Graham R. Fleming

58.1k total citations · 18 hit papers
444 papers, 46.3k citations indexed

About

Graham R. Fleming is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham R. Fleming has authored 444 papers receiving a total of 46.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 336 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 238 papers in Molecular Biology and 133 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Graham R. Fleming's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (305 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (219 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (133 papers). Graham R. Fleming is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (305 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (219 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (133 papers). Graham R. Fleming collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Graham R. Fleming's co-authors include Mark Maroncelli, Akihito Ishizaki, Gregory D. Scholes, Yuan‐Chung Cheng, Minhaeng Cho, Rienk van Grondelle, Ralph Jimenez, Robert E. Blankenship, Tomáš Mančal and Krishna Niyogi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Graham R. Fleming

439 papers receiving 45.3k 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. Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems
    2007 2.3k citations Graham R. Fleming et al. Nature profile →
  2. Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting
    2011 1.5k citations Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
  3. Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Efficiencies and Recognizing the Potential for Improvement
    2011 1.2k citations Graham R. Fleming, David Kramer et al. profile →
  4. Femtosecond solvation dynamics of water
    1994 1.1k citations Graham R. Fleming et al. Nature profile →
  5. Picosecond solvation dynamics of coumarin 153: The importance of molecular aspects of solvation
    1987 1.1k citations Graham R. Fleming et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  6. Two-dimensional spectroscopy of electronic couplings in photosynthesis
    2005 959 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. Nature profile →
  7. Chemical applications of ultrafast spectroscopy
    1986 873 citations Graham R. Fleming profile →
  8. Coherence Dynamics in Photosynthesis: Protein Protection of Excitonic Coherence
    2007 778 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
  9. Carotenoid Cation Formation and the Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
    2005 641 citations Krishna Niyogi, Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
  10. Theoretical examination of quantum coherence in a photosynthetic system at physiological temperature
    2009 637 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Dynamics of Light Harvesting in Photosynthesis
    2008 608 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
  12. Calculation of Couplings and Energy-Transfer Pathways between the Pigments of LH2 by the ab Initio Transition Density Cube Method
    1998 573 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  13. CHROMOPHORE-SOLVENT DYNAMICS
    1996 557 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
  14. Unified treatment of quantum coherent and incoherent hopping dynamics in electronic energy transfer: Reduced hierarchy equation approach
    2009 542 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  15. Polar Solvent Dynamics and Electron-Transfer Reactions
    1989 529 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
  16. Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems
    2017 488 citations Graham R. Fleming, K. Birgitta Whaley et al. Nature profile →
  17. Fluorescence-detected wave packet interferometry: Time resolved molecular spectroscopy with sequences of femtosecond phase-locked pulses
    1991 464 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  18. Computer simulation of the dynamics of aqueous solvation
    1988 439 citations Graham R. Fleming et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers

Graham R. Fleming
Arieh Warshel United States
Rienk van Grondelle Netherlands
Benedetta Mennucci Italy
Walter Thiel Germany
Gregory D. Scholes United States
Gregory A. Voth United States
Michael J. Frisch United States
Steven G. Boxer United States
Vincenzo Barone Italy
Ahmed H. Zewail United States
Arieh Warshel United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shi, Yuping, Partha Pratim Roy, Naoki Higashitarumizu, et al.. (2025). Annihilation-limited long-range exciton transport in high-mobility conjugated copolymer films. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(17). e2413850122–e2413850122. 1 indexed citations
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Patel‐Tupper, Dhruv, et al.. (2025). Reduction of Exciton Diffusion Length with Genetically Tuned Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plant Thylakoid Membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(29). 7352–7358.
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Zhang, Kunyan, et al.. (2025). Probing exciton diffusion dynamics in photosynthetic supercomplexes via exciton–exciton annihilation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(16). 3 indexed citations
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Whaley, K. Birgitta, et al.. (2025). Comparing photosynthetic light harvesting of single photons and pseudothermal light under ultraweak illumination. Science Advances. 11(46). eadz2616–eadz2616.
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Wales, David J., et al.. (2024). Design principles for energy transfer in the photosystem II supercomplex from kinetic transition networks. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8763–8763. 6 indexed citations
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Cook, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Single-photon absorption and emission from a natural photosynthetic complex. Nature. 619(7969). 300–304. 29 indexed citations
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Jin, Dafei, et al.. (2022). Room-temperature polariton quantum fluids in halide perovskites. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7388–7388. 44 indexed citations
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Arsenault, Eric A., James Shee, Yusuke Yoneda, et al.. (2022). Concerted Electron-Nuclear Motion in Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer-Driven Grotthuss-Type Proton Translocation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(20). 4479–4485. 4 indexed citations
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Fay, Thomas P., et al.. (2022). Xanthophyll-cycle based model of the rapid photoprotection of Nannochloropsis in response to regular and irregular light/dark sequences. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(20). 205102–205102. 13 indexed citations
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Fay, Thomas P., et al.. (2022). Xanthophyll-cycle based model of the rapid photoprotection of Nannochloropsis in response to regular and irregular light/dark sequences. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Jin, Dafei, et al.. (2022). Halide perovskites enable polaritonic XY spin Hamiltonian at room temperature. Nature Materials. 21(7). 761–766. 59 indexed citations
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Yoneda, Yusuke, Sabrina Mora, James Shee, et al.. (2021). Electron–Nuclear Dynamics Accompanying Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(8). 3104–3112. 29 indexed citations
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Tietz, Stefanie, et al.. (2020). A proteoliposome-based system reveals how lipids control photosynthetic light harvesting. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(7). 1857–1866. 32 indexed citations
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Saito, Shinji, Masahiro Higashi, & Graham R. Fleming. (2019). Site-Dependent Fluctuations Optimize Electronic Energy Transfer in the Fenna–Matthews–Olson Protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(46). 9762–9772. 31 indexed citations
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Fleming, Graham R., et al.. (2018). Quantitative modeling of energy dissipation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 154. 99–109. 8 indexed citations
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Fleming, Graham R., et al.. (2017). Fully quantum analysis of photosynthetic coherent energy absorption and transfer. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhirong, Tae Kyu Ahn, Thomas J. Avenson, et al.. (2009). Lutein Accumulation in the Absence of Zeaxanthin Restores Nonphotochemical Quenching in the Arabidopsis thaliana npq1 Mutant . The Plant Cell. 21(6). 1798–1812. 156 indexed citations
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Larsen, Delmar S., et al.. (2001). Influence of Intramolecular Vibrations in Third-Order, Time-Domain Resonant Spectroscopies. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 5 indexed citations
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Beddard, Godfrey S., Graham R. Fleming, George Porter, & Rebecca J. Robbins. (1980). Time-resolved fluorescence from biological systems: tryptophan and simple peptides. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 298(1439). 321–334. 29 indexed citations
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Beddard, Godfrey S., Graham R. Fleming, O.L.J. Gijzeman, & George Porter. (1974). Vibrational energy dependence of radiationless conversion in aromatic vapours. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 340(1623). 519–533. 42 indexed citations

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