Susan S. Golden

16.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
164 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Susan S. Golden is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan S. Golden has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Plant Science and 55 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Susan S. Golden's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (108 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (55 papers) and Light effects on plants (50 papers). Susan S. Golden is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (108 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (55 papers) and Light effects on plants (50 papers). Susan S. Golden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Israel. Susan S. Golden's co-authors include Takao Kondo, Carl Hirschie Johnson, Masahiro Ishiura, Robert Haselkorn, Carol R. Andersson, Judy A. Brusslan, Andy LiWang, Vincent M. Cassone, Stanly B. Williams and Resham Kulkarni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Susan S. Golden

163 papers receiving 11.6k citations

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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.

Circadian rhythms from multiple oscillators: lessons from diverse organisms

2005 1.1k citations Susan S. Golden et al. profile →
Expression of a Gene Cluster kaiABC as a Circadian Feedback Process in Cyanobacteria

1998 571 citations Carol R. Andersson, Susan S. Golden et al. Science profile →
Resonating circadian clocks enhance fitness in cyanobacteria

1998 548 citations Carol R. Andersson, Susan S. Golden et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan S. Golden United States	60	8.1k	3.9k	3.7k	3.3k	2.4k	164	11.8k
Carl Hirschie Johnson United States	62	6.1k 0.8×	4.6k 1.2×	5.3k 1.4×	1.3k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	179	12.1k
Takao Kondo Japan	49	5.7k 0.7×	4.4k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	135	9.2k
Masahiro Ishiura Japan	39	3.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	101	5.3k
J. Woodland Hastings United States	62	10.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	593 0.2×	5.3k 2.2×	246	13.9k
Jay Dunlap United States	71	7.1k 0.9×	10.6k 2.7×	9.6k 2.6×	737 0.2×	4.3k 1.8×	185	17.5k
Andrew J. Millar United Kingdom	63	8.5k 1.0×	11.2k 2.9×	2.9k 0.8×	465 0.1×	893 0.4×	174	14.5k
Hideo Iwasaki Japan	27	2.6k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	715 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	69	4.2k
Peter Hegemann Germany	70	9.6k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	15.9k 6.7×	259	20.8k
Jennifer Loros United States	66	4.7k 0.6×	8.2k 2.1×	6.9k 1.8×	600 0.2×	3.0k 1.3×	141	12.2k
Takeshi Todo Japan	44	2.5k 0.3×	3.1k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	255 0.1×	2.3k 1.0×	114	6.6k

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Wheeler, Rebecca, et al.. (2025). A responsive living material prepared by diffusion reveals extracellular enzyme activity of cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2424405122–e2424405122.

Yuan, Yuan, Anand V. Sastry, Cigdem Sancar, et al.. (2024). Machine learning reveals the transcriptional regulatory network and circadian dynamics of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(38). e2410492121–e2410492121. 3 indexed citations

Wangpraseurt, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Phenotypically complex living materials containing engineered cyanobacteria. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4742–4742. 37 indexed citations

Chavan, Archana G., Joel Heisler, Cigdem Sancar, et al.. (2021). Reconstitution of an intact clock reveals mechanisms of circadian timekeeping. Science. 374(6564). eabd4453–eabd4453. 45 indexed citations

Sendersky, Eleonora, Hiba Waldman Ben‐Asher, Eyal Shimoni, et al.. (2021). A Cyanobacterial Component Required for Pilus Biogenesis Affects the Exoproteome. mBio. 12(2). 23 indexed citations

Welkie, David, Benjamin E. Rubin, Yong‐Gang Chang, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide fitness assessment during diurnal growth reveals an expanded role of the cyanobacterial circadian clock protein KaiA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(30). E7174–E7183. 48 indexed citations

Golden, Susan S.. (2018). The international journeys and aliases of Synechococcus elongatus. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57(2). 70–75. 15 indexed citations

Rubin, Benjamin E., TuAnh N. Huynh, David Welkie, et al.. (2018). High-throughput interaction screens illuminate the role of c-di-AMP in cyanobacterial nighttime survival. PLoS Genetics. 14(4). e1007301–e1007301. 34 indexed citations

Tseng, Roger, Nicolette F. Goularte, Archana G. Chavan, et al.. (2017). Structural basis of the day-night transition in a bacterial circadian clock. Science. 355(6330). 1174–1180. 116 indexed citations

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Sendersky, Eleonora, Ryan Simkovsky, Susan S. Golden, & Rakefet Schwarz. (2017). Quantification of Chlorophyll as a Proxy for Biofilm Formation in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus. BIO-PROTOCOL. 7(14). 14 indexed citations

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Taton, Arnaud, Javier Paz-Yepes, Bianca Brahamsha, et al.. (2014). Broad-host-range vector system for synthetic biology and biotechnology in cyanobacteria. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(17). e136–e136. 131 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael J., Susan S. Golden, & Erin K. O’Shea. (2011). Light-Driven Changes in Energy Metabolism Directly Entrain the Cyanobacterial Circadian Oscillator. Science. 331(6014). 220–223. 168 indexed citations

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Dong, Guogang, Qiong Yang, Qiang Wang, et al.. (2010). Elevated ATPase Activity of KaiC Constitutes a Circadian Checkpoint of Cell Division in Synechococcus elongatus. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Pando, Bernardo, Guogang Dong, Susan S. Golden, Alexander van Oudenaarden, & Qiong Yang. (2009). Circadian Gating of the Cell Cycle Revealed in Single Cyanobacterial Cells. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 129 indexed citations

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Ivleva, Natalia B., et al.. (2006). Quinone sensing by the circadian input kinase of the cyanobacterial circadian clock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17468–17473. 94 indexed citations

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Vakonakis, Ioannis, Jingchuan Sun, Tianfu Wu, et al.. (2004). NMR structure of the KaiC-interacting C-terminal domain of KaiA, a circadian clock protein: Implications for KaiA–KaiC interaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(6). 1479–1484. 51 indexed citations

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Williams, Stanly B., Ioannis Vakonakis, Susan S. Golden, & Andy LiWang. (2002). Structure and function from the circadian clock protein KaiA of Synechococcus elongatus : A potential clock input mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(24). 15357–15362. 161 indexed citations

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Andersson, Carol R., et al.. (2000). Application of bioluminescence to the study of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 305. 527–542. 117 indexed citations

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Partensky, Frédéric, Axel Ducret, Ruedi Aebersold, et al.. (1996). 原核緑藻植物(prochlorophyte)及び緑色植物の集光性クロロフィルa/b蛋白質は独自に進化した. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 93(26). 15244–15248. 74 indexed citations

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Golden, Susan S., Judy A. Brusslan, & Robert Haselkorn. (1987). [12] Genetic engineering of the cyanobacterial chromosome. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 153. 215–231. 339 indexed citations

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