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D-Index
81
Citations
22203
World Ranking
406
National Ranking
45

Susanne von Caemmerer 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 Susanne von Caemmerer sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 175 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susanne von Caemmerer 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 Susanne von Caemmerer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

Susanne von Caemmerer mostly deals with Photosynthesis, Botany, RuBisCO, Biochemistry and Stomatal conductance. She has researched Photosynthesis in several fields, including Chloroplast, Chlorophyll and Carboxylation. Susanne von Caemmerer interconnects Biophysics and Carbon dioxide in the investigation of issues within Botany.

The various areas that Susanne von Caemmerer examines in her RuBisCO study include Nicotiana and Nicotiana tabacum. Her Biochemistry research integrates issues from Drought tolerance and Plant physiology. Her Stomatal conductance research incorporates elements of Enzyme activator, Carbon-Carbon Lyases, Carboxy-lyases, Enzyme and Water use.

Her most cited work include:

  • Temperature Response of Mesophyll Conductance. Implications for the Determination of Rubisco Enzyme Kinetics and for Limitations to Photosynthesis in Vivo (532 citations)
  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand (415 citations)
  • Determination of the Average Partial Pressure of CO2 in Chloroplasts From Leaves of Several C3 Plants (387 citations)

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

Her main research concerns Photosynthesis, Botany, RuBisCO, Biochemistry and Chloroplast. Her studies deal with areas such as Vascular bundle and Chlorophyll as well as Photosynthesis. In the field of Botany, her study on Stomatal conductance, Photosynthetic capacity and Ecophysiology overlaps with subjects such as Conductance.

Her studies examine the connections between Stomatal conductance and genetics, as well as such issues in Water-use efficiency, with regards to Dry weight. Her RuBisCO research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Flaveria, Nicotiana tabacum, Carboxylation, Carbon fixation and Chlorophyll fluorescence. Her Chloroplast research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cytochrome and Electron transport chain.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (68.67%)
  • Botany (48.00%)
  • RuBisCO (40.00%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (68.67%)
  • C4 photosynthesis (23.33%)
  • Biophysics (16.67%)

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

Susanne von Caemmerer focuses on Photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Biophysics, Vascular bundle and RuBisCO. Susanne von Caemmerer is investigating Photosynthesis as part of her Biochemistry and Botany and Photosynthesis study. In her research on the topic of Botany, Photoprotection, Biomass and Chlorophyll fluorescence is strongly related with Oryza sativa.

Her work deals with themes such as Electron transport chain, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and Respiration, which intersect with C4 photosynthesis. Her Biophysics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Carbon fixation, Chloroplast and Cell wall. Her RuBisCO study incorporates themes from Photosynthetic efficiency and Photosystem.

Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models (188 citations)
  • Carboxysome encapsulation of the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco in tobacco chloroplasts. (86 citations)
  • Quantifying impacts of enhancing photosynthesis on crop yield (82 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Photosynthesis
  • Gene

Susanne von Caemmerer spends much of her time researching Photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Global change and Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Her study on Photosynthesis is covered under Biochemistry. Her C4 photosynthesis study which covers Biophysics that intersects with Photosynthetic efficiency.

Susanne von Caemmerer has included themes like Chloroplast and Synthetic biology in her RuBisCO study. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Soil science, Canopy and Biosphere. The concepts of her Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase study are interwoven with issues in Cytosol, Assimilation, Cell wall, Carbonic anhydrase and Transpiration.

Best Publications

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

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

  • Temperature Response of Mesophyll Conductance. Implications for the Determination of Rubisco Enzyme Kinetics and for Limitations to Photosynthesis in Vivo

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Archie R. Portis;Archie R. Portis;Hiromi Nakano;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • Photosynthesis : physiology and metabolism

    Richard Leegood;Thomas D. Sharkey;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • The Relationship Between CO2 Transfer Conductance and Leaf Anatomy in Transgenic Tobacco With a Reduced Content of Rubisco

    JR Evans;SV Caemmerer;BA Setchell;GS Hudson

  • Determination of the Average Partial Pressure of CO2 in Chloroplasts From Leaves of Several C3 Plants

    Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans

  • Electron flow to oxygen in higher plants and algae: rates and control of direct photoreduction (Mehler reaction) and rubisco oxygenase.

    Murray R. Badger;Susanne von Caemmerer;Sari Ruuska;Hiromi Nakano

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

    Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

  • Models of photosynthesis.

