Ykä Helariutta

23.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
116 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Ykä Helariutta is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ykä Helariutta has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Plant Science, 86 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ykä Helariutta's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (95 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (58 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (40 papers). Ykä Helariutta is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (95 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (58 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (40 papers). Ykä Helariutta collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and United States. Ykä Helariutta's co-authors include Ari Pekka Mähönen, Philip N. Benfey, Joanna Wysocka‐Diller, Kaisa Nieminen, Marie‐Theres Hauser, Anthony Bishopp, Hidehiro Fukaki, Jocelyn Malamy, Paula Elomaa and Martin Bonke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ykä Helariutta

115 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The SHORT-ROOT Gene Controls Radial Patterning of the Arabidopsis Root through Radial Signaling

2000 869 citations Ykä Helariutta et al. profile →
The SCARECROW Gene Regulates an Asymmetric Cell Division That Is Essential for Generating the Radial Organization of the Arabidopsis Root

1996 855 citations Ykä Helariutta et al. profile →
Cell signalling by microRNA165/6 directs gene dose-dependent root cell fate

2010 664 citations Ji‐Young Lee, Satu Lehesranta et al. profile →
In planta functions of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptor family

2004 550 citations Masayuki Higuchi, Ari Pekka Mähönen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions ^F

2013 548 citations Ykä Helariutta, Xin‐Qiang He et al. profile →
Identification of factors required for m ⁶ A mRNA methylation in Arabidopsis reveals a role for the conserved E3 ubiquitin ligase HAKAI

2017 371 citations Kamil Růžička, Mi Zhang et al. New Phytologist profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ykä Helariutta Finland	59	11.4k	8.9k	466	276	225	116	13.0k
Reinhard Jetter Canada	49	8.0k 0.7×	4.5k 0.5×	665 1.4×	303 1.1×	361 1.6×	123	10.3k
Christian Fankhauser Switzerland	70	14.6k 1.3×	11.8k 1.3×	435 0.9×	156 0.6×	70 0.3×	113	16.8k
Jiawei Wang China	46	10.1k 0.9×	9.2k 1.0×	431 0.9×	89 0.3×	50 0.2×	164	13.1k
Rishikesh P. Bhalerao Sweden	59	11.8k 1.0×	8.5k 1.0×	626 1.3×	769 2.8×	303 1.3×	130	13.4k
Hiroo Fukuda Japan	68	14.8k 1.3×	12.5k 1.4×	634 1.4×	245 0.9×	178 0.8×	255	17.1k
Jérôme Pelloux France	31	5.4k 0.5×	3.5k 0.4×	215 0.5×	140 0.5×	64 0.3×	62	6.9k
Siobhán M. Brady United States	41	6.6k 0.6×	4.9k 0.6×	254 0.5×	164 0.6×	56 0.2×	99	8.1k
Ljerka Kunst Canada	47	7.7k 0.7×	5.4k 0.6×	353 0.8×	160 0.6×	239 1.1×	89	9.8k
Lacey Samuels Canada	52	7.9k 0.7×	5.7k 0.6×	373 0.8×	186 0.7×	192 0.9×	98	10.3k
José R. Dinneny United States	38	6.1k 0.5×	4.2k 0.5×	274 0.6×	150 0.5×	90 0.4×	67	7.7k

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Ming, Feng, Amrit K. Nanda, Frauke Augstein, et al.. (2025). The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 37(12).

Chong, Sun‐Li, Kean‐Jin Lim, Juha Immanen, et al.. (2025). Gene regulatory network analysis of silver birch reveals the ancestral state of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in core eudicots. New Phytologist. 246(5). 2059–2074. 1 indexed citations

Su, Chang, et al.. (2023). Cella: 3D data visualization for plant single‐cell transcriptomics in Blender. Physiologia Plantarum. 175(6). e14068–e14068. 2 indexed citations

Devers, Emanuel A., Christopher A. Brosnan, Alexis Sarazin, et al.. (2023). In planta dynamics, transport biases, and endogenous functions of mobile siRNAs in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 115(5). 1377–1393. 10 indexed citations

