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D-Index
88
Citations
29489
World Ranking
306
National Ranking
28

Stephen C. Fry 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 Stephen C. Fry sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 289 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen C. Fry 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 Stephen C. Fry sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Biochemistry

Stephen C. Fry mainly investigates Cell wall, Biochemistry, Xyloglucan, Xyloglucan:xyloglucosyl transferase and Polysaccharide. His Cell wall study necessitates a more in-depth grasp of Botany. His studies deal with areas such as Ripening and Softening as well as Biochemistry.

His Xyloglucan research includes themes of Oligosaccharide, Glycosyltransferase, Fucose and Phylogenetics. His Polysaccharide study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Arabinose, Glucan, Stereochemistry and Galactose. He has researched Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase in several fields, including Biophysics, Auxin and DNA sequencing.

His most cited work include:

  • Cross-Linking of Matrix Polymers in the Growing Cell Walls of Angiosperms (1081 citations)
  • Structure and function of the primary cell walls of plants. (843 citations)
  • Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase, a new wall-loosening enzyme activity from plants. (707 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Biochemistry, Cell wall, Xyloglucan, Polysaccharide and Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase. Stephen C. Fry connects Biochemistry with Xyloglucan:xyloglucosyl transferase in his study. His Cell wall study is concerned with the field of Botany as a whole.

In his research, Auxin is intimately related to Cellulase, which falls under the overarching field of Xyloglucan. His work carried out in the field of Polysaccharide brings together such families of science as Arabinose, Ferulic acid, Galactose and Biosynthesis. His Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase research incorporates themes from Hydrolase and Arabidopsis thaliana.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (61.24%)
  • Cell wall (53.10%)
  • Xyloglucan (37.21%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Biochemistry (61.24%)
  • Cell wall (53.10%)
  • Xyloglucan (37.21%)

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

Stephen C. Fry mostly deals with Biochemistry, Cell wall, Xyloglucan, Polysaccharide and Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase. His work deals with themes such as Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Ripening and Chemical composition, which intersect with Cell wall. His Xyloglucan research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Trisaccharide, Oligosaccharide and Hordeum vulgare.

His Polysaccharide research includes elements of Glycosidic bond, Secretion, Microbiology, Dimer and Gel electrophoresis. His biological study deals with issues like Bond cleavage, which deal with fields such as Stereochemistry. His Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Glucanase, Pichia, Hydrolase and Equisetum.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Biochemistry and physiological roles of enzymes that ‘cut and paste’ plant cell-wall polysaccharides (120 citations)
  • Glycosylinositol phosphorylceramides from Rosa cell cultures are boron‐bridged in the plasma membrane and form complexes with rhamnogalacturonan II (59 citations)
  • Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan‐II, monitored by gel electrophoresis, occurs during polysaccharide synthesis and secretion but not post‐secretion (42 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Biochemistry

His primary areas of study are Biochemistry, Cell wall, Polysaccharide, Xyloglucan and Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase. His Biochemistry study incorporates themes from Ripening and Oxalate. His study in Cell wall is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Softening, PEAR, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Fungal protein and Pectate lyase.

The various areas that Stephen C. Fry examines in his Polysaccharide study include Ussing chamber, Salmonella enterica, Salmonella and Microbiology. Stephen C. Fry has included themes like Glucanase, Beta-glucan and Glycoside hydrolase in his Xyloglucan study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Callus, Mixed-linkage glucan, Shoot, Mixed-linkage glucan : Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase and Equisetum in addition to Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase.

Best Publications

  • Cross-Linking of Matrix Polymers in the Growing Cell Walls of Angiosperms

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Structure and function of the primary cell walls of plants.

    Michael McNeil;Alan G. Darvill;Stephen C. Fry;Peter Albersheim

  • The Growing Plant Cell Wall: Chemical and Metabolic Analysis

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase, a new wall-loosening enzyme activity from plants.

    S C Fry;R C Smith;K F Renwick;D J Martin

  • The XTH Family of Enzymes Involved in Xyloglucan Endotransglucosylation and Endohydrolysis: Current Perspectives and a New Unifying Nomenclature

    Jocelyn K. C. Rose;Janet Braam;Stephen C. Fry;Kazuhiko Nishitani

  • An unambiguous nomenclature for xyloglucan‐derived oligosaccharides

    Stephen C. Fry;William S. York;Peter Albersheim;Alan Darvill

  • Oxidative scission of plant cell wall polysaccharides by ascorbate-induced hydroxyl radicals

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Primary cell wall metabolism: tracking the careers of wall polymers in living plant cells

    Stephen C. Fry

  • The Structure and Functions of Xyloglucan

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Arabidopsis TCH4, Regulated by Hormones and the Environment, Encodes a Xyloglucan Endotransglycosylase

    Wei Xu;Mary M. Purugganan;Diana H. Polisensky;Danuta M. Antosiewicz

  • Phenolic components of the primary cell wall. Feruloylated disaccharides of D-galactose and L-arabinose from spinach polysaccharide.

    S C Fry

  • In Vivo Cell Wall Loosening by Hydroxyl Radicals during Cress Seed Germination and Elongation Growth

    Kerstin Müller;Ada Linkies;Robert A.M. Vreeburg;Stephen C. Fry

  • Isodityrosine, a new cross-linking amino acid from plant cell-wall glycoprotein.

    S C Fry

  • Primary Cell Wall Composition of Bryophytes and Charophytes

    Zoë A. Popper;Stephen C. Fry

  • Polysaccharide-Modifying Enzymes in the Plant Cell Wall

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Feruloylated pectins from the primary cell wall: their structure and possible functions

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Cellulases, hemicelluloses and auxin‐stimulated growth: a possible relationship

    Stephen C. Fry

  • Vitamin C degradation in plant cells via enzymatic hydrolysis of 4- O -oxalyl- l -threonate

    Martha A. Green;Stephen C. Fry

  • XTH31, encoding an in vitro XEH/XET-active enzyme, regulates aluminum sensitivity by modulating in vivo XET action, cell wall xyloglucan content, and aluminum binding capacity in Arabidopsis.

    Xiao Fang Zhu;Yuan Zhi Shi;Gui Jie Lei;Stephen C. Fry

  • Phonolic components of the primary cell wall and their possible rôle in the hormonal regulation of growth.

    Fry Sc

  • Phenolic components of the plant cell wall.

    Graham Wallace;Stephen C. Fry

  • Xyloglucan oligosaccharides promote growth and activate cellulase: evidence for a role of cellulase in cell expansion.

    Gordon J. McDougall;Stephen C. Fry

  • XTH acts at the microfibril–matrix interface during cell elongation

    Kris Vissenberg;Stephen C. Fry;Markus Pauly;Herman Höfte

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Braam
Janet Braam Rice University
Marcello Salvatore Lenucci
Marcello Salvatore Lenucci University of Salento
Gabriella Piro
Gabriella Piro University of Salento
Alan G. Darvill
Alan G. Darvill University of Georgia
Peter Albersheim
Peter Albersheim University of Georgia
Michael J. O’Donohue
Michael J. O’Donohue Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Curtis G. Wilkerson
Curtis G. Wilkerson Michigan State University
David S. Reay
David S. Reay University of Edinburgh
Keith Smith
Keith Smith University of Edinburgh
Federica Brandizzi
Federica Brandizzi Michigan State University

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