K. J. McCree

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

K. J. McCree is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, K. J. McCree has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in K. J. McCree's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers), Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (16 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers). K. J. McCree is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers), Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (16 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers). K. J. McCree collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and United Kingdom. K. J. McCree's co-authors include John H. Troughton, Stephen D. Davis, C. Fernández, Jeffrey S. Amthor, C. H. M. van Bavel, J. H. Silsbury, R. S. Loomis, D.R. Wilson, Craig E. Kallsen and Stephen Kresovich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

K. J. McCree

55 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

The action spectrum, absorptance and quantum yield of pho... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 1972 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. The action spectrum, absorptance and quantum yield of photosynthesis in crop plants
    1971 864 citations K. J. McCree Agricultural Meteorology profile →
  2. Test of current definitions of photosynthetically active radiation against leaf photosynthesis data
    1972 497 citations K. J. McCree Agricultural Meteorology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. J. McCree United States 28 2.1k 996 490 314 241 55 3.2k
I. Impens Belgium 22 1.0k 0.5× 929 0.9× 114 0.2× 312 1.0× 375 1.6× 105 1.8k
H. W. Gausman United States 29 1.8k 0.8× 700 0.7× 160 0.3× 1.9k 6.0× 223 0.9× 109 2.9k
R. O. Slatyer Australia 35 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.9× 615 1.3× 713 2.3× 457 1.9× 87 4.1k
F. W. Smith United States 30 993 0.5× 248 0.2× 719 1.5× 192 0.6× 118 0.5× 109 2.7k
Todd N. Rosenstiel United States 26 1.2k 0.6× 939 0.9× 662 1.4× 400 1.3× 720 3.0× 60 2.9k
Richard E. Dickson United States 34 2.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 322 0.7× 318 1.0× 922 3.8× 79 3.6k
A.H.C.M. Schapendonk Netherlands 25 1.4k 0.7× 617 0.6× 372 0.8× 115 0.4× 223 0.9× 67 1.9k
Uli Schurr Germany 17 1.7k 0.8× 545 0.5× 643 1.3× 309 1.0× 365 1.5× 23 2.4k
D. R. Causton United Kingdom 24 1.1k 0.5× 404 0.4× 307 0.6× 261 0.8× 61 0.3× 43 1.9k
I.R. Cowan Australia 32 3.5k 1.6× 3.4k 3.4× 666 1.4× 303 1.0× 946 3.9× 50 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. J. McCree

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. J. McCree

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. J. McCree. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. J. McCree based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with K. J. McCree. K. J. McCree is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Amthor, Jeffrey S. & K. J. McCree. (1990). Carbon balance of stressed plants: a conceptual model for integrating research results.. Plant Biology. 12. 1–15. 32 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., C. Fernández, & Ricardo Ferraz de Oliveira. (1990). Visualizing Interactions of Water Stress Responses with a Whole‐Plant Simulation Model. Crop Science. 30(2). 294–300. 13 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J.. (1988). Sensitivity of Sorghum Grain Yield to Ontogenetic Changes in Respiration Coeffecients. Crop Science. 28(1). 114–120. 36 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., et al.. (1987). Stomatal Closure vs. Osmotic Adjustment: a Comparison of Stress Response1. Crop Science. 27(3). 539–543. 16 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., et al.. (1985). Carbon Balance and Water Relations of Sorghum Exposed to Salt and Water Stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 79(4). 1015–1020. 99 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., et al.. (1984). Carbon Balance of Sorghum Plants during Osmotic Adjustment to Water Stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 76(4). 898–902. 41 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., et al.. (1983). Carbon Balance of Peperomia obtusifolia Plants during Acclimatization to Low PPFD. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 108(5). 769–773. 8 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J. & Jeffrey S. Amthor. (1982). Effects of Diurnal Variation in Temperature on the Carbon Balances of White Clover Plants1. Crop Science. 22(4). 822–827. 38 indexed citations
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Davis, Stephen D. & K. J. McCree. (1978). Photosynthetic Rate and Diffusion Conductance as a Function of Age in Leaves of Bean Plants1. Crop Science. 18(2). 280–282. 34 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J. & J. H. Silsbury. (1978). Growth and Maintenance Requirements of Subterranean Clover1. Crop Science. 18(1). 13–18. 49 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J.. (1976). A comparison of experimental and theoretical spectra for photosynthetically active radiation at various atmospheric turbidities. Agricultural Meteorology. 16(3). 405–412. 5 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J. & Stephen D. Davis. (1974). Effect of Water Stress and Temperature on Leaf Size and on Size and Number of Epidermal Cells in Grain Sorghum1. Crop Science. 14(5). 751–755. 59 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., et al.. (1974). Simulations of the Photosynthetic Rates of Three Selections of Grain Sorghum with Extreme Leaf Angles. Crop Science. 14(4). 584–587. 7 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J.. (1972). Significance of Enhancement for Calculations Based on the Action Spectrum for Photosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 49(5). 704–706. 40 indexed citations
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Benedict, C. R., K. J. McCree, & R. J. Kohel. (1972). High Photosynthetic Rate of a Chlorophyll Mutant of Cotton. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 49(6). 968–971. 28 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J., et al.. (1970). An equation for the rate of respiration of white clover grown under controlled conditions.. 5 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J. & John H. Troughton. (1966). Non-Existence of an Optimum Leaf Area Index for the Production Rate of White Clover Grown Under Constant Conditions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 41(10). 1615–1622. 53 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J. & John H. Troughton. (1966). Prediction of Growth Rate at Different Light Levels from Measured Photosynthesis and Respiration Rates. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 41(4). 559–566. 68 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J.. (1966). A solarimeter for measuring photosynthetically active radiation. Agricultural Meteorology. 3(5-6). 353–366. 80 indexed citations
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McCree, K. J.. (1965). Photoconduction and photosynthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biophysics including Photosynthesis. 102(1). 90–95. 9 indexed citations

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