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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 117 425 409 222 212 303 55350

Jonathan F. Wendel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jonathan F. Wendel between 1976 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jonathan F. Wendel published across 51 years, from 1976 to 2026, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2025. 23 of the 385 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2025. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 4 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 22 publications 2026: 1 publication
1976 2026

385 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jonathan F. Wendel: publications per year, 1976 to 2026
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 1
1983 4
1984 2
1985 5
1986 2
1987 5
1988 2
1989 7
1990 7
1991 4
1992 4
1993 5
1994 6
1995 8
1996 3
1997 5
1998 8
1999 7
2000 7
2001 4
2002 6
2003 8
2004 10
2005 12
2006 7
2007 8
2008 17
2009 9
2010 12
2011 3
2012 11
2013 13
2014 13
2015 14
2016 7
2017 15
2018 4
2019 10
2020 14
2021 21
2022 17
2023 15
2024 19
2025 22
2026 1
Total 385
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Jonathan F. Wendel publications per year - data summary

  • Jonathan F. Wendel, a Genetics scholar from Iowa State University, has 385 publications recorded across 51 years, from 1976 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1976 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 22 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1976, 1982 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 5 of the 51 years in the span carry no publications at all (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.4 per year counting only the 46 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 74 publications, 19% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1976-1992: 44 publications (2.6 per year); 1993-2009: 130 publications (7.6 per year); 2010-2026: 211 publications (12.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jonathan F. Wendel publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan F. Wendel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 295–304 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 303 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62 303
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Jonathan F. Wendel publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • Jonathan F. Wendel, a Genetics scholar from Iowa State University, records 303 publications - the 76th percentile of the discipline.
  • 76% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Jonathan F. Wendel, and about 24% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Jonathan F. Wendel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Jonathan F. Wendel D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan F. Wendel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 116–117 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29 117
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Jonathan F. Wendel D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • Jonathan F. Wendel, a Genetics scholar from Iowa State University, records 117 D-Index - the 90th percentile of the discipline.
  • 90% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Jonathan F. Wendel, and about 10% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Jonathan F. Wendel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jonathan F. Wendel is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to the study of plant science, molecular biology, endocrinology, genetics, and ecological and evolutionary systematics.

Their principal research themes include:

  • Research in Cotton Cultivation
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Jonathan F. Wendel has published in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Nature Genetics
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • The Plant Journal

Their recent notable papers, reflecting ongoing work in cotton genomics and plant molecular biology, include:

  • "Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Homoeologous Exchanges, Segmental Allopolyploidy, and Polyploid Genome Evolution," 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "The miR319-Targeted GhTCP4 Promotes the Transition from Cell Elongation to Wall Thickening in Cotton Fiber," 2020, Molecular Plant
  • "Genomics of Evolutionary Novelty in Hybrids and Polyploids," 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Genomic innovation and regulatory rewiring during evolution of the cotton genus Gossypium," 2022, Nature Genetics

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborations within the plant genomics and related fields, with the most common collaborators being:

  • Corrinne E. Grover
  • Guanjing Hu
  • Daniel G. Peterson
  • Mark A. Arick
  • Justin L. Conover

Throughout their career, Jonathan F. Wendel has been recognized by the scientific community, receiving the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) distinction in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference.

    Inés Álvarez;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Genome evolution in polyploids

    Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Visualization and Interpretation of Plant Isozymes

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Norman F. Weeden

  • Polyploidy and genome evolution in plants.

    Keith L Adams;Jonathan F Wendel

  • A rapid method for extraction of cotton (Gossypium spp.) genomic DNA suitable for RFLP or PCR analysis

    Andrew H. Paterson;Curt L. Brubaker;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • Bidirectional interlocus concerted evolution following allopolyploid speciation in cotton (Gossypium)

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Andrew Schnabel;Tosak Seelanan

  • Genes duplicated by polyploidy show unequal contributions to the transcriptome and organ-specific reciprocal silencing

    Keith L. Adams;Richard Clark Cronn;Ryan J. Percifield;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Polyploidy and the Evolutionary History of Cotton

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Richard Clark Cronn

  • Molecular-Marker-Facilitated Investigations of Quantitative-Trait Loci in Maize. I. Numbers, Genomic Distribution and Types of Gene Action

    M. D. Edwards;C. W. Stuber;J. F. Wendel

  • Gene duplication and evolutionary novelty in plants.

    Lex E. Flagel;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Genetics of Plant Isozymes

    Norman F. Weeden;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Phylogenetic Incongruence: Window into Genome History and Molecular Evolution

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Jeff J. Doyle

  • Evolutionary Genetics of Genome Merger and Doubling in Plants

    Jeff J. Doyle;Lex E. Flagel;Andrew H. Paterson;Ryan A. Rapp

  • The tortoise and the hare: choosing between noncoding plastome and nuclear Adh sequences for phylogeny reconstruction in a recently diverged plant group

    Randall L. Small;Julie A. Ryburn;Richard C. Cronn;Tosak Seelanan

  • Molecular marker-facilitated investigations of quantitative trait loci in maize. II. Factors influencing yield and its component traits

    Charles W. Stuber;M. D. Edwards;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • New World tetraploid cottons contain Old World cytoplasm

    J. F. Wendel

  • L. A. S. JOHNSON REVIEW No. 2 Use of nuclear genes for phylogeny reconstruction in plants

    Randall L. Small;Richard Clark Cronn;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • A Detailed RFLP Map of Cotton, Gossypium Hirsutum X Gossypium Barbadense: Chromosome Organization and Evolution in a Disomic Polyploid Genome

    A. J. Reinisch;Jian-Ming Dong;C. L. Brubaker;D. M. Stelly

  • Divergent Evolution of Plant NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Homologues in Dicot and Cereal Genomes

    Qilin Pan;Jonathan Wendel;Robert Fluhr

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua A. Udall
Joshua A. Udall Agricultural Research Service
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Richard Cronn
Richard Cronn US Forest Service
Bao Liu
Bao Liu Northeast Normal University
David M. Stelly
David M. Stelly Texas A&M University
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Candace H. Haigler
Candace H. Haigler North Carolina State University
Peng W. Chee
Peng W. Chee University of Georgia
Haibao Tang
Haibao Tang Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Jeff J. Doyle
Jeff J. Doyle Cornell University

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