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Hugh G. Nimmo

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
9592
World Ranking
16702
National Ranking
1318

Hugh G. Nimmo publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 132 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Hugh G. Nimmo D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugh G. Nimmo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Hugh G. Nimmo is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses chiefly on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with interests also extending to Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The research topics covered by Nimmo include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Light effects on plants, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

The scientist has published in a range of academic journals, with frequent publication venues including Physiologia Plantarum, New Phytologist, Frontiers in Plant Science, Methods in Molecular Biology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Nimmo are:

  • The evening complex is central to the difference between the circadian clocks of Arabidopsis thaliana shoots and roots, 2020, Physiologia Plantarum
  • Arabidopsis thaliana PRR7 Provides Circadian Input to the CCA1 Promoter in Shoots but not Roots, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science

Other notable papers from coauthors associated with Nimmo include:

  • REVEILLE2 thermosensitive splicing: a molecular basis for the integration of nocturnal temperature information by the Arabidopsis circadian clock, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Experimental Design for Time-Series RNA-Seq Analysis of Gene Expression and Alternative Splicing, 2021, Methods in Molecular Biology
  • REVEILLE2 Thermosensitive Splicing: A Molecular Basis for the Integration of Nocturnal Temperature Information by the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include Janet Laird, Allan B. James, Wenbin Guo, Nikoleta A. Τzioutziou, and Runxuan Zhang, reflecting a network of partnerships in related research areas.

Hugh G. Nimmo was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The Arabidopsis CDPK-SnRK Superfamily of Protein Kinases

    Estelle M. Hrabak;Catherine W.M. Chan;Michael Gribskov;Jeffrey F. Harper

  • Alternative Splicing Mediates Responses of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock to Temperature Changes

    Allan B. James;Naeem Hasan Syed;Simon Bordage;Jacqueline Marshall

  • The regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in CAM plants

    Hugh G Nimmo

  • Rapid and Dynamic Alternative Splicing Impacts the Arabidopsis Cold Response Transcriptome

    Cristiane P.G. Calixto;Wenbin Guo;Wenbin Guo;Allan B. James;Nikoleta A. Tzioutziou

  • The Circadian Clock in Arabidopsis Roots Is a Simplified Slave Version of the Clock in Shoots

    Allan B. James;José A. Monreal;Gillian A. Nimmo;Ciarán L. Kelly

  • The Purification and Properties of Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Synthase

    Hugh G. Nimmo;Christopher G. Proud;Philip Cohen

  • Comparison of the substrate specificities of protein phosphatases involved in the regulation of glycogen metabolism in rabbit skeletal muscle.

    J F Antoniw;H G Nimmo;S J Yeaman;P Cowen

  • A high quality Arabidopsis transcriptome for accurate transcript-level analysis of alternative splicing

    Runxuan Zhang;Cristiane P. G. Calixto;Yamile Marquez;Peter Venhuizen

  • BHLH32 modulates several biochemical and morphological processes that respond to Pi starvation in Arabidopsis

    Zhi-Hui Chen;Gillian A. Nimmo;Gareth I. Jenkins;Hugh G. Nimmo

  • Circadian rhythms in the activity of a plant protein kinase.

    P.J. Carter;H.G. Nimmo;C.A. Fewson;M.B. Wilkins

  • Hormonal control of protein phosphorylation

    Nimmo Hg;Cohen P

  • Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase is a novel protein kinase regulated at the level of expression

    James Hartwell;Aideen Gill;Gillian A. Nimmo;Malcolm B. Wilkins

  • Purification of the phosphorylated night form and dephosphorylated day form of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi.

    G A Nimmo;H G Nimmo;I D Hamilton;C A Fewson

  • Diurnal changes in the properties of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Bryophyllum leaves: a possible co valent modification

    G.A. Nimmo;H.G. Nimmo;C.A. Fewson;M.B. Wilkins

  • Control of the phosphorylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in higher plants

    Hugh G. Nimmo

  • The phosphorylation of rabbit skeletal muscle glycogen synthase by glycogen synthase kinase-2 and adenosine-3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase.

    Hugh G. Nimmo;Christopher G. Proud;Philip Cohen

  • Changes in the kinetic properties and phosphorylation state of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Zea mays leaves in reponse to light and dark

    Gillian A. Nimmo;Gavin A.L. McNaughton;Charles A. Fewson;Malcolm B. Wilkins

  • Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi protein phosphatase type 2A can dephosphorylate phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

    P.J. Carter;H.G. Nimmo;C.A. Fewson;M.B. Wilkins

  • Glycogen synthetase kinase 2 (GSK 2); The identification of a new protein kinase in skeletal muscle

    H.G. Nimmo;Philip Cohen

  • Persistent circadian rhythms in the phosphorylation state of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi leaves and in its sensitivity to inhibition by malate

    G. A. Nimmo;M. B. Wilkins;C. A. Fewson;H. G. Nimmo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gareth I. Jenkins
Gareth I. Jenkins University of Glasgow
John W. S. Brown
John W. S. Brown James Hutton Institute
Philip Cohen
Philip Cohen University of Dundee
Carol MacKintosh
Carol MacKintosh University of Dundee
John R. Coggins
John R. Coggins University of Glasgow
Christopher G. Proud
Christopher G. Proud University of Adelaide
Nigel J. Pyne
Nigel J. Pyne University of Strathclyde
Miles D. Houslay
Miles D. Houslay King's College London
Pawel Herzyk
Pawel Herzyk University of Glasgow
Andrea Barta
Andrea Barta Medical University of Vienna

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