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Gary A. Payne publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary A. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 140 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Gary A. Payne D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary A. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gary A. Payne is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main subfields of study for Gary A. Payne include plant science, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, cell biology, and pharmacology.

Their work spans diverse topics in fungal and yeast genetics research, mycotoxins in agriculture and food, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, biofuel production and bioconversion, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, fungal biology and applications, as well as plant disease resistance and genetics.

Gary A. Payne has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Use of Dual RNA-seq for Systems Biology Analysis of Zea mays and Aspergillus flavus Interaction, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Characterization of morphological changes within stromata during sexual reproduction in Aspergillus flavus, 2020, Mycologia
  • Development of sexual structures influences metabolomic and transcriptomic profiles in Aspergillus flavus, 2022, Fungal Biology
  • Aspergillus flavus Exploits Maize Kernels Using an "Orphan" Secondary Metabolite Cluster, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Dataset for transcriptomic profiles associated with development of sexual structures in Aspergillus flavus, 2022, Data in Brief

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gary A. Payne include Deepak Bhatnagar, Jane Marian Luis, Ignazio Carbone, Jeffrey W. Cary, and Geromy G. Moore.

Publications by Gary A. Payne appear in various scientific venues, such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Mycologia, Fungal Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Data in Brief.

Best Publications

  • Clustered pathway genes in aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    Jiujiang Yu;Perng Kuang Chang;Kenneth C. Ehrlich;Jeffrey W. Cary

  • Epidemiology of Aflatoxin Formation by Aspergillus Flavus

    U L Diener;R J Cole;T H Sanders;G A Payne

  • Aflatoxin in maize

    Gary A. Payne;Neil W. Widstrom

  • GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF AFLATOXIN BIOSYNTHESIS

    G A Payne;M P Brown

  • Molecular characterization of aflR, a regulatory locus for aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    C P Woloshuk;K R Foutz;J F Brewer;D Bhatnagar

  • Comparative mapping of aflatoxin pathway gene clusters in Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus flavus.

    Jiujiang Yu;Perng-Kuang Chang;J. W. Cary;M. Wright

  • Whole genome comparison of Aspergillus flavus and A. oryzae

    G. A. Payne;W. C. Nierman;J. R. Wortman;B. L. Pritchard

  • Genetic regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis: from gene to genome.

    D. Ryan Georgianna;Gary A. Payne

  • Cloning of the afl-2 gene involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis from Aspergillus flavus.

    G A Payne;G J Nystrom;D Bhatnagar;T E Cleveland

  • Cloning of the Aspergillus parasiticus apa-2 gene associated with the regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    Perng-Kuang Chang;J. W. Cary;Deepak Bhatnagar;T. E. Cleveland

  • Climate change impacts on mycotoxin risks in US maize

    F. Wu;D. Bhatnagar;T. Bui-Klimke;I. Carbone

  • Unlocking the Secrets Behind Secondary Metabolism: A Review of Aspergillus flavus from Pathogenicity to Functional Genomics

    K. A. Scheidegger;G. A. Payne

  • The aflatoxin pathway regulator AflR induces gene transcription inside and outside of the aflatoxin biosynthetic cluster

    Michael S. Price;Jiujiang Yu;William C. Nierman;H. Stanley Kim

  • The effect of elevated temperature on gene transcription and aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    G.R. OBrian;D.R. Georgianna;J.R. Wilkinson;J. Yu

  • Characterization of aflJ, a Gene Required for Conversion of Pathway Intermediates to Aflatoxin

    D. M. Meyers;G. Obrian;W. L. Du;D. Bhatnagar

  • Beyond aflatoxin: four distinct expression patterns and functional roles associated with Aspergillus flavus secondary metabolism gene clusters

    D. Ryan Georgianna;Natalie D. Fedorova;James L. Burroughs;Andrea L. Dolezal

  • Diverse inhibitors of aflatoxin biosynthesis

    Robert A. Holmes;Rebecca S. Boston;Gary A. Payne

  • Aspergillus niger absorbs copper and zinc from swine wastewater

    Michael S. Price;John J. Classen;Gary A. Payne

  • Overexpression of aflR Leads to Upregulation of Pathway Gene Transcription and Increased Aflatoxin Production in Aspergillus flavus.

    J E Flaherty;G A Payne

  • Infection and Fumonisin Production by Fusarium verticillioides in Developing Maize Kernels.

    B. J. Bush;M. L. Carson;M. A. Cubeta;W. M. Hagler

Frequent Co-Authors

Deepak Bhatnagar
Deepak Bhatnagar Agricultural Research Service
Charles P. Woloshuk
Charles P. Woloshuk Purdue University West Lafayette
Thomas E. Cleveland
Thomas E. Cleveland Agricultural Research Service
Jiujiang Yu
Jiujiang Yu United States Department of Agriculture
William C. Nierman
William C. Nierman J. Craig Venter Institute
James B. Holland
James B. Holland North Carolina State University
Ralph A. Dean
Ralph A. Dean North Carolina State University
Joan W. Bennett
Joan W. Bennett Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jeffrey W. Cary
Jeffrey W. Cary United States Department of Agriculture
Massimo Reverberi
Massimo Reverberi Sapienza University of Rome

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