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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
129
Citations
49765
World Ranking
44
National Ranking
7

Wolf B. Frommer 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 Wolf B. Frommer sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 367 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolf B. Frommer 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 Wolf B. Frommer 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: 129 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2015 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Wolf B. Frommer is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in plant molecular biology, molecular biology, genetics, and cell biology.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Their frequently published research venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • New Phytologist
  • BIO-PROTOCOL
  • The Plant Journal

Wolf B. Frommer has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Michael M. Wudick
  • Masayoshi Nakamura
  • Eliza P.I. Loo
  • Van Schepler-Luu
  • Mayuri Sadoine

Recent publications by Frommer and colleagues include:

  • Distinct identities of leaf phloem cells revealed by single cell transcriptomics (2020, The Plant Cell)
  • Simultaneous changes in seed size, oil content and protein content driven by selection of SWEET homologues during soybean domestication (2020, National Science Review)
  • The evolving landscape around genome editing in agriculture (2020, EMBO Reports)
  • Evidence for phloem loading via the abaxial bundle sheath cells in maize leaves (2020, The Plant Cell)
  • An increasing number of countries regulate genome editing in crops (2022, New Phytologist)

Wolf B. Frommer has been recognized by several institutions and holds distinctions including:

  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2015), for Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)

Best Publications

  • Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens

    Li Qing Chen;Bi Huei Hou;Sylvie Lalonde;Hitomi Takanaga

  • Sucrose Efflux Mediated by SWEET Proteins as a Key Step for Phloem Transport

    Li Qing Chen;Xiao Qing Qu;Xiao Qing Qu;Bi Huei Hou;Davide Sosso

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

    Ricardo Oliva;Chonghui Ji;Genelou Atienza-Grande;Genelou Atienza-Grande;José C. Huguet-Tapia

  • ARAMEMNON, a Novel Database for Arabidopsis Integral Membrane Proteins

    Rainer Schwacke;Anja Schneider;Eric van der Graaff;Karsten Fischer

  • Isolation and characterization of a sucrose carrier cDNA from spinach by functional expression in yeast.

    J. W. Riesmeier;L. Willmitzer;W. B. Frommer

  • Three Functional Transporters for Constitutive, Diurnally Regulated, and Starvation-Induced Uptake of Ammonium into Arabidopsis Roots

    Sonia Gazzarrini;Laurence Lejay;Alain Gojon;Olaf Ninnemann

  • Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

    Julian I. Schroeder;Emmanuel Delhaize;Wolf B. Frommer;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • The Dual Function of Sugar Carriers: Transport and Sugar Sensing

    Sylvie Lalonde;Eckhard Boles;Hanjo Hellmann;Laurence Barker

  • Gene targeting by the TAL effector PthXo2 reveals cryptic resistance gene for bacterial blight of rice

    Junhui Zhou;Zhao Peng;Juying Long;Juying Long;Davide Sosso

  • Both developmental and metabolic signals activate the promoter of a class I patatin gene

    Mario Rocha-Sosa;Uwe Sonnewald;Wolf Frommer;Marina Stratmann

  • TRANSPORT MECHANISMS FOR ORGANIC FORMS OF CARBON AND NITROGEN BETWEEN SOURCE AND SINK

    Sylvie Lalonde;Daniel Wipf;Wolf B. Frommer

  • Phloem loading and unloading of sugars and amino acids

    S. Lalonde;M. Tegeder;M. Throne-Holst;W. B. Frommer

  • Transport of Sugars

    Li Qing Chen;Lily S. Cheung;Liang Feng;Widmar Tanner

  • Macromolecular Trafficking Indicated by Localization and Turnover of Sucrose Transporters in Enucleate Sieve Elements

    Christina Kühn;Vincent R. Franceschi;Alexander Schulz;Rémi Lemoine

  • Identification of a high affinity NH4+ transporter from plants.

    O. Ninnemann;J.C. Jauniaux;W.B. Frommer

  • SWEETs, transporters for intracellular and intercellular sugar translocation

    Joon Seob Eom;Li Qing Chen;Davide Sosso;Benjamin T. Julius

  • Evidence for an essential role of the sucrose transporter in phloem loading and assimilate partitioning.

    J.W. Riesmeier;L. Willmitzer;W.B. Frommer

  • Seed filling in domesticated maize and rice depends on SWEET-mediated hexose transport

    Davide Sosso;Dangping Luo;Qin Bao Li;Joelle Sasse

  • SUT2, a Putative Sucrose Sensor in Sieve Elements

    Laurence Barker;Christina Kühn;Andreas Weise;Alexander Schulz

  • A Genetically Encoded FRET Lactate Sensor and Its Use To Detect the Warburg Effect in Single Cancer Cells

    Alejandro San Martín;Alejandro San Martín;Sebastián Ceballo;Sebastián Ceballo;Iván Ruminot;Iván Ruminot;Rodrigo Lerchundi;Rodrigo Lerchundi

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Loqué
Dominique Loqué Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Mechthild Tegeder
Mechthild Tegeder Washington State University
Loren L. Looger
Loren L. Looger Howard Hughes Medical Institute
John M. Ward
John M. Ward University College London
Doris Rentsch
Doris Rentsch University of Bern
Uwe Ludewig
Uwe Ludewig University of Hohenheim
David W. Ehrhardt
David W. Ehrhardt Carnegie Institution for Science
Nicolaus von Wirén
Nicolaus von Wirén Leibniz Association
Uwe Sonnewald
Uwe Sonnewald University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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