Karen Halliday

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Karen Halliday is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Halliday has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Plant Science, 49 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Karen Halliday's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (54 papers), Light effects on plants (49 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers). Karen Halliday is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (54 papers), Light effects on plants (49 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers). Karen Halliday collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Karen Halliday's co-authors include Garry C. Whitelam, Eve‐Marie Josse, Andrew J. Millar, Keara A. Franklin, Steven Penfield, Gabriela Toledo‐Ortiz, Ian A. Graham, Alison D. Gilday, Martijn van Zanten and Philip A. Wigge and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Karen Halliday

74 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular and genetic control of plant thermomorphogenesis

2016 454 citations Karen Halliday et al. profile →
The HY5-PIF Regulatory Module Coordinates Light and Temperature Control of Photosynthetic Gene Transcription

2014 378 citations Gabriela Toledo‐Ortiz, Henrik Johansson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Halliday United Kingdom	43	5.2k	3.7k	257	224	169	77	6.0k
Hur‐Song Chang United States	22	5.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	211 0.8×	234 1.0×	81 0.5×	24	6.9k
Hongwei Guo China	47	9.7k 1.9×	5.8k 1.6×	158 0.6×	295 1.3×	182 1.1×	92	10.4k
José A. Jarillo Spain	34	4.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	268 1.0×	136 0.6×	398 2.4×	61	5.3k
Fatma Kaplan United States	27	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	165 0.6×	244 1.1×	66 0.4×	39	4.9k
Alex Webb United Kingdom	41	6.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.0×	635 2.5×	233 1.0×	263 1.6×	97	7.2k
Antony N. Dodd United Kingdom	32	4.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	523 2.0×	302 1.3×	232 1.4×	65	5.0k
Stacey L. Harmer United States	38	7.2k 1.4×	5.2k 1.4×	884 3.4×	295 1.3×	227 1.3×	59	8.5k
Elaine M. Tobin United States	46	5.7k 1.1×	5.2k 1.4×	544 2.1×	145 0.6×	306 1.8×	87	6.9k
Enamul Huq United States	46	8.6k 1.7×	7.0k 1.9×	132 0.5×	435 1.9×	414 2.4×	96	9.7k
Joel A. Kreps United States	14	3.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	361 1.4×	99 0.4×	81 0.5×	17	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Halliday

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Halliday

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Halliday

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20 of 20 papers shown

Molina, Nacho, et al.. (2025). Abundant clock proteins point to missing molecular regulation in the plant circadian clock. Molecular Systems Biology. 21(4). 361–389. 1 indexed citations

Walls, Laura E., et al.. (2023). The synergetic effect from the combination of different adsorption resins in batch and semi‐continuous cultivations of S. Cerevisiae cell factories to produce acetylated Taxanes precursors of the anticancer drug Taxol. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 120(8). 2160–2174. 9 indexed citations

Ochoa-Villarreal, Marisol, Elisabeth Moyano, Lorena Betancor, et al.. (2023). Increased paclitaxel recovery from Taxus baccata vascular stem cells using novel in situ product recovery approaches. Bioresources and Bioprocessing. 10(1). 68–68. 7 indexed citations

Hussain, Ejaz, Andrés Romanowski, & Karen Halliday. (2022). PIF7 controls leaf cell proliferation through an AN3 substitution repression mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(5). 13 indexed citations

Romanowski, Andrés, James Furniss, Ejaz Hussain, & Karen Halliday. (2021). Phytochrome regulates cellular response plasticity and the basic molecular machinery of leaf development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 186(2). 1220–1239. 31 indexed citations

Krahmer, Johanna, Virginie Mengin, Hirofumi Ishihara, et al.. (2021). Phytochromes control metabolic flux, and their action at the seedling stage determines adult plant biomass. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(8). 3263–3278. 6 indexed citations

Hansen, Mark, et al.. (2019). A photometric stereo-based 3D imaging system using computer vision and deep learning for tracking plant growth. GigaScience. 8(5). 63 indexed citations

Seaton, Daniel D., et al.. (2018). Dawn and photoperiod sensing by phytochrome A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(41). 10523–10528. 34 indexed citations

Krahmer, Johanna, et al.. (2017). Phytochrome, Carbon Sensing, Metabolism, and Plant Growth Plasticity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(2). 1039–1048. 53 indexed citations

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Seaton, Daniel D., Robert W. Smith, Young Hun Song, et al.. (2015). Linked circadian outputs control elongation growth and flowering in response to photoperiod and temperature. Molecular Systems Biology. 11(1). 776–776. 84 indexed citations

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Gould, Peter, Mirela Domijan, Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa, et al.. (2013). Network balance via CRY signalling controls the Arabidopsis circadian clock over ambient temperatures. Molecular Systems Biology. 9(1). 650–650. 75 indexed citations

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Pokhilko, Alexandra, Aurora Piñas Fernández, Kieron D. Edwards, et al.. (2012). The clock gene circuit in Arabidopsis includes a repressilator with additional feedback loops. Molecular Systems Biology. 8(1). 574–574. 319 indexed citations

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Josse, Eve‐Marie, Yinbo Gan, Jordi Bou‐Torrent, et al.. (2011). A DELLA in Disguise: SPATULA Restrains the Growth of the Developing Arabidopsis Seedling . The Plant Cell. 23(4). 1337–1351. 66 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Jayne & Karen Halliday. (2011). Plant Development: Light Exposure Directs Meristem Fate. Current Biology. 21(19). R817–R819. 4 indexed citations

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Sidaway‐Lee, Kate, Eve‐Marie Josse, Yinbo Gan, et al.. (2010). SPATULA Links Daytime Temperature and Plant Growth Rate. Current Biology. 20(16). 1493–1497. 41 indexed citations

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Foreman, Julia, et al.. (2010). Light receptor action is critical for maintaining plant biomass at warm ambient temperatures. The Plant Journal. 65(3). 441–452. 111 indexed citations

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Penfield, Steven, Eve‐Marie Josse, & Karen Halliday. (2009). A role for an alternative splice variant of PIF6 in the control of Arabidopsis primary seed dormancy. Plant Molecular Biology. 73(1-2). 89–95. 95 indexed citations

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Josse, Eve‐Marie & Karen Halliday. (2008). Skotomorphogenesis: The Dark Side of Light Signalling. Current Biology. 18(24). R1144–R1146. 80 indexed citations

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Penfield, Steven, Eve‐Marie Josse, Rubini Kannangara, et al.. (2005). Cold and Light Control Seed Germination through the bHLH Transcription Factor SPATULA. Current Biology. 15(22). 1998–2006. 308 indexed citations

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Halliday, Karen & Garry C. Whitelam. (2003). Changes in Photoperiod or Temperature Alter the Functional Relationships between Phytochromes and Reveal Roles for phyD and phyE. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 131(4). 1913–1920. 99 indexed citations

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