Bert De Rybel

11.0k citations

96 papers · 8.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.1%
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Papers in

Plant Science 81
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 71
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 39
Molecular Biology 79
- Plant Reproductive Biology 40
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 23
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 14
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis 9
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration 6
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis 5

Co-authors: Tom Beeckman (30 shared papers)Dolf Weijers (21 shared papers)Steffen Vanneste (10 shared papers)Ilda Casimiro (4 shared papers)Malcolm John Bennett (3 shared papers)Brecht Wybouw (7 shared papers)Ive De Smet (8 shared papers)Ranjan Swarup (2 shared papers)
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (9 papers)Science (8 papers)Current Biology (6 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (5 papers)The Plant Cell (5 papers)
Partner nations: Belgium Netherlands United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Bert De Rybel

90 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Bert De Rybel's Hit Papers

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Vascular transcription factors guide plant epidermal responses to limiting phosphate conditions 2020 · 239 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2020 Science
2009 Trends in Plant Science

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1	Arabidopsis lateral root development: an emerging story Trends in Plant Science ·Benjamin Péret, Bert De Rybel, Ilda Casimiro, Eva Benková, Ranjan Swarup, Laurent Laplaze, Tom Beeckman, Malcolm John Bennett Hit paper breakdown →	2009	666
2	Auxin-dependent regulation of lateral root positioning in the basal meristem of Arabidopsis Development ·Ive De Smet, Takuya Tetsumura, Bert De Rybel, Nicolas Frei dit Frey, Laurent Laplaze, Ilda Casimiro, Ranjan Swarup, Mirande Naudts	2007	515
3	A Novel Aux/IAA28 Signaling Cascade Activates GATA23-Dependent Specification of Lateral Root Founder Cell Identity Current Biology ·Bert De Rybel, Valya Vassileva, Boris Parizot, Marlies Demeulenaere, Wim Grunewald, Dominique Audenaert, Jelle Van Campenhout, Paul J. Overvoorde	2010	412
4	A novel protein family mediates Casparian strip formation in the endodermis Nature ·Daniele Roppolo, Bert De Rybel, Valérie Dénervaud Tendon, Alexandre Pfister, Julien Alassimone, Joop E. M. Vermeer, Misako Yamazaki, York‐Dieter Stierhof	2011	363
5	Receptor-Like Kinase ACR4 Restricts Formative Cell Divisions in the Arabidopsis Root Science ·Ive De Smet, Valya Vassileva, Bert De Rybel, Mitchell Paul Levesque, Wim Grunewald, Daniël Van Damme, Giel Van Noorden, Mirande Naudts	2008	317
6	Cell Cycle Progression in the Pericycle Is Not Sufficient for SOLITARY ROOT/IAA14-Mediated Lateral Root Initiation inArabidopsis thaliana The Plant Cell ·Steffen Vanneste, Bert De Rybel, Gerrit T.S. Beemster, Karin Ljung, Ive De Smet, Gert Van Isterdael, Mirande Naudts, Ryusuke Iida	2005	288
7	Integration of growth and patterning during vascular tissue formation in Arabidopsis Science ·Bert De Rybel, Milad Adibi, Alice S. Breda, Jos R. Wendrich, Margot E. Smit, Ondřej Novák, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Saiko Yoshida	2014	278
8	Bimodular auxin response controls organogenesis in Arabidopsis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ive De Smet, Steffen Lau, Ute Voß, Steffen Vanneste, René Benjamins, Eike H. Rademacher, Alexandra Schlereth, Bert De Rybel	2010	247
9	A bHLH Complex Controls Embryonic Vascular Tissue Establishment and Indeterminate Growth in Arabidopsis Developmental Cell ·Bert De Rybel, Barbara K. Möller, Saiko Yoshida, Ilona E. Grabowicz, Pierre Barbier de Reuille, Sjef A. Boeren, Richard Scott Smith, Jan Willem Borst	2013	241
10	Vascular transcription factors guide plant epidermal responses to limiting phosphate conditions Science ·Jos R. Wendrich, Baojun Yang, Niels Vandamme, Kevin Verstaen, Wouter Smet, Celien Van de Velde, Max Minne, Brecht Wybouw Hit paper breakdown →	2020	239
11	Chemical Inhibition of a Subset of Arabidopsis thaliana GSK3-like Kinases Activates Brassinosteroid Signaling Chemistry & Biology ·Bert De Rybel, Dominique Audenaert, Grégory Vert, Wilfried Rozhon, Juliane Mayerhofer, Frank Peelman, Silvie Coutuer, Tinneke Denayer	2009	230
12	Transcription factor WRKY23 assists auxin distribution patterns during Arabidopsis root development through local control on flavonol biosynthesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wim Grunewald, Ive De Smet, Daniel R. Lewis, Christian Löfke, Leentje Jansen, Geert Goeminne, Robin Vanden Bossche, Mansour Karimi	2012	223
13	Plant vascular development: from early specification to differentiation Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ·Bert De Rybel, Ari Pekka Mähönen, Ykä Helariutta, Dolf Weijers	2015	219
14	Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth Nature ·Shunsuke Miyashima, Pawel Roszak, Iris Sevilem, Koichi Toyokura, Bernhard Blob, Jung‐ok Heo, Nathan L. Mellor, Hanna Help	2019	206
15	Cytokinin – A Developing Story Trends in Plant Science ·Brecht Wybouw, Bert De Rybel	2018	194
16	Cell surface and intracellular auxin signalling for H+ fluxes in root growth Nature ·Lanxin Li, Inge Verstraeten, Mark Roosjen, Koji U. Takahashi, Lesia Rodríguez, Jack Merrin, Jian Chen, Lana Shabala	2021	193
17	Cyclic programmed cell death stimulates hormone signaling and root development in Arabidopsis Science ·Wei Xuan, Leah R. Band, Robert P. Kumpf, Daniël Van Damme, Boris Parizot, Gieljan De Rop, Davy Opdenacker, Barbara K. Möller	2016	174
18	Arabidopsis NAC45/86 direct sieve element morphogenesis culminating in enucleation Science ·Kaori Miyashima Furuta, Shri Ram Yadav, Satu J. Lehesranta, Ilya N Belevich, Shunsuke Miyashima, Jung‐ok Heo, Anne Vatén, Ove Lindgren	2014	171
19	Advances and Opportunities in Single-Cell Transcriptomics for Plant Research Annual Review of Plant Biology ·Carolin Seyfferth, Jim Renema, Jos R. Wendrich, Thomas Eekhout, Ruth Seurinck, Niels Vandamme, Bernhard Blob, Yvan Saeys	2021	158
20	Root Cap-Derived Auxin Pre-patterns the Longitudinal Axis of the Arabidopsis Root Current Biology ·Wei Xuan, Dominique Audenaert, Boris Parizot, Barbara K. Möller, Maria Fransiska Njo, Bert De Rybel, Gieljan De Rop, Gert Van Isterdael	2015	157

About Bert De Rybel

Bert De Rybel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Structural Biology, having authored 96 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (71 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (40 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (39 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (14 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (9 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (6 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (7.3k citations), Molecular Biology (5.5k citations), Biophysics (85 citations), Cell Biology (214 citations) and Horticulture (13 citations). Bert De Rybel has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Tom Beeckman, Dolf Weijers, Steffen Vanneste, Ilda Casimiro, Malcolm John Bennett, Brecht Wybouw, Ive De Smet, Ranjan Swarup, Laurent Laplaze and Gert Van Isterdael. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Current Biology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Plant Cell.

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