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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.

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45 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.

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.

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40 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.

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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