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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 49 3996 3771 133 128 92 9924

James W. Kijas publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by James W. Kijas between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. James W. Kijas published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2022. 6 of the 125 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2022. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 3 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
1998 2025

125 publications in total across all disciplines

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James W. Kijas: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 2
2004 2
2005 1
2006 3
2007 4
2008 1
2009 3
2010 5
2011 7
2012 3
2013 7
2014 9
2015 10
2016 8
2017 8
2018 7
2019 4
2020 8
2021 3
2022 20
2023 1
2024 3
2025 3
Total 125
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James W. Kijas publications per year - data summary

  • James W. Kijas, a Genetics scholar from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, has 125 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 20 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 28 years in the span carry no publications at all (2000 and 2001).
  • The rate of publication averages 4.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 4.8 per year counting only the 26 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 30 publications, 24% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 15 publications (1.5 per year); 2008-2017: 61 publications (6.1 per year); 2018-2025: 49 publications (6.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

James W. Kijas publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Kijas sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 85–94 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 92 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102 92
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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James W. Kijas publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • James W. Kijas, a Genetics scholar from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, records 92 publications - the 5th percentile of the discipline.
  • 5% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than James W. Kijas, and about 95% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and James W. Kijas ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

James W. Kijas D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Kijas sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48–49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118 49
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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James W. Kijas D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • James W. Kijas, a Genetics scholar from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, records 49 D-Index - the 9th percentile of the discipline.
  • 9% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than James W. Kijas, and about 91% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and James W. Kijas ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Overview

James W. Kijas is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on genetics and molecular biology subfields.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Marina Naval-Sánchez
  • Antônio Reverter
  • Johannes A. Lenstra
  • Isabelle Palhière
  • Rachel Rupp

James W. Kijas has published extensively in several scientific venues, with notable recurring publications in:

  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Aquaculture
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Nature Communications

Among their recent papers are:

  • Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Historical Introgression from Wild Relatives Enhanced Climatic Adaptation and Resistance to Pneumonia in Sheep (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Selection signatures in tropical cattle are enriched for promoter and coding regions and reveal missense mutations in the damage response gene HELB (2020, Genetics Selection Evolution)
  • VarGoats project: a dataset of 1159 whole-genome sequences to dissect Capra hircus global diversity (2021, Genetics Selection Evolution)
  • Changed Patterns of Genomic Variation Following Recent Domestication: Selection Sweeps in Farmed Atlantic Salmon (2020, Frontiers in Genetics)

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide analysis of the world's sheep breeds reveals high levels of historic mixture and strong recent selection.

    James W. Kijas;Johannes A. Lenstra;Ben Hayes;Simon Boitard

  • Sequencing and automated whole-genome optical mapping of the genome of a domestic goat (Capra hircus)

    Yang Dong;Yang Dong;Min Xie;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Nianqing Xiao

  • The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

    Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

  • A genome wide survey of SNP variation reveals the genetic structure of sheep breeds.

    James W. Kijas;David Townley;Brian P. Dalrymple;Michael P. Heaton

  • Coordinated international action to accelerate genome-to-phenome with FAANG, the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project

    Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Alan L. Archibald;Cynthia D. Bottema;Rudiger Brauning

  • Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats.

    Florian J. Alberto;Frédéric Boyer;Pablo Orozco-terWengel;Ian Streeter

  • Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits

    Xin Li;Ji Yang;Ji Yang;Min Shen;Xing-Long Xie

  • Molecular Basis for the Dominant White Phenotype in the Domestic Pig

    Stefan Marklund;James Kijas;Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez;Lars Rönnstrand

  • Genome-wide association mapping identifies the genetic basis of discrete and quantitative variation in sexual weaponry in a wild sheep population.

    Susan E. Johnston;John C. McEWAN;Natalie K. Pickering;James W. Kijas

  • Genetic diversity and signatures of selection in various goat breeds revealed by genome-wide SNP markers.

    Luiz F. Brito;James W. Kijas;Ricardo V. Ventura;Mehdi Sargolzaei

  • The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

    A. L. Archibald;N. E. Cockett;B. P. Dalrymple

  • Adaptations to Climate-Mediated Selective Pressures in Sheep

    Feng-Hua Lv;Saif Agha;Juha Kantanen;Licia Colli

  • Naturally occurring rhodopsin mutation in the dog causes retinal dysfunction and degeneration mimicking human dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

    James W. Kijas;Artur V. Cideciyan;Tomas S. Aleman;Michael J. Pianta

  • Mitochondrial Sequence Reveals High Levels of Gene Flow Between Breeds of Domestic Sheep from Asia and Europe

    J.R.S. Meadows;K. Li;Juha Kantanen;Miika Tapio

  • The extent of linkage disequilibrium in beef cattle breeds using high-density SNP genotypes

    Laercio R Porto-Neto;James W Kijas;Antonio Reverter

  • Haplogroup relationships between domestic and wild sheep resolved using a mitogenome panel.

    J R S Meadows;S Hiendleder;J W Kijas

  • Accuracy of genotype imputation in sheep breeds.

    B. J. Hayes;P. J. Bowman;H. D. Daetwyler;J. W. Kijas

  • SNPs for Parentage Testing and Traceability in Globally Diverse Breeds of Sheep

    Michael P. Heaton;Kreg A. Leymaster;Theodore S. Kalbfleisch;James W. Kijas

  • Genome-wide analysis reveals adaptation to high altitudes in Tibetan sheep

    Caihong Wei;Huihua Wang;Gang Liu;Fuping Zhao

  • Reference genome of wild goat (capra aegagrus) and sequencing of goat breeds provide insight into genic basis of goat domestication

    Yang Dong;Yang Dong;Xiaolei Zhang;Min Xie;Babak Arefnezhad

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Reverter
Antonio Reverter Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Laercio R. Porto-Neto
Laercio R. Porto-Neto Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ben J. Hayes
Ben J. Hayes University of Queensland
Brian P. Dalrymple
Brian P. Dalrymple University of Western Australia
John C. McEwan
John C. McEwan AgResearch
William Barendse
William Barendse Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Hans D. Daetwyler
Hans D. Daetwyler Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Ross L. Tellam
Ross L. Tellam Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Graham Plastow
Graham Plastow University of Alberta

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