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D-Index
52
Citations
10809
World Ranking
1894
National Ranking
501

James F. Hancock 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 James F. Hancock sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 308 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.

James F. Hancock 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 James F. Hancock sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 72nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

James F. Hancock spends much of his time researching Botany, Cultivar, Horticulture, Fragaria and Fragaria virginiana. His research integrates issues of Genetically modified crops, Domestication, Gene flow and Inbreeding in his study of Botany. The various areas that James F. Hancock examines in his Domestication study include Weed, Rare species, Genetic variation and Extinction.

His work in Cultivar covers topics such as Gene–environment interaction which are related to areas like Ovule. He mostly deals with Vaccinium in his studies of Horticulture. As part of one scientific family, he deals mainly with the area of Fragaria virginiana, narrowing it down to issues related to the Germplasm, and often Genetic variability, Range and Interspecific hybridization.

His most cited work include:

  • Gene Flow and Introgression from Domesticated Plants into Their Wild Relatives (825 citations)
  • Autopolyploidy in angiosperms: Have we grossly underestimated the number of species? (343 citations)
  • Changes in fruit antioxidant activity among blueberry cultivars during cold-temperature storage. (256 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Botany, Horticulture, Cultivar, Vaccinium and Fragaria. His study on Botany also encompasses disciplines like

  • Genetically modified crops which is related to area like Biotechnology,
  • Loss of heterozygosity, which have a strong connection to Ploidy. His Horticulture research includes elements of Flavor and Crown.

His Cultivar study which covers Crop that intersects with Domestication. The concepts of his Vaccinium study are interwoven with issues in Fresh market, Ericaceae, Early season, Shoot and Sweetness. The study incorporates disciplines such as Germplasm, Quantitative trait locus, Rosaceae, photoperiodism and Locus in addition to Fragaria.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (38.22%)
  • Horticulture (35.56%)
  • Cultivar (29.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Horticulture (35.56%)
  • Cultivar (29.33%)
  • Vaccinium (22.67%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

James F. Hancock mostly deals with Horticulture, Cultivar, Vaccinium, Fragaria and Botany. His Horticulture research integrates issues from Flavor and Cane. His study in Cultivar is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Agroforestry, Germplasm, Crop and Anthocyanin.

His Vaccinium research includes themes of Titratable acid, Sweetness and Shoot. His Fragaria study incorporates themes from Stamen, Gynoecium, Quantitative trait locus, photoperiodism and Hermaphrodite. His Botany study typically links adjacent topics like Redstart.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Breeding blueberries for a changing global environment: a review. (39 citations)
  • Construction of a SNP and SSR linkage map in autotetraploid blueberry using genotyping by sequencing (36 citations)
  • Variation among highbush and rabbiteye cultivars of blueberry for fruit quality and phytochemical characteristics (35 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

Cultivar, Horticulture, Genetics, Genetic linkage and Vaccinium are his primary areas of study. His Cultivar research entails a greater understanding of Botany. His work on Fragaria is typically connected to Genetic resources as part of general Horticulture study, connecting several disciplines of science.

His Fragaria study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Domestication, Locus and Genotype. James F. Hancock interconnects Food science, Titratable acid and Shoot in the investigation of issues within Vaccinium. His Germplasm research includes elements of Ecology, Center of origin, Plant breeding, Plant evolution and Plant diversity.

Best Publications

  • Gene Flow and Introgression from Domesticated Plants into Their Wild Relatives

    Norman C. Ellstrand;Honor C. Prentice;James F. Hancock

  • Autopolyploidy in angiosperms: Have we grossly underestimated the number of species?

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas W. Schemske;James F. Hancock

  • Changes in fruit antioxidant activity among blueberry cultivars during cold-temperature storage.

