2026 Mark E. Sorrells: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	116	77	74	25	23	359	52883
Genetics	116	445	427	228	218	333	50834

Mark E. Sorrells 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 Mark E. Sorrells sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 359 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark E. Sorrells 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 Mark E. Sorrells sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
2003 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark E. Sorrells is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a research focus spanning agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily involves the study of plant science, genetics, and agronomy and crop science, with additional emphasis on molecular biology and nutrition and dietetics.

Their main research topics cover a range of areas including:

Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
Genetics and Plant Breeding
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Bioenergy crop production and management
Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
Seed Germination and Physiology

They have published extensively in prominent venues such as:

Crop Science
The Plant Genome
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Kevin P. Smith, Lucía Gutiérrez, Jean-Luc Jannink, Michael A. Gore, and Haixiao Hu.

Among recent papers, key contributions include:

"Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age" (2021), Trends in Plant Science
"Exceptional subgenome stability and functional divergence in the allotetraploid Ethiopian cereal teff" (2020), Nature Communications
"Counting on Crossovers: Controlled Recombination for Plant Breeding" (2020), Trends in Plant Science
"Genomic variants affecting homoeologous gene expression dosage contribute to agronomic trait variation in allopolyploid wheat" (2022), Nature Communications
"Wheat ATIs: Characteristics and Role in Human Disease" (2021), Frontiers in Nutrition

The scientist has been recognized with fellowships from established bodies, including the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 2003 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1998.

Best Publications

Genic microsatellite markers in plants: features and applications

Rajeev K. Varshney;Andreas Graner;Mark E. Sorrells

2438
Citations
Optimizing parental selection for genetic linkage maps

James A Anderson;G. A. Churchill;J. E. Autrique;S. D. Tanksley

2194
Citations
Development of High-Density Genetic Maps for Barley and Wheat Using a Novel Two-Enzyme Genotyping-by-Sequencing Approach

Jesse A. Poland;Jesse A. Poland;Patrick J. Brown;Mark E. Sorrells;Jean Luc Jannink;Jean Luc Jannink

2084
Citations
Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement

Elliot L. Heffner;Mark E. Sorrells;Jean-Luc Jannink

1854
Citations
Association Mapping of Kernel Size and Milling Quality in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars

Flavio Breseghello;Mark E Sorrells

1348
Citations
Genome-wide comparative diversity uncovers multiple targets of selection for improvement in hexaploid wheat landraces and cultivars.

Colin R. Cavanagh;Shiaoman Chao;Shichen Wang;Bevan Emma Huang

1149
Citations
Abundance, variability and chromosomal location of microsatellites in wheat.

Marion S. Röder;Jens Plaschke;Susanne U. König;Andreas Börner

1107
Citations
Data mining for simple sequence repeats in expressed sequence tags from barley, maize, rice, sorghum and wheat.

Ramesh V. Kantety;Mauricio La Rota;David E. Matthews;Mark E. Sorrells

1044
Citations
A molecular, isozyme and morphological map of the barley (Hordeum vulgare) genome.

A. Kleinhofs;A. Kilian;M. A. Saghai Maroof;R. M. Biyashev

884
Citations
Genomics-assisted breeding for crop improvement

Rajeev K. Varshney;Rajeev K. Varshney;Andreas Graner;Mark E. Sorrells

852
Citations
Genomic Selection in Wheat Breeding using Genotyping-by-Sequencing

Jesse A. Poland;Jeffrey Endelman;Julie Dawson;Jessica Rutkoski

782
Citations
Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: A Comparison of Models

Nicolas Heslot;Nicolas Heslot;Hsiao-Pei Yang;Mark E. Sorrells;Jean-Luc Jannink

756
Citations
DNA Markers in Plant Improvement

Andrew H. Paterson;Steven D. Tanksley;Mark E. Sorrells

726
Citations
Plant Breeding with Genomic Selection: Gain per Unit Time and Cost

Elliot L. Heffner;Aaron J. Lorenz;Jean Luc Jannink;Mark E. Sorrells

723
Citations
Phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of milled fractions of different wheat varieties.

Kafui Kwami Adom;Mark E Sorrells;Rui Hai Liu

703
Citations
Isolation of EST-derived microsatellite markers for genotyping the A and B genomes of wheat.

I. Eujayl;M. E. Sorrells;M. Baum;P. Wolters

618
Citations
Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding. Knowledge and Prospects.

Aaron J. Lorenz;Shiaoman Chao;Franco G. Asoro;Elliot L. Heffner

592
Citations
Construction of a restriction fragment length polymorphism map for barley (Hordeum vulgare)

M. Heun;A. E. Kennedy;J. A. Anderson;N. L. V. Lapitan

589
Citations
Homoeologous relationships of rice, wheat and maize chromosomes.

S. Ahn;J. A. Anderson;M. E. Sorrells;S. D. Tanksley

575
Citations
Quantitative trait locus effects and environmental interaction in a sample of North American barley germ plasm.

P M Hayes;B H Liu;S J Knapp;F Chen

575
Citations
Molecular mapping of wheat: major genes and rearrangements in homoeologous groups 4, 5, and 7.

J. C. Nelson;M. E. Sorrells;A. E. Van Deynze;Yun Hai Lu

515
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Luc Jannink Agricultural Research Service

Shiaoman Chao Agricultural Research Service

James A. Anderson University of Minnesota

Jesse Poland King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis

Gary C. Bergstrom Cornell University

Steven D. Tanksley Cornell University

Ravi P. Singh International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Bikram S. Gill Kansas State University

Calvin O. Qualset University of California, Davis

External Links

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