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D-Index
31
Citations
4265
World Ranking
6151
National Ranking
1485

Thomas Payne 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 Thomas Payne sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 208 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Payne 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 Thomas Payne sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Detection of Virulence to Wheat Stem Rust Resistance Gene Sr31 in Puccinia graminis. f. sp. tritici in Uganda.

    Z. A. Pretorius;R. P. Singh;W. W. Wagoire;T. S. Payne

  • Diversity analysis of 80,000 wheat accessions reveals consequences and opportunities of selection footprints

    Carolina Sansaloni;Jorge Franco;Bruno Santos;Lawrence Percival-Alwyn

  • Wheat genetic resources enhancement by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

    Rodomiro Ortiz;Hans-Joachim Braun;José Crossa;Jonathan H. Crouch

  • A high density GBS map of bread wheat and its application for dissecting complex disease resistance traits.

    Huihui Li;Prashant Vikram;Ravi Prakash Singh;Andrzej Kilian

  • Genomic Prediction of Gene Bank Wheat Landraces

    José Crossa;Diego Jarquin;Jorge Franco;Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez

  • Global incidence of wheat rusts and powdery mildew during 1969-2010 and durability of resistance of winter wheat variety Bezostaya 1

    Alexey Morgounov;Hale Ann Tufan;Ram Sharma;Beyhan Akin

  • Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat

    Matthew P. Reynolds;Alistair J. D. Pask;William J. E. Hoppitt;Kai Sonder

  • Genetic Gains for Grain Yield in CIMMYT Spring Bread Wheat across International Environments

    R. C. Sharma;J. Crossa;G. Velu;J. Huerta-Espino

  • Exploring and Mobilizing the Gene Bank Biodiversity for Wheat Improvement

    Deepmala Sehgal;Prashant Vikram;Carolina Paola Sansaloni;Cynthia Ortiz

  • Unlocking the genetic diversity of Creole wheats

    Prashant Vikram;Jorge Franco;Juan Burgueño-Ferreira;Huihui Li

  • Harnessing genetic potential of wheat germplasm banks through impact-oriented-prebreeding for future food and nutritional security.

    Sukhwinder Singh;Prashant Vikram;Deepmala Sehgal;Juan Burgueño

  • Associations among Twenty Years of International Bread Wheat Yield Evaluation Environments

    R. M. Trethowan;M. van Ginkel;K. Ammar;J. Crossa

  • Simulation-based analysis of effects of Vrn and Ppd loci on flowering in wheat

    Jeffrey W. White;Markus Herndl;L. A. Hunt;Thomas S. Payne

  • Assessing Genetic Diversity to Breed Competitive Biofortified Wheat With Enhanced Grain Zn and Fe Concentrations

    Govindan Velu;Leonardo Crespo Herrera;Carlos Guzman;Julio Huerta

  • Genetic Gains for Grain Yield in CIMMYT's Semi-Arid Wheat Yield Trials Grown in Suboptimal Environments

    L. A. Crespo-Herrera;J. Crossa;J. Huerta-Espino;M. Vargas

  • Genetic Contribution of Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat to CIMMYT's Spring Bread Wheat Breeding Germplasm

    Umesh Rosyara;Masahiro Kishii;Thomas Payne;Carolina Paola Sansaloni

  • The potential for wheat production in Africa: analysis of biophysical suitability and economic profitability

    Asfaw Negassa;B. Shiferaw;J. Koo;K. Sonder

  • Impacts of international wheat improvement research, 1994-2014

    Lantican;H.J. Braun;T.S. Payne;R.P. Singh

  • Increased ranking change in wheat breeding under climate change.

    Wei Xiong;Wei Xiong;Matthew P Reynolds;Jose Crossa;Urs Schulthess;Urs Schulthess

  • Variation for grain micronutrients concentration in wheat core-collection accessions of diverse origin

    G. Velu;I. Ortiz-Monasterio;R.P. Singh;T.S. Payne

  • Delivering rust resistant wheat to farmers: a step towards increased food security

    A. K. Joshi;M. Azab;M. Mosaad;M. Moselhy

  • Characterization of variability and relationships among components of partial resistance to leaf rust in CIMMYT bread wheats.

    R. P. Singh;T. S. Payne;S. Rajaram

  • High-yielding winter synthetic hexaploid wheats resistant to multiple diseases and pests

    Alexey Morgounov;Aygul Abugalieva;Kadir Akan;Beyhan Akın

  • Nutritional quality characterization of a set of durum wheat landraces from Iran and Mexico

    Nayelli Hernandez-Espinosa;Barbara Laddomada;Thomas Payne;Julio Huerta-Espino

  • Adaptation and performance of CIMMYT spring wheat genotypes targeted to high rainfall areas of the world.

    W. Tadesse;Y. Manes;R P Singh;T.S. Payne

  • Preliminary characterization for grain quality traits and high and low molecular weight glutenins subunits composition of durum wheat landraces from Iran and Mexico

    Nayelli Hernández-Espinosa;Thomas Payne;Julio Huerta-Espino;Fausto Cervantes

  • Elucidating the genetics of grain yield and stress-resilience in bread wheat using a large-scale genome-wide association mapping study with 55,568 lines

    Philomin Juliana;Ravi Prakash Singh;Jesse Poland;Sandesh Shrestha

  • Genetic diversity and population structure of synthetic hexaploid-derived wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) accessions

    Emily Gordon;Mina Kaviani;Sateesh Kagale;Thomas Payne

  • Concepts and nomenclature of the Farro wheats, with special reference to Emmer, Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum (Poaceae)

    Michiel van Slageren;Thomas Payne

  • Increasing Yield Potential and Yield Stability in Durum Wheat

    W. H. Pfeiffer;K. D. Sayre;M. P. Reynolds;T. S. Payne

  • Comparison of controls on development in breeding lines from Australian and CIMMYT/ICARDA Winter and Facultative Wheat Breeding Programs

    Ldj Penrose;M Mosaad;TS Payne;G Ortiz-Ferrara

  • International Winter Wheat Improvement Program: history, activities, impact and future

    Alexey Morgounov;Fatih Ozdemir;Mesut Keser;Beyhan Akin

  • Retrospective Quantitative Genetic Analysis and Genomic Prediction of Global Wheat Yields.

    Philomin Juliana;Ravi Prakash Singh;Hans-Joachim Braun;Julio Huerta-Espino

Frequent Co-Authors

Ravi P. Singh
Ravi P. Singh International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Karim Ammar
Karim Ammar International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
José Crossa
José Crossa International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Hans J. Braun
Hans J. Braun International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Matthew P. Reynolds
Matthew P. Reynolds International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Carlos Guzmán
Carlos Guzmán University of Córdoba
Velu Govindan
Velu Govindan International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Julio Huerta-Espino
Julio Huerta-Espino International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Arun Kumar Joshi
Arun Kumar Joshi International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Juan Burgueño
Juan Burgueño International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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