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D-Index
77
Citations
22396
World Ranking
489
National Ranking
149

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.

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36 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.

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.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

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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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