2026 James K. M. Brown: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	61	1158	1064	100	86	133	12562

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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12562

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1158

National Ranking

100

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

1395
Citations
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

934
Citations
Genome size reduction through illegitimate recombination counteracts genome expansion in Arabidopsis.

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

799
Citations
Yield penalties of disease resistance in crops.

James K.M Brown

379
Citations
Plant-parasite coevolution: bridging the gap between genetics and ecology.

James K M Brown;Aurélien Tellier

336
Citations
Durable Resistance of Crops to Disease: A Darwinian Perspective

James K.M. Brown

324
Citations
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

316
Citations
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

308
Citations
Genetics of resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici and applications to wheat breeding

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

292
Citations
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

279
Citations
Genomic analysis of circulating cell-free DNA infers breast cancer dormancy

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

229
Citations
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

206
Citations
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

187
Citations
Sequence variation in the CYP51 gene of Blumeria graminis associated with resistance to sterol demethylase inhibiting fungicides.

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

171
Citations
Structure and evolution of a population of Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei

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

171
Citations
Fitness costs and trade‐offs of disease resistance and their consequences for breeding arable crops

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

170
Citations
The choice of molecular marker methods for population genetic studies of plant pathogens

J. K. M. Brown

158
Citations
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

154
Citations
A cost of disease resistance: paradigm or peculiarity?

James K.M. Brown

153
Citations
Stability of genetic polymorphism in host-parasite interactions.

Aurélien Tellier;James K.M Brown

152
Citations