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Erich Kombrink

Erich Kombrink

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
39
Citations
8014
World Ranking
4069
National Ranking
251

Erich Kombrink publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Kombrink sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 74 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Erich Kombrink D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Kombrink sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall

    Nicholas C. Collins;Hans Thordal-Christensen;Volker Lipka;Stephan Bau

  • Three 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligases in Arabidopsis thaliana represent two evolutionarily divergent classes in angiosperms.

    Jurgen Ehlting;Daniela Buttner;Qing Wang;Carl J. Douglas

  • Several “pathogenesis-related” proteins in potato are 1,3-β-glucanases and chitinases

    Erich Kombrink;Martin Schröder;Klaus Hahlbrock

  • Defense Responses of Plants to Pathogens

    Erich Kombrink;Imre E. Somssich

  • Jasmonates: structural requirements for lipid-derived signals active in plant stress responses and development.

    Claus Wasternack;Erich Kombrink

  • A Novel Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase Is Required for Pollen Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

    Clarice de Azevedo Souza;Sung Soo Kim;Stefanie Koch;Lucie Kienow

  • Responses of Cultured Parsley Cells to Elicitors from Phytopathogenic Fungi: Timing and Dose Dependency of Elicitor-Induced Reactions

    Erich Kombrink;Klaus Hahlbrock

  • LAP6/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE A and LAP5/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE B Encode Hydroxyalkyl α-Pyrone Synthases Required for Pollen Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Sung Soo Kim;Etienne Grienenberger;Benjamin Lallemand;Che C. Colpitts

  • The Hypersensitive Response and its Role in Local and Systemic Disease Resistance

    Erich Kombrink;Elmon Schmelzer

  • A New Type of Peroxisomal Acyl-Coenzyme A Synthetase from Arabidopsis thaliana Has the Catalytic Capacity to Activate Biosynthetic Precursors of Jasmonic Acid*

    Katja Schneider;Lucie Kienow;Elmon Schmelzer;Thomas Colby

  • The substrate specificity-determining amino acid code of 4-coumarate:CoA ligase

    Katja Schneider;Klaus Hövel;Kilian Witzel;Björn Hamberger

  • Transient Induction of Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase and 4-Coumarate: CoA Ligase mRNAs in Potato Leaves Infected with Virulent or Avirulent Races of Phytophthora infestans

    Karl-Heinrich Fritzemeier;Claude Cretin;Erich Kombrink;Frauke Rohwer

  • Differential early activation of defense-related genes in elicitor-treated parsley cells.

    Imre E. Somssich;Joachim Bollmann;Klaus Hahlbrock;Erich Kombrink

  • Xanthone biosynthesis in Hypericum perforatum cells provides antioxidant and antimicrobial protection upon biotic stress.

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  • Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Plant Defense

    E. Kombrink;I. E. Somssich

  • Uncoupling of sustained MAMP receptor signaling from early outputs in an Arabidopsis endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase II allele

    Xunli Lu;Nico Tintor;Tobias Mentzel;Erich Kombrink

  • Mutational analysis of 4-coumarate:CoA ligase identifies functionally important amino acids and verifies its close relationship to other adenylate-forming enzymes.

    Hans-Peter Stuible;Daniela Büttner;Jürgen Ehlting;Klaus Hahlbrock

  • Jasmonates meet fatty acids: functional analysis of a new acyl-coenzyme A synthetase family from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Lucie Kienow;Katja Schneider;Michael Bartsch;Hans-Peter Stuible

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of 1, 3-beta-glucanase and chitinase induction in potato leaves infected by Phytophthora infestans

    Martin Schroder;Klaus Hahlbrock;Erich Kombrink

  • Structural analysis and activation by fungal infection of a gene encoding a pathogenesis-related protein in potato.

    J L Taylor;K H Fritzemeier;I Häuser;E Kombrink

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Hahlbrock
Klaus Hahlbrock Max Planck Society
Elmon Schmelzer
Elmon Schmelzer Max Planck Society
Imre E. Somssich
Imre E. Somssich Max Planck Society
Markus Kaiser
Markus Kaiser University of Duisburg-Essen
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Dierk Scheel
Dierk Scheel Leibniz Association
Nicholas J. Kruger
Nicholas J. Kruger University of Oxford
Harry Beevers
Harry Beevers University of California, Santa Cruz
Silke Robatzek
Silke Robatzek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Carl J. Douglas
Carl J. Douglas University of British Columbia

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