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Peter Tiffin

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
11712
World Ranking
11483
National Ranking
4961

Peter Tiffin 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 Peter Tiffin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 129 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Tiffin 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 Peter Tiffin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Tiffin is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and conducts research primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Their work spans key subfields including Plant Science, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology.

Their research addresses multiple topics related to plant biology and ecosystem dynamics. Main research themes include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Peter Tiffin has contributed to various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Genomic structural variants constrain and facilitate adaptation in natural populations of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Pleiotropy facilitates local adaptation to distant optima in common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume-rhizobia symbiosis (2022, Molecular Ecology)
  • Host-Associated Rhizobial Fitness: Dependence on Nitrogen, Density, Community Complexity, and Legume Genotype (2022, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
  • Biased Gene Conversion Constrains Adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana (2020, Genetics)

Throughout their career, Peter Tiffin has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Brendan Epstein
  • Liana T. Burghardt
  • Tuomas Hämälä
  • Katrina M. Jackson
  • Kisakye Diana Kabbale

Best Publications

  • Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement

    Matthew B. Hufford;Xun Xu;Joost Van Heerwaarden;Tanja Pyhäjärvi

  • Mechanisms of tolerance to herbivore damage: what do we know?

    Peter Tiffin

  • Asymmetrical crossing barriers in angiosperms

    P. Tiffin;M. S. Olson;L. C. Moyle

  • Advances and limits of using population genetics to understand local adaptation.

    Peter L Tiffin;Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

  • Pervasive gene content variation and copy number variation in maize and its undomesticated progenitor

    Ruth A. Swanson-Wagner;Steven R. Eichten;Sunita Kumari;Peter Tiffin

  • Context dependence in the coevolution of plant and rhizobial mutualists.

    Katy Denise Heath;Peter Tiffin

  • Whole-genome nucleotide diversity, recombination, and linkage disequilibrium in the model legume Medicago truncatula

    Antoine Branca;Timothy D. Paape;Peng Zhou;Roman Briskine

  • PATTERNS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN THREE ANGIOSPERM GENERA

    Leonie C. Moyle;Matthew S. Olson;Peter Tiffin

  • Patterns of evolutionary rate variation among genes of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway.

    Mark D. Rausher;Richard E. Miller;Peter L Tiffin

  • Genetic Constraints and Selection Acting on Tolerance to Herbivory in the Common Morning Glory Ipomoea purpurea

    Peter Tiffin;Peter Tiffin;Mark D. Rausher

  • Epigenetic and genetic influences on DNA methylation variation in maize populations.

    Steven R. Eichten;Roman Briskine;Jawon Song;Qing Li

  • Testing for Environmentally Induced Bias in Phenotypic Estimates of Natural Selection: Theory and Practice

    John R. Stinchcombe;Matthew T. Rutter;Donald S. Burdick;Peter Tiffin

  • Host Genotype Shapes the Foliar Fungal Microbiome of Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)

    Miklós Bálint;Peter L Tiffin;Björn Hallström;Robert B. O'Hara

  • Heterosis Is Prevalent for Multiple Traits in Diverse Maize Germplasm

    Sherry A. Flint-Garcia;Edward S. Buckler;Peter L Tiffin;Elhan Ersoz

  • Stabilizing mechanisms in a legume-rhizobium mutualism.

    Katy D. Heath;Katy D. Heath;Peter L Tiffin

  • Candidate Genes and Genetic Architecture of Symbiotic and Agronomic Traits Revealed by Whole-Genome, Sequence-Based Association Genetics in Medicago truncatula

    John Stanton-Geddes;Timothy Paape;Brendan Epstein;Roman Briskine

  • Plant functional type classifications in tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: leaf habit versus taxonomic approaches

    Jennifer S Powers;Peter L Tiffin

  • Genomic Signature of Adaptation to Climate in Medicago truncatula

    Jeremy B. Yoder;John Stanton-Geddes;Peng Zhou;Roman Briskine

  • Comparative genomics of the core and accessory genomes of 48 Sinorhizobium strains comprising five genospecies

    Masayuki Sugawara;Brendan Epstein;Brian D Badgley;Tatsuya Unno

  • Reshaping of the maize transcriptome by domestication

    Ruth Swanson-Wagner;Roman Briskine;Robert Schaefer;Matthew B. Hufford

Frequent Co-Authors

Nevin D. Young
Nevin D. Young University of Minnesota
David A. Moeller
David A. Moeller University of Minnesota
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Jennifer A. Lau
Jennifer A. Lau Indiana University
Robert M. Stupar
Robert M. Stupar University of Minnesota
Joann Mudge
Joann Mudge National Center for Genome Resources
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Ruth G. Shaw
Ruth G. Shaw University of Minnesota
Andrew Farmer
Andrew Farmer National Center for Genome Resources
Nathan M. Springer
Nathan M. Springer University of Minnesota

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