Colin Turnbull

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Colin Turnbull is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Turnbull has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Plant Science, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Colin Turnbull's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (28 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (20 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (15 papers). Colin Turnbull is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (28 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (20 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (15 papers). Colin Turnbull collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. Colin Turnbull's co-authors include Laurent Corbesier, George Coupland, Coral Vincent, Christine A. Beveridge, Seonghoe Jang, Lionel Gissot, Antonis Giakountis, Sara Farrona, Iain Searle and Fabio Fornara and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Colin Turnbull

83 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

FT Protein Movement Contributes to Long-Distance Signaling in Floral Induction of Arabidopsis

2007 1.7k citations Laurent Corbesier, Coral Vincent et al. Science profile →
CONSTANS acts in the phloem to regulate a systemic signal that induces photoperiodic flowering of Arabidopsis

2004 536 citations Hailong An, Paula Suárez‐López et al. Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Turnbull United Kingdom	35	6.1k	3.5k	1.1k	255	215	87	6.8k
M. Herrero Spain	42	4.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	2.3k 2.1×	215 0.8×	112 0.5×	122	5.4k
Prakash P. Kumar Singapore	37	5.0k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	436 0.4×	445 1.7×	135 0.6×	143	6.2k
Yuriko Osakabe Japan	45	8.8k 1.4×	5.8k 1.7×	744 0.7×	376 1.5×	247 1.1×	83	10.3k
Tom Gerats Netherlands	33	3.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	509 0.4×	342 1.3×	172 0.8×	59	4.6k
Andrew L. Phillips United Kingdom	42	7.4k 1.2×	5.0k 1.4×	431 0.4×	525 2.1×	418 1.9×	76	8.4k
Nobutaka Mitsuda Japan	54	9.0k 1.5×	7.2k 2.1×	406 0.4×	321 1.3×	194 0.9×	166	10.4k
David P. Horvath United States	34	3.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	429 0.4×	231 0.9×	203 0.9×	117	3.9k
Miguel Á. Blázquez Spain	51	8.9k 1.4×	7.2k 2.1×	463 0.4×	212 0.8×	125 0.6×	114	10.0k
Patrick Achard France	28	7.0k 1.1×	4.1k 1.2×	315 0.3×	159 0.6×	182 0.8×	36	7.5k
Karen E. Koch United States	42	6.6k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	357 0.3×	319 1.3×	372 1.7×	94	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Turnbull

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Turnbull

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Turnbull

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Turnbull. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Turnbull based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Colin Turnbull. Colin Turnbull is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rocco, Claudia, Motofumi Suzuki, Ramón Vilar, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Zinc Bioavailability in Rice Using the Novel Synthetic Siderophore Ligand Proline-2′-Deoxymugineic Acid (PDMA): Critical Insights from Metal Binding Studies and Geochemical Speciation Modeling. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(14). 8243–8253. 2 indexed citations

Thorpe, Peter, Simone Altmann, Rosa López-Cobollo, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics approaches define novel aphid effector candidates associated with virulence and avirulence phenotypes. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 1065–1065. 1 indexed citations

Fichtner, Franziska, François Barbier, Stephanie C. Kerr, et al.. (2021). Plasticity of bud outgrowth varies at cauline and rosette nodes in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 188(3). 1586–1603. 12 indexed citations

Parry, Geraint, Yoselin Benitez‐Alfonso, Daniel J. Gibbs, et al.. (2020). How to build an effective research network: lessons from two decades of the GARNet plant science community. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(22). 6881–6889. 1 indexed citations

Antoniadi, Ioanna, Ondřej Novák, Zuzana Gelová, et al.. (2020). Cell-surface receptors enable perception of extracellular cytokinins. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4284–4284. 51 indexed citations

Osborne, Owen G., Trevor Wilson, Darren M. Crayn, et al.. (2019). Speciation in Howea Palms Occurred in Sympatry, Was Preceded by Ancestral Admixture, and Was Associated with Edaphic and Phenological Adaptation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(12). 2682–2697. 23 indexed citations

Papadopulos, Alexander S. T., Javier Igea, Luke T. Dunning, et al.. (2019). Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 3. Genetic map reveals genomic islands underlying species divergence in Howea. Evolution. 73(9). 1986–1995. 14 indexed citations

Landrein, Benoît, Pau Formosa-Jordan, Alice Malivert, et al.. (2018). Nitrate modulates stem cell dynamics in Arabidopsis shoot meristems through cytokinins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). 1382–1387. 138 indexed citations

Morris, Wayne L., M. Carmen Alamar, Rosa López-Cobollo, et al.. (2018). A member of the TERMINAL FLOWER 1/CENTRORADIALIS gene family controls sprout growth in potato tubers. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(3). 835–843. 29 indexed citations

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Dunning, Luke T., Helen Hipperson, William J. Baker, et al.. (2016). Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 1. Gene expression, selection and pleiotropy. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29(8). 1472–1487. 26 indexed citations

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Antoniadi, Ioanna, Lenka Plačková, Karel Doležal, et al.. (2015). Cell-Type-Specific Cytokinin Distribution within the Arabidopsis Primary Root Apex. The Plant Cell. 27(7). 1955–1967. 121 indexed citations

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Zhang, Baichen, Vladimir Tolstikov, Colin Turnbull, Leslie M. Hicks, & Oliver Fiehn. (2010). Divergent metabolome and proteome suggest functional independence of dual phloem transport systems in cucurbits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(30). 13532–13537. 119 indexed citations

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Cazzonelli, Christopher I., Abby J. Cuttriss, Peter A. Crisp, et al.. (2009). Regulation of Carotenoid Composition and Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis by a Chromatin Modifying Histone Methyltransferase, SDG8. The Plant Cell. 21(1). 39–53. 182 indexed citations

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Corbesier, Laurent, Coral Vincent, Seonghoe Jang, et al.. (2007). FT Protein Movement Contributes to Long-Distance Signaling in Floral Induction of Arabidopsis. Science. 316(5827). 1030–1033. 1687 indexed citations breakdown →

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An, Hailong, Paula Suárez‐López, Laurent Corbesier, et al.. (2004). CONSTANS acts in the phloem to regulate a systemic signal that induces photoperiodic flowering of Arabidopsis. Development. 131(15). 3615–3626. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turnbull, Colin, et al.. (1999). Effects of photoperiod and paclobutrazol on growth dynamics of petioles in strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa ). Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 26(4). 353–358. 10 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Colin, et al.. (1999). Endogenous gibberellin content does not correlate with photoperiod-induced growth changes in strawberry petioles. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 26(4). 359–366. 6 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Jon, et al.. (1995). Measuring and Modelling Whole-Tree Gas Exchange. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 22(6). 987–1000. 52 indexed citations

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Shaw, Thomas R., P Bloomfield, Colin Turnbull, et al.. (1987). Proceedings of the British Cardiac Society. 66th annual general meeting. Dundee, 8-9 April 1986. Abstracts.. Heart. 57(6). 561–592. 1 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Gordon, Michael Goodman, Julie R. Palmer, et al.. (1970). SEA volume 1 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 1(1). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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