2026 Karen J. Halliday: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	49	17976	16500	1418	1313	93	9596

Overview

Karen J. Halliday is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily within the domains of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The subfields they engage with include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, and General Health Professions.

Their work covers a range of main topics related to plant molecular biology and genetics, including:

Plant Molecular Biology Research
Light effects on plants
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Genetics and Plant Breeding
Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Karen J. Halliday has published papers in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
BMJ
Trends in Plant Science

Representative recent papers include:

"Phytochrome regulates cellular response plasticity and the basic molecular machinery of leaf development," 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
"The Circadian Clock Gene Circuit Controls Protein and Phosphoprotein Rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana," 2021, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
"25 Years of thermomorphogenesis research: milestones and perspectives," 2023, Trends in Plant Science
"The synergetic effect from the combination of different adsorption resins in batch and semi-continuous cultivations of S. Cerevisiae cell factories to produce acetylated Taxanes precursors of the anticancer drug Taxol," 2023, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
"PIF7 controls leaf cell proliferation through an AN3 substitution repression mechanism," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

Andrés Romanowski
Marissa Valdivia-Cabrera
Jorge H. Santoyo-Garcia
Leonardo Rios-Solis
W. Powell

Best Publications

Molecular and genetic control of plant thermomorphogenesis

Marcel Quint;Marcel Quint;Carolin Delker;Carolin Delker;Keara A Franklin;Philip A Wigge

633
Citations
The clock gene circuit in Arabidopsis includes a repressilator with additional feedback loops

Alexandra Pokhilko;Aurora Piñas Fernández;Kieron D Edwards;Megan M Southern

488
Citations
Cold and light control seed germination through the bHLH transcription factor SPATULA

Steven Penfield;Eve-Marie Josse;Rubini Kannangara;Alison D. Gilday

455
Citations
The HY5-PIF regulatory module coordinates light and temperature control of photosynthetic gene transcription.

Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz;Henrik Johansson;Keun Pyo Lee;Jordi Bou-Torrent

423
Citations
β-AMYLASE4, a Noncatalytic Protein Required for Starch Breakdown, Acts Upstream of Three Active β-Amylases in Arabidopsis Chloroplasts

Daniel C. Fulton;Michaela Stettler;Tabea Mettler;Cara K. Vaughan

370
Citations
Strengths and Limitations of Period Estimation Methods for Circadian Data

Tomasz Zielinski;Anne M. Moore;Eilidh Troup;Karen J. Halliday

366
Citations
Phytochrome control of flowering is temperature sensitive and correlates with expression of the floral integrator FT

Karen J. Halliday;Michael G. Salter;Elin Thingnaes;Garry C. Whitelam

363
Citations
Phytochromes B, D, and E Act Redundantly to Control Multiple Physiological Responses in Arabidopsis

Keara A. Franklin;Uta Praekelt;Wendy M. Stoddart;Olivia E. Billingham

349
Citations
Phytochrome B and at Least One Other Phytochrome Mediate the Accelerated Flowering Response of Arabidopsis thaliana L. to Low Red/Far-Red Ratio

Karen Halliday;M. Koornneef;G. C. Whitelam

295
Citations
Phytochrome coordinates Arabidopsis shoot and root development

Frances J. Salisbury;Anthony Hall;Claire S. Grierson;Karen J. Halliday

241
Citations
Light and Plant Development

Garry C. Whitelam;Karen J. Halliday

233
Citations
The TIME FOR COFFEE gene maintains the amplitude and timing of Arabidopsis circadian clocks.

Anthony Hall;Ruth M. Bastow;Seth J. Davis;Shigeru Hanano

230
Citations
Integration of Light and Auxin Signaling

Karen J. Halliday;Jaime F. Martínez-García;Eve-Marie Josse

229
Citations
De novo assembly of a 40 Mb eukaryotic genome from short sequence reads: Sordaria macrospora, a model organism for fungal morphogenesis.

Minou Nowrousian;Jason E Stajich;Meiling Chu;Ines Engh

220
Citations
Changes in Photoperiod or Temperature Alter the Functional Relationships between Phytochromes and Reveal Roles for phyD and phyE

Karen J. Halliday;Garry C. Whitelam

184
Citations
Interaction of light and temperature signalling

Keara A. Franklin;Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz;Douglas E. Pyott;Karen J. Halliday

158
Citations
The rosette habit of Arabidopsis thaliana is dependent upon phytochrome action: novel phytochromes control internode elongation and flowering time

Paul F. Devlin;Karen J. Halliday;Nicholas P. Harberd;Garry C. Whitelam

153
Citations
Phytochrome-hormonal signalling networks

Karen J. Halliday;Christian Fankhauser

150
Citations
Multiscale digital Arabidopsis predicts individual organ and whole-organism growth

Yin Hoon Chew;Bénédicte Wenden;Anna Flis;Virginie Mengin

146
Citations
Light receptor action is critical for maintaining plant biomass at warm ambient temperatures

Julia Foreman;Henrik Johansson;Patricia Hornitschek;Eve-Marie Josse

139
Citations