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Rainer Hoefgen

Rainer Hoefgen

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
12524
World Ranking
11408
National Ranking
817

Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
11134
World Ranking
12550
National Ranking
923

Rainer Hoefgen publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rainer Hoefgen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 171 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Rainer Hoefgen D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rainer Hoefgen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rainer Hoefgen is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily explores Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry. The work covers a range of topics including Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Functional Features of TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE1, an Essential Enzyme in Arabidopsis, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Coordinating Sulfur Pools under Sulfate Deprivation, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • The Transcription Factor EIL1 Participates in the Regulation of Sulfur-Deficiency Response, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Assessing Dynamic Changes of Taste-Related Primary Metabolism During Ripening of Durian Pulp Using Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Sulfur deficiency-induced genes affect seed protein accumulation and composition under sulfate deprivation, 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Sarah J. Whitcomb
  • Anastasia Apodiakou
  • Alisdair R. Fernie
  • Mutsumi Watanabe

Common venues for Rainer Hoefgen's publications are:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Plant Journal
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Postharvest Biology and Technology

Best Publications

  • Storage of competent cells for Agrobacterium transformation.

    Rainer Hofgen;Lothar Willmitzer

  • Transcriptome analysis of sulfur depletion in Arabidopsis thaliana: interlacing of biosynthetic pathways provides response specificity.

    Victoria Nikiforova;Jens Freitag;Stefan Kempa;Monika Adamik

  • Systems Rebalancing of Metabolism in Response to Sulfur Deprivation, as Revealed by Metabolome Analysis of Arabidopsis Plants

    Victoria J. Nikiforova;Joachim Kopka;Vladimir Tolstikov;Oliver Fiehn

  • Shikimate and phenylalanine biosynthesis in the green lineage

    Takayuki Tohge;Mutsumi Watanabe;Rainer Hoefgen;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Plant cysteine oxidases control the oxygen-dependent branch of the N-end-rule pathway.

    Daan A. Weits;Daan A. Weits;Beatrice Giuntoli;Monika Kosmacz;Sandro Parlanti

  • Salt-responsive ERF1 regulates reactive oxygen species-dependent signaling during the initial response to salt stress in rice

    Romy Schmidt;Romy Schmidt;Delphine Mieulet;Hans-Michael Hubberten;Toshihiro Obata

  • The evolution of phenylpropanoid metabolism in the green lineage

    Takayuki Tohge;Mutsumi Watanabe;Rainer Hoefgen;Alisdair R Fernie

  • Comprehensive Dissection of Spatiotemporal Metabolic Shifts in Primary, Secondary, and Lipid Metabolism during Developmental Senescence in Arabidopsis

    Mutsumi Watanabe;Salma Balazadeh;Takayuki Tohge;Alexander Erban

  • Molecular aspects of methionine biosynthesis.

    Holger Hesse;Rainer Hoefgen

  • Trehalose 6–phosphate coordinates organic and amino acid metabolism with carbon availability

    Carlos Maria Figueroa;Regina Feil;Hirofumi Ishihara;Mutsumi Watanabe

  • Current understanding of the regulation of methionine biosynthesis in plants

    Holger Hesse;Oliver Kreft;Stefanie Maimann;Michaela Zeh

  • Expression of a bacterial serine acetyltransferase in transgenic potato plants leads to increased levels of cysteine and glutathione

    K Harms;P von Ballmoos;C Brunold;R Höfgen

  • Molecular analysis and control of cysteine biosynthesis: integration of nitrogen and sulphur metabolism

    Holger Hesse;Victoria Nikiforova;Bertrand Gakière;Rainer Hoefgen

  • Biochemical and genetic analysis of different patatin isoforms expressed in various organs of potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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  • Metabolic engineering of amino acids and storage proteins in plants.

    Gad Galili;Rainer Höfgen

  • Trehalose 6-phosphate is involved in triggering axillary bud outgrowth in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.).

    Franziska Fichtner;Francois F. Barbier;Regina Feil;Mutsumi Watanabe

  • Characterization of a recently evolved flavonol-phenylacyltransferase gene provides signatures of natural light selection in Brassicaceae

    Takayuki Tohge;Regina Wendenburg;Hirofumi Ishihara;Ryo Nakabayashi

  • Antisense inhibition of threonine synthase leads to high methionine content in transgenic potato plants.

    Michaela Zeh;Anna Paola Casazza;Oliver Kreft;Ute Roessner

  • Effect of sulfur availability on the integrity of amino acid biosynthesis in plants.

    V. J. Nikiforova;M. Bielecka;B. Gakiere;S. Krueger

  • Impact of elevated H2S on metabolite levels, activity of enzymes and expression of genes involved in cysteine metabolism

    A Riemenschneider;V. Nikiforova;R Hoefgen;de Luitjen Kok

  • Metabolomics integrated with transcriptomics: assessing systems response to sulfur-deficiency stress.

    Rainer Hoefgen;Victoria J. Nikiforova;Victoria J. Nikiforova

  • Sulfur deficiency–induced repressor proteins optimize glucosinolate biosynthesis in plants

    Fayezeh Aarabi;Miyuki Kusajima;Takayuki Tohge;Tomokazu Konishi

  • Analysis of cytosolic and plastidic serine acetyltransferase mutants and subcellular metabolite distributions suggests interplay of the cellular compartments for cysteine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.

    Stephan Krueger;Annette Niehl;M. Carmen Lopez Martin;Dirk Steinhauser

Frequent Co-Authors

Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Takayuki Tohge
Takayuki Tohge Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Joachim Kopka
Joachim Kopka Max Planck Society
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Malcolm J. Hawkesford Rothamsted Research
Alexander Erban
Alexander Erban Max Planck Society
Bernd Mueller-Roeber
Bernd Mueller-Roeber University of Potsdam
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Salma Balazadeh
Salma Balazadeh Max Planck Society

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