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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9712
World Ranking
16196
National Ranking
6710

W. Allen Miller publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Allen Miller sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 128 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

W. Allen Miller D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Allen Miller sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

W. Allen Miller is a researcher affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States, whose work primarily spans Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Their research includes significant contributions within several subfields, notably Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, and Insect Science.

The scientist's main research themes focus on Plant Virus Research Studies and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, with additional involvement in CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, as well as Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Recent publications by W. Allen Miller include:

  • Yellow Dwarf Viruses of Cereals: Taxonomy and Molecular Mechanisms, 2022, Annual Review of Phytopathology
  • Metagenomic identification of novel viruses of maize and teosinte in North America, 2022, BMC Genomics
  • Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse, 2023, Journal of Virology
  • Control of translation during the unfolded protein response in maize seedlings: Life without PERKs, 2020, Plant Direct
  • The RNA of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus, an Obligatory Component of Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease, Is Translated via a Variant Panicum Mosaic Virus-Like Cap-Independent Translation Element, 2020, Journal of Virology

W. Allen Miller frequently collaborates with other researchers including Zachary R. Lozier, Pulkit Kanodia, Rick E. Masonbrink, Havva İlbağı, and Felicia Goodrum. These collaborations have resulted in several joint publications over time.

The Journal of Virology is a common venue for their work, alongside publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Annual Review of Phytopathology, BMC Genomics, and PLoS Pathogens.

Best Publications

  • An overlapping essential gene in the Potyviridae.

    Betty Y.-W. Chung;W. Allen Miller;John F. Atkins;Andrew E. Firth

  • Dynamics of a Mobile RNA of Potato Involved in a Long-Distance Signaling Pathway

    Anjan K. Banerjee;Mithu Chatterjee;Yueyue Yu;Sang-Gon Suh

  • Synthesis of brome mosaic virus subgenomic RNA in vitro by internal initiation on (-)-sense genomic RNA.

    W A Miller;T W Dreher;T C Hall

  • Aphid transmission and systemic plant infection determinants of barley yellow dwarf luteovirus-PAV are contained in the coat protein readthrough domain and 17-kDa protein, respectively.

    C.A. Chay;U.B. Gunasinge;S.P. Dinesh-Kumar;W.A. Miller

  • Translational control in positive strand RNA plant viruses

    Theo W. Dreher;W. Allen Miller

  • Base-Pairing between Untranslated Regions Facilitates Translation of Uncapped, Nonpolyadenylated Viral RNA

    Liang Guo;Edwards M. Allen;W.Allen Miller

  • Synthesis of subgenomic RNAs by positive-strand RNA viruses.

    W.Allen Miller;Gennadiy Koev

  • Interaction of the trans-frame potyvirus protein P3N-PIPO with host protein PCaP1 facilitates potyvirus movement.

    Paramasivan Vijayapalani;Masayoshi Maeshima;Nahoko Nagasaki-Takekuchi;W. Allen Miller

  • 3' cap-independent translation enhancers of plant viruses.

    Anne E. Simon;W. Allen Miller

  • A viral sequence in the 3′-untranslated region mimics a 5′ cap in facilitating translation of uncapped mRNA

    Shanping Wang;Shanping Wang;Karen S. Browning;W.Allen Miller

  • Cap-independent translation of plant viral RNAs.

    Elizabeth L. Pettit Kneller;Aurélie M. Rakotondrafara;W. Allen Miller

  • Structure and function of a cap-independent translation element that functions in either the 3' or the 5' untranslated region.

    Liang Guo;Edwards Allen;W. Allen Miller

  • Long-Distance RNA-RNA Interactions in Plant Virus Gene Expression and Replication

    W. Allen Miller;K. Andrew White

  • Discovery of a Small Non-AUG-Initiated ORF in Poleroviruses and Luteoviruses That Is Required for Long-Distance Movement.

    Ekaterina Smirnova;Andrew E. Firth;W. Allen Miller;W. Allen Miller;Danièle Scheidecker

  • Barley yellow dwarf virus: Luteoviridae or Tombusviridae?

    W. Allen Miller;Sijun Liu;Randy Beckett

  • A -1 ribosomal frameshift element that requires base pairing across four kilobases suggests a mechanism of regulating ribosome and replicase traffic on a viral RNA.

    Jennifer K. Barry;W. Allen Miller

  • The 3 Untranslated Region of Tobacco Necrosis Virus RNA Contains a Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus-Like Cap-Independent Translation Element

    Ruizhong Shen;W. Allen Miller

  • In vivo and in vitro infection dynamics of honey bee viruses

    Jimena Carrillo-Tripp;Adam Gregory Dolezal;Michael J. Goblirsch;W. Allen Miller

  • The 3′ cap-independent translation element of Barley yellow dwarf virus binds eIF4F via the eIF4G subunit to initiate translation

    Krzysztof Treder;Elizabeth L. Pettit Kneller;Elizabeth L. Pettit Kneller;Edwards M. Allen;Edwards M. Allen;Zhaohui Wang

  • A Positive-Strand RNA Virus with Three Very Different Subgenomic RNA Promoters

    Gennadiy Koev;W. Allen Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Amy L. Toth
Amy L. Toth Iowa State University
Miguel A. Aranda
Miguel A. Aranda Spanish National Research Council
Stewart M. Gray
Stewart M. Gray Cornell University
Karen S. Browning
Karen S. Browning The University of Texas at Austin
Anne E. Simon
Anne E. Simon University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew E. Firth
Andrew E. Firth University of Cambridge
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar
Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar University of California, Davis
John F. Atkins
John F. Atkins University College Cork
Michael J. MacCoss
Michael J. MacCoss University of Washington

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