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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
120
Citations
69950
World Ranking
65
National Ranking
18

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Rod A. Wing 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 Rod A. Wing sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 362 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.

Rod A. Wing 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 Rod A. Wing sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 120 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
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Rod A. Wing is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their research topics include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Rod A. Wing has published several recent papers contributing to the understanding of plant genomics and genetics. Selected works include:

  • "A route to de novo domestication of wild allotetraploid rice," 2021, published in Cell
  • "Two gap-free reference genomes and a global view of the centromere architecture in rice," 2021, published in Molecular Plant
  • "Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass," 2021, published in Nature
  • "A platinum standard pan-genome resource that represents the population structure of Asian rice," 2020, published in Scientific Data
  • "Long-read genome sequencing of bread wheat facilitates disease resistance gene cloning," 2022, published in Nature Genetics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jianwei Zhang
  • Andrea Zuccolo
  • Yong Zhou
  • Dmytro Chebotarov
  • Nahed Mohammed

Key publication venues where Rod A. Wing often publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Data
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Rod A. Wing was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics

    Patrick S. Schnable;Doreen Ware;Robert S. Fulton;Joshua C. Stein

  • A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica)

    Stephen A. Goff;Darrell Ricke;Tien-Hung Lan;Gernot Presting

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass

    Husen Zhang;John K. DiBaise;Andrea Zuccolo;Dave Kudrna

  • Genomic variation in 3,010 diverse accessions of Asian cultivated rice

    Wensheng Wang;Ramil Mauleon;Zhiqiang Hu;Dmytro Chebotarov

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

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

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

    Jeremy Schmutz;Phillip E McClean;Sujan Mamidi;G Albert Wu

  • The genome of Theobroma cacao

    Xavier Argout;Jerome Salse;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Mark J Guiltinan

  • The Ashbya gossypii Genome as a Tool for Mapping the Ancient Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome

    Fred S. Dietrich;Fred S. Dietrich;Sylvia Voegeli;Sophie Brachat;Anita Lerch

  • Doubling genome size without polyploidization: dynamics of retrotransposition-driven genomic expansions in Oryza australiensis, a wild relative of rice.

    Benoit Piegu;Romain Guyot;Nathalie Picault;Anne Roulin

  • Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds

    Rajinder Singh;Meilina Ong-Abdullah;Eng Ti Leslie Low;Mohamad Arif Abdul Manaf

  • An integrated physical and genetic map of the rice genome

    Mingsheng Chen;Gernot Presting;W. Brad Barbazuk;Jose Luis Goicoechea

  • Construction and characterization of bacterial artificial chromosome library of Sorghum bicolor

    Sung sick Woo;Jiming Jiang;Jiming Jiang;Bikram S. Gill;Andrew H. Paterson

  • Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza

    Joshua C. Stein;Yeisoo Yu;Dario Copetti;Dario Copetti;Derrick J. Zwickl

  • Isolation of molecular markers from specific chromosomal intervals using DNA pools from existing mapping populations

    James J. Giovannoni;Rod A. Wing;Martin W. Ganal;Steven D. Tanksley

  • Evolution of plant genome architecture

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Scott A. Jackson;Blake C. Meyers;Blake C. Meyers;Rod A. Wing

  • Differential lineage-specific amplification of transposable elements is responsible for genome size variation in Gossypium

    Jennifer S. Hawkins;Hye Ran Kim;John D. Nason;Rod A. Wing

  • A 3347-Locus Genetic Recombination Map of Sequence-Tagged Sites Reveals Features of Genome Organization, Transmission and Evolution of Cotton (Gossypium)

    Junkang Rong;Colette Abbey;John E. Bowers;Curt L. Brubaker

  • Doubling genome size without polyploidization: dynamics of retrotransposition-driven genomic expansions in Oryza australiensis, a wild relative of rice (Genome Research (2006) 16, (1262-1269))

    Benoit Piegu;Romain Guyot;Nathalie Picault;Anne Roulin

Frequent Co-Authors

Yeisoo Yu
Yeisoo Yu University of Arizona
Scott A. Jackson
Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia
David A Kudrna
David A Kudrna University of Arizona
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Carol Soderlund
Carol Soderlund University of Arizona
Jiming Jiang
Jiming Jiang Michigan State University
Ralph A. Dean
Ralph A. Dean North Carolina State University
Tae-Jin Yang
Tae-Jin Yang Seoul National University
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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