2026 Scott Adkins: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	35	5025	4708	1229	1102	168	7024

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

5025

4708

1229

1102

168

7024

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

7024

World Ranking

5025

National Ranking

1229

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society

Best Publications

Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology

Karen Beth G. Scholthof;Scott Adkins;Henryk Czosnek;Peter Palukaitis

1413
Citations
Role of the Insect Supervectors Bemisia tabaci and Frankliniella occidentalis in the Emergence and Global Spread of Plant Viruses.

Robert L. Gilbertson;Ozgur Batuman;Craig G. Webster;Scott Adkins

506
Citations
World Management of Geminiviruses.

Maria R. Rojas;Monica A. Macedo;Minor R. Maliano;Maria Soto-Aguilar

302
Citations
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Virgaviridae.

Michael J. Adams;Scott Adkins;Claude Bragard;David Gilmer

182
Citations
Sequence-specific recognition of a subgenomic RNA promoter by a viral RNA polymerase

Robert W. Siegel;Scott Adkins;C. Cheng Kao

181
Citations
Tomato spotted wilt virus-positive steps towards negative success.

Scott Adkins

171
Citations
2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales.

Unknown

142
Citations
A natural M RNA reassortant arising from two species of plant- and insect-infecting bunyaviruses and comparison of its sequence and biological properties to parental species

Craig G. Webster;Stuart R. Reitz;Keith L. Perry;Scott Adkins

130
Citations
The tubule-forming NSm protein from Tomato spotted wilt virus complements cell-to-cell and long-distance movement of Tobacco mosaic virus hybrids.

Dennis J. Lewandowski;Scott Adkins

122
Citations
Isolation and localization of the antibiotics gliotoxin produced by Gliocladium virens from alginate prill in soil and soilless media

Unknown

115
Citations
An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity associated with virions of tomato spotted wilt virus, a plant- and insect-infecting bunyavirus.

Scott Adkins;René Quadt;Tae-Jin Choi;Paul Ahlquist

108
Citations
Identification of domains of the Tomato spotted wilt virus NSm protein involved in tubule formation, movement and symptomatology.

Weimin Li;Dennis J. Lewandowski;Mark E. Hilf;Scott Adkins

103
Citations
Emergence of Groundnut ringspot virus and Tomato chlorotic spot virus in Vegetables in Florida and the Southeastern United States

Craig G. Webster;Galen Frantz;Stuart R. Reitz;Joseph E. Funderburk

100
Citations
Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)

Unknown

84
Citations
Identification and characterization of a novel whitefly-transmitted member of the family potyviridae isolated from cucurbits in Florida.

Scott Adkins;Susan E. Webb;Diann Achor;Pamela D. Roberts

83
Citations
Biological and Molecular Characterization of a Novel Tobamovirus with a Unique Host Range

Scott Adkins;Ivanka Kamenova;Diann Achor;Dennis J. Lewandowski

70
Citations
Squash vein yellowing virus Detection Using Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction Demonstrates that the Cucurbit Weed Momordica charantia Is a Reservoir Host.

Scott Adkins;Susan E Webb;Carlye A Baker;Chandrasekar S Kousik

69
Citations
Subgenomic RNA Promoters Dictate the Mode of Recognition by Bromoviral RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases

Scott Adkins;C.Cheng Kao

64
Citations
Ecology and management of whitefly-transmitted viruses of vegetable crops in Florida.

Scott Adkins;Craig G. Webster;Chandrasekar S. Kousik;Susan E. Webb

52
Citations
First Report of a Resistance-Breaking Strain of Tomato spotted wilt virus Infecting Tomatoes With the Sw-5 Tospovirus-Resistance Gene in California

O. Batuman;T. A. Turini;P. V. Oliveira;M. R. Rojas

41
Citations
Detection of Cucurbit leaf crumple virus in Florida Cucurbits.

F. Akad;S. Webb;T. W. Nyoike;O. E. Liburd

41
Citations
Virus-virus interactions in a plant host and in a hemipteran vector: Implications for vector fitness and virus epidemics.

Saurabh Gautam;Kiran R. Gadhave;James W. Buck;Bhabesh Dutta

40
Citations
Whitefly Population Dynamics and Evaluation of Whitefly-Transmitted Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV)-Resistant Tomato Genotypes as Whitefly and TYLCV Reservoirs

Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan;David Riley;Stan Diffie;Alton Sparks

38
Citations
Distribution of Four Viruses in Single and Mixed Infections Within Infected Watermelon Plants in Florida

William W. Turechek;Chandrasekar S. Kousik;Scott Adkins

34
Citations
Key West Nightshade, a New Experimental Host for Plant Viruses

Scott Adkins;Erin N. Rosskopf

34
Citations
Rice ragged stunt virus segment S6-encoded nonstructural protein Pns6 complements cell-to-cell movement of Tobacco mosaic virus-based chimeric virus.

Zujian Wu;Jianguo Wu;Scott Adkins;Lianhui Xie

31
Citations
Transmission, In Planta Distribution, and Management of Hibiscus latent Fort Pierce virus, a Novel Tobamovirus Isolated from Florida Hibiscus

Ivanka Kamenova;Scott Adkins

31
Citations
Surprising Results from a Search for Effective Disinfectants for Tobacco mosaic virus–Contaminated Tools

Dennis J Lewandowski;Amanda J Hayes;Scott Adkins

29
Citations
First Report of Tomato mottle mosaic virus Infecting Tomato in the United States

Craig G. Webster;Erin N. Rosskopf;Leon Lucas;H. Charles Mellinger

28
Citations
Semipersistent Whitefly Transmission of Squash vein yellowing virus, Causal Agent of Viral Watermelon Vine Decline

Susan E. Webb;Scott Adkins;Stuart R. Reitz

27
Citations