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Chris Somerville

Active 1979–2024

118
Papers
38,034
Citations
104
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Citations

Citations per year for Chris Somerville1980: 3 citations1981: 3 citations1982: 7 citations1983: 6 citations1984: 3 citations1985: 7 citations1986: 15 citations1987: 24 citations1988: 43 citations1989: 71 citations1990: 68 citations1991: 112 citations1992: 131 citations1993: 117 citations1994: 194 citations1995: 172 citations1996: 197 citations1997: 177 citations1998: 247 citations1999: 191 citations2000: 378 citations2001: 326 citations2002: 366 citations2003: 334 citations2004: 383 citations2005: 342 citations2006: 343 citations2007: 379 citations2008: 381 citations2009: 348 citations2010: 430 citations2011: 408 citations2012: 386 citations2013: 395 citations2014: 384 citations2015: 344 citations2016: 275 citations2017: 212 citations2018: 195 citations2019: 625 citations2020: 584 citations2021: 552 citations2022: 355 citations2023: 192 citations2024: 290 citations2025: 137 citations

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,406 citing papers, 27.9% of this breakdownChina: 1,312 citing papers, 10.7% of this breakdownGermany: 972 citing papers, 7.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 893 citing papers, 7.3% of this breakdownFrance: 681 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownJapan: 567 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownCanada: 447 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownAustralia: 358 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownSpain: 288 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 235 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSweden: 231 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 230 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences46.2%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.6%
  • Engineering5.9%
  • Medicine2.2%
  • Materials Science1.9%
  • Environmental Science1.3%
  • Other3.9%

Topics

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research11.4%
  • Plant Reproductive Biology7.6%
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms6.5%
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism4.5%
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls4.1%
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis3.8%
  • Other62.1%

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  1. Random GFP∷cDNA fusions enable visualization of subcellular structures in cells of Arabidopsis at a high frequency

    Authors: Sean R. Cutler, David W. Ehrhardt, Joel S. Griffitts, Chris Somerville - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2000 cited by 996

  2. Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls

    Authors: Chris Somerville, Štefan Bauer, Ginger Brininstool, Michelle Facette, Thorsten Hamann, Jennifer L. Milne, Erin Osborne Nishimura, Alexander R. Paredez, Staffan Persson, Ted Raab, Sonja Vorwerk, Heather Youngs - Science 2004 cited by 1,298

  3. Stomatal Development and Pattern Controlled by a MAPKK Kinase

    Authors: Dominique C. Bergmann, Wolfgang Lukowitz, Chris Somerville - Science 2004 cited by 556

  4. Regulation of membrane fatty acid composition by temperature in mutants of Arabidopsis with alterations in membrane lipid composition

    Authors: Deane L. Falcone, Joe Ogas, Chris Somerville - BMC Plant Biology 2004 cited by 323

  5. Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

    Authors: Chris Somerville, Heather Youngs, Caroline M. Taylor, Sarah C. Davis, Stephen P. Long - Science 2010 cited by 1,336

  6. 50 years of Arabidopsis research: highlights and future directions

    Authors: Nicholas J. Provart, José M. Alonso, Sarah M. Assmann, Dominique C. Bergmann, Siobhán M. Brady, Jelena Brkljacić, John Browse, Clint Chapple, Vincent Colot, Sean R. Cutler, Jeff Dangl, David W. Ehrhardt, Joanna Friesner, Wolf B. Frommer, Erich Grotewold, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Jennifer L. Nemhauser, Magnus Nordborg, Craig S. Pikaard, John Shanklin, Chris Somerville, Mark Stitt, Keiko U. Torii, Jamie Waese, Doris Wagner, Peter McCourt - New Phytologist 2015 cited by 230

  7. A fortunate choice: the history of Arabidopsis as a model plant

    Authors: Chris Somerville, Maarten Koornneef - Nature Reviews Genetics 2002 cited by 288

  8. The Cellulose Synthase Superfamily

    Authors: Todd Richmond, Chris Somerville - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000 cited by 620

  9. Gibberellin Is Required for Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana under Short Days

    Authors: Ruth N. Wilson, John Heckman, Chris Somerville - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992 cited by 633

