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Germany
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
165
Citations
92343
World Ranking
7
National Ranking
2

Mark Stitt 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 Mark Stitt sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 497 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Mark Stitt 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 Mark Stitt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 165 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Metabolism

Mark Stitt mainly investigates Biochemistry, Photosynthesis, Metabolism, Arabidopsis and Botany. His work on Biochemistry deals in particular with Sucrose, Chloroplast, Enzyme, Nitrogen assimilation and Nitrate reductase. His Photosynthesis research includes themes of Invertase, Carbohydrate metabolism and Chlorophyll.

His work focuses on many connections between Metabolism and other disciplines, such as Amino acid, that overlap with his field of interest in Metabolic pathway. His study on Arabidopsis also encompasses disciplines like

  • Arabidopsis thaliana that intertwine with fields like Sugar and Metabolite,
  • Enzyme assay, which have a strong connection to Phosphoglucomutase and Sucrose-phosphate synthase. His Botany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Starch and Nicotiana tabacum.

His most cited work include:

  • MAPMAN: a user-driven tool to display genomics data sets onto diagrams of metabolic pathways and other biological processes (2480 citations)
  • Genome-Wide Identification and Testing of Superior Reference Genes for Transcript Normalization in Arabidopsis (2311 citations)
  • [email protected]: the Golm Metabolome Database (985 citations)

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

Biochemistry, Photosynthesis, Sucrose, Botany and Arabidopsis are his primary areas of study. His research related to Metabolism, Starch, Fructose, Sucrose-phosphate synthase and Metabolite might be considered part of Biochemistry. His study looks at the relationship between Photosynthesis and fields such as Spinach, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His Sucrose research includes elements of Sugar, Trehalose, Carbohydrate and Hexose. The study incorporates disciplines such as Nitrate and Horticulture in addition to Botany. His Arabidopsis study combines topics in areas such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Cell biology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (54.89%)
  • Photosynthesis (29.31%)
  • Sucrose (22.87%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Arabidopsis (20.17%)
  • Biochemistry (54.89%)
  • Botany (21.62%)

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

Mark Stitt mostly deals with Arabidopsis, Biochemistry, Botany, Photosynthesis and Arabidopsis thaliana. Mark Stitt has included themes like Proteome, Circadian clock and Cell biology in his Arabidopsis study. His study in Sucrose, Metabolite, Enzyme, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is carried out as part of his studies in Biochemistry.

His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Phosphorus and Transcriptional regulation. The various areas that Mark Stitt examines in his Photosynthesis study include Metabolic pathway and Metabolism. His Arabidopsis thaliana study incorporates themes from Starch and Protein biosynthesis.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Regulation of Flowering by Trehalose-6-Phosphate Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana (397 citations)
  • Mercator: a fast and simple web server for genome scale functional annotation of plant sequence data (339 citations)
  • Trehalose metabolism in plants (277 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Metabolism

His primary areas of study are Biochemistry, Arabidopsis, Botany, Photosynthesis and Arabidopsis thaliana. His Biochemistry and Sucrose, Metabolite, Metabolism, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Mutant investigations all form part of his Biochemistry research activities. In Sucrose, Mark Stitt works on issues like Trehalose, which are connected to Sugar.

Mark Stitt combines subjects such as Evolutionary biology, Intracellular and Starch with his study of Arabidopsis. His Botany research integrates issues from Regulation of gene expression and Agronomy. His studies in Photosynthesis integrate themes in fields like Arid, Crop yield and Nitrogen cycle.

Best Publications

  • Genome-Wide Identification and Testing of Superior Reference Genes for Transcript Normalization in Arabidopsis

    Tomasz Czechowski;Mark Stitt;Thomas Altmann;Michael K. Udvardi

  • MAPMAN: a user-driven tool to display genomics data sets onto diagrams of metabolic pathways and other biological processes

    Oliver Thimm;Oliver Bläsing;Yves Gibon;Axel Nagel

  • Rising Co2 Levels and Their Potential Significance for Carbon Flow in Photosynthetic Cells

    M. Stitt

  • Genome-Wide Reprogramming of Primary and Secondary Metabolism, Protein Synthesis, Cellular Growth Processes, and the Regulatory Infrastructure of Arabidopsis in Response to Nitrogen

    Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible;Rosa Morcuende;Tomasz Czechowski;Christina Fritz

  • Coordination of carbon supply and plant growth

    Alison M. Smith;Mark Stitt

  • PHO2, MicroRNA399, and PHR1 Define a Phosphate-Signaling Pathway in Plants

    Rajendra Bari;Bikram Datt Pant;Mark Stitt;Wolf-Riidiger Scheible

  • The interaction between elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen nutrition: the physiological and molecular background

    Mark Stitt;Annemarie Krapp

  • The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

    Nate G. McDowell;David J. Beerling;David D. Breshears;Rosie A. Fisher

  • Starch turnover: pathways, regulation and role in growth.

    Mark Stitt;Samuel C Zeeman

  • Metabolic and signaling aspects underpinning the regulation of plant carbon nitrogen interactions

    Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Alisdair R. Fernie;Mark Stitt

  • Nitrate regulation of metabolism and growth.

    Mark Stitt

  • Sugars and Circadian Regulation Make Major Contributions to the Global Regulation of Diurnal Gene Expression in Arabidopsis

    Oliver E. Bläsing;Yves Gibon;Manuela Günther;Melanie Höhne

  • Regulation of Flowering by Trehalose-6-Phosphate Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Vanessa Wahl;Jathish Ponnu;Armin Schlereth;Stéphanie Arrivault

  • Metabolite levels in specific cells and subcellular compartments of plant leaves

    Mark Stitt;Ross McC. Lilley;Richard Gerhardt;Hans W. Heldt

  • Steps towards an integrated view of nitrogen metabolism

    Mark Stitt;Cathrin Müller;Petra Matt;Yves Gibon

  • Nitrate Acts as a Signal to Induce Organic Acid Metabolism and Repress Starch Metabolism in Tobacco.

    Wolf-Rudiger Scheible;Agustin Gonzalez-Fontes;Marianne Lauerer;Bernd Muller-Rober

  • A Robot-Based Platform to Measure Multiple Enzyme Activities in Arabidopsis Using a Set of Cycling Assays: Comparison of Changes of Enzyme Activities and Transcript Levels during Diurnal Cycles and in Prolonged Darkness

    Yves Gibon;Oliver E. Blaesing;Jan Hannemann;Petronia Carillo

  • Real-time RT-PCR profiling of over 1400 Arabidopsis transcription factors: unprecedented sensitivity reveals novel root- and shoot-specific genes

    Tomasz Czechowski;Rajendra P. Bari;Mark Stitt;Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible

  • Circadian control of carbohydrate availability for growth in Arabidopsis plants at night

    Alexander Graf;Armin Schlereth;Mark Stitt;Alison M. Smith

  • Extension of the Visualization Tool MapMan to Allow Statistical Analysis of Arrays, Display of Coresponding Genes, and Comparison with Known Responses

    Björn Usadel;Axel Nagel;Oliver Thimm;Henning Redestig

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Gibon
Yves Gibon University of Bordeaux
Ronan Sulpice
Ronan Sulpice University of Galway
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Hans W. Heldt
Hans W. Heldt University of Göttingen
John E. Lunn
John E. Lunn Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Regina Feil
Regina Feil Max Planck Society
Peter Geigenberger
Peter Geigenberger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Uwe Sonnewald
Uwe Sonnewald University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Björn Usadel
Björn Usadel Forschungszentrum Jülich
Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible
Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible Max Planck Society

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