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Renier A. L. van der Hoorn

Renier A. L. van der Hoorn

University of Oxford
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
15139
World Ranking
9637
National Ranking
735

Renier A. L. van der Hoorn 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 Renier A. L. van der Hoorn sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 165 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Renier A. L. van der Hoorn 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 Renier A. L. van der Hoorn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Renier A. L. van der Hoorn is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work centers on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Immunology, and Insect Science.

Their studies cover several main topics, including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Discovering the RNA-Binding Proteome of Plant Leaves with an Improved RNA Interactome Capture Method, 2020, Biomolecules
  • AlphaFold-Multimer predicts cross-kingdom interactions at the plant-pathogen interface, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Classification and Nomenclature of Metacaspases and Paracaspases: No More Confusion with Caspases, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Extracellular proteolytic cascade in tomato activates immune protease Rcr3, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Defeated by the nines: nine extracellular strategies to avoid microbe-associated molecular patterns recognition in plants, 2021, The Plant Cell

This scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Biotechnology Journal, and Nature Communications.

Frequent collaborators include Markus Kaiser, Farnusch Kaschani, Pierre Buscaill, Mariana Schuster, and Nattapong Sanguankiattichai.

Best Publications

  • From Guard to Decoy: A New Model for Perception of Plant Pathogen Effectors

    Renier A.L. van der Hoorn;Sophien Kamoun

  • Emerging concepts in effector biology of plant-associated organisms.

    S. A. Hogenhout;R. A. L. Van der Hoorn;R. Terauchi;S. Kamoun

  • Defended to the Nines: 25 Years of Resistance Gene Cloning Identifies Nine Mechanisms for R Protein Function

    Jiorgos Kourelis;Renier A L van der Hoorn

  • Plant proteases: From phenotypes to molecular mechanisms

    Renier A. L. van der Hoorn

  • Cladosporium Avr2 inhibits tomato Rcr3 protease required for Cf-2-dependent disease resistance.

    Henrietta C. E. Rooney;John W. van 't Klooster;John W. van 't Klooster;Renier A. L. van der Hoorn;Renier A. L. van der Hoorn;Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten;Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten

  • Agroinfiltration is a versatile tool that facilitates comparative analyses of Avr9/Cf-9-induced and Avr4/Cf-4-induced necrosis

    R.A.L. van der Hoorn;F. Laurent;R. Roth;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • A Phytophthora infestans Cystatin-Like Protein Targets a Novel Tomato Papain-Like Apoplastic Protease

    Miaoying Tian;Joe Win;Jing Song;Renier van der Hoorn

  • Phytophthora infestans effector AVRblb2 prevents secretion of a plant immune protease at the haustorial interface

    T. O. Bozkurt;S. Schornack;J. Win;T. Shindo

  • Apoplastic effectors secreted by two unrelated eukaryotic plant pathogens target the tomato defense protease Rcr3.

    Jing Song;Joe Win;Miaoying Tian;Sebastian Schornack

  • Fungal Effector Protein AVR2 Targets Diversifying Defense-Related Cys Proteases of Tomato

    Mohammed Shabab;Takayuki Shindo;Christian Gu;Farnusch Kaschani

  • Dual disease resistance mediated by the immune receptor Cf-2 in tomato requires a common virulence target of a fungus and a nematode

    Jose L. Lozano-Torres;Ruud H. P. Wilbers;Piotr Gawronski;Jordi C. Boshoven

  • The plant proteolytic machinery and its role in defence.

    Renier A L van der Hoorn;Jonathan D G Jones

  • Balancing selection favors guarding resistance proteins.

    Renier A.L Van der Hoorn;Pierre J.G.M De Wit;Matthieu H.A.J Joosten

  • Autophagy differentially controls plant basal immunity to biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens

    Heike D. Lenz;Eva Haller;Eric Melzer;Karina Kober

  • Effector Specialization in a Lineage of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen

    Suomeng Dong;Remco Stam;Liliana M. Cano;Jing Song

  • Post-transcriptional silencing of chalcone synthase in petunia by inverted transgene repeats

    Maike Stam;Rob de Bruin;Susan Kenter;Renier A.L. van der Hoorn

  • Subclassification and biochemical analysis of plant papain-like cysteine proteases displays subfamily-specific characteristics.

    Kerstin H. Richau;Farnusch Kaschani;Martijn Verdoes;Twinkal C. Pansuriya

  • An Effector-Targeted Protease Contributes to Defense against Phytophthora infestans and Is under Diversifying Selection in Natural Hosts

    Farnusch Kaschani;Mohammed Shabab;Tolga Bozkurt;Takayuki Shindo

  • Involvement of cathepsin B in the plant disease resistance hypersensitive response

    Eleanor M. Gilroy;Ingo Hein;Renier Van Der Hoorn;Petra C. Boevink

  • Activity profiling of papain-like cysteine proteases in plants.

    Renier A. L. van der Hoorn;Michiel A. Leeuwenburgh;Matthew Bogyo;Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Kaiser
Markus Kaiser University of Duisburg-Essen
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Gail M. Preston
Gail M. Preston University of Oxford
Joe Win
Joe Win University of East Anglia
Matthew Bogyo
Matthew Bogyo Stanford University
Sherry Niessen
Sherry Niessen Pfizer (United States)
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit Wageningen University & Research
Eranthie Weerapana
Eranthie Weerapana Boston College
Jean-Christophe Avice
Jean-Christophe Avice Université de Caen Normandie
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia

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