2026 Hans Weber: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	73	5909	5450	423	400	244	20037

Overview

Hans Weber is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research spans several fields within agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to plant science and agronomy and crop science. They also have publications intersecting with mathematics, specifically algebra and number theory, and topics related to immunology and allergy.

The main topics in Weber's research include:

Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
Celiac Disease Research and Management
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Garlic and Onion Studies
Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
Bioenergy Crop Production and Management
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research

Weber's publication record includes works in diverse scientific venues. Frequent publication venues are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Plant-Environment Interactions
npj Science of Food
The Plant Journal

Their recent publications include:

"Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Breeding from 1891 to 2010 Contributed to Increasing Yield and Glutenin Contents but Decreasing Protein and Gliadin Contents," 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
"The da1 mutation in wheat increases grain size under ambient and elevated CO₂ but not grain yield due to trade-off between grain size and grain number," 2021, Plant-Environment Interactions
"Breeding from 1891 to 2010 did not increase the content of amylase/trypsin-inhibitors in wheat (Triticum aestivum)," 2023, npj Science of Food
"Barley HISTIDINE KINASE 1 (HvHK1) coordinates transfer cell specification in the young endosperm," 2020, The Plant Journal
"Field trials reveal trade-offs between grain size and grain number in wheat ectopically expressing a barley sucrose transporter," 2024, Field Crops Research

Weber has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among them:

Heiko Weichert
Darina Pronin
Andreas Börner
Katharina Anne Scherf
Kevin Abela

Best Publications

Differential Gene Expression in Response to Mechanical Wounding and Insect Feeding in Arabidopsis

Philippe Reymond;Hans Weber;Martine Damond;Edward E. Farmer

1580
Citations
Auxin response factors ARF6 and ARF8 promote jasmonic acid production and flower maturation

Punita Nagpal;Christine M. Ellis;Hans Weber;Sara E. Ploense

869
Citations
Plant defense in the absence of jasmonic acid: the role of cyclopentenones.

Annick Stintzi;Hans Weber;Philippe Reymond;John Browse

817
Citations
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF LEGUME SEED DEVELOPMENT

Hans Weber;Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Ulrich Wobus

619
Citations
Dinor-oxo-phytodienoic acid: a new hexadecanoid signal in the jasmonate family.

Hans Weber;Brady A. Vick;Edward E. Farmer

398
Citations
Sugar import and metabolism during seed development

Hans Weber;Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Ulrich Wobus

346
Citations
Sucrose transport into barley seeds: molecular characterization of two transporters and implications for seed development and starch accumulation

Winfriede Weschke;Reinhard Panitz;Norbert Sauer;Qing Wang

335
Citations
Selective and powerful stress gene expression in Arabidopsis in response to malondialdehyde.

Hans Weber;Aurore Chételat;Philippe Reymond;Edward E. Farmer

328
Citations
A role for sugar transporters during seed development: molecular characterization of a hexose and a sucrose carrier in fava bean seeds.

H Weber;L Borisjuk;U Heim;N Sauer

316
Citations
Seed coat-associated invertases of fava bean control both unloading and storage functions: cloning of cDNAs and cell type-specific expression.

Hans Weber;Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Ute Heim;Peter Buchner

282
Citations
Controlling seed development and seed size in Vicia faba: a role for seed coat‐associated invertases and carbohydrate state

Hans Weber;Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Ulrich Wobus

278
Citations
A sucrose-synthase gene of Vicia faba L.: expression pattern in developing seeds in relation to starch synthesis and metabolic regulation.

Ute Heim;Hans Weber;Helmut Bäumlein;Ulrich Wobus

276
Citations
The role of invertases and hexose transporters in controlling sugar ratios in maternal and filial tissues of barley caryopses during early development

Winfriede Weschke;Reinhard Panitz;Sabine Gubatz;Qing Wang

272
Citations
Sugars as signal molecules in plant seed development.

U. Wobus;H. Weber

258
Citations
High‐resolution histographical mapping of glucose concentrations in developing cotyledons of Vicia faba in relation to mitotic activity and storage processes: glucose as a possible developmental trigger

Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Stefan Walenta;Hans Weber;Wolfgang Mueller-Klieser

215
Citations
Fatty acid signaling in Arabidopsis.

Edward E. Farmer;Hans Weber;Sabine Vollenweider

214
Citations
Seed development and differentiation: a role for metabolic regulation.

L. Borisjuk;H. Rolletschek;R. Radchuk;W. Weschke

202
Citations
Seed maturation: genetic programmes and control signals

Ulrich Wobus;Hans Weber

199
Citations
Legume embryos develop in a hypoxic environment

Hardy Rolletschek;Ljudmilla Borisjuk;Matthias Koschorreck;Ulrich Wobus

181
Citations
Divinyl Ether Fatty Acid Synthesis in Late Blight-Diseased

Hans Weber;Aurore Chetelat;Daniela Caldelari;Edward E. Farmer

0
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