Jonathan F. Wendel

46.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
299 papers, 28.2k citations indexed

About

Jonathan F. Wendel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan F. Wendel has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 28.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Plant Science, 103 papers in Molecular Biology and 50 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan F. Wendel's work include Research in Cotton Cultivation (146 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (123 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (119 papers). Jonathan F. Wendel is often cited by papers focused on Research in Cotton Cultivation (146 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (123 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (119 papers). Jonathan F. Wendel collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Jonathan F. Wendel's co-authors include Keith L. Adams, Inés Álvarez, Lex Flagel, Richard Cronn, Curt L. Brubaker, Randall L. Small, Andrew H. Paterson, Tosak Seelanan, Andrew Schnabel and Joshua A. Udall and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan F. Wendel

287 papers receiving 27.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference 1993 2026 2004 2015 2003 2000 2005 1995 1993 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference
    2003 1.6k citations Jonathan F. Wendel et al. profile →
  2. Genome evolution in polyploids
    2000 1.3k citations Jonathan F. Wendel profile →
  3. Polyploidy and genome evolution in plants
    2005 1.0k citations Keith L. Adams, Jonathan F. Wendel profile →
  4. Bidirectional interlocus concerted evolution following allopolyploid speciation in cotton (Gossypium).
    1995 713 citations Jonathan F. Wendel et al. profile →
  5. A rapid method for extraction of cotton (Gossypium spp.) genomic DNA suitable for RFLP or PCR analysis
    1993 713 citations Andrew H. Paterson, Jonathan F. Wendel et al. profile →
  6. Gene duplication and evolutionary novelty in plants
    2009 682 citations Lex Flagel, Jonathan F. Wendel New Phytologist profile →
  7. Genes duplicated by polyploidy show unequal contributions to the transcriptome and organ-specific reciprocal silencing
    2003 629 citations Keith L. Adams, Ryan Percifield et al. profile →
  8. Evolutionary Genetics of Genome Merger and Doubling in Plants
    2008 512 citations Lex Flagel, Andrew H. Paterson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan F. Wendel United States 83 22.0k 12.6k 6.5k 5.8k 2.1k 299 28.2k
W. Powell United Kingdom 74 15.5k 0.7× 5.9k 0.5× 2.9k 0.4× 8.7k 1.5× 570 0.3× 278 21.2k
Scott Tingey United States 38 12.6k 0.6× 6.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.3× 6.2k 1.1× 658 0.3× 57 18.6k
Michele Morgante Italy 63 13.8k 0.6× 7.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.3× 6.3k 1.1× 534 0.2× 176 18.6k
Marc Zabeau Belgium 35 10.0k 0.5× 7.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.4× 4.9k 0.8× 419 0.2× 52 16.8k
Steven D. Tanksley United States 94 29.7k 1.3× 12.4k 1.0× 2.1k 0.3× 11.3k 1.9× 412 0.2× 236 33.7k
Pieter Vos Netherlands 33 9.1k 0.4× 4.4k 0.3× 2.3k 0.4× 4.3k 0.7× 564 0.3× 52 14.6k
Jeffrey D. Palmer United States 95 10.3k 0.5× 20.1k 1.6× 8.9k 1.4× 4.0k 0.7× 323 0.2× 199 27.1k
John Doebley United States 71 19.9k 0.9× 7.9k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 13.6k 2.3× 300 0.1× 153 25.6k
William F. Thompson United States 49 13.3k 0.6× 10.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.2× 3.3k 0.6× 412 0.2× 169 18.1k
Claude W. dePamphilis United States 63 9.6k 0.4× 12.0k 0.9× 6.6k 1.0× 2.6k 0.4× 179 0.1× 141 17.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiong, Xianpeng, De Zhu, Lian Duan, et al.. (2025). Dynamics of duplicated gene regulatory networks governing cotton fiber development following polyploidy. New Phytologist. 248(6). 2942–2963.
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Hu, Guanjing, Corrinne E. Grover, Daniel L. Vera, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary Dynamics of Chromatin Structure and Duplicate Gene Expression in Diploid and Allopolyploid Cotton. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(5). 11 indexed citations
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Meng, Qingying, Zhongping Xu, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of genome sequences of the two cultivated tetraploid cottons, Gossypium hirsutum (L.) and G. barbadense (L.). Industrial Crops and Products. 196. 116471–116471. 5 indexed citations
