2026 James F. Hancock: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	52	1894	1740	501	440	308	10809

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

1428
Citations
Autopolyploidy in angiosperms: Have we grossly underestimated the number of species?

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

579
Citations
Changes in fruit antioxidant activity among blueberry cultivars during cold-temperature storage.

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

500
Citations
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

370
Citations
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

332
Citations
Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species

James F. Hancock

295
Citations
Breeding blueberries for a changing global environment: a review.

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

158
Citations
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

148
Citations
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

138
Citations
Biosafety education relevant to genetically engineered crops for academic and non-academic stakeholders in East Africa

Theresa Sengooba;Rebecca Grumet;James Hancock;Barbara Zawedde

133
Citations
Blueberries and Cranberries

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

128
Citations
Interactions of Temperature and Photoperiod Determine Expression of Repeat Flowering in Strawberry

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

128
Citations
The Future of Plant Breeding

Paul Gepts;Jim Hancock

124
Citations
Early-acting inbreeding depression and reproductive success in the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum L.

S. L. Krebs;J. F. Hancock

124
Citations
Contributions of domesticated plant studies to our understanding of plant evolution.

James F. Hancock

123
Citations
Genetic resources at our doorstep : The wild strawberries

James F. Hancock;James J. Luby

121
Citations
Paternal inheritance of plastids in Medicago sativa

C. M. Schumann;J. F. Hancock

119
Citations
Increasing strawberry fruit sensorial and nutritional quality using wild and cultivated germplasm.

Jacopo Diamanti;Franco Capocasa;Francesca Balducci;Maurizio Battino

104
Citations
A Framework for Assessing the Risk of Transgenic Crops

James F. Hancock

103
Citations
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

103
Citations
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

99
Citations
Embryonic genetic load in the highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

Stephen L. Krebs;James F. Hancock

96
Citations
Variation among highbush and rabbiteye cultivars of blueberry for fruit quality and phytochemical characteristics

Kazim Gündüz;Sedat Serçe;James F. Hancock

94
Citations
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

92
Citations
The Opportunity for Escape of Engineered Genes from Transgenic Crops

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

86
Citations