John T. M. Kennis

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

John T. M. Kennis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John T. M. Kennis has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 40 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in John T. M. Kennis's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (79 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (74 papers) and Light effects on plants (39 papers). John T. M. Kennis is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (79 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (74 papers) and Light effects on plants (39 papers). John T. M. Kennis collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. John T. M. Kennis's co-authors include Rienk van Grondelle, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Rudi Berera, Marie Louise Groot, Tilo Mathes, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, Bruno Robert, Emmanouil Papagiannakis, Peter Hegemann and Maxime Alexandre 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

John T. M. Kennis

120 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants

2007 734 citations Alexander V. Ruban, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum et al. profile →
Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems

2009 622 citations Rienk van Grondelle, John T. M. Kennis et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John T. M. Kennis Netherlands	46	4.8k	3.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.2k	121	7.0k
Herbert van Amerongen Netherlands	60	10.0k 2.1×	4.1k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	5.2k 2.8×	1.2k 1.1×	196	12.1k
Hugo Scheer Germany	48	7.6k 1.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	339	9.4k
Delmar S. Larsen United States	42	2.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	995 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	100	5.8k
Г. Ренгер Germany	55	8.9k 1.9×	3.5k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	3.9k 2.1×	1.1k 0.9×	259	10.6k
Leonas Valkūnas Lithuania	41	3.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	813 0.4×	4.2k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	211	6.8k
John H. Golbeck United States	54	7.8k 1.6×	3.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	796 0.7×	252	9.6k
Norbert Krauß Germany	36	7.4k 1.5×	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	92	9.0k
Donatas Zigmantas Sweden	37	3.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	575 0.3×	3.6k 1.9×	850 0.7×	81	6.1k
Robert Bittl Germany	51	3.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	184	7.1k
Charles F. Yocum United States	43	8.1k 1.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	815 0.7×	133	9.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kaziannis, Spyridon, Matthias Broser, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, et al.. (2024). Multiple retinal isomerizations during the early phase of the bestrhodopsin photoreaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(12). e2318996121–e2318996121. 9 indexed citations

Liguori, Nicoletta, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Fernando Muzzopappa, et al.. (2024). The Orange Carotenoid Protein Triggers Cyanobacterial Photoprotection by Quenching Bilins via a Structural Switch of Its Carotenoid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(31). 21913–21921. 5 indexed citations

Hontani, Yusaku, Tatiana Domratcheva, Sebastian Beck, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopic and Computational Observation of Glutamine Tautomerization in the Blue Light Sensing Using Flavin Domain Photoreaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(2). 1040–1052. 18 indexed citations

Nhut, Thanh, et al.. (2023). Two-photon Absorption and Photoionization of a Bacterial Phytochrome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 436(5). 168357–168357. 3 indexed citations

Broser, Matthias, Tadeusz Andruniów, Sagie Katz, et al.. (2023). Experimental Assessment of the Electronic and Geometrical Structure of a Near-Infrared Absorbing and Highly Fluorescent Microbial Rhodopsin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(41). 9291–9295. 6 indexed citations

Hontani, Yusaku, Francisco Vélazquez Escobar, Martijn Tros, et al.. (2022). QuasAr Odyssey: the origin of fluorescence and its voltage sensitivity in microbial rhodopsins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5501–5501. 17 indexed citations

Konold, Patrick E., et al.. (2021). The molecular pH-response mechanism of the plant light-stress sensor PsbS. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2291–2291. 34 indexed citations

Andrikopoulos, Prokopis C., Yingliang Liu, Patrick E. Konold, et al.. (2021). QM calculations predict the energetics and infrared spectra of transient glutamine isomers in LOV photoreceptors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(25). 13934–13950. 9 indexed citations

Pillai, Smitha, Dalvin D. Méndez‐Hernández, Raoul N. Frese, et al.. (2021). Dual Singlet Excited-State Quenching Mechanisms in an Artificial Caroteno-Phthalocyanine Light Harvesting Antenna. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 59–67. 3 indexed citations

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Artés, Juan M., Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Yusaku Hontani, et al.. (2020). Unraveling the Excited-State Dynamics and Light-Harvesting Functions of Xanthophylls in Light-Harvesting Complex II Using Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(41). 17346–17355. 30 indexed citations

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Hontani, Yusaku, Miroslav Kloz, Tomáš Polı́vka, et al.. (2018). Molecular Origin of Photoprotection in Cyanobacteria Probed by Watermarked Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(7). 1788–1792. 36 indexed citations

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Iwata, Tatsuya, Junpei Yamamoto, Kenichi Hitomi, et al.. (2014). Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Chromophore Charge Controls the Conformation of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Photolyase α-Helices. Biochemistry. 53(37). 5864–5875. 11 indexed citations

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Abdi, Fatwa F., J. H. van Santen, Raoul N. Frese, et al.. (2014). Unraveling the Carrier Dynamics of BiVO₄: A Femtosecond to Microsecond Transient Absorption Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(48). 27793–27800. 156 indexed citations

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Kennis, John T. M. & Tilo Mathes. (2013). Molecular eyes: proteins that transform light into biological information. Interface Focus. 3(5). 20130005–20130005. 54 indexed citations

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Mathes, Tilo, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Manuela Stierl, & John T. M. Kennis. (2012). Redox Modulation of Flavin and Tyrosine Determines Photoinduced Proton-coupled Electron Transfer and Photoactivation of BLUF Photoreceptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(38). 31725–31738. 54 indexed citations

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Wilson, Adjélé, Claire Punginelli, Andrew Gall, et al.. (2008). A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(33). 12075–12080. 278 indexed citations

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Bonetti, Ciro, Tilo Mathes, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, et al.. (2007). The light activation mechanism of a novel blue-light photoreceptor. Biophysical Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Palacios, Rodrigo E., Gerdenis Kodis, Christian Herrero, et al.. (2006). Tetrapyrrole Singlet Excited State Quenching by Carotenoids in an Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(50). 25411–25420. 14 indexed citations

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Kennis, John T. M., et al.. (1997). Femtosecond Dynamics in Isolated LH2 Complexes of Various Species of Purple Bacteria. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 101(39). 7827–7834. 65 indexed citations

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Kennis, John T. M., A. Ya. Shkuropatov, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, et al.. (1997). Formation of a Long-Lived P⁺B_A^- State in Plant Pheophytin-Exchanged Reaction Centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 at Low Temperature. Biochemistry. 36(51). 16231–16238. 61 indexed citations

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