2026 J. Schell: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	45	2802	172	78	8976

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Japan Prize for the establishment of the theory and method of the production of transgenic plants.
1990 - Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his pioneering work in genetic transformation of plants, thereby opening up new horizons in basic plant science and breeding.

Best Publications

Transfection and transformation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

M. Holsters;D. de Waele;A. Depicker;E. Messens

1347
Citations
Chimeric genes as dominant selectable markers in plant cells

L. Herrera-Estrella;M. De Block;E. Messens;J.-P. Hernalsteens

717
Citations
Expression of foreign genes in regenerated plants and in their progeny.

Marc De Block;Luis Herrera-Estrella;Marc Van Montagu;Jeff Schell

638
Citations
Independent and synergistic activity of rol A, B and C loci in stimulating abnormal growth in plants.

A. Spena;T. Schmülling;C. Koncz;J. S. Schell

569
Citations
Intergeneric transfer and exchange recombination of restriction fragments cloned in pBR322: a novel strategy for the reversed genetics of the Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

E Van Haute;H Joos;M Maes;G Warren

464
Citations
Uptake, integration, expression and genetic transmission of a selectable chimaeric gene by plant protoplasts

Rüdiger Hain;Priska Stabel;Armin P Czernilofsky;Hans-Henning Steinbiß

375
Citations
Nucleotide sequence and transcript map of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid-encoded octopine synthase gene.

Unknown

288
Citations
Light-inducible and chloroplast-associated expression of a chimaeric gene introduced into Nicotiana tabacum using a Ti plasmid vector

L. Herrera-Estrella;G. Van den Broeck;R. Maenhaut;M. Van Montagu

281
Citations
Light regulation of plant gene expression by an upstream enhancer-like element

M. P. Timko;A. P. Kausch;C. Castresana;J. Fassler

233
Citations
A CACGTG motif of the Antirrhinum majus chalcone synthase promoter is recognized by an evolutionarily conserved nuclear protein

Dorothee Staiger;Hildegard Kaulen;Jeff Schell

214
Citations
Size, location and polarity of T-DNA-encoded transcripts in nopaline crown gall tumors; common transcripts in octopine and nopaline tumors.

L. Willmitzer;P. Dhaese;P.H. Schreier;W. Schmalenbach

205
Citations
Promoters of the rolA, B, and C genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenesare differentially regulated in transgenic plants.

Thomas Schmulling;Jeff Schell;Angelo Spena

191
Citations
Site-specific mutagenesis of Agrobacterium Ti plasmids and transfer of genes to plant cells.

J Leemans;C Shaw;R Deblaere;H De Greve

189
Citations
Light-inducible and tissue-specific pea lhcp gene expression involves an upstream element combining enhancer- and silencer-like properties

J. Simpson;J. Schell;M. Van Montagu;L. Herrera-Estrella

147
Citations
Construction of a heat-inducible chimaeric gene to increase the cytokinin content in transgenic plant tissue

T. Schmülling;S. Beinsberger;J. De Greef;J. Schell

147
Citations
PERTURBATION OF THE UBIQUITIN SYSTEM CAUSES LEAF CURLING, VASCULAR TISSUE ALTERATIONS AND NECROTIC LESIONS IN A HIGHER PLANT

A. Bachmair;F. Becker;R. V. Masterson;J. Schell

146
Citations
Wound-induced expression of a potato proteinase inhibitor II gene in transgenic tobacco plants

Jose J. Sanchez-Serrano;Michael Keil;Aileen O'Connor;Jeff Schell

136
Citations
T-DNA gene 5 of Agrobacterium modulates auxin response by autoregulated synthesis of a growth hormone antagonist in plants.

Henrike Körber;Nicolai Strizhov;Dorothee Staiger;Joachim Feldwisch

133
Citations
An analysis of the boundaries of the octopine TL-DNA in tumors induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

M. Holsters;R. Villarroel;J. Gielen;J. Seurinck

128
Citations
DNA Flux Across Genetic Barriers: The Crown Gall Phenomenon

G. Gheysen;P. Dhaese;M. Van Montagu;J. Schell

126
Citations