2026 Michael D. Purugganan: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	86	1260	1192	600	562	199	23711

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael D. Purugganan is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The work covers multiple subfields, including Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research topics include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Date Palm Research Studies, and Plant Reproductive Biology.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael D. Purugganan include:

Genomic history and ecology of the geographic spread of rice, 2020, Nature Plants
A graph-based genome and pan-genome variation of the model plant Setaria, 2023, Nature Genetics
The strength and pattern of natural selection on gene expression in rice, 2020, Nature
Natural variations at the Stay-Green gene promoter control lifespan and yield in rice cultivars, 2020, Nature Communications
Genome assembly and characterization of a complex zfBED-NLR gene-containing disease resistance locus in Carolina Gold Select rice with Nanopore sequencing, 2020, PLoS Genetics

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Simon C. Groen, Zoé Joly-Lopez, Jae Young Choi, Mignon A. Natividad, and Steven J. Franks.

Michael D. Purugganan has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, eLife, and The Plant Cell.

They have received recognition through awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005 and Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2006.

Best Publications

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

A.B. Nicotra;O.K. Atkin;S.P. Bonser;A.M. Davidson

2260
Citations
Evolution of crop species: genetics of domestication and diversification

Rachel S. Meyer;Michael D. Purugganan;Michael D. Purugganan

1089
Citations
The nature of selection during plant domestication

Michael D. Purugganan;Dorian Q. Fuller

1040
Citations
Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

Greger Larson;Dolores R. Piperno;Robin G. Allaby;Michael D. Purugganan

896
Citations
A Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross to Fine-Map Quantitative Traits in Arabidopsis thaliana

Paula X. Kover;Paula X. Kover;William Valdar;Joseph Trakalo;Nora Scarcelli

669
Citations
A latitudinal cline in flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana modulated by the flowering time gene FRIGIDA

John R. Stinchcombe;Cynthia Weinig;Mark Ungerer;Kenneth M. Olsen

563
Citations
The evolutionary dynamics of plant duplicate genes.

Richard C Moore;Michael D Purugganan

560
Citations
Molecular evidence for a single evolutionary origin of domesticated rice

Jeanmaire Molina;Martin Sikora;Nandita Garud;Jonathan M. Flowers

559
Citations
The early stages of duplicate gene evolution

Richard C. Moore;Michael D. Purugganan

540
Citations
Molecular evolution of flower development: diversification of the plant MADS-box regulatory gene family.

M D Purugganan;S D Rounsley;R J Schmidt;M F Yanofsky

499
Citations
Genome-wide patterns of nucleotide polymorphism in domesticated rice

Ana L Caicedo;Scott H Williamson;Ryan D Hernandez;Adam Boyko

487
Citations
Epistatic interaction between Arabidopsis FRI and FLC flowering time genes generates a latitudinal cline in a life history trait.

Ana L. Caicedo;John R. Stinchcombe;Kenneth M. Olsen;Johanna Schmitt

431
Citations
Convergent evolution and parallelism in plant domestication revealed by an expanding archaeological record

Dorian Fuller;Timothy Denham;Manuel Arroyo-Kalin;Leilani Lucas

418
Citations
The Extent of Linkage Disequilibrium in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Kristie A. Mather;Ana L. Caicedo;Nicholas R. Polato;Kenneth M. Olsen

395
Citations
A conserved mutation in an ethylene biosynthesis enzyme leads to andromonoecy in melons.

Adnane Boualem;Mohamed Fergany;Ronan Fernandez;Christelle Troadec

387
Citations
The rice genome revolution: from an ancient grain to Green Super Rice

Rod A. Wing;Rod A. Wing;Michael D. Purugganan;Michael D. Purugganan;Qifa Zhang

354
Citations
The cost of inbreeding in Arabidopsis

Carlos D. Bustamante;Rasmus Nielsen;Stanley A. Sawyer;Kenneth M. Olsen

345
Citations
Selection under domestication: evidence for a sweep in the rice waxy genomic region.

Kenneth M. Olsen;Ana L. Caicedo;Nicholas Polato;Anna McClung

293
Citations
Accelerated Electron Transfer between Metal Complexes Mediated by DNA

Michael D. Purugganan;Challa V. Kumar;Nicholas J. Turro;Jacqueline K. Barton

271
Citations
Molecular Evidence on the Origin and Evolution of Glutinous Rice

Kenneth M. Olsen;Michael D. Purugganan

267
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth M. Olsen Washington University in St. Louis

Ana L. Caicedo University of Massachusetts Amherst

Johanna Schmitt University of California, Davis

Kentaro Shimizu University of Zurich

Carlos Bustamante Stanford University

Rod A. Wing University of Arizona

Susan R. Wessler University of California, Riverside

John R. Stinchcombe University of Toronto

Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia

Trudy F. C. Mackay Clemson University

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