James E. Specht

17.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
123 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

James E. Specht is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Specht has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James E. Specht's work include Soybean genetics and cultivation (100 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (63 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (29 papers). James E. Specht is often cited by papers focused on Soybean genetics and cultivation (100 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (63 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (29 papers). James E. Specht collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and China. James E. Specht's co-authors include Randy C. Shoemaker, Perry B. Cregan, Qijian Song, David L. Hyten, Kenneth G. Cassman, Achim Dobermann, A. Weiss, Karl G. Lark, Randall L. Nelson and José Costa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

James E. Specht

120 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Nitrogen uptake, fixation and response to fertilizer N in soybeans: A review

2008 781 citations James E. Specht et al. profile →
A new integrated genetic linkage map of the soybean

2004 755 citations Qijian Song, Randy C. Shoemaker et al. Theoretical and Applied Genetics profile →
Impacts of genetic bottlenecks on soybean genome diversity

2006 554 citations David L. Hyten, Qijian Song et al. profile →
RNA-Seq Atlas of Glycine max: A guide to the soybean transcriptome

2010 541 citations Brian W. Diers, Andrew Farmer et al. profile →
A genome-wide association study of seed protein and oil content in soybean

2014 481 citations Eun Young Hwang, Qijian Song et al. BMC Genomics profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Soybean seed yield distribution within the canopy as affected by nitrogen supply 2025 ·Crop Science ·(unknown), (unknown), James E. Specht, Réka Howard, Walter D. Carciochi, Patricio Grassini, (unknown), José F. Andrade, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza	1
2	Genetic architecture of protein and oil content in soybean seed and meal 2023 ·The Plant Genome ·Brian W. Diers, James E. Specht, George L. Graef, Qijian Song, Katy Martin Rainey, (unknown), Xiaotong Liu, Chad L. Myers, Robert M. Stupar, (unknown), William D. Beavis	6
3	High-throughput characterization, correlation, and mapping of leaf photosynthetic and functional traits in the soybean (Glycine max) nested association mapping population 2022 ·Genetics ·Christopher M. Montes, Carolyn M. Fox, Álvaro Sanz‐Sáez, Shawn Serbin, Etsushi Kumagai, (unknown), Alencar Xavier, James E. Specht, William D. Beavis, Carl J. Bernacchi, Brian W. Diers, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth	13
4	Decoupling between leaf nitrogen and radiation-use efficiency in vegetative and early reproductive stages in high-yielding soybean 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Nicolás Cafaro La Menza, Timothy J. Arkebauer, John L. Lindquist, Juan Pablo Monzón, Johannes M. H. Knops, George L. Graef, (unknown), Réka Howard, Jennifer Rees, James E. Specht, Patricio Grassini	7
5	Genotype imputation for soybean nested association mapping population to improve precision of QTL detection 2022 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Linfeng Chen, Shouping Yang, (unknown), Charles Quigley, Earl Taliercio, Rouf Mian, James E. Specht, Brian W. Diers, Qijian Song	6
6	Advancing agricultural research using machine learning algorithms 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Spyridon Mourtzinis, Paul D. Esker, James E. Specht, Shawn P. Conley	21
7	Insufficient nitrogen supply from symbiotic fixation reduces seasonal crop growth and nitrogen mobilization to seed in highly productive soybean crops 2020 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Nicolás Cafaro La Menza, Juan Pablo Monzón, John L. Lindquist, Timothy J. Arkebauer, Johannes M. H. Knops, M. Unkovich, James E. Specht, Patricio Grassini	52
8	From sunlight to seed: Assessing limits to solar radiation capture and conversion in agro-ecosystems 2019 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Spyridon Mourtzinis, George Azzari, José F. Andrade, Shawn P. Conley, David B. Lobell, James E. Specht, Patricio Grassini	16
9	Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Local Adaptation in Soybean 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Nonoy Bandillo, Justin Anderson, Michael B. Kantar, Robert M. Stupar, James E. Specht, George L. Graef, Aaron J. Lorenz	42
10	Prospects of Genomic Prediction in the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection: Historical Data Creates Robust Models for Enhancing Selection of Accessions 2016 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Diego Jarquín, James E. Specht, Aaron J. Lorenz	66
11	Identification of Novel QTL Governing Root Architectural Traits in an Interspecific Soybean Population 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Silvas Prince, Theresa A. Musket, (unknown), Rupesh Deshmukh, Tri D. Vuong, Li Song, Perry B. Cregan, James C. Nelson, J. Grover Shannon, James E. Specht, Henry T. Nguyen	58
12	A genome-wide association study of seed protein and oil content in soybean breakdown → 2014 ·BMC Genomics ·Eun Young Hwang, Qijian Song, Gaofeng Jia, James E. Specht, David L. Hyten, José Costa, Perry B. Cregan	481
13	Activity of the Arabidopsis RD29A and RD29B promoter elements in soybean under water stress 2012 ·Planta ·Saadia Bihmidine, Jiusheng Lin, Julie M. Stone, Tala Awada, James E. Specht, Tom Clemente	59
14	High-throughput SNP discovery through deep resequencing of a reduced representation library to anchor and orient scaffolds in the soybean whole genome sequence 2010 ·BMC Genomics ·David L. Hyten, Steven B. Cannon, Qijian Song, Nathan T. Weeks, Edward Fickus, Randy C. Shoemaker, James E. Specht, Andrew Farmer, Gregory D. May, Perry B. Cregan	211
15	Use of Leaf Size for Indirect Selection of Seed Size in Soybean 1997 ·The Korean Journal of Crop Science ·(unknown), James E. Specht	1
16	Consistency of QTLs for Soybean Seed Size across Generations 1997 ·JoLS Journal of Life Sciences ·James E. Specht	1
17	From Pleistocene to present: obsidian sources in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea 1992 ·Records of the Australian Museum ·Robin Torrence, James E. Specht, Richard Fullagar, (unknown)	9
18	Chloroplast DNA evidence for non-random selection of females in an outcrossed population of soybeans [Glycine max (L.)] 1992 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·David J. Lee, (unknown), James E. Specht, George L. Graef	8
19	RFLP mapping using near-isogenic lines in the soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] 1991 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Gary J. Muehlbauer, Paul Staswick, James E. Specht, George L. Graef, Randy C. Shoemaker, Paul Keim	34
20	Research notes: Hilum color as a genetic marker in soybean crosses 1978 ·Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) ·James E. Specht, Joseph H. Williams	1

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