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D-Index
44
Citations
9807
World Ranking
2958
National Ranking
224

Uta Paszkowski 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 Uta Paszkowski sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 72 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Uta Paszkowski 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 Uta Paszkowski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Her main research concerns Symbiosis, Botany, Mycorrhiza, Gene and Oryza sativa. The study incorporates disciplines such as Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Pathogen, Glomeromycota and Magnaporthe in addition to Botany. Uta Paszkowski interconnects Agriculture, Nitrogen fixation, Glomus, Domestication and Terrestrial plant in the investigation of issues within Mycorrhiza.

Her work deals with themes such as Fungus, Fusarium and Microbiology, which intersect with Gene. Her Oryza sativa study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Medicago truncatula, Periarbuscular membrane and Phosphate. Her Shotgun sequencing, Whole genome sequencing and Synteny study, which is part of a larger body of work in Genome, is frequently linked to Gene mapping, bridging the gap between disciplines.

Her most cited work include:

  • A draft séquence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) : The rice genome (1886 citations)
  • Rice phosphate transporters include an evolutionarily divergent gene specifically activated in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (469 citations)
  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis (451 citations)

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

Uta Paszkowski spends much of her time researching Symbiosis, Botany, Gene, Fungus and Arbuscular mycorrhiza. Her Symbiosis study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Mutant, Phosphate and Cell biology. Her Botany research integrates issues from Host, Oryza sativa and Glomeromycota.

Genetics covers Uta Paszkowski research in Oryza sativa. Her biological study deals with issues like Molecular biology, which deal with fields such as Biosynthesis, Enzyme, Structural gene and Northern blot. Her studies in Fungus integrate themes in fields like Intracellular and Burkholderia, Bacteria.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Symbiosis (92.54%)
  • Botany (73.13%)
  • Gene (25.37%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Symbiosis (92.54%)
  • Cell biology (23.88%)
  • Rhizophagus irregularis (25.37%)

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

Uta Paszkowski focuses on Symbiosis, Cell biology, Rhizophagus irregularis, Botany and Fungus. Uta Paszkowski works in the field of Symbiosis, namely Arbuscular mycorrhiza. The Cell biology study combines topics in areas such as Reprogramming and Plant development.

Her study in Rhizophagus irregularis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Evolutionary biology and Gene. Her research in Fungus focuses on subjects like Intracellular, which are connected to Ustilago, Hypha and Plant cell. Uta Paszkowski combines subjects such as Phosphate and Shoot with her study of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Mechanisms Underlying Establishment of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses (38 citations)
  • Arbuscular cell invasion coincides with extracellular vesicles and membrane tubules. (27 citations)
  • The negative regulator SMAX1 controls mycorrhizal symbiosis and strigolactone biosynthesis in rice (24 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Her primary scientific interests are in Symbiosis, Rhizophagus irregularis, Fungus, Cell biology and Intracellular. Her research integrates issues of Mutualism, Botany, Agriculture, New crop and Regulation of gene expression in her study of Symbiosis. Her research on Regulation of gene expression concerns the broader Gene.

Strigolactone is the focus of her Gene research. Her Rhizophagus irregularis research includes elements of Plant cell and Kinase. The various areas that Uta Paszkowski examines in her Intracellular study include Ustilago, Serine, Mutant, Hypha and Sporogenesis.

Best Publications

  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

    Emilie Tisserant;Mathilde Malbreil;Alan Kuo;Annegret Kohler

  • Contribution of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to heavy metal phytoremediation.

    Vera Göhre;Uta Paszkowski

  • Rice phosphate transporters include an evolutionarily divergent gene specifically activated in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Uta Paszkowski;Scott Kroken;Christophe Roux;Steven P. Briggs

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • Nonredundant Regulation of Rice Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis by Two Members of the PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1 Gene Family

    Shu-Yi Yang;Mette Grønlund;Iver Jakobsen;Marianne Suter Grotemeyer

  • Comparative transcriptomics of rice reveals an ancient pattern of response to microbial colonization

    Sonia Güimil;Hur-Song Chang;Tong Zhu;Ane Sesma

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhiza–Specific Signaling in Rice Transcends the Common Symbiosis Signaling Pathway

    Caroline Gutjahr;Mari Banba;Vincent Croset;Kyungsook An

  • Phosphorus acquisition efficiency in arbuscular mycorrhizal maize is correlated with the abundance of root-external hyphae and the accumulation of transcripts encoding PHT1 phosphate transporters.

    Ruairidh J.H. Sawers;Ruairidh J.H. Sawers;Simon F. Svane;Simon F. Svane;Clement Quan;Mette Grønlund;Mette Grønlund

  • Cereal mycorrhiza: an ancient symbiosis in modern agriculture.

    Ruairidh J.H. Sawers;Caroline Gutjahr;Uta Paszkowski

  • Rice perception of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi requires the karrikin receptor complex

    Caroline Gutjahr;Caroline Gutjahr;Enrico Gobbato;Jeongmin Choi;Michael Riemann

  • Glomus intraradices induces changes in root system architecture of rice independently of common symbiosis signaling.

    Caroline Gutjahr;Leonardo Casieri;Uta Paszkowski

  • Plant carbon nourishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    Ronelle Roth;Uta Anneliese Paszkowski

  • Tissue-Adapted Invasion Strategies of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

    Sylvain Marcel;Ruairidh Sawers;Edward Oakeley;Herbert Angliker

  • Multiple control levels of root system remodeling in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Caroline Gutjahr;Uta Paszkowski

  • Reprogramming Plant Cells for Endosymbiosis

    Giles E. D. Oldroyd;Maria J. Harrison;Uta Paszkowski

  • Weights in the balance: jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling in root-biotroph interactions.

    Caroline Gutjahr;Uta Paszkowski

  • Mechanisms Underlying Establishment of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses

    Jeongmin Choi;William Summers;Uta Paszkowski

  • A journey through signaling in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses 2006

    Uta Paszkowski

  • Mutation identification by direct comparison of whole-genome sequencing data from mutant and wild-type individuals using k-mers

    Karl J V Nordström;Maria C Albani;Geo Velikkakam James;Caroline Gutjahr;Caroline Gutjahr

  • The half‐size ABC transporters STR1 and STR2 are indispensable for mycorrhizal arbuscule formation in rice

    Caroline Gutjahr;Dragica Radovanovic;Jessika Geoffroy;Quan Zhang

  • Mutualism and parasitism: the yin and yang of plant symbioses.

    Uta Paszkowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Gutjahr
Caroline Gutjahr Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Iver Jakobsen
Iver Jakobsen University of Copenhagen
Philipp Franken
Philipp Franken Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Maria J. Harrison
Maria J. Harrison Cornell University
Ivan Baxter
Ivan Baxter Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Stefan A. Rensing
Stefan A. Rensing University of Freiburg
Akio Miyao
Akio Miyao National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Gerald A. Tuskan
Gerald A. Tuskan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hirohiko Hirochika
Hirohiko Hirochika Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

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