Kenneth M. Olsen

12.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Kenneth M. Olsen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth M. Olsen has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Plant Science, 62 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth M. Olsen's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (52 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (23 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (20 papers). Kenneth M. Olsen is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (52 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (23 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (20 papers). Kenneth M. Olsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Malaysia. Kenneth M. Olsen's co-authors include Barbara A. Schaal, Michael D. Purugganan, Ana L. Caicedo, Briana L. Gross, W.A. Smith, Jason T. Rauscher, Jonathan F. Wendel, Yulin Jia, Johanna Schmitt and John R. Stinchcombe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth M. Olsen

125 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Phylogeographic studies in plants: problems and prospects

1998 970 citations Kenneth M. Olsen et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
A quantitative genomics map of rice provides genetic insights and guides breeding

2021 156 citations Xin Wei, Jie Qiu et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra United States

Robert J. Elshire United States

Ray Ming United States

Song Ge China

Guillaume Besnard France

Brandon S. Gaut United States

Rick Kesseli United States

Brandon S. Gaut United States

Yves Vigouroux France

Jeffrey C. Glaubitz United States

Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth M. Olsen

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Smith, Adam B., et al.. (2024). Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co‐flowering richness. New Phytologist. 243(6). 2486–2500. 9 indexed citations

Santangelo, James S., Paul Battlay, Kenneth M. Olsen, et al.. (2023). Haplotype-Resolved, Chromosome-Level Assembly of White Clover (Trifolium repens L., Fabaceae). Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(8). 9 indexed citations

Mashburn, Brock, et al.. (2023). Genetic assessment improves conservation efforts for the critically endangered oceanic island endemic Hibiscus liliiflorus. Journal of Heredity. 114(3). 259–270. 2 indexed citations

Comes, Hans Peter, Jun Chen, Shanshan Zhu, et al.. (2023). Genome sequences and population genomics provide insights into the demographic history, inbreeding, and mutation load of two ‘living fossil’ tree species of Dipteronia. The Plant Journal. 117(1). 177–192. 21 indexed citations

Ebana, Kaworu, et al.. (2021). Genomic divergence during feralization reveals both conserved and distinct mechanisms of parallel weediness evolution. Communications Biology. 4(1). 952–952. 16 indexed citations

Wei, Xin, Jie Qiu, Jiongjiong Fan, et al.. (2021). A quantitative genomics map of rice provides genetic insights and guides breeding. Nature Genetics. 53(2). 243–253. 156 indexed citations breakdown →

Jia, Yulin, Andrew Gibbons, Yan Liu, et al.. (2020). Identification of Novel QTL Conferring Sheath Blight Resistance in Two Weedy Rice Mapping Populations. Rice. 13(1). 21–21. 21 indexed citations

Qiu, Jie, Lei Jia, Dongya Wu, et al.. (2020). Diverse genetic mechanisms underlie worldwide convergent rice feralization. Genome biology. 21(1). 70–70. 64 indexed citations

Zheng, Xiaoming, Jun Chen, Qian Gao, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide analyses reveal the role of noncoding variation in complex traits during rice domestication. Science Advances. 5(12). eaax3619–eaax3619. 42 indexed citations

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Olsen, Kenneth M., et al.. (2018). Evolving insights on weedy rice. Ecological Genetics and Genomics. 7-8. 23–26. 18 indexed citations

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Doust, Andrew N., et al.. (2014). Beyond the single gene: How epistasis and gene-by-environment effects influence crop domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(17). 6178–6183. 71 indexed citations

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Gross, Briana L., Frank Steffen, & Kenneth M. Olsen. (2010). The molecular basis of white pericarps in African domesticated rice: novel mutations at the Rc gene. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(12). 2747–2753. 28 indexed citations

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Gross, Briana L. & Kenneth M. Olsen. (2010). Genetic perspectives on crop domestication. Trends in Plant Science. 15(9). 529–537. 260 indexed citations

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Reagon, Michael, Carrie S. Thurber, Briana L. Gross, et al.. (2010). Genomic patterns of nucleotide diversity in divergent populations of U.S. weedy rice. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 180–180. 99 indexed citations

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Olsen, Kenneth M., et al.. (2007). Molecular evolution of the Li/li chemical defence polymorphism in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Molecular Ecology. 16(19). 4180–4193. 49 indexed citations

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Narasimhamoorthy, B., Joseph H. Bouton, Kenneth M. Olsen, & M. K. Sledge. (2007). Quantitative trait loci and candidate gene mapping of aluminum tolerance in diploid alfalfa. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 114(5). 901–913. 37 indexed citations

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Stinchcombe, John R., Cynthia Weinig, Mark C. Ungerer, et al.. (2004). A latitudinal cline in flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana modulated by the flowering time gene FRIGIDA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(13). 4712–4717. 387 indexed citations

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Olsen, Kenneth M.. (2002). Population history of Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae) inferred from nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology. 11(5). 901–911. 36 indexed citations

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Olsen, Kenneth M., et al.. (1994). Effect of tied riding and mulch ripping on water conservation in Maize production on sandveld soils. 95(1). 33–44. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Lin, Ravi Malaviya, Kenneth M. Olsen, & Barbara A. Jakschik. (1993). Effect of culture conditions on mast cell eicosanoid synthesis. Prostaglandins. 45(4). 385–398. 4 indexed citations

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