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Michael R. Blatt

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
22679
World Ranking
2484
National Ranking
174

Michael R. Blatt publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 267 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael R. Blatt 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 Michael R. Blatt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 88th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2006 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael R. Blatt is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Surgery, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Blatt's scientific work encompass:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant and animal studies

Blatt has contributed frequently to scientific journals and publication venues including:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • The Plant Cell
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Interventional Pain Medicine

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Blatt include:

  • "Guard Cell Starch Degradation Yields Glucose for Rapid Stomatal Opening in Arabidopsis," 2020, The Plant Cell
  • "Debunking a myth: plant consciousness," 2020, PROTOPLASMA
  • "SAUR proteins and PP2C.D phosphatases regulate H+-ATPases and K+ channels to control stomatal movements," 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Evolution of rapid blue-light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in angiosperm forests," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "Engineering stomata for enhanced carbon capture and water-use efficiency," 2023, Trends in Plant Science

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Blatt include:

  • Adrian Hills
  • Andreas Draguhn
  • Lincoln Taiz
  • David G. Robinson
  • Mary Elizabeth Williams

Michael R. Blatt has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2020)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2006)

Best Publications

  • Stomatal size, speed and responsiveness impact on photosynthesis and water use efficiency.

    Tracy Lawson;Michael R. Blatt

  • A ubiquitin-10 promoter-based vector set for fluorescent protein tagging facilitates temporal stability and native protein distribution in transient and stable expression studies

    Christopher Grefen;Naomi Donald;Kenji Hashimoto;Jörg Kudla

  • Ca2+ channels at the plasma membrane of stomatal guard cells are activated by hyperpolarization and abscisic acid

    David W. A. Hamilton;Adrian Hills;Barbara Köhler;Michael R. Blatt

  • Nitric oxide regulates K+ and Cl- channels in guard cells through a subset of abscisic acid-evoked signaling pathways.

    Carlos Garcia-Mata;Sergei Sokolovski;Adrian Hills

  • Cellular signaling and volume control in stomatal movements in plants.

    Michael R. Blatt

  • K+ channels of stomatal guard cells : abscisic-acid-evoked control of the outward rectifier mediated by cytoplasmic pH

    Michael R. Blatt;Fiona Armstrong

  • Reversible inactivation of K+ channels of Vicia stomatal guard cells following the photolysis of caged inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate.

    Michael R. Blatt;Gerhard Thiel;David R. Trentham

  • Membrane voltage initiates Ca2+ waves and potentiates Ca2+ increases with abscisic acid in stomatal guard cells

    Alexander Grabov;Michael R. Blatt

  • K+ channels of stomatal guard cells. Characteristics of the inward rectifier and its control by pH.

    M R Blatt

  • EZ-Rhizo: integrated software for the fast and accurate measurement of root system architecture.

    Patrick Armengaud;Kevin Zambaux;Adrian Hills;Ronan Sulpice

  • The membrane transport system of the guard cell and its integration for stomatal dynamics

    Mareike Jezek;Michael R. Blatt

  • Sensitivity to abscisic acid of guard-cell K+ channels is suppressed by abi1-1, a mutant Arabidopsis gene encoding a putative protein phosphatase

    Fiona Armstrong;Jeffrey Leung;Alexander Grabov;Jane Brearley

  • A tobacco syntaxin with a role in hormonal control of guard cell ion channels

    Barbara Leyman;Danny Geelen;Francisco J. Quintero;Michael R. Blatt

  • Regulation of macronutrient transport.

    Anna Amtmann;Michael R. Blatt

  • Molecular Evolution of Grass Stomata.

    Zhong-Hua Chen;Zhong-Hua Chen;Guang Chen;Fei Dai;Yizhou Wang

  • Selective Mobility and Sensitivity to SNAREs Is Exhibited by the Arabidopsis KAT1 K+ Channel at the Plasma Membrane

    Jens-Uwe Sutter;Prisca Campanoni;Matthew Tyrrell;Michael R. Blatt

  • Optogenetic manipulation of stomatal kinetics improves carbon assimilation, water use, and growth.

    M. Papanatsiou;J. Petersen;L. Henderson;Y. Wang;Y. Wang

  • Functional conservation between yeast and plant endosomal Na+/H+ antiporters1

    Francisco J. Quintero;Michael R. Blatt;José M. Pardo

  • Abscisic acid triggers the endocytosis of the arabidopsis KAT1 K+ channel and its recycling to the plasma membrane.

    Jens-Uwe Sutter;Christian Sieben;Andreas Hartel;Cornelia Eisenach

  • Parallel control of the inward-rectifier K+ channel by cytosolic free Ca2+ and pH in Vicia guard cells

    Alexander Grabov;Michael R. Blatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong-Hua Chen
Zhong-Hua Chen University of Adelaide
Gerhard Thiel
Gerhard Thiel Technical University of Darmstadt
Tracy Lawson
Tracy Lawson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anna Amtmann
Anna Amtmann University of Glasgow
Virgilio L. Lew
Virgilio L. Lew University of Cambridge
Ingo Dreyer
Ingo Dreyer University of Talca
Howard Griffiths
Howard Griffiths University of Cambridge
Bernd Mueller-Roeber
Bernd Mueller-Roeber University of Potsdam
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
Guoping Zhang
Guoping Zhang Zhejiang University

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