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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
93
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World Ranking
226
National Ranking
22

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Nils Stein 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 Nils Stein sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 310 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nils Stein 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 Nils Stein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Nils Stein is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has a research focus primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work intersects various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cell Biology.

Their research covers a range of topics centered around wheat and barley genetics and pathology, plant disease resistance and genetics, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetics and plant breeding, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Recent scholarly publications by Nils Stein include:

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding (2020, Nature)
  • The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding (2020, Nature)
  • Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley (2021, The Plant Cell)
  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type (2021, Science)
  • A high-quality genome assembly highlights rye genomic characteristics and agronomically important genes (2021, Nature Genetics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Martin Mascher
  • Axel Himmelbach
  • M. Spannagl
  • Klaus Mayer
  • Murukarthick Jayakodi

Nils Stein has contributed extensively to respected scientific venues, with numerous publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • The Plant Journal
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

In addition to articles, they have published a book titled The Rye Genome in 2021 through Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

    Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close

  • A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

    Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.

    Sean Walkowiak;Sean Walkowiak;Liangliang Gao;Cecile Monat;Georg Haberer

  • Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • Six-rowed barley originated from a mutation in a homeodomain-leucine zipper I-class homeobox gene

    Takao Komatsuda;Mohammad Pourkheirandish;Congfen He;Perumal Azhaguvel

  • Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

    Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  • Development and implementation of high-throughput SNP genotyping in barley

    Timothy J Close;Prasanna R Bhat;Prasanna R Bhat;Stefano Lonardi;Yonghui Wu;Yonghui Wu

  • Map-based isolation of the leaf rust disease resistance gene Lr10 from the hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genome

    Catherine Feuillet;Silvia Travella;Nils Stein;Nils Stein;Laurence Albar;Laurence Albar

  • Agriculture: Feeding the future

    Susan McCouch;Gregory J. Baute;James Bradeen;Paula Bramel

  • The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding.

    Murukarthick Jayakodi;Sudharsan Padmarasu;Georg Haberer;Venkata Suresh Bonthala

  • Unlocking the Barley Genome by Chromosomal and Comparative Genomics

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Mihaela Martis;Pete E. Hedley;Hana Simkova

  • Natural variation in a homolog of Antirrhinum CENTRORADIALIS contributed to spring growth habit and environmental adaptation in cultivated barley

    Jordi Comadran;Benjamin Kilian;Joanne Russell;Luke Ramsay

  • In silico analysis on frequency and distribution of microsatellites in ESTs of some cereal species.

    Rajeev K Varshney;Thomas Thiel;Nils Stein;Peter Langridge

  • Interspecific transferability and comparative mapping of barley EST-SSR markers in wheat, rye and rice

    Rajeev K. Varshney;Ralf Sigmund;Andreas Börner;Viktor Korzun

  • Genebank genomics highlights the diversity of a global barley collection

    Sara G Milner;Matthias Jost;Matthias Jost;Shin Taketa;Elena Rey Mazón

  • A high density barley microsatellite consensus map with 775 SSR loci

    R. K. Varshney;R. K. Varshney;T. C. Marcel;L. Ramsay;J. Russell

  • Recent history of artificial outcrossing facilitates whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties

    Nils Rostoks;Luke Ramsay;Katrin MacKenzie;Linda Cardle

  • Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley

    Martin Mascher;Thomas Wicker;Jerry Jenkins;Christopher Plott

  • HTPheno: An image analysis pipeline for high-throughput plant phenotyping

    Anja Hartmann;Tobias Czauderna;Roberto Hoffmann;Nils Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mascher
Martin Mascher Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Axel Himmelbach
Axel Himmelbach Leibniz Association
Robbie Waugh
Robbie Waugh James Hutton Institute
Andreas Graner
Andreas Graner Leibniz Association
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich
Burkhard Steuernagel
Burkhard Steuernagel John Innes Centre
Frank Ordon
Frank Ordon Julius Kühn-Institut
Thomas Wicker
Thomas Wicker University of Zurich
Gary J. Muehlbauer
Gary J. Muehlbauer University of Minnesota

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