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D-Index
57
Citations
10088
World Ranking
1469
National Ranking
102

Klaus Raschke 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 Klaus Raschke sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 87 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Klaus Raschke 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 Klaus Raschke sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1974 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Biochemistry
  • Photosynthesis

His primary scientific interests are in Guard cell, Botany, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Photosynthesis. Klaus Raschke connects Guard cell with Chloride in his research. His work in the fields of Botany, such as Transpiration stream and Stomatal conductance, intersects with other areas such as Malic acid and Saturation.

His Biochemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Vicia faba, Nuclear chemistry and Titration. His work is dedicated to discovering how Biophysics, Patch clamp are connected with Hordeum vulgare, Hyperpolarization, Apoplast and Xylem and other disciplines. His Photosynthesis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Assimilation and Chlorophyll.

His most cited work include:

  • Ca2+ and nucleotide dependent regulation of voltage dependent anion channels in the plasma membrane of guard cells. (297 citations)
  • Correlation between loss of turgor and accumulation of abscisic acid in detached leaves. (244 citations)
  • Effect of Light Quality on Stomatal Opening in Leaves of Xanthium strumarium L. (193 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Biochemistry, Biophysics, Guard cell, Botany and Photosynthesis. In his study, Membrane transport, Commelina communis and Vicia faba is inextricably linked to Hordeum vulgare, which falls within the broad field of Biochemistry. His Biophysics research incorporates elements of Light intensity, Membrane and Patch clamp.

As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Guard cell, focusing on Protoplast and, on occasion, Pipette, Pentose phosphate pathway and Vesicle. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Zea mays and Horticulture. In the field of Photosynthesis, his study on Chlorophyll fluorescence overlaps with subjects such as Hexose.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (46.15%)
  • Biophysics (40.00%)
  • Guard cell (38.46%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1991-2006)?

  • Biochemistry (46.15%)
  • Biophysics (40.00%)
  • Guard cell (38.46%)

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

His primary areas of study are Biochemistry, Biophysics, Guard cell, Apoplast and Membrane potential. His work on Photosynthesis, Fructose, Phosphate and Pisum as part of general Biochemistry study is frequently linked to Vacuole, bridging the gap between disciplines. Klaus Raschke interconnects Patch clamp, Xylem and Hordeum vulgare in the investigation of issues within Biophysics.

His studies in Patch clamp integrate themes in fields like Depolarization and Inward-rectifier potassium ion channel. The concepts of his Guard cell study are interwoven with issues in Extracellular and Stereochemistry. His Membrane conductance study in the realm of Membrane potential interacts with subjects such as Malic acid.

Between 1991 and 2006, his most popular works were:

  • Ion Channels in the Xylem Parenchyma of Barley Roots. A Procedure to Isolate Protoplasts from This Tissue and a Patch-Clamp Exploration of Salt Passageways into Xylem Vessels. (193 citations)
  • Apoplastic expression of yeast-derived invertase in potato : effects on photosynthesis, leaf solute composition, water relations, and tuber composition. (127 citations)
  • A slow anion channel in guard cells, activating at large hyperpolarization, may be principal for stomatal closing (120 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Biochemistry
  • Metabolism

Klaus Raschke mainly investigates Apoplast, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Hyperpolarization and Patch clamp. His work deals with themes such as Phloem, Xylem and Hordeum vulgare, which intersect with Apoplast. He has included themes like Membrane potential, Symplast, Inward-rectifier potassium ion channel and Ion transporter in his Xylem study.

His study in the field of Invertase, Sucrose and Fructose is also linked to topics like Proline. His Biophysics study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Guard cell. His Patch clamp research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in EGTA, Stereochemistry and Depolarization.

Best Publications

  • Voltage dependence of K+ channels in guard-cell protoplasts

    Julian I. Schroeder;Klaus Raschke;Erwin Neher

  • Stomatal opening quantitatively related to potassium transport: evidence from electron probe analysis.

    G. D. Humble;K. Raschke

  • Correlation between loss of turgor and accumulation of abscisic acid in detached leaves.

    Margaret Pierce;Klaus Raschke

  • Ion Channels in the Xylem Parenchyma of Barley Roots. A Procedure to Isolate Protoplasts from This Tissue and a Patch-Clamp Exploration of Salt Passageways into Xylem Vessels.

    L. H. Wegner;K. Raschke

  • Effect of Light Quality on Stomatal Opening in Leaves of Xanthium strumarium L.

