gerats

59 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Plant tolerance to high temperature in a changing environment: scientific fundamentals and production of heat stress-tolerant crops

2013 1.2k citations Craita E. Bita, Tom Gerats Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Gerats Netherlands	33	3.8k	2.9k	509	342	172	59	4.6k
Colin Turnbull United Kingdom	35	6.1k 1.6×	3.5k 1.2×	1.1k 2.2×	255 0.7×	215 1.3×	87	6.8k
Helen Ougham United Kingdom	27	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	307 0.6×	280 0.8×	341 2.0×	68	3.5k
Teruaki Taji Japan	22	4.3k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	213 0.4×	202 0.6×	99 0.6×	52	4.8k
Antje Rohde Belgium	25	3.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	296 0.6×	356 1.0×	356 2.1×	40	4.9k
Susheng Gan United States	37	7.3k 1.9×	5.4k 1.9×	293 0.6×	145 0.4×	191 1.1×	60	8.1k
Ludmila Rizhsky United States	13	3.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	204 0.4×	132 0.4×	166 1.0×	17	4.3k
Lisa J. Rowland United States	36	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	280 0.6×	197 0.6×	55 0.3×	126	3.5k
Andy Pereira United States	44	7.3k 1.9×	4.4k 1.5×	285 0.6×	616 1.8×	192 1.1×	118	8.3k
Pyung Ok Lim South Korea	27	6.2k 1.6×	4.4k 1.5×	239 0.5×	123 0.4×	171 1.0×	53	6.8k
Francisco M. Cánovas Spain	40	3.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	151 0.3×	230 0.7×	181 1.1×	132	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Gerats

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Gerats

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bita, Craita E. & Tom Gerats. (2013). Plant tolerance to high temperature in a changing environment: scientific fundamentals and production of heat stress-tolerant crops. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 1245 indexed citations breakdown →

Yokota, Takao, Kyomi Shibata, Gert-Jan de Boer, et al.. (2013). Brassinosteroid biosynthesis and signalling in Petunia hybrida. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(8). 2435–2448. 17 indexed citations

Vandenbussche, Michiel, Anneke Horstman, Jan Zethof, et al.. (2009). Differential Recruitment of WOX Transcription Factors for Lateral Development and Organ Fusion in Petunia and Arabidopsis . The Plant Cell. 21(8). 2269–2283. 190 indexed citations

Rijpkema, Anneke S., Michiel Vandenbussche, Ronald Koes, Klaas Heijmans, & Tom Gerats. (2009). Variations on a theme: Changes in the floral ABCs in angiosperms. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 21(1). 100–107. 87 indexed citations

Rijpkema, Anneke S., Jan Zethof, Tom Gerats, & Michiel Vandenbussche. (2009). The petunia AGL6 gene has a SEPALLATA‐like function in floral patterning. The Plant Journal. 60(1). 1–9. 115 indexed citations

Cartolano, Maria, Rosa Castillo, Nadia Efremova, et al.. (2007). A conserved microRNA module exerts homeotic control over Petunia hybrida and Antirrhinum majus floral organ identity. Nature Genetics. 39(7). 901–905. 132 indexed citations

Rijpkema, Anneke S., Tom Gerats, & Michiel Vandenbussche. (2006). Evolutionary complexity of MADS complexes. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10(1). 32–38. 60 indexed citations

Gerats, Tom, et al.. (2005). Meiosis: Inducing Variation by Reduction. Plant Biology. 7(4). 321–341. 8 indexed citations

Ferrario, Silvia, Jacqueline Busscher, John Franken, et al.. (2004). Ectopic Expression of the Petunia MADS Box Gene UNSHAVEN Accelerates Flowering and Confers Leaf-Like Characteristics to Floral Organs in a Dominant-Negative Manner[W]. The Plant Cell. 16(6). 1490–1505. 74 indexed citations

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Vandenbussche, Michiel & Tom Gerats. (2004). TE-Based Mutagenesis Systems in Plants: A Gene Family Approach. Mobile Genetic Elements. 260. 115–128. 3 indexed citations

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Cnops, Gerda, Sara Jover‐Gil, Janny L. Peters, et al.. (2004). The rotunda2 mutants identify a role for the LEUNIG gene in vegetative leaf morphogenesis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 55(402). 1529–1539. 64 indexed citations

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Croes, A. F., et al.. (2003). In Silico Identification of Putative Regulatory Sequence Elements in the 5′-Untranslated Region of Genes That Are Expressed during Male Gametogenesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 132(1). 75–83. 17 indexed citations

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Strommer, Judith, et al.. (2002). AFLP maps of Petunia hybrida: building maps when markers cluster. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 105(6). 1000–1009. 30 indexed citations

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Maes, Tamara, et al.. (1999). Plant tagnology. Trends in Plant Science. 4(3). 90–96. 47 indexed citations

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Maes, Tamara, et al.. (1998). The Ap2-like genes of Petunia hybrida. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Claes, Bart, et al.. (1998). The expression of the salt-responsive gene sal T from rice is regulated by hormonal and developmental cues. Planta. 207(2). 172–180. 61 indexed citations

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Bentolila, Stéphane, et al.. (1998). Locating the petunia Rf gene on a 650-kb DNA fragment. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 96(6-7). 980–988. 14 indexed citations

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Breyne, Peter, Wout Boerjan, Tom Gerats, Marc Van Montagu, & Ann Van Gysel. (1997). Applications of AFLP™ in plant breeding, molecular biology and genetics. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 33 indexed citations

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Jaeger, Geert De, Emmanuel S. Buys, Dominique Eeckhout, et al.. (1997). Use of phage display for isolation and characterization of single‐chain variable fragments against dihydroflavonol 4‐reductase from Petunia hybrida. FEBS Letters. 403(2). 116–122. 14 indexed citations

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Gerats, Tom, et al.. (1993). The control of flower coloration. 219–255. 41 indexed citations

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