Elaine M. Tobin

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Elaine M. Tobin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Elaine M. Tobin has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Plant Science, 63 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Elaine M. Tobin's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (58 papers), Light effects on plants (54 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (49 papers). Elaine M. Tobin is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (58 papers), Light effects on plants (54 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (49 papers). Elaine M. Tobin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Elaine M. Tobin's co-authors include Zhiyong Wang, Jane Silverthorne, Rachel M. Green, Shoji Sugano, George Karlin‐Neumann, Christos Andronis, Sheen X. Lu, Lin Sun, E. Harel and Judy A. Brusslan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Elaine M. Tobin

87 papers receiving 6.6k 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. Constitutive Expression of the CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 (CCA1) Gene Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and Suppresses Its Own Expression
    1998 840 citations Zhiyong Wang, Elaine M. Tobin Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elaine M. Tobin United States 46 5.7k 5.2k 544 414 306 87 6.9k
Alfred Batschauer Germany 41 4.5k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 523 1.0× 557 1.3× 1.4k 4.6× 81 5.9k
Akira Nagatani Japan 51 8.0k 1.4× 6.7k 1.3× 97 0.2× 343 0.8× 456 1.5× 124 8.8k
Eberhard Schäfer Germany 55 11.4k 2.0× 8.9k 1.7× 137 0.3× 221 0.5× 477 1.6× 153 12.3k
Hur‐Song Chang United States 22 5.5k 1.0× 3.7k 0.7× 211 0.4× 86 0.2× 81 0.3× 24 6.9k
Enamul Huq United States 46 8.6k 1.5× 7.0k 1.3× 132 0.2× 127 0.3× 414 1.4× 96 9.7k
Mamoru Sugita Japan 41 2.0k 0.4× 4.5k 0.9× 131 0.2× 416 1.0× 130 0.4× 126 5.1k
José A. Jarillo Spain 34 4.6k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 268 0.5× 84 0.2× 398 1.3× 61 5.3k
Eva M. Farré United States 25 3.1k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 214 0.4× 569 1.4× 56 0.2× 35 4.0k
Roman Ulm Switzerland 39 6.1k 1.1× 4.6k 0.9× 163 0.3× 226 0.5× 472 1.5× 69 6.8k
Joel A. Kreps United States 14 3.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.5× 361 0.7× 64 0.2× 81 0.3× 17 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elaine M. Tobin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tobin, Elaine M.. (2022). Adventures in Life and Science, from Light to Rhythms. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 73(1). 1–16. 1 indexed citations
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Tobin, Elaine M.. (2016). My Path from Chemistry to Phytochrome and Circadian Rhythms. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 261–261. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Sheen X., et al.. (2008). Testing Time: Can Ethanol-Induced Pulses of Proposed Oscillator Components Phase Shift Rhythms in Arabidopsis ?. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 23(6). 463–S 471. 30 indexed citations
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Andronis, Christos, et al.. (2007). The Clock Protein CCA1 and the bZIP Transcription Factor HY5 Physically Interact to Regulate Gene Expression in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 1(1). 58–67. 95 indexed citations
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Tobin, Elaine M.. (2006). Samuel Goodnow Wildman (1912–2004): Discoverer of Fraction I protein, later named Rubisco, who worked till he was 92. Photosynthesis Research. 88(2). 105–108. 2 indexed citations
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Daniel, Xavier, Shoji Sugano, & Elaine M. Tobin. (2004). CK2 phosphorylation of CCA1 is necessary for its circadian oscillator function in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(9). 3292–3297. 146 indexed citations
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Thain, Simon C., Filip Vandenbussche, Lucas J. J. Laarhoven, et al.. (2004). Circadian Rhythms of Ethylene Emission in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 136(3). 3751–3761. 118 indexed citations
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Green, Rachel M. & Elaine M. Tobin. (2002). The Role of CCA1 and LHY in the Plant Circadian Clock. Developmental Cell. 2(5). 516–518. 49 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiyong & Elaine M. Tobin. (1998). Constitutive Expression of the CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 (CCA1) Gene Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and Suppresses Its Own Expression. Cell. 93(7). 1207–1217. 840 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tobin, Elaine M.. (1997). Renewing an old view of chloroplasts. Trends in Plant Science. 2(11). 405–406. 20 indexed citations
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Brusslan, Judy A. & Elaine M. Tobin. (1995). Isolation of new promoter-mediated co-suppressed lines in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology. 27(4). 809–813. 9 indexed citations
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Flores, Susan & Elaine M. Tobin. (1988). Cytokinin modulation of LHCP mRNA levels: the involvement of post-transcriptional regulation. Plant Molecular Biology. 11(4). 409–415. 86 indexed citations
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Karlin‐Neumann, George & Elaine M. Tobin. (1986). Transit peptides of nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins share a common amino acid framework.. The EMBO Journal. 5(1). 9–13. 194 indexed citations
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Kohorn, Bruce D., E. Harel, Parag R. Chitnis, J. Philip Thornber, & Elaine M. Tobin. (1986). Functional and mutational analysis of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein of thylakoid membranes.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 102(3). 972–981. 122 indexed citations
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Tobin, Elaine M., et al.. (1980). Light Effects on the Synthesis of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase in Lemna gibba L. G-3. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 65(4). 641–647. 54 indexed citations
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Tobin, Elaine M. & Winslow R. Briggs. (1969). Phytochrome in Embryos of Pinus palustris. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 44(1). 148–150. 45 indexed citations

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