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D-Index
54
Citations
10893
World Ranking
1698
National Ranking
22

Yaakov Tadmor 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 Yaakov Tadmor sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 129 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Yaakov Tadmor 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 Yaakov Tadmor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Genetics

Yaakov Tadmor spends much of his time researching Botany, Carotenoid, Lycopene, Food science and Aroma. His Botany research focuses on Ripening in particular. His Carotenoid research entails a greater understanding of Biochemistry.

His studies in Lycopene integrate themes in fields like Cucurbitaceae, Horticulture, Orange and Terpenoid. His research in Cucurbitaceae intersects with topics in Cucumis and Melon. His Food science study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as High-performance liquid chromatography, Polyphenol, Antioxidant and Cynara scolymus.

His most cited work include:

  • Analysis of antioxidative phenolic compounds in artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) (324 citations)
  • Unequal Segregation of Nuclear Genes in Plants (248 citations)
  • Enhanced Levels of the Aroma and Flavor Compound S-Linalool by Metabolic Engineering of the Terpenoid Pathway in Tomato Fruits (244 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Melon, Carotenoid, Horticulture and Cucumis. His Botany research incorporates elements of Food science and Aroma. His Melon study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Genetics, Gene, Allele, Chlorophyll and Metabolome.

His studies deal with areas such as Orange, Chromoplast and Terpenoid as well as Carotenoid. His work deals with themes such as Domestication and Agronomy, which intersect with Horticulture. The Cucumis study combines topics in areas such as Yield, Genetic variation, Flesh and Flavonoid.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (42.27%)
  • Melon (26.80%)
  • Carotenoid (26.80%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Melon (26.80%)
  • Cucumis (24.74%)
  • Genetics (18.56%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Melon, Cucumis, Genetics, Quantitative trait locus and Gene. His Melon research incorporates themes from Phytoene synthase, Plastid, Chromoplast, Carotenoid and Pigment accumulation. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Photosynthesis and Photoprotection.

His Cucumis research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Evolutionary biology and Cucurbitaceae. Yaakov Tadmor works mostly in the field of Genetics, limiting it down to topics relating to Citrullus and, in certain cases, Oligonucleotide, Genetic marker, Citrullus colocynthis and Sugar, as a part of the same area of interest. Yaakov Tadmor performs integrative study on Regulatory control and Botany in his works.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants: The Role of Plastids. (172 citations)
  • Distinct Mechanisms of the ORANGE Protein in Controlling Carotenoid Flux. (56 citations)
  • Cucurbit Genomics Database (CuGenDB): a central portal for comparative and functional genomics of cucurbit crops. (55 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Genetics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Genome, Genetics, Gene, Chromoplast and Carotenoid. The concepts of his Genome study are interwoven with issues in RNA-Seq, Melon, DNA sequencing and Expression quantitative trait loci. Yaakov Tadmor combines subjects such as Citrullus and Citrullus lanatus with his study of Genetics.

His Citrullus study contributes to a more complete understanding of Botany. His Chromoplast study incorporates themes from Ripening and Arabidopsis. His research investigates the connection between Phytoene synthase and topics such as Cucumis that intersect with problems in Mendelian inheritance, Genetic variation, Linkage disequilibrium and Biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants: The Role of Plastids.

    Tianhu Sun;Hui Yuan;Hongbo Cao;Mohammad Yazdani

  • Analysis of antioxidative phenolic compounds in artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.)

    Mingfu Wang;James E. Simon;Irma Fabiola Aviles;Kan He

  • Enhanced Levels of the Aroma and Flavor Compound S-Linalool by Metabolic Engineering of the Terpenoid Pathway in Tomato Fruits

    Efraim Lewinsohn;Fernond Schalechet;Fernond Schalechet;Jack Wilkinson;Kenji Matsui

  • Branched-chain and aromatic amino acid catabolism into aroma volatiles in Cucumis melo L. fruit

    Itay Gonda;Itay Gonda;Einat Bar;Vitaly Portnoy;Shery Lev

  • Unequal Segregation of Nuclear Genes in Plants

    Daniel Zamir;Yaakov Tadmor

  • Natural genetic variation for improving crop quality.

