2026 Alisdair R. Fernie: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	172	808	739	37	37	1445	121110
Biology and Biochemistry	181	67	60	3	3	1640	124238

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Alisdair R. Fernie is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their scientific work addresses several subfields, including:

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key research topics covered by Fernie include:

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
Plant Gene Expression Analysis
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Fernie has contributed to a number of publications. Notable recent papers include:

Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices, 2021, Nature Methods
Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry variants for metabolomics research, 2021, Nature Methods
Metabolomics in the Context of Plant Natural Products Research: From Sample Preparation to Metabolite Analysis, 2020, Metabolites
The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants, 2020, Cell
The style and substance of plant flavonoid decoration; towards defining both structure and function, 2020, Phytochemistry

Their frequent publication venues include:

The Plant Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Trends in Plant Science
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fernie are:

Saleh Alseekh
Youjun Zhang
Feng Zhu
Adriano Nunes-Nesi
Wagner L. Araújo

Among Fernie's contributions to scientific literature, a book titled Microbial Cross-talk in the Rhizosphere was published by Springer Nature in 2022.

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

10661
Citations
Gas chromatography mass spectrometry–based metabolite profiling in plants

Jan Lisec;Nicolas Schauer;Joachim Kopka;Lothar Willmitzer

2390
Citations
[email protected]: the Golm Metabolome Database

Joachim Kopka;Nicolas Schauer;Stephan Krueger;Claudia Birkemeyer

1503
Citations
Sucrose Efflux Mediated by SWEET Proteins as a Key Step for Phloem Transport

Li Qing Chen;Xiao Qing Qu;Xiao Qing Qu;Bi Huei Hou;Davide Sosso

1471
Citations
Respiratory metabolism: glycolysis, the TCA cycle and mitochondrial electron transport.

Alisdair R Fernie;Fernando Carrari;Lee J Sweetlove

1267
Citations
Metabolic Profiling Allows Comprehensive Phenotyping of Genetically or Environmentally Modified Plant Systems

Ute Roessner;Alexander Luedemann;Doreen Brust;Oliver Fiehn

1224
Citations
Metabolite profiling: from diagnostics to systems biology

Alisdair R. Fernie;Richard N. Trethewey;Arno J. Krotzky;Lothar Willmitzer

1060
Citations
Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices

Saleh Alseekh;Asaph Aharoni;Yariv Brotman;Kevin Contrepois

993
Citations
The flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis: Structural and genetic diversity

Kazuki Saito;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Ryo Nakabayashi;Yasuhiro Higashi

948
Citations
The use of metabolomics to dissect plant responses to abiotic stresses

Toshihiro Obata;Alisdair R. Fernie

944
Citations
Not just a circle: flux modes in the plant TCA cycle

Lee J. Sweetlove;Katherine F.M. Beard;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Alisdair R. Fernie

913
Citations
RobiNA: a user-friendly, integrated software solution for RNA-Seq-based transcriptomics

Marc Lohse;Anthony M. Bolger;Axel Nagel;Alisdair R. Fernie

896
Citations
Metabolic and signaling aspects underpinning the regulation of plant carbon nitrogen interactions

Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Alisdair R. Fernie;Mark Stitt

885
Citations
Comprehensive metabolic profiling and phenotyping of interspecific introgression lines for tomato improvement

Nicolas Schauer;Yaniv Semel;Ute Roessner;Amit Gur

862
Citations
GC-MS libraries for the rapid identification of metabolites in complex biological samples

Nicolas Schauer;Dirk Steinhauser;Sergej Strelkov;Dietmar Schomburg

770
Citations
Rewiring of the Fruit Metabolome in Tomato Breeding.

Guangtao Zhu;Shouchuang Wang;Zejun Huang;Shuaibin Zhang

733
Citations
Photorespiration: players, partners and origin

Hermann Bauwe;Martin Hagemann;Alisdair R. Fernie

733
Citations
Highway or byway: the metabolic role of the GABA shunt in plants

Aaron Fait;Hillel Fromm;Dirk Walter;Gad Galili

728
Citations
Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector

Armin Djamei;Kerstin Schipper;Kerstin Schipper;Kerstin Schipper;Franziska Rabe;Anupama Ghosh

683
Citations
Metabolomics-assisted breeding: a viable option for crop improvement?

Alisdair R. Fernie;Nicolas Schauer

681
Citations