Nicky Atkinson

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Nicky Atkinson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicky Atkinson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Nicky Atkinson's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (6 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers). Nicky Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (6 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers). Nicky Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Nicky Atkinson's co-authors include Peter E. Urwin, Catherine J. Lilley, Peter Simmonds, Alistair J. McCormick, David J. Evans, Jeroen Witteveldt, Martin D. Ryan, Howard Griffiths, Moritz T. Meyer and Caroline Orfila and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nicky Atkinson

17 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

The interaction of plant biotic and abiotic stresses: from genes to the field

2012 1.2k citations Nicky Atkinson, Peter E. Urwin Journal of Experimental Botany profile →
Identification of Genes Involved in the Response of Arabidopsis to Simultaneous Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

2013 318 citations Nicky Atkinson, Catherine J. Lilley et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicky Atkinson United Kingdom	14	1.6k	1.1k	247	130	119	19	2.5k
Li Zheng China	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	26 0.1×	75 0.6×	88 0.7×	74	2.4k
Rofina Yasmin Othman Malaysia	27	865 0.5×	857 0.8×	50 0.2×	111 0.9×	234 2.0×	112	1.8k
Richard Tillett United States	20	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	59 0.2×	51 0.4×	69 0.6×	36	2.4k
Lalit Ponnala United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.8×	168 0.7×	281 2.2×	117 1.0×	38	2.9k
Mingzhang Yang United States	3	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	39 0.2×	151 1.2×	396 3.3×	5	2.7k
Nicole Linka Germany	23	940 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	163 0.7×	34 0.3×	174 1.5×	43	2.2k
Ilka Haferkamp Germany	27	635 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	139 0.6×	23 0.2×	185 1.6×	44	1.7k
Alberto Quesada Spain	24	969 0.6×	825 0.7×	154 0.6×	26 0.2×	159 1.3×	56	2.1k
Nai‐Zheng Ding China	24	803 0.5×	639 0.6×	28 0.1×	63 0.5×	46 0.4×	51	2.0k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Robison, Tanner A., et al.. (2026). An unconventional Rubisco small subunit underpins the CO ₂ -concentrating organelle in land plants. Science. 391(6789). 1070–1075.

Lilley, Catherine J., et al.. (2025). Drought stress modulates the molecular response of Arabidopsis plants to root-knot nematode infection. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 241. 106308–106308.

Atkinson, Nicky, et al.. (2024). SAGA1 and SAGA2 promote starch formation around proto-pyrenoids in Arabidopsis chloroplasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(4). e2311013121–e2311013121. 13 indexed citations

Payne-Dwyer, Alex L., Cécile Lefoulon, Nicky Atkinson, et al.. (2024). Bestrophin-like protein 4 is involved in photosynthetic acclimation to light fluctuations in Chlamydomonas. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 196(4). 2374–2394. 3 indexed citations

Atkinson, Nicky, Lianyong Wang, Simona Eicke, et al.. (2024). SAGA1 and MITH1 produce matrix-traversing membranes in the CO2-fixing pyrenoid. Nature Plants. 10(12). 2038–2051. 6 indexed citations

Atkinson, Nicky, et al.. (2024). From algae to plants: understanding pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 50(1). 33–45. 3 indexed citations

Atkinson, Nicky, et al.. (2020). Condensation of Rubisco into a proto-pyrenoid in higher plant chloroplasts. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6303–6303. 68 indexed citations

He, Shan, Hui‐Ting Chou, Doreen Matthies, et al.. (2020). The structural basis of Rubisco phase separation in the pyrenoid. Nature Plants. 6(12). 1480–1490. 84 indexed citations

Atkinson, Nicky, Christos N. Velanis, Tobias Wunder, et al.. (2019). The pyrenoidal linker protein EPYC1 phase separates with hybrid Arabidopsis–Chlamydomonas Rubisco through interactions with the algal Rubisco small subunit. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(19). 5271–5285. 39 indexed citations

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Itakura, Alan K., Nicky Atkinson, Lianyong Wang, et al.. (2019). A Rubisco-binding protein is required for normal pyrenoid number and starch sheath morphology in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(37). 18445–18454. 52 indexed citations

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Rae, Benjamin D., Benedict M. Long, Britta Förster, et al.. (2017). Progress and challenges of engineering a biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanism into higher plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(14). 3717–3737. 85 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nicky, Nuno Leitão, Douglas J. Orr, et al.. (2017). Rubisco small subunits from the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas complement Rubisco‐deficient mutants of Arabidopsis. New Phytologist. 214(2). 655–667. 55 indexed citations

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Gaunt, Eleanor, Helen Wise, Huayu Zhang, et al.. (2016). Elevation of CpG frequencies in influenza A genome attenuates pathogenicity but enhances host response to infection. eLife. 5. e12735–e12735. 76 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nicky, Doreen Feike, Luke C. M. Mackinder, et al.. (2015). Introducing an algal carbon‐concentrating mechanism into higher plants: location and incorporation of key components. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 14(5). 1302–1315. 86 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nicky, Jeroen Witteveldt, David J. Evans, & Peter Simmonds. (2014). The influence of CpG and UpA dinucleotide frequencies on RNA virus replication and characterization of the innate cellular pathways underlying virus attenuation and enhanced replication. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(7). 4527–4545. 145 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nicky, et al.. (2014). RNA virus attenuation by codon pair deoptimisation is an artefact of increases in CpG/UpA dinucleotide frequencies. eLife. 3. e04531–e04531. 131 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nicky, Catherine J. Lilley, & Peter E. Urwin. (2013). Identification of Genes Involved in the Response of Arabidopsis to Simultaneous Biotic and Abiotic Stresses . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 162(4). 2028–2041. 318 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atkinson, Nicky & Peter E. Urwin. (2012). The interaction of plant biotic and abiotic stresses: from genes to the field. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(10). 3523–3543. 1227 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atkinson, Nicky, Tristan P. Dew, Caroline Orfila, & Peter E. Urwin. (2011). Influence of Combined Biotic and Abiotic Stress on Nutritional Quality Parameters in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59(17). 9673–9682. 83 indexed citations

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