Andrew R. Leitch

14.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
192 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Andrew R. Leitch is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew R. Leitch has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Plant Science, 103 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Andrew R. Leitch's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (121 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (52 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (35 papers). Andrew R. Leitch is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (121 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (52 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (35 papers). Andrew R. Leitch collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and United States. Andrew R. Leitch's co-authors include Ilia J. Leitch, K. Yoong Lim, Mark W. Chase, Aleš Kovařı́k, J. S. Heslop‐Harrison, Roman Matyášek, M. D. Bennett, Pamela S. Soltis, T. Schwarzacher and James J. Clarkson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Andrew R. Leitch

190 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genomic Plasticity and the Diversity of Polyploid Plants

2008 674 citations Andrew R. Leitch, Ilia J. Leitch profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew R. Leitch United Kingdom	61	8.5k	5.7k	2.3k	1.9k	402	192	10.5k
Ilia J. Leitch United Kingdom	58	8.2k 1.0×	6.1k 1.1×	4.3k 1.8×	2.6k 1.4×	600 1.5×	196	11.8k
M. D. Bennett United Kingdom	58	12.1k 1.4×	7.2k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	2.9k 1.5×	420 1.0×	178	14.7k
Andrzej Kilian Australia	57	8.9k 1.1×	2.8k 0.5×	919 0.4×	4.6k 2.4×	614 1.5×	232	12.0k
David W. Galbraith United States	52	9.5k 1.1×	8.0k 1.4×	893 0.4×	924 0.5×	471 1.2×	172	12.6k
Justin Borevitz United States	49	7.4k 0.9×	5.7k 1.0×	641 0.3×	2.7k 1.4×	446 1.1×	123	10.6k
Carlos Alonso‐Blanco Spain	49	8.3k 1.0×	4.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	382 1.0×	97	10.4k
Richard M. Amasino United States	83	22.0k 2.6×	17.5k 3.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	212 0.5×	165	24.5k
Julian M. Hibberd United Kingdom	45	4.8k 0.6×	5.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	456 0.2×	328 0.8×	120	7.9k
Luca Comai United States	68	14.9k 1.8×	11.2k 2.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.9k 1.5×	267 0.7×	179	17.6k
Jaroslav Doležel Czechia	64	14.3k 1.7×	6.6k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	2.7k 1.4×	298 0.7×	406	16.4k

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Peng, Yang, Eric W. Seabloom, Andrew R. Leitch, et al.. (2024). Nutrient effects on plant diversity loss arise from nutrient identity and decreasing niche dimension. Ecology. 106(1). e4496–e4496. 5 indexed citations

Guignard, Maïté S., Alexander V. Ruban, Paula J. Rudall, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen and phosphorus interactions at a 21 nitrogen:1 phosphorus Redfield‐like ratio impact growth and seed yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Food and Energy Security. 13(4). 2 indexed citations

Simpson, Kimberley J., Sahr Mian, Elisabeth J. Forrestel, et al.. (2024). Bigger genomes provide environment‐dependent growth benefits in grasses. New Phytologist. 244(5). 2049–2061. 2 indexed citations

Balao, Francisco, Emiliano Trucchi, Gert Bachmann, et al.. (2023). Recurrent allopolyploidizations diversify ecophysiological traits in marsh orchids ( Dactylorhiza majalis s.l.). Molecular Ecology. 32(17). 4777–4790. 6 indexed citations

Ruhsam, Markus, D. D. Kohn, Andrew R. Leitch, et al.. (2023). Is hybridisation with non‐native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell Hyacinthoides non‐scripta?. Plants People Planet. 5(6). 963–975. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Wencai, Xianzhi Zhang, Sònia Garcia, Andrew R. Leitch, & Aleš Kovařı́k. (2023). Intragenomic rDNA variation - the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between?. Heredity. 131(3). 179–188. 30 indexed citations

Leitch, Andrew R., Lu Ma, Steven Dodsworth, et al.. (2023). The Role of Chromatin Modifications in the Evolution of Giant Plant Genomes. Plants. 12(11). 2159–2159. 2 indexed citations

Henniges, Marie, Robyn F. Powell, Sahr Mian, et al.. (2022). A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland. Scientific Data. 9(1). 1–1. 50 indexed citations

Wang, Wencai, et al.. (2022). Mega‐sized pericentromeric blocks of simple telomeric repeats and their variants reveal patterns of chromosome evolution in ancient Cycadales genomes. The Plant Journal. 112(3). 646–663. 2 indexed citations

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Blanckaert, Alexandre, Richard A. Nichols, Markus Ruhsam, et al.. (2022). Cyto-nuclear incompatibilities across a bluebell hybrid zone in northern Spain do not prevent genome-wide introgression of neutral markers. Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London). 1(1). 2 indexed citations

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Peng, Yang, Ilia J. Leitch, Maïté S. Guignard, et al.. (2022). Plant genome size modulates grassland community responses to multi‐nutrient additions. New Phytologist. 236(6). 2091–2102. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaotong, et al.. (2021). Genome downsizing after polyploidy: mechanisms, rates and selection pressures. The Plant Journal. 107(4). 1003–1015. 76 indexed citations

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Hersch‐Green, Erika I., et al.. (2021). Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms. Trends in Plant Science. 26(10). 1039–1049. 60 indexed citations

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Novák, Petr, Maïté S. Guignard, Pavel Neumann, et al.. (2020). Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes. Nature Plants. 6(11). 1325–1329. 93 indexed citations

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Bennett, Nigel C., et al.. (2020). Patterns of telomere length with age in African mole-rats: New insights from quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridisation (qFISH). PeerJ. 8. e10498–e10498. 8 indexed citations

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Mhiri, Corinne, Christian Parisod, Maud Petit, et al.. (2018). Parental transposable element loads influence their dynamics in young Nicotiana hybrids and allotetraploids. New Phytologist. 221(3). 1619–1633. 20 indexed citations

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Becher, Hannes, Lu Ma, Laura J. Kelly, et al.. (2014). Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences associated with 24 nt small RNA s at the centromeres of Fritillaria imperialis L . ( L iliaceae), a species with a giant genome. The Plant Journal. 80(5). 823–833. 23 indexed citations

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Berger, Madeleine, et al.. (2014). Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80. 11–19. 82 indexed citations

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Leitch, Andrew R., Trude Schwarzacher, & David Jackson. (1994). In situ Hybridisation, A Practical Guide. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ningning, et al.. (1991). Identification of Alien Chromatin and Ribosomal DNA in Wheat by in Situ Hybridization. Zhiwu xuebao. 33(6). 437–442. 1 indexed citations

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