  10. O-Glycosylated Cell Wall Proteins Are Essential in Root Hair Growth

    Authors: Silvia M. Velasquez, Martiniano M. Ricardi, Javier Gloazzo Dorosz, Paula Virginia Fernández, Alejandro D. Nadra, Laércio Pol Fachin, Jack Egelund, Sascha Gille, Jesper Harholt, Marina Ciancia, Hugo Verli, Markus Pauly, Antony Bacic, Carl Erik Olsen, Peter Ulvskov, Bent Larsen Petersen, Chris Somerville, Norberto D. Iusem, José M. Estevez - Science 2011 cited by 312

  11. Genetic evidence for three unique components in primary cell-wall cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis

    Authors: Staffan Persson, Alexander R. Paredez, Andrew Carroll, Hildur Pálsdóttir, Monika S. Doblin, Patricia Poindexter, Natalie Khitrov, Manfred Auer, Chris Somerville - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007 cited by 621

  12. The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR): a comprehensive database and web-based information retrieval, analysis, and visualization system for a model plant

    Authors: Eva Huala, Allan Dickerman, Margarita Garcia-Hernandez, Danforth Weems, Leonore Reiser, Frank LaFond, David Hanley, Donald Kiphart, Mingzhe Zhuang, Wen Huang, Lukas A. Mueller, Debika Bhattacharyya, Devaki Bhaya, Bruno W. S. Sobral, William D. Beavis, David Meinke, Christopher D. Town, Chris Somerville, Seung Yon Rhee - Nucleic Acids Research, Nucleic Acids Res. 2001 cited by 585

  13. A MAPKK Kinase Gene Regulates Extra-Embryonic Cell Fate in Arabidopsis

    Authors: Wolfgang Lukowitz, Adrienne Roeder, Dana Parmenter, Chris Somerville - Cell 2004 cited by 414

  14. Modifications of cellulose synthase confer resistance to isoxaben and thiazolidinone herbicides in Arabidopsis Ixr1 mutants

    Authors: Wolf‐Rüdiger Scheible, Ravit Eshed, Todd Richmond, Deborah P. Delmer, Chris Somerville - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2001 cited by 458

  15. Discovery of Lignin in Seaweed Reveals Convergent Evolution of Cell-Wall Architecture

    Authors: Patrick T. Martone, José M. Estevez, Fachuang Lu, K. Ruel, Mark W. Denny, Chris Somerville, John Ralph - Current Biology 2009 cited by 451

  16. Mutant of Arabidopsis Deficient in Xylem Loading of Phosphate

    Authors: Yves Poirier, Sharon Thoma, Chris Somerville, John Schiefelbein - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1991 cited by 444

  17. Clinical Profile and Natural Course in a Large Cohort of Patients With Hypertriglyceridemia and Pancreatitis

    Authors: Kishore Vipperla, Chris Somerville, Alessandro Furlan, Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Melissa Saul, Jennifer Chennat, Mordechai Rabinovitz, David C. Whitcomb, Adam Slivka, Georgios I. Papachristou, Dhiraj Yadav - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 2016 cited by 122

  18. Cellulosic Biofuels

    Authors: Andrew Carroll, Chris Somerville - Annual Review of Plant Biology 2008 cited by 687

  19. The role of plant cell wall polysaccharide composition in disease resistance

    Authors: Sonja Vorwerk, Shauna Somerville, Chris Somerville - Trends in Plant Science 2004 cited by 522

  20. Microspore Separation in thequartet 3Mutants of Arabidopsis Is Impaired by a Defect in a Developmentally Regulated Polygalacturonase Required for Pollen Mother Cell Wall Degradation

    Authors: Seung Y. Rhee, Erin Osborne Nishimura, Patricia Poindexter, Chris Somerville - PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003 cited by 236

  21. Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma

    Authors: David Tilman, Robert H. Socolow, Jonathan A. Foley, Jason Hill, Eric D. Larson, Lee R. Lynd, Stephen W. Pacala, John M. Reilly, Tim Searchinger, Chris Somerville, Robert H. Williams - Science 2009 cited by 1,598

  22. Cellulose Synthesis in Higher Plants

    Authors: Chris Somerville - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 2006 cited by 1,042

  23. Insensitivity to Ethylene Conferred by a Dominant Mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Authors: Anthony B. Bleecker, Mark Estelle, Chris Somerville, Hans Kende - Science 1988 cited by 1,020

  24. Sulfonylurea-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Authors: George W. Haughn, Chris Somerville - Molecular and General Genetics MGG 1986 cited by 588