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John B. Taggart publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John B. Taggart sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 185 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

John B. Taggart D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John B. Taggart sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John B. Taggart is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, encompassing 33 publications in these fields. Environmental science also forms a significant part of their work, with 17 contributions.

Their subfields of study include genetics, nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, physiology, and molecular biology. The specific topics addressed in their research involve genetic diversity and population structure, fish ecology and management studies, aquaculture nutrition and growth, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, and aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Frequent publication venues for their work include BMC Genetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genomics, PLoS ONE, and Aquaculture.

John B. Taggart's recent papers include the following:

  • The nedd-8 activating enzyme gene underlies genetic resistance to infectious pancreatic necrosis virus in Atlantic salmon (2021, Genomics)
  • Sex determination in the GIFT strain of tilapia is controlled by a locus in linkage group 23 (2020, BMC Genetics)
  • Genetic analysis redraws the management boundaries for the European sprat (2020, Evolutionary Applications)
  • Genome-wide analysis clarifies the population genetic structure of wild gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Chromosome aberrations in pressure-induced triploid Atlantic salmon (2020, BMC Genetics)

Frequent co-authors include Michaël Bekaert, Hervé Migaud, Andrew Davie, James E. Bron, and Geir Dahle.

Best Publications

  • Fitness reduction and potential extinction of wild populations of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, as a result of interactions with escaped farm salmon.

    Philip McGinnity;Paulo Prodöhl;Andy Ferguson;Rosaleen Hynes

  • A simplified protocol for routine total DNA isolation from salmonid fishes

    J. B. Taggart;R. A. Hynes;P. A. Prodöuhl;A. Ferguson

  • Considering adaptive genetic variation in climate change vulnerability assessment reduces species range loss projections

    Orly Razgour;Orly Razgour;Brenna Forester;John B. Taggart;Michaël Bekaert

  • Major quantitative trait loci affect resistance to infectious pancreatic necrosis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Ross D. Houston;Chris S. Haley;Alastair Hamilton;Derrick R. Guy

  • The application of molecular markers to the study and conservation of fish populations, with special reference to Salmo

    A. Ferguson;J. B. Taggart;P. A. Prodöhl;O. McMeel

  • Genetic impact of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) on native populations: use of DNA profiling to assess freshwater performance of wild, farmed, and hybrid progeny in a natural river environment

    P. McGinnity;C. Stone;J. B. Taggart;D. Cooke

  • Characterization of microsatellite and minisatellite loci in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and cross-species amplification in other salmonids.

    M. Cairney;J. B. Taggart;B. HOyheim

  • Functional genomics reveals increases in cholesterol biosynthetic genes and highly unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis after dietary substitution of fish oil with vegetable oils in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Michael J Leaver;Laure An Villeneuve;Alex Obach;Linda Jensen

  • Comparative Genome Analysis of the Primary Sex-Determining Locus in Salmonid Fishes

    Rachael A. Woram;Karim Gharbi;Takashi Sakamoto;Bjorn Hoyheim

  • Development and validation of a high density SNP genotyping array for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Ross D Houston;John B Taggart;Timothé Cézard;Michaël Bekaert

  • Genomic prediction of host resistance to sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon populations

    Hsin-Yuan Tsai;Alastair Hamilton;Alan E. Tinch;Derrick R. Guy

  • A Linkage Map for Brown Trout (Salmo trutta): Chromosome Homeologies and Comparative Genome Organization With Other Salmonid Fish

    Karim Gharbi;Karim Gharbi;Angélique Gautier;Roy G Danzmann;Sonia Gharbi

  • The susceptibility of Atlantic salmon fry to freshwater infectious pancreatic necrosis is largely explained by a major QTL

    Ross Houston;C. S. Haley;C. S. Haley;A. Hamilton;D. R. Guy

  • Post-glacial colonization of brown trout, Salmo trutta L.: Ldh-5 as a phylogeographic marker locus

    K. E. Hamilton;A. Ferguson;J. B. Taggart;T. Tómasson

  • Genotype-specific responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) subject to dietary fish oil replacement by vegetable oil: a liver transcriptomic analysis

    Sofia Morais;Jarunan Pratoomyot;John B Taggart;James E Bron

  • Mapping and validation of the major sex-determining region in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Using RAD sequencing.

    Christos Palaiokostas;Michaël Bekaert;Mohd Golam Quader Khan;Mohd Golam Quader Khan;John Taggart

  • A comparative analysis of the rainbow trout genome with 2 other species of fish (Arctic charr and Atlantic salmon) within the tetraploid derivative Salmonidae family (subfamily: Salmoninae)

    Roy G Danzmann;Margaret Cairney;William S Davidson;Moira M Ferguson

  • Mapping the sex determination locus in the Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) using RAD sequencing

    Christos Palaiokostas;Michaël Bekaert;Andrew Davie;Mairi E Cowan

  • Genetic differentiation among the sympatric brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations of Lough Melvin, Ireland

    Andrew Ferguson;John B. Taggart

  • Characterisation of QTL-linked and genome-wide restriction site-associated DNA (RAD) markers in farmed Atlantic salmon

    Ross D Houston;John W Davey;Stephen C Bishop;Natalie R Lowe

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan McAndrew
Brendan McAndrew University of Stirling
Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh
Karim Gharbi
Karim Gharbi University of Edinburgh
David J. Penman
David J. Penman University of Stirling
Chris Haley
Chris Haley University of Edinburgh
Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University
Randolph H. Richards
Randolph H. Richards University of Stirling
Paulino Martínez
Paulino Martínez University of Santiago de Compostela
John Woolliams
John Woolliams University of Edinburgh
Marc Vandeputte
Marc Vandeputte University of Paris-Saclay

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