2026 Rod A. Wing: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	120	65	62	18	16	362	69950
Genetics	122	343	331	178	171	362	70748

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

5443
Citations
Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

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

5016
Citations
The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics

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

4693
Citations
A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica)

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

4435
Citations
The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

3483
Citations
Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

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

2336
Citations
Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass

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

2216
Citations
Genomic variation in 3,010 diverse accessions of Asian cultivated rice

Wensheng Wang;Ramil Mauleon;Zhiqiang Hu;Dmytro Chebotarov

1653
Citations
A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

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

1514
Citations
A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

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

1460
Citations
The genome of Theobroma cacao

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

873
Citations
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

771
Citations
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

662
Citations
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

636
Citations
An integrated physical and genetic map of the rice genome

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

556
Citations
Construction and characterization of bacterial artificial chromosome library of Sorghum bicolor

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

556
Citations
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

547
Citations
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

524
Citations
Evolution of plant genome architecture

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

499
Citations
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

487
Citations
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

474
Citations
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

23
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yeisoo Yu University of Arizona

Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia

David A Kudrna University of Arizona

Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia

Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Carol Soderlund University of Arizona

Jiming Jiang Michigan State University

Ralph A. Dean North Carolina State University

Tae-Jin Yang Seoul National University

Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

External Links

Personal website of Rod A. Wing

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