Michael J. Holdsworth

12.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
111 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Holdsworth is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Holdsworth has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Plant Science, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Holdsworth's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (29 papers), Plant responses to water stress (27 papers) and Seed Germination and Physiology (24 papers). Michael J. Holdsworth is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (29 papers), Plant responses to water stress (27 papers) and Seed Germination and Physiology (24 papers). Michael J. Holdsworth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. Michael J. Holdsworth's co-authors include Daniel J. Gibbs, Leónie Bentsink, Wim J. J. Soppe, Frederica L. Theodoulou, George W. Bassel, Alison Baker, Smita Kurup, Julia Bailey‐Serres, Takeshi Fukao and Seung Cho Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Holdsworth

111 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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 networks regulating Arabidopsis seed maturation, after‐ripening, dormancy and germination

2008 752 citations Michael J. Holdsworth et al. profile →
Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants

2011 564 citations Daniel J. Gibbs, Seung Cho Lee et al. Nature profile →
Making sense of low oxygen sensing

2012 447 citations Julia Bailey‐Serres, Takeshi Fukao et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
Arabidopsis PYR/PYL/RCAR Receptors Play a Major Role in Quantitative Regulation of Stomatal Aperture and Transcriptional Response to Abscisic Acid

2012 427 citations George W. Bassel, Michael J. Holdsworth et al. profile →
Ethylene-mediated nitric oxide depletion pre-adapts plants to hypoxia stress

2019 234 citations Sjon Hartman, Zeguang Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Michael J. Holdsworth

BIOCH

ACS

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Michel Zivy France

Pedro L. Rodrı́guez Spain

Csaba Koncz Germany

Takashi Hirayama Japan

Steven J. Rothstein Canada

Jingchu Luo China

Zhen Su China

Catherine Bellini France

Thomas Girke United States

Norbert Sauer Germany

Michel Zivy France

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3.7k ×0.9

435 ×0.7

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231 ×0.5

ACS

190 ×0.6

ECOLO

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Countries citing papers authored by Michael J. Holdsworth

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael J. Holdsworth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Holdsworth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael J. Holdsworth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael J. Holdsworth 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 Michael J. Holdsworth. Michael J. Holdsworth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Veen, Hans van, et al.. (2025). ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia. Molecular Plant. 18(6). 1072–1087. 3 indexed citations

Holdsworth, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Geography, altitude, agriculture, and hypoxia. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 3 indexed citations

Dambire, Charlene, Gunjan Sharma, Kamal Swarup, et al.. (2023). ERFVII action and modulation through oxygen-sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4665–4665. 34 indexed citations

Lou, Shangling, Xiang Guo, Lian Liu, et al.. (2022). Allelic shift in cis-elements of the transcription factor RAP2.12 underlies adaptation associated with humidity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Science Advances. 8(18). eabn8281–eabn8281. 32 indexed citations

Holdsworth, Michael J. & Daniel J. Gibbs. (2020). Comparative Biology of Oxygen Sensing in Plants and Animals. Current Biology. 30(10). 1979–1980. 4 indexed citations

Hartman, Sjon, Zeguang Liu, Hans van Veen, et al.. (2019). Ethylene-mediated nitric oxide depletion pre-adapts plants to hypoxia stress. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4020–4020. 234 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Hongtao, Peter D. Jones, Kirsty L. Hassall, et al.. (2018). Genetic interactions between ABA signalling and the Arg/N-end rule pathway during Arabidopsis seedling establishment. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15192–15192. 22 indexed citations

Gibbs, Daniel J., et al.. (2015). Group VII Ethylene Response Factors Coordinate Oxygen and Nitric Oxide Signal Transduction and Stress Responses in Plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(1). 23–31. 158 indexed citations

Bailey‐Serres, Julia, Takeshi Fukao, Daniel J. Gibbs, et al.. (2012). Making sense of low oxygen sensing. Trends in Plant Science. 17(3). 129–138. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gibbs, Daniel J., Seung Cho Lee, Nurulhikma Md Isa, et al.. (2011). Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants. Nature. 479(7373). 415–418. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bassel, George W., Michael J. Holdsworth, & Nicholas J. Provart. (2011). Seed Bioinformatics. Methods in molecular biology. 773. 403–419. 1 indexed citations

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Lyons, Rebecca, Stephen J. Powers, G. M. Pastori, et al.. (2006). Transgenesis has less impact on the transcriptome of wheat grain than conventional breeding. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 4(4). 369–380. 113 indexed citations

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Theodoulou, Frederica L., Michael J. Holdsworth, & Alison Baker. (2006). Peroxisomal ABC transporters. FEBS Letters. 580(4). 1139–1155. 95 indexed citations

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Baker, Alison, Ian A. Graham, Michael J. Holdsworth, Steven M. Smith, & Frederica L. Theodoulou. (2006). Chewing the fat: β-oxidation in signalling and development. Trends in Plant Science. 11(3). 124–132. 221 indexed citations

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Wilson, Ian, Gary Barker, Richard Beswick, et al.. (2004). A transcriptomics resource for wheat functional genomics. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2(6). 495–506. 43 indexed citations

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Jones, Huw, N. C. B. Peters, & Michael J. Holdsworth. (1997). Genotype and environment interact to control dormancy and differential expression of the VIVIPAROUS 1 homologue in embryos of Avena fatua. The Plant Journal. 12(4). 911–920. 74 indexed citations

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Bevan, Michael, Vincent Colot, Michael C. U. Hammond-Kosack, et al.. (1993). Transcriptional control of plant storage protein genes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 342(1301). 209–215. 30 indexed citations

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Holdsworth, Michael J. & George G. Laties. (1989). Identification of a wound-induced inhibitor of a nuclear factor that binds the carrot extensin gene. Planta. 180(1). 74–81. 7 indexed citations

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Holdsworth, Michael J., Wolfgang Schuch, & Donald Grierson. (1988). Organisation and expression of a wound/ripening-related small multigene family from tomato. Plant Molecular Biology. 11(2). 81–88. 54 indexed citations

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Holdsworth, Michael J., Wolfgang Schuch, & Donald Grierson. (1987). Nucleotide sequence of an ethylene-related gene from tomato. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(24). 10600–10600. 33 indexed citations

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