Garry C. Whitelam

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
143 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Garry C. Whitelam is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Garry C. Whitelam has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Plant Science, 101 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Garry C. Whitelam's work include Light effects on plants (92 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (69 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (60 papers). Garry C. Whitelam is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (92 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (69 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (60 papers). Garry C. Whitelam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Argentina. Garry C. Whitelam's co-authors include Keara A. Franklin, H. SMITH, Nicholas P. Harberd, Trudie Allen, Paul F. Devlin, Karen Halliday, Séverine Lorrain, Paula Duek, Christian Fankhauser and Michael G. Salter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Garry C. Whitelam

142 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Phytochrome‐mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth‐promoting bHLH transcription factors

2007 636 citations Séverine Lorrain, Trudie Allen et al. The Plant Journal profile →
High Temperature-Mediated Adaptations in Plant Architecture Require the bHLH Transcription Factor PIF4

2009 592 citations Trudie Allen, Garry C. Whitelam et al. Current Biology profile →
The shade avoidance syndrome: multiple responses mediated by multiple phytochromes

1997 558 citations H. SMITH, Garry C. Whitelam Plant Cell & Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Garry C. Whitelam United Kingdom	51	9.5k	7.0k	639	436	211	143	10.7k
Markus Schmid Germany	52	11.9k 1.2×	10.5k 1.5×	523 0.8×	146 0.3×	52 0.2×	90	14.2k
E. Tapio Palva Finland	35	4.6k 0.5×	3.1k 0.4×	243 0.4×	234 0.5×	20 0.1×	60	5.8k
R. B. Knox Australia	53	3.8k 0.4×	4.2k 0.6×	3.5k 5.4×	326 0.7×	71 0.3×	208	8.1k
Norbert Sauer Germany	62	10.8k 1.1×	5.2k 0.7×	311 0.5×	220 0.5×	33 0.2×	142	12.2k
Shuhua Yang China	58	11.3k 1.2×	6.7k 1.0×	296 0.5×	123 0.3×	35 0.2×	110	12.8k
M. D. Bennett United Kingdom	58	12.1k 1.3×	7.2k 1.0×	3.4k 5.3×	188 0.4×	149 0.7×	178	14.7k
Taku Demura Japan	47	7.8k 0.8×	6.9k 1.0×	362 0.6×	253 0.6×	16 0.1×	188	9.3k
Eberhard Schäfer Germany	55	11.4k 1.2×	8.9k 1.3×	417 0.7×	98 0.2×	31 0.1×	153	12.3k
Richard M. Amasino United States	83	22.0k 2.3×	17.5k 2.5×	1.1k 1.8×	573 1.3×	16 0.1×	165	24.5k
Tomoo Shimada Japan	48	4.3k 0.5×	4.7k 0.7×	212 0.3×	501 1.1×	15 0.1×	106	6.7k

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Casson, Stuart A., Keara A. Franklin, Julie E. Gray, et al.. (2009). phytochrome B and PIF4 Regulate Stomatal Development in Response to Light Quantity. Current Biology. 19(3). 229–234. 152 indexed citations

Duek, Paula, Séverine Lorrain, Christian Fankhauser, Trudie Allen, & Garry C. Whitelam. (2007). Phytochrome-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth-promoting bHLH transcription factors. Scopus. 430 indexed citations

Maddison, Ben C., Shilpa Patel, Roger F.L. James, et al.. (2005). Generation and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies to Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) prion protein. Journal of Immunological Methods. 306(1-2). 202–210. 7 indexed citations

Pierik, Ronald, Garry C. Whitelam, Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek, Hans de Kroon, & Eric J. W. Visser. (2004). Canopy studies on ethylene‐insensitive tobacco identify ethylene as a novel element in blue light and plant–plant signalling. The Plant Journal. 38(2). 310–319. 139 indexed citations

Halliday, Karen & Garry C. Whitelam. (2003). Changes in Photoperiod or Temperature Alter the Functional Relationships between Phytochromes and Reveal Roles for phyD and phyE. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 131(4). 1913–1920. 99 indexed citations

Salter, Michael G., Keara A. Franklin, & Garry C. Whitelam. (2003). Gating of the rapid shade-avoidance response by the circadian clock in plants. Nature. 426(6967). 680–683. 254 indexed citations

Franklin, Keara A., et al.. (2003). Phytochromes B, D, and E Act Redundantly to Control Multiple Physiological Responses in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 131(3). 1340–1346. 228 indexed citations

Møller, Simon Geir, Patricia J. Ingles, & Garry C. Whitelam. (2002). The cell biology of phytochrome signalling. New Phytologist. 154(3). 553–590. 54 indexed citations

Shalitin, Dror, Hongyun Yang, Todd C. Mockler, et al.. (2002). Regulation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2 by blue-light-dependent phosphorylation. Nature. 417(6890). 763–767. 220 indexed citations

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Deaville, E. R., et al.. (2000). The effect of commercial-scale processing on the degree of DNA fragmentation in animal feeds.. 59–72. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yi, et al.. (2000). Sheep monoclonal antibody fragments generated using a phage display system. Journal of Immunological Methods. 236(1-2). 133–146. 37 indexed citations

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Bürgin, Maria, Jorge J. Casal, Garry C. Whitelam, & R. A. Sánchez. (1999). A light-regulated pool of phytochrome and rudimentary high-irradiance responses under far-red light in Pinus elliottii and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Journal of Experimental Botany. 50(335). 831–836. 16 indexed citations

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Sineshchekov, V.A., et al.. (1998). Fluorescence spectroscopy and photochemistry of phytochromes A and B in wild-type, mutant and transgenic strains of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 42(2). 133–142. 28 indexed citations

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Whitelam, Garry C.. (1995). Plant Photomorphogenesis: A green light for cryptochrome research. Current Biology. 5(12). 1351–1353. 10 indexed citations

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Bagnall, David, et al.. (1995). Flowering Responses to Altered Expression of Phytochrome in Mutants and Transgenic Lines of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 108(4). 1495–1503. 89 indexed citations

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Slocombe, Stephen P., Garry C. Whitelam, & William Cockburn. (1993). Investigation of phosphoeno/pyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase) in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. in C₃ and CAM photosynthetic states. Plant Cell & Environment. 16(4). 403–411. 11 indexed citations

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Devlin, Paul F., Stewart B. Rood, David E. Somers, Peter H. Quail, & Garry C. Whitelam. (1992). Photophysiology of the Elongated Internode (ein) Mutant of Brassica rapa. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 100(3). 1442–1447. 97 indexed citations

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Keiller, Don, Garry C. Whitelam, & H. SMITH. (1988). Polyclonal antibodies raised to phycocyanins contain components specific for the red-absorbing form of phytochrome. Planta. 176(3). 391–398. 2 indexed citations

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Whitelam, Garry C. & Geoffrey A. Codd. (1984). Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis and in Vivo Chlorophyll Fluorescence in the Green Alga <italic>Ankistrodesmus braunii</italic>. Plant and Cell Physiology. 11 indexed citations

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Whitelam, Garry C., Θωμάς Λαναράς, & Geoffrey A. Codd. (1983). Rapid separation of microalgae by density gradient centrifugation in Percoll. British Phycological Journal. 18(1). 23–28. 9 indexed citations

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