    Graham D. Farquhar;Susanne von Caemmerer;Joseph A. Berry

  • The C4 pathway: An efficient CO2 pump

    Susanne von Caemmerer;Robert Thomas Furbank

  • Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: From the geological past to the next century

    Peter J Franks;Mark A Adams;Jeffrey S. Amthor;Margaret M Barbour

  • Factors affecting CO2 assimilation, leaf injury and growth in salt-stressed durum wheat.

    Richard A James;Anna Rita Rivelli;Rana Ellen Munns;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • The kinetics of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in vivo inferred from measurements of photosynthesis in leaves of transgenic tobacco

    Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans;Graham S. Hudson;T. John Andrews

  • The Development of C4 Rice: Current Progress and Future Challenges

    Susanne von Caemmerer;W Paul Quick;Robert Thomas Furbank

  • Temperature responses of mesophyll conductance differ greatly between species.

    Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans

  • Quantifying impacts of enhancing photosynthesis on crop yield

    Alex Wu;Graeme L. Hammer;Al Doherty;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • Estimating mesophyll conductance to CO2: methodology, potential errors, and recommendations

    Thijs L. Pons;Jaume Flexas;Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans

  • Correlation between the Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Leaf Starch and Sugars of C3 Plants and the Ratio of Intercellular and Atmospheric Partial Pressures of Carbon Dioxide

    Enrico Brugnoli;Kerry T. Hubick;Susanne von Caemmerer;Suan Chin Wong

  • Reduction of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Content by Antisense RNA Reduces Photosynthesis in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

    Graham S. Hudson;John R. Evans;Susanne von Caemmerer;Yvonne B. C. Arvidsson

  • Faster Rubisco is the key to superior nitrogen-use efficiency in NADP-malic enzyme relative to NAD-malic enzyme C4 grasses.

    Oula Ghannoum;John R. Evans;Wah Soon Chow;T. John Andrews

  • Temperature response of carbon isotope discrimination and mesophyll conductance in tobacco

    John R. Evans;Susanne Von Caemmerer

  • Photosynthetic capacity is related to the cellular and subcellular partitioning of Na+, K+ and Cl- in salt-affected barley and durum wheat.

    Richard A James;Rana Munns;Susanne von Caemmerer;Carlos Trejo

  • Specific reduction of chloroplast carbonic anhydrase activity by antisense RNA in transgenic tobacco plants has a minor effect on photosynthetic CO2 assimilation

    G. Dean Price;Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans;Jian-Wei Yu

  • The cyanobacterial CCM as a source of genes for improving photosynthetic CO2 fixation in crop species

    G. Dean Price;Jasper J.L. Pengelly;Britta Forster;Jiahui Du

  • Carboxysome encapsulation of the CO 2 -fixing enzyme Rubisco in tobacco chloroplasts

    Benedict M. Long;Wei Yih Hee;Robert E. Sharwood;Benjamin D. Rae

  • Photosynthetic electron sinks in transgenic tobacco with reduced amounts of Rubisco: little evidence for significant Mehler reaction

    Sari A. Ruuska;Murray R. Badger;T. John Andrews;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • Steady‐state models of photosynthesis

    Susanne Von Caemmerer

  • Stomatal conductance does not correlate with photosynthetic capacity in transgenic tobacco with reduced amounts of Rubisco

    Susanne von Caemmerer;Tracy Lawson;Kevin Oxborough;Neil R. Baker

  • C4 photosynthesis at low temperature. A study using transgenic plants with reduced amounts of Rubisco.

    Daniel Kubien;Susanne von Caemmerer;Robert Thomas Furbank;Rowan Sage

  • Light and CO2 do not affect the mesophyll conductance to CO2 diffusion in wheat leaves

    Youshi Tazoe;Susanne von Caemmerer;Murray R. Badger;John R. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Evans
John R. Evans Australian National University
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Murray R. Badger
Murray R. Badger Australian National University
G. Dean Price
G. Dean Price Australian National University
T. John Andrews
T. John Andrews Australian National University
Oula Ghannoum
Oula Ghannoum Western Sydney University
Asaph B. Cousins
Asaph B. Cousins Washington State University
Wataru Yamori
Wataru Yamori University of Tokyo
Graham D. Farquhar
Graham D. Farquhar Australian National University
Jann P. Conroy
Jann P. Conroy Western Sydney University

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