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Edward S. Buckler

Edward S. Buckler

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Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
122
Citations
91501
World Ranking
339
National Ranking
175

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
121
Citations
90056
World Ranking
58
National Ranking
16

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.

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36 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.

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.

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This scientist: 121 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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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