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Jochen C. Reif

Jochen C. Reif

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
73
Citations
19386
World Ranking
2043
National Ranking
147

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
73
Citations
19513
World Ranking
594
National Ranking
51

Jochen C. Reif 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 Jochen C. Reif sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 218 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jochen C. Reif 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 Jochen C. Reif sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jochen C. Reif is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output includes numerous publications centered on Plant Science and Genetics, with additional contributions in Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, and Information Systems.

The scientist's main research topics cover specific areas related to plant genetics and breeding. These include:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Jochen C. Reif frequently publishes in venues such as Theoretical and Applied Genetics and Frontiers in Plant Science, having also contributed multiple articles to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Crop Journal, and the Journal of Experimental Botany.

Their body of work includes recent papers that reflect ongoing research interests and collaborations. Among these are:

  • "Enabling reusability of plant phenomic datasets with MIAPPE 1.1" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "Genomics-informed prebreeding unlocks the diversity in genebanks for wheat improvement" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties" (2024, Nature Plants)
  • "Genomics and breeding innovations for enhancing genetic gain for climate resilience and nutrition traits" (2021, Theoretical and Applied Genetics)
  • "Negative dominance and dominance-by-dominance epistatic effects reduce grain-yield heterosis in wide crosses in wheat" (2020, Science Advances)

Frequent coauthors associated with Jochen C. Reif include Yusheng Zhao, Albert W. Schulthess, Yong Jiang, Nils Stein, and Martin Mascher, reflecting sustained collaborative efforts in research projects.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying novel sequence variation and selective advantage in synthetic hexaploid wheats and their backcross-derived lines using SSR markers

    Pingzhi Zhang;S. Dreisigacker;A. E. Melchinger;J. C. Reif

  • Wheat genetic diversity trends during domestication and breeding

    J C Reif;P Zhang;S Dreisigacker;M L Warburton

  • Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

    Rajeev K Varshney;Chengcheng Shi;Mahendar Thudi;Cedric Mariac

  • Genebank genomics highlights the diversity of a global barley collection

    Sara G Milner;Matthias Jost;Matthias Jost;Shin Taketa;Elena Rey Mazón

  • BreedVision — A Multi-Sensor Platform for Non-Destructive Field-Based Phenotyping in Plant Breeding

    Lucas Busemeyer;Daniel Mentrup;Kim Möller;Erik Wunder

  • Hybrid breeding in wheat: technologies to improve hybrid wheat seed production

    Ryan Whitford;Delphine Fleury;Jochen C. Reif;Melissa Garcia

  • Hybrid breeding in autogamous cereals

    Carl Friedrich Horst Longin;Jonathan Mühleisen;Hans Peter Maurer;Hongliang Zhang

  • Genetic distance based on simple sequence Repeats and Heterosis in Tropical Maize Populations

    J. C. Reif;A. E. Melchinger;X. C. Xia;M. L. Warburton

  • Accuracy of genomic selection in European maize elite breeding populations

    Yusheng Zhao;Manje Gowda;Wenxin Liu;Tobias Würschum

  • Genetical and Mathematical Properties of Similarity and Dissimilarity Coefficients Applied in Plant Breeding and Seed Bank Management

    J. C. Reif;A. E. Melchinger;M. Frisch

  • Modeling Epistasis in Genomic Selection.

    Yong Jiang;Jochen C. Reif

  • Novel throughput phenotyping platforms in plant genetic studies.

    Juan M. Montes;Albrecht E. Melchinger;Jochen C. Reif

  • Molecular footprints of domestication and improvement in soybean revealed by whole genome re-sequencing

    Ying hui Li;Shan cen Zhao;Jian xin Ma;Dong Li

  • Linkage disequilibrium in European elite maize germplasm investigated with SSRs

    Benjamin Stich;Albrecht E. Melchinger;Matthias Frisch;Hans P. Maurer

  • Genebank genomics bridges the gap between the conservation of crop diversity and plant breeding.

    Martin Mascher;Mona Schreiber;Uwe Scholz;Andreas Graner

  • Genome-based establishment of a high-yielding heterotic pattern for hybrid wheat breeding

    Yusheng Zhao;Zuo Li;Guozheng Liu;Yong Jiang

  • Modelling the genetic architecture of flowering time control in barley through nested association mapping

    Andreas Maurer;Vera Draba;Yong Jiang;Florian Schnaithmann

  • Use of SSRs for establishing heterotic groups in subtropical maize

    J.C. Reif;A.E. Melchinger;X.C. Xia;M.L. Warburton

  • A quantitative genetic framework highlights the role of epistatic effects for grain-yield heterosis in bread wheat.

    Yong Jiang;Renate H Schmidt;Yusheng Zhao;Jochen C Reif

  • Population structure, genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium in elite winter wheat assessed with SNP and SSR markers.

    Tobias Würschum;Simon M. Langer;C. Friedrich H. Longin;Viktor Korzun

  • Genetic Diversity in CIMMYT Nontemperate Maize Germplasm: Landraces, Open Pollinated Varieties, and Inbred Lines

    M.L. Warburton;J.C. Reif;M. Frisch;M. Bohn

  • Genetic Diversity among CIMMYT Maize Inbred Lines Investigated with SSR Markers

    X. C. Xia;J. C. Reif;D. A. Hoisington;A. E. Melchinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusheng Zhao
Yusheng Zhao Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Tobias Würschum
Tobias Würschum University of Hohenheim
Albrecht E. Melchinger
Albrecht E. Melchinger University of Hohenheim
Manje Gowda
Manje Gowda International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
C. Friedrich H. Longin
C. Friedrich H. Longin University of Hohenheim
Erhard Ebmeyer
Erhard Ebmeyer Jain Irrigation Systems (Israel)
Viktor Korzun
Viktor Korzun KWS Saat (Germany)
Thomas Miedaner
Thomas Miedaner University of Hohenheim
Andreas Graner
Andreas Graner Leibniz Association
Lijuan Qiu
Lijuan Qiu Northeast Agricultural University

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