2026 David E. Somers: 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	42	19445	17817	7931	7066	82	11822

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Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

19445

17817

7931

7066

11822

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

11822

World Ranking

19445

National Ranking

7931

Overview

David E. Somers is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on plant molecular biology, with significant contributions in the study of circadian rhythms and related physiological processes in plants.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of plant biology and molecular mechanisms. Notable papers include:

"Post-Translational Mechanisms of Plant Circadian Regulation," 2021, published in Genes
"The Na ⁺ /H ⁺ antiporter SALT OVERLY SENSITIVE 1 regulates salt compensation of circadian rhythms by stabilizing GIGANTEA in Arabidopsis," 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"TOC1 clock protein phosphorylation controls complex formation with NF-YB/C to repress hypocotyl growth," 2021, published in The EMBO Journal
"Modelling of plant circadian clock for characterizing hypocotyl growth under different light quality conditions," 2022, published in in silico Plants
"HOS 15-mediated turnover of PRR 7 enhances freezing tolerance," 2024, published in New Phytologist

Their frequent co-authors include:

Yeon Jeong Kim
Jiapei Yan
Woe-Yeon Kim
Cuilin Gui
Zhiguang Tu

David E. Somers has published mainly in these venues:

New Phytologist
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Genes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their research spans these main fields of study:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their work addresses subfields such as:

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Physiology
Cell Biology

The main research topics explored by David E. Somers include:

Plant Molecular Biology Research
Light effects on plants
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Best Publications

Cloning of the Arabidopsis clock gene TOC1, an autoregulatory response regulator homolog.

Carl Strayer;Tokitaka Oyama;Thomas F. Schultz;Ramanujam Raman

1000
Citations
Phytochromes and Cryptochromes in the Entrainment of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

David E. Somers;Paul F. Devlin;Steve A. Kay

920
Citations
ZEITLUPE Encodes a Novel Clock-Associated PAS Protein from Arabidopsis

David E Somers;Thomas F Schultz;Maureen Milnamow;Steve A Kay

776
Citations
Control of circadian rhythms and photoperiodic flowering by the Arabidopsis GIGANTEA gene.

Deok Hoon Park;David E. Somers;Yang Suk Kim;Yoon Hi Choy

706
Citations
ZEITLUPE is a circadian photoreceptor stabilized by GIGANTEA in blue light

Woe-Yeon Kim;Woe-Yeon Kim;Sumire Fujiwara;Sung-Suk Suh;Jeongsik Kim

703
Citations
Targeted degradation of TOC1 by ZTL modulates circadian function in Arabidopsis thaliana

Paloma Más;Woe-Yeon Kim;David E. Somers;Steve A. Kay

668
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
Conditional circadian dysfunction of the Arabidopsis early-flowering 3 mutant

K A Hicks;A J Millar;I A Carré;D E Somers

438
Citations
The hy3 Long Hypocotyl Mutant of Arabidopsis Is Deficient in Phytochrome B.

David E. Somers;Robert A. Sharrock;James M. Tepperman;Peter H. Quail

419
Citations
Protein interaction analysis of SCF ubiquitin E3 ligase subunits from Arabidopsis

Eddy P. Risseeuw;Timothy E. Daskalchuk;Travis W. Banks;Enwu Liu

328
Citations
Transcriptional corepressor TOPLESS complexes with pseudoresponse regulator proteins and histone deacetylases to regulate circadian transcription

Lei Wang;Jeongsik Kim;David E. Somers;David E. Somers

326
Citations
The F-Box Protein ZEITLUPE Confers Dosage-Dependent Control on the Circadian Clock, Photomorphogenesis, and Flowering Time

David E. Somers;Woe-Yeon Kim;Ruishuang Geng

289
Citations
The SUMO E3 ligase, AtSIZ1, regulates flowering by controlling a salicylic acid-mediated floral promotion pathway and through affects on FLC chromatin structure.

Jing Bo Jin;Yin Hua Jin;Jiyoung Lee;Kenji Miura

288
Citations
Post-translational Regulation of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock through Selective Proteolysis and Phosphorylation of Pseudo-response Regulator Proteins

Sumire Fujiwara;Lei Wang;Linqu Han;Sung-Suk Suh

279
Citations
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences: 356 (1415)

Deborah Bell-Pedersen;Susan K. Crosthwaite;Patricia L. Lakin-Thomas;Merrow Martha

223
Citations
PRR5 regulates phosphorylation, nuclear import and subnuclear localization of TOC1 in the Arabidopsis circadian clock

Lei Wang;Sumire Fujiwara;David E Somers

179
Citations
The physiology and molecular bases of the plant circadian clock.

David E. Somers

177
Citations
Formation of an SCFZTL complex is required for proper regulation of circadian timing

Linqu Han;Mary Mason;Eddy P. Risseeuw;William L. Crosby

173
Citations
Temporal and spatial expression patterns of PHYA and PHYB genes in Arabidopsis

David E. Somers;Peter H. Quail

171
Citations
Photophysiology of the Elongated Internode (ein) Mutant of Brassica rapa: ein Mutant Lacks a Detectable Phytochrome B-Like Polypeptide

Paul F. Devlin;Stewart B. Rood;David E. Somers;Peter H. Quail

161
Citations