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Rochus Franke

Rochus Franke

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
53
Citations
13715
World Ranking
1756
National Ranking
122

Rochus Franke 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 Rochus Franke sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 73 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rochus Franke 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 Rochus Franke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Gene

His primary areas of investigation include Biochemistry, Arabidopsis, Cuticle, Cutin and Suberin. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Monooxygenase, Cell wall, Lignin and Metabolic pathway. In his research, Morphogenesis and Cutinase is intimately related to Arabidopsis thaliana, which falls under the overarching field of Cell wall.

His work in Cuticle addresses subjects such as Pollen exine formation, which are connected to disciplines such as Epicuticular wax, Wax and Sporopollenin. His Cutin research focuses on Epidermis and how it relates to Pavement cells and Abscisic acid. In his research on the topic of Suberin, Apoplast and Casparian strip is strongly related with Endodermis.

His most cited work include:

  • Acyl-Lipid Metabolism (848 citations)
  • Apoplastic polyesters in Arabidopsis surface tissues--a typical suberin and a particular cutin. (271 citations)
  • Cytochrome P450 Family Member CYP704B2 Catalyzes the ω -Hydroxylation of Fatty Acids and Is Required for Anther Cutin Biosynthesis and Pollen Exine Formation in Rice (261 citations)

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

Rochus Franke mainly investigates Biochemistry, Suberin, Cell wall, Arabidopsis and Botany. His work carried out in the field of Suberin brings together such families of science as Biophysics, Endodermis, Apoplast, Wild type and Ferulic acid. Rochus Franke has researched Cell wall in several fields, including Plant defense against herbivory, Phenylpropanoid, Silique and Systemic acquired resistance.

His Arabidopsis research incorporates themes from Arabidopsis thaliana, Monooxygenase, Lignin, Metabolic pathway and Fatty acid elongation. His study in the field of Hordeum vulgare, Poaceae and Shoot is also linked to topics like Water transport. His studies in Cutin integrate themes in fields like Cuticle, Microspore, Epidermis and Prunus.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (56.52%)
  • Suberin (49.28%)
  • Cell wall (46.38%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Endodermis (31.88%)
  • Casparian strip (21.74%)
  • Suberin (49.28%)

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

Endodermis, Casparian strip, Suberin, Cell wall and Cell biology are his primary areas of study. His study in Casparian strip is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Phenylpropanoid and Monooxygenase. His studies deal with areas such as Complementation, Arabidopsis and Mutant as well as Phenylpropanoid.

Suberin is a subfield of Botany that he studies. His study on Function is often connected to Mechanism as part of broader study in Cell biology. The concepts of his Apoplast study are interwoven with issues in Biophysics, Stele, Membrane and Aquaporin.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Root Cap Cuticle: A Cell Wall Structure for Seedling Establishment and Lateral Root Formation (39 citations)
  • Surveillance of cell wall diffusion barrier integrity modulates water and solute transport in plants. (33 citations)
  • Root endodermal barrier system contributes to defence against plant‐parasitic cyst and root‐knot nematodes (19 citations)

Best Publications

  • Acyl-Lipid Metabolism

    Younghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

  • Casparian strip diffusion barrier in Arabidopsis is made of a lignin polymer without suberin

    Sadaf Naseer;Yuree Lee;Catherine Lapierre;Rochus Franke

  • Cytochrome P450 Family Member CYP704B2 Catalyzes the ω -Hydroxylation of Fatty Acids and Is Required for Anther Cutin Biosynthesis and Pollen Exine Formation in Rice

    Hui Li;Franck Pinot;Vincent Sauveplane;Danièle Werck-Reichhart

  • Apoplastic polyesters in Arabidopsis surface tissues--a typical suberin and a particular cutin.

    Rochus Franke;Isabel Briesen;Tobias Wojciechowski;Andrea Faust

  • Acyl-métabolisme des lipides

    Yonghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

  • Root suberin forms an extracellular barrier that affects water relations and mineral nutrition in Arabidopsis.

    Ivan Baxter;Prashant S. Hosmani;Ana Rus;Brett Lahner

  • Modified lignin in tobacco and poplar plants over‐expressing the Arabidopsis gene encoding ferulate 5‐hydroxylase

    Rochus Franke;Colleen M. McMichael;Knut Meyer;Amber M. Shirley

  • The Arabidopsis REF8 gene encodes the 3-hydroxylase of phenylpropanoid metabolism

    Rochus Franke;John M. Humphreys;Matthew R. Hemm;Jeff W. Denault

  • The Arabidopsis DESPERADO/AtWBC11 transporter is required for cutin and wax secretion.

    David Panikashvili;Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein;Tali Mandel;Tamar Yifhar

  • Changes in secondary metabolism and deposition of an unusual lignin in the ref8 mutant of Arabidopsis

    Rochus Franke;Matthew R. Hemm;Jeff W. Denault;Max O. Ruegger

  • Suberin--a biopolyester forming apoplastic plant interfaces.

    Rochus Franke;Lukas Schreiber

  • The Epidermis-Specific Extracellular BODYGUARD Controls Cuticle Development and Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis

    Sergey Kurdyukov;Andrea Faust;Christiane Nawrath;Sascha Bär

  • The Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 CYP86A1 encodes a fatty acid ω-hydroxylase involved in suberin monomer biosynthesis

    Rene Höfer;Isabel Briesen;Martina Beck;Franck Pinot

  • The role of root apoplastic transport barriers in salt tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.).

    Pannaga Krishnamurthy;Kosala Ranathunge;Rochus Franke;H. S. Prakash

  • Wax-deficient anther1 Is Involved in Cuticle and Wax Production in Rice Anther Walls and Is Required for Pollen Development

    Ki Hong Jung;Min Jung Han;Dong Yeun Lee;Yang Seok Lee

  • Defective Pollen Wall Is Required for Anther and Microspore Development in Rice and Encodes a Fatty Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase

    Jing Shi;Hexin Tan;Xiao Hong Yu;Yuanyun Liu;Yuanyun Liu

  • SHINE transcription factors act redundantly to pattern the archetypal surface of Arabidopsis flower organs.

    Jian Xin Shi;Sergey Malitsky;Sheron De Oliveira;Caroline Branigan

  • CYP86B1 Is Required for Very Long Chain ω-Hydroxyacid and α,ω-Dicarboxylic Acid Synthesis in Root and Seed Suberin Polyester

    Vincent Compagnon;Patrik Diehl;Irène Benveniste;Denise Meyer

  • Elucidation of new structures in lignins of CAD- and COMT-deficient plants by NMR.

    John Ralph;John Ralph;Catherine Lapierre;Jane M Marita;Jane M Marita;Hoon Kim;Hoon Kim

  • Coordination between microbiota and root endodermis supports plant mineral nutrient homeostasis

    Isai Salas-González;Guilhem Reyt;Paulina Flis;Valéria Custódio

  • Wax and suberin development of native and wound periderm of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and its relation to peridermal transpiration.

    Lukas Schreiber;Rochus Franke;Klaus Hartmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Schreiber
Lukas Schreiber University of Bonn
Kosala Ranathunge
Kosala Ranathunge University of Western Australia
Niko Geldner
Niko Geldner University of Lausanne
Christiane Nawrath
Christiane Nawrath University of Lausanne
Clint Chapple
Clint Chapple Purdue University West Lafayette
Salomé Prat
Salomé Prat Spanish National Research Council
David E. Salt
David E. Salt University of Nottingham
Asaph Aharoni
Asaph Aharoni Weizmann Institute of Science
Heinz Saedler
Heinz Saedler Max Planck Society
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University

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