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2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
73
Citations
18828
World Ranking
597
National Ranking
46

Hongbo Shao 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 Hongbo Shao sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 263 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hongbo Shao 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 Hongbo Shao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Gene
  • Agriculture

His scientific interests lie mostly in Antioxidant, Abiotic stress, Environmental remediation, Biochemistry and Reactive oxygen species. His Antioxidant research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Proline, Sugar, Peroxidase and Osmoregulation. Hongbo Shao works mostly in the field of Abiotic stress, limiting it down to topics relating to Abiotic component and, in certain cases, Staple food, Point of delivery, Agronomy, Genetically modified crops and Biotechnology, as a part of the same area of interest.

His study in Environmental remediation is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Waste management, Hazardous waste, Hyperaccumulator, Soil contamination and Environmental engineering. His Environmental engineering research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soil organic matter and Soil pH. His studies examine the connections between Biochemistry and genetics, as well as such issues in Redox, with regards to Senescence, Metabolism, Cell biology, Plant cell and Signal transduction.

His most cited work include:

  • Water-deficit stress-induced anatomical changes in higher plants. (496 citations)
  • A critical review on the bio-removal of hazardous heavy metals from contaminated soils: issues, progress, eco-environmental concerns and opportunities. (359 citations)
  • A critical review on the bio-removal of hazardous heavy metals from contaminated soils: issues, progress, eco-environmental concerns and opportunities. (359 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Biochemistry and Soil quality. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Photosynthesis, Nutrient and Water content. The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering and Vegetation.

In the subject of general Biochemistry, his work in Reactive oxygen species and Antioxidant is often linked to Protein oxidation, thereby combining diverse domains of study. The Reactive oxygen species study which covers Glutathione that intersects with Abiotic stress. In his study, Soil pH is strongly linked to Soil fertility, which falls under the umbrella field of Soil quality.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (31.82%)
  • Soil water (37.73%)
  • Botany (20.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2020)?

  • Gene (14.55%)
  • Soil water (37.73%)
  • Soil salinity (6.82%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Gene, Soil water, Soil salinity, Arabidopsis and Agronomy. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Gene, Salinity is strongly linked to Botany. The various areas that Hongbo Shao examines in his Soil water study include Infiltration, Vegetation, Wetland and Water content.

His Vegetation study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Estuary, Soil carbon, Soil quality and Invasive species. His Water content research incorporates themes from Soil fertility, Nutrient, Vegetation type and Growing season. Hongbo Shao has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Biomass, Phosphorus, Biochar and Animal science.

Between 2015 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Recent Advances in Utilizing Transcription Factors to Improve Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance by Transgenic Technology (219 citations)
  • Pyrolysis temperature affects phosphorus transformation in biochar: Chemical fractionation and (31)P NMR analysis. (52 citations)
  • Jerusalem artichoke: A sustainable biomass feedstock for biorefinery (46 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Gene
  • Agriculture

Hongbo Shao focuses on Soil salinity, Agronomy, Gene, Biochar and Salinity. Hongbo Shao combines subjects such as Biomass, Bioenergy, Biorefinery, Soil water and Vegetation with his study of Agronomy. In the field of Soil water, his study on Soil carbon overlaps with subjects such as Gemmatimonadetes.

His Salinity research incorporates elements of Topsoil and Soil horizon. His Transgene research includes elements of Regulator gene, Biotechnology, Abiotic stress, Abiotic component and WRKY protein domain. As a part of the same scientific family, Hongbo Shao mostly works in the field of Gene expression, focusing on Botany and, on occasion, Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Water-deficit stress-induced anatomical changes in higher plants.

    Hong-Bo Shao;Li-Ye Chu;Cheruth Abdul Jaleel;Chang-Xing Zhao

  • A critical review on the bio-removal of hazardous heavy metals from contaminated soils: issues, progress, eco-environmental concerns and opportunities.

    Gang Wu;Hubiao Kang;Xiaoyang Zhang;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao

  • Primary antioxidant free radical scavenging and redox signaling pathways in higher plant cells.

