2026 Edward S. Buckler: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	121	58	55	16	14	306	90056
Genetics	122	339	327	175	168	378	91501

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
2017 - CSSA Presidential Award, American Society of Agronomy
2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Edward S. Buckler is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader domains, their research delves deeply into subfields such as Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics, including Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

Edward S. Buckler's recent publications include:

Reconstructing the maize leaf regulatory network using ChIP-seq data of 104 transcription factors, 2020, Nature Communications
Synthetic promoter designs enabled by a comprehensive analysis of plant core promoters, 2021, Nature Plants
Deep learning for plant genomics and crop improvement, 2020, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
Ten Years of the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population: Impact, Limitations, and Future Directions, 2020, The Plant Cell
Somatic variations led to the selection of acidic and acidless orange cultivars, 2021, Nature Plants

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated closely with Edward S. Buckler are:

M. Cinta Romay
Michael A. Gore
Peter J. Bradbury
James B. Holland
Michelle C. Stitzer

Their publications appear most frequently in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PLoS Genetics

Edward S. Buckler has authored a book titled Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation, published by Springer International Publishing in 2022.

Awards received include the CSSA Presidential Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2017, election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014, and designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

TASSEL: software for association mapping of complex traits in diverse samples

Peter J. Bradbury;Zhiwu Zhang;Dallas E. Kroon;Terry M. Casstevens

8261
Citations
A Robust, Simple Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) Approach for High Diversity Species

Robert J. Elshire;Jeffrey C. Glaubitz;Qi-ying Sun;Jesse A. Poland

7241
Citations
A unified mixed-model method for association mapping that accounts for multiple levels of relatedness

Jianming Yu;Gael Pressoir;William H Briggs;Irie Vroh Bi

4496
Citations
Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces

Xuehui Huang;Xinghua Wei;Tao Sang;Qiang Zhao;Qiang Zhao

2356
Citations
GAPIT: Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool

Alexander E. Lipka;Feng Tian;Qishan Wang;Jason Peiffer

2324
Citations
Mixed linear model approach adapted for genome-wide association studies.

Zhiwu Zhang;Elhan Ersoz;Chao-Qiang Lai;Rory J Todhunter

2309
Citations
Structure of linkage disequilibrium in plants.

Sherry A. Flint-Garcia;Jeffry M. Thornsberry;Edward S. Buckler

2075
Citations
Diversity and heritability of the maize rhizosphere microbiome under field conditions

Jason A. Peiffer;Aymé Spor;Omry Koren;Zhao Jin

1868
Citations
A single domestication for maize shown by multilocus microsatellite genotyping

Yoshihiro Matsuoka;Yves Vigouroux;Major M. Goodman;G Jesus Sanchez

1859
Citations
TASSEL-GBS: a high capacity genotyping by sequencing analysis pipeline

Jeffrey C. Glaubitz;Terry M. Casstevens;Fei Lu;James Harriman

1751
Citations
The Genetic Architecture of Maize Flowering Time

Edward S. Buckler;Edward S. Buckler;James B. Holland;James B. Holland;Peter J. Bradbury;Peter J. Bradbury;Charlotte B. Acharya

1687
Citations
Status and Prospects of Association Mapping in Plants

Chengsong Zhu;Michael Gore;Edward S. Buckler;Jianming Yu

1600
Citations
Iterative Usage of Fixed and Random Effect Models for Powerful and Efficient Genome-Wide Association Studies

Xiaolei Liu;Xiaolei Liu;Meng Huang;Bin Fan;Edward S. Buckler;Edward S. Buckler

1513
Citations
Structure of linkage disequilibrium and phenotypic associations in the maize genome

David L. Remington;Jeffry M. Thornsberry;Yoshihiro Matsuoka;Larissa M. Wilson

1490
Citations
Dwarf8 polymorphisms associate with variation in flowering time.

Jeffry M. Thornsberry;Major M. Goodman;John Doebley;Stephen Kresovich

1460
Citations
The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

1263
Citations
Genetic Design and Statistical Power of Nested Association Mapping in Maize

Jianming Yu;James B. Holland;Michael D. McMullen;Edward S. Buckler

1253
Citations
Genetic properties of the maize nested association mapping population.

Michael D. McMullen;Michael D. McMullen;Stephen Kresovich;Hector Sanchez Villeda;Peter Bradbury;Peter Bradbury

1233
Citations
Genetic association mapping and genome organization of maize

Jianming Yu;Edward S Buckler

1203
Citations
Genome-wide association study of leaf architecture in the maize nested association mapping population

Feng Tian;Peter J Bradbury;Patrick J Brown;Patrick J Brown;Hsiaoyi Hung

1177
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Bradbury United States Department of Agriculture

James B. Holland North Carolina State University

Michael A. Gore Cornell University

Sherry Flint-Garcia United States Department of Agriculture

Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Torbert R. Rocheford Purdue University West Lafayette

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra University of California, Davis

John Doebley University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sharon E. Mitchell Cornell University

Jianming Yu Iowa State University

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