Thomas J. Baum

13.3k citations
131 papers · 10.8k · 1 hit paper · h-index 57

Impact in

  • Plant Science top 0.05%
    • Nematode management and characterization studies
    • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
    • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
    • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
    • Plant Molecular Biology Research
    • Soybean genetics and cultivation
    • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect Science top 0.2%
    • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control

Papers in

  • Plant Science 128
    • Nematode management and characterization studies 111
    • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 86
    • Plant Parasitism and Resistance 17
    • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 12
    • Soybean genetics and cultivation 12
    • Plant Molecular Biology Research 11
  • Insect Science 22
    • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences 14
Co-authors
Eric Davis (53 shared papers)RICHARD S. HUSSEY (51 shared papers)Tarek Hewezi (34 shared papers)Melissa Goellner Mitchum (37 shared papers)Tom R. Maier (31 shared papers)Rex Allen (14 shared papers)Dan S. Nettleton (11 shared papers)Guozhong Huang (9 shared papers)
Journals
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (25 papers)Molecular Plant Pathology (15 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (7 papers)The Plant Journal (7 papers)Phytopathology (5 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesUnited KingdomFrance

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Baum

130 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Thomas J. Baum's Hit Papers

Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita 2008 · 1.0k citations
1.0k0+6+12Years since publication2505007501000
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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.

  1. 2008 Nature Biotechnology

Peers

Thomas J. Baum
Comparison fields: 5 of 90
  • Plant Science 10.0k
  • Insect Science 1.7k
  • Aging 164
  • Molecular Biology 2.5k
  • Agronomy and Crop Science 348
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Pierre Abad France
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Tarek Hewezi United States
Aska Goverse Netherlands
Bruno Favery France
Philippe Castagnone‐Sereno France
Dwayne D. Hegedus Canada
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Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Nature Biotechnology ·Pierre Abad, Jérôme Gouzy, Jean‐Marc Aury, Philippe Castagnone‐Sereno, Étienne Danchin, Emeline Deleury, Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch Zurletto, Véronique Anthouard
Hit paper breakdown →		20081037
2
Engineering broad root-knot resistance in transgenic plants by RNAi silencing of a conserved and essential root-knot nematode parasitism gene
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Guozhong Huang, Rex Allen, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum, RICHARD S. HUSSEY
2006517
3
Endogenous cellulases in animals: Isolation of β-1,4-endoglucanase genes from two species of plant-parasitic cyst nematodes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Geert Smant, Jack P. W. G. Stokkermans, Yitang Yan, Jan M. De Boer, Thomas J. Baum, Xiaohong Wang, Richard S. Hussey, F.J. Gommers
1998409
4
A soybean cyst nematode resistance gene points to a new mechanism of plant resistance to pathogens
Nature ·Shiming Liu, Pramod Kaitheri Kandoth, Samantha Warren, Greg Yeckel, Robert D. Heinz, John N. Alden, Chunling Yang, Aziz Jamaï
2012338
5
Nematode effector proteins: an emerging paradigm of parasitism
New Phytologist ·Melissa Goellner Mitchum, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Thomas J. Baum, Xiaohong Wang, Axel Armin Elling, Martin John Evers Wubben, Eric Davis
2013275
6
The Parasitome of the Phytonematode Heterodera glycines
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Bingli Gao, Rex Allen, Tom R. Maier, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum, RICHARD S. HUSSEY
2003241
7
Developmental Transcript Profiling of Cyst Nematode Feeding Cells in Soybean Roots
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Nagabhushana Ithal, Justin C. Recknor, Dan S. Nettleton, Tom R. Maier, Thomas J. Baum, Melissa Goellner Mitchum
2007240
8
The Arabidopsis MicroRNA396-GRF1/GRF3 Regulatory Module Acts as a Developmental Regulator in the Reprogramming of Root Cells during Cyst Nematode Infection
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Tarek Hewezi, Tom R. Maier, Dan S. Nettleton, Thomas J. Baum
2012224
9
Parasitism proteins in nematode–plant interactions
Current Opinion in Plant Biology ·Eric Davis, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Thomas J. Baum
2008214
10
Cellulose Binding Protein from the Parasitic Nematode Heterodera schachtii Interacts with Arabidopsis Pectin Methylesterase: Cooperative Cell Wall Modification during Parasitism
The Plant Cell ·Tarek Hewezi, Peter Howe, Tom R. Maier, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum
2008199
11
A parasitism gene from a plant‐parasitic nematode with function similar to CLAVATA3/ESR (CLE) of Arabidopsis thaliana
Molecular Plant Pathology ·Xiaohong Wang, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Bingli Gao, Chunying Li, HANANE DIAB, Thomas J. Baum, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Eric Davis
2005198
12
Parallel Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of Host and Pathogen During Soybean Cyst Nematode Infection of Soybean
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Nagabhushana Ithal, Justin C. Recknor, Dan S. Nettleton, Leonard B. Hearne, Tom R. Maier, Thomas J. Baum, Melissa Goellner Mitchum
2007196
13
A Profile of Putative Parasitism Genes Expressed in the Esophageal Gland Cells of the Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Guozhong Huang, Bingli Gao, Tom R. Maier, Rex Allen, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum, RICHARD S. HUSSEY
2003196
14
Arabidopsis Spermidine Synthase Is Targeted by an Effector Protein of the Cyst Nematode Heterodera schachtii
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Tarek Hewezi, Peter Howe, Tom R. Maier, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum
2009187
15
Isolation of a cDNA Encoding a β-1,4-endoglucanase in the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita and Expression Analysis During Plant Parasitism
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Marie‐Noëlle Rosso, Bruno Favery, Christine P. Piotte, Laury Arthaud, Jan M. De Boer, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Jaap Adriaan Bakker, Thomas J. Baum
1999186
16
A Root-Knot Nematode Secretory Peptide Functions as a Ligand for a Plant Transcription Factor
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Guozhong Huang, Ruihua Dong, Rex Allen, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum, RICHARD S. HUSSEY
2006184
17
Manipulation of Plant Cells by Cyst and Root-Knot Nematode Effectors
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Tarek Hewezi, Thomas J. Baum
2012182
18
Plant‐Microbe Interactions and Biological Control
Crop Science ·Thomas J. Baum
1999181
19
In-situ Hybridization to Messenger RNA in Heterodera glycines.
PubMed ·Jan M. De Boer, Yitang Yan, Geert Smant, Eric Davis, Thomas J. Baum
1998177
20
Arabidopsis gene expression changes during cyst nematode parasitism revealed by statistical analyses of microarray expression profiles
The Plant Journal ·David P. Puthoff, Dan S. Nettleton, Steven R. Rodermel, Thomas J. Baum
2003177

About Thomas J. Baum

Thomas J. Baum is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Aging and Agronomy and Crop Science, having authored 131 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nematode management and characterization studies (111 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (86 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (17 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (14 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (12 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (12 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (10.0k citations), Insect Science (1.7k citations), Aging (164 citations), Molecular Biology (2.5k citations) and Agronomy and Crop Science (348 citations). Thomas J. Baum has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Eric Davis, RICHARD S. HUSSEY, Tarek Hewezi, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Tom R. Maier, Rex Allen, Dan S. Nettleton, Guozhong Huang, Bingli Gao and Xiaohong Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Molecular Plant Pathology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The Plant Journal and Phytopathology.

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