Tom Gerats

6.4k citations

66 papers · 5.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.5%
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
Molecular Biology top 2%
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Papers in

Plant Science 49
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 26
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 14
Molecular Biology 44
- Plant Reproductive Biology 28
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis 9
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration 9
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 8
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 5

Co-authors: Craita E. Bita (2 shared papers)Michiel Vandenbussche (19 shared papers)Jan Zethof (18 shared papers)Anneke S. Rijpkema (9 shared papers)Cathie R. Martin (2 shared papers)Marc Van Montagu (12 shared papers)Janny L. Peters (10 shared papers)Ronald E. Koes (5 shared papers)
Journals: The Plant Cell (10 papers)The Plant Journal (8 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (4 papers)Theoretical and Applied Genetics (3 papers)Trends in Plant Science (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Belgium France

In The Last Decade

Tom Gerats

66 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Tom Gerats's Hit Papers

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Plant tolerance to high temperature in a changing environment: scientific fundamentals and production of heat stress-tolerant crops 2013 · 1.5k 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.

2013 Frontiers in Plant Science

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1	Plant tolerance to high temperature in a changing environment: scientific fundamentals and production of heat stress-tolerant crops Frontiers in Plant Science ·Craita E. Bita, Tom Gerats Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1491
2	Effects of Osmoprotectants upon NaCl Stress in Rice PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Anice Garcia, J. De Almeida Engler, S. Iyer, Tom Gerats, Marc Van Montagu, Allan Caplan	1997	269
3	Differential Recruitment of WOX Transcription Factors for Lateral Development and Organ Fusion in Petunia and Arabidopsis The Plant Cell ·Michiel Vandenbussche, Anneke Horstman, Jan Zethof, Ronald E. Koes, Anneke S. Rijpkema, Tom Gerats	2009	207
4	The Duplicated B-Class Heterodimer Model: Whorl-Specific Effects and Complex Genetic Interactions in Petunia hybrida Flower Development The Plant Cell ·Michiel Vandenbussche, Jan Zethof, Stefan Royaert, Koen Weterings, Tom Gerats	2004	200
5	Control of Pigment Biosynthesis Genes during Petal Development. The Plant Cell ·Cathie R. Martin, Tom Gerats	1993	173
6	Transposon Display identifies individual transposable elements in high copy number lines The Plant Journal ·Dirk Va, Ning De, Nick Van den Broeck, Tamara Maes, Matt Sauer, Jan Zethof, Peter David Currie, E Keukeleire	1998	162
7	A conserved microRNA module exerts homeotic control over Petunia hybrida and Antirrhinum majus floral organ identity Nature Genetics ·Maria Cartolano, Rosa Castillo, Nadia Efremova, Markus Kuckenberg, Jan Zethof, Tom Gerats, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Michiel Vandenbussche	2007	146
8	Toward the Analysis of the Petunia MADS Box Gene Family by Reverse and Forward Transposon Insertion Mutagenesis Approaches: B, C, and D Floral Organ Identity Functions Require SEPALLATA- Like MADS Box Genes in Petunia The Plant Cell ·Michiel Vandenbussche, Jan Zethof, Erik Souer, Ronald E. Koes, Giovanni Battista Tornielli, Mario Pezzotti, Silvia Ferrario, Gerco C. Angenent	2003	143
9	Forward genetics and map-based cloning approaches Trends in Plant Science ·Janny L. Peters, Filip Cnudde, Tom Gerats	2003	139
10	Analysis of thePetunia TM6MADS Box Gene Reveals Functional Divergence within theDEF/AP3Lineage The Plant Cell ·Anneke S. Rijpkema, Stefan Royaert, Jan Zethof, Gerard van der Weerden, Tom Gerats, Michiel Vandenbussche	2006	129
11	The petunia AGL6 gene has a SEPALLATA‐like function in floral patterning The Plant Journal ·Anneke S. Rijpkema, Jan Zethof, Tom Gerats, Michiel Vandenbussche	2009	123
12	A model system for comparative research: Petunia Trends in Plant Science ·Tom Gerats, Michiel Vandenbussche	2005	118
13	Petunia Ap2-like Genes and Their Role in Flower and Seed Development The Plant Cell ·Tamara Maes, Nancy Van de Steene, Jan Zethof, Mansour Karimi, Mariëlla D’hauw, Gwenny Mares, Marc Van Montagu, Tom Gerats	2001	106
14	Temperature stress differentially modulates transcription in meiotic anthers of heat-tolerant and heat-sensitive tomato plants BMC Genomics ·Craita E. Bita, Sara Zenoni, Wim H. Vriezen, Celestina Mariani, Mario Pezzotti, Tom Gerats	2011	102
15	SLO2, a mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein affecting several RNA editing sites, is required for energy metabolism The Plant Journal ·Qiang Zhu, Jasper Dugardeyn, Chunyi Zhang, Mizuki Takenaka, Kristina Kuehn, Christian P. Craddock, Jan Smalle, Michael Karampelias	2012	102
16	Petunia. Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Tom Gerats, Judith N. Strommer	2009	92
17	Variations on a theme: Changes in the floral ABCs in angiosperms Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Anneke S. Rijpkema, Michiel Vandenbussche, Ronald E. Koes, Klaas Heijmans, Tom Gerats	2009	91
18	AFLP analysis of genetic diversity within and between Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Peter Breyne, Dries Rombaut, Ann Van Gysel, Marc Van Montagu, Tom Gerats	1999	88
19	Ectopic Expression of the Petunia MADS Box Gene UNSHAVEN Accelerates Flowering and Confers Leaf-Like Characteristics to Floral Organs in a Dominant-Negative Manner[W] The Plant Cell ·Silvia Ferrario, Jacqueline Busscher, John Franken, Tom Gerats, Michiel Vandenbussche, Gerco C. Angenent, Richard G. H. Immink	2004	84
20	Redefining C and D in the Petunia ABC The Plant Cell ·Klaas Heijmans, Kai Ament, Anneke S. Rijpkema, Jan Zethof, Mieke Wolters‐Arts, Tom Gerats, Michiel Vandenbussche	2012	82

About Tom Gerats

Tom Gerats is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 66 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Reproductive Biology (28 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (14 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (9 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (6 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (4.2k citations), Molecular Biology (3.0k citations), Horticulture (44 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (577 citations) and Biochemistry (132 citations). Tom Gerats has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and France. Frequent co-authors include Craita E. Bita, Michiel Vandenbussche, Jan Zethof, Anneke S. Rijpkema, Cathie R. Martin, Marc Van Montagu, Janny L. Peters, Ronald E. Koes, Tamara Maes and Judith N. Strommer. Their work appears in journals such as The Plant Cell, The Plant Journal, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Theoretical and Applied Genetics and Trends in Plant Science.

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