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D-Index
44
Citations
6048
World Ranking
3104
National Ranking
778

Shelley Jansky 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 Shelley Jansky sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 130 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Shelley Jansky 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 Shelley Jansky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Her main research concerns Germplasm, Solanum, Cultivar, Botany and Solanum tuberosum. Her Germplasm study combines topics in areas such as Agriculture, Domestication, Ecology and Systematics. Her Solanum research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Biodiversity and Ploidy.

Her work deals with themes such as Genetically modified crops, Plant virus and Food science, which intersect with Cultivar. Her Taxonomy study in the realm of Botany interacts with subjects such as Acrylamide. She has researched Solanum tuberosum in several fields, including Plant physiology, Genetics and Genomics.

Her most cited work include:

  • Suppression of the Vacuolar Invertase Gene Prevents Cold-Induced Sweetening in Potato (133 citations)
  • Retrospective View of North American Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding in the 20th and 21st Centuries (116 citations)
  • Retrospective View of North American Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding in the 20th and 21st Centuries (116 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Shelley Jansky mainly investigates Botany, Germplasm, Solanum tuberosum, Cultivar and Solanum. Her studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Plant disease resistance, Cladistics and Resistance. Her Germplasm research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Genetic diversity, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Wild species and Ploidy.

The Solanum tuberosum study combines topics in areas such as Solanum chacoense and Solanaceae. Her Cultivar study incorporates themes from Dormancy, Microsatellite and Crop. The various areas that Shelley Jansky examines in her Solanum study include PEST analysis, Colorado potato beetle, Hybrid and Genomics.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (51.52%)
  • Germplasm (51.52%)
  • Solanum tuberosum (39.39%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Germplasm (51.52%)
  • Horticulture (32.58%)
  • Ploidy (32.58%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Germplasm, Horticulture, Ploidy, Genetics and Solanum chacoense. Her Germplasm study improves the overall literature in Botany. Her Botany research focuses on Solanum in particular.

Her Horticulture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Growing season, Agriculture and Starch. Her Ploidy research incorporates elements of Inbred strain and Introgression. Her Solanum chacoense study combines topics in areas such as Solanum tuberosum and Transformation, Agrobacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Reinventing potato as a diploid inbred line-based crop (63 citations)
  • A common genetic mechanism underlies morphological diversity in fruits and other plant organs (57 citations)
  • Genome sequence of M6, a diploid inbred clone of the high-glycoalkaloid-producing tuber-bearing potato species Solanum chacoense, reveals residual heterozygosity. (39 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Her primary areas of investigation include Genetics, Ploidy, Agronomy, Quantitative trait locus and Whole genome sequencing. Many of her research projects under Genetics are closely connected to Epigenomics with Epigenomics, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. Her Ploidy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Solanum tuberosum and Introgression.

Her Agronomy study incorporates themes from Agriculture and Botany. Her Agriculture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Plant disease resistance and Pesticide. Her Whole genome sequencing research integrates issues from Solanum chacoense, Sanger sequencing, Genome project and Nucleosome.

Best Publications

  • Systematics, Diversity, Genetics, and Evolution of Wild and Cultivated Potatoes

    David M. Spooner;Marc Ghislain;Reinhard Simon;Shelley H. Jansky

  • Introductory Plant Biology

    Kingsley Rowland Stern;Shelley Jansky;James E. Bidlack

  • Reinventing potato as a diploid inbred line-based crop

    Shelley H. Jansky;Amy O. Charkowski;David S. Douches;Gabe Gusmini

  • Retrospective View of North American Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding in the 20th and 21st Centuries

    Candice N. Hirsch;Cory D. Hirsch;Kimberly Felcher;Joseph Coombs

  • A common genetic mechanism underlies morphological diversity in fruits and other plant organs

    Shan Wu;Shan Wu;Biyao Zhang;Neda Keyhaninejad;Neda Keyhaninejad;Gustavo R Rodríguez

  • Suppression of the Vacuolar Invertase Gene Prevents Cold-Induced Sweetening in Potato

    Pudota B. Bhaskar;Lei Wu;James S. Busse;Brett R. Whitty

  • Multiplex Real-Time Quantitative PCR to Detect and Quantify Verticillium dahliae Colonization in Potato Lines that Differ in Response to Verticillium Wilt.

    Z. K. Atallah;J. Bae;S. H. Jansky;D. I. Rouse

  • Genome sequence of M6, a diploid inbred clone of the high-glycoalkaloid-producing tuber-bearing potato species Solanum chacoense, reveals residual heterozygosity.

    Courtney P. Leisner;John P. Hamilton;Emily Crisovan;Norma C. Manrique-Carpintero

  • Overcoming hybridization barriers in potato

    S. Jansky

  • Breeding for Disease Resistance in Potato

    Shelley Jansky

  • The Effects of Boiling and Leaching on the Content of Potassium and Other Minerals in Potatoes

    P.C. Bethke;S.H. Jansky

  • Potato Production and Breeding in China

    S. H. Jansky;L. P. Jin;K. Y. Xie;C. H. Xie

  • Genetic mapping with an inbred line-derived F2 population in potato.

    Jeffrey B Endelman;Shelley H Jansky;Shelley H Jansky

  • Potato Flavor

    Shelley H. Jansky

  • M6: A Diploid Potato Inbred Line for Use in Breeding and Genetics Research

    S. H. Jansky;Y. S. Chung;P. Kittipadukal

  • A Case for Crop Wild Relative Preservation and Use in Potato

    S.H. Jansky;Hannes Dempewolf;E.L. Camadro;R. Simon

  • Breeding, Genetics, and Cultivar Development

    Shelley Jansky

  • Genomic Origins of Potato Polyploids : GBSSI Gene Sequencing Data

    David M. Spooner;Flor Rodríguez;Zsolt Polgár;Harvey E. Ballard

  • Ecogeography of ploidy variation in cultivated potato (Solanum sect. Petota)

    David M. Spooner;Tatjana Gavrilenko;Shelley H. Jansky;A. Ovchinnikova

  • Potato Common Scab: a Review of the Causal Pathogens, Management Practices, Varietal Resistance Screening Methods, and Host Resistance

    Sarah Braun;Amanda Gevens;Amy Charkowski;Christina Allen

  • Hybrid origins of cultivated potatoes

    Flor Rodríguez;Marc Ghislain;Andrea M. Clausen;Shelley H. Jansky

  • Genetics of Resistance to Pests and Disease

    Ivan Simko;Shelley Jansky;Sarah Stephenson;David Spooner

  • Introgression of Wild Species Germplasm with Extreme Resistance to Cold Sweetening into the Cultivated Potato

    A. J. Hamernik;R. E. Hanneman;S. H. Jansky

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Spooner
David M. Spooner US Department of Agriculture
Paul C. Bethke
Paul C. Bethke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jiming Jiang
Jiming Jiang Michigan State University
David S. Douches
David S. Douches Michigan State University
C. Robin Buell
C. Robin Buell University of Georgia
Stanley J. Peloquin
Stanley J. Peloquin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Amy O. Charkowski
Amy O. Charkowski Colorado State University
Richard E. Veilleux
Richard E. Veilleux Virginia Tech
J. Chris Pires
J. Chris Pires Colorado State University
Erika J. Edwards
Erika J. Edwards Yale University

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