N. W. Simmonds

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

N. W. Simmonds is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, N. W. Simmonds has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Plant Science, 32 papers in Food Science and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in N. W. Simmonds's work include Potato Plant Research (27 papers), Banana Cultivation and Research (23 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (21 papers). N. W. Simmonds is often cited by papers focused on Potato Plant Research (27 papers), Banana Cultivation and Research (23 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (21 papers). N. W. Simmonds collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Nigeria and United States. N. W. Simmonds's co-authors include J. W. Purseglove, K. W. Shepherd, S. T. C. Weatherup, W. G. C. Forsyth, S. Rajaram, Rachel E. Baker, Jean F. Malcolmson, R. L. Wastie, Richard Killick and DeEtte Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

N. W. Simmonds

122 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evolution of Crop Plants

1979 901 citations N. W. Simmonds profile →
Tropical Crops. Dicotyledons.

1969 516 citations N. W. Simmonds et al. profile →
Principles of crop improvement

1979 483 citations N. W. Simmonds TU Digital Collections (Thammasat University) profile →
The taxonomy and origins of the cultivated bananas.

1955 367 citations N. W. Simmonds et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. W. Simmonds United Kingdom	33	4.0k	935	777	611	556	126	5.1k
J. M. J. de Wet United States	36	3.8k 0.9×	835 0.9×	462 0.6×	1.3k 2.2×	1.9k 3.3×	157	5.4k
T. Hodgkin Italy	25	2.9k 0.7×	725 0.8×	451 0.6×	862 1.4×	724 1.3×	80	4.2k
Karl Hammer Germany	30	2.5k 0.6×	634 0.7×	504 0.6×	633 1.0×	687 1.2×	175	3.2k
Carlos F. Quirós United States	41	4.3k 1.1×	2.4k 2.6×	439 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	590 1.1×	141	5.5k
Luigi Guarino Colombia	31	3.2k 0.8×	625 0.7×	630 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	1.1k 2.0×	85	5.1k
Donald L. Plucknett United States	20	3.0k 0.8×	402 0.4×	221 0.3×	192 0.3×	760 1.4×	75	4.3k
J. G. Hawkes United Kingdom	29	2.6k 0.6×	738 0.8×	976 1.3×	435 0.7×	723 1.3×	92	3.3k
P. D. S. Caligari United Kingdom	35	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	580 0.7×	712 1.2×	459 0.8×	174	3.9k
S. Grando Italy	43	5.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	1.8k 2.3×	1.0k 1.6×	363 0.7×	167	5.7k
B. V. Ford‐Lloyd United Kingdom	34	3.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	372 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	696 1.3×	118	3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. W. Simmonds

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Simmonds, N. W.. (2016). Some ideas on botanical research on rubber. Tropical Agriculture. 59(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (2016). The Potential of Potatoes in the Tropics. Tropical Agriculture. 48(4). 1 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1998). Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge. Edited by J. Bunders, B. Haverkort and W. Hiemstra. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan (1996), pp. 240, £8.95. ISBN 0-333-67082-5.. Experimental Agriculture. 34(1). 125–130. 1 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1994). Horizontal resistance to cocoa diseases. 42–52. 11 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1994). Some speculative calculations on the dispersal of sugarcane smut disease. 1. 2–5. 10 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1993). Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants, by N. I. Vavilov. xxxi + 498 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1992). £75.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 521 40427 4.. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 120(3). 419–420. 2 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1991). Selection for local adaptation in a plant breeding programme. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 82(3). 363–367. 157 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W. & S. T. C. Weatherup. (1990). Numerical taxonomy of the cultivated bananas. Tropical Agriculture. 67(1). 90–92. 9 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W. & S. T. C. Weatherup. (1990). Numerical taxonomy of the wild bananas (Musa). New Phytologist. 115(3). 567–571. 67 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W. & S. Rajaram. (1988). Breeding strategies for resistance to the rusts of wheat. CIMMYT eBooks. 58 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1988). Cassava in Shifting Cultivation. A Systems Approach to Agricultural Technology Development in Africa. By L. O. Fresco. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Royal Tropical Institute (1986), pp. 240, Dfl 39.00.. Experimental Agriculture. 24(2). 265–266.

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Elston, David A. & N. W. Simmonds. (1988). Models of Sugarcane Smut Disease and their Implications for Testing Variety Resistance. Journal of Applied Ecology. 25(1). 319–319. 6 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1986). A Short Review of Farming Systems Research in the Tropics. Experimental Agriculture. 22(1). 1–13. 38 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1979). Principles of crop improvement. TU Digital Collections (Thammasat University). 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1978). Pollination Mechanisms, Reproduction and Plant Breeding. By R. Frankel and E. Galun. Berlin: Springer-Verlag (1977), pp. 281, N.P.. Experimental Agriculture. 14(1). 95–95. 2 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1973). Plant breeding. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 267(882). 145–156. 1 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1969). Variegated mutant plastid chimeras of potatoes. Heredity. 24(2). 303–306. 17 indexed citations

18.

Waggoner, Paul E. & N. W. Simmonds. (1966). Stomata and Transpiration of Droopy Potatoes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 41(8). 1268–1271. 12 indexed citations

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Simmonds, N. W.. (1960). Notes on Banana Taxonomy. Kew Bulletin. 14(2). 198–198. 65 indexed citations

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Forsyth, W. G. C. & N. W. Simmonds. (1954). A survey of the anthocyanins of some tropical plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 142(909). 549–564. 42 indexed citations

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