Brian J. Knaus

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Brian J. Knaus is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian J. Knaus has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Cell Biology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brian J. Knaus's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (22 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (18 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Brian J. Knaus is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (22 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (18 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Brian J. Knaus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Japan. Brian J. Knaus's co-authors include Niklaus J. Grünwald, Richard Cronn, Susan M. Haig, Aaron Liston, Thomas D. Mullins, John Syring, Zhian N. Kamvar, Peter J. Maughan, Joshua A. Udall and Matthew Parks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Brian J. Knaus

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

vcfr: a package to manipulate and visualize variant call format data in R

2016 623 citations Brian J. Knaus, Niklaus J. Grünwald profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Domesticated cannabinoid synthases amid a wild mosaic cannabis pangenome 2025 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brian J. Knaus, Nolan T. Hartwick, (unknown), Anthony Aylward, (unknown), Sarah B. Carey, (unknown), (unknown), Kelly Colt, Emily R. Murray, (unknown), Heidi I. Chen, (unknown), Alex Harkess, (unknown), Kelly Vining, Todd P. Michael	8
2	Climatic variability, spatial heterogeneity and the presence of multiple hosts drive the population structure of the pathogen Phytophthora ramorum and the epidemiology of Sudden Oak Death 2024 ·Ecography ·(unknown), Brian J. Knaus, Javier F. Tabima, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Matteo Garbelotto	1
3	Genome-Wide Increased Copy Number is Associated with Emergence of Dominant Clones of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Phytophthora infestans 2020 ·mBio ·Brian J. Knaus, Javier F. Tabima, (unknown), Howard S. Judelson, Niklaus J. Grünwald	30
4	Development of a Diagnostic Assay for Race Differentiation of Podosphaera macularis 2020 ·Plant Disease ·(unknown), Brian J. Knaus, Michele S. Wiseman, Niklaus J. Grünwald, David H. Gent	6
5	Transcriptome-Derived Amplicon Sequencing Markers Elucidate the U.S. Podosphaera macularis Population Structure Across Feral and Commercial Plantings of Humulus lupulus 2020 ·Phytopathology ·(unknown), Brian J. Knaus, Niklaus J. Grünwald, (unknown), (unknown), David H. Gent, Lance Cadle‐Davidson, David M. Gadoury	17
6	Genetic Diversity of Verticillium dahliae Isolates From Mint Detected with Genotyping by Sequencing 2019 ·Phytopathology ·Jeremiah K. S. Dung, Brian J. Knaus, (unknown), Niklaus J. Grünwald, Kelly Vining	7
7	Stable predictive markers for Phytophthora sojae avirulence genes that impair infection of soybean uncovered by whole genome sequencing of 31 isolates 2018 ·BMC Biology ·(unknown), Humira Sonah, (unknown), Caroline Labbé, Geneviève Marchand, Allen Xue, François Belzile, Brian J. Knaus, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Richard R. Bélanger	27
8	Inferring Variation in Copy Number Using High Throughput Sequencing Data in R 2018 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·Brian J. Knaus, Niklaus J. Grünwald	14
9	A review of Sedum section Gormania (Crassulaceae) in western North America 2018 ·Phytotaxa ·(unknown), Barbara L. Wilson, (unknown), Nick Otting, (unknown), Brian J. Knaus, Julie К. Nelson	1
10	Methods for calling ploidy or copy number variation in R 2017 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·Brian J. Knaus, Niklaus J. Grünwald	1
11	Genetic Variation within Clonal Lineages of Phytophthora infestans Revealed through Genotyping-By-Sequencing, and Implications for Late Blight Epidemiology 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Zachariah R. Hansen, Kathryne L. Everts, William E. Fry, Amanda J. Gevens, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Beth K. Gugino, Dennis A. Johnson, Steven B. Johnson, Howard S. Judelson, Brian J. Knaus, M. T. McGrath, Kevin Myers, Jean B. Ristaino, Pamela D. Roberts, Gary A. Secor, Christine D. Smart	24
12	Microsatellite Marker Development in Peony using Next Generation Sequencing 2013 ·Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science ·Barbara Gilmore, Nahla Bassil, (unknown), Brian J. Knaus, (unknown), Danny L. Barney, Kim E. Hummer	18
13	SSR_pipeline: A Bioinformatic Infrastructure for Identifying Microsatellites From Paired-End Illumina High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Data 2013 ·Journal of Heredity ·Mark P. Miller, Brian J. Knaus, Thomas D. Mullins, Susan M. Haig	47
14	A SNP resource for Douglas-fir: de novo transcriptome assembly and SNP detection and validation 2013 ·BMC Genomics ·Glenn T. Howe, (unknown), Brian J. Knaus, Richard Cronn, (unknown), Peter Dolan, W. Walter Lorenz, Jeffrey F. D. Dean	52
15	Targeted enrichment strategies for next‐generation plant biology 2012 ·American Journal of Botany ·Richard Cronn, Brian J. Knaus, Aaron Liston, Peter J. Maughan, Matthew Parks, John Syring, Joshua A. Udall	161
16	Mitochondrial genome sequences illuminate maternal lineages of conservation concern in a rare carnivore 2011 ·BMC Ecology ·Brian J. Knaus, Richard Cronn, Aaron Liston, Kristine L. Pilgrim, Michael K. Schwartz	70
17	Microsatellite primers for the Pacific Northwest endemic conifer Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Cupressaceae) 2011 ·American Journal of Botany ·(unknown), Brian J. Knaus, (unknown), Richard Cronn	2
18	Morphometric architecture of the most taxon‐rich species in the U.S. flora: Astragalus lentiginosus (Fabaceae) 2010 ·American Journal of Botany ·Brian J. Knaus	8
19	Taxonomic Considerations in Listing Subspecies\nUnder the U.S. Endangered Species Act 2006 ·Insecta mundi ·Susan M. Haig, Erik A. Beever, Steven M. Chambers, Hope M. Draheim, Bruce D. Dugger, Susie Dunham, Elise Elliott-Smith, Joseph B. Fontaine, Dylan C. Kesler, Brian J. Knaus, Iara F. Lopes, (unknown), Thomas D. Mullins, (unknown)	196
20	Taxonomic Considerations in Listing Subspecies Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act 2006 ·Conservation Biology ·Susan M. Haig, Erik A. Beever, Steven M. Chambers, Hope M. Draheim, Bruce D. Dugger, Susie Dunham, Elise Elliott-Smith, Joseph B. Fontaine, Dylan C. Kesler, Brian J. Knaus, Iara F. Lopes, (unknown), Thomas D. Mullins, (unknown)	6

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