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2112
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Andrew D. Hanson publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew D. Hanson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 288 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew D. Hanson 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 Andrew D. Hanson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Andrew D. Hanson is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a focus on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, and Clinical Biochemistry. Their research spans multiple topics including Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Enzyme Structure and Function, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, and Biochemical and Molecular Research.

Hanson has contributed to various peer-reviewed publication venues with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Biochemical Journal, ACS Synthetic Biology, and Nature Reviews Methods Primers. The scientist's recent papers include:

  • In vivo hypermutation and continuous evolution, 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • The number of catalytic cycles in an enzyme's lifetime and why it matters to metabolic engineering, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • In vivo hypermutation and continuous evolution, 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Using continuous directed evolution to improve enzymes for plant applications, 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Potential for Applying Continuous Directed Evolution to Plant Enzymes: An Exploratory Study, 2020, Life

Throughout their career, Andrew D. Hanson has frequently collaborated with co-authors such as Jaya Joshi, Jorge D. García-García, Kristen Van Gelder, Bryan J. Leong, and Steven D. Bruner.

Awards received by Hanson include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1982.

Best Publications

  • The Subsystems Approach to Genome Annotation and its Use in the Project to Annotate 1000 Genomes

    Ross Overbeek;Tadhg P. Begley;Ralph M. Butler;Jomuna Choudhuri

  • Quaternary ammonium and tertiary sulfonium compounds in higher plants

    D. Rhodes;A.D. Hanson

  • Prokaryotic osmoregulation: genetics and physiology.

    Laszlo N. Csonka;Andrew D. Hanson

  • Metabolic Responses of Mesophytes to Plant Water Deficits

    Andrew D. Hanson;William D. Hitz

  • Drought and salt tolerance: towards understanding and application

    Kent F. McCue;Andrew D. Hanson

  • Betaines and Related Osmoprotectants. Targets for Metabolic Engineering of Stress Resistance

    Scott D. McNeil;Michael L. Nuccio;Andrew D. Hanson

  • Metabolic engineering of osmoprotectant accumulation in plants.

    Denis Rontein;Gilles Basset;Andrew D. Hanson

  • ONE-CARBON METABOLISM IN HIGHER PLANTS

    Andrew D Hanson;Sanja Roje

  • Tomato aromatic amino acid decarboxylases participate in synthesis of the flavor volatiles 2-phenylethanol and 2-phenylacetaldehyde

    Denise Tieman;Mark Taylor;Nicolas Schauer;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Molecular cloning of a plant betaine-aldehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme implicated in adaptation to salinity and drought.

    Elizabeth A. Weretilnyk;Andrew D. Hanson

  • Evaluation of Free Proline Accumulation as an Index of Drought Resistance Using Two Contrasting Barley Cultivars 1

    Andrew D. Hanson;Charles E. Nelsen;Everett H. Everson

  • Metabolic engineering of plants for osmotic stress resistance

    Michael L Nuccio;David Rhodest;Scott D McNeil;Andrew D Hanson

  • Osmoprotective compounds in the plumbaginaceae : a natural experiment in metabolic engineering of stress tolerance

    Andrew D. Hanson;Bala Rathinasabapathi;Jean Rivoal;Michael Burnet

  • S-Methylmethionine Plays a Major Role in Phloem Sulfur Transport and Is Synthesized by a Novel Type of Methyltransferase

    Fabienne Bourgis;Sanja Roje;Michael L. Nuccio;Donald B. Fisher

  • Salt-inducible betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase from sugar beet: cDNA cloning and expression.

    Kent F. McCue;Andrew D. Hanson

  • Choline monooxygenase, an unusual iron-sulfur enzyme catalyzing the first step of glycine betaine synthesis in plants: prosthetic group characterization and cDNA cloning.

    Bala Rathinasabapathi;Michael Burnet;Michael Burnet;Brenda L. Russell;Douglas A. Gage

  • A Novel Class of Modular Transporters for Vitamins in Prokaryotes

    Dmitry A. Rodionov;Dmitry A. Rodionov;Peter Hebbeln;Aymerick Eudes;Josy ter Beek

  • Folate Biosynthesis, Turnover, and Transport in Plants

    Andrew D. Hanson;Jesse F. Gregory

  • Metabolite damage and its repair or pre-emption

    Carole L Linster;Emile Van Schaftingen;Andrew D Hanson

  • The endogenous choline supply limits glycine betaine synthesis in transgenic tobacco expressing choline monooxygenase

    Michael L. Nuccio;Brenda L. Russell;Kurt D. Nolte;Bala Rathinasabapathi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesse F. Gregory
Jesse F. Gregory University of Florida
Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
Valérie de Crécy-Lagard University of Florida
Oliver Fiehn
Oliver Fiehn University of California, Davis
Douglas A. Gage
Douglas A. Gage Michigan State University
David Rhodes
David Rhodes Purdue University West Lafayette
Bala Rathinasabapathi
Bala Rathinasabapathi University of Florida
Donald R. McCarty
Donald R. McCarty University of Florida
Yair Shachar-Hill
Yair Shachar-Hill Michigan State University
Robert T. Mullen
Robert T. Mullen University of Guelph
Arthur J. L. Cooper
Arthur J. L. Cooper New York Medical College

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