Iain W. Wilson

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Iain W. Wilson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain W. Wilson has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Iain W. Wilson's work include Research in Cotton Cultivation (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (17 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (16 papers). Iain W. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Research in Cotton Cultivation (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (17 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (16 papers). Iain W. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Iain W. Wilson's co-authors include Elizabeth S. Dennis, Shauna Somerville, Kemal Kazan, John M. Manners, Danny Llewellyn, Peer M. Schenk, Jonathan P. Anderson, Todd Richmond, Rudy Dolferus and Barry J. Pogson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Iain W. Wilson

87 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Coordinated plant defense responses in Arabidopsis revealed by microarray analysis

2000 1.1k citations Peer M. Schenk, Kemal Kazan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iain W. Wilson Australia	35	4.3k	2.6k	342	336	274	95	5.4k
Xuewen Wang China	31	4.8k 1.1×	4.3k 1.7×	275 0.8×	272 0.8×	267 1.0×	105	7.2k
Tina Romeis Germany	42	6.8k 1.6×	3.4k 1.3×	244 0.7×	310 0.9×	151 0.6×	64	7.8k
Axel Nagel Germany	11	4.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	216 0.6×	218 0.6×	235 0.9×	12	5.6k
Doil Choi South Korea	47	6.5k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	303 0.9×	474 1.4×	98 0.4×	169	7.5k
Brian E. Ellis Canada	48	5.6k 1.3×	4.6k 1.8×	253 0.7×	396 1.2×	132 0.5×	111	7.2k
Antonio Granell Spain	53	6.8k 1.6×	5.7k 2.2×	558 1.6×	275 0.8×	185 0.7×	190	9.5k
Yiji Xia Hong Kong	38	4.8k 1.1×	4.1k 1.6×	199 0.6×	286 0.9×	140 0.5×	82	6.6k
Jae‐Yean Kim South Korea	44	4.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	218 0.6×	171 0.5×	96 0.4×	124	5.9k
Aardra Kachroo United States	46	5.3k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	413 1.2×	380 1.1×	142 0.5×	76	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iain W. Wilson

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Wu, Wen‐Li, Tingting Yan, Yuanyuan Zhao, et al.. (2025). CYP82G1 Enzyme Functions as Chromone Hydroxylase in the Biosynthesis of 6‐Hydroxy‐2‐(2‐Phenylethyl)chromone in Aquilaria sinensis. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(12). 5570–5584.

Smith, Linda J., Warwick N. Stiller, Gunjan Pandey, et al.. (2025). Comparative Genomics Reveals Ancient and Unique Pathogenicity Features in Australian Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum. Journal of Fungi. 11(7). 481–481.

Li, Yanyan, et al.. (2025). Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses of Taxus chinensis var. mairei Tissues Provide New Insights into the Regulation of Paclitaxel Biosynthesis. Plants. 14(12). 1775–1775.

Lin, Xiaodong, Yan Wang, Changming Mo, et al.. (2024). Selection of Reference Genes in Siraitia siamensis and Expression Patterns of Genes Involved in Mogrosides Biosynthesis. Plants. 13(17). 2449–2449. 1 indexed citations

Wilson, Iain W., Huan Zhao, Zuliang Luo, et al.. (2023). Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of WRKY Transcription Factors in Siraitia siamensis. Plants. 12(2). 288–288. 13 indexed citations

He, Shoupu, et al.. (2023). Dissecting the major genetic components underlying cotton lint development. Genetics. 226(2). 4 indexed citations

Qiu, Deyou, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Reference Genes for Normalizing RT-qPCR and Analysis of the Expression Patterns of WRKY1 Transcription Factor and Rhynchophylline Biosynthesis-Related Genes in Uncaria rhynchophylla. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(22). 16330–16330. 5 indexed citations

Li, Zitong, Shiming Liu, Warren C. Conaty, et al.. (2022). Genomic prediction of cotton fibre quality and yield traits using Bayesian regression methods. Heredity. 129(2). 103–112. 12 indexed citations

Zhu, Qian‐Hao, Warwick N. Stiller, Yinhua Jia, et al.. (2017). Genetic dissection of the fuzzless seed trait in Gossypium barbadense. Journal of Experimental Botany. 69(5). 997–1009. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian, Qian‐Hao Zhu, Philippe Moncuquet, Danny Llewellyn, & Iain W. Wilson. (2016). Genome-wide identification and characterization of the homeodomain-leucine zipper I family of genes in cotton (Gossypium spp.). Plant Gene. 7. 50–61. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuai, Hongwei Liu, Yanfang Yang, et al.. (2015). Studies on the Production of (E,E)-geranyllinalool in E. coli. 4(3). 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Guiling, Yanfang Yang, Fuliang Xie, et al.. (2013). Deep Sequencing Reveals Transcriptome Re-Programming of Taxus × media Cells to the Elicitation with Methyl Jasmonate. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62865–e62865. 69 indexed citations

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Sun, Guiling, Yanfang Yang, Fuliang Xie, et al.. (2013). Correction: Deep Sequencing Reveals Transcriptome Re-Programming of Taxus × media Cells to the Elicitation with Methyl Jasmonate. PLoS ONE. 8(6). 8 indexed citations

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Wilson, Iain W., Jun‐Yi Yang, Danny Llewellyn, et al.. (2010). Arabidopsis RAP2.2 : An Ethylene Response Transcription Factor That Is Important for Hypoxia Survival . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 153(2). 757–772. 292 indexed citations

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Wilson, Iain W., et al.. (2006). Fusarium wilt ( Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum ) genes expressed during infection of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )†. Molecular Plant Pathology. 7(2). 87–101. 22 indexed citations

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Kazan, Kemal, Iain W. Wilson, Dominique Van Der Straeten, et al.. (2005). The transcription factor ATAF2 represses the expression of pathogenesis‐related genes in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 43(5). 745–757. 259 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Chris A., et al.. (2001). The Arabidopsis AMP1 Gene Encodes a Putative Glutamate Carboxypeptidase. The Plant Cell. 13(9). 2115–2125. 146 indexed citations

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Kazan, Kemal, Peer M. Schenk, Iain W. Wilson, & John M. Manners. (2001). DNA microarrays: new tools in the analysis of plant defence responses. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2(3). 177–185. 29 indexed citations

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Schenk, Peer M., Kemal Kazan, Iain W. Wilson, et al.. (2000). Coordinated plant defense responses in Arabidopsis revealed by microarray analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(21). 11655–11660. 1073 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wilson, Iain W., John P. Vogel, & Shauna Somerville. (1997). Signalling pathways: A common theme in plants and animals?. Current Biology. 7(3). R175–R178. 48 indexed citations

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