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Keith J. Edwards 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 Keith J. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 198 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Keith J. Edwards 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 Keith J. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2008 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Keith J. Edwards is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. More specifically, their work spans several subfields including plant science, genetics, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and animal science and zoology.

The central topics of Edwards' research include wheat and barley genetics and pathology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant disease resistance and genetics, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Recent publications by Edwards feature diverse subjects within plant science and genetics. Selected papers include:

  • "Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding" (2024, Nature)
  • "Wheat with greatly reduced accumulation of free asparagine in the grain, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of asparagine synthetase gene TaASN2" (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • "Detecting SARS-CoV-2 variants with SNP genotyping" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "The role of gene flow and chromosomal instability in shaping the bread wheat genome" (2021, Nature Plants)
  • "Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent" (2020, New Phytologist)

Edwards frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, including Amanda Burridge, Gary Barker, Mark Winfield, Alexandra M. Przewieslik-Allen, and Cristóbal Uauy. These collaborations contribute to a cohesive research network in their areas of expertise.

Their work is often published in journals recognized for plant sciences and related disciplines. Prominent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant Biotechnology Journal, PLoS ONE, New Phytologist, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

Throughout their career, Edwards has been acknowledged with distinctions such as the ACM Distinguished Member award in 2009 and the ACM Senior Member award in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A high-density microsatellite consensus map for bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Daryl J. Somers;Peter Isaac;Keith Edwards

  • Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high-density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array

    Shichen Wang;Debbie Wong;Kerrie Forrest;Alexandra Allen

  • Nested Retrotransposons in the Intergenic Regions of the Maize Genome

    Phillip SanMiguel;Alexander Tikhonov;Young Kwan Jin;Natasha Motchoulskaia

  • Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing

    Rachel Brenchley;Manuel Spannagl;Matthias Pfeifer;Gary L. A. Barker

  • Predicting the functional, molecular, and phenotypic consequences of amino acid substitutions using hidden Markov models.

    Hashem A. Shihab;Julian Gough;David Neil Cooper;Peter Daniel Stenson

  • Reproducibility testing of RAPD, AFLP and SSR markers in plants by a network of European laboratories

    C.J. Jones;K.J. Edwards;S. Castaglione;M.O. Winfield

  • A Simple Sequence Repeat-Based Linkage Map of Barley

    L Ramsay;M Macaulay;S degli Ivanissevich;K MacLean

  • Microsatellite libraries enriched for several microsatellite sequences in plants.

    K.J. Edwards;J.H.A. Barker;A. Daly;C. Jones

  • Two Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Isoforms of Maize Are Specifically Involved in the Control of Grain Production

    Antoine Martin;Judy Lee;Thomas Kichey;Denise Gerentes

  • Genetic mapping of 66 new microsatellite (SSR) loci in bread wheat.

    P. K. Gupta;H. S. Balyan;K. J. Edwards;P. Isaac

  • Microsatellite repeats in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris ): isolation, characterization, and cross-species amplification in Phaseolus ssp.

    E Gaitan-Solis;MC Duque;Keith J Edwards;J Tohme

  • High-density SNP genotyping array for hexaploid wheat and its secondary and tertiary gene pool

    Mark O. Winfield;Alexandra M. Allen;Amanda J. Burridge;Gary L. A. Barker

  • Efficient large-scale development of microsatellites for marker and mapping applications in Brassica crop species.

    A Lowe;C Moule;M Trick;Keith J Edwards

  • Quantitative trait locus analysis of fungal disease resistance factors on a molecular map of grapevine.

    BM Fischer;I Salakhutdinov;M Akkurt;R Eibach

  • Development and mapping of SSR markers for maize

    Natalya Sharopova;Michael D. McMullen;Michael D. McMullen;Linda Schultz;Steve Schroeder

  • Mining for Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insertions/Deletions in Maize Expressed Sequence Tag Data

    Jacqueline Batley;Gary Barker;Helen O'Sullivan;Keith J. Edwards

  • Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication

    Matthew J. Hegarty;Gary L. Barker;Ian D. Wilson;Richard J. Abbott

  • Plant responses to cold: transcriptome analysis of wheat.

    Mark O. Winfield;Chungui Lu;Ian D. Wilson;Jane A. Coghill

  • Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene organization and structure

    C. L. Cramer;K. Edwards;M. Dron;Xaiowu Liang;Xaiowu Liang

  • Characterization of nuclear microsatellites in Pinus halepensis Mill. and their inheritance in P. halepensis and Pinus brutia Ten.

    RN Keys;A Autino;Keith J Edwards;B Fady

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Karp
Angela Karp Rothamsted Research
Peter R. Shewry
Peter R. Shewry Rothamsted Research
Simon Griffiths
Simon Griffiths John Innes Centre
Robert J Henry
Robert J Henry University of Queensland
Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Malcolm J. Hawkesford Rothamsted Research
Michael J. Holdsworth
Michael J. Holdsworth University of Nottingham
Simon J. Hiscock
Simon J. Hiscock University of Oxford
Donal M. O'Sullivan
Donal M. O'Sullivan University of Reading
Michael Gooding
Michael Gooding Aberystwyth University
Wolfgang Schuch
Wolfgang Schuch AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)

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