Amanda P. Cavanagh

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Amanda P. Cavanagh is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Amanda P. Cavanagh has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Amanda P. Cavanagh's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (8 papers). Amanda P. Cavanagh is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (8 papers). Amanda P. Cavanagh collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Amanda P. Cavanagh's co-authors include Donald R. Ort, Paul F. South, Helen W. Liu, Carl J. Bernacchi, Rebecca Slattery, Katherine Meacham‐Hensold, Tracy Lawson, Caitlin E. Moore, Pauline Lemonnier and Claire Benjamin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Amanda P. Cavanagh

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field

2019 456 citations Paul F. South, Amanda P. Cavanagh et al. Science profile →
The effect of increasing temperature on crop photosynthesis: from enzymes to ecosystems

2021 342 citations Caitlin E. Moore, Katherine Meacham‐Hensold et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amanda P. Cavanagh United States	15	933	718	243	132	87	25	1.4k
Stéphane T. Gabilly United States	11	762 0.8×	981 1.4×	166 0.7×	228 1.7×	62 0.7×	11	1.4k
Berkley J. Walker United States	24	1.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	493 2.0×	183 1.4×	101 1.2×	59	2.0k
Patricia E. López‐Calcagno United Kingdom	11	724 0.8×	623 0.9×	136 0.6×	121 0.9×	52 0.6×	14	1.1k
Pippa J. Madgwick United Kingdom	16	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	274 1.1×	219 1.7×	68 0.8×	26	1.8k
Joanna C. Scales United Kingdom	5	769 0.8×	474 0.7×	411 1.7×	115 0.9×	141 1.6×	6	1.2k
Steven M. Driever Netherlands	18	1.1k 1.1×	518 0.7×	393 1.6×	58 0.4×	189 2.2×	42	1.4k
Rebecca Slattery United States	17	1.1k 1.2×	486 0.7×	343 1.4×	51 0.4×	125 1.4×	20	1.4k
Gonzalo M. Estavillo Australia	22	2.0k 2.1×	1.9k 2.7×	188 0.8×	116 0.9×	92 1.1×	37	2.8k
Nuria K. Koteyeva Russia	20	838 0.9×	632 0.9×	278 1.1×	115 0.9×	68 0.8×	42	1.2k

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Meacham‐Hensold, Katherine, Jooyeon Jeong, Amanda P. Cavanagh, & Donald R. Ort. (2025). Shortcutting photorespiration: avenues and challenges toward realizing higher‐yielding photorespiratory bypass crops. New Phytologist. 249(2). 675–690. 1 indexed citations

Lundgren, Marjorie R., Amanda P. Cavanagh, & Phil Macnaghten. (2025). Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate. Plants People Planet. 7(5). 1215–1219. 3 indexed citations

Long, Stephen P., Yu Wang, Elizabete Carmo‐Silva, et al.. (2025). Feeding from the sun—Successes and prospects in bioengineering photosynthesis for food security. Cell. 188(24). 6700–6719. 1 indexed citations

Cavanagh, Amanda P. & Megan L. Matthews. (2025). The heat is on: scaling improvements in photosynthetic thermal tolerance from the leaf to canopy to predict crop yields in a changing climate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1927). 20240235–20240235. 2 indexed citations

Busch, Florian A., Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Anna Amtmann, et al.. (2024). A guide to photosynthetic gas exchange measurements: Fundamental principles, best practice and potential pitfalls. Plant Cell & Environment. 47(9). 3344–3364. 42 indexed citations

Meacham‐Hensold, Katherine, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Paul F. South, et al.. (2024). Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress. Global Change Biology. 30(12). e17595–e17595. 11 indexed citations

Cavanagh, Amanda P. & Donald R. Ort. (2023). Transgenic strategies to improve the thermotolerance of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research. 158(2). 109–120. 5 indexed citations

Raines, Christine A. & Amanda P. Cavanagh. (2023). The Calvin Benson Bassham cycle. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 155(Pt A). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Cavanagh, Amanda P., Rebecca Slattery, & David S. Kubien. (2022). Temperature-induced changes in Arabidopsis Rubisco activity and isoform expression. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(2). 651–663. 16 indexed citations

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Moore, Caitlin E., Katherine Meacham‐Hensold, Pauline Lemonnier, et al.. (2021). The effect of increasing temperature on crop photosynthesis: from enzymes to ecosystems. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(8). 2822–2844. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cavanagh, Amanda P., Paul F. South, Carl J. Bernacchi, & Donald R. Ort. (2021). Alternative pathway to photorespiration protects growth and productivity at elevated temperatures in a model crop. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(4). 711–721. 48 indexed citations

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Chibani, Kamel, Boas Pucker, Karl‐Josef Dietz, & Amanda P. Cavanagh. (2021). Genome‐wide analysis and transcriptional regulation of the typical and atypical thioredoxins in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters. 595(21). 2715–2730. 35 indexed citations

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South, Paul F., Amanda P. Cavanagh, Helen W. Liu, & Donald R. Ort. (2019). Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field. Science. 363(6422). 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harvey, Christopher M., Jonas Giese, Ines Lassowskat, et al.. (2019). In vivo evidence for a regulatory role of phosphorylation of Arabidopsis Rubisco activase at the Thr78 site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(37). 18723–18731. 23 indexed citations

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Cavanagh, Amanda P., et al.. (2018). Temperature response of Rubisco kinetics in Arabidopsis thaliana : thermal breakpoints and implications for reaction mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(1). 231–242. 15 indexed citations

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South, Paul F., Amanda P. Cavanagh, Patricia E. López‐Calcagno, Christine A. Raines, & Donald R. Ort. (2018). Optimizing photorespiration for improved crop productivity. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 60(12). 1217–1230. 73 indexed citations

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Głowacka, Katarzyna, Johannes Kromdijk, Amanda P. Cavanagh, et al.. (2018). Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop. Nature Communications. 9(1). 868–868. 181 indexed citations

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South, Paul F., Berkley J. Walker, Amanda P. Cavanagh, et al.. (2017). Bile Acid Sodium Symporter BASS6 Can Transport Glycolate and Is Involved in Photorespiratory Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell. 29(4). 808–823. 49 indexed citations

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Perdomo, Juan Alejandro, Amanda P. Cavanagh, David S. Kubien, & Jeroni Galmés. (2015). Temperature dependence of in vitro Rubisco kinetics in species of Flaveria with different photosynthetic mechanisms. Photosynthesis Research. 124(1). 67–75. 19 indexed citations

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Jesson, Linley K., et al.. (2010). Polyploidy influences sexual system and mating patterns in the moss Atrichum undulatum sensu lato. Annals of Botany. 107(1). 135–143. 22 indexed citations

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