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Sharbrough, Joel, Justin L. Conover, Corrinne E. Grover, et al.. (2022). Global Patterns of Subgenome Evolution in Organelle-Targeted Genes of Six Allotetraploid Angiosperms. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(4). 20 indexed citations
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Conover, Justin L. & Jonathan F. Wendel. (2022). Deleterious Mutations Accumulate Faster in Allopolyploid Than Diploid Cotton ( Gossypium ) and Unequally between Subgenomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(2). 28 indexed citations
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Grover, Corrinne E., Mark A. Arick, Adam Thrash, et al.. (2022). Dual Domestication, Diversity, and Differential Introgression in Old World Cotton Diploids. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(12). 11 indexed citations
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Grover, Corrinne E., Evan S. Forsythe, Joel Sharbrough, et al.. (2022). Variation in cytonuclear expression accommodation among allopolyploid plants. Genetics. 222(2). 9 indexed citations
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Conover, Justin L., Joel Sharbrough, & Jonathan F. Wendel. (2021). pSONIC: Ploidy-aware Syntenic Orthologous Networks Identified via Collinearity. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(8). 11 indexed citations
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Miller, Emma R., Justin L. Conover, Corrinne E. Grover, et al.. (2021). Nuclear–cytoplasmic balance: whole genome duplications induce elevated organellar genome copy number. The Plant Journal. 108(1). 219–230. 24 indexed citations
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Grover, Corrinne E., Daojun Yuan, Mark A. Arick, et al.. (2021). The Gossypium stocksii genome as a novel resource for cotton improvement. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(7). 7 indexed citations
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Grover, Corrinne E., Daojun Yuan, Mark A. Arick, et al.. (2021). The Gossypium anomalum genome as a resource for cotton improvement and evolutionary analysis of hybrid incompatibility. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(11). 12 indexed citations
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Grover, Corrinne E., Mengqiao Pan, Daojun Yuan, et al.. (2020). The Gossypium longicalyx Genome as a Resource for Cotton Breeding and Evolution. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(5). 1457–1467. 23 indexed citations
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Hu, Guanjing, Corrinne E. Grover, Mark A. Arick, et al.. (2020). Homoeologous gene expression and co-expression network analyses and evolutionary inference in allopolyploids. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 22(2). 1819–1835. 31 indexed citations
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Grover, Corrinne E., Mi‐Jeong Yoo, Meng Lin, et al.. (2019). Genetic Analysis of the Transition from Wild to Domesticated Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(2). 731–754. 18 indexed citations
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Han, Jinlei, Rick E. Masonbrink, Fengqin Song, et al.. (2016). Rapid proliferation and nucleolar organizer targeting centromeric retrotransposons in cotton. The Plant Journal. 88(6). 992–1005. 33 indexed citations
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Greilhuber, Johann, Jaroslav Doležel, Jonathan F. Wendel, & Ilia J. Leitch. (2012). Physical structure, behavior and evolution of plant genomes. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Gong, Lei, Armel Salmon, Mi‐Jeong Yoo, et al.. (2012). The Cytonuclear Dimension of Allopolyploid Evolution: An Example from Cotton Using Rubisco. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(10). 3023–3036. 39 indexed citations
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Chaudhary, Bhupendra, Lex Flagel, Robert M. Stupar, et al.. (2009). Reciprocal Silencing, Transcriptional Bias and Functional Divergence of Homeologs in Polyploid Cotton (Gossypium). Genetics. 182(2). 503–517. 181 indexed citations
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Adams, Keith L., Ryan Percifield, & Jonathan F. Wendel. (2004). Organ-Specific Silencing of Duplicated Genes in a Newly Synthesized Cotton Allotetraploid. Genetics. 168(4). 2217–2226. 213 indexed citations

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