C. R. Slack

5.9k citations

59 papers · 4.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Biochemistry top 0.05%
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
Plant Science top 1%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Plant Molecular Biology Research

Papers in

Biochemistry 30
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis 30
Plant Science 35
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 10
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance 9
- Soybean genetics and cultivation 7

Co-authors: P. Grattan Roughan M.D. Hatch MD Hatch John Browse Ross Holland Chris Somerville Nigel W. M. Warwick D. J. Goodchild
Journals: Biochemical Journal (9 papers)Phytochemistry (6 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (4 papers)New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research (4 papers)Planta (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia New Zealand United States

In The Last Decade

C. R. Slack

59 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Cellular Organization of Glycerolipid Metabolism 1982 · 364 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1982 Annual Review of Plant Physiology
1966 Biochemical Journal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside C. R. Slack, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Grass cultivar identification by sodium dodecylsulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research ·Susan E. Gardiner, M. B. Forde, C. R. Slack	1986	23
2	Spinach Leaves Desaturate Exogenous [¹⁴C]Palmitate to Hexadecatrienoate PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Guy A. Thompson, P. Grattan Roughan, John Browse, C. R. Slack, Susan E. Gardiner	1986	14
3	Identification of New Zealand grown barley cultivars by grain characters New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science ·Cameron Abel, H. Wilhelm Ernst, Graeme D. Coles, C. R. Slack	1985	2
4	Fatty-acid synthesis in plastids from maturing safflower and linseed cotyledons Planta ·John Browse, C. R. Slack	1985	47
5	The effects of temperature and oxygen on the rates of fatty acid synthesis and oleate desaturation in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seed Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism ·John Browse, C. R. Slack	1983	28
6	Assessment of malting quality of lines from a barley breeding programme New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research ·Ann Wyatt Merrill, C. R. Slack, Ana Carolina Barco Leme	1982	5
7	Effect of BASF 13-338, a Substituted Pyridazinone, on Lipid Metabolism in Leaf Tissue of Spinach, Pea, Linseed, and Wheat PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·C. Willemot, C. R. Slack, John Browse, P. Grattan Roughan	1982	18
8	Some studies on the composition and surface properties of oil bodies from the seed cotyledons of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) and linseed (Linum ustatissimum) Biochemical Journal ·C. R. Slack, Fransiska Maria Aprilya Nana, Brian D. Shaw, Ross Holland, John Browse, H. J. Wright	1980	78
9	Growth of tropical and temperate grasses at Palmerston North New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research ·B. J. Forde, C. R. Slack, P. Grattan Roughan, Ann Wyatt Merrill, M. N. McLeod	1976	14
10	Growth of tropical and temperate grasses at Palmerston North New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research ·B. J. Forde, C. R. Slack, P. Grattan Roughan, Philip Koch	1976	17
11	High rates of [1-14C]acetate incorporation into the lipid of isolated spinach chloroplasts Biochemical Journal ·P. Grattan Roughan, C. R. Slack, Ross Holland	1976	42
12	The kinetics of incorporation in vivo of [14C]acetate and [14C]carbon dioxide into the fatty acids of glycerolipids in developing leaves Biochemical Journal ·C. R. Slack, P. Grattan Roughan	1975	71
13	Selective inhibition of mesophyll chloroplast development in some C4-pathway species by low night temperature Planta ·C. R. Slack, P. Grattan Roughan, H. C. M. Bassett	1974	41
14	Plants under Climatic Stress PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·A. O. Taylor, C. R. Slack, Anna Joukovskaia	1974	83
15	Simple methods for routine screening and quantitative estimation of oxalate content of tropical grasses Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture ·Adekunle Job Adesegun, C. R. Slack	1973	16
16	The CO2 carrier between mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts in C4 pathway species. Hilary S. Johnson, C. R. Slack, M.D. Hatch, Thomas S Andrews, C. B. Osmond, R. O. Slatyer	1971	1
17	Photosynthetic CO2-Fixation Pathways Annual Review of Plant Physiology ·M.D. Hatch, C. R. Slack	1970	325
18	NADP-specific malate dehydrogenase and glycerate kinase in leaves and evidence for their location in chloroplasts Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·M.D. Hatch, C. R. Slack	1969	102
19	Further studies on a new pathway of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation in sugar-cane and its occurrence in other plant species Biochemical Journal ·MD Hatch, C. R. Slack, Judith Gail Williams	1967	194
20	The participation of phosphoenolypyruvate synthetase in photosynthetic CO2 fixation of tropical grasses Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·M.D. Hatch, C. R. Slack	1967	24

About C. R. Slack

C. R. Slack is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Forestry, having authored 59 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (30 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (30 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (7 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (7 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (4 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (1.9k citations), Plant Science (2.2k citations), Molecular Biology (2.9k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (414 citations) and Nutrition and Dietetics (250 citations). C. R. Slack has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United States. Frequent co-authors include P. Grattan Roughan, M.D. Hatch, MD Hatch, John Browse, Ross Holland, Chris Somerville, Nigel W. M. Warwick, D. J. Goodchild, Susan E. Gardiner and A. O. Taylor. Their work appears in journals such as Biochemical Journal, Phytochemistry, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research and Planta.

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