William J. Haun

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

William J. Haun is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Haun has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William J. Haun's work include Soybean genetics and cultivation (4 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). William J. Haun is often cited by papers focused on Soybean genetics and cultivation (4 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). William J. Haun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Ireland. William J. Haun's co-authors include Robert M. Stupar, Nathan M. Springer, Daniel F. Voytas, Luc Mathis, Benjamin M. Clasen, Zachary L. Demorest, Adam Retterath, Thomas Stoddard, Frédéric Cédrone and Daniel J. Gerhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Genetics and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

William J. Haun

11 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Improved soybean oil quality by targeted mutagenesis of t... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. Improved soybean oil quality by targeted mutagenesis of the fatty acid desaturase 2 gene family
    2014 359 citations William J. Haun, Benjamin M. Clasen et al. Plant Biotechnology Journal profile →

Peers

William J. Haun
Benjamin M. Clasen United States
Zhengjing Zhang China
Gina Zastrow‐Hayes United States
Jarrett Man United States
Kristina Zumstein United States
J. F. Petolino United States
Liang‐Jiao Xue China
Ryan Whitford Australia
Dagang Jiang China
Pudota B. Bhaskar United States
Benjamin M. Clasen United States
William J. Haun
Citations per year, relative to William J. Haun William J. Haun (= 1×) peers Benjamin M. Clasen

Countries citing papers authored by William J. Haun

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Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Haun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Haun

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Saunders, William H., et al.. (2020). Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court. eYLS (Yale Law School).
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Clasen, Benjamin M., Thomas Stoddard, Song Luo, et al.. (2015). Improving cold storage and processing traits in potato through targeted gene knockout. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 14(1). 169–176. 252 indexed citations
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Haun, William J., Benjamin M. Clasen, Zachary L. Demorest, et al.. (2014). Improved soybean oil quality by targeted mutagenesis of the fatty acid desaturase 2 gene family. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 12(7). 934–940. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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McHale, Leah K., William J. Haun, Wayne Wenzhong Xu, et al.. (2012). Structural Variants in the Soybean Genome Localize to Clusters of Biotic Stress-Response Genes    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 159(4). 1295–1308. 143 indexed citations
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Curtin, Shaun J., Feng Zhang, Jeffry D. Sander, et al.. (2011). Targeted Mutagenesis of Duplicated Genes in Soybean with Zinc-Finger Nucleases  . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(2). 466–473. 199 indexed citations
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Bolon, Yung‐Tsi, William J. Haun, Wayne Wenzhong Xu, et al.. (2011). Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of a Fast Neutron Mutant Population Resource in Soybean  . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(1). 240–253. 145 indexed citations
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Haun, William J., David L. Hyten, Wayne Wenzhong Xu, et al.. (2010). The Composition and Origins of Genomic Variation among Individuals of the Soybean Reference Cultivar Williams 82    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 155(2). 645–655. 106 indexed citations
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Haun, William J., Olga N. Danilevskaya, Robert Meeley, & Nathan M. Springer. (2009). Disruption of Imprinting byMutatorTransposon Insertions in the 5′ Proximal Regions of theZea mays Mez1Locus. Genetics. 181(4). 1229–1237. 10 indexed citations
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Stupar, Robert M., Jack M. Gardiner, Aaron Oldre, et al.. (2008). Gene expression analyses in maize inbreds and hybrids with varying levels of heterosis. BMC Plant Biology. 8(1). 33–33. 127 indexed citations
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Haun, William J. & Nathan M. Springer. (2008). Maternal and paternal alleles exhibit differential histone methylation and acetylation at maize imprinted genes. The Plant Journal. 56(6). 903–912. 35 indexed citations
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Makarevitch, Irina, Robert M. Stupar, A. Leonardo Iniguez, et al.. (2007). Natural Variation for Alleles Under Epigenetic Control by the Maize ChromomethylaseZmet2. Genetics. 177(2). 749–760. 21 indexed citations
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Haun, William J., Mary J. O’Connell, Charles Spillane, et al.. (2006). Genomic imprinting, methylation and molecular evolution of maize Enhancer of zeste (Mez) homologs. The Plant Journal. 49(2). 325–337. 78 indexed citations

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