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5828
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Lloyd W. Sumner publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lloyd W. Sumner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 174 publications — 38th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Lloyd W. Sumner D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lloyd W. Sumner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

Lloyd W. Sumner is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Ecology, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, notably Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, Gut Microbiota and Health, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Bioenergy Crop Production and Management, and Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Metabolites
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • mSystems
  • UNC Libraries

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by this researcher include:

  • "Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices" (2021), published in Nature Methods
  • "NMR and Metabolomics-A Roadmap for the Future" (2022), published in Metabolites
  • "Bisphenol A and bisphenol S disruptions of the mouse placenta and potential effects on the placenta-brain axis" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "NP-MRD: the Natural Products Magnetic Resonance Database" (2021), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Developmental exposure of California mice to endocrine disrupting chemicals and potential effects on the microbiome-gut-brain axis at adulthood" (2020), published in Scientific Reports

Lloyd W. Sumner collaborates frequently with coauthors such as Zhentian Lei, Wimal Pathmasiri, Saurav J. Sarma, David S. Wishart, and Chung-Ho Lin.

They have also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press: "The Cambridge Handbook of the Ethics of Ageing" (2022).

Lloyd W. Sumner has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1990 with a citation from the Academy of the Arts and Humanities.

Best Publications

  • Proposed minimum reporting standards for chemical analysis

    Lloyd W. Sumner;Alexander Amberg;Dave Barrett;Michael H. Beale

  • Plant metabolomics: large-scale phytochemistry in the functional genomics era

    Lloyd W Sumner;Pedro Mendes;Richard A Dixon

  • Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices

    Saleh Alseekh;Asaph Aharoni;Yariv Brotman;Kevin Contrepois

  • Potential of metabolomics as a functional genomics tool

    Raoul J. Bino;Robert D. Hall;Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka

  • The metabolomics standards initiative (MSI)

    Oliver Fiehn;Don Robertson;Jules Griffin;Mariet vab der Werf

  • Mass Spectrometry Strategies in Metabolomics

    Zhentian Lei;David V. Huhman;Lloyd W. Sumner

  • Metabolic profiling of Medicago truncatula cell cultures reveals the effects of biotic and abiotic elicitors on metabolism

    Corey D. Broeckling;David V. Huhman;Mohamed A. Farag;Joel T. Smith

  • Virus infection improves drought tolerance.

    Ping Xu;Fang Chen;Jonathan P. Mannas;Tracy Feldman

  • GC-MS SPME profiling of rhizobacterial volatiles reveals prospective inducers of growth promotion and induced systemic resistance in plants

    Mohamed A. Farag;Choong-Min Ryu;Lloyd W. Sumner;Paul W. Paré

  • The Metabolomics Standards Initiative

    Susanna Assunta Sansone;Teresa Fan;Royston Goodacre;Julian L. Griffin

  • Overexpression of WXP1, a putative Medicago truncatula AP2 domain-containing transcription factor gene, increases cuticular wax accumulation and enhances drought tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa).

    Ji-Yi Zhang;Corey D. Broeckling;Elison B. Blancaflor;Mary K. Sledge

  • Plant Metabolomics: The Missing Link in Functional Genomics Strategies

    Robert D. Hall;Michael H. Beale;Oliver Fiehn;Nigel Hardy

  • Legume natural products: understanding and manipulating complex pathways for human and animal health.

    Richard A. Dixon;Lloyd W. Sumner

  • Genomics‐based selection and functional characterization of triterpene glycosyltransferases from the model legume Medicago truncatula

    Lahoucine Achnine;David V. Huhman;Mohamed A. Farag;Lloyd W. Sumner

  • A proposed framework for the description of plant metabolomics experiments and their results

    Helen Ann Jenkins;Nigel William Hardy;Manfred Beckmann;John Draper

  • MET-IDEA: Data Extraction Tool for Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics

    Corey D. Broeckling;Indira R. Reddy;Anthony L. Duran;Xuechun Zhao

  • Mapping the Proteome of Barrel Medic (Medicago truncatula)

    Bonnie S. Watson;Victor S. Asirvatham;Liangjiang Wang;Lloyd W. Sumner

  • Transcript and proteomic analysis of developing white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) roots

    Li Tian;Gregory J Peel;Zhentian Lei;Naveed Aziz

  • MATE2 Mediates Vacuolar Sequestration of Flavonoid Glycosides and Glycoside Malonates in Medicago truncatula

    Jian Zhao;David Huhman;Gail Shadle;Xian-Zhi He

  • Metabolic profiling of saponins in Medicago sativa and Medicago truncatula using HPLC coupled to an electrospray ion-trap mass spectrometer.

    David V Huhman;Lloyd W Sumner

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Oliver Fiehn
Oliver Fiehn University of California, Davis
Basil J. Nikolau
Basil J. Nikolau Iowa State University
Kirankumar S. Mysore
Kirankumar S. Mysore Oklahoma State University
Pedro Mendes
Pedro Mendes University of Connecticut
Robert Hall
Robert Hall Royal Holloway University of London
Fang Chen
Fang Chen University of North Texas
Eve Syrkin Wurtele
Eve Syrkin Wurtele Iowa State University
Jorge M. Vivanco
Jorge M. Vivanco Colorado State University

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