James G. Horsfall

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 866 citations indexed

About

James G. Horsfall is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James G. Horsfall has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 866 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James G. Horsfall's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (13 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (9 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (4 papers). James G. Horsfall is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (13 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (9 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (4 papers). James G. Horsfall collaborates with scholars based in United States and Romania. James G. Horsfall's co-authors include Ellis B. Cowling, A. E. Dimond, Eugene H. Varney, Paul E. Waggoner, Saul Rich, Frank L. Howard, Kenneth F. Baker, D. C. Hildebrand and H. L. Barnett and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Annual Review of Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

James G. Horsfall

32 papers receiving 729 citations

Hit Papers

Plant Disease: An Advanced Treatise 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Plant Disease: An Advanced Treatise
    1978 353 citations James G. Horsfall, Ellis B. Cowling profile →

Peers

James G. Horsfall
D. E. Mathre United States
J. G. Hancock United States
H. L. Walker United States
Brynmor Thomas United Kingdom
William P. Roberts Australia
R. D. Berger United States
Edward E. Butler United States
Henri Maraite Belgium
G. J. March Argentina
T.F. Preece United Kingdom
D. E. Mathre United States
James G. Horsfall
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Horsfall, James G. & Ellis B. Cowling. (1979). How pathogens induce disease. Academic Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G. & Ellis B. Cowling. (1978). Plant disease. An advanced treatise Vol. II. How disease develops in populations.. 8 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G. & Ellis B. Cowling. (1978). Plant diseases. An advanced treatise. Volume III. How plants suffer from disease.. 5 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G.. (1971). Rhizoctonia solani, Biology and Pathology.J. R. Parmeter, Jr.. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 46(4). 434–435.
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Waggoner, Paul E. & James G. Horsfall. (1969). EPIDEM; a simulator of plant disease written for a computer. 39 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1969). The Strategy of Finding Fungicides. PubMed. 25. 81–91. 2 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1961). Plant Disease Handbook. AIBS Bulletin. 11(1). 31–31. 3 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1960). Reversal of fungitoxicity of 8-quinolinol by amino acids and other chelators.. Phytopathology. 50(6). 4 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1960). Antisporulant action of hexachloro-2-propanol.. Phytopathology. 50(9). 3 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G. & A. E. Dimond. (1960). The diseased population epidemics and control. Academic Press eBooks.
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1960). Plant Pathology. Vol. II "The Pathogen". AIBS Bulletin. 10(5). 38–38.
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1960). Plant Pathology, an Advanced Treatise: Vol. III, the Diseased Population, Epidemics and Control.. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 87(6). 424–424. 3 indexed citations
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Varney, Eugene H., et al.. (1960). Plant Pathology, an Advanced Treatise, Vol. II, The Pathogen.. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 87(6). 423–423. 2 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G. & A. E. Dimond. (1959). The Diseased plant. Academic Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G., et al.. (1959). Plant Chemotherapy. Annual Review of Plant Physiology. 10(1). 257–276. 2 indexed citations
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Howard, Frank L. & James G. Horsfall. (1957). Principles of Fungicidal Action. Mycologia. 49(1). 165–165. 5 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G.. (1956). Principles of Fungicidal Action. Soil Science. 82(4). 348–348. 179 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G.. (1956). The Fight with the Fungi or the Rusts and Rots that Rob Us, the Blasts and the Blights that Beset Us. American Journal of Botany. 43(7). 532–532. 2 indexed citations
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Rich, Saul & James G. Horsfall. (1954). RELATION OF POLYPHENOL OXIDASES TO FUNGITOXICITY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 40(3). 139–145. 27 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G. & A. E. Dimond. (1951). PLANT CHEMOTHERAPY. Annual Review of Microbiology. 5(1). 209–222. 9 indexed citations

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