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Gaozhong Shen

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
6469
World Ranking
15018
National Ranking
3823

Gaozhong Shen publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gaozhong Shen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 107 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Gaozhong Shen D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gaozhong Shen sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gaozhong Shen is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work particularly engages with molecular biology and intersects fields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental studies, as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and plant science.

Shen's research primarily concentrates on photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, with an emphasis on photoreceptor and optogenetics research. Additional focal topics include algal biology and biofuel production, the effects of light on plants, biocrusts and microbial ecology, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Frequent co-authors in Shen's body of work include Donald A. Bryant, Christopher J. Gisriel, John H. Golbeck, Ming-Yang Ho, and Gary W. Brudvig. These collaborative relationships reflect a sustained engagement with researchers specializing in photosynthesis and related biochemical processes.

The scientist has published multiple papers in a range of journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (5 publications)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics (4 publications)
  • Science Advances (3 publications)
  • Photosynthesis Research (3 publications)
  • Microorganisms (2 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Shen include:

  • The structure of Photosystem I acclimated to far-red light illuminates an ecologically important acclimation process in photosynthesis, 2020, Science Advances
  • Structure of a monomeric photosystem II core complex from a cyanobacterium acclimated to far-red light reveals the functions of chlorophylls d and f, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Niche expansion for phototrophic sulfur bacteria at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structure of a photosystem I-ferredoxin complex from a marine cyanobacterium provides insights into far-red light photoacclimation, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Evidence that chlorophyll f functions solely as an antenna pigment in far-red-light photosystem I from Fischerella thermalis PCC 7521, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Best Publications

  • Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 strains lacking photosystem I and phycobilisome function.

    Gaozhong Shen;Sammy Boussiba;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I I. GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYLLOQUINONE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY MUTANTS IN SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803

    T. Wade Johnson;Gaozhong Shen;Boris Zybailov;Derrick Kolling

  • Light-dependent chlorophyll f synthase is a highly divergent paralog of PsbA of photosystem II

    Ming Yang Ho;Gaozhong Shen;Daniel P. Canniffe;Chi Zhao

  • Occurrence of Far-Red Light Photoacclimation (FaRLiP) in Diverse Cyanobacteria

    Fei Gan;Gaozhong Shen;Donald A. Bryant

  • Assembly of photosystem I. I. Inactivation of the rubA gene encoding a membrane-associated rubredoxin in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 causes a loss of photosystem I activity.

    Gaozhong Shen;Jindong Zhao;Susan K. Reimer;Mikhail L. Antonkine

  • Expression of genes in cyanobacteria: adaptation of endogenous plasmids as platforms for high-level gene expression in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.

    Yu Xu;Richard M. Alvey;Patrick O. Byrne;Joel E. Graham

  • Electron transfer in cyanobacterial Photosystem I. II. Determination of forward electron transfer rates of site-directed mutants in a putative electron transfer pathway from A0 through A1 to FX

    Wu Xu;Parag R. Chitnis;Alfia Valieva;Art van der Est

  • ApcD is necessary for efficient energy transfer from phycobilisomes to photosystem I and helps to prevent photoinhibition in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.

    Chunxia Dong;Aihui Tang;Jindong Zhao;Jindong Zhao;Conrad W. Mullineaux

  • Identification and Characterization of a New Class of Bilin Lyase THE cpcT GENE ENCODES A BILIN LYASE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACHMENT OF PHYCOCYANOBILIN TO CYS-153 ON THE β-SUBUNIT OF PHYCOCYANIN IN SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7002

    Gaozhong Shen;Nicolle A. Saunée;Shervonda R. Williams;Eduardo F. Gallo

  • Recruitment of a foreign quinone into the A1 site of photosystem I. Altered kinetics of electron transfer in phylloquinone biosynthetic pathway mutants studied by time-resolved optical, EPR, and electrometric techniques.

