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D-Index
56
Citations
8258
World Ranking
1568
National Ranking
107

Ewald Komor 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 Ewald Komor sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 193 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ewald Komor 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 Ewald Komor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Biochemistry, Phloem, Botany, Sucrose and Sieve tube element. Much of his study explores Biochemistry relationship to Chlorella vulgaris. His work carried out in the field of Phloem brings together such families of science as Hypocotyl, Endosperm, Xylem and Seedling.

His work in Botany addresses issues such as Horticulture, which are connected to fields such as Luteovirus and Luteoviridae. The concepts of his Sucrose study are interwoven with issues in Sugar, Membrane potential, Centrifugation and Sucrose transport. His Sieve tube element study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Aphid, Exudate and Phloem transport.

His most cited work include:

  • Sucrose Accumulation in the Sugarcane Stem Is Regulated by the Difference between the Activities of Soluble Acid Invertase and Sucrose Phosphate Synthase (186 citations)
  • A non-invasive measurement of phloem and xylem water flow in castor bean seedlings by nuclear magnetic resonance microimaging (150 citations)
  • Sucrose uptake by cotyledons of Ricinus communis L.: Characteristics, mechanism, and regulation. (142 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Ewald Komor mainly investigates Biochemistry, Botany, Phloem, Sucrose and Sugar. The various areas that Ewald Komor examines in his Biochemistry study include Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella. His study looks at the relationship between Botany and fields such as Horticulture, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His work in Phloem addresses subjects such as Hypocotyl, which are connected to disciplines such as Endosperm. His research in Sucrose intersects with topics in Fructose, Carbohydrate and Sucrose transport. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Cotransporter, Membrane and Membrane potential.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (47.09%)
  • Botany (31.22%)
  • Phloem (24.87%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2018)?

  • Cultivar (10.58%)
  • Botany (31.22%)
  • Agronomy (7.41%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Cultivar, Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture and Sucrose are his primary areas of study. His Cultivar research incorporates elements of Titer, Virus, Plant virus and Cane. His studies deal with areas such as Sugarcane yellow leaf virus and Phylogenetics as well as Botany.

His Horticulture research includes themes of Phytoplasma and Transformation. His work on Ricinus expands to the thematically related Sucrose. His studies in Sieve tube element integrate themes in fields like Biochemistry, Amino acid transporter, Chromatography, Aphid and Methionine.

Between 2007 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • How aphids decide what is good for them: experiments to test aphid feeding behaviour on Tanacetum vulgare (L.) using different nitrogen regimes (69 citations)
  • RT-PCR and quantitative real-time RT-PCR detection of Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus (SCYLV) in symptomatic and asymptomatic plants of Hawaiian sugarcane cultivars and the correlation of SCYLV titre to yield (32 citations)
  • Diurnal changes in assimilate concentrations and fluxes in the phloem of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) and tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.). (25 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Ewald Komor focuses on Botany, Cultivar, Virus, Virology and Luteoviridae. Phloem, Sieve tube element, Aphid, Plasmodesma and Chlorophyll are among the areas of Botany where Ewald Komor concentrates his study. His research in Phloem is mostly focused on Phloem transport.

His Sieve tube element study combines topics in areas such as Ricinus and Sucrose. His Virus research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Photosynthesis and Horticulture. His research in Virology intersects with topics in ORFS, Sugar, Cane, Genotype and Polymerase chain reaction.

Best Publications

  • Sucrose Accumulation in the Sugarcane Stem Is Regulated by the Difference between the Activities of Soluble Acid Invertase and Sucrose Phosphate Synthase

    Yun J. Zhu;Ewald Komor;Paul H. Moore

  • Sucrose uptake by cotyledons of Ricinus communis L.: Characteristics, mechanism, and regulation.

    Ewald Komor

  • A non-invasive measurement of phloem and xylem water flow in castor bean seedlings by nuclear magnetic resonance microimaging

    Walter Köckenberger;J. M. Pope;Yang Xia;K. R. Jeffrey

  • The Determination of the Membrane Potential of Chlorella vulgaris

    Ewald Komor;Widmar Tanner

  • Identification of immunologically related proteins in sieve-tube exudate collected from monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants

    Christian Schobert;Lucian Baker;Judit Szederkényi;Pia Großmann

  • Proton-coupled hexose transport in Chlorella vulgaris

    Ewald Komor

  • The Hexose‐Proton Symport System of Chlorella vulgaris

    Ewald Komor;Widmar Tanner

  • The hexose-proton cotransport system of chlorella. pH-dependent change in Km values and translocation constants of the uptake system.

    Ewald Komor;Widmar Tanner

  • Growth and sugar storage in sugarcane grown at temperatures below and above optimum

    Mohsen K. H. Ebrahim;Oliver Zingsheim;Mohamed N. El-Shourbagy;Paul H. Moore

  • A proton-cotransport system in a higher plant: Sucrose transport in Ricinus communis

    Ewald Komor;Marianne Rotter;Widmar Tanner

  • Sucrose storage in cell suspension cultures of Saccharum sp. (sugarcane) is regulated by a cycle of synthesis and degradation.

    Renate Wendler;Robert Veith;Jane Dancer;Mark Stitt

  • Amino acid uptake by Ricinus communis roots: characterization and physiological significance

    Christian Schobert;Ewald Komor

  • Vacuoles from Sugarcane Suspension Cultures : I. ISOLATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION.

    Margaret Thom;Andrew Maretzki;Ewald Komor

  • Sieve-tube exudate from ricinus-communis l. seedlings contains ubiquitin and chaperones

    Christian Schobert;Pia Großmann;Maren Gottschalk;Ewald Komor

  • The mechanism of sugar uptake by sugarcane suspension cells.

    Ewald Komor;Margaret Thom;Andrew Maretzki

  • How aphids decide what is good for them: experiments to test aphid feeding behaviour on Tanacetum vulgare (L.) using different nitrogen regimes

    Heike Nowak;Ewald Komor

  • Isolation of a class II metallothionein cDNA (accession no. L02306) from Ricinus communis L.(Plant Gene Register PGR95-066)

    Alfons Weig;Ewald Komor

  • Sucrose transport into the phloem of Ricinus communis L. seedlings as measured by the analysis of sieve-tube sap

    Jose Kallarackal;Gabriele Orlich;Christian Schobert;Ewald Komor

  • Source physiology and assimilate transport: the interaction of sucrose metabolism, starch storage and phloem export in source leaves and the effects on sugar status in phloem

    Ewald Komor

  • Specific proteins in the sieve-tube exudate of Ricinus communis L. seedlings: separation, characterization and in-vivo labelling

    Thomas Sakuth;Christian Schobert;Attila Pecsvaradi;Arnulf Eichholz

  • Long-distance translocation of polyamines in phloem and xylem of Ricinus communis L. plants

    Fabiana Antognoni;Silvia Fornalè;Claudia Grimmer;Ewald Komor

  • The protonmotive potential difference across the vacuo-lysosomal membrane of Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree) and its modification by a membrane-bound adenosine triphosphatase

    B. Marin;M. Marin-Lanza;Ewald Komor

Frequent Co-Authors

Widmar Tanner
Widmar Tanner University of Regensburg
Paul H. Moore
Paul H. Moore Agricultural Research Service
Norbert Sauer
Norbert Sauer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
William J. Lucas
William J. Lucas University of California, Davis
Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan
Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Zagazig University
Mitsuo Chino
Mitsuo Chino Akita Prefectural University
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Irma Tari
Irma Tari University of Szeged
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Yang Xia
Yang Xia Zhejiang University of Technology

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