2026 Simon J. Hiscock: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	49	18097	16610	1425	1319	127	7663

Overview

Simon J. Hiscock is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on environmental science.

The primary fields of study for Simon J. Hiscock include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science

Within these broad fields, the scientist's subfields of study feature:

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecological Modeling
Molecular Biology
Plant Science

Their main topics of work cover a diverse range, including:

Plant and animal studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Genetic diversity and population structure
Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Animal and Plant Science Education

Simon J. Hiscock has published research in various venues, frequently contributing to:

Plants People Planet
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
New Phytologist
Molecular Ecology
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Key recent publications include:

"Hidden genetic variation in plasticity provides the potential for rapid adaptation to novel environments," 2023, New Phytologist
"Senecio as a model system for integrating studies of genotype, phenotype and fitness," 2020, New Phytologist
"The Role of Interspecific Hybridisation in Adaptation and Speciation: Insights From Studies in Senecio," 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
"Adaptive divergence generates distinct plastic responses in two closely related Senecio species," 2022, Evolution
"A robust phylogenomic framework for the calamoid palms," 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

James Clark
Greg M. Walter
Jon R. Bridle
Delia Terranova
Salvatore Cozzolino

Best Publications

Genomic Clues to the Evolutionary Success of Polyploid Plants

Matthew J. Hegarty;Simon J. Hiscock

407
Citations
Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication

Matthew J. Hegarty;Gary L. Barker;Ian D. Wilson;Richard J. Abbott

360
Citations
Hybrid speciation in plants : new insights from molecular studies

Matthew J. Hegarty;Simon J. Hiscock

307
Citations
Diverse cell signalling pathways regulate pollen-stigma interactions: the search for consensus.

Simon J. Hiscock;Alexandra M. Allen

281
Citations
Production of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species by angiosperm stigmas and pollen: potential signalling crosstalk?

Stephanie M. McInnis;Radhika Desikan;John T. Hancock;Simon J. Hiscock

263
Citations
PCP-A1, a Defensin-like Brassica Pollen Coat Protein That Binds the S Locus Glycoprotein, Is the Product of Gametophytic Gene Expression

James Doughty;Suzanne Dixon;Simon J. Hiscock;Antony C. Willis

227
Citations
Evolutionary history of plant microRNAs

Richard S Taylor;James E Tarver;James E Tarver;Simon J Hiscock;Philip C J Donoghue

208
Citations
Homoploid hybrid speciation in action

Richard J. Abbott;Matthew J. Hegarty;Simon J. Hiscock;Adrian C. Brennan

193
Citations
Hybridization and polyploidy as drivers of continuing evolution and speciation in Sorbus

Ashley Robertson;Timothy C. G. Rich;Alexandra M. Allen;Libby Houston

177
Citations
Evolution and Phylogeny of Self-Incompatibility Systems in Angiosperms

A. M. Allen;S. J. Hiscock

166
Citations
Hybridization and hybrid speciation under global change

Mario Vallejo-Marín;Simon J. Hiscock

163
Citations
Pollen recognition and rejection during the sporophytic self-incompatibility response: Brassica and beyond

Simon J. Hiscock;Stephanie M. McInnis

159
Citations
Development of anonymous cDNA microarrays to study changes to the Senecio floral transcriptome during hybrid speciation

Matthew J. Hegarty;Joanna M. Jones;Ian D. Wilson;Gary L. Barker

141
Citations
The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae)

Stephanie M McInnis;David C Emery;Robert Porter;Radhika Desikan

139
Citations
Changes to gene expression associated with hybrid speciation in plants: further insights from transcriptomic studies in Senecio

Matthew John Hegarty;Gary L. Barker;Adrian C. Brennan;Keith J. Edwards

134
Citations
The male determinant of self-incompatibility in Brassica oleracea is located in the pollen coating

Andrew G. Stephenson;James Doughty;Suzanne Dixon;Carole Elleman

130
Citations
The different mechanisms of sporophytic self-incompatibility

Simon J. Hiscock;David A. Tabah

128
Citations
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Sexual Incompatibility in Plants and Fungi

Simon J. Hiscock;Ursula Kües

121
Citations
Unilateral incompatibility within the Brassicaceae: further evidence for the involvement of the self-incompatibility (S)-locus

S. J. Hiscock;H. G. Dickinson

121
Citations
Genetic control of self-incompatibility in Senecio squalidus L. (Asteraceae): a successful colonizing species

Simon J Hiscock

120
Citations