J. Clark Lagarias

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

J. Clark Lagarias is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Clark Lagarias has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Plant Science, 142 papers in Molecular Biology and 48 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in J. Clark Lagarias's work include Light effects on plants (138 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (125 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (46 papers). J. Clark Lagarias is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (138 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (125 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (46 papers). J. Clark Lagarias collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. J. Clark Lagarias's co-authors include Nathan C. Rockwell, Shelley S. Martin, Kuo‐Chen Yeh, Shu‐Hsing Wu, John T. Murphy, Henry Rapoport, Beronda L. Montgomery, Nicole Frankenberg‐Dinkel, Tedd D. Elich and Matthew J. Terry and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

J. Clark Lagarias

177 papers receiving 11.3k citations

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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 STRUCTURE AND SIGNALING MECHANISMS

2006 870 citations Nathan C. Rockwell, J. Clark Lagarias et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Clark Lagarias United States	62	8.9k	8.7k	3.2k	2.0k	1.4k	179	11.5k
Toshiharu Shikanai Japan	60	11.7k 1.3×	7.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	647 0.5×	168	13.7k
Dario Leister Germany	70	11.7k 1.3×	9.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	570 0.4×	231	15.4k
Imre Vass Hungary	54	7.1k 0.8×	3.9k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	208	9.5k
Bertil Andersson Sweden	63	11.0k 1.2×	4.9k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	595 0.4×	174	12.6k
Winslow R. Briggs United States	63	10.7k 1.2×	13.5k 1.5×	2.9k 0.9×	800 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	247	15.7k
Masahiko Ikeuchi Japan	59	8.4k 0.9×	3.8k 0.4×	2.8k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.2×	217	10.1k
Itzhak Ohad Israel	53	7.5k 0.8×	3.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	715 0.5×	164	9.2k
Jean‐David Rochaix Switzerland	63	10.2k 1.1×	3.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.6×	320 0.2×	178	11.3k
Masamitsu Wada Japan	52	7.9k 0.9×	9.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	617 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	226	10.8k
Wolfgang Gärtner Germany	46	5.3k 0.6×	3.9k 0.5×	3.8k 1.2×	631 0.3×	452 0.3×	259	7.6k

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Song, Ji‐Joon, et al.. (2025). Dual‐Cys bacteriophytochromes: intermediates in cyanobacterial phytochrome evolution?. FEBS Journal. 292(5). 1197–1216. 1 indexed citations

Rockwell, Nathan C. & J. Clark Lagarias. (2024). Cyanobacteriochromes: A Rainbow of Photoreceptors. Annual Review of Microbiology. 78(1). 61–81. 11 indexed citations

Hu, Wei & J. Clark Lagarias. (2024). A cytosol-tethered YHB variant of phytochrome B retains photomorphogenic signaling activity. Plant Molecular Biology. 114(4). 72–72. 1 indexed citations

Rockwell, Nathan C. & J. Clark Lagarias. (2023). GUN4 appeared early in cyanobacterial evolution. PNAS Nexus. 2(5). pgad131–pgad131. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Weiqing, Robert D. Willows, Li Zheng, et al.. (2021). Bilin-dependent regulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis by GUN4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 33 indexed citations

Lim, Sunghyuk, Che‐Wei Chang, Nathan C. Rockwell, et al.. (2018). Correlating structural and photochemical heterogeneity in cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(17). 4387–4392. 62 indexed citations

Duanmu, Deqiang, Nathan C. Rockwell, & J. Clark Lagarias. (2017). Algal light sensing and photoacclimation in aquatic environments. Plant Cell & Environment. 40(11). 2558–2570. 38 indexed citations

Wittkopp, Tyler M., Stefan Schmollinger, Shai Saroussi, et al.. (2017). Bilin-Dependent Photoacclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Plant Cell. 29(11). 2711–2726. 23 indexed citations

Gan, Fei, Shuyi Zhang, Nathan C. Rockwell, et al.. (2014). Extensive remodeling of a cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus in far-red light. Science. 345(6202). 1312–1317. 306 indexed citations

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Rockwell, Nathan C., J. Clark Lagarias, & Debashish Bhattacharya. (2014). Primary endosymbiosis and the evolution of light and oxygen sensing in photosynthetic eukaryotes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2(66). 41 indexed citations

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Chang, Che‐Wei, et al.. (2014). Optically Guided Photoactivity: Coordinating Tautomerization, Photoisomerization, Inhomogeneity, and Reactive Intermediates within the RcaE Cyanobacteriochrome. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 5(9). 1527–1533. 11 indexed citations

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Duanmu, Deqiang, David Casero, Rachel M. Dent, et al.. (2013). Retrograde bilin signaling enables Chlamydomonas greening and phototrophic survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(9). 3621–3626. 90 indexed citations

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Sugishima, Masakazu, Hideki Kinoshita, Katsuhiko Inomata, et al.. (2009). Structural Insights into Vinyl Reduction Regiospecificity of Phycocyanobilin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase (PcyA). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(2). 1000–1007. 23 indexed citations

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Dasgupta, Jyotishman, Renee R. Frontiera, Keenan C. Taylor, J. Clark Lagarias, & Richard A. Mathies. (2009). Ultrafast excited-state isomerization in phytochrome revealed by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(6). 1784–1789. 168 indexed citations

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Rockwell, Nathan C., et al.. (2009). Distinct classes of red/far-red photochemistry within the phytochrome superfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(15). 6123–6127. 123 indexed citations

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Fischer, A., William J. Coleman, Mary M. Yang, & J. Clark Lagarias. (2004). Engineering phytochromes: biliproteins that switch and glow. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5329. 33–33. 1 indexed citations

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Gryczyński, Ignacy, Grzegorz Piszczek, Joseph R. Lakowicz, & J. Clark Lagarias. (2002). Two-photon excitation of a phytofluor protein. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 150(1-3). 13–19. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Shu‐Hsing, Michael T. McDowell, & J. Clark Lagarias. (1997). Phycocyanobilin Is the Natural Precursor of the Phytochrome Chromophore in the Green Alga Mesotaenium caldariorum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(41). 25700–25705. 51 indexed citations

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Berkelman, Tom & J. Clark Lagarias. (1990). Calcium Transport in the Green Alga Mesotaenium caldariorum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 93(2). 748–757. 9 indexed citations

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Pratt, Lee H., et al.. (1988). Mapping of antigenic domains on phytochrome from etiolated Avena sativa L. by immunoblot analysis of proteolytically derived peptides. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 267(2). 723–735. 14 indexed citations

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