Caroline Dean

40.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
234 papers, 26.6k citations indexed

About

Caroline Dean is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline Dean has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 26.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Plant Science, 177 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Caroline Dean's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (131 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (71 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (41 papers). Caroline Dean is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (131 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (71 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (41 papers). Caroline Dean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Caroline Dean's co-authors include Gordon G. Simpson, Clare Lister, Clare Lister, Isabel Bäurle, Yaron Y. Levy, Fuquan Liu, Martin Howard, Anthony R. Gendall, Pedro Crevillén and Joshua S. Mylne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Caroline Dean

233 papers receiving 25.8k 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.

  1. Arabidopsis , the Rosetta Stone of Flowering Time?
    2002 812 citations Gordon G. Simpson, Caroline Dean Science profile →
  2. Molecular Analysis of FRIGIDA , a Major Determinant of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Flowering Time
    2000 790 citations Clare Lister, Caroline Dean et al. Science profile →
  3. Vernalization requires epigenetic silencing of FLC by histone methylation
    2004 726 citations Joshua S. Mylne, Clare Lister et al. profile →
  4. Cold-induced silencing by long antisense transcripts of an Arabidopsis Polycomb target
    2009 684 citations Szymon Świeżewski, Fuquan Liu et al. profile →
  5. Patterns of gene action in plant development revealed by enhancer trap and gene trap transposable elements.
    1995 582 citations Caroline Dean et al. Genes & Development profile →
  6. An Arabidopsis Example of Association Mapping in Structured Samples
    2007 580 citations María José Aranzana, Clare Lister et al. profile →
  7. Transgenic plants protected from insect attack
    1987 541 citations Caroline Dean et al. profile →
  8. The Timing of Developmental Transitions in Plants
    2006 520 citations Caroline Dean et al. profile →
  9. Recombinant inbred lines for mapping RFLP and phenotypic markers in Arabidopsis thaliana
    1993 486 citations Clare Lister, Caroline Dean profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Caroline Dean 21.7k 18.9k 2.7k 1.0k 924 234 26.6k
Steven E. Jacobsen 28.5k 1.3× 29.3k 1.6× 4.6k 1.7× 706 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 217 43.0k
Elizabeth S. Dennis 24.5k 1.1× 16.4k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 312 0.3× 348 29.3k
Xing Wang Deng 21.9k 1.0× 17.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 444 0.4× 365 0.4× 285 25.6k
Hong Mā 21.8k 1.0× 21.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.0× 4.1k 4.0× 390 0.4× 358 28.1k
Nam‐Hai Chua 34.0k 1.6× 32.6k 1.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 376 44.8k
Richard M. Amasino 22.0k 1.0× 17.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 125 0.1× 165 24.5k
W. James Peacock 17.2k 0.8× 11.5k 0.6× 2.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 220 0.2× 214 20.6k
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen 18.7k 0.9× 12.1k 0.6× 4.7k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 111 0.1× 221 23.1k
Qi Sun 8.0k 0.4× 6.7k 0.4× 4.9k 1.8× 747 0.7× 192 0.2× 139 14.0k
Kenneth H. Wolfe 9.0k 0.4× 16.5k 0.9× 4.5k 1.7× 2.5k 2.5× 252 0.3× 184 21.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline Dean

