Ross Whetten

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Ross Whetten is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross Whetten has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Plant Science and 23 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ross Whetten's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (20 papers), Forest ecology and management (17 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (15 papers). Ross Whetten is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (20 papers), Forest ecology and management (17 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (15 papers). Ross Whetten collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Ross Whetten's co-authors include Ronald R. Sederoff, David M. O’Malley, John Mackay, Ron Sederoff, Malcolm M. Campbell, Santiago C. González‐Martínez, Sally N. Aitken, Ricardo Alı́a, Antoine Kremer and Outi Savolainen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Ross Whetten

77 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change – evidence from tree populations

2013 687 citations Florian Alberto, Sally N. Aitken et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ross Whetten United States	35	3.1k	3.0k	911	874	764	77	5.6k
John Mackay Canada	40	2.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	972 1.1×	810 0.9×	932 1.2×	143	5.3k
Carl J. Douglas Canada	63	5.9k 1.9×	7.0k 2.4×	951 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	376 0.5×	118	10.1k
Antje Rohde Belgium	25	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	522 0.6×	356 0.4×	283 0.4×	40	4.9k
Matias Kirst United States	41	3.5k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	460 0.5×	1.9k 2.1×	664 0.9×	102	5.9k
Wellington Muchero United States	38	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	484 0.6×	170 0.2×	114	4.4k
Alexander A. Myburg South Africa	39	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	387 0.4×	934 1.1×	314 0.4×	132	4.4k
Jacqueline Grima‐Pettenati France	42	3.2k 1.0×	4.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.7×	282 0.3×	143 0.2×	98	5.6k
Véronique Storme Belgium	29	2.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	542 0.6×	447 0.5×	163 0.2×	49	3.4k
Karen E. Koch United States	42	6.6k 2.1×	2.4k 0.8×	364 0.4×	319 0.4×	133 0.2×	94	7.4k
John P. Vogel United States	45	6.6k 2.1×	3.0k 1.0×	493 0.5×	554 0.6×	84 0.1×	116	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ross Whetten

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ross Whetten

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20 of 20 papers shown

Whetten, Ross, et al.. (2024). Genomic predictions and candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms for growth, form, and wood properties of teak clones. Silvae genetica. 73(1). 13–23. 1 indexed citations

Ristaino, Jean B., et al.. (2024). Metagenomic study reveals hidden relationships among fungal diversity, variation of plant disease, and genetic distance in Cornus florida (Cornaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1282188–1282188. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Saet‐Byul, Stefanie Lück, Dimitar Douchkov, et al.. (2023). Two pathogen loci determine Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici virulence to wheat resistance gene Pm1a. New Phytologist. 238(4). 1546–1561. 12 indexed citations

Whetten, Ross, et al.. (2023). Microbiome and plant cell transformation trigger insect gall induction in cassava. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1237966–1237966. 4 indexed citations

Whetten, Ross, et al.. (2023). Genomic Tools in Applied Tree Breeding Programs: Factors to Consider. Forests. 14(2). 169–169. 5 indexed citations

Işik, Fikret, et al.. (2021). Provenance and Family Variation in Biomass Potential of Loblolly Pine in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Forest Science. 67(3). 312–320. 2 indexed citations

Matallana-Ramirez, Lilian P., et al.. (2021). Breeding for Climate Change Resilience: A Case Study of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) in North America. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 606908–606908. 25 indexed citations

Gezan, Salvador A., et al.. (2020). Correspondence between Breeding Values of the Same Pinus taeda L. Genotypes from Clonal Trials and Half-Sib Seedling Progeny Trials. Forest Science. 66(5). 600–611. 10 indexed citations

Alberto, Florian, Sally N. Aitken, Ricardo Alı́a, et al.. (2013). Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change – evidence from tree populations. Global Change Biology. 19(6). 1645–1661. 687 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cumbie, W. Patrick, Andrew J. Eckert, Jill Wegrzyn, et al.. (2011). Association genetics of carbon isotope discrimination, height and foliar nitrogen in a natural population of Pinus taeda L. Heredity. 107(2). 105–114. 59 indexed citations

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Sato, Yasushi & Ross Whetten. (2006). Characterization of two laccases of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) expressed in tobacco BY-2 cells. Journal of Plant Research. 119(6). 581–588. 15 indexed citations

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Kirst, Matias, et al.. (2003). Apparent homology of expressed genes from wood-forming tissues of loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) with Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(12). 7383–7388. 138 indexed citations

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Goldfarb, Barry, et al.. (2003). Aux/IAA gene family is conserved in the gymnosperm, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Tree Physiology. 23(17). 1181–1192. 26 indexed citations

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McInnis, Stephanie, Lisa J. Newman, Caroline Smith, et al.. (2003). Characterisation of a pine MYB that regulates lignification. The Plant Journal. 36(6). 743–754. 266 indexed citations

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Heath, Lenwood S., Naren Ramakrishnan, Ronald R. Sederoff, et al.. (2002). Studying the functional genomics of stress responses in loblolly pine with the Expresso microarray experiment management system. Comparative and Functional Genomics. 3(3). 226–243. 37 indexed citations

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Tang, Wei, et al.. (2001). Regeneration of transgenic loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) from zygotic embryos transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Planta. 213(6). 981–989. 56 indexed citations

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Tang, Wei, et al.. (2001). Genotypic control of high-frequency adventitious shoot regeneration via somatic organogenesis in loblolly pine. Plant Science. 161(2). 267–272. 13 indexed citations

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Remington, David L., et al.. (1999). Construction of an AFLP genetic map with nearly complete genome coverage in Pinus taeda. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 98(8). 1279–1292. 170 indexed citations

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Wenck, Allan, et al.. (1999). High-efficiency Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Plant Molecular Biology. 39(3). 407–416. 113 indexed citations

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Whetten, Ross & Ronald R. Sederoff. (1991). Genetic engineering of wood. Forest Ecology and Management. 43(3-4). 301–316. 48 indexed citations

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