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D-Index
56
Citations
10094
World Ranking
1546
National Ranking
64

Albert Vandenberg 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 Albert Vandenberg sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 303 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Albert Vandenberg 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 Albert Vandenberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

His primary areas of study are Botany, Genetics, Cultivar, Quantitative trait locus and Agronomy. His Botany research incorporates themes from Human nutrition, Biofortification and Horticulture. He studied Genetics and Ascochyta that intersect with Genotype.

His Cultivar study deals with Food science intersecting with Lens Plant, Environmental chemistry and Chronic arsenic poisoning. Albert Vandenberg has researched Quantitative trait locus in several fields, including Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Inbred strain and Amplified fragment length polymorphism. In the field of Agronomy, his study on Crop and Legume overlaps with subjects such as Ecosystem services and Rhizobia.

His most cited work include:

  • Genetic diversity among varieties and wild species accessions of pea (Pisum sativum L.) based on molecular markers, and morphological and physiological characters. (136 citations)
  • Quantitative trait loci for lodging resistance, plant height and partial resistance to mycosphaerella blight in field pea ( Pisum sativum L.) (113 citations)
  • Ancient orphan crop joins modern era: gene-based SNP discovery and mapping in lentil (95 citations)

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

Albert Vandenberg mostly deals with Agronomy, Cultivar, Crop, Botany and Horticulture. In Agronomy, he works on issues like Plant disease resistance, which are connected to Colletotrichum truncatum. His study in Cultivar is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Ascochyta, Blight and Sativum, Field pea.

Albert Vandenberg usually deals with Crop and limits it to topics linked to Leaf type and Ascochyta rabiei. His research investigates the connection between Botany and topics such as Food science that intersect with issues in Polyphenol. His Horticulture research incorporates elements of Coat, Inbred strain and Quantitative trait locus.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (41.73%)
  • Cultivar (37.22%)
  • Crop (25.19%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Vicia faba (8.27%)
  • Agronomy (41.73%)
  • Genetics (11.65%)

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

Albert Vandenberg mainly investigates Vicia faba, Agronomy, Genetics, Cultivar and Food science. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Molecular breeding, Legume and Tannin. The Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Plant disease resistance, Genetic analysis and Gene–environment interaction.

His Cultivar research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Germplasm, Interspecific competition, Stemphylium, Resistance and Introgression. His Gene research includes themes of Coat and Horticulture. The various areas that he examines in his Crop study include Gene Discovery and Biotechnology.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Seed Protein of Lentils: Current Status, Progress, and Food Applications (27 citations)
  • Eliminating vicine and convicine, the main anti-nutritional factors restricting faba bean usage (19 citations)
  • Defense responses of lentil (Lens culinaris) genotypes carrying non-allelic ascochyta blight resistance genes to Ascochyta lentis infection. (13 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Food science, Vicia faba, Chromatography, Mass spectrometry and Vicine. His study in the field of Fortification and Dietary fiber also crosses realms of Viscosity and Digestible starch. His Fortification study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Meal, Organoleptic, Ferritin and Phytic acid.

Albert Vandenberg has researched Vicia faba in several fields, including Nutrient, Tannin and Animal nutrition. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Cultivar, GTP', Monogastric and Purine. The Cultivar study combines topics in areas such as Plant disease resistance, Colletotrichum lentis, Germplasm, Race and Resistance.

Best Publications

  • Seed Protein of Lentils: Current Status, Progress, and Food Applications

    Hamid Khazaei;Maya Subedi;Mike Nickerson;Cristina Martínez-Villaluenga

  • Genetic diversity among varieties and wild species accessions of pea (Pisum sativum L.) based on molecular markers, and morphological and physiological characters.

    B Tar'an;C Zhang;T Warkentin;A Tullu

  • Lentils (Lens culinaris Medikus Subspecies culinaris): A Whole Food for Increased Iron and Zinc Intake

    Dil Thavarajah;Pushparajah Thavarajah;Ashutosh Sarker;Albert Vandenberg

  • Quantitative trait loci for lodging resistance, plant height and partial resistance to mycosphaerella blight in field pea ( Pisum sativum L.)

