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Ulrich Schaffrath

Ulrich Schaffrath

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
35
Citations
5748
World Ranking
5062
National Ranking
311

Ulrich Schaffrath 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 Schaffrath sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 104 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ulrich Schaffrath 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 Schaffrath 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: 35 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Priming: Getting Ready for Battle

    Uwe Conrath;Gerold J.M. Beckers;Victor Flors;Pilar García-Agustín

  • The Barley MLO Modulator of Defense and Cell Death Is Responsive to Biotic and Abiotic Stress Stimuli

    Pietro Piffanelli;Fasong Zhou;Catarina Casais;James Orme

  • The Ambivalence of the Barley Mlo Locus: Mutations Conferring Resistance Against Powdery Mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei) Enhance Susceptibility to the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Birgit Jarosch;Karl-Heinz Kogel;Ulrich Schaffrath

  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of Asian soybean rust

    Unknown

  • The wheat durable, multipathogen resistance gene Lr34 confers partial blast resistance in rice.

    Simon G. Krattinger;Justine Sucher;Liselotte L. Selter;Harsh Chauhan

  • Melanin Is Not Required for Turgor Generation but Enhances Cell-Wall Rigidity in Appressoria of the Corn Pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola

    Nancy Ludwig;Marco Löhrer;Marcus Hempel;Sebastian Mathea

  • OsWRKY22, a monocot WRKY gene, plays a role in the resistance response to blast.

    Pamela Abbruscato;Tamás Nepusz;Luca Mizzi;Marcello Del Corvo

  • An Update on Jacalin-Like Lectins and Their Role in Plant Defense

    Unknown

  • Characterization of nonhost resistance of Arabidopsis to the Asian soybean rust.

    Unknown

  • Different patterns of host genes are induced in rice by Pseudomonas syringae, a biological inducer of resistance, and the chemical inducer benzothiadiazole (BTH)

    Patrick Schweizer;Edith Schlagenhauf;Ulrich Schaffrath;Robert Dudler

  • CRISPR/Cas with ribonucleoprotein complexes and transiently selected telomere vectors allows highly efficient marker-free and multiple genome editing in Botrytis cinerea.

    Thomas Leisen;Fabian Bietz;Janina Werner;Alex Wegner

  • Evolutionary Conserved Function of Barley and Arabidopsis 3-KETOACYL-CoA SYNTHASES in Providing Wax Signals for Germination of Powdery Mildew Fungi

    Denise Weidenbach;Marcus Jansen;Rochus B. Franke;Goetz Hensel

  • Characterization of RCI-1, a chloroplastic rice lipoxygenase whose synthesis is induced by chemical plant resistance activators.

    Ulrich Schaffrath;Frauke Zabbai;Robert Dudler

  • Mechanosensitive Expression of a Lipoxygenase Gene in Wheat

    Felix Mauch;Alenka Kmecl;Ulrich Schaffrath;Sandra Volrath

  • Constitutively activated barley ROPs modulate epidermal cell size, defense reactions and interactions with fungal leaf pathogens.

    Indira Priyadarshini Pathuri;Nina Zellerhoff;Ulrich Schaffrath;Götz Hensel

  • RAR1, ROR1, and the actin cytoskeleton contribute to basal resistance to Magnaporthe grisea in barley.

    Unknown

  • Nonhost Resistance of Barley to Different Fungal Pathogens Is Associated with Largely Distinct, Quantitative Transcriptional Responses

    Nina Zellerhoff;Axel Himmelbach;Wubei Dong;Stephane Bieri

  • UDP-glucosyltransferase UGT84A2/BRT1 is required for Arabidopsis nonhost resistance to the Asian soybean rust pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi.

    Unknown

  • Evidence for Different Signaling Pathways Activated by Inducers of Acquired Resistance in Wheat

    Ulrich Schaffrath;Ernst Freydl;Robert Dudler

  • Polarized Defense Against Fungal Pathogens Is Mediated by the Jacalin-Related Lectin Domain of Modular Poaceae-Specific Proteins

    Denise Weidenbach;Lara Esch;Claudia Möller;Goetz Hensel

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Conrath
Uwe Conrath RWTH Aachen University
Robert Dudler
Robert Dudler University of Zurich
Ralph Panstruga
Ralph Panstruga RWTH Aachen University
Patrick Schweizer
Patrick Schweizer Leibniz Association
Björn Usadel
Björn Usadel Forschungszentrum Jülich
Felix Mauch
Felix Mauch Technical University of Munich
Pietro Piffanelli
Pietro Piffanelli Parco Tecnologico Padano
Lilian Amorim
Lilian Amorim Universidade de São Paulo
Ralph Hückelhoven
Ralph Hückelhoven Technical University of Munich
Emmanuel Guiderdoni
Emmanuel Guiderdoni Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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