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George Coupland

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Genetics
Germany
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
105
Citations
48734
World Ranking
624
National Ranking
49

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
106
Citations
49093
World Ranking
112
National Ranking
13

George Coupland 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 George Coupland sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 257 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George Coupland 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 George Coupland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

George Coupland is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant concentration in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Coupland's work extensively covers plant-related biological processes and molecular mechanisms.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the scientist has explored several subfields, notably:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics

The research themes pursued by Coupland cover the following topics:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Light effects on plants

Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Cell Reports

Some of the recent published papers are:

  • "A rice single cell transcriptomic atlas defines the developmental trajectories of rice floret and inflorescence meristems," 2022, New Phytologist
  • "The sugar transporter SWEET10 acts downstream of FLOWERING LOCUS T during floral transition of Arabidopsis thaliana," 2020, BMC Plant Biology
  • "Systematic analyses of the MIR172 family members of Arabidopsis define their distinct roles in regulation of APETALA2 during floral transition," 2021, PLoS Biology
  • "Gene regulatory networks controlled by FLOWERING LOCUS C that confer variation in seasonal flowering and life history," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Functional Divergence of the Arabidopsis Florigen-Interacting bZIP Transcription Factors FD and FDP," 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators of Coupland include:

  • Edouard Severing
  • Vítor da Silveira Falavigna
  • Fernando Andrés
  • Coral Vincent
  • Martina Cerise

George Coupland has been recognized with several professional memberships and awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2009) in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2009)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2007)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • FT Protein Movement Contributes to Long-Distance Signaling in Floral Induction of Arabidopsis

    Laurent Corbesier;Coral Vincent;Seonghoe Jang;Fabio Fornara

  • The CONSTANS gene of arabidopsis promotes flowering and encodes a protein showing similarities to zinc finger transcription factors

    Joanna Putterill;Frances Robson;Karen Lee;Rüdiger Simon

  • Distinct Roles of CONSTANS Target Genes in Reproductive Development of Arabidopsis

    Alon Samach;Hitoshi Onouchi;Scott E. Gold;Gary S. Ditta

  • CONSTANS mediates between the circadian clock and the control of flowering in Arabidopsis

    Paula Suárez-López;Kay Wheatley;Frances Robson;Frances Robson;Hitoshi Onouchi;Hitoshi Onouchi

  • The genetic basis of flowering responses to seasonal cues

    Fernando Andrés;George Coupland

  • Photoreceptor regulation of CONSTANS protein in photoperiodic flowering

    Frederico. Valverde;Aidyn. Mouradov;Wim. Soppe;Dean. Ravenscroft

  • Regulation and Identity of Florigen: FLOWERING LOCUS T Moves Center Stage

    Franziska Turck;Fabio Fornara;George Coupland

  • Control of flowering time: Interacting pathways as a basis for diversity

    Aidyn Mouradov;Frédéric Cremer;George Coupland

  • The late elongated hypocotyl Mutation of Arabidopsis Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and the Photoperiodic Control of Flowering

    Robert Schaffer;Nicola Ramsay;Alon Samach;Sally Corden

  • The transcription factor FLC confers a flowering response to vernalization by repressing meristem competence and systemic signaling in Arabidopsis

    Iain Searle;Yuehui He;Franziska Turck;Coral Vincent

  • A Polycomb-group gene regulates homeotic gene expression in Arabidopsis

    Justin Goodrich;Preeya Puangsomlee;Preeya Puangsomlee;Marta Martin;Deborah Long

  • GIGANTEA: a circadian clock-controlled gene that regulates photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis and encodes a protein with several possible membrane-spanning domains.

    Sarah Fowler;Karen Lee;Hitoshi Onouchi;Alon Samach

  • CONSTANS acts in the phloem to regulate a systemic signal that induces photoperiodic flowering of Arabidopsis.

    Hailong An;Clotilde Roussot;Paula Suárez-López;Laurent Corbesier

  • SnapShot: Control of flowering in Arabidopsis.

    Fabio Fornara;Amaury de Montaigu;George Coupland

  • CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis

    Stephan Wenkel;Franziska Turck;Kamy Singer;Lionel Gissot

  • Arabidopsis DOF Transcription Factors Act Redundantly to Reduce CONSTANS Expression and Are Essential for a Photoperiodic Flowering Response

    Fabio Fornara;Kishore C.S. Panigrahi;Lionel Gissot;Nicolas Sauerbrunn

  • Arabidopsis TFL2/LHP1 specifically associates with genes marked by trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27.

    Franziska Turck;François Roudier;Sara Farrona;Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette;Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette

  • LHY and CCA1 Are Partially Redundant Genes Required to Maintain Circadian Rhythms in Arabidopsis

    Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi;Kay Wheatley;Yoshie Hanzawa;Louisa Wright

  • The Evolution of CONSTANS-Like Gene Families in Barley, Rice, and Arabidopsis

    Simon Griffiths;Roy P. Dunford;George Coupland;David A. Laurie

  • Functional importance of conserved domains in the flowering-time gene CONSTANS demonstrated by analysis of mutant alleles and transgenic plants

    Frances Robson;M. Manuela R. Costa;Shelley R. Hepworth;Igor Vizir

  • Antagonistic regulation of flowering‐time gene SOC1 by CONSTANS and FLC via separate promoter motifs

    Shelley R. Hepworth;Shelley R. Hepworth;Federico Valverde;Dean Ravenscroft;Aidyn Mouradov

Frequent Co-Authors

Franziska Turck
Franziska Turck Max Planck Society
Seonghoe Jang
Seonghoe Jang Ajou University
Korbinian Schneeberger
Korbinian Schneeberger Max Planck Society
Alon Samach
Alon Samach Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peter Starlinger
Peter Starlinger University of Cologne
Seth J. Davis
Seth J. Davis University of York
Bruno Huettel
Bruno Huettel Max Planck Society
Hiroshi Kamada
Hiroshi Kamada University of Tsukuba
Carlos Alonso-Blanco
Carlos Alonso-Blanco Spanish National Research Council
Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker University of California, Berkeley

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