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Edward S. Buckler

Edward S. Buckler

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Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

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

Edward S. Buckler publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Edward S. Buckler between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Edward S. Buckler published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 13.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 52 publications in 2021. 22 of the 430 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 52. Peak 52 publications in 2021. 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 52 publications 2022: 31 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 19 publications 2026: 3 publications
1996 2026

430 publications in total across all disciplines

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Edward S. Buckler: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 3
1997 1
1998 2
1999 3
2000 0
2001 5
2002 4
2003 5
2004 5
2005 5
2006 8
2007 11
2008 6
2009 14
2010 13
2011 11
2012 15
2013 16
2014 15
2015 24
2016 32
2017 17
2018 25
2019 27
2020 25
2021 52
2022 31
2023 22
2024 11
2025 19
2026 3
Total 430
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Edward S. Buckler 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 Edward S. Buckler 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, 306–310 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: 306 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.

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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 30 306
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
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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Edward S. Buckler 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 Edward S. Buckler 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, 109+ 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: 121 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 99 121
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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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • GAPIT: Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool

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

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

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

  • Structure of linkage disequilibrium in plants.

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

  • Diversity and heritability of the maize rhizosphere microbiome under field conditions

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

  • A single domestication for maize shown by multilocus microsatellite genotyping

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Status and Prospects of Association Mapping in Plants

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

  • 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

  • Structure of linkage disequilibrium and phenotypic associations in the maize genome

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

  • Dwarf8 polymorphisms associate with variation in flowering time.

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

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

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

  • Genetic Design and Statistical Power of Nested Association Mapping in Maize

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

  • Genetic properties of the maize nested association mapping population.

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

  • Genetic association mapping and genome organization of maize

    Jianming Yu;Edward S Buckler

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Bradbury
Peter J. Bradbury United States Department of Agriculture
James B. Holland
James B. Holland North Carolina State University
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University
Sherry Flint-Garcia
Sherry Flint-Garcia United States Department of Agriculture
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Torbert R. Rocheford
Torbert R. Rocheford Purdue University West Lafayette
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra University of California, Davis
John Doebley
John Doebley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sharon E. Mitchell
Sharon E. Mitchell Cornell University
Jianming Yu
Jianming Yu Iowa State University

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