    Ann Marie Connor;James J. Luby;James F. Hancock;Steven Berkheimer

  • Genotypic and Environmental Variation in Antioxidant Activity, Total Phenolic Content, and Anthocyanin Content among Blueberry Cultivars

    Ann Marie Connor;James J. Luby;Cindy B.S. Tong;Chad E. Finn

  • Productivity and fruit quality of Vaccinium corymbosum cv. Elliott under photo-selective shading nets

    G.A. Lobos;J.B. Retamales;J.F. Hancock;J.A. Flore

  • Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species

    James F. Hancock

  • Breeding blueberries for a changing global environment: a review.

    Gustavo A. Lobos;Gustavo A. Lobos;James F. Hancock

  • CBF1 Orthologs in Sour Cherry and Strawberry and the Heterologous Expression of CBF1 in Strawberry

    Christopher L. Owens;Michael F. Thomashow;James F. Hancock;Amy F. Iezzoni

  • Using a linkage mapping approach to identify QTL for day‐neutrality in the octoploid strawberry

    C. K. Weebadde;D. Wang;C. E. Finn;K. S. Lewers

  • Biosafety education relevant to genetically engineered crops for academic and non-academic stakeholders in East Africa

    Theresa Sengooba;Rebecca Grumet;James Hancock;Barbara Zawedde

  • Blueberries and Cranberries

    J.F. Hancock;P. Lyrene;C.E. Finn;N. Vorsa

  • Interactions of Temperature and Photoperiod Determine Expression of Repeat Flowering in Strawberry

    Emma Bradford;James F. Hancock;Ryan M. Warner

  • The Future of Plant Breeding

    Paul Gepts;Jim Hancock

  • Early-acting inbreeding depression and reproductive success in the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum L.

    S. L. Krebs;J. F. Hancock

  • Contributions of domesticated plant studies to our understanding of plant evolution.

    James F. Hancock

  • Genetic resources at our doorstep : The wild strawberries

    James F. Hancock;James J. Luby

  • Paternal inheritance of plastids in Medicago sativa

    C. M. Schumann;J. F. Hancock

  • Increasing strawberry fruit sensorial and nutritional quality using wild and cultivated germplasm.

    Jacopo Diamanti;Franco Capocasa;Francesca Balducci;Maurizio Battino

  • A Framework for Assessing the Risk of Transgenic Crops

    James F. Hancock

  • Morphological and molecular variation among populations of octoploid Fragaria virginiana and F. chiloensis (Rosaceae) from North America.

    Richard E. Harrison;James J. Luby;Glenn R. Furnier;James F. Hancock

  • Utilizing wild Fragaria virginiana in strawberry cultivar development: Inheritance of photoperiod sensitivity, fruit size, gender, female fertility and disease resistance

    J.F. Hancock;J.J. Luby;A. Dale;P.W. Callow

  • Embryonic genetic load in the highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

    Stephen L. Krebs;James F. Hancock

  • Variation among highbush and rabbiteye cultivars of blueberry for fruit quality and phytochemical characteristics

    Kazim Gündüz;Sedat Serçe;James F. Hancock

  • The temperature and photoperiod regulation of flowering and runnering in the strawberries, Fragaria chiloensis, F. virginiana, and F. x ananassa

    Sedat Serçe;James F. Hancock

  • The Opportunity for Escape of Engineered Genes from Transgenic Crops

    J.F. Hancock;R. Grumet;S.C. Hokanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Chad E. Finn
Chad E. Finn Agricultural Research Service
James J. Luby
James J. Luby University of Minnesota
Nahla V. Bassil
Nahla V. Bassil Agricultural Research Service
Lisa J. Rowland
Lisa J. Rowland Agricultural Research Service
Vance M. Whitaker
Vance M. Whitaker University of Florida
Kim E. Hummer
Kim E. Hummer Oregon State University
Randolph M. Beaudry
Randolph M. Beaudry Michigan State University
Amy F. Iezzoni
Amy F. Iezzoni Michigan State University
Christine A. Hackett
Christine A. Hackett University of Dundee
Norman C. Ellstrand
Norman C. Ellstrand University of California, Riverside

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