2026 Thomas Börner: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	86	1267	1198	98	93	197	20003

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
2004 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology

Overview

Thomas Börner is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with particular expertise in plant science and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and plant disease resistance and genetics.

Recent publications by Thomas Börner include:

Mutation of the ALBOSTRIANS Ohnologous Gene HvCMF3 Impairs Chloroplast Development and Thylakoid Architecture in Barley, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
The Arabidopsis AAC Proteins CIL and CIA2 Are Sub-functionalized Paralogs Involved in Chloroplast Development, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
ATP-Dependent Clp Protease Subunit C1, HvClpC1, Is a Strong Candidate Gene for Barley Variegation Mutant luteostrians as Revealed by Genetic Mapping and Genomic Re-sequencing, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
The Arabidopsis AAC Proteins CIL and CIA2 Are Sub-functionalized Paralogs involved in Chloroplast Development, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
ATP-dependent Clp protease subunit C1, HvClpC1, is a strong candidate gene for barley variegation mutant luteostrians as revealed by genetic mapping and genomic re-sequencing, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors of Thomas Börner are:

Mingjiu Li
Michael Melzer
Nils Stein
Göetz Hensel
Astrid Junker

The main venues for their publications include:

Frontiers in Plant Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Thomas Börner's awarded recognition includes election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2004 for contributions in genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology.

Best Publications

Structural organization of microcystin biosynthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806: an integrated peptide–polyketide synthetase system

Daniel Tillett;Elke Dittmann;Marcel Erhard;Hans von Döhren

1216
Citations
Phylogenetic evidence for the early evolution of microcystin synthesis

Anne Rantala;David P. Fewer;Michael Hisbergues;Leo Rouhiainen

666
Citations
Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Phage-Type RNA Polymerases in Arabidopsis

Boris Hedtke;Thomas Börner;Andreas Weihe

549
Citations
Insertional mutagenesis of a peptide synthetase gene that is responsible for hepatotoxin production in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806

E Dittmann;B A Neilan;M Erhard;H von Döhren

528
Citations
The cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin binds to proteins and increases the fitness of microcystis under oxidative stress conditions.

Yvonne Zilliges;Jan-Christoph Kehr;Sven Meissner;Keishi Ishida

500
Citations
Light and the transcriptional response of the microcystin biosynthesis gene cluster.

Melanie Kaebernick;Melanie Kaebernick;Brett A. Neilan;Thomas Börner;Elke Dittmann

499
Citations
Microcystin Biosynthesis in Planktothrix: Genes, Evolution, and Manipulation

Guntram Christiansen;Jutta Fastner;Marcel Erhard;Thomas Börner

490
Citations
Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis and Toxigenicity of Cyanobacteria

Brett A. Neilan;Brett A. Neilan;Elke Dittmann;Leo Rouhiainen;R. Amanda Bass

415
Citations
PCR-based identification of microcystin-producing genotypes of different cyanobacterial genera

Michael Hisbergues;Guntram Christiansen;Leo Rouhiainen;Kaarina Sivonen

363
Citations
Organellar RNA polymerases of higher plants.

Wolfgang R. Hess;Thomas Börner

319
Citations
Towards clarification of the biological role of microcystins, a family of cyanobacterial toxins

Daniella Schatz;Yael Keren;Assaf Vardi;Assaf Sukenik

296
Citations
One RNA polymerase serving two genomes.

Boris Hedtke;Thomas Börner;Andreas Weihe

287
Citations
Abundance of active and inactive microcystin genotypes in populations of the toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix spp.

Rainer Kurmayer;Guntram Christiansen;Jutta Fastner;Thomas Börner

270
Citations
Chloroplast rps15 and the rpoB/C1/C2 gene cluster are strongly transcribed in ribosome-deficient plastids : evidence for a functioning non-chloroplast-encoded RNA polymerase

W.R. Hess;A. Prombona;B. Fieder;A.R. Subramanian

263
Citations
The transcription machineries of plant mitochondria and chloroplasts: Composition, function, and regulation.

Karsten Liere;Andreas Weihe;Thomas Börner

260
Citations
Chloroplast RNA polymerases: Role in chloroplast biogenesis

Thomas Börner;Anastasia Yu. Aleynikova;Yan O. Zubo;Victor V. Kusnetsov

259
Citations
Effects of cell-bound microcystins on survival and feeding of Daphnia spp.

Thomas Rohrlack;Elke Dittmann;Thomas Börner;Kirsten Christoffersen

257
Citations
Cytoplasmic synthesis of plastid polypeptides may be controlled by plastid-synthesised RNA

J. William Bradbeer;Yvonne E. Atkinson;Thomas Börner;Rudolf Hagemann

250
Citations
Inactivation of an ABC Transporter Gene, mcyH, Results in Loss of Microcystin Production in the Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806

Leanne A. Pearson;Michael Hisbergues;Thomas Börner;Elke Dittmann

245
Citations
The Primary Transcriptome of Barley Chloroplasts: Numerous Noncoding RNAs and the Dominating Role of the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase

Petya Zhelyazkova;Cynthia M. Sharma;Konrad U. Förstner;Karsten Liere

232
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elke Dittmann University of Potsdam

Wolfgang R. Hess University of Freiburg

Brett A. Neilan University of Newcastle Australia

Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

Christian P. Kubicek TU Wien

Gary J. Samuels United States Department of Agriculture

Reinhold G. Herrmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Nils Stein University of Western Australia

Ralph Bock Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology

Jörg Vogel University of Würzburg

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