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  • Collaborations

  • 26

    Formal collaborations with Maori

    108

    Publication collaborations with New Zealand and international research institutions

    6

    National Science Challenges
     
  • Tech translation

  • 9,772

    Research-specific website visitors

    250

    Commissioned reports 

    211

    Publications on technical information and research results

    201

    Presentations on technical information and research results 

    30

    Popular articles and videos

    11

    Research specific newsletters  

Publication of papers in top science journals maintains Scion’s international standing and visibility as a leading research institute in our focus areas. The 5-year weighted average H-index for Scion publications during the year was 76.36 (up from 70.46 in 2017-18).

During 2018-19 Scion scientists had 144 papers published in peer reviewed publications. 

Listed below are the top eight papers based on the journal’s H-index, which is an international measure of the impact of scholarly publications.

Donaldson, L., Cairns, M., & Hill, S. (2018). Comparison of micropore distribution in cell walls of softwood and hardwood xylem. Plant Physiology, 178, 1142-1153. https://doi.org/doi:10.1104/pp.18.00883

Yang, L., He, L., Xue, J., Wu, L., Ma, Y., Li, H., ... Zhang, Z. (2019). Highly efficient nickel (II) removal by sewage sludge biochar supported α-Fe2O3 and α-FeOOH: Sorption characteristics and mechanisms. PLoS ONE, 14(6), [e0218114]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218114

Gomez Gallego, M., Gommers, R., Bader, M. K., & Williams, N. M. (2019). Modelling the key drivers of an aerial Phytophthora foliar disease epidemic, from the needles to the whole plant. PLoS One, 14(5), [e0216161]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216161

Hunter, S., Williams, N., McDougal, R., Scott, P., & Garbelotto, M. (2018). Evidence for rapid adaptive evolution of tolerance to chemical treatments in Phytophthora species and its practical implications. PLoS ONE, 13(12), [e0208961]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208961

Li, Y., & Dungey, H. (2018). Expected benefit of genomic selection over forward selection in conifer breeding and deployment. PLoS ONE, 13(12), [e0208232]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208232

Telfer, E., Graham, N., Macdonald, L., Sturrock, S., Wilcox, P., & Stanbra, L. (2018). Approaches to variant discovery for conifer transcriptome sequencing. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205835

Li, Y., Dungey, H., Carson, M., & Carson, S. (2018). Genotype by environment interaction for growth and Dothistroma resistance and clonal connectivity between environments in radiata pine in New Zealand and Australia. PLoS ONE, 13(10), [e0205402]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205402

Peixoto, L., Allen, G., Ridenbaugh, R., Quarrell, S., Withers, T., & Sharanowski, B. (2018). When taxonomy and biological control researchers unite: species delimitation of Eadya parasitoids (Braconidae) and consequences for classical biological control of invasive paropsine pests of Eucalyptus. PLoS ONE, 102(8), 1566-1573. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201276