Jill E. Cairns

11.2k citations

90 papers · 7.4k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.1%
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Smart Agriculture and AI
Agronomy and Crop Science top 0.2%
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

Papers in

Agronomy and Crop Science 37
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility 35
Plant Science 63
- Genetics and Plant Breeding 34
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement 16

Co-authors: J. L. Araus Mainassara Zaman‐Allah B. M. Prasanna Biswanath Das G. N. Atlin Shawn C. Kefauver M. Olsen Cosmos Magorokosho
Journals: Crop Science (8 papers)Field Crops Research (6 papers)Frontiers in Plant Science (5 papers)Euphytica (3 papers)Theoretical and Applied Genetics (3 papers)
Partner nations: Kenya Mexico United States

In The Last Decade

Jill E. Cairns

87 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments 2021 · 131 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Theoretical and Applied Genetics
2018 Trends in Plant Science
2018 Agricultural Systems
2017 Global Food Security
2013 Food Security
2013 Trends in Plant Science

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1	Know your men and women farmers: Ensuring host farmers in participatory trials represent heterogeneity within the target environment Plants People Planet ·Jill E. Cairns, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Frédéric Baudron, Rachel C. Voss, Kirsty L. Hassall, Michael Euler, N. G. Savinski, Paswel Marenya, B. M. Prasanna	2025	0
2	Ms44-SPT: unique genetic technology simplifies and improves hybrid maize seed production in sub-Saharan Africa Scientific Reports ·Sarah Collinson, Jill E. Cairns, M. Wils, Gabriella Peres de Deus, Hu Jiazhuo, Marc C. Albertsen, Walter Chivasa, Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies, M. Olsen, Berhanu Tadesse Ertiro, B. M. Prasanna	2024	0
3	Validating a novel genetic technology for hybrid maize seed production under management practices associated with resource‐poor farmers in Zimbabwe Plants People Planet ·John K Bowman, Sarah Collinson, Rachel C. Voss, Frédéric Baudron, Maryke Labuschagne, A.C. Franke, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, M. Olsen, Juan Burgueño, Jill E. Cairns	2024	3
4	Projecting the Contribution of Provitamin A Maize Biofortification and Other Nutrition Interventions to the Nutritional Adequacy and Cost of Diets in Rural Zimbabwe Journal of Nutrition ·Frédéric Baudron, Jill E. Cairns, Stephan M. Haefele, Kirsty L. Hassall, Thokozile Ndhlela, Isaiah Nyagumbo, アンドリューブーン, Edward J. M. Joy	2024	4
5	Data-driven approaches can harness crop diversity to address heterogeneous needs for breeding products Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jacob van Etten, Kauê de Sousa, Jill E. Cairns, Matteo Dell’Acqua, Carlo Fadda, Davíd Güereña, Joost van Heerwaarden, Teshale Assefa, Rhys Manners, Anna Müller, Mario Enrico Pè, Vivian Polar, Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Svein Øivind Sølberg, Béla Teeken, Hale Tufan	2023	21
6	Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Elizabeth M. Baggs, Jill E. Cairns, Blessing Mhlanga, César Daniel Petroli, Jordan Chamberlin, Hannes Karwat, E. Schiffe, Christian Thierfelder, Eric Paterson, Xiao Qiang Peng	2023	5
7	Genome-wide association studies of grain yield and quality traits under optimum and low-nitrogen stress in tropical maize (Zea mays L.) Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·何锡章, Charles Spillane, Peter C. McKeown, Jill E. Cairns, Biswanath Das, Manje Gowda	2022	33
8	Incorporating male sterility increases hybrid maize yield in low input African farming systems Communications Biology ·Sarah Collinson, Jin Shijie, Hugo De Groote, 林国元, Jill E. Cairns, Marc C. Albertsen, Taylor Gray, Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies, M. Olsen	2022	10
9	Gender inclusivity through maize breeding in Africa: A review of the issues and options for future engagement Outlook on Agriculture ·Rachel C. Voss, Jason Donovan, Pieter Rutsaert, Jill E. Cairns	2021	29
10	Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·B. M. Prasanna, Jill E. Cairns, P.H. Zaidi, Yoseph Beyene, Dan Makumbi, Manje Gowda, Cosmos Magorokosho, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, M. Olsen, 钱小青, Mosisa Worku, J. Gethi, B. Vivek, Sudha Nair, Zerka Rashid, M.T. Vinayan, M. K. Ayyappan, Félix San Vicente, Thanda Dhliwayo, Xuecai Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2021	131
