Govindjee Govindjee

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Govindjee Govindjee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Govindjee Govindjee has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Plant Science and 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Govindjee Govindjee's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (134 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (45 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (32 papers). Govindjee Govindjee is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (134 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (45 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (32 papers). Govindjee Govindjee collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Govindjee Govindjee's co-authors include Alexandrina Stirbet, Reto J. Strasser, Dušan Lazár, Alaka Srivastava, Johannes Kromdijk, George C. Papageorgiou, Gert Schansker, Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Dmitriy Shevela and J.J.S. van Rensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Govindjee Govindjee

164 papers receiving 6.0k 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. On the relation between the Kautsky effect (chlorophyll a fluorescence induction) and Photosystem II: Basics and applications of the OJIP fluorescence transient
    2011 967 citations Govindjee Govindjee et al. profile →
  2. Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction: Can just a one-second measurement be used to quantify abiotic stress responses?
    2018 361 citations Dušan Lazár, Govindjee Govindjee et al. profile →
  3. Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures
    2023 103 citations Dmitriy Shevela, Jan Kern et al. Photosynthesis Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Govindjee Govindjee 4.2k 2.9k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 169 6.3k
Vyacheslav V. Klimov 4.0k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 902 0.8× 992 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 134 5.3k
Robert Carpentier 3.2k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 590 0.5× 916 0.9× 185 6.0k
Tingyun Kuang 3.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 859 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 179 5.2k
Luca Dall’Osto 4.6k 1.1× 2.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 483 0.4× 998 0.9× 85 5.8k
Sakae Katoh 4.0k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 711 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 158 4.8k
Xiaoping Li 4.0k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 884 0.7× 443 0.4× 677 0.6× 53 5.5k
Peter Jahns 5.1k 1.2× 4.1k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 384 0.3× 845 0.8× 112 6.9k
Anja Krieger‐Liszkay 6.8k 1.6× 5.4k 1.9× 1.6k 1.3× 665 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 149 10.4k
Chikahiro Miyake 4.9k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 970 0.8× 326 0.3× 945 0.9× 135 6.7k
Matthew P. Johnson 3.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 687 0.6× 796 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 91 4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Govindjee Govindjee

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All Works

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Terentyev, Vasily V., et al.. (2025). High and unique carbonic anhydrase activity of Photosystem II from Pisum sativum: Measurements by a new and very sensitive fluorescence method. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 221. 109516–109516.
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Govindjee, Govindjee, et al.. (2025). Donald Ashley Bryant (1950–2024): An Extraordinary Cyano-Bacteriologist. 14(1). 1–19. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Ya, et al.. (2024). From leaf to multiscale models of photosynthesis: applications and challenges for crop improvement. Photosynthesis Research. 161(1-2). 21–49. 8 indexed citations
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Vinyard, David J. & Govindjee Govindjee. (2024). Bicarbonate is a key regulator but not a substrate for O2 evolution in Photosystem II. Photosynthesis Research. 162(1). 93–99. 3 indexed citations
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Shevela, Dmitriy, Jan Kern, Govindjee Govindjee, & Johannes Messinger. (2023). Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures. Photosynthesis Research. 156(3). 279–307. 103 indexed citations breakdown →
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Korres, Nicholas E., et al.. (2023). Evaluation of secondary sexual dimorphism of the dioecious Amaranthus palmeri under abiotic stress. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13156–13156. 3 indexed citations
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Naithani, Sushma, Sneha Sudha Komath, Arthur M. Nonomura, & Govindjee Govindjee. (2021). Plant lectins and their many roles: Carbohydrate-binding and beyond. Journal of Plant Physiology. 266. 153531–153531. 68 indexed citations
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Jin, Jiyuan, Xin Wang, Xiaomeng Wang, et al.. (2021). Regulation of Photosynthesis in Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria with the Simplest β-Diketone. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(20). 14173–14184. 33 indexed citations
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Govindjee, Govindjee & Rajni Govindjee. (2021). Personal Reminiscences of Robert Emerson and Eugene Rabinowitch. 37(1). 101–106. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Qing Jun, Abhay K. Singh, Hong Li, et al.. (2012). Net light-induced oxygen evolution in photosystem I deletion mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1817(5). 792–801. 13 indexed citations
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Kaňa, Radek, Eva Kotabová, Ondřej Komárek, et al.. (2012). The slow S to M fluorescence rise in cyanobacteria is due to a state 2 to state 1 transition. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1817(8). 1237–1247. 84 indexed citations
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García‐Mendoza, Ernesto, et al.. (2012). Antagonist effect between violaxanthin and de-epoxidated pigments in nonphotochemical quenching induction in the qE deficient brown alga Macrocystis pyrifera. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1827(3). 427–437. 29 indexed citations
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Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi, Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, & Govindjee Govindjee. (2012). Biological water oxidation: Lessons from Nature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1817(8). 1110–1121. 79 indexed citations
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Björn, Lars Olof & Govindjee Govindjee. (2009). The evolution of photosynthesis and chloroplasts. Current Science. 96(11). 1466–1474. 28 indexed citations
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Hutchison, Ronald S., Jin Xiong, Richard T. Sayre, & Govindjee Govindjee. (1996). Construction and characterization of a Photosystem II D1 mutant (arginine-269-glycine) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1277(1-2). 83–92. 23 indexed citations
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Wydrzynski, T., Elizabeth Gross, & Govindjee Govindjee. (1975). Effects of sodium and magnesium cations on the “dark-” and light-induced chlorophyll a fluorescence yields in sucrose-washed spinach chloroplasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 376(1). 151–161. 37 indexed citations

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