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D-Index
56
Citations
14547
World Ranking
1499
National Ranking
117

Matthew Gilliham 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 Matthew Gilliham sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 148 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew Gilliham 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 Matthew Gilliham sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Matthew Gilliham focuses on Botany, Arabidopsis, Salinity, Shoot and Biochemistry. His Botany research incorporates elements of Wheat grain, Transporter gene, Plant nutrition and Aquaporin. Matthew Gilliham has included themes like Arabidopsis thaliana and Cell biology in his Arabidopsis study.

His work deals with themes such as Symporter and Serine, which intersect with Arabidopsis thaliana. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Phloem, Glycine soja, Allele, Haplotype and Genetic variation. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Dry weight and Turgor pressure.

His most cited work include:

  • Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na + transporter gene (456 citations)
  • Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na + transporter gene (456 citations)
  • Salinity tolerance of crops – what is the cost? (416 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Botany, Shoot, Arabidopsis, Biochemistry and Biophysics. His Botany research includes themes of Gene, Candidate gene, Nutrient and Symporter. Matthew Gilliham has researched Shoot in several fields, including Quantitative trait locus, Salinity, Gene expression and Xylem.

His Arabidopsis research incorporates elements of Arabidopsis thaliana, Exocytosis, Hydroponics and Cell biology. His Biophysics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Extracellular, Xenopus, Transporter and Aquaporin. His research integrates issues of Wheat grain, Transporter gene, Carrier protein, Plant roots and Salt Tolerant Plants in his study of Soil salinity.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (36.00%)
  • Shoot (28.80%)
  • Arabidopsis (24.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Shoot (28.80%)
  • Salinity (18.40%)
  • Transporter (20.80%)

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

Matthew Gilliham mainly investigates Shoot, Salinity, Transporter, Biophysics and Xenopus. His Shoot research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Allele, Gene expression and Xylem. His research in Salinity intersects with topics in Cultivar and Agronomy.

His Transporter study combines topics in areas such as Transport protein and Arabidopsis thaliana. His Biophysics research integrates issues from Extracellular, Cotransporter, Efflux and Ion transporter. His Soil salinity research also works with subjects such as

  • Botany which connect with Nutrient,
  • Protein kinase A, which have a strong connection to Arabidopsis and Transcriptome.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants (93 citations)
  • Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land (55 citations)
  • Energy costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants. (30 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

His primary scientific interests are in Transporter, Biophysics, Toxicity, Aquaporin and Extracellular. His work deals with themes such as Transport protein, Leucine, Crop yield and Xylem, which intersect with Transporter. His studies deal with areas such as Phenotype, Single amino acid, Function, Systems biology and Sequence as well as Transport protein.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Cotransporter, Mutant, Membrane, Phosphorylation and Patch clamp in addition to Biophysics. His studies in Aquaporin integrate themes in fields like Photosynthesis, Membrane transport, Efficient energy use and Apoplast. His study in Extracellular is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Xenopus, Cytoplasm, Protein kinase C and Muscimol.

Best Publications

  • Salinity tolerance of crops – what is the cost?

    Rana Munns;Rana Munns;Matthew Gilliham

  • Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na + transporter gene

    Rana Munns;Richard A James;Bo Xu;Bo Xu;Bo Xu;Asmini Athman;Asmini Athman

  • The Role of Plasma Membrane Intrinsic Protein Aquaporins in Water Transport through Roots: Diurnal and Drought Stress Responses Reveal Different Strategies between Isohydric and Anisohydric Cultivars of Grapevine

    Rebecca K. Vandeleur;Gwenda Mayo;Megan C. Shelden;Matthew Gilliham

  • Shoot Na+ Exclusion and Increased Salinity Tolerance Engineered by Cell Type–Specific Alteration of Na+ Transport in Arabidopsis

    Inge S. Møller;Matthew Gilliham;Deepa Jha;Deepa Jha;Gwenda M. Mayo;Gwenda M. Mayo

  • Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants

    Rana Munns;Rana Munns;David A Day;Wieland Fricke;Michelle Watt

  • Glutamate Receptor–Like Genes Form Ca2+ Channels in Pollen Tubes and Are Regulated by Pistil d-Serine

    Erwan Michard;Pedro T. Lima;Filipe Borges;Ana Catarina Silva

  • GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters

    Sunita A. Ramesh;Stephen D. Tyerman;Bo Xu;Jayakumar Bose;Jayakumar Bose

  • Fruit Calcium: Transport and Physiology.

    Bradleigh Hocking;Stephen D. Tyerman;Rachel A. Burton;Matthew Gilliham

  • Comparative physiology of elemental distributions in plants

    Simon Conn;Matthew Gilliham

  • Calcium delivery and storage in plant leaves: exploring the link with water flow

    Matthew Gilliham;Maclin Dayod;Bradleigh J. Hocking;Bo Xu

  • γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants

    Sunita A. Ramesh;Stephen D. Tyerman;Matthew Gilliham;Bo Xu

  • Salinity tolerance in soybean is modulated by natural variation in GmSALT3

    Rongxia Guan;Yue Qu;Yong Guo;Lili Yu

  • Cell-Specific Vacuolar Calcium Storage Mediated by CAX1 Regulates Apoplastic Calcium Concentration, Gas Exchange, and Plant Productivity in Arabidopsis

    Simon J. Conn;Matthew Gilliham;Asmini Athman;Andreas W. Schreiber;Andreas W. Schreiber

  • Chloroplast function and ion regulation in plants growing on saline soils: lessons from halophytes.

    Jayakumar Bose;Rana Munns;Sergey Shabala;Matthew Gilliham

  • Root cell wall solutions for crop plants in saline soils.

    Caitlin S Byrt;Rana Munns;Rachel A Burton;Matthew Gilliham

  • Protocol: Optimising hydroponic growth systems for nutritional and physiological analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana and other plants

    Simon J. Conn;Bradleigh J. Hocking;Bradleigh J. Hocking;Maclin Dayod;Maclin Dayod;Bo Xu;Bo Xu

  • The Na(+) transporter, TaHKT1;5-D, limits shoot Na(+) accumulation in bread wheat.

    Caitlin Siobhan Byrt;Bo Xu;Bo Xu;Mahima Krishnan;Mahima Krishnan;Damien James Lightfoot;Damien James Lightfoot;Damien James Lightfoot

  • Tissue tolerance: an essential but elusive trait for salt-tolerant crops

    Rana Munns;Richard A James;Matthew Gilliham;Timothy J Flowers

  • Chloride on the Move

    Bo Li;Mark A. Tester;Matthew Gilliham

  • GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience.

    Bo Xu;Yu Long;Xueying Feng;Xujun Zhu

  • Improved Salinity Tolerance of Rice Through Cell Type-Specific Expression of AtHKT1;1

    Darren Plett;Darren Plett;Gehan Safwat;Gehan Safwat;Matthew Gilliham;Inge Skrumsager Møller;Inge Skrumsager Møller

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen D. Tyerman
Stephen D. Tyerman University of Adelaide
Stuart J. Roy
Stuart J. Roy University of Adelaide
Mark Tester
Mark Tester King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Maria Hrmova
Maria Hrmova University of Adelaide
Rana Munns
Rana Munns University of Western Australia
Jayakumar Bose
Jayakumar Bose Western Sydney University
Ute Baumann
Ute Baumann University of Adelaide
Brent N. Kaiser
Brent N. Kaiser University of Sydney
Rob R. Walker
Rob R. Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
José A. Feijó
José A. Feijó University of Maryland, College Park

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