James C. Nelson

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

James C. Nelson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James C. Nelson has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 27 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James C. Nelson's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (27 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (23 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (16 papers). James C. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (27 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (23 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (16 papers). James C. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and France. James C. Nelson's co-authors include S. D. Tanksley, Mark E. Sorrells, Roby Joehanes, Ravi P. Singh, A. E. Van Deynze, Yun Lü, Philippe Leroy, Susan R. McCouch, Bikram S. Gill and Daniella Pascon Vianna Braga and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James C. Nelson

45 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Advanced backcross QTL analysis: a method for the simultaneous discovery and transfer of valuable QTLs from unadapted germplasm into elite breeding lines

1996 704 citations S. D. Tanksley, James C. Nelson Theoretical and Applied Genetics profile →
QGENE: software for marker-based genomic analysis and breeding

1997 517 citations James C. Nelson profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James C. Nelson United States	29	4.5k	2.3k	688	378	196	45	4.8k
Peter G. Isaac United Kingdom	18	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	878 1.3×	357 0.9×	134 0.7×	26	3.2k
Yūichi Katayose Japan	29	4.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 3.1×	172 0.5×	285 1.5×	72	4.9k
Trushar Shah Kenya	30	2.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	864 1.3×	375 1.0×	79 0.4×	62	3.7k
I. Vroh Bi Belgium	10	3.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	797 1.2×	261 0.7×	111 0.6×	14	4.2k
Andy Greenland United Kingdom	28	1.9k 0.4×	535 0.2×	645 0.9×	305 0.8×	161 0.8×	46	2.2k
Sherry R. Whitt United States	10	1.3k 0.3×	998 0.4×	494 0.7×	133 0.4×	50 0.3×	10	1.9k
Mark H. Wright United States	21	2.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	930 1.4×	89 0.2×	108 0.6×	29	3.5k
Gaël Pressoir United States	11	3.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	699 1.0×	436 1.2×	118 0.6×	16	4.6k
M. D. Gale United Kingdom	35	3.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	769 1.1×	382 1.0×	86 0.4×	74	4.1k
Kshirod K. Jena Philippines	35	3.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	694 1.0×	70 0.2×	140 0.7×	87	3.5k

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Prince, Silvas, Theresa A. Musket, Rupesh Deshmukh, et al.. (2015). Identification of Novel QTL Governing Root Architectural Traits in an Interspecific Soybean Population. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120490–e0120490. 58 indexed citations

Buerstmayr, Maria, et al.. (2012). Mapping of QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance and morphological and developmental traits in three backcross populations derived from Triticum dicoccum × Triticum durum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 125(8). 1751–1765. 81 indexed citations

Nelson, James C., Shichen Wang, Yuye Wu, et al.. (2011). Single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery by high-throughput sequencing in sorghum. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 352–352. 54 indexed citations

Nelson, James C.. (2011). Linkage analysis in unconventional mating designs in line crosses. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 123(6). 897–906. 1 indexed citations

Nelson, James C., Anna M. McClung, Robert G. Fjellstrom, et al.. (2010). Mapping QTL main and interaction influences on milling quality in elite US rice germplasm. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 122(2). 291–309. 45 indexed citations

Jannink, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2009). Selective Advance for Accelerated Development of Recombinant Inbred QTL Mapping Populations. Crop Science. 49(4). 1284–1294. 3 indexed citations

Guo, Zhigang & James C. Nelson. (2008). Multiple-trait quantitative trait locus mapping with incomplete phenotypic data. BMC Genetics. 9(1). 82–82. 7 indexed citations

Venu, R C, Yulin Jia, Malali Gowda, et al.. (2007). RL-SAGE and microarray analysis of the rice transcriptome after Rhizoctonia solani infection. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 278(4). 421–431. 48 indexed citations

Singh, Sukhwinder, Indu Sharma, Sunish K. Sehgal, et al.. (2007). Molecular mapping of QTLs for Karnal bunt resistance in two recombinant inbred populations of bread wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 116(1). 147–154. 22 indexed citations

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See, Deven R., Steven A. Brooks, James C. Nelson, et al.. (2006). Gene evolution at the ends of wheat chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(11). 4162–4167. 55 indexed citations

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Narasimhamoorthy, B., Bikram S. Gill, Allan K. Fritz, James C. Nelson, & Gina Brown‐Guedira. (2006). Advanced backcross QTL analysis of a hard winter wheat × synthetic wheat population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 112(5). 787–796. 143 indexed citations

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Bai, Jianfa, Jianchang Ning, J. Ramalingam, et al.. (2002). Diversity in Nucleotide Binding Site–Leucine-Rich Repeat Genes in Cereals. Genome Research. 12(12). 1871–1884. 261 indexed citations

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Nelson, James C., et al.. (2002). Chromosomal locations and genetic relationships of tiller and spike characters in wheat. Euphytica. 125(3). 357–366. 78 indexed citations

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Nelson, James C.. (2000). Molecular mapping in bread wheat. 5 indexed citations

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Vadász, Csaba, Mariko Saito, Andrea Balla, et al.. (2000). Mapping of quantitative trait loci for ethanol preference in quasi-congenic strains. Alcohol. 20(2). 161–171. 30 indexed citations

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Sourdille, Pierre, Marie-Reine Perretant, Gilles Charmet, et al.. (1996). Linkage between RFLP markers and genes affecting kernel hardness in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 93(4). 580–586. 221 indexed citations

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Tanksley, S. D. & James C. Nelson. (1996). Advanced backcross QTL analysis: a method for the simultaneous discovery and transfer of valuable QTLs from unadapted germplasm into elite breeding lines. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 92(2). 191–203. 704 indexed citations breakdown →

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Deynze, A. E. Van, James C. Nelson, Louise S. O’Donoughue, et al.. (1995). Comparative mapping in grasses. Oat relationships. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 249(3). 349–356. 208 indexed citations

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Nelson, James C., Mark E. Sorrells, A. E. Van Deynze, et al.. (1995). Molecular mapping of wheat: major genes and rearrangements in homoeologous groups 4, 5, and 7.. Genetics. 141(2). 721–731. 296 indexed citations

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Nelson, James C. & Robert J. Wyman. (1990). Examination of paralysis in Drosophila temperature‐sensitive paralytic mutations affecting sodium channels; a proposed mechanism of paralysis. Journal of Neurobiology. 21(3). 453–469. 19 indexed citations

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