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D-Index
36
Citations
4449
World Ranking
4933
National Ranking
479

Chunjian Li publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chunjian Li sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 65 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Chunjian Li D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chunjian Li sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation

    Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Xiaoming He;Xiaoming He;Marcel Baer;Stien Beirinckx

  • Maximizing root/rhizosphere efficiency to improve crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency in intensive agriculture of China

    Jianbo Shen;Chunjian Li;Guohua Mi;Long Li

  • Potassium nutrition of crops under varied regimes of nitrogen supply

    Fusuo Zhang;Junfang Niu;Weifeng Zhang;Xinping Chen

  • Physiological Essence of Magnesium in Plants and Its Widespread Deficiency in the Farming System of China

    Unknown

  • Shoot growth potential drives N uptake in maize plants and correlates with root growth in the soil

    Yunfeng Peng;Junfang Niu;Zhengping Peng;Fusuo Zhang

  • Autoinhibition of indoleacetic acid transport in the shoots of two‐branched pea (Pisum sativum) plants and its relationship to correlative dominance

    Chun-Jian Li;Fritz Bangerth

  • Genetic Control of Lateral Root Formation in Cereals

    Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Caroline Gutjahr;Chunjian Li;Frank Hochholdinger

  • Post-silking accumulation and partitioning of dry matter, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in maize varieties differing in leaf longevity

    Unknown

  • Phenotypic plasticity of the maize root system in response to heterogeneous nitrogen availability

    Peng Yu;Philip J. White;Frank Hochholdinger;Chunjian Li

  • Nicotine synthesis in Nicotiana tabacum L. induced by mechanical wounding is regulated by auxin.

    Qiumei Shi;Chunjian Li;Fusuo Zhang

  • Temporal and Spatial Profiling of Root Growth Revealed Novel Response of Maize Roots under Various Nitrogen Supplies in the Field

    Yunfeng Peng;Xuexian Li;Chunjian Li

  • A large and deep root system underlies high nitrogen-use efficiency in maize production.

    Peng Yu;Xuexian Li;Philip J. White;Chunjian Li

  • Root type and soil phosphate determine the taxonomic landscape of colonizing fungi and the transcriptome of field-grown maize roots

    Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Chao Wang;Chao Wang;Jutta A. Baldauf;Huanhuan Tai;Huanhuan Tai

  • Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression Analyses by RNA Sequencing Reveal Local High Nitrate-Triggered Lateral Root Initiation in Shoot-Borne Roots of Maize by Modulating Auxin-Related Cell Cycle Regulation

    Peng Yu;Kai Eggert;Nicolaus von Wirén;Chunjian Li

  • Stimulatory effect of cytokinins and interaction with IAA on the release of lateral buds of pea plants from apical dominance

    Chunjian Li;Fritz Bangerth

  • Proteomic Analysis Revealed Nitrogen-mediated Metabolic, Developmental, and Hormonal Regulation of Maize (Zea mays L.) Ear Growth

    Chengsong Liao;Yunfeng Peng;Wei Ma;Renyi Liu

  • Temporal dynamics of post-silking nitrogen fluxes and their effects on grain yield in maize under low to high nitrogen inputs

    Unknown

  • Post-silking carbon partitioning under nitrogen deficiency revealed sink limitation of grain yield in maize

    Peng Ning;Lu Yang;Chunjian Li;Felix B Fritschi

  • The Mucilage Proteome of Maize (Zea mays L.) Primary Roots

    Wei Ma;Nils Muthreich;Chengsong Liao;Mirita Franz-Wachtel

  • Colonization and community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in maize roots at different depths in the soil profile respond differently to phosphorus inputs on a long-term experimental site

    Chao Wang;Philip J. White;Chunjian Li

  • Root Type-Specific Reprogramming of Maize Pericycle Transcriptomes by Local High Nitrate Results in Disparate Lateral Root Branching Patterns

    Peng Yu;Jutta A. Baldauf;Andrew Lithio;Caroline Marcon

  • New maize hybrids had larger and deeper post-silking root than old ones

    Peng Ning;Sa Li;Xuexian Li;Chunjian Li

  • Plasticity of Lateral Root Branching in Maize

    Peng Yu;Frank Hochholdinger;Chunjian Li

  • Changes in root length at the reproductive stage of maize plants grown in the field and quartz sand

    Junfang Niu;Junfang Niu;Yunfeng Peng;Chunjian Li;Fusuo Zhang

  • Covering Middle Leaves and Ears Reveals Differential Regulatory Roles of Vegetative and Reproductive Organs in Root Growth and Nitrogen Uptake in Maize

    Huifeng Yan;Aixin Shang;Yunfeng Peng;Peng Yu

  • Root-type-specific plasticity in response to localized high nitrate supply in maize (Zea mays).

    Peng Yu;Frank Hochholdinger;Chunjian Li

  • Nicotine Concentration in Leaves of Flue-cured Tobacco Plants as Affected by Removal of the Shoot Apex and Lateral Buds

    Shu-Sheng Wang;Qiu-Mei Shi;Wen-Qing Li;Jun-Fang Niu

  • Biomass partitioning and rhizosphere responses of maize and faba bean to phosphorus deficiency

    Haitao Liu;Philip J. White;Philip J. White;Chunjian Li

  • Maize varieties released in different eras have similar root length density distributions in the soil, which are negatively correlated with local concentrations of soil mineral nitrogen.

    Peng Ning;Sa Li;Philip J. White;Chunjian Li

  • Multiple Signals Regulate Nicotine Synthesis in Tobacco Plant

    Chunjian Li;Wan Teng;Qiumei Shi;Fusuo Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Hochholdinger
Frank Hochholdinger University of Bonn
Fusuo Zhang
Fusuo Zhang China Agricultural University
Philip J. White
Philip J. White James Hutton Institute
Caroline Gutjahr
Caroline Gutjahr Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Oene Oenema
Oene Oenema Wageningen University & Research
Petra Marschner
Petra Marschner University of Adelaide
Philippe Hinsinger
Philippe Hinsinger INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Guohua Mi
Guohua Mi China Agricultural University

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