Eric E. Conn

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Eric E. Conn is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric E. Conn has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Plant Science, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Eric E. Conn's work include Cassava research and cyanide (50 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (18 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (14 papers). Eric E. Conn is often cited by papers focused on Cassava research and cyanide (50 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (18 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (14 papers). Eric E. Conn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Eric E. Conn's co-authors include Jane Koukol, Birgit Vennesland, Takashi Akazawa, Birger Lindberg Møller, Harvey F. Fisher, F. H. Westheimer, Susan S. Thayer, Tsune Kosuge, Gillian Butler and James A. Saunders and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Eric E. Conn

135 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds in Higher Plants 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds in Higher Plants
    1961 565 citations Eric E. Conn et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric E. Conn United States 43 3.1k 2.7k 444 405 398 135 5.5k
Robert S. Bandurski United States 40 2.8k 0.9× 2.9k 1.1× 308 0.7× 131 0.3× 260 0.7× 114 5.4k
Kanzo Sakata Japan 39 2.7k 0.9× 3.5k 1.3× 832 1.9× 125 0.3× 662 1.7× 194 6.7k
Werner Heller Germany 47 4.0k 1.3× 3.4k 1.2× 563 1.3× 421 1.0× 323 0.8× 118 7.3k
Tsunematsu Takemoto Japan 34 1.7k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 350 0.8× 90 0.2× 302 0.8× 285 4.6k
T.W. Goodwin United Kingdom 26 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 292 0.7× 393 1.0× 201 0.5× 72 4.7k
Norman E. Hoffman United States 41 5.5k 1.8× 4.6k 1.7× 185 0.4× 226 0.6× 154 0.4× 108 8.2k
J.B. Harbörne United Kingdom 20 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 331 0.7× 123 0.3× 156 0.4× 36 3.8k
Tohru Kikuchi Japan 37 1.2k 0.4× 2.6k 1.0× 292 0.7× 292 0.7× 257 0.6× 276 5.1k
Gerhard Sandmann Germany 65 2.3k 0.8× 9.7k 3.5× 429 1.0× 500 1.2× 819 2.1× 306 13.1k
R.J. Bino Netherlands 47 4.2k 1.4× 5.1k 1.9× 679 1.5× 197 0.5× 237 0.6× 112 8.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conn, Eric E., Elfriede K. Pistorius, & Larry P. Solomonson. (2005). Remembering Birgit Vennesland (1913–2001), a great biochemist. Photosynthesis Research. 83(1). 11–16. 2 indexed citations
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McCue, Kent F. & Eric E. Conn. (1990). Induction of Shikimic Acid Pathway Enzymes by Light in Suspension Cultured Cells of Parsley (Petroselinum crispum). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 94(2). 507–510. 24 indexed citations
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Siehl, Daniel L. & Eric E. Conn. (1988). Kinetic and regulatory properties of arogenate dehydratase in seedlings of Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 260(2). 822–829. 42 indexed citations
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Selmar, Dirk, et al.. (1987). A colorimetric assay for α-hydroxynitrile lyase. Analytical Biochemistry. 166(1). 208–211. 42 indexed citations
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Singh, Bijay, et al.. (1986). Chorismate Mutase Isoenzymes from Selected Plants and Their Immunological Comparison with the Isoenzymes from Sorghum bicolor. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 81(3). 717–722. 34 indexed citations
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Conn, Eric E.. (1986). The Shikimic Acid Pathway. 22 indexed citations
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Maslin, Bruce Roger, Eric E. Conn, & John E. Dunn. (1985). Cyanogenesis in Acacia pachyphloia. Phytochemistry. 24(5). 961–963. 10 indexed citations
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Kojima, Mineo & Eric E. Conn. (1982). Tissue Distributions of Chlorogenic Acid and of Enzymes Involved in Its Metabolism in Leaves of Sorghum bicolor. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 70(3). 922–925. 17 indexed citations
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Seigler, David S., et al.. (1982). Tetraphyllin B and epitetraphyillin B sulphates: Novel cyanogenic glucosides from Passiflora caerulea and P. alato-caerulea. Phytochemistry. 21(9). 2277–2285. 27 indexed citations
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Conn, Eric E.. (1981). Secondary plant products. Academic Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations
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Conn, Eric E., et al.. (1980). Seasonal constancy of intra-population variation of HCN content of costa rican Acacia farnesiana foliage. Phytochemistry. 19(9). 2022–2023. 4 indexed citations
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Conn, Eric E., et al.. (1979). Developmental fate of the cyanogenic glucoside linamarin in Costa Rican wild lima bean seeds. Nature. 278(5702). 343–344. 24 indexed citations
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Hughes, Monica A. & Eric E. Conn. (1976). Cyanoglucoside biosynthesis in white clover (Trifolium repens). Phytochemistry. 15(5). 697–701. 18 indexed citations
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Gestetner, B. & Eric E. Conn. (1974). The 2-hydroxylation of trans-cinnamic acid by chloroplasts from Melilotus alba desr. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 163(2). 617–624. 46 indexed citations
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Tapper, B.A., et al.. (1972). 2-Hydroxyaldoximes as possible precursors in the biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides. Phytochemistry. 11(3). 1047–1053. 10 indexed citations
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Russell, David W. & Eric E. Conn. (1967). The cinnamic acid 4-hydraxylase of pea seedlings. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 122(1). 256–258. 93 indexed citations
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Tapper, B.A., Eric E. Conn, & Gillian Butler. (1967). Conversion of α-keto-isovaleric acid oxime and isobutyraldoxime to linamarin in flax seedlings. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 119(1). 593–595. 28 indexed citations
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Abrol, Y. P. & Eric E. Conn. (1965). Non-occurrence of Lotusin in Lotus arabicus L.. Nature. 206(4982). 399–399. 1 indexed citations
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Fisher, Harvey F., Eric E. Conn, Birgit Vennesland, & F. H. Westheimer. (1953). THE ENZYMATIC TRANSFER OF HYDROGEN. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 202(2). 687–697. 188 indexed citations
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Conn, Eric E. & Birgit Vennesland. (1951). Reduction of Glutathione by Co-Enzyme II: Enzymatic Reduction of Glutathione by Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide (Co-enzyme III). Nature. 167(4259). 976–977. 22 indexed citations

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