Alexander V. Ruban

21.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
254 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander V. Ruban is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander V. Ruban has authored 254 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Molecular Biology, 123 papers in Plant Science and 69 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alexander V. Ruban's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (191 papers), Light effects on plants (103 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (69 papers). Alexander V. Ruban is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (191 papers), Light effects on plants (103 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (69 papers). Alexander V. Ruban collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Netherlands. Alexander V. Ruban's co-authors include Peter Horton, Matthew P. Johnson, Robin Walters, Andrew Young, Christopher D. P. Duffy, Andrew A. Pascal, Mark Wentworth, Bruno Robert, Herbert van Amerongen and Erica Belgio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alexander V. Ruban

249 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

REGULATION OF LIGHT HARVESTING IN GREEN PLANTS 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2016 2007 2011 2005 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. REGULATION OF LIGHT HARVESTING IN GREEN PLANTS
    1996 1.4k citations Peter Horton, Alexander V. Ruban et al. profile →
  2. Nonphotochemical Chlorophyll Fluorescence Quenching: Mechanism and Effectiveness in Protecting Plants from Photodamage
    2016 745 citations Alexander V. Ruban PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  3. Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants
    2007 734 citations Alexander V. Ruban, Cristian Ilioaia et al. profile →
  4. The photoprotective molecular switch in the photosystem II antenna
    2011 602 citations Alexander V. Ruban, Matthew P. Johnson et al. profile →
  5. Molecular basis of photoprotection and control of photosynthetic light-harvesting
    2005 506 citations Peter Horton, Alexander V. Ruban et al. profile →

Peers

Alexander V. Ruban
Roberto Bassi Italy
Krishna Niyogi United States
Roberta Croce Netherlands
Eva–Mari Aro Finland
Norio Murata Japan
Bertil Andersson Sweden
Jan M. Anderson Australia
Anastasios Melis United States
Alfred R. Holzwarth Germany
Herbert van Amerongen Netherlands
Roberto Bassi Italy
Alexander V. Ruban
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Qian, et al.. (2025). Excimer and non-photochemical quenching in LHCII. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 163(19). 1 indexed citations
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Guignard, Maïté S., Alexander V. Ruban, Paula J. Rudall, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen and phosphorus interactions at a 21 nitrogen:1 phosphorus Redfield‐like ratio impact growth and seed yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Food and Energy Security. 13(4). 2 indexed citations
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Hanke, Guy T., et al.. (2024). Distinct features of PsbS essential for mediating plant photoprotection. Plant Communications. 6(1). 101179–101179. 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, Sam, Eunchul Kim, Asako Ishii, Alexander V. Ruban, & Jun Minagawa. (2023). Overexpression of LHCSR and PsbS enhance light tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 244. 112718–112718. 7 indexed citations
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Scharff, Lars B., Manuela Krämer, Sam Wilson, et al.. (2023). Ferredoxin C2 is required for chlorophyll biosynthesis and accumulation of photosynthetic antennae in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell & Environment. 46(11). 3287–3304. 3 indexed citations
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Storti, Mattia, Vasco Giovagnetti, Xue Zhao, et al.. (2022). Impaired photoprotection in Phaeodactylum tricornutum KEA3 mutants reveals the proton regulatory circuit of diatoms light acclimation. New Phytologist. 234(2). 578–591. 11 indexed citations
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Wilson, Sam, et al.. (2021). Protection of photosystem I during sudden light stress depends on ferredoxin:NADP(H) reductase abundance and interactions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 188(2). 1028–1042. 17 indexed citations
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Burgess, Alexandra J., et al.. (2020). Photoprotective energy dissipation is greater in the lower, not the upper, regions of a rice canopy: a 3D analysis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(22). 7382–7392. 16 indexed citations
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Murchie, Erik H. & Alexander V. Ruban. (2019). Dynamic non‐photochemical quenching in plants: from molecular mechanism to productivity. The Plant Journal. 101(4). 885–896. 168 indexed citations
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Nürnberg, Dennis J., Stefano Santabarbara, Alison Telfer, et al.. (2018). Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems. Science. 360(6394). 1210–1213. 198 indexed citations
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Orefice, Ida, Raghu Chandrasekaran, Arianna Smerilli, et al.. (2016). Light-induced changes in the photosynthetic physiology and biochemistry in the diatom Skeletonema marinoi. Algal Research. 17. 1–13. 47 indexed citations
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Ware, Maxwell A., C. Neil Hunter, Peter Horton, et al.. (2015). An intact light harvesting complex I antenna system is required for complete state transitions in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants. 1(12). 15176–15176. 71 indexed citations
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Belgio, Erica, Jevgenij Chmeliov, Christopher D. P. Duffy, et al.. (2014). Economic photoprotection in photosystem II that retains a complete light-harvesting system with slow energy traps. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4433–4433. 72 indexed citations
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Ilioaia, Cristian, Tjaart P. J. Krüger, Matthew P. Johnson, et al.. (2011). Fluorescence dynamics of plant light harvesting complexes studied by single molecule spectroscopy. European Biophysics Journal. 40(1). 176–177. 1 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jenny, Mark Wentworth, Robin Walters, et al.. (2003). Absence of the main light-harvesting complex of photosystem II affects photosynthetic function.. The Plant Journal. 2003. 4 indexed citations
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Yakushevska, Alevtyna, Alexander V. Ruban, Poul Erik Jensen, et al.. (2001). Supermolecular organization of photosystem II and its associated light-harvesting antenna in the wild-type and npq4 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. Science Access. 3(1). 3 indexed citations
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Chernega, Alexander N., Эдуард Б. Русанов, Alexander V. Ruban, & V. D. ROMANENKO. (1991). Molecular structure of σ3λ5. Journal of Structural Chemistry. 32(5). 718–728. 1 indexed citations
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Chernega, Alexander N., M.Yu. Antipin, Yu. T. Struchkov, Alexander V. Ruban, & V. D. ROMANENKO. (1987). Molecular structure of N-tert-butylimino-λ3-2,4,6-tris-(tert-butyl)phenylphosphine. Journal of Structural Chemistry. 28(1). 87–91. 1 indexed citations
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ROMANENKO, V. D., et al.. (1987). Chemistry of phosphenimidous amides.

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