    Alexey Yu. Semenov;Ilya R. Vassiliev;Art van der Est;Mahir D. Mamedov

  • Biogenesis of Phycobiliproteins I. cpcS-I AND cpcU MUTANTS OF THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCOCCUS sp. PCC 7002 DEFINE A HETERODIMERIC PHYOCOCYANOBILIN LYASE SPECIFIC FOR β-PHYCOCYANIN AND ALLOPHYCOCYANIN SUBUNITS

    Gaozhong Shen;Wendy M. Schluchter;Donald A. Bryant

  • The sufR Gene (sll0088 in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803) Functions as a Repressor of the sufBCDS Operon in Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis in Cyanobacteria

    Tao Wang;Gaozhong Shen;Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian;Lee McIntosh

  • Electron transfer in cyanobacterial photosystem I: I. Physiological and spectroscopic characterization of site-directed mutants in a putative electron transfer pathway from A0 through A1 to FX.

    Wu Xu;Parag Chitnis;Alfia Valieva;Art van der Est

  • Regulatory Roles for IscA and SufA in Iron Homeostasis and Redox Stress Responses in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

    Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian;Gaozhong Shen;Donald A. Bryant;John H. Golbeck

  • Evidence for asymmetric electron transfer in cyanobacterial photosystem I: analysis of a methionine-to-leucine mutation of the ligand to the primary electron acceptor A0.

    Rachel O. Cohen;Gaozhong Shen;John H. Golbeck;Wu Xu

  • Characterization of psal and psaL Mutants of Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002: A New Model for State Transitions in Cyanobacteria

    Wendy M. Schluchter;Gaozhong Shen;Jindong Zhao;Donald A. Bryant

  • Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I: II. STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYLLOQUINONE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY MUTANTS BY ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE AND ELECTRON-NUCLEAR DOUBLE RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY *

    Boris Zybailov;Art van der Est;Stephan G. Zech;Christian Teutloff

  • Phosphatidylglycerol is essential for oligomerization of photosystem I reaction center.

    Ildikó Domonkos;Przemyslaw Malec;Anna Sallai;László Kovács

  • Light regulation of pigment and photosystem biosynthesis in cyanobacteria

    Ming Yang Ho;Nathan T. Soulier;Daniel P. Canniffe;Gaozhong Shen

  • Glu-69 of the D2 protein in photosystem II is a potential ligand to Mn involved in photosynthetic oxygen evolution

    Willem Vermaas;Jeroen Charité;Gaozhong Shen

  • Assembly of photosystem I: II. Rubredoxin is required for the in vivo assembly of Fx in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 as shown by optical and EPR spectroscopy

    Gaozhong Shen;Mikhail L. Antonkine;Art van der Est;Ilya R. Vassiliev

  • SufR coordinates two [4Fe-4S]2+, 1+ clusters and functions as a transcriptional repressor of the sufBCDS operon and an autoregulator of sufR in cyanobacteria.

    Gaozhong Shen;Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian;Tao Wang;Yingxian Wu

  • Cloning of the psbK gene from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and characterization of photosystem II in mutants lacking PSII-K.

    Masahiko Ikeuchi;Beth Eggers;Gaozhong Shen;Andrew Webber

  • Roles of xanthophyll carotenoids in protection against photoinhibition and oxidative stress in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002

    Yuehui Zhu;Joel E. Graham;Marcus Ludwig;Wei Xiong

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
John H. Golbeck
John H. Golbeck Pennsylvania State University
Parag R. Chitnis
Parag R. Chitnis Iowa State University
Wim F. J. Vermaas
Wim F. J. Vermaas Arizona State University
Robert Bittl
Robert Bittl Freie Universität Berlin
Roger E. Summons
Roger E. Summons MIT
Lee McIntosh
Lee McIntosh Michigan State University
Jimin Wang
Jimin Wang Yale University
A. Daniel Jones
A. Daniel Jones Michigan State University
Allan Konopka
Allan Konopka Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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