    Thomas D. Sharkey;Klaus Raschke

  • Voltage-dependent anion channels in the plasma membrane of guard cells

    Bernhard U. Keller;Rainer Hedrich;Klaus Raschke

  • Limitation of Photosynthesis by Carbon Metabolism: II. O2-Insensitive CO2 Uptake Results from Limitation Of Triose Phosphate Utilization

    Thomas D. Sharkey;Mark Stitt;Dieter Heineke;Richard Gerhardt

  • Stomatal movement in Zea mays: Shuttle of potassium and chloride between guard cells and subsidiary cells.

    Klaus Raschke;Margaret Pierce Fellows

  • Topography of Photosynthetic Activity of Leaves Obtained from Video Images of Chlorophyll Fluorescence

    Paul F. Daley;Klaus Raschke;J. Timothy Ball;Joseph A. Berry

  • Simultaneous Requirement of Carbon Dioxide and Abscisic Acid for Stomatal Closing in Xanthium strumarium L.

    Klaus Raschke

  • Heat Transfer Between the Plant and the Environment

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  • Stomatal Responses to Pressure Changes and Interruptions in the Water Supply of Detached Leaves of Zea mays L.

    Klaus Raschke

  • Temperature and Transpiration Resistances of Xanthium Leaves as Affected by Air Temperature, Humidity, and Wind Speed

    B. G. Drake;K. Raschke;F. B. Salisbury

  • Simultaneous and independent effects of abscisic acid on stomata and the photosynthetic apparatus in whole leaves

    Klaus Raschke;Rainer Hedrich

  • Apoplastic expression of yeast-derived invertase in potato : effects on photosynthesis, leaf solute composition, water relations, and tuber composition.

    Dieter Heineke;Uwe Sonnewald;Dirk Büssis;Gundula Günter

  • No uptake of anions required by opening stomata of Vicia faba: Guard cells release hydrogen ions

    K. Raschke;G. D. Humble

  • A slow anion channel in guard cells, activating at large hyperpolarization, may be principal for stomatal closing

    Birgit Linder;Klaus Raschke

  • Synthesis and metabolism of abscisic acid in detached leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. after loss and recovery of turgor.

    Margaret Pierce;Klaus Raschke

  • Separation and measurement of direct and indirect effects of light on stomata

    Thomas D. Sharkey;Klaus Raschke

  • Gain of the Feedback Loop Involving Carbon Dioxide and Stomata: Theory and Measurement

    Graham D. Farquhar;Dean R. Dubbe;Klaus Raschke

  • A voltage-dependent chloride channel in the photosynthetic membrane of a higher plant

    G. Schönknecht;G. Schönknecht;R. Hedrich;W. Junge;W. Junge;K. Raschke

  • Specificity and reversibility of the rapid stomatal response to abscisic acid.

    W. R. Cummins;H. Kende;K. Raschke

  • Effect of abscisic Acid on the gain of the feedback loop involving carbon dioxide and stomata.

    Dean R. Dubbe;Graham D. Farquhar;Klaus Raschke

  • General Mechanisms for Solute Transport Across the Tonoplast of Plant Vacuoles: a Patch‐Clamp Survey of Ion Channels and Proton Pumps

    R. Hedrich;H. Barbier-Brygoo;H. Felle;U. I. Flügge

  • Availability of Chloride Affects the Balance between Potassium Chloride and Potassium Malate in Guard Cells of Vicia faba L.

    Klaus Raschke;Heide Schnabl

  • The delivery of salts to the xylem. Three types of anion conductance in the plasmalemma of the xylem parenchyma of roots of barley.

    Barbara Köhler;Klaus Raschke

  • Rubisco activity in guard cells compared with the solute requirement for stomatal opening.

    Udo Reckmann;Renate Scheibe;Klaus Raschke

  • Presence of chloride reduces malate production in epidermis during stomatal opening

    Carol A. Van Kirk;Klaus Raschke

  • The slow and the quick anion conductance in whole guard cells: their voltage-dependent alternation, and the modulation of their activities by abscisic acid and CO2.

    Klaus Raschke;Mahbobeh Shabahang;Rupert Wolf

  • Gain of the Feedback Loop Involving Carbon Dioxide and

    Graham D. Farquhar;Dean R. Dubbe;Klaus Raschke

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Graham D. Farquhar
Graham D. Farquhar Australian National University
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Joseph A. Berry
Joseph A. Berry Carnegie Institution for Science
Thomas D. Sharkey
Thomas D. Sharkey Michigan State University
Wolfgang Junge
Wolfgang Junge Osnabrück University
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Ulrich Heber
Ulrich Heber University of Würzburg
Renate Scheibe
Renate Scheibe Osnabrück University
Uwe Sonnewald
Uwe Sonnewald University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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