    Alisdair R Fernie;Yaakov Tadmor;Dani Zamir

  • Not just colors : carotenoid degradation as a link between pigmentation and aroma in tomato and watermelon fruit

    Efraim Lewinsohn;Yaron Sitrit;Einat Bar;Yaniv Azulay

  • Acetyl-coa: alcohol acetyltransferase activity and aroma formation in ripening melon fruits.

    Moshe Shalit;Nurit Katzir;Yaakov Tadmor;Olga Larkov

  • Carotenoid Pigmentation Affects the Volatile Composition of Tomato and Watermelon Fruits, As Revealed by Comparative Genetic Analyses

    Efraim Lewinsohn;Yaron Sitrit;Einat Bar;Yaniv Azulay

  • Enrichment of tomato flavor by diversion of the early plastidial terpenoid pathway.

    Rachel Davidovich-Rikanati;Rachel Davidovich-Rikanati;Yaron Sitrit;Yaakov Tadmor;Yoko Iijima

  • Functional characterization of CmCCD1, a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from melon.

    Mwafaq Ibdah;Yaniv Azulay;Vitaly Portnoy;Boris Wasserman

  • A ‘golden’ SNP in CmOr governs the fruit flesh color of melon (Cucumis melo)

    Galil Tzuri;Xiangjun Zhou;Noam Chayut;Noam Chayut;Hui Yuan

  • Comparative fruit colouration in watermelon and tomato

    Y. Tadmor;S. King;A. Levi;A. Davis

  • Cucurbit Genomics Database (CuGenDB): a central portal for comparative and functional genomics of cucurbit crops.

    Yi Zheng;Shan-dong Wu;Yang Bai;Honghe Sun;Honghe Sun

  • A genetic map of melon highly enriched with fruit quality QTLs and EST markers, including sugar and carotenoid metabolism genes

    R. Harel-Beja;G. Tzuri;V. Portnoy;M. Lotan-Pompan

  • Histochemical Localization of Citral Accumulation in Lemongrass Leaves (Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf., Poaceae)

    Efraim Lewinsohn;Nativ Dudai;Yaakov Tadmor;Irena Katzir

  • Transcriptional Profiling of high pigment-2dg Tomato Mutant Links Early Fruit Plastid Biogenesis with Its Overproduction of Phytonutrients

    Igor Kolotilin;Hinanit Koltai;Yaakov Tadmor;Carmiya Bar-Or

  • Nutritive and antioxidative potential of fresh and stored pomegranate industrial byproduct as a novel beef cattle feed.

    Ariel Shabtay;Harel Eitam;Yaakov Tadmor;Alla Orlov

  • A Tonoplast Sugar Transporter Underlies a Sugar Accumulation QTL in Watermelon

    Yi Ren;Shaogui Guo;Jie Zhang;Hongju He

  • Quantification of protodioscin and rutin in asparagus shoots by LC/MS and HPLC methods.

    Mingfu Wang;Yaakov Tadmor;Qing-Li Wu;Chee-Kok Chin

  • Genetic, Molecular, and Genomic Approaches to Improve the Value of Plant Foods and Feeds

    Gad Galili;Shmuel Galili;Efraim Lewinsohn;Yaakov Tadmor

Frequent Co-Authors

Nurit Katzir
Nurit Katzir Agricultural Research Organization
Efraim Lewinsohn
Efraim Lewinsohn Agricultural Research Organization
Arthur A. Schaffer
Arthur A. Schaffer Agricultural Research Organization
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Li Li
Li Li Cornell University
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute
Amnon Levi
Amnon Levi United States Department of Agriculture
Harry S. Paris
Harry S. Paris Agricultural Research Organization
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Shimon Gepstein
Shimon Gepstein Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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