Pěnčík, Aleš, et al.. (2023). N6-adenosine methylation of mRNA integrates multilevel auxin response and ground tissue development in Arabidopsis. Development. 150(19). 6 indexed citations

Otero, Sofía, Pawel Roszak, Valerio Di Vittori, et al.. (2022). A root phloem pole cell atlas reveals common transcriptional states in protophloem-adjacent cells. Nature Plants. 8(8). 954–970. 36 indexed citations

Fernie, Alisdair R., C. Bachem, Ykä Helariutta, et al.. (2020). Synchronization of developmental, molecular and metabolic aspects of source–sink interactions. Nature Plants. 6(2). 55–66. 144 indexed citations

Chen, Jiajia, Juha Immanen, Kaisa Nieminen, et al.. (2019). Differential regulation of auxin and cytokinin during the secondary vascular tissue regeneration inPopulustrees. New Phytologist. 224(1). 188–201. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, Gugan Eswaran, Juan Alonso‐Serra, et al.. (2019). Transcriptional regulatory framework for vascular cambium development in Arabidopsis roots. Nature Plants. 5(10). 1033–1042. 85 indexed citations

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Kücükoglu, Melis, Salma Chaabouni, Bo Zheng, et al.. (2019). Peptide encoding Populus CLV3/ESR‐RELATED 47 (PttCLE47) promotes cambial development and secondary xylem formation in hybrid aspen. New Phytologist. 226(1). 75–85. 23 indexed citations

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Yan, Dawei, Shri Ram Yadav, Andrea Paterlini, et al.. (2019). Sphingolipid biosynthesis modulates plasmodesmal ultrastructure and phloem unloading. Nature Plants. 5(6). 604–615. 69 indexed citations

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Petterle, Anna, Salla Marttila, Pál Miskolczi, et al.. (2018). Photoperiodic control of seasonal growth is mediated by ABA acting on cell-cell communication. Science. 360(6385). 212–215. 275 indexed citations

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Chiatante, Donato, Mattia Terzaghi, Kaisa Nieminen, et al.. (2018). Transcription factors PRE3 and WOX11 are involved in the formation of new lateral roots from secondary growth taproot in A. thaliana. Plant Biology. 20(3). 426–432. 36 indexed citations

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Růžička, Kamil, Mi Zhang, Ana Campilho, et al.. (2017). Identification of factors required for m ⁶ A mRNA methylation in Arabidopsis reveals a role for the conserved E3 ubiquitin ligase HAKAI. New Phytologist. 215(1). 157–172. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ross-Elliott, Timothy J, Kaare H. Jensen, Jan Knoblauch, et al.. (2017). Phloem unloading in Arabidopsis roots is convective and regulated by the phloem-pole pericycle. eLife. 6. 183 indexed citations

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Wrzaczek, Michael, Julia P. Vainonen, Simon Stael, et al.. (2014). GRIM REAPER peptide binds to receptor kinase PRK 5 to trigger cell death in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal. 34(1). 55–66. 80 indexed citations

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Elo, Annakaisa, Juha Immanen, Kaisa Nieminen, & Ykä Helariutta. (2009). Stem cell function during plant vascular development. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 20(9). 1097–1106. 67 indexed citations

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Parizot, Boris, Laurent Laplaze, Elodie Boucheron‐Dubuisson, et al.. (2007). Diarch Symmetry of the Vascular Bundle in Arabidopsis Root Encompasses the Pericycle and Is Reflected in Distich Lateral Root Initiation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 146(1). 140–148. 129 indexed citations

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Toikkanen, Jaana, Marja‐Leena Niku‐Paavola, Michael Bailey, et al.. (2007). Expression of xyloglucan endotransglycosylases of Gerbera hybrida and Betula pendula in Pichia pastoris. Journal of Biotechnology. 130(2). 161–170. 7 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Masayuki, Ari Pekka Mähönen, Kaori Miyawaki, et al.. (2004). In planta functions of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptor family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(23). 8821–8826. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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