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Thomas Pfannschmidt

Thomas Pfannschmidt

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
40
Citations
7776
World Ranking
3847
National Ranking
237

Thomas Pfannschmidt 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 Thomas Pfannschmidt sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 92 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Pfannschmidt 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 Thomas Pfannschmidt sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Photosynthetic control of chloroplast gene expression

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Thomas Pfannschmidt;Anders Nilsson;John F. Allen

  • Photosystem II core phosphorylation and photosynthetic acclimation require two different protein kinases

    Vera Bonardi;Vera Bonardi;Paolo Pesaresi;Thomas Becker;Enrico Schleiff

  • Chloroplast redox signals: how photosynthesis controls its own genes

    Unknown

  • Arabidopsis STN7 Kinase Provides a Link between Short- and Long-Term Photosynthetic Acclimation

    Paolo Pesaresi;Alexander Hertle;Mathias Pribil;Tatjana Kleine

  • A Novel Mechanism of Nuclear Photosynthesis Gene Regulation by Redox Signals from the Chloroplast during Photosystem Stoichiometry Adjustment

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Katia Schütze;Meta Brost;Ralf Oelmüller

  • Novel regulators in photosynthetic redox control of plant metabolism and gene expression.

    Karl-Josef Dietz;Thomas Pfannschmidt

  • Retrograde Plastid Redox Signals in the Expression of Nuclear Genes for Chloroplast Proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Vidal Fey;Raik Wagner;Katharina Braütigam;Markus Wirtz

  • Regulatory Shifts in Plastid Transcription Play a Key Role in Morphological Conversions of Plastids during Plant Development

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  • Dynamic Plastid Redox Signals Integrate Gene Expression and Metabolism to Induce Distinct Metabolic States in Photosynthetic Acclimation in Arabidopsis

    Katharina Bräutigam;Lars Dietzel;Tatjana Kleine;Elke Ströher

  • Essential nucleoid proteins in early chloroplast development

    Unknown

  • Balancing the two photosystems: photosynthetic electron transfer governs transcription of reaction centre genes in chloroplasts

    John F. Allen;Thomas Pfannschmidt

  • Potential regulation of gene expression in photosynthetic cells by redox and energy state: approaches towards better understanding

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  • Principles of redox control in photosynthesis gene expression

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;John F. Allen;Ralf Oelmüller

  • Photosynthetic acclimation: State transitions and adjustment of photosystem stoichiometry – functional relationships between short‐term and long‐term light quality acclimation in plants

    Unknown

  • Identification of Essential Subunits in the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase Complex Reveals Building Blocks for Proper Plastid Development   

    Unknown

  • Plastidial retrograde signalling – a true “plastid factor” or just metabolite signatures?

    Unknown

  • Plastid RNA polymerases: orchestration of enzymes with different evolutionary origins controls chloroplast biogenesis during the plant life cycle

    Unknown

  • Separation of two classes of plastid DNA-dependent RNA polymerases that are differentially expressed in mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seedlings.

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Gerhard Link

  • Direct transcriptional control of the chloroplast genes psbA and psaAB adjusts photosynthesis to light energy distribution in plants

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Anders Nilsson;Anna Tullberg;Gerhard Link

  • The multisubunit chloroplast RNA polymerase A from mustard (Sinapis alba L.). Integration of a prokaryotic core into a larger complex with organelle-specific functions.

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Karsten Ogrzewalla;Sacha Baginsky;Albert Sickmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Potin
Philippe Potin Sorbonne University
Matthew J. Terry
Matthew J. Terry University of Southampton
Olivier Van Aken
Olivier Van Aken Lund University

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