Alon Samach

8.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
60 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Alon Samach is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alon Samach has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alon Samach's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (44 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (33 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (18 papers). Alon Samach is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (44 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (33 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (18 papers). Alon Samach collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United Kingdom and Germany. Alon Samach's co-authors include George Coupland, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Federico Valverde, Hitoshi Onouchi, Dean Ravenscroft, Scott E. Gold, Gary S. Ditta, Martin F. Yanofsky, Wim J. J. Soppe and Aidyn Mouradov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alon Samach

59 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Distinct Roles of CONSTANS Target Genes in Reproductive Development of Arabidopsis

2000 1.2k citations Alon Samach, Hitoshi Onouchi et al. Science profile →
Photoreceptor Regulation of CONSTANS Protein in Photoperiodic Flowering

2004 1.0k citations Federico Valverde, Aidyn Mouradov et al. Science profile →
The late elongated hypocotyl Mutation of Arabidopsis Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and the Photoperiodic Control of Flowering

1998 723 citations Robert J. Schaffer, Nicola Ramsay et al. Cell profile →
CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis

2006 505 citations Stephan Wenkel, Franziska Turck et al. The Plant Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alon Samach Israel	31	6.4k	4.9k	295	281	151	60	6.7k
Pil Joon Seo South Korea	51	8.0k 1.3×	6.1k 1.2×	249 0.8×	246 0.9×	86 0.6×	145	9.1k
Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi Japan	33	5.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	123 0.4×	170 0.6×	119 0.8×	70	5.9k
Miguel Á. Blázquez Spain	51	8.9k 1.4×	7.2k 1.5×	463 1.6×	212 0.8×	36 0.2×	114	10.0k
Hong‐Quan Yang China	40	5.5k 0.9×	3.9k 0.8×	265 0.9×	105 0.4×	182 1.2×	70	6.0k
Sarah Fowler United States	9	4.3k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	88 0.3×	232 0.8×	90 0.6×	9	4.6k
Wim J. J. Soppe Germany	34	6.6k 1.0×	4.3k 0.9×	228 0.8×	372 1.3×	30 0.2×	49	7.1k
Joel A. Kreps United States	14	3.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	99 0.3×	209 0.7×	361 2.4×	17	4.3k
Michael F. Covington United States	20	3.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	222 0.8×	199 0.7×	250 1.7×	25	3.4k
Pyung Ok Lim South Korea	27	6.2k 1.0×	4.4k 0.9×	239 0.8×	123 0.4×	28 0.2×	53	6.8k
Ji Hoon Ahn South Korea	42	7.9k 1.2×	6.4k 1.3×	307 1.0×	353 1.3×	18 0.1×	90	8.5k

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Smoly, Ilan, et al.. (2024). A model estimating the level of floral transition in olive trees exposed to warm periods during winter. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(4). 1266–1284. 1 indexed citations

Smoly, Ilan, et al.. (2023). Studying Parameters Affecting Accumulation of Chilling Units Required for Olive Winter Flower Induction. Plants. 12(8). 1714–1714. 7 indexed citations

Dag, Arnon, et al.. (2022). Determining Reproductive Parameters, which Contribute to Variation in Yield of Olive Trees from Different Cultivars, Irrigation Regimes, Age and Location. Plants. 11(18). 2414–2414. 4 indexed citations

Ben‐Dor, Shifra, et al.. (2020). Rapid starch degradation in the wood of olive trees under heat and drought is permitted by three stress‐specific beta amylases. New Phytologist. 229(3). 1398–1414. 39 indexed citations

Anavi, Sarit, et al.. (2016). The neuroprotective properties of a novel variety of passion fruit. Journal of Functional Foods. 23. 359–369. 13 indexed citations

Belausov, Eduard, Yardena Dahan, Reut Peer, et al.. (2015). Expression of flowering locus T2 transgene from Pyrus communis L. delays dormancy and leaf senescence in Malus × domestica Borkh, and causes early flowering in tobacco. Plant Science. 241. 164–176. 27 indexed citations

Samach, Alon, et al.. (2014). Expression Profiling of FLOWERING LOCUS T-Like Gene in Alternate Bearing ‘Hass' Avocado Trees Suggests a Role for PaFT in Avocado Flower Induction. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110613–e110613. 56 indexed citations

Samach, Alon & Harley M. S. Smith. (2013). Constraints to obtaining consistent annual yields in perennials. II: Environment and fruit load affect induction of flowering. Plant Science. 207. 168–176. 82 indexed citations

Cutri, Lucas, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary, genetic, environmental and hormonal-induced plasticity in the fate of organs arising from axillary meristems in Passiflora spp.. Mechanisms of Development. 130(1). 61–69. 24 indexed citations

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Shlizerman, Lyudmila, Yuval Cohen, Alon Samach, et al.. (2011). Development of a transgenic early flowering pear (Pyrus communis L.) genotype by RNAi silencing of PcTFL1-1 and PcTFL1-2. Planta. 235(6). 1239–1251. 96 indexed citations

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Saleh, Omar, Ran Stav, Alon Samach, et al.. (2010). MicroRNA534a control of BLADE‐ON‐PETIOLE 1 and 2 mediates juvenile‐to‐adult gametophyte transition in Physcomitrella patens. The Plant Journal. 65(4). 661–674. 29 indexed citations

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Katz, Ehud, et al.. (2010). Flower development in the passion fruit Passiflora edulis requires a photoperiod‐induced systemic graft‐transmissible signal. Plant Cell & Environment. 33(12). 2065–2083. 36 indexed citations

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Wenkel, Stephan, Franziska Turck, Lionel Gissot, et al.. (2006). CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 18(11). 2971–2984. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samach, Alon & Philip A. Wigge. (2005). Ambient temperature perception in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 8(5). 483–486. 104 indexed citations

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Valverde, Federico, Aidyn Mouradov, Wim J. J. Soppe, et al.. (2004). Photoreceptor Regulation of CONSTANS Protein in Photoperiodic Flowering. Science. 303(5660). 1003–1006. 1006 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samach, Alon, et al.. (2001). Photoperiodism: The consistent use of CONSTANS. Current Biology. 11(16). R651–R654. 25 indexed citations

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Samach, Alon & George Coupland. (2000). Time measurement and the control of flowering in plants. BioEssays. 22(1). 38–47. 115 indexed citations

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Samach, Alon, Hitoshi Onouchi, Scott E. Gold, et al.. (2000). Distinct Roles of CONSTANS Target Genes in Reproductive Development of Arabidopsis. Science. 288(5471). 1613–1616. 1177 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samach, Alon, Jennifer E. Klenz, Susanne E. Kohalmi, et al.. (1999). The UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS gene of Arabidopsis thaliana is an F‐box protein required for normal patterning and growth in the floral meristem. The Plant Journal. 20(4). 433–445. 220 indexed citations

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Schaffer, Robert J., Nicola Ramsay, Alon Samach, et al.. (1998). The late elongated hypocotyl Mutation of Arabidopsis Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and the Photoperiodic Control of Flowering. Cell. 93(7). 1219–1229. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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