Rhian Howells

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Rhian Howells is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rhian Howells has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rhian Howells's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (4 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (4 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Rhian Howells is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (4 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (4 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Rhian Howells collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and China. Rhian Howells's co-authors include Neil G. Taylor, Alison K. Huttly, Simon R. Turner, Kate Vickers, Aron L. Silverstone, Jessica Adams, Edward Hinchliffe, Rachel Drake, Emma J. Wallington and Melanie Craze and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Rhian Howells

10 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content

2005 909 citations Rhian Howells, Edward Hinchliffe et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Interactions among three distinct CesA proteins essential for cellulose synthesis

2003 556 citations Neil G. Taylor, Rhian Howells et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rhian Howells United Kingdom	9	1.5k	977	300	255	139	10	2.0k
Kazumasa Murata Japan	18	1.6k 1.1×	743 0.8×	69 0.2×	430 1.7×	102 0.7×	28	1.8k
Keming Luo China	24	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	129 0.4×	65 0.3×	99 0.7×	57	2.0k
Lingrang Kong China	27	1.9k 1.3×	494 0.5×	53 0.2×	380 1.5×	43 0.3×	94	2.2k
Keming Luo China	28	1.8k 1.2×	1.9k 2.0×	63 0.2×	98 0.4×	240 1.7×	65	2.5k
Massimo Iorizzo United States	28	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	416 1.4×	290 1.1×	23 0.2×	105	2.3k
Nabila Yahiaoui France	31	2.8k 1.8×	1.0k 1.0×	33 0.1×	282 1.1×	286 2.1×	53	3.2k
Joan Rigau Spain	26	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	76 0.3×	123 0.5×	495 3.6×	32	2.2k
Sergio G. Atienza Spain	23	1.3k 0.9×	571 0.6×	263 0.9×	340 1.3×	178 1.3×	78	1.8k
Kyung‐Hwan Han United States	22	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	30 0.1×	62 0.2×	246 1.8×	34	2.0k
David Caparrós‐Ruiz Spain	19	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	70 0.2×	68 0.3×	363 2.6×	27	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rhian Howells

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rhian Howells

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rhian Howells. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rhian Howells 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 Rhian Howells. Rhian Howells is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Dunn, Jessica, Lee Hunt, Rhian Howells, et al.. (2019). Reduced stomatal density in bread wheat leads to increased water-use efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(18). 4737–4748. 173 indexed citations

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Howells, Rhian, Melanie Craze, Sarah Bowden, & Emma J. Wallington. (2018). Efficient generation of stable, heritable gene edits in wheat using CRISPR/Cas9. BMC Plant Biology. 18(1). 215–215. 64 indexed citations

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Milner, Matthew J., Rhian Howells, Melanie Craze, et al.. (2018). A PSTOL-like gene, TaPSTOL, controls a number of agronomically important traits in wheat. BMC Plant Biology. 18(1). 115–115. 26 indexed citations

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Mackay, Ian, Tobias Barber, Alison R. Bentley, et al.. (2014). An Eight-Parent Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross Population for Winter-Sown Wheat: Creation, Properties, and Validation. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 4(9). 1603–1610. 162 indexed citations

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Wilhelm, Edward P., Rhian Howells, Nadia Al-Kaff, et al.. (2013). Genetic characterization and mapping of the Rht-1 homoeologs and flanking sequences in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126(5). 1321–1336. 21 indexed citations

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Bentley, Alison R., Richard Horsnell, Christian Werner, et al.. (2013). Short, natural, and extended photoperiod response in BC2F4 lines of bread wheat with different Photoperiod-1 (Ppd-1) alleles. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(7). 1783–1793. 52 indexed citations

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Ereful, Nelzo C., Yan Liu, Rhian Howells, et al.. (2012). Snapshots of gene expression in rice: limitations for allelic expression imbalance determination. Genome. 55(5). 400–406. 2 indexed citations

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Cockram, James, Rhian Howells, & Donal M. O’Sullivan. (2010). Segmental chromosomal duplications harbouring group IV CONSTANS-like genes in cereals. Genome. 53(3). 231–240. 12 indexed citations

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Howells, Rhian, et al.. (2005). Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content. Nature Biotechnology. 23(4). 482–487. 909 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taylor, Neil G., Rhian Howells, Alison K. Huttly, Kate Vickers, & Simon R. Turner. (2003). Interactions among three distinct CesA proteins essential for cellulose synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(3). 1450–1455. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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