2026 Ai-Sheng Xiong: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	63	10235	9454	321	316	270	13865

Overview

Ai-Sheng Xiong is a researcher affiliated with Nanjing Agricultural University in China. Their work spans the broad fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on plant-related study areas.

Their main fields of study include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of specialization cover:

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Food Science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Among the primary topics addressed in their research are:

Plant Gene Expression Analysis
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Ai-Sheng Xiong has contributed to a range of scientific literature, with recent notable papers including:

"Advances in AP2/ERF super-family transcription factors in plant," 2020, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
"DcMYB113, a root-specific R2R3-MYB, conditions anthocyanin biosynthesis and modification in carrot," 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
"The genome sequence of celery (Apium graveolens L.), an important leaf vegetable crop rich in apigenin in the Apiaceae family," 2020, Horticulture Research
"Origin, evolution, breeding, and omics of Apiaceae: a family of vegetables and medicinal plants," 2022, Horticulture Research
"DcCCD4 catalyzes the degradation of α-carotene and β-carotene to affect carotenoid accumulation and taproot color in carrot," 2021, The Plant Journal

Their research has appeared frequently in key scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

Horticulture Research
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Agronomy
Horticulturae
The Plant Journal

Frequent collaborators in Ai-Sheng Xiong's work include:

Zhi-Sheng Xu
Guo-Fei Tan
Ao-Qi Duan
Jie-Xia Liu
Mengyao Li

Best Publications

Advances in AP2/ERF super-family transcription factors in plant

Kai Feng;Xi-Lin Hou;Guo-Ming Xing;Jie-Xia Liu

626
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of the AP2/ERF gene family in Populus trichocarpa.

Jing Zhuang;Bin Cai;Ri-He Peng;Bo Zhu

413
Citations
Advances in research on the carrot, an important root vegetable in the Apiaceae family

Feng Que;Xi-Lin Hou;Guang-Long Wang;Zhi-Sheng Xu

263
Citations
AtCPK6, a functionally redundant and positive regulator involved in salt/drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

Jing Xu;Yong-Sheng Tian;Ri-He Peng;Ai-Sheng Xiong

262
Citations
PCR-based accurate synthesis of long DNA sequences

Ai-Sheng Xiong;Quan-Hong Yao;Ri-He Peng;Hui Duan;Hui Duan

254
Citations
Selection of suitable reference genes for qPCR normalization under abiotic stresses and hormone stimuli in carrot leaves.

Chang Tian;Qian Jiang;Feng Wang;Guang-Long Wang

191
Citations
Discovery and expression profile analysis of AP2/ERF family genes from Triticum aestivum

Jing Zhuang;Jian-Min Chen;Quan-Hong Yao;Fei Xiong

184
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of Dof family transcription factors and their responses to abiotic stresses in Chinese cabbage.

Jing Ma;Meng-Yao Li;Feng Wang;Jun Tang

182
Citations
Advances in the research of celery, an important Apiaceae vegetable crop

Meng-Yao Li;Xi-Lin Hou;Feng Wang;Guo-Fei Tan

178
Citations
Different effects on ACC oxidase gene silencing triggered by RNA interference in transgenic tomato

Ai-Sheng Xiong;Quan-Hong Yao;Ri-He Peng;Xian Li

167
Citations
A MYB transcription factor, DcMYB6, is involved in regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis in purple carrot taproots

Zhi-Sheng Xu;Kai Feng;Feng Que;Feng Wang

148
Citations
Exogenous gibberellin altered morphology, anatomic and transcriptional regulatory networks of hormones in carrot root and shoot

Guang-Long Wang;Feng Que;Zhi-Sheng Xu;Feng Wang

145
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of the putative AP2/ERF family genes in Vitis vinifera.

Jing Zhuang;Jing Zhuang;Ri-He Peng;Zong-Ming (Max) Cheng;Jian Zhang

136
Citations
Identification of SSRs and differentially expressed genes in two cultivars of celery (Apium graveolens L.) by deep transcriptome sequencing.

Meng-Yao Li;Feng Wang;Qian Jiang;Jing Ma

133
Citations
De novo assembly, transcriptome characterization, lignin accumulation and anatomic characteristics: novel insights into lignin biosynthesis during celery leaf development

Xiao-Ling Jia;Guang-Long Wang;Fei Xiong;Xu-Run Yu

133
Citations
Non-polymerase-cycling-assembly-based chemical gene synthesis: Strategies, methods, and progress

Ai-Sheng Xiong;Ri-He Peng;Jing Zhuang;Jin-Ge Liu

132
Citations
Validation and Comparison of Reference Genes for qPCR Normalization of Celery (Apium graveolens) at Different Development Stages

Meng-Yao Li;Feng Wang;Qian Jiang;Guan-Long Wang

131
Citations
Expression of the Human Hepatitis B Virus Large Surface Antigen Gene in Transgenic Tomato Plants

Xiao-Ming Lou;Quan-Hong Yao;Zhen Zhang;Ri-He Peng

130
Citations
High level expression of a synthetic gene encoding Peniophora lycii phytase in methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

Ai-Sheng Xiong;Quan-Hong Yao;Ri-He Peng;Zhen Zhang

118
Citations
A direct and efficient PAGE-mediated overlap extension PCR method for gene multiple-site mutagenesis

Ri-He Peng;Ai-Sheng Xiong;Quan-Hong Yao

117
Citations