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Rebecca J. Nelson

Rebecca J. Nelson

Cornell University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14541
World Ranking
10199
National Ranking
4452

Rebecca J. Nelson 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 Rebecca J. Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rebecca J. Nelson 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 Rebecca J. Nelson sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 1998 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Rebecca J. Nelson is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States, focusing on research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses 83 publications in this broad field, with particular emphasis on Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Genetics, Ecology, and Food Science.

The scientist's research interests span several interconnected areas, including Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Agricultural Economics and Practices, and Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development.

Rebecca J. Nelson has contributed to the academic community through various recent papers, among which are:

  • "Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals" (2020) published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems" (2020) published in Nature Sustainability
  • "The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment" (2021) published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "Utility of Climatic Information via Combining Ability Models to Improve Genomic Prediction for Yield Within the Genomes to Fields Maize Project" (2021) published in Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Maize genomes to fields (G2F): 2014-2017 field seasons: genotype, phenotype, climatic, soil, and inbred ear image datasets" (2020) published in BMC Research Notes

Frequent collaborators in their scholarly work include Edward S. Buckler, Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, and Christopher B. Barrett. Collaborations with these authors appear consistently in published research, indicating ongoing partnerships in related areas of study.

Their publications often appear in journals such as the International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science, Food Control, World Mycotoxin Journal, Current Developments in Nutrition, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), suggesting a focus on diverse but connected agricultural and food science topics.

Rebecca J. Nelson's academic contributions also include book publications, notably with Springer International Publishing. One example is the book titled "Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation" (2022).

Among awards, they have been recognized as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1998.

Best Publications

  • RFLP mapping of genes conferring complete and partial resistance to blast in a durably resistant rice cultivar

    G L Wang;D J Mackill;J M Bonman;S R McCouch

  • Shades of gray: the world of quantitative disease resistance.

    Jesse A. Poland;Peter J. Balint-Kurti;Randall J. Wisser;Randall J. Wisser;Richard C. Pratt

  • Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux

    Jer Ming Chia;Chi Song;Peter J. Bradbury;Peter J. Bradbury;Denise Costich;Denise Costich

  • Genome-wide nested association mapping of quantitative resistance to northern leaf blight in maize

    Jesse A. Poland;Peter J. Bradbury;Edward S. Buckler;Rebecca J. Nelson

  • Automated Identification of Northern Leaf Blight-Infected Maize Plants from Field Imagery Using Deep Learning

    Chad DeChant;Tyr Wiesner-Hanks;Siyuan Chen;Ethan L Stewart

  • Navigating complexity to breed disease-resistant crops.

    Rebecca Nelson;Tyr Wiesner-Hanks;Randall Wisser;Peter Balint-Kurti

  • Breeding rice for resistance to pests

    J.M Bonman;G.S Khush;R.J Nelson

  • The genetic architecture of disease resistance in maize: a synthesis of published studies.

    Randall J Wisser;Peter J Balint-Kurti;Rebecca J Nelson

  • Transfer of bacterial blight and blast resistance from the tetraploid wild rice Oryza minuta to cultivated rice, Oryza sativa

    A. Amante-Bordeos;L. A. Sitch;R. Nelson;R. D. Dalmacio

  • Population structure of plant pathogenic fungi and bacteria

    H. Leung;R.J. Nelson;J.E. Leach

  • A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens

    Qin Yang;Yijian He;Mercy Kabahuma;Timothy Chaya

  • Predicting durability of a disease resistance gene based on an assessment of the fitness loss and epidemiological consequences of avirulence gene mutation

    Casiana M. Vera Cruz;Jianfa Bai;Isabelita Oña;Hei Leung

  • Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals

    Mario Herrero;Philip K. Thornton;Daniel Mason-D'Croz;Jeda Palmer

  • Tagging and combining bacterial blight resistance genes in rice using RAPD and RFLP markers

    Satomi Yoshimura;Satomi Yoshimura;Atsushi Yoshimura;Nobuo Iwata;Susan R. McCouch;Susan R. McCouch

  • The relationship between lineage and virulence in Pyricularia grisea in the Philippines

    R. S. Zeigler;L. X. Cuoc;R. P. Scott;M. A. Bernardo

  • Biotechnology in the developing world: a case for increased investments in orphan crops

    Rosamond L. Naylor;Walter P. Falcon;Robert M. Goodman;Molly M. Jahn

  • Genetic Diversity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Asia.

    T B Adhikari;C Cruz;Q Zhang;R J Nelson

  • Population structure and dynamics of Magnaporthe grisea in the Indian Himalayas.

    J Kumar;R J Nelson;R S Zeigler

  • Identification and characterization of regions of the rice genome associated with broad-spectrum, quantitative disease resistance.

    Randall J Wisser;Qi Sun;Scot H Hulbert;Stephen Kresovich

  • Multivariate analysis of maize disease resistances suggests a pleiotropic genetic basis and implicates a GST gene

    Randall J. Wisser;Judith M. Kolkman;Megan E. Patzoldt;James B. Holland

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Balint-Kurti
Peter J. Balint-Kurti North Carolina State University
Jan E. Leach
Jan E. Leach Colorado State University
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
James B. Holland
James B. Holland North Carolina State University
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University
Michael G. Milgroom
Michael G. Milgroom Cornell University
Jesse Poland
Jesse Poland King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Sherry Flint-Garcia
Sherry Flint-Garcia United States Department of Agriculture
Shawn M. Kaeppler
Shawn M. Kaeppler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Natalia de Leon
Natalia de Leon University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Nathan M. Springer

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Publications: 34

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