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Joseph A. M. Holtum

Joseph A. M. Holtum

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
54
Citations
10827
World Ranking
1700
National Ranking
129

Joseph A. M. Holtum 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 Joseph A. M. Holtum sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 125 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph A. M. Holtum 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 Joseph A. M. Holtum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

His primary areas of investigation include Crassulacean acid metabolism, Botany, Ecology, Water-use efficiency and Clusia. His research in Crassulacean acid metabolism intersects with topics in Bioenergy and Sucrose. His work in the fields of Terrestrial plant, Soil organic matter and Liana overlaps with other areas such as Isotopes of oxygen and Temporal resolution.

His Terrestrial plant research includes themes of Range, Carbon uptake, Isotopes of carbon, Stomatal conductance and Photosynthetic pathway. His work deals with themes such as Canopy, Understory, Tropics, Foraging and Nutrient, which intersect with Water-use efficiency. His work in Clusia tackles topics such as Facultative which are related to areas like Calandrinia, Mesembryanthemum, Portulaca and Talinum.

His most cited work include:

  • Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation (716 citations)
  • Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants (311 citations)
  • Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants (311 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Joseph A. M. Holtum focuses on Botany, Crassulacean acid metabolism, Photosynthesis, Biochemistry and Facultative. His Botany study deals with δ13C intersecting with Panama. Particularly relevant to Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is his body of work in Crassulacean acid metabolism.

As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Photosynthesis, concentrating on Ecology and frequently concerns with Stomatal conductance and Transpiration. His research integrates issues of Perennial plant, Calandrinia and Crassulaceae in his study of Facultative. He focuses mostly in the field of Terrestrial plant, narrowing it down to matters related to Isotopes of carbon and, in some cases, Water-use efficiency.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (81.60%)
  • Crassulacean acid metabolism (69.60%)
  • Photosynthesis (38.40%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Crassulacean acid metabolism (69.60%)
  • Botany (81.60%)
  • Facultative (28.80%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Crassulacean acid metabolism, Botany, Facultative, Nocturnal and Portulaca. His Crassulacean acid metabolism study improves the overall literature in Photosynthesis. His study in the field of Carbon fixation also crosses realms of Portulaca molokiniensis.

Joseph A. M. Holtum studies C4 photosynthesis, a branch of Botany. His work in Facultative addresses issues such as Perennial plant, which are connected to fields such as Dormancy, δ13C, Mint family and Cistanthe. His Nocturnal study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Pantropical and Aizoaceae.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Optional use of CAM photosynthesis in two C4 species, Portulaca cyclophylla and Portulaca digyna (21 citations)
  • Optional use of CAM photosynthesis in two C4 species, Portulaca cyclophylla and Portulaca digyna (21 citations)
  • Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in four small C-3 and C-4 leaf-succulents (16 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

His main research concerns Facultative, Crassulacean acid metabolism, Botany, Nocturnal and Portulaca. His work on Crassulaceae as part of general Botany research is often related to Portulaca cyclophylla, thus linking different fields of science. His work carried out in the field of Crassulaceae brings together such families of science as Anacampseros, Portulaca pilosa and Portulacaceae.

Portulaca cyclophylla is connected with C4 photosynthesis, Compensation point and Lineage in his research. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Arid, Calandrinia and Plant physiology.

Best Publications

  • Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

    Raymond B. Huey;Michael R. Kearney;Andrew Krockenberger;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants

    Lucas A. Cernusak;Nerea Ubierna;Klaus Winter;Joseph A. M. Holtum;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Mechanisms and Agronomic Aspects of Herbicide Resistance

    Jodie S. Holt;Steven B. Powles;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Stable isotopes in leaf water of terrestrial plants.

    Lucas A. Cernusak;Margaret M. Barbour;Stefan K. Arndt;Alexander W. Cheesman

  • Pit membrane porosity and water stress-induced cavitation in four co-existing dry rainforest tree species.

    Brendan Choat;Marilyn Ball;Jon G Luly;Joseph A M Holtum

  • Herbicide Resistance in Plants: Biology and Biochemistry

    Stephen B. Powles;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Hydraulic architecture of deciduous and evergreen dry rainforest tree species from north-eastern Australia

    Brendan Choat;Brendan Choat;Marilyn C. Ball;Jon G. Luly;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • A roadmap for research on crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to enhance sustainable food and bioenergy production in a hotter, drier world.

    Xiaohan Yang;John C. Cushman;Anne M. Borland;Anne M. Borland;Erika J. Edwards

  • Cross-Resistance to Herbicides in Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) : II. Chlorsulfuron Resistance Involves a Wheat-Like Detoxification System.

    John T. Christopher;Stephen B. Powles;David R. Liljegren;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants: powerful tools for unravelling the functional elements of CAM photosynthesis

    Klaus Winter;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • How Closely Do the δ13C Values of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plants Reflect the Proportion of CO2 Fixed during Day and Night

    Klaus Winter;Joseph A.M. Holtum

  • Resistance to Acetolactate Synthase-Inhibiting Herbicides in Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) Involves at Least Two Mechanisms.

    John T. Christopher;Stephen B. Powles;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Activity of enzymes of carbon metabolism during the induction of Crassulacean acid metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L

    Joseph A. M. Holtum;Klaus Winter

  • Intracellular Localization of Enzymes of Carbon Metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Exhibiting C3 Photosynthetic Characteristics or Performing Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

    Klaus Winter;Joyce G. Foster;Gerald E. Edwards;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • On the nature of facultative and constitutive CAM: environmental and developmental control of CAM expression during early growth of Clusia, Kalanchoë, and Opuntia

    Klaus Winter;Milton N. Garcia;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Tropical forest responses to increasing atmospheric CO2: current knowledge and opportunities for future research

    Lucas A. Cernusak;Klaus Winter;James W. Dalling;Joseph A. M. Holtum;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Carbon isotope composition and water-use efficiency in plants with crassulacean acid metabolism

    Klaus Winter;Jorge E. Aranda;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Environment or development? Lifetime net CO2 exchange and control of the expression of Crassulacean acid metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.

    Klaus Winter;Joseph A.M. Holtum

  • Photosynthetic physiology of eucalypts along a sub-continental rainfall gradient in northern Australia

    Lucas A. Cernusak;Lindsay B. Hutley;Jason Beringer;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Crassulacean acid metabolism: a continuous or discrete trait?

    Klaus Winter;Joseph A. M. Holtum;J. Andrew C. Smith

  • Mechanisms Responsible for Cross Resistance and Multiple Resistance

    Linda M. Hall;Joseph A. M. Holtum;Stephen B. Powles

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stephen B. Powles
Stephen B. Powles University of Western Australia
Erika J. Edwards
Erika J. Edwards Yale University
Brendan Choat
Brendan Choat Western Sydney University
Lucas A. Cernusak
Lucas A. Cernusak James Cook University
J. Andrew C. Smith
J. Andrew C. Smith University of Oxford
Rowan F. Sage
Rowan F. Sage University of Toronto
Gerald E. Edwards
Gerald E. Edwards Washington State University
Marilyn C. Ball
Marilyn C. Ball Australian National University
Graham D. Farquhar
Graham D. Farquhar Australian National University

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