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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
103
Citations
38152
World Ranking
1317
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

John M. Ward is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their primary area of research lies within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Plant Science.

Their work spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into key topics such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Frequent research topics also cover Lichen and fungal ecology, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, as well as Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses. These themes indicate an interest in understanding plant and fungal relationships and applying advanced analytical techniques to biological systems.

John M. Ward has published extensively, with notable contributions to several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Plant Direct, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and F1000Research.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Ward include:

  • A Palette of Minimally Tagged Sucrose Analogues for Real-Time Raman Imaging of Intracellular Plant Metabolism, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Understanding transport processes in lichen, Azolla-cyanobacteria, ectomycorrhiza, endomycorrhiza, and rhizobia-legume symbiotic interactions, 2020, F1000Research
  • Arabidopsis Sucrose Transporter AtSuc1 introns act as strong enhancers of expression, 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • A Palette of Minimally Tagged Sucrose Analogues for Real-Time Raman Imaging of Intracellular Plant Metabolism, 2021, Angewandte Chemie
  • A wave of specific transcript and protein accumulation accompanies pollen dehydration, 2024, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

John M. Ward collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Anke Reinders, Fabio De Moliner, Kirsten Knox, Doireann Gordon, and Martin Lee.

Best Publications

  • Strategic Planning for Information Systems

    John M. Ward;Pat M. Griffiths

  • Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis

    Pascal Mäser;Sébastien Thomine;Julian I. Schroeder;John M. Ward

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Beyond strategic information systems: towards an IS capability

    Joe Peppard;John M. Ward

  • Cadmium and iron transport by members of a plant metal transporter family in Arabidopsis with homology to Nramp genes

    Sébastien Thomine;Rongchen Wang;John M. Ward;Nigel M. Crawford

  • Using resource-based theory to interpret the successful adoption and use of information systems and technology in manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises

    Mário M. Caldeira;John M. Ward

  • Evaluation and realisation of IS/IT benefits: an empirical study of current practice

    J. Ward;P. Taylor;P. Bond

  • The Dual Function of Sugar Carriers: Transport and Sugar Sensing

    Sylvie Lalonde;Eckhard Boles;Hanjo Hellmann;Laurence Barker

  • CYCLOPHILIN-D BINDS STRONGLY TO COMPLEXES OF THE VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL AND THE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE TO FORM THE PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE

    Martin Crompton;Sukaina Virji;John M. Ward

  • Differential abscisic acid regulation of guard cell slow anion channels in Arabidopsis wild-type and abi1 and abi2 mutants.

    Zhen Ming Pei;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;John M. Ward;Martin Schwarz

  • Genomic scale profiling of nutrient and trace elements in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Brett Lahner;Jiming Gong;Mehrzad Mahmoudian;Ellen L Smith

  • Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments

    Joe Peppard;John M. Ward;Elizabeth M. Daniel

  • Construction and characterisation of a series of multi-copy promoter-probe plasmid vectors for Streptomyces using the aminoglycoside phosphotransferase gene from Tn5 as indicator.

    J M Ward;G R Janssen;T Kieser;M J Bibb

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Calcium-Activated K+ Channels and Calcium-Induced Calcium Release by Slow Vacuolar Ion Channels in Guard Cell Vacuoles Implicated in the Control of Stomatal Closure.

    John M. Ward;Julian I. Schroeder

  • SUT2, a Putative Sucrose Sensor in Sieve Elements

    Laurence Barker;Christina Kühn;Andreas Weise;Alexander Schulz

  • Substrate spectrum of ω-transaminase from Chromobacterium violaceum DSM30191 and its potential for biocatalysis

    Ursula Kaulmann;Kirsty Smithies;Mark E.B. Smith;Helen C. Hailes

  • Understanding the successful adoption and use of IS/IT in SMEs: an explanation from Portuguese manufacturing industries

    Mário M. Caldeira;John M. Ward

  • Roles of Ion Channels in Initiation of Signal Transduction in Higher Plants.

    John M. Ward;Zhen Ming Pei;Julian I. Schroeder

  • Plant Ion Channels: Gene Families, Physiology, and Functional Genomics Analyses

    John M. Ward;Pascal Mäser;Julian I. Schroeder

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen C. Hailes
Helen C. Hailes University College London
John M. Woodley
John M. Woodley Technical University of Denmark
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Heven Sze
Heven Sze University of Maryland, College Park
Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Kendal D. Hirschi
Kendal D. Hirschi Baylor College of Medicine
Waltraud X. Schulze
Waltraud X. Schulze University of Hohenheim
Martina Pohl
Martina Pohl Forschungszentrum Jülich
Joe Peppard
Joe Peppard University College Dublin

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