Alan R. Wellburn

14.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Wellburn is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Wellburn has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Wellburn's work include Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers). Alan R. Wellburn is often cited by papers focused on Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers). Alan R. Wellburn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. Alan R. Wellburn's co-authors include Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, H. Mehlhorn, Heinrich Sandermann, Robert L. Heath, Gary Creissen, Florence A. M. Wellburn, Brian J. Tabner, Phil Mullineaux, Baldeep Kular and Philip M. Mullineaux and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Alan R. Wellburn

39 papers receiving 11.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Determinations of total carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b of leaf extracts in different solvents

1983 5.5k citations Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, Alan R. Wellburn Biochemical Society Transactions profile →
The Spectral Determination of Chlorophylls a and b, as well as Total Carotenoids, Using Various Solvents with Spectrophotometers of Different Resolution

1994 4.6k citations Alan R. Wellburn Journal of Plant Physiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Atmospheric nitrogenous compounds and ozone – is NO_x fixation by plants a possible solution? 1998 ·New Phytologist ·Alan R. Wellburn	19
2	Air Pollution and Free Radical Protection Responses of Plants 1997 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Alan R. Wellburn, Florence A. M. Wellburn	9
3	Environmental factors and genotypic changes in lipids contribute to the winter hardiness of Norway spruce (Picea abies) 1997 ·New Phytologist ·Alan R. Wellburn	9
4	Air Pollution and Climate Change: The Biological Impact 1996 ·Alan R. Wellburn	54
5	Genetic and environmental contributions to the winter hardiness of conifers 1995 ·Botanical Journal of Scotland ·Alan R. Wellburn	2
6	Differential Responses of Growth and Nitrate Reductase Activity in Wild Type and NO2-Tolerant Barley Mutants to Atmospheric NO2 and Nutrient Nitrate 1994 ·Journal of Plant Physiology ·Hema Srivastava, (unknown), Peter J. Lea, Alan R. Wellburn	5
7	The Spectral Determination of Chlorophylls a and b, as well as Total Carotenoids, Using Various Solvents with Spectrophotometers of Different Resolution breakdown → 1994 ·Journal of Plant Physiology ·Alan R. Wellburn	4629
8	Elucidation of the role of glutathione reductase using transgenic plants 1994 ·Biochemical Society Transactions ·Philip M. Mullineaux, Gary Creissen, (unknown), Helen Reynolds, Baldeep Kular, Alan R. Wellburn	11
9	Molecular characterization of glutathione reductase cDNAs from pea (Pisum sativum L.) 1992 ·The Plant Journal ·Gary Creissen, E. Anne Edwards, Corine Enard, Alan R. Wellburn, Phil Mullineaux	72
10	Relationship between foliar injury and changes in antioxidant levels in red and Norway spruce exposed to acidic mists 1991 ·Environmental Pollution ·Yimin Chen, Peter W. Lucas, Alan R. Wellburn	37
11	Atmospheric Ozone Interacts with Stress Ethylene Formation by Plants to Cause Visible Plant Injury 1991 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·H. Mehlhorn, (unknown), Alan R. Wellburn	67
12	Seasonal changes in the pigments of Norway spruce, Picea abies (L.) Karst, and the influence of summer ozone exposures 1991 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Alan R. Wellburn	35
13	Tansley Review No. 24 Why are atmospheric oxides of nitrogen usually phytotoxic and not alternative fertilizers? 1990 ·New Phytologist ·Alan R. Wellburn	239
14	Electron spin resonance evidence for the formation of free radicals in plants exposed to ozone 1990 ·Physiologia Plantarum ·H. Mehlhorn, Brian J. Tabner, Alan R. Wellburn	112
15	Enhanced Ethylene Emissions from Red and Norway Spruce Exposed to Acidic Mists 1989 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Yimin Chen, Alan R. Wellburn	20
16	Air Pollution and Acid Rain: The Biological Impact 1988 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Alan R. Wellburn	64
17	Inhibition of Respiration in Protoplasts from Meristematic Tissues3 1987 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown), Alistair M. Hetherington, Alan R. Wellburn	7
18	Leaf respiration during early plastidogenesis in light‐grown barley seedlings 1986 ·Physiologia Plantarum ·(unknown), (unknown), Alan R. Wellburn	10
19	Determinations of total carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b of leaf extracts in different solvents breakdown → 1983 ·Biochemical Society Transactions ·Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, Alan R. Wellburn	5462
20	Changes in Plastid and Mitochondrial Envelopes during Greening 1977 ·Biochemical Society Transactions ·Alan R. Wellburn, Rüdiger Hampp	3

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