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88
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106

Robert E. Blankenship 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 Robert E. Blankenship sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 453 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert E. Blankenship 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 Robert E. Blankenship sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert E. Blankenship is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology.

The subfields of study related to their work include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Ecology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Major topics addressed in their research are:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on photosynthesis, quantum effects, and structural biology. Some of the papers authored or co-authored by Robert E. Blankenship include:

  • "Photosynthesis tunes quantum-mechanical mixing of electronic and vibrational states to steer exciton energy transfer," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Structure of cyanobacterial phycobilisome core revealed by structural modeling and chemical cross-linking," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Redox conditions correlated with vibronic coupling modulate quantum beats in photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Cryo-EM structures of the air-oxidized and dithionite-reduced photosynthetic alternative complex III from Roseiflexus castenholzii," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Analysis of the Complete Genome of the Alkaliphilic and Phototrophic Firmicute Heliorestis convoluta Strain HHT," 2020, Microorganisms

Their work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Photosynthesis Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • Microorganisms
  • Plant Communications

Robert E. Blankenship has collaborated often with several researchers, notably:

  • Yueyong Xin
  • Xiaoling Xu
  • Haijun Liu
  • Huimin He
  • Yang Shi

Among the distinctions received, Robert E. Blankenship was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems

    Gregory S. Engel;Gregory S. Engel;Tessa R. Calhoun;Tessa R. Calhoun;Elizabeth L. Read;Elizabeth L. Read;Tae-Kyu Ahn;Tae-Kyu Ahn

  • Molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis

    Robert E. Blankenship

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement.

    Robert E. Blankenship;David M. Tiede;James Barber;James Barber;Gary W. Brudvig

  • Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria

    Robert E. Blankenship;Michael T. Madigan;Carl E. Bauer

  • Two-dimensional spectroscopy of electronic couplings in photosynthesis

    Tobias Brixner;Tobias Brixner;Jens Stenger;Jens Stenger;Harsha M. Vaswani;Harsha M. Vaswani;Minhaeng Cho

  • Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature

    Gitt Panitchayangkoon;Dugan Hayes;Kelly A. Fransted;Justin R. Caram

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

    Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Sabeeha S. Merchant;Jean Alric;Alice Barkan

  • The Natural History of Nitrogen Fixation

    Jason Raymond;Janet L. Siefert;Christopher R. Staples;Robert E. Blankenship

  • Evolution of Photosynthesis

    Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott;Robert E. Blankenship

  • Origin and early evolution of photosynthesis.

    Robert E. Blankenship

  • Contribution of aerobic photoheterotrophic bacteria to the carbon cycle in the ocean.

    Zbigniew S. Kolber;F. Gerald;Plumley;Andrew S. Lang

  • Expanding the solar spectrum used by photosynthesis.

    Min Chen;Robert E. Blankenship

  • The origin and evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis

    Robert E. Blankenship;Hyman Hartman

  • An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    J. Thomas Beatty;Jörg Overmann;Michael T. Lince;Ann K. Manske

  • Early Evolution of Photosynthesis

    Robert E. Blankenship

  • Phycobilisomes Supply Excitations to Both Photosystems in a Megacomplex in Cyanobacteria

    Haijun Liu;Hao Zhang;Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki;Mindy Prado

  • The structural basis for the difference in absorbance spectra for the FMO antenna protein from various green sulfur bacteria.

    Dale E. Tronrud;Dale E. Tronrud;Jianzhong Wen;Robert E. Blankenship

  • Whole-Genome Analysis of Photosynthetic Prokaryotes

    Jason Raymond;Olga Zhaxybayeva;J. Peter Gogarten;Sveta Y. Gerdes

  • Spectral Signatures of Photosynthesis. I. Review of Earth Organisms

    Nancy Y. Kiang;Janet Siefert;Janet Siefert;Govindjee;Robert E. Blankenship

  • Antenna Complexes from Green Photosynthetic Bacteria

    Robert E. Blankenship;John M. Olson;Mette Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Haijun Liu
Haijun Liu Huazhong Agricultural University
Su Lin
Su Lin Arizona State University
Michael L. Gross
Michael L. Gross Washington University in St. Louis
Min Chen
Min Chen South China University of Technology
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Pratim Biswas
Pratim Biswas University of Miami
Ryszard Jankowiak
Ryszard Jankowiak Kansas State University
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Govindjee
Govindjee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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