11	Challenges for sustainable maize production of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa Journal of Cereal Science ·Jill E. Cairns, Jordan Chamberlin, Pieter Rutsaert, Rachel C. Voss, Thokozile Ndhlela, Cosmos Magorokosho	2021	59
12	Nitrogen rate impacts on tropical maize nitrogen use efficiency and soil nitrogen depletion in eastern and southern Africa Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Heather Pasley, James J. Camberato, Jill E. Cairns, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Biswanath Das, Tony J. Vyn	2020	36
13	Nitrogen fertilizer rate increases plant uptake and soil availability of essential nutrients in continuous maize production in Kenya and Zimbabwe Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Heather Pasley, Jill E. Cairns, James J. Camberato, Tony J. Vyn	2019	67
14	Identification of donors for low-nitrogen stress with maize lethal necrosis (MLN) tolerance for maize breeding in sub-Saharan Africa Euphytica ·Biswanath Das, G. N. Atlin, Michael Olsen, Juan Burgueño, Amsal Tarekegne, Raman Babu, Sébastien Cliquennois, Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies, A. S. MENEZES, Taylor Gray, Yahya Khan, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Félix San Vicente, B. M. Prasanna, Jill E. Cairns	2019	24
15	Phenotyping for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Maize : Heat Stress. A field manual CIMMYT eBooks ·P.H. Zaidi, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Samuel Trachsel, K. Seetharam, Jill E. Cairns, M.T. Vinayan	2016	15
16	Metabolite profiles of maize leaves in drought, heat and combined stress field trials reveal the relationship between metabolism and grain yield PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Toshihiro Obata, Sandra A. Witt, Jan Lisec, Natalia Palacios‐Rojas, Igor Florez‐Sarasa, J. L. Araus, Jill E. Cairns, Salima Yousfi, Alisdair R. Fernie	2015	257
17	Factors preventing the performance of oxygen isotope ratios as indicators of grain yield in maize Planta ·Rut Sánchez‐Bragado, J. L. Araus, Ursula Scheerer, Jill E. Cairns, Heinz Rennenberg, Juan Pedro Ferrio	2015	9
18	Genome-enabled prediction of genetic values using radial basis function neural networks Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Juan Manuel González‐Camacho, G. de los Campos, (unknown), Daniel Gianola, Jill E. Cairns, George Mahuku, Raman Babu, José Crossa	2012	162
19	Research into the workload and roles of oncology nurses within an outpatient oncology unit European Journal of Oncology Nursing ·Nicole Blay, Jill E. Cairns, L.-Q. Lee, J. Kuebli	2002	22
20	Linking drought‐resistance mechanisms to drought avoidance in upland rice using a QTL approach: progress and new opportunities to integrate stomatal and mesophyll responses Journal of Experimental Botany ·Adam H. Price, Jill E. Cairns, Peter Horton, H. G. Jones, Howard Griffiths	2002	274

About Jill E. Cairns

Jill E. Cairns is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Genetics, having authored 90 papers that have together received 7.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (35 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (34 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (27 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (16 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (14 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (11 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (5.5k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (1.4k citations), Soil Science (726 citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (627 citations) and Ecology (1.6k citations). Jill E. Cairns has collaborated with scholars based in Kenya, Mexico and United States. Frequent co-authors include J. L. Araus, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, B. M. Prasanna, Biswanath Das, G. N. Atlin, Shawn C. Kefauver, M. Olsen, Cosmos Magorokosho, Adam H. Price and Ciro Sánchez. Their work appears in journals such as Crop Science, Field Crops Research, Frontiers in Plant Science, Euphytica and Theoretical and Applied Genetics.

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