2026 Michael R. Blatt: 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	90	2484	2276	174	159	267	22679

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

1126
Citations
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

615
Citations
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

506
Citations
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

498
Citations
Cellular signaling and volume control in stomatal movements in plants.

Michael R. Blatt

487
Citations
K+ channels of stomatal guard cells : abscisic-acid-evoked control of the outward rectifier mediated by cytoplasmic pH

Michael R. Blatt;Fiona Armstrong

406
Citations
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

377
Citations
Membrane voltage initiates Ca2+ waves and potentiates Ca2+ increases with abscisic acid in stomatal guard cells

Alexander Grabov;Michael R. Blatt

342
Citations
K+ channels of stomatal guard cells. Characteristics of the inward rectifier and its control by pH.

M R Blatt

330
Citations
EZ-Rhizo: integrated software for the fast and accurate measurement of root system architecture.

Patrick Armengaud;Kevin Zambaux;Adrian Hills;Ronan Sulpice

313
Citations
The membrane transport system of the guard cell and its integration for stomatal dynamics

Mareike Jezek;Michael R. Blatt

309
Citations
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

290
Citations
A tobacco syntaxin with a role in hormonal control of guard cell ion channels

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

283
Citations
Regulation of macronutrient transport.

Anna Amtmann;Michael R. Blatt

267
Citations
Molecular Evolution of Grass Stomata.

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

266
Citations
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

261
Citations
Optogenetic manipulation of stomatal kinetics improves carbon assimilation, water use, and growth.

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

255
Citations
Functional conservation between yeast and plant endosomal Na+/H+ antiporters1

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

252
Citations
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

230
Citations
Parallel control of the inward-rectifier K+ channel by cytosolic free Ca2+ and pH in Vicia guard cells

Alexander Grabov;Michael R. Blatt

226
Citations