Owen K. Atkin

24.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
160 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Owen K. Atkin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Owen K. Atkin has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Plant Science, 107 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Owen K. Atkin's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (106 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (83 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (36 papers). Owen K. Atkin is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (106 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (83 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (36 papers). Owen K. Atkin collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Owen K. Atkin's co-authors include Mark G. Tjoelker, Thijs L. Pons, B. R. Loveys, John R. Evans, Hans Lambers, Vaughan Hurry, Fernando Valladares, David Macherel, Lindsey Atkinson and Adrienne B. Nicotra and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Owen K. Atkin

158 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

2010 1.5k citations Owen K. Atkin et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
Thermal acclimation and the dynamic response of plant respiration to temperature

2003 1.0k citations Owen K. Atkin, Mark G. Tjoelker Trends in Plant Science profile →
Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

2018 280 citations John E. Drake, Mark G. Tjoelker et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Owen K. Atkin Australia	60	8.1k	7.0k	2.7k	2.2k	2.2k	160	12.7k
Kouki Hikosaka Japan	48	7.3k 0.9×	6.1k 0.9×	4.6k 1.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	166	12.1k
J. S. Pereira Portugal	58	7.6k 0.9×	7.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	167	13.1k
Mark G. Tjoelker United States	64	7.1k 0.9×	8.2k 1.2×	5.0k 1.9×	783 0.4×	3.1k 1.4×	180	14.1k
David T. Tissue Australia	72	9.0k 1.1×	11.1k 1.6×	4.0k 1.5×	980 0.4×	5.0k 2.3×	313	16.7k
N. Michèle Holbrook United States	64	7.6k 0.9×	9.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	3.9k 1.8×	146	14.1k
Robert W. Pearcy United States	65	9.1k 1.1×	7.0k 1.0×	4.2k 1.6×	3.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	121	14.7k
Timothy J. Brodribb Australia	78	10.8k 1.3×	12.5k 1.8×	5.0k 1.9×	1.9k 0.9×	5.4k 2.4×	228	19.0k
Thijs L. Pons Netherlands	41	5.2k 0.6×	3.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	1000 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	87	8.3k
Erwin Dreyer France	53	5.7k 0.7×	6.3k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	138	9.8k
Kun‐Fang Cao China	50	3.7k 0.5×	4.2k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	982 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	228	7.8k

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Yu, Yuan, et al.. (2025). Differential temperature responses of diurnal and nocturnal leaf respiration in four alpine herbaceous species. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362. 110385–110385. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoqing, Di He, Rosemary G. White, et al.. (2024). Reduced tillering and dwarfing genes alter root traits and rhizo‐economics in wheat. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(3). e14336–e14336. 2 indexed citations

Tcherkez, Guillaume, Andrew P. Scafaro, Nicolas L. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Variation in leaf dark respiration among C3 and C4 grasses is associated with use of different substrates. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(2). 1475–1490. 7 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingling, Andrew P. Scafaro, Elizabeth Vierling, et al.. (2023). Heat tolerance of a tropical–subtropical rainforest tree species Polyscias elegans: time‐dependent dynamic responses of physiological thermostability and biochemistry. New Phytologist. 241(2). 715–731. 14 indexed citations

Posch, Bradley C., Owen K. Atkin, Helen Bramley, et al.. (2022). Wheat photosystem II heat tolerance responds dynamically to short- and long-term warming. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(10). 3268–3282. 26 indexed citations

Dong, Ning, I. Colin Prentice, Ian J. Wright, et al.. (2022). Leaf nitrogen from the perspective of optimal plant function. Journal of Ecology. 110(11). 2585–2602. 26 indexed citations

Coast, Onoriode, Bradley C. Posch, Helen Bramley, et al.. (2022). Wheat photosystem II heat tolerance: evidence for genotype‐by‐environment interactions. The Plant Journal. 111(5). 1368–1382. 21 indexed citations

Butler, Ethan E., Kirk R. Wythers, Habacuc Flores‐Moreno, et al.. (2022). Increasing Functional Diversity in a Global Land Surface Model Illustrates Uncertainties Related to Parameter Simplification. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(3). 9 indexed citations

Butler, Ethan E., Kirk R. Wythers, Habacuc Flores‐Moreno, et al.. (2021). Updated respiration routines alter spatio-temporal patterns of carbon cycling in a global land surface model. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 104015–104015. 4 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Matthew, Owen K. Atkin, Malcolm J. Bennett, et al.. (2021). Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity. Trends in Plant Science. 26(6). 607–630. 90 indexed citations

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Posch, Bradley C., Onoriode Coast, Andrew P. Scafaro, et al.. (2021). Wheat respiratory O2 consumption falls with night warming alongside greater respiratory CO2 loss and reduced biomass. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(3). 915–926. 17 indexed citations

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Posch, Bradley C., Helen Bramley, Onoriode Coast, et al.. (2019). Exploring high temperature responses of photosynthesis and respiration to improve heat tolerance in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(19). 5051–5069. 92 indexed citations

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Aspinwall, Michael J., Sebastian Pfautsch, Mark G. Tjoelker, et al.. (2019). Range size and growth temperature influence Eucalyptus species responses to an experimental heatwave. Global Change Biology. 25(5). 1665–1684. 56 indexed citations

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Coast, Onoriode, Shahen Shah, Alexander Ivakov, et al.. (2019). Predicting dark respiration rates of wheat leaves from hyperspectral reflectance. Plant Cell & Environment. 42(7). 2133–2150. 60 indexed citations

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Togashi, Henrique Fürstenau, I. Colin Prentice, Owen K. Atkin, et al.. (2018). Thermal acclimation of leaf photosynthetic traits in an evergreen woodland, consistent with the coordination hypothesis. Biogeosciences. 15(11). 3461–3474. 34 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Brendan M., Chun Pong Lee, Owen K. Atkin, et al.. (2017). Variation in Leaf Respiration Rates at Night Correlates with Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Supply. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(4). 2261–2273. 79 indexed citations

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Liáng, Lìyı̌n, Vickery L. Arcus, Mary Heskel, et al.. (2017). Macromolecular Rate Theory (MMRT) Provides a Thermodynamics Rationale to Underpin the Convergent Temperature Response in Plant Leaf Respiration. Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community). 2017. 6 indexed citations

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Atkin, Owen K., et al.. (2010). Thermal de-acclimation: how permanent are leaf phenotypes when cold-acclimated plants experience warming?. Plant Cell & Environment. 33(7). no–no. 24 indexed citations

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Campbell, Catherine, Lindsey Atkinson, Joana Zaragoza‐Castells, et al.. (2007). Acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration is asynchronous in response to changes in temperature regardless of plant functional group. New Phytologist. 176(2). 375–389. 182 indexed citations

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Atkin, Owen K.. (2002). Effect of Temperature on Rates of Alternative and Cytochrome Pathway Respiration and Their Relationship with the Redox Poise of the Quinone Pool. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 128(1). 212–222. 6 indexed citations

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