    B. Tar'an;T. Warkentin;D. J. Somers;D. Miranda

  • Breeding Annual Grain Legumes for Sustainable Agriculture: New Methods to Approach Complex Traits and Target New Cultivar Ideotypes

    G. Duc;H. Agrama;S. Bao;Jens Berger

  • Ancient orphan crop joins modern era: gene-based SNP discovery and mapping in lentil

    Andrew G Sharpe;Larissa Ramsay;Lacey-Anne Sanderson;Michael J Fedoruk

  • Classification and characterization of species within the genus lens using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS).

    Melissa M. L. Wong;Neha Gujaria-Verma;Larissa Ramsay;Hai Ying Yuan

  • Mineral Micronutrient Content of Cultivars of Field Pea, Chickpea, Common Bean, and Lentil Grown in Saskatchewan, Canada

    Heather Ray;Kirstin Bett;Bunyamin Tar'an;Albert Vandenberg

  • The potential of lentil (Lens culinaris L.) as a whole food for increased selenium, iron, and zinc intake: preliminary results from a 3 year study

    Dil Thavarajah;Pushparajah Thavarajah;Asoka Wejesuriya;Michael Rutzke

  • Genetic Diversity of Cultivated Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and Its Relation to the World's Agro-ecological Zones.

    Hamid Khazaei;Carolyn T. Caron;Michael Fedoruk;Marwan Diapari;Marwan Diapari

  • High Potential for Selenium Biofortification of Lentils (Lens culinaris L.)

    Dil Thavarajah;Jamie Ruszkowski;Albert Vandenberg

  • Eliminating vicine and convicine, the main anti-nutritional factors restricting faba bean usage

    Hamid Khazaei;Randy W. Purves;Randy W. Purves;Jessa Hughes;Wolfgang Link

  • Low phytic acid lentils (Lens culinaris L.): a potential solution for increased micronutrient bioavailability.

    Pushparajah Thavarajah;Dil Thavarajah;Albert Vandenberg

  • Genetic mapping of ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) using a simple sequence repeat linkage map.

    B Tar'an;T D Warkentin;A Tullu;A Vandenberg

  • Construction of an Intraspecific Linkage Map and QTL Analysis for Earliness and Plant Height in Lentil

    A. Tullu;B. Tar'an;T. Warkentin;A. Vandenberg

  • Changes in polyphenols of the seed coat during the after-darkening process in pinto beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

    Clifford W. Beninger;Liwei Gu;Ronald L. Prior;Donna C. Junk

  • Genetic analyses and conservation of QTL for ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).

    Y. Anbessa;Bunyamin Taran;T. D. Warkentin;A. Tullu

  • Marker–Trait Association Analysis of Iron and Zinc Concentration in Lentil ( Lens culinaris Medik.) Seeds

    Hamid Khazaei;Rajib Podder;Carolyn T. Caron;Shudhangshu S. Kundu

  • Genetics of resistance to anthracnose and identification of AFLP and RAPD markers linked to the resistance gene in PI 320937 germplasm of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus).

    A. Tullu;L. Buchwaldt;T. Warkentin;B. Taran

  • Genetic diversity of folate profiles in seeds of common bean, lentil, chickpea and pea

    Ambuj B. Jha;Kaliyaperumal Ashokkumar;Marwan Diapari;Stephen J. Ambrose

  • Doubled-haploid production in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): role of stress treatments.

    Ravinder Kaur Grewal;Monika Lulsdorf;Janine Croser;Sergio Ochatt

  • Inheritance of Time to Flowering in Chickpea in a Short-Season Temperate Environment

    Y. Anbessa;T. Warkentin;A. Vandenberg;R. Ball

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas D. Warkentin
Thomas D. Warkentin University of Saskatchewan
Sabine Banniza
Sabine Banniza University of Saskatchewan
Kirstin E. Bett
Kirstin E. Bett University of Saskatchewan
Bunyamin Tar’an
Bunyamin Tar’an University of Saskatchewan
Dil Thavarajah
Dil Thavarajah Clemson University
Frederick L. Stoddard
Frederick L. Stoddard University of Helsinki
Haixia Zhang
Haixia Zhang Peking University
Raymond P. Glahn
Raymond P. Glahn Agricultural Research Service
Alan H. Schulman
Alan H. Schulman University of Helsinki
Ashutosh Sarker
Ashutosh Sarker International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria

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