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Payne-Dwyer, Alex L., et al.. (2025). SlimVar for rapid in vivo single-molecule tracking of chromatin regulators in plants. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8156–8156. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yue, Xiaoyi Huang, Xuan Hua, et al.. (2024). Cotranscriptional splicing is required in the cold to produce COOLAIR isoforms that repress Arabidopsis FLC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(47). e2407628121–e2407628121. 2 indexed citations
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Mikulski, Paweł, Philip Wolff, Tian-Cong Lu, et al.. (2022). VAL1 acts as an assembly platform co-ordinating co-transcriptional repression and chromatin regulation at Arabidopsis FLC. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5542–5542. 30 indexed citations
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Šviković, Saša, et al.. (2021). The intersection of DNA replication with antisense 3' RNA processing in Arabidopsis FLC chromatin silencing.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 2 indexed citations
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Šviković, Saša, et al.. (2021). The intersection of DNA replication with antisense 3′ RNA processing in Arabidopsis FLC chromatin silencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(28). 12 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yusheng, Pan Zhu, Jo Hepworth, et al.. (2021). Natural temperature fluctuations promote COOLAIR regulation of FLC. Genes & Development. 35(11-12). 888–898. 43 indexed citations
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Schon, Michael A., et al.. (2021). Antagonistic activities of cotranscriptional regulators within an early developmental window set FLC expression level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 9 indexed citations
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Hepworth, Jo, Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti, Judith A. Irwin, et al.. (2020). Natural variation in autumn expression is the major adaptive determinant distinguishing Arabidopsis FLC haplotypes. eLife. 9. 34 indexed citations
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Qüesta, Julia I., Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti, Stefanie Rosa, et al.. (2020). Noncoding SNPs influence a distinct phase of Polycomb silencing to destabilize long-term epigenetic memory at Arabidopsis FLC. Genes & Development. 34(5-6). 446–461. 36 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongchun, Martin Howard, & Caroline Dean. (2016). Physical coupling of activation and derepression activities to maintain an active transcriptional state at FLC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(33). 9369–9374. 47 indexed citations
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Qüesta, Julia I., et al.. (2016). Arabidopsis transcriptional repressor VAL1 triggers Polycomb silencing at FLC during vernalization. Science. 353(6298). 485–488. 190 indexed citations
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Sun, Qianwen, Tibor Csorba, Konstantina Skourti-Stathaki, Nicholas Proudfoot, & Caroline Dean. (2013). R-Loop Stabilization Represses Antisense Transcription at the Arabidopsis FLC Locus. Science. 340(6132). 619–621. 292 indexed citations
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Lucia, Filomena De, Pedro Crevillén, Alexandra M. E. Jones, Thomas Greb, & Caroline Dean. (2008). A PHD-Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 triggers the epigenetic silencing of FLC during vernalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(44). 16831–16836. 395 indexed citations
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Sheldon, Candice C., Melissa J. Hills, Clare Lister, et al.. (2008). Resetting of FLOWERING LOCUS C expression after epigenetic repression by vernalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(6). 2214–2219. 167 indexed citations
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Pien, Stéphane, Delphine Fleury, Joshua S. Mylne, et al.. (2008). ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX1 Dynamically Regulates FLOWERING LOCUS C Activation via Histone 3 Lysine 4 Trimethylation. The Plant Cell. 20(3). 580–588. 229 indexed citations
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Świeżewski, Szymon, et al.. (2007). Small RNA-mediated chromatin silencing directed to the 3′ region of the Arabidopsis gene encoding the developmental regulator, FLC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(9). 3633–3638. 107 indexed citations
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Shindo, Chikako, María José Aranzana, Clare Lister, et al.. (2005). Role of FRIGIDA and FLOWERING LOCUS C in Determining Variation in Flowering Time of Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 138(2). 1163–1173. 321 indexed citations
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Gazzani, Silvia Eleonora, Anthony R. Gendall, Clare Lister, & Caroline Dean. (2003). Analysis of the Molecular Basis of Flowering Time Variation in Arabidopsis Accessions  . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 132(2). 1107–1114. 286 indexed citations
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Macknight, Richard, et al.. (2002). Functional Significance of the Alternative Transcript Processing of the Arabidopsis Floral Promoter FCA. The Plant Cell. 14(4). 877–888. 183 indexed citations
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Levy, Yaron Y., Stéphane Mesnage, Joshua S. Mylne, Anthony R. Gendall, & Caroline Dean. (2002). Multiple Roles of Arabidopsis VRN1 in Vernalization and Flowering Time Control. Science. 297(5579). 243–246. 355 indexed citations

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