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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 64 2747 2601 346 331 136 27018

Ian Bancroft publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ian Bancroft between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ian Bancroft published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 3.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2014. 4 of the 155 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2014. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 2 publications
1981 2025

155 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ian Bancroft: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 3
1989 3
1990 1
1991 0
1992 4
1993 3
1994 2
1995 0
1996 0
1997 2
1998 2
1999 3
2000 4
2001 3
2002 4
2003 3
2004 4
2005 5
2006 7
2007 2
2008 4
2009 7
2010 4
2011 7
2012 6
2013 2
2014 15
2015 8
2016 6
2017 8
2018 5
2019 5
2020 8
2021 5
2022 1
2023 4
2024 2
2025 2
Total 155
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Ian Bancroft publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Bancroft sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 135–144 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 136 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205 136
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Ian Bancroft D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Bancroft sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172 64
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Overview

Ian Bancroft is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work emphasizes molecular biology and plant science, with notable contributions to biochemistry and genetics.

Research topics extensively covered by Bancroft include:

  • Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

They have published in a range of scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Plants
  • Plant Communications
  • The Plant Journal

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Bancroft include:

  • A high-contiguity Brassica nigra genome localizes active centromeres and defines the ancestral Brassica genome (2020, Nature Plants)
  • Genome structural evolution in Brassica crops (2021, Nature Plants)
  • Modelling of gene loss propensity in the pangenomes of three Brassica species suggests different mechanisms between polyploids and diploids (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • QTL-seq identifies BnaFT.A02 and BnaFLC.A02 as candidates for variation in vernalization requirement and response in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) (2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • The WRKY6 transcription factor affects seed oil accumulation and alters fatty acid compositions in Arabidopsis thaliana (2020, Physiologia Plantarum)

Bancroft collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Zhesi He
  • Lenka Havlíčková
  • Lihong Wang
  • Rachel Wells
  • Judith A. Irwin

Best Publications

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome

    Boulos Chalhoub;Shengyi Liu;Isobel A.P. Parkin

  • The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa

    Xiaowu Wang;Hanzhong Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang

  • Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing

    Rachel Brenchley;Manuel Spannagl;Matthias Pfeifer;Gary L. A. Barker

  • The Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes

    Shengyi Liu;Yumei Liu;Xinhua Yang;Chaobo Tong

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    K. Mayer;C. Schüller;R. Wambutt;G. Murphy

  • Analysis of 1.9 Mb of contiguous sequence from chromosome 4 of Arabidopsis thaliana

    M. Bevan;I. Bancroft;E. Bent

  • FCA, a Gene Controlling Flowering Time in Arabidopsis, Encodes a Protein Containing RNA-Binding Domains

    Richard Macknight;Ian Bancroft;Tania Page;Clare Lister

  • An integrated physical and genetic map of the rice genome

    Mingsheng Chen;Gernot Presting;W. Brad Barbazuk;Jose Luis Goicoechea

  • Transcriptome and methylome profiling reveals relics of genome dominance in the mesopolyploid Brassica oleracea.

    Isobel Ap Parkin;Chushin Koh;Haibao Tang;Stephen J Robinson

  • Comparative Genomics of Brassica oleracea and Arabidopsis thaliana Reveal Gene Loss, Fragmentation, and Dispersal after Polyploidy

    Christopher D. Town;Foo Cheung;Rama Maiti;Jonathan Crabtree

  • Unraveling the Complex Trait of Crop Yield With Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping in Brassica napus

    Jiaqin Shi;Ruiyuan Li;Dan Qiu;Congcong Jiang

  • Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery in the polyploid Brassica napus using Solexa transcriptome sequencing

    Martin Trick;Yan Long;Jinling Meng;Ian Bancroft

  • Associative transcriptomics of traits in the polyploid crop species Brassica napus.

    Andrea L Harper;Martin Trick;Janet Higgins;Fiona Fraser

  • A comparative linkage map of oilseed rape and its use for QTL analysis of seed oil and erucic acid content

    D. Qiu;C. Morgan;J. Shi;Y. Long

  • Comparative physical mapping of segments of the genome of Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra that are homoeologous to sequenced regions of chromosomes 4 and 5 of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Carmel M. O'neill;Ian Bancroft

  • Sequence-Level Analysis of the Diploidization Process in the Triplicated FLOWERING LOCUS C Region of Brassica rapa

    Tae-Jin Yang;Jung Sun Kim;Soo-Jin Kwon;Ki-Byung Lim

  • A Nuclear Protease Required for Flowering-Time Regulation in Arabidopsis Reduces the Abundance of SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIER Conjugates

    Giovanni Murtas;Paul H. Reeves;Yong-Fu Fu;Ian Bancroft

  • Conservation of the microstructure of genome segments in Brassica napus and its diploid relatives

    Debashis Rana;Tom van den Boogaart;Carmel M O'Neill;Llewelyn Hynes

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    S. Tabata;R.M. Klein Lankhorst

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Trick
Martin Trick Norwich Research Park
Caroline Dean
Caroline Dean John Innes Centre
Graham J.W. King
Graham J.W. King University of Western Ontario
Jinling Meng
Jinling Meng Huazhong Agricultural University
Isobel A. P. Parkin
Isobel A. P. Parkin Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Michael W. Bevan
Michael W. Bevan John Innes Centre
Andrew G. Sharpe
Andrew G. Sharpe University of Saskatchewan
Boulos Chalhoub
Boulos Chalhoub INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Tae-Jin Yang
Tae-Jin Yang Seoul National University
Xiaowu Wang
Xiaowu Wang Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

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