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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
82
Citations
20424
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
40

John Ross 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 Ross sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 236 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Ross 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 Ross sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Ross is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and contributes to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans both plant science and environmental chemistry, showing a multidisciplinary approach to studying biological and environmental systems.

Their primary subfields of study include Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology. Ross's research topics encompass:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies

Several coauthors frequently collaborate with Ross, including Lloyd J. Winchell, Katherine Y. Bell, Martha J.M. Wells, Xavier Fonoll, and John Norton, reflecting a strong network of partnerships in related research areas.

Ross's work is often published in the following venues:

  • Water Environment Research
  • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Nature Plants
  • New Phytologist

Notable recent papers by John Ross include:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances thermal destruction at water resource recovery facilities: A state of the science review, 2020, Water Environment Research
  • Trehalose 6-phosphate promotes seed filling by activating auxin biosynthesis, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Analyses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through the urban water cycle: Toward achieving an integrated analytical workflow across aqueous, solid, and gaseous matrices in water and wastewater treatment, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Presence, Pathways, and Cycling through Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2021, Journal of Environmental Engineering
  • Pyrolysis and gasification at water resource recovery facilities: Status of the industry, 2022, Water Environment Research

John Ross has contributed to book publications as well, including a title published by the Water Environment Federation: "Improving System-Wide Flexibility through Holistic Biosolids Planning for the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati" (2020).

Best Publications

  • MYC2 differentially modulates diverse jasmonate-dependent functions in Arabidopsis.

    Bruno Dombrecht;Gang Ping Xue;Susan J. Sprague;John A. Kirkegaard

  • Selective suppression of the magnocellular visual pathway during saccadic eye movements

    David C. Burr;M. Concetta Morrone;John Ross

  • Changes in visual perception at the time of saccades

    John Ross;M.Concetta Morrone;Michael E Goldberg;Michael E Goldberg;David C Burr

  • A visual sense of number

    David Burr;John Ross

  • Phenological Changes Reflect Climate Change in Wisconsin

    Nina L. Bradley;A. Carl Leopold;John Ross;Wellington Huffaker

  • Theory of Ostwald ripening: Competitive growth and its dependence on volume fraction

    J. A. Marqusee;John Ross

  • Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance

    Michael G. Mason;John J. Ross;Benjamin A. Babst;Brittany N. Wienclaw

  • Dependence of ventricular distensibility on filling of the opposite ventricle.

    RR Taylor;JW Covell;EH Sonnenblick;J Ross

  • Oxygen consumption of the heart: Newer concepts of its multifactoral determination

    Edmund H. Sonnenblick;John Ross;Eugene Braunwald

  • Adaptations of the left ventricle to chronic pressure overload

    S Sasayama;J Ross;D Franklin;C M Bloor

  • Saccadic eye movements cause compression of time as well as space

    M Concetta Morrone;John Ross;David Burr

  • Coronary Artery Reperfusion

    P. R. Maroko;Peter Libby;W. R. Ginks;C. M. Bloor

  • Seed dormancy and ABA metabolism in Arabidopsis and barley: the role of ABA 8'-hydroxylase

    Anthony Millar;J Jacobsen;John J Ross;Christopher Andrew Helliwell

  • Afterload mismatch in aortic and mitral valve disease: Implications for surgical therapy

    John Ross

  • A cardiac myocyte vascular endothelial growth factor paracrine pathway is required to maintain cardiac function

    Frank J. Giordano;Hans-Peter Gerber;Simon-Peter Williams;Nicholas VanBruggen

  • Insulin-like growth factor-1 enhances ventricular hypertrophy and function during the onset of experimental cardiac failure.

    R L Duerr;S Huang;H R Miraliakbar;R Clark

  • Influence of heart rate on mortality after acute myocardial infarction.

