Matthew Gilliham

13.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Matthew Gilliham is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Gilliham has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Matthew Gilliham's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (55 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (42 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (23 papers). Matthew Gilliham is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (55 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (42 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (23 papers). Matthew Gilliham collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and China. Matthew Gilliham's co-authors include Rana Munns, Stephen D. Tyerman, Mark Tester, Simon J. Conn, Bo Xu, Stuart J. Roy, Brent N. Kaiser, Asmini Athman, Gwenda M. Mayo and Caitlin S. Byrt and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Gilliham

102 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Salinity tolerance of crops – what is the cost? 2009 2026 2014 2020 2015 2012 2009 2015 2016 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. Salinity tolerance of crops – what is the cost?
    2015 889 citations Matthew Gilliham et al. New Phytologist profile →
  2. Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na+ transporter gene
    2012 597 citations Bo Xu, Asmini Athman et al. profile →
  3. Shoot Na+ Exclusion and Increased Salinity Tolerance Engineered by Cell Type–Specific Alteration of Na+ Transport in Arabidopsis   
    2009 422 citations Inge Skrumsager Møller, Matthew Gilliham et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  4. GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters
    2015 322 citations Sunita A. Ramesh, Stephen D. Tyerman et al. profile →
  5. Fruit Calcium: Transport and Physiology
    2016 300 citations Bradleigh Hocking, Stephen D. Tyerman et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →
  6. GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience
    2021 158 citations Bo Xu, Yu Long et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Gilliham Australia 50 8.3k 2.1k 441 410 293 104 9.1k
Wagner L. Araújo Brazil 55 7.3k 0.9× 4.4k 2.1× 428 1.0× 488 1.2× 259 0.9× 245 10.1k
Arnould Savouré France 34 6.9k 0.8× 2.6k 1.2× 329 0.7× 204 0.5× 186 0.6× 73 8.0k
Lana Shabala Australia 56 6.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 550 1.2× 185 0.5× 154 0.5× 161 8.4k
Karen E. Koch United States 42 6.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 403 0.9× 312 0.8× 177 0.6× 94 7.4k
Marek Živčák Slovakia 42 5.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 347 0.8× 612 1.5× 276 0.9× 94 7.3k
‪Aurelio Gómez‐Cadenas Spain 57 9.5k 1.1× 3.5k 1.7× 473 1.1× 596 1.5× 524 1.8× 211 11.1k
Frans J. M. Maathuis United Kingdom 49 8.8k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 194 0.4× 228 0.6× 358 1.2× 96 10.6k
Matthew J. Paul United Kingdom 49 8.2k 1.0× 3.3k 1.5× 391 0.9× 834 2.0× 289 1.0× 122 9.6k
Basia Vinocur Israel 12 5.7k 0.7× 3.0k 1.4× 246 0.6× 392 1.0× 175 0.6× 13 6.9k
Henk W. M. Hilhorst Netherlands 43 7.0k 0.8× 3.3k 1.6× 321 0.7× 227 0.6× 177 0.6× 149 8.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fischer, Sina, et al.. (2025). Lithium in plants. New Phytologist. 248(4). 1639–1654.
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Herrero, Eva, Gioia D. Massa, Jenny C. Mortimer, et al.. (2025). Turbocharging fundamental science translation through controlled environment agriculture. Trends in Plant Science.
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Feng, Xueying, Na Sai, Changyu Yi, et al.. (2024). GABA does not regulate stomatal CO2 signalling in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(21). 6856–6871. 3 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Jenny C. & Matthew Gilliham. (2021). SpaceHort: redesigning plants to support space exploration and on-earth sustainability. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 73. 246–252. 34 indexed citations
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Feng, Cuizhu, et al.. (2021). MYB77 regulates high‐affinity potassium uptake by promoting expression of HAK5. New Phytologist. 232(1). 176–189. 35 indexed citations
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Sai, Na, Stephen Pederson, Alexander A. Stewart, et al.. (2021). Tissue and regional expression patterns of dicistronic tRNA–mRNA transcripts in grapevine (Vitis vinifera) and their evolutionary co-appearance with vasculature in land plants. Horticulture Research. 8(1). 137–137. 3 indexed citations
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Schilling, Rhiannon K., Jayakumar Bose, Mária Hrmová, et al.. (2020). A single nucleotide substitution in TaHKT1 ; 5‐D controls shoot Na + accumulation in bread wheat. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(9). 2158–2171. 23 indexed citations
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Kamran, Muhammad, Sunita A. Ramesh, Matthew Gilliham, Stephen D. Tyerman, & Jayakumar Bose. (2020). Role of TaALMT1 malate‐GABA transporter in alkaline pH tolerance of wheat. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(10). 2443–2459. 26 indexed citations
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Ramesh, Sunita A., Muhammad Kamran, Wendy Sullivan, et al.. (2018). Aluminum-Activated Malate Transporters Can Facilitate GABA Transport. The Plant Cell. 30(5). 1147–1164. 85 indexed citations
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Sai, Na, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Matthew Gilliham, et al.. (2017). Global DNA Methylation Patterns Can Play a Role in Defining Terroir in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz). Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1860–1860. 45 indexed citations
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Xu, Bo, Cécilia Cheval, Anuphon Laohavisit, et al.. (2017). A calmodulin‐like protein regulates plasmodesmal closure during bacterial immune responses. New Phytologist. 215(1). 77–84. 90 indexed citations
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Bei, Roberta De, Sigfredo Fuentes, Matthew Gilliham, et al.. (2016). VitiCanopy: A Free Computer App to Estimate Canopy Vigor and Porosity for Grapevine. Sensors. 16(4). 585–585. 81 indexed citations
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Pineda, Benito, Begoña García‐Sogo, Alejandro Atarés, et al.. (2016). The sodium transporter encoded by the HKT1;2 gene modulates sodium/potassium homeostasis in tomato shoots under salinity. Plant Cell & Environment. 40(5). 658–671. 64 indexed citations
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Luang, Sukanya, Abhishek Singh, Julie E. Hayes, et al.. (2015). A Barley Efflux Transporter Operates in a Na+-Dependent Manner, as Revealed by a Multidisciplinary Platform. The Plant Cell. 28(1). 202–218. 19 indexed citations
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Loveys, B. R., Brent N. Kaiser, Glenn McDonald, et al.. (2014). The Development of Student Research Skills in Second Year Plant Biology. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education. 22(3). 6 indexed citations
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Conn, Simon J., Matthew Gilliham, Asmini Athman, et al.. (2011). Cell-Specific Vacuolar Calcium Storage Mediated by CAX1 Regulates Apoplastic Calcium Concentration, Gas Exchange, and Plant Productivity in Arabidopsis    . The Plant Cell. 23(1). 240–257. 202 indexed citations
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Michard, Erwan, Pedro T. Lima, Filipe Borges, et al.. (2011). Glutamate Receptor–Like Genes Form Ca 2+ Channels in Pollen Tubes and Are Regulated by Pistil d -Serine. Science. 332(6028). 434–437. 333 indexed citations
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Møller, Inge Skrumsager, Matthew Gilliham, Deepa Jha, et al.. (2009). Shoot Na+ Exclusion and Increased Salinity Tolerance Engineered by Cell Type–Specific Alteration of Na+ Transport in Arabidopsis   . The Plant Cell. 21(7). 2163–2178. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilliham, Matthew, et al.. (2009). Barley phosphate transporter 1;6 shows broad inorganic anion transport activity when expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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