2026 Alex A. R. Webb: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	50	17487	16055	1378	1276	107	12061

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

17487

16055

1378

1276

107

12061

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

12061

World Ranking

17487

National Ranking

1378

Overview

Alex A. R. Webb is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a dominant emphasis on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work spans multiple interconnected fields and topics, notably:

Light effects on plants
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Webb has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals and venues, with frequent publications in:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Science
The Plant Cell

Among Webb's recent papers are:

"Chronoculture, harnessing the circadian clock to improve crop yield and sustainability" (2021, Science)
"Calcium Binding by Arabinogalactan Polysaccharides Is Important for Normal Plant Development" (2020, The Plant Cell)
"Differential Effects of Day/Night Cues and the Circadian Clock on the Barley Transcriptome" (2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)
"Wheat EARLY FLOWERING 3 affects heading date without disrupting circadian oscillations" (2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)
"Magnesium maintains the length of the circadian period in Arabidopsis" (2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Collaboratively, Webb frequently co-authors with several researchers, including:

Gareth Steed
Matthew A. Hannah
Lukas Wittern
Dora L. Cano-Ramirez
Laura J. Taylor

Best Publications

Plant Circadian Clocks Increase Photosynthesis, Growth, Survival, and Competitive Advantage

Antony N. Dodd;Neeraj Salathia;Neeraj Salathia;Anthony Hall;Anthony Hall;Eva Kévei;Eva Kévei;Eva Kévei

1747
Citations
ABI1 Protein Phosphatase 2C Is a Negative Regulator of Abscisic Acid Signaling

Françoise Gosti;Nathalie Beaudoin;Carine Serizet;Alex A. R. Webb

757
Citations
The short-period mutant, toc1-1, alters circadian clock regulation of multiple outputs throughout development in Arabidopsis thaliana

David E. Somers;Alex A. R. Webb;Mark Pearson;Steve A. Kay

459
Citations
STIMULUS-INDUCED OSCILLATIONS IN GUARD-CELL CYTOSOLIC-FREE CALCIUM

Martin R. McAinsh;Alex A. R. Webb;Jane E. Taylor;Alistair M. Hetherington

425
Citations
Photosynthetic entrainment of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock

Michael J. Haydon;Olga Mielczarek;Fiona C. Robertson;Fiona C. Robertson;Katharine E. Hubbard

416
Citations
EARLY FLOWERING4 Recruitment of EARLY FLOWERING3 in the Nucleus Sustains the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

Eva Herrero;Elsebeth Kolmos;Nora Bujdoso;Ye Yuan

359
Citations
Inositol hexakisphosphate mobilizes an endomembrane store of calcium in guard cells.

Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh;Enid A. C. MacRobbie;Alex A. R. Webb;Nick F. Manison

322
Citations
Standards for plant synthetic biology: a common syntax for exchange of DNA parts.

Nicola J. Patron;Nicola J. Patron;Diego Orzaez;Sylvestre Marillonnet;Heribert Warzecha

321
Citations
ELF3 controls thermoresponsive growth in Arabidopsis

Mathew S. Box;B. Emma Huang;Mirela Domijan;Katja E. Jaeger

298
Citations
Cell-Specific Vacuolar Calcium Storage Mediated by CAX1 Regulates Apoplastic Calcium Concentration, Gas Exchange, and Plant Productivity in Arabidopsis

Simon J. Conn;Matthew Gilliham;Asmini Athman;Andreas W. Schreiber;Andreas W. Schreiber

286
Citations
Modulation of environmental responses of plants by circadian clocks

Carlos T. Hotta;Michael J. Gardner;Katharine E. Hubbard;Seong Jin Baek

283
Citations
Annexins: multifunctional components of growth and adaptation

Jennifer C. Mortimer;Anuphon Laohavisit;Neil Macpherson;Alex Webb

276
Citations
Calcium Ions as Intracellular Second Messengers in Higher Plants.

Alex A. R. Webb;Martin R. McAinsh;Jane E. Taylor;Alistair M. Hetherington

268
Citations
The circadian oscillator gene GIGANTEA mediates a long-term response of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock to sucrose

Neil Dalchau;Seong J. Baek;Helen M. Briggs;Fiona C. Robertson

249
Citations
The Arabidopsis circadian clock incorporates a cADPR-based feedback loop

Antony N. Dodd;Michael J. Gardner;Michael J. Gardner;Carlos T. Hotta;Carlos T. Hotta;Katharine E. Hubbard;Katharine E. Hubbard

243
Citations
Carbon dioxide induces increases in guard cell cytosolic free calcium

Alex A.R. Webb;Martin R. McAinsh;Terry A. Mansfield;Alistair M. Hetherington

230
Citations
Arabidopsis Annexin1 Mediates the Radical-Activated Plasma Membrane Ca2+- and K+-Permeable Conductance in Root Cells

Anuphon Laohavisit;Zhonglin Shang;Lourdes Rubio;Tracey A. Cuin

216
Citations
How plants tell the time.

Michael J. Gardner;Katharine E. Hubbard;Carlos T. Hotta;Antony N. Dodd

208
Citations
NaCl-induced changes in cytosolic free Ca2+ in Arabidopsis thaliana are heterogeneous and modified by external ionic composition

Frances E. Tracy;Matthew Gilliham;Antony N. Dodd;Alex A. R. Webb

186
Citations
The physiology of circadian rhythms in plants

Alex A. R. Webb

175
Citations