N. Michèle Holbrook

18.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
146 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

N. Michèle Holbrook is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Michèle Holbrook has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 91 papers in Plant Science and 39 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in N. Michèle Holbrook's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (97 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (35 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (35 papers). N. Michèle Holbrook is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (97 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (35 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (35 papers). N. Michèle Holbrook collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Israel. N. Michèle Holbrook's co-authors include Timothy J. Brodribb, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Lawren Sack, Guillermo Goldstein, Fulton E. Rockwell, Peter J. Melcher, Frederick C. Meinzer, Taylor S. Feild, Francis E. Putz and José Luís Andrade and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

N. Michèle Holbrook

146 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

LEAF HYDRAULICS

2006 739 citations Lawren Sack, N. Michèle Holbrook Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
The ‘hydrology’ of leaves: co‐ordination of structure and function in temperate woody species

2003 643 citations Lawren Sack, N. Michèle Holbrook et al. Plant Cell & Environment profile →
Stomatal Closure during Leaf Dehydration, Correlation with Other Leaf Physiological Traits

2003 600 citations Timothy J. Brodribb, N. Michèle Holbrook PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
Iso/Anisohydry: A Plant–Environment Interaction Rather Than a Simple Hydraulic Trait

2017 292 citations Uri Hochberg, Fulton E. Rockwell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Michèle Holbrook United States	64	9.3k	7.6k	3.9k	3.3k	2.2k	146	14.1k
Timothy J. Brodribb Australia	78	12.5k 1.3×	10.8k 1.4×	5.4k 1.4×	5.0k 1.5×	4.0k 1.8×	228	19.0k
Lawren Sack United States	75	11.0k 1.2×	8.8k 1.2×	3.7k 0.9×	6.6k 2.0×	4.0k 1.8×	195	17.5k
Steven Jansen Germany	61	9.1k 1.0×	6.3k 0.8×	4.3k 1.1×	5.0k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	235	14.3k
Guillermo Goldstein United States	65	8.0k 0.9×	5.0k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	5.0k 1.5×	2.5k 1.2×	172	12.3k
Uwe G. Hacke Canada	50	8.8k 0.9×	5.1k 0.7×	4.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	79	11.2k
Hervé Cochard France	80	16.1k 1.7×	10.6k 1.4×	8.4k 2.1×	5.9k 1.8×	1.2k 0.6×	265	19.8k
Evan H. DeLucia United States	74	7.7k 0.8×	8.3k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	259	17.5k
Brendan Choat Australia	61	9.6k 1.0×	5.9k 0.8×	4.8k 1.2×	3.4k 1.0×	874 0.4×	127	11.9k
Mark G. Tjoelker United States	64	8.2k 0.9×	7.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	5.0k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	180	14.1k
David T. Tissue Australia	72	11.1k 1.2×	9.0k 1.2×	5.0k 1.3×	4.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	313	16.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Michèle Holbrook

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Brodersen, Craig R., Timothy J. Brodribb, Uri Hochberg, et al.. (2025). In situ cavitation bubble manometry reveals a lack of light-activated guard cell turgor modulation in bryophytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(13). e2419887122–e2419887122. 1 indexed citations

Rockwell, Fulton E., Annika E. Huber, I. P. Wu, et al.. (2025). Loss of conductance between mesophyll symplasm and intercellular air spaces explains nonstomatal control of transpiration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2504862122–e2504862122. 1 indexed citations

Huber, Annika E., et al.. (2024). New approaches to dissect leaf hydraulics reveal large gradients in living tissues of tomato leaves. New Phytologist. 242(2). 453–465. 14 indexed citations

Gao, Chen, et al.. (2024). Relieving the transfusion tissue traffic jam: a network model of radial transport in conifer needles. New Phytologist. 244(6). 2183–2196. 3 indexed citations

Losada, Juan M., et al.. (2022). Sieve tube structural variation in Austrobaileya scandens and its significance for lianescence. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(8). 2460–2475. 3 indexed citations

Gersony, Jessica, Arthur McClelland, & N. Michèle Holbrook. (2021). Raman spectroscopy reveals high phloem sugar content in leaves of canopy red oak trees. New Phytologist. 232(1). 418–424. 13 indexed citations

Holbrook, N. Michèle, et al.. (2021). Changes in ploidy affect vascular allometry and hydraulic function in Mangifera indica trees. The Plant Journal. 108(2). 541–554. 15 indexed citations

Liu, Weizhen, C. Y. Chang, Jeff Melkonian, et al.. (2021). A minimally disruptive method for measuring water potential in planta using hydrogel nanoreporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 38 indexed citations

Hochberg, Uri, Carel W. Windt, Alexandre Ponomarenko, et al.. (2017). Stomatal Closure, Basal Leaf Embolism, and Shedding Protect the Hydraulic Integrity of Grape Stems. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2). 764–775. 172 indexed citations

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Bucci, Sandra J., Paula I. Campanello, Fabián G. Scholz, et al.. (2014). Water storage dynamics in the main stem of subtropical tree species differing in wood density, growth rate and life history traits. Tree Physiology. 35(4). 354–365. 106 indexed citations

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Lee, Jinkee, N. Michèle Holbrook, & Maciej A. Zwieniecki. (2012). Ion Induced Changes in the Structure of Bordered Pit Membranes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 3. 55–55. 47 indexed citations

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Jensen, Kaare H., Jinkee Lee, Tomas Bohr, et al.. (2011). Optimality of the Münch mechanism for translocation of sugars in plants. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 8(61). 1155–1165. 68 indexed citations

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Noblin, Xavier, et al.. (2008). Optimal vein density in artificial and real leaves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(27). 9140–9144. 145 indexed citations

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Wilson, Jonathan P., Andrew H. Knoll, N. Michèle Holbrook, & Charles R. Marshall. (2008). Modeling fluid flow in Medullosa , an anatomically unusual Carboniferous seed plant. Paleobiology. 34(4). 472–493. 50 indexed citations

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Zwieniecki, Maciej A., Timothy J. Brodribb, & N. Michèle Holbrook. (2007). Hydraulic design of leaves: insights from rehydration kinetics. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(8). 910–921. 135 indexed citations

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Sack, Lawren & N. Michèle Holbrook. (2006). LEAF HYDRAULICS. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 57(1). 361–381. 739 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brodribb, Timothy J. & N. Michèle Holbrook. (2004). Diurnal depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in a tropical tree species. Plant Cell & Environment. 27(7). 820–827. 175 indexed citations

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Brodribb, Timothy J., N. Michèle Holbrook, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, & Beatriz Palma. (2004). Leaf hydraulic capacity in ferns, conifers and angiosperms: impacts on photosynthetic maxima. New Phytologist. 165(3). 839–846. 313 indexed citations

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Clearwater, Michael J., Frederick C. Meinzer, José Luís Andrade, Guillermo Goldstein, & N. Michèle Holbrook. (1999). Potential errors in measurement of nonuniform sap flow using heat dissipation probes. Tree Physiology. 19(10). 681–687. 414 indexed citations

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Rich, Paul M., et al.. (1995). LEAF DEVELOPMENT AND CROWN GEOMETRY OF TWO IRIARTEOID PALMS. American Journal of Botany. 82(3). 328–336. 22 indexed citations

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