E. Jean Finnegan

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

E. Jean Finnegan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Jean Finnegan has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in E. Jean Finnegan's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (53 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (19 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (18 papers). E. Jean Finnegan is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (53 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (19 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (18 papers). E. Jean Finnegan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. E. Jean Finnegan's co-authors include Elizabeth S. Dennis, W. James Peacock, Gregory J. Lawrence, Candice C. Sheldon, Michael Ayliffe, Jim Ellis, Owen K. Atkin, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Mark van Kleunen and Pieter Poot and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

E. Jean Finnegan

89 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

2010 1.5k citations Adrienne B. Nicotra, Owen K. Atkin et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
Reduced DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana results in abnormal plant development.

1996 586 citations E. Jean Finnegan, W. James Peacock et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. Jean Finnegan Australia	47	7.3k	4.3k	898	722	687	90	9.0k
James B. Reid Australia	52	8.2k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	359 0.4×	902 1.2×	217 0.3×	213	9.8k
Thomas Juenger United States	46	3.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	1.6k 1.7×	1.4k 1.9×	990 1.4×	147	5.9k
Ulf Lagercrantz Sweden	36	3.5k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	676 0.9×	354 0.5×	73	4.6k
Stephen DiFazio United States	35	2.3k 0.3×	1.9k 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	824 1.1×	723 1.1×	88	4.5k
Christophe Plomion France	54	4.5k 0.6×	3.4k 0.8×	2.6k 2.9×	827 1.1×	1.8k 2.7×	194	9.0k
Andrzej Kilian Australia	57	8.9k 1.2×	2.8k 0.6×	4.6k 5.1×	919 1.3×	564 0.8×	232	12.0k
John Mackay Canada	40	2.5k 0.3×	2.9k 0.7×	810 0.9×	277 0.4×	932 1.4×	143	5.3k
Song Ge China	43	4.2k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	2.7k 3.0×	1.5k 2.1×	466 0.7×	133	6.4k
Quentin Cronk Canada	50	3.4k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	1.8k 2.0×	3.6k 5.1×	1.1k 1.6×	182	7.8k
Jorge J. Casal Argentina	62	10.7k 1.5×	5.7k 1.3×	347 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	472 0.7×	201	11.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Finnegan, E. Jean, Peter A. Crisp, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Testing the potential of zebularine to induce heritable changes in crop growth and development. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 138(1). 26–26.

Jue, Dengwei, Neil A. Smith, E. Jean Finnegan, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric bulges within hairpin RNA transgenes influence small RNA size, secondary siRNA production and viral defence. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(16). 9904–9916. 1 indexed citations

Finnegan, E. Jean, Chris A. Helliwell, Jialing Yao, et al.. (2023). Mutation in Polycomb repressive complex 2 gene OsFIE2 promotes asexual embryo formation in rice. Nature Plants. 9(11). 1848–1861. 14 indexed citations

Finnegan, E. Jean, Brett Ford, Filomena Pettolino, et al.. (2018). Zebularine treatment is associated with deletion of FT‐B1 leading to an increase in spikelet number in bread wheat. Plant Cell & Environment. 41(6). 1346–1360. 44 indexed citations

Greenwood, Julian R., E. Jean Finnegan, N. Watanabe, Ben Trevaskis, & Stephen M. Swain. (2017). New alleles of the wheat domestication gene Q reveal multiple roles in growth and reproductive development. Development. 144(11). 1959–1965. 74 indexed citations

Finnegan, E. Jean. (2015). Time‐dependent stabilization of the +1 nucleosome is an early step in the transition to stable cold‐induced repression of FLC. The Plant Journal. 84(5). 875–885. 7 indexed citations

Deng, Weiwei, M. Cristina Casao, Penghao Wang, et al.. (2015). Direct links between the vernalization response and other key traits of cereal crops. Nature Communications. 6(1). 5882–5882. 168 indexed citations

Kebrom, Tesfamichael H., Wolfgang Spielmeyer, & E. Jean Finnegan. (2012). Grasses provide new insights into regulation of shoot branching. Trends in Plant Science. 18(1). 41–48. 103 indexed citations

Nicotra, Adrienne B., Owen K. Atkin, Stephen P. Bonser, et al.. (2010). Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate. Trends in Plant Science. 15(12). 684–692. 1548 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Cazzonelli, Christopher I., Anthony A. Millar, E. Jean Finnegan, & Barry J. Pogson. (2009). Promoting gene expression in plants by permissive histone lysine methylation. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 4(6). 484–488. 27 indexed citations

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Bond, Donna M., Elizabeth S. Dennis, & E. Jean Finnegan. (2009). Hypoxia. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 4(8). 773–776. 9 indexed citations

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Bond, Donna M., Elizabeth S. Dennis, Barry J. Pogson, & E. Jean Finnegan. (2009). Histone Acetylation, VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3 , FLOWERING LOCUS C , and the Vernalization Response. Molecular Plant. 2(4). 724–737. 62 indexed citations

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Andersson, Carol R., Chris A. Helliwell, David Bagnall, et al.. (2007). The FLX Gene of Arabidopsis is Required for FRI-Dependent Activation of FLC Expression. Plant and Cell Physiology. 49(2). 191–200. 28 indexed citations

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Margis, Rogério, Adriana F. Fusaro, Neil A. Smith, et al.. (2006). The evolution and diversification of Dicers in plants. FEBS Letters. 580(10). 2442–2450. 247 indexed citations

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Waterhouse, Peter M., Ming‐Bo Wang, & E. Jean Finnegan. (2001). Role of short RNAs in gene silencing. Science & Engineering Faculty. 3 indexed citations

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Jacobsen, Steven E., Hajime Sakai, E. Jean Finnegan, Xiaofeng Cao, & Elliot M. Meyerowitz. (2000). Ectopic hypermethylation of flower-specific genes in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 10(4). 179–186. 192 indexed citations

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Genger, Ruth K., et al.. (1999). Multiple DNA methyltransferase genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology. 41(2). 269–278. 62 indexed citations

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Anderson, Peter, et al.. (1997). Inactivation of the Flax Rust Resistance Gene M Associated with Loss of a Repeated Unit within the Leucine-Rich Repeat Coding Region. The Plant Cell. 9(4). 641–641. 29 indexed citations

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Finnegan, E. Jean, Vincenzo Russo, Robert A. Martienssen, & Arthur D. Riggs. (1996). The Role of DNA Methylation in Plant Development. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 32. 127–140. 13 indexed citations

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