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D-Index
49
Citations
14218
World Ranking
17851
National Ranking
509

Wolfgang Spielmeyer 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 Wolfgang Spielmeyer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 74 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Spielmeyer 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 Wolfgang Spielmeyer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Spielmeyer is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences with a particular concentration in plant science, agronomy and crop science, genetics, and cell biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Bioenergy Crop Production and Management
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wolfgang Spielmeyer are:

  • Brett Ford
  • Wolfram Buss
  • Jaroslav Doležel
  • Philippa Borrill
  • Jessica Hyles

Their research outputs have been published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plant Disease

Notable recent publications by Wolfgang Spielmeyer include:

  • Stem rust resistance in wheat is suppressed by a subunit of the mediator complex, 2020, Nature Communications
  • An autoactive NB-LRR gene causes Rht13 dwarfism in wheat, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Overgrowth mutants determine the causal role of gibberellin GA2oxidaseA13 in Rht12 dwarfism of wheat, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Effect of gibberellin-sensitive Rht18 and gibberellin-insensitive Rht-D1b dwarfing genes on vegetative and reproductive growth in bread wheat, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Disease Resistance Evaluation of Elite CIMMYT Wheat Lines Containing the Coupled Fhb1 and Sr2 Genes, 2020, Plant Disease

Best Publications

  • A Putative ABC Transporter Confers Durable Resistance to Multiple Fungal Pathogens in Wheat

    Simon G. Krattinger;Evans S. Lagudah;Wolfgang Spielmeyer;Ravi P. Singh

  • Semidwarf (sd-1), "green revolution" rice, contains a defective gibberellin 20-oxidase gene

    Wolfgang Spielmeyer;Marc H. Ellis;Peter M. Chandler

  • A recently evolved hexose transporter variant confers resistance to multiple pathogens in wheat.

    John W Moore;Sybil Herrera-Foessel;Caixia Lan;Wendelin Schnippenkoetter

  • "Perfect" markers for the Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b dwarfing genes in wheat.

    M. H. Ellis;W. Spielmeyer;K. R. Gale;G. J. Rebetzke

  • Molecular genetic characterization of the Lr34/Yr18 slow rusting resistance gene region in wheat.

    E. S. Lagudah;H. McFadden;R. P. Singh;J. Huerta-Espino

  • The past, present and future of breeding rust resistant wheat.

    Jeffrey G. Ellis;Evans S. Lagudah;Wolfgang Spielmeyer;Peter N. Dodds

  • A Physical Map of the 1-Gigabase Bread Wheat Chromosome 3B

    Etienne Paux;Pierre Sourdille;Jérôme Salse;Cyrille Saintenac

  • Gene-specific markers for the wheat gene Lr34/Yr18/Pm38 which confers resistance to multiple fungal pathogens

    Evans S. Lagudah;Simon G. Krattinger;Sybil Herrera-Foessel;Ravi P. Singh

  • HKT1;5-Like Cation Transporters Linked to Na+ Exclusion Loci in Wheat, Nax2 and Kna1

    C.S. Byrt;J.D. Platten;W. Spielmeyer;R.A. James

  • Breeding for improved water productivity in temperate cereals: phenotyping, quantitative trait loci, markers and the selection environment

    Richard A. Richards;Greg J. Rebetzke;Michelle Watt;A. G. (Tony) Condon

  • A Sodium Transporter (HKT7) Is a Candidate for Nax1, a Gene for Salt Tolerance in Durum Wheat

    Shaobai Huang;Wolfgang Spielmeyer;Evans S. Lagudah;Richard A. James

  • Powdery mildew resistance and Lr34/Yr18 genes for durable resistance to leaf and stripe rust cosegregate at a locus on the short arm of chromosome 7D of wheat

    W. Spielmeyer;R. A. McIntosh;J. Kolmer;E. S. Lagudah

  • Development of PCR markers for the selection of wheat stem rust resistance genes Sr24 and Sr26 in diverse wheat germplasm

    R. Mago;H. S. Bariana;I. S. Dundas;W. Spielmeyer

  • Identification and mapping of molecular markers linked to rust resistance genes located on chromosome 1RS of rye using wheat-rye translocation lines

    R. Mago;W. Spielmeyer;G. J. Lawrence;E. S. Lagudah

  • Molecular mapping of gibberellin-responsive dwarfing genes in bread wheat.

    M. H. Ellis;G. J. Rebetzke;F. Azanza;R. A. Richards

  • The effect of different height reducing genes on the early growth of wheat

    Marc H Ellis;Greg J Rebetzke;Peter Chandler;David Bonnett

  • Identification and Validation of Markers Linked to Broad-Spectrum Stem Rust Resistance Gene Sr2 in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    W. Spielmeyer;P. J. Sharp;E. S. Lagudah

  • An accurate DNA marker assay for stem rust resistance gene Sr2 in wheat

    R. Mago;G. Brown-Guedira;S. Dreisigacker;J. Breen

  • The wheat Sr50 gene reveals rich diversity at a cereal disease resistance locus.

    Rohit Mago;Peng Zhang;Sonia Vautrin;Hana Šimková

  • Comparative mapping of HKT genes in wheat, barley, and rice, key determinants of Na+ transport, and salt tolerance

    Shaobai Huang;Wolfgang Spielmeyer;Evans S. Lagudah;Rana Munns

Frequent Co-Authors

Evans Lagudah
Evans Lagudah Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard A. Richards
Richard A. Richards Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rudi Appels
Rudi Appels University of Melbourne
Ravi P. Singh
Ravi P. Singh International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Peter M. Chandler
Peter M. Chandler Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rana Munns
Rana Munns University of Western Australia
Richard A. James
Richard A. James Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Greg J. Rebetzke
Greg J. Rebetzke Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Harbans Bariana
Harbans Bariana Western Sydney University
Hélène Bergès
Hélène Bergès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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