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Imre E. Somssich

Imre E. Somssich

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
67
Citations
30773
World Ranking
2488
National Ranking
179

Imre E. Somssich publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Imre E. Somssich sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 111 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Imre E. Somssich D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Imre E. Somssich sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Imre E. Somssich is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their scientific contributions focus on the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific concentration in Plant Science. This research spans topics related to plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant stress responses and tolerance, as well as plant molecular biology research.

Their recent publication record includes a paper titled "Pattern recognition receptors confer plant salt tolerance via WRKY18/WRKY40 transcription factors", published in 2020 in the venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This paper has been cited multiple times, reflecting engagement from the scientific community.

Frequent co-authors in Somssich's work include:

  • Eliza P.I. Loo
  • Y Tajima
  • Kohji Yamada
  • Taishi Hirase
  • H Ariga

The publication venues associated with Somssich's research are primarily in preprint and open-access formats, with bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) being noted for recent works.

Their research contributes to understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying plant resilience to environmental stresses, especially through transcription factor-mediated regulation in response to salinity. This area intersects plant immunity and stress tolerance, important for agricultural biology and crop improvement research.

Best Publications

  • The WRKY superfamily of plant transcription factors

    Thomas Eulgem;Paul J. Rushton;Silke Robatzek;Imre E. Somssich

  • WRKY transcription factors.

    Paul J. Rushton;Imre E. Somssich;Patricia Ringler;Qingxi J. Shen

  • Networks of WRKY transcription factors in defense signaling.

    Thomas Eulgem;Imre E Somssich

  • The Role of WRKY Transcription Factors in Plant Immunity

    Shree P. Pandey;Imre E. Somssich

  • WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function

    Bekir Ülker;Imre E Somssich

  • Physical interaction between RRS1-R, a protein conferring resistance to bacterial wilt, and PopP2, a type III effector targeted to the plant nucleus.

    Laurent Deslandes;Jocelyne Olivier;Nemo Peeters;Dong Xin Feng

  • Targets of AtWRKY6 regulation during plant senescence and pathogen defense

    Silke Robatzek;Imre E. Somssich

  • Nuclear Activity of MLA Immune Receptors Links Isolate-Specific and Basal Disease-Resistance Responses

    Qian-Hua Shen;Yusuke Saijo;Stefan Mauch;Christoph Biskup

  • INTERACTION OF ELICITOR-INDUCED DNA-BINDING PROTEINS WITH ELICITOR RESPONSE ELEMENTS IN THE PROMOTERS OF PARSLEY PR1 GENES

    P. J. Rushton;J. T. Torres;M. Parniske;P. Wernert

  • Early nuclear events in plant defence signalling: rapid gene activation by WRKY transcription factors.

    Thomas Eulgem;Paul J. Rushton;Elmon Schmelzer;Klaus Hahlbrock

  • Arabidopsis WRKY33 Is a Key Transcriptional Regulator of Hormonal and Metabolic Responses toward Botrytis cinerea Infection

    Rainer P. Birkenbihl;Celia Diezel;Imre E. Somssich

  • The MAP kinase substrate MKS1 is a regulator of plant defense responses

    Erik Andreasson;Thomas Jenkins;Peter Brodersen;Stephan Thorgrimsen

  • A new member of the Arabidopsis WRKY transcription factor family, AtWRKY6, is associated with both senescence‐ and defence‐related processes

    Silke Robatzek;Imre E. Somssich

  • The Transcription Factors WRKY11 and WRKY17 Act as Negative Regulators of Basal Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Noëllie Journot-Catalino;Imre E. Somssich;Dominique Roby;Thomas Kroj

  • 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

  • Synthetic Plant Promoters Containing Defined Regulatory Elements Provide Novel Insights into Pathogen- and Wound-Induced Signaling

    Paul J. Rushton;Anja Reinstädler;Volker Lipka;Bernadette Lippok

  • Transcriptional networks in plant immunity

    Kenichi Tsuda;Imre E. Somssich

  • Pathogen defence in plants — a paradigm of biological complexity

    Imre E. Somssich;Klaus Hahlbrock

  • Transcriptional control of plant genes responsive to pathogens.

    Paul J. Rushton;Imre E. Somssich

  • Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function.

    Ingo Ciolkowski;Dierk Wanke;Rainer P. Birkenbihl;Imre E. Somssich

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Hahlbrock
Klaus Hahlbrock Max Planck Society
Elmon Schmelzer
Elmon Schmelzer Max Planck Society
Erich Kombrink
Erich Kombrink Max Planck Society
Horst Hameister
Horst Hameister University of Ulm
Yusuke Saijo
Yusuke Saijo Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Silke Robatzek
Silke Robatzek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dierk Scheel
Dierk Scheel Leibniz Association
Bernd Weisshaar
Bernd Weisshaar Bielefeld University
Laurent Deslandes
Laurent Deslandes Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society

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