Jon Atherton

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Jon Atherton is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Atherton has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jon Atherton's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (19 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (13 papers). Jon Atherton is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (19 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (13 papers). Jon Atherton collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and United Kingdom. Jon Atherton's co-authors include Albert Porcar‐Castell, Christian Frankenberg, Erhard E. Pfündel, Joseph A. Berry, Christiaan van der Tol, Jaume Flexas, Esa Tyystjärvi, J. Moreno, Caroline Nichol and Luis Alonso and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Jon Atherton

33 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Linking chlorophyll a fluorescence to photosynthesis for remote sensing applications: mechanisms and challenges

2014 891 citations Albert Porcar‐Castell, Esa Tyystjärvi et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jon Atherton Finland	14	986	918	652	247	180	34	1.5k
Shari Van Wittenberghe Spain	21	540 0.5×	681 0.7×	544 0.8×	219 0.9×	378 2.1×	48	1.3k
Maximilian Voigt Germany	6	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.4×	394 0.6×	348 1.4×	263 1.5×	10	1.9k
Hyungsuk Kimm United States	18	920 0.9×	778 0.8×	524 0.8×	148 0.6×	264 1.5×	27	1.4k
Ari Kornfeld United States	14	837 0.8×	651 0.7×	714 1.1×	122 0.5×	122 0.7×	16	1.5k
Christopher Y. S. Wong Canada	14	666 0.7×	842 0.9×	473 0.7×	163 0.7×	247 1.4×	27	1.2k
Maria Pilar Cendrero‐Mateo Spain	15	497 0.5×	650 0.7×	435 0.7×	96 0.4×	229 1.3×	24	1.0k
Óscar Pérez‐Priego Spain	23	1.2k 1.2×	734 0.8×	554 0.8×	240 1.0×	265 1.5×	49	1.6k
Gina H. Mohammed Canada	17	890 0.9×	940 1.0×	584 0.9×	149 0.6×	291 1.6×	33	1.6k
Anke Schickling Germany	16	879 0.9×	916 1.0×	355 0.5×	116 0.5×	283 1.6×	33	1.2k
Art Fredeen Canada	8	596 0.6×	984 1.1×	878 1.3×	134 0.5×	261 1.4×	9	1.5k

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Zhang, Chao, Jaana Bäck, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2025). Connecting optical remote sensing of plant photosynthesis with biogenic volatile organic compound emissions. New Phytologist. 248(2). 494–506. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Erhard E. Pfündel, Jon Atherton, et al.. (2025). A practical guide to long-term field PAM chlorophyll fluorescence measurements: setup, installation, data processing with R package ‘LongTermPAM’ and interpretation. Photosynthesis Research. 163(5). 45–45.

Zhang, Chao, Luis Alonso, Beatriz Fernández‐Marín, et al.. (2024). Hyperspectral Imaging Reveals Differential Carotenoid and Chlorophyll Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Patterns in Scots Pine Under Water Stress. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(2). 1535–1554. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Weiwei, Matti Mõttus, Zbyněk Malenovský, et al.. (2024). An in situ approach for validation of canopy chlorophyll fluorescence radiative transfer models using the full emission spectrum. Remote Sensing of Environment. 316. 114490–114490. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Weiwei, Matti Mõttus, Jean‐Philippe Gastellu‐Etchegorry, Hongliang Fang, & Jon Atherton. (2024). Seasonal and vertical variation in canopy structure and leaf spectral properties determine the canopy reflectance of a rice field. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 355. 110132–110132. 7 indexed citations

Atherton, Jon, Shan Xu, Anu Riikonen, et al.. (2023). Investigating Foliar Macro- and Micronutrient Variation with Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Reflectance Measurements at the Leaf and Canopy Scales in Potato. Remote Sensing. 15(10). 2498–2498. 3 indexed citations

Durand, Maxime, et al.. (2022). Uncrewed aircraft system spherical photography for the vertical characterization of canopy structural traits. New Phytologist. 234(2). 735–747. 7 indexed citations

Bendig, Juliane, et al.. (2021). Measuring Solar-Induced Fluorescence from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Operational Use in Plant Phenotyping and Precision Farming. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1921–1924. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Jon Atherton, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2019). Do all chlorophyll fluorescence emission wavelengths capture the spring recovery of photosynthesis in boreal evergreen foliage?. Plant Cell & Environment. 42(12). 3264–3279. 20 indexed citations

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Atherton, Jon, et al.. (2019). Leaf-Level Spectral Fluorescence Measurements: Comparing Methodologies for Broadleaves and Needles. Remote Sensing. 11(5). 532–532. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Weiwei, Jon Atherton, Matti Mõttus, et al.. (2019). Simulating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in a boreal forest stand reconstructed from terrestrial laser scanning measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment. 232. 111274–111274. 51 indexed citations

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Aphalo, Pedro J., Marta Pieristè, Alexey Shapiguzov, et al.. (2018). UV-screening and springtime recovery of photosynthetic capacity in leaves of Vaccinium vitis-idaea above and below the snow pack. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 134. 40–52. 19 indexed citations

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Maseyk, Kadmiel, Jon Atherton, Rick Thomas, et al.. (2018). UAV-based Measurements of Solar Induced Fluorescence to Gain Insight Into Canopy-level Photosynthesis Under Elevated CO 2. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 2 indexed citations

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Maseyk, Kadmiel, Jon Atherton, Rick Thomas, et al.. (2018). Investigating Forest Photosynthetic Response to Elevated CO<inf>2</inf> Using Uav-Based Measurements of Solar Induced Fluorescence. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 8830–8833. 2 indexed citations

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Fernández‐Marín, Beatriz, et al.. (2018). When the sun never sets: daily changes in pigment composition in three subarctic woody plants during the summer solstice. Trees. 32(2). 615–630. 13 indexed citations

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Atherton, Jon, et al.. (2017). Spatial Variation of Leaf Optical Properties in a Boreal Forest Is Influenced by Species and Light Environment. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 309–309. 36 indexed citations

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Paugam, Ronan, Martin J. Wooster, Jon Atherton, et al.. (2015). Development and optimization of a wildfire plume rise model based on remote sensing data inputs – Part 2. 22 indexed citations

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Porcar‐Castell, Albert, Esa Tyystjärvi, Jon Atherton, et al.. (2014). Linking chlorophyll a fluorescence to photosynthesis for remote sensing applications: mechanisms and challenges. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(15). 4065–4095. 891 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atherton, Jon, Caroline Nichol, Maurizio Mencuccini, & K.J. Simpson. (2012). The utility of optical remote sensing for characterizing changes in the photosynthetic efficiency of Norway maple saplings following transplantation. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34(2). 655–667. 3 indexed citations

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Mulholland, B. J., J. Craigon, C.R. Black, et al.. (1997). Impact of elevated atmospheric CO₂and O₃on gas exchange and chlorophyll content in spring wheat (Triticum aestivumL.). Journal of Experimental Botany. 48(10). 1853–1863. 71 indexed citations

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