2026 Ralph Bock: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	102	146	139	19	18	293	37250
Genetics	105	628	595	51	48	300	42390

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
2010 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ralph Bock is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, notably Molecular Biology and Plant Science, alongside interests in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry.

Main topics of Ralph Bock's research include:

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Algal biology and biofuel production
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Plant Virus Research Studies
Transgenic Plants and Applications

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored by Ralph Bock include:

"A transcriptional regulator that boosts grain yields and shortens the growth duration of rice," 2022, Science
"An epigenetic gene silencing pathway selectively acting on transgenic DNA in the green alga Chlamydomonas," 2020, Nature Communications
"A Ca2+-sensor switch for tolerance to elevated salt stress in Arabidopsis," 2022, Developmental Cell
"GUN control in retrograde signaling: How GENOMES UNCOUPLED proteins adjust nuclear gene expression to plastid biogenesis," 2021, The Plant Cell
"Horizontal genome transfer by cell-to-cell travel of whole organelles," 2021, Science Advances

Ralph Bock has frequently published in the following venues:

The Plant Cell
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Plants
Plant Biotechnology Journal
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Collaborations are a significant part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include Stephanie Ruf, Mark Aurel Schöttler, Reimo Zoschke, Daniel Karcher, and Omar Sandoval-Ibáñez, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related scientific areas.

Best Publications

GeSeq - versatile and accurate annotation of organelle genomes.

Michael Tillich;Pascal Lehwark;Tommaso Pellizzer;Elena S. Ulbricht-Jones

3273
Citations
OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW) version 1.3.1: expanded toolkit for the graphical visualization of organellar genomes.

Stephan Greiner;Pascal Lehwark;Ralph Bock

2427
Citations
OrganellarGenomeDRAW—a suite of tools for generating physical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes and visualizing expression data sets

Marc Lohse;Oliver Drechsel;Sabine Kahlau;Ralph Bock

1563
Citations
ATLAS detector and physics performance : Technical Design Report, 1

A. Airapetian;V. Dodonov;L. Micu;D. Axen

1355
Citations
OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW): a tool for the easy generation of high-quality custom graphical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes.

Marc Lohse;Oliver Drechsel;Ralph Bock

1251
Citations
Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Sabeeha S. Merchant;Jean Alric;Alice Barkan

1103
Citations
Multicolor bimolecular fluorescence complementation reveals simultaneous formation of alternative CBL/CIPK complexes in planta

Rainer Waadt;Lena K. Schmidt;Marc Lohse;Kenji Hashimoto

799
Citations
Stable genetic transformation of tomato plastids and expression of a foreign protein in fruit.

Stephanie Ruf;Marita Hermann;Irving J. Berger;Helaine Carrer

697
Citations
Full crop protection from an insect pest by expression of long double-stranded RNAs in plastids

Jiang Zhang;Sher Afzal Khan;Claudia Hasse;Stephanie Ruf

512
Citations
The two largest chloroplast genome-encoded open reading frames of higher plants are essential genes

Anja Drescher;Stephanie Ruf;Tercilio Calsa;Helaine Carrer

474
Citations
Particle bombardment and the genetic enhancement of crops: Myths and realities

Fredy Altpeter;Niranjan Baisakh;Roger Beachy;Ralph Bock

461
Citations
Transgenic Plastids in Basic Research and Plant Biotechnology

Ralph Bock;Ralph Bock

447
Citations
Elimination of deleterious mutations in plastid genomes by gene conversion

Olga Khakhlova;Ralph Bock

439
Citations
MAGIC DISCOVERY OF VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM THE FSRQ PKS 1222+21

J. Aleksić;L. A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz;M. Backes

427
Citations
Engineering plastid genomes: methods, tools, and applications in basic research and biotechnology.

Ralph Bock

427
Citations
Exhaustion of the chloroplast protein synthesis capacity by massive expression of a highly stable protein antibiotic

Melanie Oey;Marc Lohse;Bernd Kreikemeyer;Ralph Bock

413
Citations
Generation of Chlamydomonas strains that efficiently express nuclear transgenes.

Juliane Neupert;Daniel Karcher;Ralph Bock

397
Citations
Next-Generation Insect-Resistant Plants: RNAi-Mediated Crop Protection

Jiang Zhang;Jiang Zhang;Sher Afzal Khan;Sher Afzal Khan;David G. Heckel;Ralph Bock;Ralph Bock

395
Citations
Performance of the MAGIC stereo system obtained with Crab Nebula data

J. Aleksić;E.A. Alvarez;L.A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz

394
Citations
Exchange of Genetic Material Between Cells in Plant Tissue Grafts

Sandra Stegemann;Ralph Bock

384
Citations
The calcium sensor CBL1 integrates plant responses to abiotic stresses.

Veronica Albrecht;Stefan Weinl;Dragica Blazevic;Cecilia D'Angelo

363
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Lorenz Max Planck Society

Artemio Herrero University of La Laguna

Diego F. Torres Institute of Space Sciences

Stefano Covino National Institute for Astrophysics

Pierre Colin Max Planck Society

Reiko Orito University of Tokushima

Francisco Prada Spanish National Research Council

Fabrizio Tavecchio National Institute for Astrophysics

Michael Backes University of Oxford

Aldo Treves University of Insubria

External Links

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