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85
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1290
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612

Scott A. Jackson publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott A. Jackson sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 237 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Scott A. Jackson D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott A. Jackson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Scott A. Jackson is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans multiple topics within agricultural and biological sciences, with a primary focus on plant science and related fields.

The main fields of study for Scott A. Jackson include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

The subfields of their work are:

  • Plant Science
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Jackson's research concentrates on several key topics:

  • Agricultural pest management studies
  • Peanut plant research studies
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis
  • Genetic and environmental crop studies
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms

They have published multiple papers in prominent venues. Recent publications include:

  • "An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples" (2021, Wellcome Open Research)
  • "Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture" (2020, Journal of Plant Physiology)
  • "A Domestication-Associated Gene GmPRR3b Regulates the Circadian Clock and Flowering Time in Soybean" (2020, Molecular Plant)
  • "Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples" (2023, Wellcome Open Research)
  • "Phylogenomics of the genus Glycine sheds light on polyploid evolution and life-strategy transition" (2022, Nature Plants)

Frequent publication venues for Scott A. Jackson's work include:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Nature Plants
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Jackson's scholarly activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • David J. Bertioli
  • Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli
  • Chunming Xu
  • Ye Chu
  • Peggy Ozias-Akins

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

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

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

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

  • Draft genome sequence of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) provides a resource for trait improvement

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Chi Song;Rachit K Saxena;Sarwar Azam

  • Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding

    Rajeev K. Varshney;Rajeev K. Varshney;Spurthi N. Nayak;Gregory D. May;Scott A. Jackson

  • Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Wenbin Chen;Yupeng Li;Arvind K Bharti

  • Breeding crops to feed 10 billion.

    Lee T Hickey;Amber N Hafeez;Hannah Robinson;Scott A Jackson

  • The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut.

    David John Bertioli;David John Bertioli;Steven B Cannon;Lutz Froenicke;Guodong Huang

  • MicroRNAs as master regulators of the plant NB-LRR defense gene family via the production of phased, trans-acting siRNAs

    Jixian Zhai;Dong-Hoon Jeong;Emanuele De Paoli;Sunhee Park

  • De novo assembly of soybean wild relatives for pan-genome analysis of diversity and agronomic traits

    Ying-hui Li;Guangyu Zhou;Jianxin Ma;Wenkai Jiang

  • The genome sequence of segmental allotetraploid peanut Arachis hypogaea

    David J. Bertioli;Jerry Jenkins;Josh Clevenger;Olga Dudchenko

  • 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

  • Agriculture: Feeding the future

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

  • Genome sequence of mungbean and insights into evolution within Vigna species

    Yang Jae Kang;Sue K. Kim;Moon Young Kim;Puji Lestari

  • Widespread natural variation of DNA methylation within angiosperms.

    Chad E. Niederhuth;Adam J. Bewick;Lexiang Ji;Magdy S. Alabady

  • Molecular evidence for a single evolutionary origin of domesticated rice

    Jeanmaire Molina;Martin Sikora;Nandita Garud;Jonathan M. Flowers

  • 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

  • Evolution of plant genome architecture

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

  • Whole-genome sequencing and intensive analysis of the undomesticated soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. and Zucc.) genome

    Moon Young Kim;Sunghoon Lee;Kyujung Van;Tae-Hyung Kim

  • The First 50 Plant Genomes

    Todd P. Michael;Scott Jackson

  • 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

Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Yeisoo Yu
Yeisoo Yu University of Arizona
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia
Peggy Ozias-Akins
Peggy Ozias-Akins University of Georgia
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Jianxin Ma
Jianxin Ma Purdue University West Lafayette
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli University of Georgia
Steven B. Cannon
Steven B. Cannon Agricultural Research Service

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