William G. T. Willats

19.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
196 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

William G. T. Willats is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. T. Willats has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Plant Science, 88 papers in Molecular Biology and 65 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in William G. T. Willats's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (124 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (41 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (34 papers). William G. T. Willats is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (124 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (41 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (34 papers). William G. T. Willats collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. William G. T. Willats's co-authors include John Knox, Lesley McCartney, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, William Mackie, Jonatan U. Fangel, Susan E. Marcus, Iben Sørensen, David S. Domozych, Frederikke Gro Malinovsky and Mads H. Clausen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William G. T. Willats

194 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Pectin: cell biology and ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 2005 2011 2014 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Pectin: cell biology and prospects for functional analysis
    2001 833 citations William G. T. Willats, Lesley McCartney et al. profile →
  2. Pectin: cell biology and prospects for functional analysis
    2001 824 citations William G. T. Willats, Lesley McCartney et al. profile →
  3. Pectin: new insights into an old polymer are starting to gel
    2005 731 citations William G. T. Willats, John Knox et al. profile →
  4. Evolution and Diversity of Plant Cell Walls: From Algae to Flowering Plants
    2011 532 citations Gurvan Michel, Cécile Hervé et al. profile →
  5. The role of the cell wall in plant immunity
    2014 367 citations Jonatan U. Fangel, William G. T. Willats et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William G. T. Willats Denmark 62 10.7k 5.9k 3.0k 1.8k 1.3k 196 14.6k
Antony Bacic Australia 77 13.9k 1.3× 8.6k 1.5× 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.6× 345 20.1k
Nicholas C. Carpita United States 61 11.6k 1.1× 5.0k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 2.7k 1.5× 1.9k 1.4× 155 14.7k
Stephen C. Fry United Kingdom 67 14.9k 1.4× 5.9k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 3.0k 1.7× 2.7k 2.0× 269 17.8k
Alan G. Darvill United States 66 12.4k 1.2× 5.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.7× 170 15.0k
Malcolm A. O’Neill United States 45 7.7k 0.7× 2.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 100 9.3k
Michael G. Hahn United States 61 8.6k 0.8× 6.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.3× 2.8k 1.6× 762 0.6× 221 12.7k
Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen Denmark 44 5.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 945 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 121 8.2k
Pedro M. Coutinho France 58 5.6k 0.5× 10.7k 1.8× 1.8k 0.6× 4.8k 2.7× 2.7k 2.0× 121 18.4k
Peter Ulvskov Denmark 38 4.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 688 0.5× 90 6.5k
Vincent Lombard France 31 4.5k 0.4× 8.8k 1.5× 1.6k 0.5× 4.2k 2.4× 2.5k 1.9× 59 15.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yau, Hamish C. L., et al.. (2024). Enzymatic modification of cotton fibre polysaccharides as an enabler of sustainable laundry detergents. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22049–22049.
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Tétard‐Jones, Catherine, William G. T. Willats, Susan E. Marcus, et al.. (2024). Structural dissection of two redox proteins from the shipworm symbiont Teredinibacter turnerae. IUCrJ. 11(2). 260–274. 2 indexed citations
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Fangel, Jonatan U., Klavs Martin Sørensen, Niels Jacobsen, et al.. (2024). The legacy of terrestrial plant evolution on cell wall fine structure. Plant Cell & Environment. 47(4). 1238–1254. 8 indexed citations
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Jones, Catherine S., Jozef Mravec, Stjepan Krešimir Kračun, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal regulation of alginate sub-structures at multiple scales revealed by monoclonal antibodies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100136–100136. 1 indexed citations
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Peaucelle, Alexis, et al.. (2022). Contrasting Cd accumulation of Arabidopsis halleri populations: a role for (1→4)-β-galactan in pectin. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 445. 130581–130581. 3 indexed citations
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Gómez‐Plaza, Encarna, Julia Schückel, William G. T. Willats, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Hydrolytic Enzymes on Tannin Adsorption-Desorption onto Grape Cell Walls in a Wine-Like Matrix. Molecules. 26(3). 770–770. 11 indexed citations
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Mikkelsen, Maria Dalgaard, Jesper Harholt, Bjørge Westereng, et al.. (2021). Ancient origin of fucosylated xyloglucan in charophycean green algae. Communications Biology. 4(1). 754–754. 25 indexed citations
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Holmes, Ashleigh, Yannick Rossez, Kathryn M. Wright, et al.. (2020). Escherichia coli O157:H7 F9 Fimbriae Recognize Plant Xyloglucan and Elicit a Response in Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(24). 9720–9720. 5 indexed citations
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Michalak, Leszek, John Christian Gaby, Leidy Lagos, et al.. (2020). Microbiota-directed fibre activates both targeted and secondary metabolic shifts in the distal gut. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5773–5773. 58 indexed citations
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Parsons, Harriet T., Tim J. Stevens, Heather E. McFarlane, et al.. (2019). Separating Golgi Proteins from Cis to Trans Reveals Underlying Properties of Cisternal Localization. The Plant Cell. 31(9). 2010–2034. 36 indexed citations
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Guo, Xiaoyuan, Stéphane Bourot, Frank Meulewaeter, et al.. (2019). Metabolism of polysaccharides in dynamic middle lamellae during cotton fibre development. Planta. 249(5). 1565–1581. 8 indexed citations
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Guo, Xiaoyuan, Jesper Harholt, Jozef Mravec, et al.. (2019). Extensin arabinoside chain length is modulated in elongating cotton fibre. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100033–100033. 9 indexed citations
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Storme, Nico De, Rebecca Van Acker, Jonatan U. Fangel, et al.. (2018). Polyploidy Affects Plant Growth and Alters Cell Wall Composition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 179(1). 74–87. 167 indexed citations
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Mravec, Jozef, Xiaoyuan Guo, Aleksander Riise Hansen, et al.. (2017). Pea Border Cell Maturation and Release Involve Complex Cell Wall Structural Dynamics. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2). 1051–1066. 35 indexed citations
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Rydahl, Maja Gro, Stjepan Krešimir Kračun, Jonatan U. Fangel, et al.. (2017). Development of novel monoclonal antibodies against starch and ulvan - implications for antibody production against polysaccharides with limited immunogenicity. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9326–9326. 20 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Ellis C., Sakonwan Kuhaudomlarp, Martin Rejzek, et al.. (2017). Exploring the Glycans of Euglena gracilis. Biology. 6(4). 45–45. 34 indexed citations
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Rossez, Yannick, Ashleigh Holmes, Eliza B. Wolfson, et al.. (2013). Flagella interact with ionic plant lipids to mediate adherence of pathogenic Escherichia coli to fresh produce plants. Environmental Microbiology. 16(7). 2181–2195. 29 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Iben, Henriette L. Pedersen, & William G. T. Willats. (2008). An array of possibilities for pectin. Carbohydrate Research. 344(14). 1872–1878. 20 indexed citations
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Clausen, Mads H., Marie‐Christine Ralet, William G. T. Willats, et al.. (2004). A monoclonal antibody to feruloylated-(1?4)-?-d-galactan. Planta. 219(6). 1036–1041. 41 indexed citations

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