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John M. McDowell

John M. McDowell

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
39
Citations
9510
World Ranking
4048
National Ranking
1008

John M. McDowell 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 John M. McDowell sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 82 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John M. McDowell 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 John M. McDowell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

    Sophien Kamoun;Oliver Furzer;Jonathan D. G. Jones;Howard S. Judelson

  • Signal transduction in the plant immune response

    John M McDowell;Jeffery L Dangl

  • Strong, constitutive expression of the Arabidopsis ACT2/ACT8 actin subclass in vegetative tissues

    Yong Qiang An;John M. McDowell;Shurong Huang;Elizabeth C. McKinney

  • Signatures of adaptation to obligate biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis genome

    Laura Baxter;Sucheta Tripathy;Naveed Ishaque;Nico Boot

  • INTRAGENIC RECOMBINATION AND DIVERSIFYING SELECTION CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVOLUTION OF DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANCE AT THE RPP8 LOCUS OF ARABIDOPSIS

    John M. McDowell;Murali Dhandaydham;Terri A. Long;Mark G. M. Aarts

  • Plant disease resistance genes: recent insights and potential applications.

    Unknown

  • Conserved C-Terminal Motifs Required for Avirulence and Suppression of Cell Death by Phytophthora sojae effector Avr1b

    Daolong Dou;Shiv D. Kale;Xinle Wang;Yubo Chen

  • Downy mildew (Peronospora parasitica) resistance genes in Arabidopsis vary in functional requirements for NDR1, EDS1, NPR1 and salicylic acid accumulation.

    John M. McDowell;Alayne Cuzick;Canan Can;Jim Beynon

  • The Ubiquitin Ligase PUB22 Targets a Subunit of the Exocyst Complex Required for PAMP-Triggered Responses in Arabidopsis

    Martin Stegmann;Martin Stegmann;Ryan G. Anderson;Kazuya Ichimura;Tamara Pecenkova

  • Regulation and execution of programmed cell death in response to pathogens, stress and developmental cues

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  • Crosstalk between the Circadian Clock and Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis

    Chong Zhang;Qiguang Xie;Ryan G. Anderson;Gina Ng

  • A key role for ALD1 in activation of local and systemic defenses in Arabidopsis.

    Jong Tae Song;Hua Lu;John M. McDowell;Jean T. Greenberg

  • Recent insights into R gene evolution

    Unknown

  • The Arabidopsis ACT7 Actin Gene Is Expressed in Rapidly Developing Tissues and Responds to Several External Stimuli

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  • Recent Progress in RXLR Effector Research.

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  • Two modes of pathogen recognition by plants

    Jeffery L. Dangl;John M. McDowell

  • The Arabidopsis Profilin Gene Family (Evidence for an Ancient Split between Constitutive and Pollen-Specific Profilin Genes)

    S. Huang;J. M. McDowell;M. J. Weise;R. B. Meagher

  • Gene Expression Signatures from Three Genetically Separable Resistance Gene Signaling Pathways for Downy Mildew Resistance

    Thomas Eulgem;Victor J. Weigman;Hur Song Chang;Hur Song Chang;John M. McDowell

  • Conserved expression of the Arabidopsis ACT1 and ACT 3 actin subclass in organ primordia and mature pollen.

    Yong-Qiang An;Shurong Huang;John M. McDowell;Elizabeth C. McKinney

  • Independent deletions of a pathogen-resistance gene in Brassica and Arabidopsis

    Murray R. Grant;John M. McDowell;Andrew G. Sharpe;Marta de Torres Zabala

Frequent Co-Authors

Brett M. Tyler
Brett M. Tyler Oregon State University
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard B. Meagher
Richard B. Meagher University of Georgia
Eric B. Holub
Eric B. Holub University of Warwick
Thomas Eulgem
Thomas Eulgem University of California, Riverside
Mahmut Tör
Mahmut Tör University of Worcester
Guido Van den Ackerveken
Guido Van den Ackerveken Utrecht University
Daolong Dou
Daolong Dou Nanjing Agricultural University
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia

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