Keara A. Franklin

7.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Keara A. Franklin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Keara A. Franklin has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Plant Science, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Keara A. Franklin's work include Light effects on plants (37 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (31 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (27 papers). Keara A. Franklin is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (37 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (31 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (27 papers). Keara A. Franklin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Keara A. Franklin's co-authors include Garry C. Whitelam, Karen Halliday, Philip A. Wigge, Scott Hayes, Trudie Allen, Dhaval Patel, Michael G. Salter, Nicholas P. Harberd, Ceinwen A. Tilley and Martijn van Zanten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Keara A. Franklin

42 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Shade avoidance

2008 592 citations Keara A. Franklin New Phytologist profile →
High Temperature-Mediated Adaptations in Plant Architecture Require the bHLH Transcription Factor PIF4

2009 592 citations Nicholas P. Harberd, Garry C. Whitelam et al. Current Biology profile →
PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) regulates auxin biosynthesis at high temperature

2011 566 citations Keara A. Franklin, Sang Ho Lee et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Molecular and genetic control of plant thermomorphogenesis

2016 454 citations Marcel Quint, Carolin Delker et al. Nature Plants profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keara A. Franklin United Kingdom	29	5.1k	3.2k	311	193	125	42	5.5k
Isabel Bäurle Germany	34	4.7k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	311 1.0×	139 0.7×	63 0.5×	45	5.5k
Peter Ache Germany	39	5.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	176 0.6×	383 2.0×	66 0.5×	64	5.5k
Soulaïman Sakr France	43	4.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	407 1.3×	548 2.8×	83 0.7×	78	4.8k
Hannes Kollist Estonia	46	6.0k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	483 1.6×	664 3.4×	90 0.7×	82	6.8k
Yiting Shi China	36	7.2k 1.4×	4.5k 1.4×	181 0.6×	123 0.6×	161 1.3×	58	8.2k
Sarah J. Gilmour United States	27	7.7k 1.5×	5.0k 1.6×	181 0.6×	186 1.0×	140 1.1×	35	8.4k
Steven A. Arisz Netherlands	12	2.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	166 0.5×	172 0.9×	91 0.7×	15	2.8k
Xin Deng China	31	2.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	184 0.6×	176 0.9×	44 0.4×	77	3.5k
Elizabeth A. Bray United States	27	4.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	216 0.7×	309 1.6×	192 1.5×	43	4.8k
Dietmar Geiger Germany	37	5.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	251 0.8×	216 1.1×	64 0.5×	62	5.8k

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Woolley, Jack M., Natércia d. N. Rodrigues, Josene M. Toldo, et al.. (2025). Molecular heaters: a green route to boosting crop yields?. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(14). 7375–7382. 1 indexed citations

Groves, Carlotta E. & Keara A. Franklin. (2025). UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 signalling enhances photosynthetic resilience to herbicide‐induced damage in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist. 247(4). 1763–1776. 1 indexed citations

Cano‐Ramirez, Dora L., Paige E. Panter, Luíza Lane de Barros Dantas, et al.. (2023). Low-temperature and circadian signals are integrated by the sigma factor SIG5. Nature Plants. 9(4). 661–672. 17 indexed citations

Sharma, Ashutosh, Wei Liu, Francisca H. I. D. Segers, et al.. (2023). ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and HY5 HOMOLOGUE (HYH) maintain shade avoidance suppression in UV‐B. The Plant Journal. 115(5). 1394–1407. 10 indexed citations

Fraser, Donald P., Paige E. Panter, Ashutosh Sharma, et al.. (2021). Phytochrome A elevates plant circadian-clock components to suppress shade avoidance in deep-canopy shade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(27). 21 indexed citations

Coupel‐Ledru, Aude, Peng Sun, Donald P. Fraser, et al.. (2020). Guard Cells Integrate Light and Temperature Signals to Control Stomatal Aperture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(3). 1404–1419. 94 indexed citations

Sharma, Ashutosh, Bhavana Sharma, Scott Hayes, et al.. (2019). UVR8 disrupts stabilisation of PIF5 by COP1 to inhibit plant stem elongation in sunlight. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4417–4417. 63 indexed citations

Quint, Marcel, Carolin Delker, Keara A. Franklin, et al.. (2016). Molecular and genetic control of plant thermomorphogenesis. Nature Plants. 2(1). 15190–15190. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

Belbin, Fiona E., et al.. (2016). Integration of light and circadian signals that regulate chloroplast transcription by a nuclear‐encoded sigma factor. New Phytologist. 213(2). 727–738. 34 indexed citations

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Hayes, Scott, Ashutosh Sharma, Donald P. Fraser, et al.. (2016). UV-B Perceived by the UVR8 Photoreceptor Inhibits Plant Thermomorphogenesis. Current Biology. 27(1). 120–127. 141 indexed citations

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Hayes, Scott, Christos N. Velanis, Gareth I. Jenkins, & Keara A. Franklin. (2014). UV-B detected by the UVR8 photoreceptor antagonizes auxin signaling and plant shade avoidance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(32). 11894–11899. 159 indexed citations

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Belfield, Eric J., Xiangchao Gan, Aziz Mithani, et al.. (2012). Genome-wide analysis of mutations in mutant lineages selected following fast-neutron irradiation mutagenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana. Genome Research. 22(7). 1306–1315. 102 indexed citations

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Franklin, Keara A., Sang Ho Lee, Dhaval Patel, et al.. (2011). PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) regulates auxin biosynthesis at high temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(50). 20231–20235. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Casson, Stuart A., Keara A. Franklin, Julie E. Gray, et al.. (2009). phytochrome B and PIF4 Regulate Stomatal Development in Response to Light Quantity. Current Biology. 19(3). 229–234. 152 indexed citations

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Patel, Dhaval & Keara A. Franklin. (2009). Temperature-regulation of plant architecture. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 4(7). 577–579. 90 indexed citations

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Franklin, Keara A.. (2008). Shade avoidance. New Phytologist. 179(4). 930–944. 592 indexed citations breakdown →

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Franklin, Keara A.. (2008). Light and temperature signal crosstalk in plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 12(1). 63–68. 160 indexed citations

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Salter, Michael G., Keara A. Franklin, & Garry C. Whitelam. (2003). Gating of the rapid shade-avoidance response by the circadian clock in plants. Nature. 426(6967). 680–683. 254 indexed citations

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Franklin, Keara A., et al.. (2003). Phytochromes B, D, and E Act Redundantly to Control Multiple Physiological Responses in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 131(3). 1340–1346. 228 indexed citations

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Kanyuka, K., Uta Praekelt, Keara A. Franklin, et al.. (2003). Mutations in the huge Arabidopsis gene BIG affect a range of hormone and light responses. The Plant Journal. 35(1). 57–70. 78 indexed citations

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