Kevin L. Childs

13.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Kevin L. Childs is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin L. Childs has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kevin L. Childs's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (15 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (15 papers). Kevin L. Childs is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (15 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (15 papers). Kevin L. Childs collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Kevin L. Childs's co-authors include C. Robin Buell, Haining Lin, John P. Hamilton, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Natalia de León, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, John E. Mullet, Page W. Morgan, Brian J. Haas and Matthew A. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kevin L. Childs

83 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

The TIGR Rice Genome Anno... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750
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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. The TIGR Rice Genome Annotation Resource: improvements and new features
    2006 964 citations John P. Hamilton, Kevin L. Childs et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin L. Childs United States 37 4.0k 3.1k 1.1k 418 370 85 5.8k
Xuewen Wang China 31 4.8k 1.2× 4.3k 1.4× 844 0.8× 407 1.0× 186 0.5× 105 7.2k
Hui Guo China 27 4.3k 1.1× 4.0k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 393 0.9× 195 0.5× 80 7.0k
Jitendra P. Khurana India 43 6.0k 1.5× 4.9k 1.6× 757 0.7× 363 0.9× 200 0.5× 171 8.0k
Michel Zivy France 43 4.2k 1.1× 3.7k 1.2× 518 0.5× 173 0.4× 231 0.6× 138 6.6k
Stéphane Rombauts Belgium 42 4.4k 1.1× 4.4k 1.4× 463 0.4× 347 0.8× 260 0.7× 84 6.8k
Richard D. Hayes United States 9 3.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 496 0.4× 268 0.6× 196 0.5× 18 4.7k
Akio Miyao Japan 49 8.3k 2.1× 4.6k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 417 1.0× 205 0.6× 102 9.4k
Martin Trick United Kingdom 37 4.2k 1.0× 3.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 356 0.9× 235 0.6× 66 5.5k
Xiyin Wang China 35 4.3k 1.1× 3.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 606 1.4× 166 0.4× 91 6.0k
Stephen J. Powers United Kingdom 46 5.5k 1.4× 2.5k 0.8× 373 0.3× 487 1.2× 524 1.4× 138 7.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin L. Childs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Childs, Kevin L., Kenneth V. Pecota, G. Craig Yencho, et al.. (2025). A Reference-Quality NLRome for the Hexaploid Sweetpotato and Diploid Wild Relatives. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 38(6). 978–992.
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Childs, Kevin L., et al.. (2024). Effector Repertoire of the Sweetpotato Black Rot Fungal PathogenCeratocystis fimbriata. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 37(3). 315–326. 3 indexed citations
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Childs, Kevin L., et al.. (2024). Long-Read Sequencing Genome Assembly of Ceratocystis fimbriata Enables Development of Molecular Diagnostics for Sweetpotato Black Rot. Phytopathology. 114(6). 1411–1420. 5 indexed citations
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Buell, C. Robin, et al.. (2023). Gene expression profiling of soaked dry beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) reveals cell wall modification plays a role in cooking time. The Plant Genome. 16(3). e20364–e20364. 2 indexed citations
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Burkhardt, Alyssa, et al.. (2019). Assembly, annotation, and comparison of Macrophomina phaseolina isolates from strawberry and other hosts. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 802–802. 19 indexed citations
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Zienkiewicz, Agnieszka, Krzysztof Zienkiewicz, Eric Poliner, et al.. (2019). The Microalga Nannochloropsis during Transition from Quiescence to Autotrophy in Response to Nitrogen Availability. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(2). 819–839. 65 indexed citations
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Kadirjan‐Kalbach, Deena K., Aiko Turmo, Jie Wang, et al.. (2019). Allelic Variation in the Chloroplast Division Gene FtsZ2-2 Leads to Natural Variation in Chloroplast Size. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 181(3). 1059–1074. 10 indexed citations
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Lloyd, John P., Megan J. Bowman, Christina B. Azodi, et al.. (2019). Evolutionary characteristics of intergenic transcribed regions indicate rare novel genes and widespread noisy transcription in the Poaceae. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12122–12122. 2 indexed citations
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Edger, Patrick P., Ronald D. Smith, Michael R. McKain, et al.. (2017). Subgenome Dominance in an Interspecific Hybrid, Synthetic Allopolyploid, and a 140-Year-Old Naturally Established Neo-Allopolyploid Monkeyflower. The Plant Cell. 29(9). 2150–2167. 173 indexed citations
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Huot, Bethany, Christian Danve M. Castroverde, André C. Velásquez, et al.. (2017). Dual impact of elevated temperature on plant defence and bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1808–1808. 179 indexed citations
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Kim, Jeongwoon, Yiming Liu, Xunzhong Zhang, Bingyu Zhao, & Kevin L. Childs. (2016). Analysis of salt-induced physiological and proline changes in 46 switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) lines indicates multiple response modes. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 105. 203–212. 48 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Candice N., Cory D. Hirsch, Alex B. Brohammer, et al.. (2016). Draft Assembly of Elite Inbred Line PH207 Provides Insights into Genomic and Transcriptome Diversity in Maize. The Plant Cell. 28(11). 2700–2714. 107 indexed citations
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Childs, Kevin L., Candice N. Hirsch, Elsa Góngora‐Castillo, et al.. (2014). Generation of Transcript Assemblies and Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms from Seven Lowland and Upland Cultivars of Switchgrass. The Plant Genome. 7(2). 7 indexed citations
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Childs, Kevin L., et al.. (2012). Managing and motivating today's contact‐center workforce. Employment Relations Today. 39(3). 29–35. 1 indexed citations
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Elsik, Christine G., Kim C. Worley, Lan Zhang, et al.. (2006). Community annotation: Procedures, protocols, and supporting tools: Table 1.. Genome Research. 16(11). 1329–1333. 36 indexed citations
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Gopal, Kreshna, Tod D. Romo, Erik McKee, et al.. (2005). TEXTAL™: automated crystallographic protein structure determination. Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 1483–1490. 1 indexed citations
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Childs, Kevin L., Robert R. Klein, Patricia E. Klein, Daryl T. Morishige, & John E. Mullet. (2001). Mapping genes on an integrated sorghum genetic and physical map using cDNA selection technology. The Plant Journal. 27(3). 243–255. 17 indexed citations

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