Ralph Riley

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ralph Riley is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Riley has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ralph Riley's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (30 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (24 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (22 papers). Ralph Riley is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (30 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (24 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (22 papers). Ralph Riley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hungary and United States. Ralph Riley's co-authors include Victor Chapman, G. Kimber, K. R. Lewis, R. Johnson, John Unrau, M. D. Bennett, G. A. Dover, M. W. Bayliss, Gabriel A. Dover and T. E. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Genetics and Heredity.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Riley

62 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Control of the Cytologically Diploid Behaviour of... 1958 2026 1980 2003 1958 200 400 600
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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. Genetic Control of the Cytologically Diploid Behaviour of Hexaploid Wheat
    1958 742 citations Ralph Riley, Victor Chapman Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph Riley United Kingdom 33 3.4k 1.2k 750 373 256 63 3.7k
E. R. Sears United States 26 3.7k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 864 1.2× 168 0.5× 292 1.1× 50 3.9k
A. L. Kahler United States 26 2.0k 0.6× 560 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 710 1.9× 110 0.4× 49 2.9k
James Beales United Kingdom 8 3.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 108 0.3× 666 2.6× 8 3.3k
Adrian O. Stec United States 21 3.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 1.9k 2.5× 397 1.1× 314 1.2× 35 4.1k
Eric Jenczewski France 33 2.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.6× 800 1.1× 317 0.8× 88 0.3× 46 3.1k
Christopher A. Cullis United States 32 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 318 0.4× 285 0.8× 105 0.4× 118 2.8k
Marc H. Ellis Australia 24 3.1k 0.9× 752 0.6× 872 1.2× 88 0.2× 718 2.8× 57 3.3k
R. A. McIntosh Australia 39 5.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.2× 933 1.2× 62 0.2× 636 2.5× 101 5.5k
Richard Whitkus United States 21 1.2k 0.4× 398 0.3× 587 0.8× 544 1.5× 166 0.6× 39 1.6k
Andreas Madlung United States 20 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 735 1.0× 481 1.3× 60 0.2× 34 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph Riley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Riley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralph Riley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralph Riley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ralph Riley. Ralph Riley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chalmers, Rachel M., Rosemary McCann, Catherine Quigley, et al.. (2011). Guidance for the investigation of Cryptosporidium linked to swimming pools. 4 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, C. N. Law, & Victor Chapman. (1981). The control of recombination. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 292(1062). 529–534. 10 indexed citations
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Dover, G. A. & Ralph Riley. (1977). Inferences from genetical evidence on the course of meiotic chromosome pairing in plants. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 277(955). 313–326. 32 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph. (1976). Concluding remarks — the evolution of crops and of agriculture. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 275(936). 209–213. 1 indexed citations
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Bennett, M. D., G. A. Dover, & Ralph Riley. (1974). Meiotic duration in wheat genotypes with or without homoeologous meiotic chromosome pairing. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 187(1087). 191–207. 30 indexed citations
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Bayliss, M. W. & Ralph Riley. (1972). An analysis of temperature-dependent asynapsis inTriticum aestivum. Genetics Research. 20(2). 193–200. 47 indexed citations
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Bayliss, M. W. & Ralph Riley. (1972). Evidence of premeiotic control of chromosome pairing inTriticum aestivum. Genetics Research. 20(2). 201–212. 35 indexed citations
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Chapman, Victor & Ralph Riley. (1970). Homoeologous Meiotic Chromosome Pairing in Triticum aestivum in which Chromosome 5B is replaced by an Alien Homoeologue. Nature. 226(5243). 376–377. 25 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, Victor Chapman, & R. Johnson. (1968). The incorporation of alien disease resistance in wheat by genetic interference with the regulation of meiotic chromosome synapsis. Genetics Research. 12(2). 199–219. 121 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph & Victor Chapman. (1967). Effect of 5BS in suppressing the Expression of Altered Dosage of 5BL on Meiotic Chromosome Pairing in Triticum aestivum. Nature. 216(5110). 60–62. 37 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph & Toby Miller. (1966). The differential sensitivity of desynaptic and normal genotypes of barley to X-rays. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 3(4). 355–359. 29 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, et al.. (1964). Secondary association between genetically equivalent bivalents. Heredity. 19(2). 289–299. 51 indexed citations
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Kimber, G. & Ralph Riley. (1963). Haploid Angiosperms. The Botanical Review. 29(4). 480–531. 151 indexed citations
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Hacker, J. B. & Ralph Riley. (1963). Aneuploids in Oat Varietal Populations. Nature. 197(4870). 924–925. 14 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, et al.. (1962). Relationships Between the Genetic Effects of Deficiencies for Chromosomes III and V on Meiotic Pairing in Ttriticum Aestivum. Nature. 195(4848). 1270–1273. 14 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, G. Kimber, & Victor Chapman. (1961). ORIGIN OF GENETIC CONTROL OF DIPLOID-LIKE BEHAVIOR OF POLYPLOID WHEAT. Journal of Heredity. 52(1). 22–25. 61 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph. (1960). The meiotic behaviour, fertility and stability of wheat-rye chromosome addition lines. Heredity. 14(1-2). 89–100. 39 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, Victor Chapman, & G. Kimber. (1959). Genetic Control of Chromosome Pairing in Intergeneric Hybrids with Wheat. Nature. 183(4670). 1244–1246. 77 indexed citations
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Riley, Ralph, et al.. (1955). Investigations in the Triticinae III. The morphology and field behaviour of theA2generation of interspecific and intergeneric amphidiploids. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 46(2). 199–231. 8 indexed citations

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