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D-Index
38
Citations
4988
World Ranking
4443
National Ranking
1100

David C. Fork publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Fork sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 92 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

David C. Fork D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Fork sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Light Emission By Plants and Bacteria

    Govindjee;Jan Amesz;David Charles Fork

  • Photosystem II Photosynthetic Unit Sizes from Fluorescence Induction in Leaves : CORRELATION TO PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY.

    Shmuel Malkin;Paul A. Armond;Harold A Mooney;David C. Fork

  • The control by state transitions of the distribution of excitation energy in photosynthesis

    Unknown

  • Photoacoustic Measurements in Vivo of Energy Storage by Cyclic Electron Flow in Algae and Higher Plants

    Stephen K. Herbert;David C. Fork;Shmuel Malkin

  • Chlorophyll A fluorescence transient as an indicator of water potential of leaves

    Govindjee;W.J.S. Downton;D.C. Fork;P.A. Armond

  • Electron transport and photophosphorylation by Photosystem I in vivo in plants and cyanobacteria

    David C. Fork;Stephen K. Herbert

  • Relationships between the Transition of the Physical Phase of Membrane Lipids and Photosynthetic Parameters in Anacystis nidulans and Lettuce and Spinach Chloroplasts.

    Norio Murata;John H. Troughton;David C. Fork

  • Characterization of damage to photosystems I and II in a cyanobacterium lacking detectable iron superoxide dismutase activity.

    Stephen K. Herbert;Guy Samson;David C. Fork;David E. Laudenbach

  • Effects of Growth Temperature on the Thermal Stability of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) Wats.

    Robert W. Pearcy;Joseph A. Berry;David C. Fork

  • STATE I‐STATE II TRANSITIONS IN THE THERMOPHILIC BLUE‐GREEN ALGA (CYANOBACTERIUM) Synechococcus lividus*

    David C. Fork;Kazuhiko Satoh

  • Temperature Dependence of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Relation to the Physical Phase of Membrane Lipids Algae and Higher Plants

    Norio Murata;David C. Fork

  • Effect of Growth Temperature on the Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition, and the Dependence on Temperature of Light-induced Redox Reactions of Cytochrome f and of Light Energy Redistribution in the Thermophilic Blue-Green Alga Synechococcus lividus

    David C. Fork;Norio Murata;Naoki Sato

  • Quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence by quinones in algae and chloroplasts.

    Jan Amesz;David C. Fork

  • Effects of Salinity on Primary Processes of Photosynthesis in the Red Alga Porphyra perforata.

    Kazuhiko Satoh;Celia M. Smith;David C. Fork

  • THE APPLICATION OF PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES TO STUDIES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

    David C. Fork;Stephen K. Herbert

  • Photoinhibition of Reaction Centers of Photosystems I and II in Intact Bryopsis Chloroplasts under Anaerobic Conditions.

    Kazuhiko Satoh;David C. Fork

  • Light adaptation of cyclic electron transport through Photosystem I in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942.

    Stephen K. Herbert;Rick E. Martin;David C. Fork

  • Fluorescence and Other Characteristics of Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria), Red Algae, and Cryptomonads

    David Charles Fork;Prasanna Mohanty

  • Photosynthetic Units of Sun and Shade Plants

    Shmuel Malkin;David C. Fork

  • Low and High Temperature Limits to PSII: A Survey Using trans-Parinaric Acid, Delayed Light Emission, and Fo Chlorophyll Fluorescence

    William B. Terzaghi;David C. Fork;Joseph A. Berry;Christopher B. Field

  • Changes in the cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus during acclimation to macronutrient deprivation

    Jackie L. Collier;Stephen K. Herbert;David C. Fork;Arthur R. Grossman

  • Action Spectra of O2 Evolution by Chloroplasts with & without Added Substrate, for Regeneration of O2 Evolving Ability by Far-red, & for O2 Uptake

    D. C. Fork

  • The effects of osmotic tissue dehydration and air drying on morphology and energy transfer in two species of porphyra.

    Celia M. Smith;Kazuhiko Satoh;David C. Fork

  • A new mechanism for adaptation to changes in light intensity and quality in the red alga, Porphyra perforata. I. Relation to State 1—State 2 transitions

    Kazuhiko Satoh;David C. Fork

  • Photoreactive Pigments in Flagellates: Photosynthetically Active Accessory Pigments of Cryptomonads

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Shmuel Malkin
Shmuel Malkin Weizmann Institute of Science
Norio Murata
Norio Murata National Institute for Basic Biology
Joseph A. Berry
Joseph A. Berry Carnegie Institution for Science
Gunnar Öquist
Gunnar Öquist Umeå University
Harry Smith
Harry Smith University of Leicester
Winslow R. Briggs
Winslow R. Briggs Carnegie Institution for Science
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Govindjee
Govindjee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ulrich Heber
Ulrich Heber University of Würzburg
Naoki Sato
Naoki Sato University of Tokyo

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