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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 77 489 452 149 136 344 22396

C. Neal Stewart publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by C. Neal Stewart between 1992 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. C. Neal Stewart published across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026, averaging 14.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 60 publications in 2024. 14 of the 502 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 60. Peak 60 publications in 2024. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 37 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 34 publications 2015: 27 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 60 publications 2025: 13 publications 2026: 1 publication
1992 2026

502 publications in total across all disciplines

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C. Neal Stewart: publications per year, 1992 to 2026
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 1
1994 0
1995 3
1996 0
1997 1
1998 3
1999 3
2000 2
2001 3
2002 5
2003 12
2004 17
2005 13
2006 10
2007 14
2008 18
2009 18
2010 18
2011 37
2012 19
2013 27
2014 34
2015 27
2016 19
2017 20
2018 13
2019 17
2020 14
2021 10
2022 19
2023 30
2024 60
2025 13
2026 1
Total 502
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C. Neal Stewart 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 C. Neal Stewart sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 341–345 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 344 publications — 95th percentile

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

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15 344
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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C. Neal Stewart 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 C. Neal Stewart sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 77 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21 77
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Genetically modified crops, Biotechnology, Genetics, Panicum virgatum and Bioenergy. His Genetically modified crops research incorporates themes from Promoter and Transformation. His Biotechnology research includes elements of Agriculture and Synthetic biology.

His Panicum virgatum study is associated with Biomass. As part of one scientific family, C. Neal Stewart deals mainly with the area of Biomass, narrowing it down to issues related to the Panicum, and often Apical dominance, Herbaceous plant and Energy crop. His Bioenergy research incorporates elements of Cellulosic ethanol and Agronomy.

His most cited work include:

  • Statistical analysis of real-time PCR data (1391 citations)
  • Plants to power: bioenergy to fuel the future (370 citations)
  • Transgene introgression from genetically modified crops to their wild relatives. (347 citations)

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

C. Neal Stewart mainly focuses on Genetically modified crops, Botany, Agronomy, Transgene and Panicum virgatum. C. Neal Stewart has researched Genetically modified crops in several fields, including Molecular biology, Biotechnology and Transformation. His studies in Transgene integrate themes in fields like Gene flow, Introgression and Green fluorescent protein.

His study on Panicum virgatum is covered under Bioenergy. Biomass and Biofuel are the two main areas of interest in his Bioenergy studies. His research investigates the connection between Biomass and topics such as Lignin that intersect with issues in Cellulose.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Genetically modified crops (30.18%)
  • Botany (28.70%)
  • Agronomy (26.92%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Biomass (30.47%)
  • Bioenergy (27.22%)
  • Panicum virgatum (29.88%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Biomass, Bioenergy, Panicum virgatum, Transgene and Agronomy. His work deals with themes such as Cell wall, Lignin, Botany, Cellulosic ethanol and Sugar, which intersect with Biomass. The Bioenergy study combines topics in areas such as Multispectral image and Remote sensing.

His work carried out in the field of Transgene brings together such families of science as Promoter and Computational biology. His Agronomy study often links to related topics such as Genetically modified crops. C. Neal Stewart has included themes like Brassica, Biotechnology and Transformation in his Genetically modified crops study.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing (245 citations)
  • Development and use of a switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum L.) transformation pipeline by the BioEnergy Science Center to evaluate plants for reduced cell wall recalcitrance (107 citations)
  • Development and use of a switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum L.) transformation pipeline by the BioEnergy Science Center to evaluate plants for reduced cell wall recalcitrance (107 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Botany

C. Neal Stewart mainly investigates Biomass, Biotechnology, Bioenergy, Computational biology and Transgene. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Food science, Lignin, Biofuel, Cell wall and Pulp and paper industry. His studies deal with areas such as Synthetic biology, Gene, Transformation, Genetic variation and Genetically modified crops as well as Biotechnology.

His biological study focuses on Panicum virgatum. When carried out as part of a general Computational biology research project, his work on Systems biology is frequently linked to work in Mechanism of action, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His Transgene study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Promoter, Effector and DNA-binding domain, Transcription factor.

Best Publications

  • Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing

    Fredy Altpeter;Nathan M. Springer;Laura E. Bartley;Ann E. Blechl

  • Non-target-site herbicide resistance: a family business.

    Joshua S. Yuan;Patrick J. Tranel;C. Neal Stewart

  • Plants to power: bioenergy to fuel the future.

    Joshua S. Yuan;Kelly H. Tiller;Hani Al-Ahmad;Hani Al-Ahmad;Nathan R. Stewart

  • Transgene introgression from genetically modified crops to their wild relatives.

    C. Neal Stewart;Matthew D. Halfhill;Suzanne I. Warwick

  • Hybridization between transgenic Brassica napus L. and its wild relatives: Brassica rapa L., Raphanus raphanistrum L., Sinapis arvensis L., and Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E. Schulz

    S. I. Warwick;M.-J. Simard;A. Légère;H. J. Beckie

  • Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production.

