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Frans J. M. Maathuis

Frans J. M. Maathuis

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
20509
World Ranking
9484
National Ranking
724

Frans J. M. Maathuis publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frans J. M. Maathuis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 125 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Frans J. M. Maathuis D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frans J. M. Maathuis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Frans J. M. Maathuis is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specialization in Plant Science. They have contributed extensively to topics including aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, plant stress responses and tolerance, silicon effects in agriculture, geochemistry and elemental analysis, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, plant micronutrient interactions and effects, and plant responses to water stress.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of plant science and stress physiology. Selected papers include:

  • "Is Silicon a Panacea for Alleviating Drought and Salt Stress in Crops?" (2020), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "The role of roots and rhizosphere in providing tolerance to toxic metals and metalloids" (2021), Plant Cell & Environment
  • "The combined use of silicon and arbuscular mycorrhizas to mitigate salinity and drought stress in rice" (2022), Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • "A curated list of genes that affect the plant ionome" (2020), Plant Direct
  • "The Effect of Silicon on Osmotic and Drought Stress Tolerance in Wheat Landraces" (2021), Plants

Their frequent co-authors include Sarah J. Thorne, Susan E. Hartley, Dorina Podar, Hassan Etesami, and Gulnaz Bibi. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships in research areas related to plant stress and nutrient dynamics.

Maathuis has published multiple articles in prominent venues such as Frontiers in Plant Science and the Journal of Plant Research, alongside contributions to Plant Cell & Environment, Environmental and Experimental Botany, and Plant Direct.

Their research integrates various subfields, notably geochemistry and petrology, pollution, environmental chemistry, and biomaterials, with a total of 33 publications in plant science. This interdisciplinary approach supports a detailed investigation into elemental interactions and stress tolerance mechanisms in plants.

Key topics of their work include:

  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Plant stress responses and tolerance
  • Silicon effects in agriculture
  • Geochemistry and elemental analysis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant micronutrient interactions and effects
  • Plant responses to water stress

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis

    Pascal Mäser;Sébastien Thomine;Julian I. Schroeder;John M. Ward

  • K + Nutrition and Na + Toxicity: The Basis of Cellular K + /Na + Ratios

    Frans J.M Maathuis;Anna Amtmann

  • Physiological functions of mineral macronutrients.

    Frans J M Maathuis

  • Arsenic hazards: strategies for tolerance and remediation by plants

    Rudra D. Tripathi;Sudhakar Srivastava;Seema Mishra;Nandita Singh

  • Physiological roles of nonselective cation channels in plants: from salt stress to signalling and development

    Vadim Demidchik;Frans J. M. Maathuis

  • The vacuolar Ca2+-activated channel TPC1 regulates germination and stomatal movement.

    Edgar Peiter;Frans J. M. Maathuis;Lewis N. Mills;Heather Knight

  • Sodium in plants: perception, signalling, and regulation of sodium fluxes

    Frans J. M. Maathuis

  • Mechanisms of potassium absorption by higher plant roots

    Frans J. M. Maathuis;Dale Sanders

  • A role for HKT1 in sodium uptake by wheat roots

    Sophie Laurie;Kevin A. Feeney;Frans J. M. Maathuis;Peter J. Heard

  • Transcriptome analysis of root transporters reveals participation of multiple gene families in the response to cation stress

    Frans J. M. Maathuis;Victor Filatov;Pawel Herzyk;Gerard C. Krijger

  • Over-expression of an Na+-and K+-permeable HKT transporter in barley improves salt tolerance.

    Afaq Mian;Ronald J.F.J. Oomen;Stanislav Isayenkov;Hervé Sentenac

  • The Heat Shock Response in Moss Plants Is Regulated by Specific Calcium-Permeable Channels in the Plasma Membrane

    Younousse Saidi;Younousse Saidi;Andrija Finka;Maude Muriset;Zohar Bromberg

  • Sodium Uptake in Arabidopsis Roots Is Regulated by Cyclic Nucleotides

    Frans J.M. Maathuis;Dale Sanders

  • Plasma Membrane Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Calcium Channels Control Land Plant Thermal Sensing and Acquired Thermotolerance

    Andrija Finka;America Farinia Henriquez Cuendet;Frans J.M. Maathuis;Younousse Saidi;Younousse Saidi

  • A secretory pathway-localized cation diffusion facilitator confers plant manganese tolerance

    Edgar Peiter;Barbara Montanini;Anthony Gobert;Pai Pedas

  • The two-pore channel TPK1 gene encodes the vacuolar K+ conductance and plays a role in K+ homeostasis

    Anthony Gobert;Stanislav Isayenkov;Camilla Voelker;Katrin Czempinski

  • Arabidopsis thaliana cyclic nucleotide gated channel 3 forms a non-selective ion transporter involved in germination and cation transport.

    Anthony Gobert;Graeme Park;Anna Amtmann;Dale Sanders

  • CNGCs: prime targets of plant cyclic nucleotide signalling?

    Ina N. Talke;Damien Blaudez;Frans J.M. Maathuis;Dale Sanders

  • Mechanism of high-affinity potassium uptake in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Frans J. M. Maathuis;Dale Sanders

  • Roles of higher plant K+ channels.

    F. J. M. Maathuis;A. M. Ichida;D. Sanders;J. I. Schroeder

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale Sanders
Dale Sanders John Innes Centre
Vadim Demidchik
Vadim Demidchik Foshan University
Anna Amtmann
Anna Amtmann University of Glasgow
Edgar Peiter
Edgar Peiter Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Hillel Fromm
Hillel Fromm Tel Aviv University
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
Philip J. White
Philip J. White James Hutton Institute
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Ramanjulu Sunkar
Ramanjulu Sunkar Oklahoma State University

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