2026 Peter K. Hepler: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	105	127	122	41	38	220	28996

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

105

127

122

220

28996

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

105

Citations

28996

World Ranking

127

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists

Overview

Peter K. Hepler is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their main research topics cover areas such as Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, and broader Plant and Animal Studies.

Several recent papers illustrate the diversity of their research engagements:

Mother trees, altruistic fungi, and the perils of plant personification (2023, Trends in Plant Science)
Gland cell responses to feeding in Drosera capensis, a carnivorous plant (2021, PROTOPLASMA)
Apical pollen tube wall curvature correlates with growth and indicates localized changes in the yielding of the cell wall (2021, PROTOPLASMA)
Cyto-architecture of Byblis glands and leaf cells based on freeze-substitution and conventional TEM (2024, Annals of Botany)

Hepler frequently publishes in the journals PROTOPLASMA, Trends in Plant Science, and Annals of Botany.

Their collaborative work includes coauthors such as Sue Lancelle, Marieluise Weidinger, David G. Robinson, Christian Ammer, and Andrea Polle, with multiple collaborations noted especially with Sue Lancelle and Marieluise Weidinger.

Over the course of their career, Peter K. Hepler has received recognition in the form of fellowships, including the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2007.

Best Publications

CALCIUM AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT

Peter K. Hepler;Randy O. Wayne

1477
Citations
Calcium: A Central Regulator of Plant Growth and Development

Peter K. Hepler

1446
Citations
POLLEN GERMINATION AND TUBE GROWTH

Loverine P. Taylor;Peter K. Hepler

1034
Citations
Polarized cell growth in higher plants.

Peter K. Hepler;Luis Vidali;Alice Y. Cheung

934
Citations
Model for Mitosis

J. R. Mcintosh;P. K. Hepler;D. G. Van Wie

466
Citations
Tip-Localized Calcium Entry Fluctuates during Pollen Tube Growth

E.S. Pierson;D.D. Miller;D.A. Callaham;J. van Aken

463
Citations
Pollen Tube Growth and the Intracellular Cytosolic Calcium Gradient Oscillate in Phase while Extracellular Calcium Influx Is Delayed.

Terena L. Holdaway-Clarke;Jose A. Feijo;Grant R. Hackett;Joseph G. Kunkel

462
Citations
Pectin methylesterase, a regulator of pollen tube growth

Maurice Bosch;Alice Y. Cheung;Peter K. Hepler

453
Citations
Control of pollen tube growth: role of ion gradients and fluxes

Terena L. Holdaway‐Clarke;Peter K. Hepler

432
Citations
Pollen tube growth is coupled to the extracellular calcium ion flux and the intracellular calcium gradient: effect of BAPTA-type buffers and hypertonic media.

Elisabeth S. Pierson;Deborah D. Miller;Dale A. Callaham;Alan M. Shipley

428
Citations
Cytokinesis in Higher Plants

L.Andrew Staehelin;Peter K Hepler

404
Citations
Pectin Methylesterases and Pectin Dynamics in Pollen Tubes

Maurice Bosch;Peter K. Hepler

398
Citations
Actin polymerization is essential for pollen tube growth.

Luis Vidali;Sylvester T. McKenna;Peter K. Hepler

377
Citations
Free Ca2+ Gradient in Growing Pollen Tubes of Lillium

Deborah D. Miller;Dale A. Callaham;David J. Gross;Peter K. Hepler

369
Citations
Growing pollen tubes possess a constitutive alkaline band in the clear zone and a growth-dependent acidic tip.

J.A. Feijó;J. Sainhas;G.R. Hackett;J.G. Kunkel

347
Citations
Ultrastructure of the cytoskeleton in freeze-substituted pollen tubes ofNicotiana alata

S. A. Lancelle;M. Cresti;P. K. Hepler

321
Citations
The Regulation of Actin Organization by Actin-Depolymerizing Factor in Elongating Pollen Tubes

Christine Y. Chen;Eric I. Wong;Luis Vidali;Athena Estavillo

311
Citations
Endoplasmic reticulum in the formation of the cell plate and plasmodesmata

P. K. Hepler

310
Citations
Enhanced fixation reveals the apical cortical fringe of actin filaments as a consistent feature of the pollen tube

Alenka Lovy-Wheeler;Kathleen L. Wilsen;Tobias I. Baskin;Peter K. Hepler

310
Citations
Ultrastructure of freeze-substituted pollen tubes of Lilium longiflorum

Susan A. Lancelle;P. K. Hepler

283
Citations
Cortical endoplasmic reticulum in plants

P. K. Hepler;B. A. Palevitz;S. A. Lancelle;M. M. Mccauley

278
Citations