Anton Wasson

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Anton Wasson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anton Wasson has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Anton Wasson's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (10 papers). Anton Wasson is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (10 papers). Anton Wasson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and Singapore. Anton Wasson's co-authors include Ulrike Mathesius, Michelle Watt, Jack Christopher, G. J. Rebetzke, John A. Kirkegaard, Richard A. Richards, S. C. Misra, Ravish Chatrath, S. V. S. Prasad and Saoirse Tracy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Cell, New Phytologist and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Anton Wasson

37 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems a... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops
    2012 626 citations Anton Wasson, Richard A. Richards et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anton Wasson Australia 22 1.7k 500 281 231 204 40 2.2k
Daowei Zhou China 20 588 0.3× 203 0.4× 601 2.1× 322 1.4× 190 0.9× 105 1.6k
Wei‐Ming He China 27 1.1k 0.7× 107 0.2× 218 0.8× 380 1.6× 360 1.8× 88 2.1k
H. Cutforth Canada 27 1.6k 1.0× 915 1.8× 774 2.8× 330 1.4× 398 2.0× 77 2.8k
Guangsheng Zhou China 28 1.3k 0.8× 235 0.5× 454 1.6× 522 2.3× 1.2k 5.8× 79 2.6k
Hanna Poffenbarger United States 21 638 0.4× 592 1.2× 904 3.2× 651 2.8× 221 1.1× 48 1.9k
Edmar Teixeira New Zealand 25 1.1k 0.6× 631 1.3× 474 1.7× 233 1.0× 645 3.2× 64 2.1k
J. Bort Spain 33 2.3k 1.3× 840 1.7× 298 1.1× 611 2.6× 618 3.0× 45 3.0k
Marco Lauteri Italy 25 1.4k 0.8× 148 0.3× 154 0.5× 334 1.4× 908 4.5× 63 2.3k
Shan Lun China 18 1.0k 0.6× 333 0.7× 705 2.5× 122 0.5× 466 2.3× 70 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Anton Wasson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anton Wasson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Anton Wasson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Anton Wasson. The network helps show where Anton Wasson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anton Wasson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anton Wasson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anton Wasson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anton Wasson. Anton Wasson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Alahmad, Samir, Daniel Smith, Karine Chenu, et al.. (2025). Phenotyping the hidden half: combining UAV phenotyping and machine learning to predict barley root traits in the field. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(17). 5161–5178. 1 indexed citations
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Kirkegaard, John A., James Hunt, Louise Barton, et al.. (2025). The pros and cons of increasing soil organic matter in dryland cropping systems. Crop and Pasture Science. 76(7).
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Li, Xiaoqing, Di He, Rosemary G. White, et al.. (2024). Reduced tillering and dwarfing genes alter root traits and rhizo‐economics in wheat. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(3). e14336–e14336. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoqing, Anton Wasson, Alexander B. Zwart, et al.. (2023). Physical Mapping of QTLs for Root Traits in a Population of Recombinant Inbred Lines of Hexaploid Wheat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10492–10492. 1 indexed citations
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Jain, Vikrant, Anton Wasson, Malcolm T. McCulloch, Rahul Kumar Kaushal, & A.K. Singhvi. (2022). Controls on sediment provenance in the Baghmati river catchment, Central Himalaya, India. Journal of Earth System Science. 131(1). 3 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton, Kerstin Nagel, Saoirse Tracy, & Michelle Watt. (2019). Beyond Digging: Noninvasive Root and Rhizosphere Phenotyping. Trends in Plant Science. 25(1). 119–120. 49 indexed citations
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Corlett, Richard T., S. Y. Liong, Rudolf Meier, et al.. (2018). The biological, ecological and conservation significance of freshwater swamp forest in Singapore. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore. 70(1). 9–31. 21 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton, et al.. (2017). Differentiating Wheat Genotypes by Bayesian Hierarchical Nonlinear Mixed Modeling of Wheat Root Density. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 282–282. 16 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton, G. J. Rebetzke, John A. Kirkegaard, et al.. (2014). Soil coring at multiple field environments can directly quantify variation in deep root traits to select wheat genotypes for breeding. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(21). 6231–6249. 119 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton, Richard A. Richards, Ravish Chatrath, et al.. (2012). Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(9). 3485–3498. 626 indexed citations breakdown →
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Plet, Julie, Anton Wasson, Federico Ariel, et al.. (2010). MtCRE1‐dependent cytokinin signaling integrates bacterial and plant cues to coordinate symbiotic nodule organogenesis in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal. 65(4). 622–633. 212 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton, Kerry Ramsay, M. G. K. Jones, & Ulrike Mathesius. (2009). Differing requirements for flavonoids during the formation of lateral roots, nodules and root knot nematode galls in Medicago truncatula. New Phytologist. 183(1). 167–179. 47 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton. (2008). Upland Deforestation, Erosion, and Downstream Impacts. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 5 indexed citations
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Wasson, Anton, Navin Juyal, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, et al.. (2007). The mountain-lowland debate: Deforestation and sediment transport in the upper Ganga catchment. Journal of Environmental Management. 88(1). 53–61. 53 indexed citations
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Škalamera, Dubravka, Anton Wasson, & A. R. Hardham. (2003). Genes expressed in zoospores of Phytophthora nicotianae. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 270(6). 549–557. 31 indexed citations
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Buckley, Ralf, et al.. (1987). Phosphorus and potassium status of arid dunefield soils in central Australia and southern Africa, and biogeographic implications. Journal of Arid Environments. 13(3). 211–216. 16 indexed citations

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