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D-Index
80
Citations
22323
World Ranking
424
National Ranking
39

Ulrich Lüttge 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 Ulrich Lüttge sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 493 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ulrich Lüttge 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 Ulrich Lüttge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • 1992 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

Ulrich Lüttge spends much of his time researching Botany, Crassulacean acid metabolism, Photosynthesis, Biochemistry and Biophysics. His research on Botany frequently links to adjacent areas such as Ecology. His Crassulacean acid metabolism study incorporates themes from Citric acid, Malic acid, Osmotic pressure, Kalanchoe and Metabolism.

As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Photosynthesis, focusing on δ13C and, on occasion, C3 carbon fixation, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, Atriplex and Isotopes of carbon. He has included themes like Membrane, Ion transporter and Circadian rhythm in his Biophysics study. The various areas that Ulrich Lüttge examines in his Mesembryanthemum crystallinum study include Turgor pressure and Aizoaceae.

His most cited work include:

  • Progress in Botany (479 citations)
  • Ecophysiology of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) (343 citations)
  • Transport in Plants (329 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Crassulacean acid metabolism, Photosynthesis, Biochemistry and Kalanchoe. His study connects Ecology and Botany. His Crassulacean acid metabolism research includes elements of Biophysics, Turgor pressure, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and Malic acid.

His research integrates issues of Chlorophyll, Horticulture and Chlorophyll a in his study of Photosynthesis. His work in Vacuole, ATPase, Vesicle, Enzyme and Membrane is related to Biochemistry. His Kalanchoe research includes themes of Crassulaceae and Circadian rhythm.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (43.68%)
  • Crassulacean acid metabolism (32.18%)
  • Photosynthesis (28.05%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2021)?

  • Botany (43.68%)
  • Photosynthesis (28.05%)
  • Crassulacean acid metabolism (32.18%)

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

Ulrich Lüttge focuses on Botany, Photosynthesis, Crassulacean acid metabolism, Ecology and Clusia. His Chlorophyll fluorescence, Photoinhibition, Chlorophyll, Plant physiology and Ecophysiology investigations are all subjects of Botany research. The Ecophysiology study combines topics in areas such as Xylem and Deciduous.

Ulrich Lüttge combines subjects such as Lichen and δ13C with his study of Photosynthesis. His research on Crassulacean acid metabolism also deals with topics like

  • Vacuole most often made with reference to Malic acid,
  • RuBisCO which connect with Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. His research in Rainforest intersects with topics in Plant community and Generalist and specialist species.

Between 2004 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Progress in Botany (479 citations)
  • Photosynthetic flexibility and ecophysiological plasticity: questions and lessons from Clusia, the only CAM tree, in the neotropics (89 citations)
  • Plant Desiccation Tolerance (82 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

Botany, Photosynthesis, Ecology, Chlorophyll fluorescence and Crassulacean acid metabolism are his primary areas of study. His study in Photosynthesis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Desiccation and Algae. In the field of Ecology, his study on Generalist and specialist species, Shrub and Rainforest overlaps with subjects such as Merge.

His research on Chlorophyll fluorescence also deals with topics like

  • Photosystem II which is related to area like Photorespiration and Thylakoid,
  • Photosystem which is related to area like Malic acid and Crassulaceae. His Crassulacean acid metabolism study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Salinity, Ecosystem, Kalanchoe, Adaptation and Bromeliaceae. His Chlorophyll research integrates issues from Biochemistry and Xanthophyll.

Best Publications

  • Ecophysiology of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM)

    Ulrich Lüttge

  • Evaluation of instant light-response curves of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters obtained with a portable chlorophyll fluorometer on site in the field

    Uwe Rascher;M. Liebig;U. Lüttge

  • Salinity : environment - plants - molecules

    André Läuchli;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Physiological ecology of tropical plants

    Ulrich Lüttge

  • Transport in Plants

    Ulrich Lüttge;Noe Higinbotham

  • Progress in Botany

    Ulrich Lüttge;Wolfram Beyschlag;Burkhard Büdel;Dennis Francis

  • Effects of salt treatment and osmotic stress on V-ATPase and V-PPase in leaves of the halophyte Suaeda salsa

    Baoshan Wang;Ulrich Lüttge;Rafael Ratajczak

  • CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER DEMAND: CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM (CAM), A VERSATILE ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION EXEMPLIFYING THE NEED FOR INTEGRATION IN ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL WORK.