    Åke Hjalmarson;Elizabeth A. Gilpin;John Kjekshus;Gregory Schieman

  • Coronary Artery Reperfusion: II. REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE AT 1 WEEK AFTER THE CORONARY OCCLUSION

    W. R. Ginks;H. D. Sybers;P. R. Maroko;J. W. Covell

  • Kinetics of phase transitions: Theory of Ostwald ripening

    J. A. Marqusee;John Ross

  • Evidence that auxin promotes gibberellin A1 biosynthesis in pea

    J. J. Ross;D. P. O'Neill;J. J. Smith;L. H. J. Kerckhoffs

  • Hormonal changes during non-climacteric ripening in strawberry

    G.M. Symons;Y.-J. Chua;J.J. Ross;L.J. Quittenden

  • Plant hormones in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses: An emerging role for gibberellins

    Eloise Foo;John J. Ross;William T. Jones;James B. Reid

  • Defective Long-Distance Auxin Transport Regulation in the Medicago truncatula super numeric nodules Mutant

    Giel E. van Noorden;John J. Ross;James B. Reid;Barry G. Rolfe

  • A genomics approach to understanding the role of auxin in apple ( Malus x domestica) fruit size control

    Fanny Devoghalaere;Thomas Doucen;Baptiste Guitton;Jeannette Keeling

  • Nodulation phenotypes of gibberellin and brassinosteroid mutants of pea.

    Brett J. Ferguson;John J. Ross;James B. Reid

  • Shoot‐derived abscisic acid promotes root growth

    Scott A. M. McAdam;Timothy J. Brodribb;John J. Ross

  • Branching in Pea (Action of Genes Rms3 and Rms4).

    C. A. Beveridge;J. J. Ross;I. C. Murfet

  • Auxin Regulation of the Gibberellin Pathway in Pea

    Damian P. O'Neill;John J. Ross

  • The rms1 Mutant of Pea Has Elevated Indole-3-Acetic Acid Levels and Reduced Root-Sap Zeatin Riboside Content but Increased Branching Controlled by Graft-Transmissible Signal(s)

    C. A. Beveridge;G. M. Symons;I. C. Murfet;J. J. Ross

  • The shifting paradigms of auxin biosynthesis

    Nathan D. Tivendale;John J. Ross;Jerry D. Cohen

  • Gibberellin Biosynthesis Mutations and Root Development in Pea

    Julian R. Yaxley;John J. Ross;Leanne J. Sherriff;James B. Reid

  • Auxin from the Developing Inflorescence Is Required for the Biosynthesis of Active Gibberellins in Barley Stems

    Carla M. Wolbang;Peter M. Chandler;Jennifer J. Smith;John J. Ross

  • Branching Mutant rms-2 in Pisum sativum (Grafting Studies and Endogenous Indole-3-Acetic Acid Levels).

    C. A. Beveridge;J. J. Ross;I. C. Murfet

  • New interactions between classical plant hormones

    John Ross;Damian O'Neill

  • Impaired auxin biosynthesis in the defective endosperm18 mutant is due to mutational loss of expression in the ZmYuc1 gene encoding endosperm-specific YUCCA1 protein in maize.

    Jamila Bernardi;Alessandra Lanubile;Qin-Bao Li;Dibyendu Kumar

  • Auxin dynamics after decapitation are not correlated with the initial growth of axillary buds.

    Suzanne E. Morris;Marjolein C.H. Cox;John J. Ross;Santi Krisantini

  • Corrections and Retraction: Segregation of Atrial-Specific and Inducible Expression of an Atrial Natriuretic Factor Transgene in an In vivo Murine Model of Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Howard A. Rockman;Robert S. Ross;Adrienne N. Harris;Kirk U. Knowlton

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Reid
James B. Reid University of Tasmania
David C. Burr
David C. Burr University of Florence
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School
Noel W. Davies
Noel W. Davies University of Leicester
James W. Covell
James W. Covell University of California, San Diego
Kenneth R. Chien
Kenneth R. Chien Karolinska Institute
Maria Concetta Morrone
Maria Concetta Morrone University of Pisa
Ian C. Murfet
Ian C. Murfet University of Tasmania
Christine A. Beveridge
Christine A. Beveridge University of Queensland
Robert A. O'Rourke
Robert A. O'Rourke American Heart Association

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