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Ilia J. Leitch

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
24872
World Ranking
3316
National Ranking
250

Ilia J. Leitch publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 269 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ilia J. Leitch 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 Ilia J. Leitch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ilia J. Leitch is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of plant science, molecular biology, and ecology, with particular attention to genomics, phylogenetics, and genetic diversity.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The primary subfields covered in their work are:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The research themes most often explored encompass:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Among their frequent co-authors are:

  • Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (32 collaborations)
  • Jaume Pellicer (31 collaborations)
  • Andrew R. Leitch (30 collaborations)
  • William J. Baker (23 collaborations)
  • Oriane Hidalgo (23 collaborations)

Key publication venues where their research appears include:

  • Wellcome Open Research (28 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (17 publications)
  • New Phytologist (7 publications)
  • Annals of Botany (5 publications)
  • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (5 publications)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Ilia J. Leitch are:

  • "A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the Angiosperm Tree of Life", 2021, Systematic Biology
  • "Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes", 2020, Nature Plants
  • "The Application of Flow Cytometry for Estimating Genome Size, Ploidy Level Endopolyploidy, and Reproductive Modes in Plants", 2020, Methods in Molecular Biology
  • "Genome downsizing after polyploidy: mechanisms, rates and selection pressures", 2021, The Plant Journal
  • "A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland", 2022, Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Genomic Plasticity and the Diversity of Polyploid Plants

    A. R. Leitch;I. J. Leitch

  • Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms

    Michael D. Bennett;Ilia J. Leitch

  • Genome downsizing in polyploid plants

    I. J. Leitch;M. D. Bennett

  • Polyploidy in angiosperms

    Ilia J. Leitch;Michael D. Bennett

  • Genome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms

    Jeremy M. Beaulieu;Jeremy M. Beaulieu;Ilia J. Leitch;Sunil Patel;Arjun Pendharkar

  • A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering.

    Matthew G. Johnson;Lisa Pokorny;Steven Dodsworth;Steven Dodsworth;Laura R. Botigue

  • Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms and their Modern Uses—807 New Estimates

    Michael D. Bennett;Parmjit Bhandol;Ilia J. Leitch

  • Eukaryotic genome size databases

    T. Ryan Gregory;James A. Nicol;Heidi Tamm;Bellis Kullman

  • Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms: Progress, Problems and Prospects

    M. D. Bennett;I. J. Leitch

  • The largest eukaryotic genome of them all

    Jaume Pellicer;Michael F. Fay;Ilia J. Leitch

  • Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms: targets, trends and tomorrow

    M. D. Bennett;I. J. Leitch

  • Comparisons with Caenorhabditis (∼100 Mb) and Drosophila (∼175 Mb) Using Flow Cytometry Show Genome Size in Arabidopsis to be ∼157 Mb and thus ∼25 % Larger than the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative Estimate of ∼125 Mb

    Michael D. Bennett;Ilia J. Leitch;H. James Price;J. Spencer Johnston

  • Genome Size Diversity and Its Impact on the Evolution of Land Plants.

    Jaume Pellicer;Oriane Hidalgo;Steven Dodsworth;Ilia J Leitch

  • PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF DNA C-VALUES PROVIDES EVIDENCE FOR A SMALL ANCESTRAL GENOME SIZE IN FLOWERING PLANTS

    Ilia J. Leitch;Mark W. Chase;Michael D. Bennett

  • Ecological and evolutionary significance of genomic GC content diversity in monocots.

    Petr Šmarda;Petr Bureš;Lucie Horová;Ilia J. Leitch

  • Evolution of genome size in the angiosperms.

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Michael D. Bennett;Ilia J. Leitch

  • The ups and downs of genome size evolution in polyploid species of Nicotiana (Solanaceae).

    I. J. Leitch;L. Hanson;K. Y. Lim;A. Kovarik

  • First Nuclear DNA Amounts in more than 300 Angiosperms

    B. J. M. Zonneveld;I. J. Leitch;M. D. Bennett

  • The use of dna sequencing (ITS and trnL-F), AFLP, and fluorescent in situ hybridization to study allopolyploid Miscanthus (Poaceae).

    Trevor R. Hodkinson;Trevor R. Hodkinson;Mark W. Chase;Chigusa Takahashi;Ilia J. Leitch

  • The Plant DNA C-values database (release 7.1): an updated online repository of plant genome size data for comparative studies

    Jaume Pellicer;Ilia J Leitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Leitch
Andrew R. Leitch Queen Mary University of London
Michael D. Bennett
Michael D. Bennett Royal Botanic Gardens
Oriane Hidalgo
Oriane Hidalgo Royal Botanic Gardens
Michael F. Fay
Michael F. Fay Royal Botanic Gardens
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Félix Forest
Félix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens
Barbara Gravendeel
Barbara Gravendeel Leiden University
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
William J. Baker
William J. Baker Royal Botanic Gardens
Ales Kovarik
Ales Kovarik Czech Academy of Sciences

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