    U. Lüttge

  • Effect of turgor pressure and cell size on the wall elasticity of plant cells.

    Ernst Steudle;Ulrich Zimmermann;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Photosynthesis of CAM Plants

    C. B. Osmond;W. G. Allaway;B. G. Sutton;J. H. Troughton

  • Seasonal shift from C3 photosynthesis to Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum growing in its natural environment.

    Klaus Winter;Ulrich Lüttge;Erika Winter;John H. Troughton

  • Relationship between Energy-dependent Phosphate Uptake and the Electrical Membrane Potential in Lemna gibba G1

    Cornelia I. Ullrich-Eberius;Anton Novacky;Elke Fischer;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Mineral Nutrition: Divalent Cations, Transport and Compartmentation

    David T. Clarkson;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Adaptation of the tonoplast V‐type H+‐ATPase of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum to salt stress, C3–CAM transition and plant age

    R. Ratajczak;J. Richter;U. Lüttge

  • Specific regulation of SOD isoforms by NaCl and osmotic stress in leaves of the C3 halophyte Suaeda salsa L.

    Baoshan Wang;Ulrich Lüttge;Rafael Ratajczak

  • Water-relation Parameters of Individual Mesophyll Cells of the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana.

    Ernst Steudle;J. Andrew C. Smith;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Midday depression in savanna trees: coordinated adjustments in photochemical efficiency, photorespiration, CO2 assimilation and water use efficiency.

    A. C. Franco;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Day-night changes in leaf water relations associated with the rhythm of crassulacean acid metabolism in Kalanchoë daigremontiana

    J. A. C. Smith;U. Lüttge

  • Plant memory: a tentative model

    M. Thellier;U. Lüttge

  • Four sites with contrasting environmental stress in southeastern Brazil: relations of species, life form diversity, and geographic distribution to ecophysiological parameters

    F. R. Scarano;Heitor Monteiro Duarte;K. T. Ribeiro;P. J. F. P. Rodrigues

  • CO2‐concentrating: consequences in crassulacean acid metabolism

    Ulrich Lüttge

  • Early Salt Stress Effects on the Differential Expression of Vacuolar H+-ATPase Genes in Roots and Leaves of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

    Rainer Low;Beate Rockel;Matthias Kirsch;Rafael Ratajczak

  • Separation and purification of the tonoplast ATPase and pyrophosphatase from plants with constitutive and inducible Crassulacean acid metabolism.

    C. Bremberger;H. P. Haschke;U. Lüttge

  • Plant Desiccation Tolerance

    Ulrich Lüttge;Erwin Beck;Dorothea Bartels

  • Spatiotemporal variation of metabolism in a plant circadian rhythm: The biological clock as an assembly of coupled individual oscillators

    Uwe Rascher;Marc Thorstern Hutt;Katharina Siebke;C. Barry Osmond

  • Exotic trees as nurse-trees for the regeneration of natural tropical forests

    Senbeta Feyera;Erwin Beck;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Day‐night changes of citric‐acid levels in crassulacean acid metabolism: phenomenon and ecophysiological significance

    U. Lüttge

  • Photosynthetic flexibility and ecophysiological plasticity: questions and lessons from Clusia, the only CAM tree, in the neotropics

    Ulrich Lüttge

  • Mineral nutrition: inducible and repressible nutrient transport systems.

    David T. Clarkson;Ulrich Lüttge

Frequent Co-Authors

Augusto C. Franco
Augusto C. Franco University of Brasília
Fabio Rubio Scarano
Fabio Rubio Scarano Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Uwe Rascher
Uwe Rascher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Thorsten E. E. Grams
Thorsten E. E. Grams Technical University of Munich
Marianne Popp
Marianne Popp University of Vienna
Burkhard Büdel
Burkhard Büdel Technical University of Kaiserslautern
André Läuchli
André Läuchli University of California, Davis
Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg
Wolfram Beyschlag
Wolfram Beyschlag Bielefeld University
David T. Clarkson
David T. Clarkson University of Bristol

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