    Chunxiang Fu;Ramanjulu Sunkar;Chuanen Zhou;Hui Shen

  • Functional characterization of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) R2R3-MYB transcription factor PvMYB4 for improvement of lignocellulosic feedstocks

    Hui Shen;Xianzhi He;Charleson R. Poovaiah;Charleson R. Poovaiah;Wegi A. Wuddineh;Wegi A. Wuddineh

  • Smelling global climate change: mitigation of function for plant volatile organic compounds

    Joshua S. Yuan;Sari J. Himanen;Jarmo K. Holopainen;Feng Chen

  • Multiple Polyploidy Events in the Early Radiation of Nodulating and Nonnodulating Legumes

    Steven B. Cannon;Michael R. McKain;Alex Harkess;Matthew N. Nelson

  • Increased Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and rooting efficiencies in canola (Brassica napus L.) from hypocotyl segment explants

    V. Cardoza;C. N. Stewart

  • ‘GM‐gene‐deletor’: fused loxP‐FRT recognition sequences dramatically improve the efficiency of FLP or CRE recombinase on transgene excision from pollen and seed of tobacco plants

    Keming Luo;Hui Duan;Degang Zhao;Xuelian Zheng

  • Comparative genome analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene families across the plant kingdom

    Zhanyou Xu;Dandan Zhang;Jun Hu;Jun Hu;Xin Zhou

  • Advanced genetic tools for plant biotechnology

    Wusheng Liu;Joshua S. Yuan;C. Neal Stewart;C. Neal Stewart

  • Introgression of crop alleles into wild or weedy populations

    Norman C. Ellstrand;Patrick Meirmans;Jun Rong;Detlef Bartsch

  • Transcriptional responses of Arabidopsis thaliana plants to As (V) stress

    Jason M Abercrombie;Matthew D Halfhill;Priya Ranjan;Murali R Rao

  • Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes.

    Marc T.J. Johnson;Eric J. Carpenter;Zhijian Tian;Richard Bruskiewich

  • Protein-protein interaction and gene co-expression maps of ARFs and Aux/IAAs in Arabidopsis.

    Sarbottam Piya;Sandesh K. Shrestha;Brad Binder;C. Neal Stewart

  • Shikimate accumulates in both glyphosate-sensitive and glyphosate-resistant horseweed (Conyza canadensis L. Cronq.).

    Thomas C. Mueller;Joseph H. Massey;Robert M. Hayes;Chris L. Main

  • Plant systems biology comes of age

    Joshua S. Yuan;David W. Galbraith;Susie Y. Dai;Patrick Griffin

  • Methods to produce marker-free transgenic plants.

    Behrooz Darbani;Amin Eimanifar;C. Neal Stewart;William N. Camargo

  • Identification and overexpression of gibberellin 2-oxidase (GA2ox) in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) for improved plant architecture and reduced biomass recalcitrance

    Wegi A. Wuddineh;Wegi A. Wuddineh;Mitra Mazarei;Mitra Mazarei;Jiyi Zhang;Charleson R. Poovaiah;Charleson R. Poovaiah

  • High‐throughput deep sequencing shows that microRNAs play important roles in switchgrass responses to drought and salinity stress

    Fuliang Xie;Charles Neal Stewart;Charles Neal Stewart;Faten A. Taki;Qiuling He

  • Plant synthetic promoters and transcription factors.

    Wusheng Liu;C Neal Stewart;C Neal Stewart

  • Genome engineering via TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 systems: challenges and perspectives.

    Magdy M. Mahfouz;Agnieszka Piatek;Charles Neal Stewart

  • Weed genomics: new tools to understand weed biology.

    Chhandak Basu;Matthew D. Halfhill;Thomas C. Mueller;C. Neal Stewart

  • Enhanced Characteristics of Genetically Modified Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) for High Biofuel Production

    Hui Shen;Charleson R Poovaiah;Charleson R Poovaiah;Angela Ziebell;Angela Ziebell;Timothy J Tschaplinski

  • Larvicidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis are released in root exudates of transgenic B. thuringiensis corn, potato, and rice but not of B. thuringiensis canola, cotton, and tobacco

    Deepak Saxena;C.Neal Stewart;Illimar Altosaar;Qingyao Shu

  • Bt-transgenic oilseed rape hybridization with its weedy relative, Brassica rapa

    Matthew D. Halfhill;Reginald J. Millwood;Paul L. Raymer;C. Neal Stewart

  • Composición y Propiedades Bioactivas de la Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.): Una Revisión

    Kellie P Burris;Federico M Harte;P Michael Davidson;C Neal Stewart Jr

  • A Genomics Approach to Deciphering Lignin Biosynthesis in Switchgrass

    Hui Shen;Mitra Mazarei;Mitra Mazarei;Hiroshi Hisano;Luis Escamilla-Trevino

  • Growth, productivity, and competitiveness of introgressed weedy Brassica rapa hybrids selected for the presence of Bt cry1Ac and gfp transgenes

    Matthew D. Halfhill;Jamie P. Sutherland;Hong Seok Moon;Guy M. Poppy

  • Diversity of ABC transporter genes across the plant kingdom and their potential utility in biotechnology

    Thomas S. Lane;Caroline S. Rempe;Jack Davitt;Margaret E. Staton

  • Altered lignin biosynthesis using biotechnology to improve lignocellulosic biofuel feedstocks.

    Charleson R. Poovaiah;Charleson R. Poovaiah;Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao;Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao;Jaya R. Soneji;Holly L. Baxter;Holly L. Baxter

  • Overexpression of a soybean salicylic acid methyltransferase gene confers resistance to soybean cyst nematode

    Jingyu Lin;Mitra Mazarei;Nan Zhao;Junwei J. Zhu

  • Monitoring the presence and expression of transgenes in living plants

    C. Neal Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark F. Davis
Mark F. Davis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Robert W. Sykes
Robert W. Sykes National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Zeng-Yu Wang
Zeng-Yu Wang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Stephen R. Decker
Stephen R. Decker National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Debra Mohnen
Debra Mohnen University of Georgia
Chunxiang Fu
Chunxiang Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wayne A. Parrott
Wayne A. Parrott University of Georgia
Yunqiao Pu
Yunqiao Pu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Arthur J. Ragauskas
Arthur J. Ragauskas University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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