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D-Index
61
Citations
12562
World Ranking
1158
National Ranking
100

James K. M. Brown 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 K. M. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 133 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

James K. M. Brown 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 K. M. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James K. M. Brown is affiliated with the Norwich Research Park in the United Kingdom. Their primary research contributions lie within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics. The scientist's work addresses key topics related to wheat and barley genetics and pathology, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant pathogens and resistance, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and plant disease resistance and genetics.

Brown has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Succession of the fungal endophytic microbiome of wheat is dependent on tissue-specific interactions between host genotype and environment" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding" (2024, Nature)
  • "Pathogen-induced biosynthetic pathways encode defense-related molecules in bread wheat" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Classification of wheat diseases using deep learning networks with field and glasshouse images" (2022, Plant Pathology)
  • "The genotype of barley cultivars influences multiple aspects of their associated microbiota via differential root exudate secretion" (2024, PLoS Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brown include Laëtitia Chartrain, Brande B. H. Wulff, P. Nicholson, Cristóbal Uauy, and Burkhard Steuernagel.

The scientist has contributed to publications in a range of venues, with the most frequent being Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant Pathology, The Science of The Total Environment, and Nature.

Brown's research predominantly spans the following fields and subfields:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Endocrinology

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Berry genetics and cultivation research

Best Publications

  • Aerial Dispersal of Pathogens on the Global and Continental Scales and Its Impact on Plant Disease

    James K. M. Brown;Mogens S. Hovmøller

  • Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal tradeoffs in extreme parasitism

    Pietro D. Spanu;James C. Abbott;Joelle Amselem;Timothy A. Burgis

  • Genome size reduction through illegitimate recombination counteracts genome expansion in Arabidopsis.

    Katrien M. Devos;James K.M. Brown;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Yield penalties of disease resistance in crops.

    James K.M Brown

  • Plant-parasite coevolution: bridging the gap between genetics and ecology.

    James K M Brown;Aurélien Tellier

  • Durable Resistance of Crops to Disease: A Darwinian Perspective

    James K.M. Brown

  • Multiple Avirulence Paralogues in Cereal Powdery Mildew Fungi May Contribute to Parasite Fitness and Defeat of Plant Resistance

    Christopher J. Ridout;Pari Skamnioti;Oliver Porritt;Soledad Sacristan

  • A gene-for-gene relationship between wheat and Mycosphaerella graminicola, the Septoria tritici blotch pathogen.

    Penny A. Brading;Els C. P. Verstappen;Gert H. J. Kema;James K. M. Brown

  • Genetics of resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici and applications to wheat breeding

    James K.M. Brown;Laëtitia Chartrain;Pauline Lasserre-Zuber;Cyrille Saintenac

  • Clonality and long‐distance migration of Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici in north‐west Europe

    M. S. Hovmøller;A. F. Justesen;J. K. M. Brown

  • Genomic analysis of circulating cell-free DNA infers breast cancer dormancy

    Jacqueline A. Shaw;Karen Page;Kevin Blighe;Natasha Hava

  • Comparative analysis of genetic diversity in pea assessed by RFLP- and PCR-based methods.

    J. Lu;M. R. Knox;M. J. Ambrose;J. K. M. Brown

  • Chromosomal location of a gene for resistance to septoria tritici blotch (Mycosphaerella graminicola)in the hexaploid wheat ’Synthetic 6x’

    L. S. Arraiano;A. J. Worland;C. Ellerbrook;J. K. M. Brown

  • Sequence variation in the CYP51 gene of Blumeria graminis associated with resistance to sterol demethylase inhibiting fungicides.

    R.A. Wyand;J.K.M. Brown

  • Structure and evolution of a population of Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei

    J. K. M. Brown;M. S. Wolfe

  • Fitness costs and trade‐offs of disease resistance and their consequences for breeding arable crops

    J. K. M. Brown;J. C. Rant

  • The choice of molecular marker methods for population genetic studies of plant pathogens

    J. K. M. Brown

  • A trade off between mlo resistance to powdery mildew and increased susceptibility of barley to a newly important disease, Ramularia leaf spot

    Graham R. D. McGrann;Anna Stavrinides;Joanne Russell;Margaret M. Corbitt

  • A cost of disease resistance: paradigm or peculiarity?

    James K.M. Brown

  • Stability of genetic polymorphism in host-parasite interactions.

    Aurélien Tellier;James K.M Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Mogens S. Hovmøller
Mogens S. Hovmøller Aarhus University
Paul Nicholson
Paul Nicholson John Innes Centre
Joelle Amselem
Joelle Amselem INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Kentaro Yoshida
Kentaro Yoshida Kobe University
Hans Thordal-Christensen
Hans Thordal-Christensen University of Copenhagen
Michael W. Shaw
Michael W. Shaw University of Reading
Andrew R. Leitch
Andrew R. Leitch Queen Mary University of London
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park

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