    Hong Bo Shao;Li Ye Chu;Zhao Hua Lu;Cong Min Kang

  • Recent Advances in Utilizing Transcription Factors to Improve Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance by Transgenic Technology

    Hongyan Wang;Honglei Wang;Hongbo Shao;Xiaoli Tang

  • Higher plant antioxidants and redox signaling under environmental stresses.

    Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Li-ye Chu;Ming-an Shao;Cheruth Abdul Jaleel

  • NAC transcription factors in plant multiple abiotic stress responses: progress and prospects

    Hongbo Shao;Hongyan Wang;Xiaoli Tang

  • Understanding water deficit stress-induced changes in the basic metabolism of higher plants – biotechnologically and sustainably improving agriculture and the ecoenvironment in arid regions of the globe

    Hong-Bo Shao;Li-Ye Chu;C. Abdul Jaleel;P. Manivannan

  • Biochar had effects on phosphorus sorption and desorption in three soils with differing acidity

    Gang Xu;JunNa Sun;HongBo Shao;HongBo Shao;Scott X. Chang;Scott X. Chang

  • Progress in the remediation of hazardous heavy metal-polluted soils by natural zeolite

    Wei-yu Shi;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hua Li;Ming-an Shao

  • Global plant-responding mechanisms to salt stress: physiological and molecular levels and implications in biotechnology

    Xiaoli Tang;Xingmin Mu;Hongbo Shao;Hongyan Wang

  • A preliminary investigation of the dynamic characteristics of dried soil layers on the Loess Plateau of China

    Yunqiang Wang;Ming’an Shao;Ming’an Shao;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao

  • LEA proteins in higher plants: structure, function, gene expression and regulation.

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  • What is more important for enhancing nutrient bioavailability with biochar application into a sandy soil: Direct or indirect mechanism?

    G. Xu;L. L. Wei;J. N. Sun;H. B. Shao;H. B. Shao

  • Recent Advances in Biochar Applications in Agricultural Soils: Benefits and Environmental Implications

    Gang Xu;Yingchun Lv;Junna Sun;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao

  • Negative interactive effects between biochar and phosphorus fertilization on phosphorus availability and plant yield in saline sodic soil.

    Gang Xu;You Zhang;Junna Sun;Hongbo Shao

  • Low PSI content limits the photoprotection of PSI and PSII in early growth stages of chlorophyll b-deficient wheat mutant lines

    Marian Brestic;Marek Zivcak;Kristyna Kunderlikova;Oksana Sytar

  • Salt Stress Encourages Proline Accumulation by Regulating Proline Biosynthesis and Degradation in Jerusalem Artichoke Plantlets

    Zengrong Huang;Zengrong Huang;Long-Gang Zhao;Dandan Chen;Mingxiang Liang

  • Physiological adaptive mechanisms of plants grown in saline soil and implications for sustainable saline agriculture in coastal zone

    Kun Yan;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao;Chuyang Shao;Peng Chen

  • Understanding molecular mechanism of higher plant plasticity under abiotic stress.

    Hong-Bo Shao;Qing-Jie Guo;Li-Ye Chu;Xi-Ning Zhao

  • Garden waste biomass for renewable and sustainable energy production in China: Potential, challenges and development

    Yan Shi;Yan Shi;Ying Ge;Jie Chang;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao

  • Effect of water deficits on the activity of anti-oxidative enzymes and osmoregulation among three different genotypes of Radix Astragali at seeding stage.

    Yong Tan;Zongsuo Liang;Zongsuo Liang;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao;Feng Du;Feng Du

  • Photosynthetic proton and electron transport in wheat leaves under prolonged moderate drought stress

    Marek Zivcak;Hazem M. Kalaji;Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao;Katarina Olsovska

  • Dynamic changes of anti-oxidative enzymes of 10 wheat genotypes at soil water deficits.

    Hong Bo Shao;Zong Suo Liang;Zong Suo Liang;Zong Suo Liang;Ming An Shao;Qun Sun

  • The remediation of the lead-polluted garden soil by natural zeolite.

    Hua Li;Wei-yu Shi;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Ming-an Shao

  • Relationship between calcium decoding elements and plant abiotic-stress resistance

    Wei-Yi Song;Zheng-Bin Zhang;Hong-Bo Shao;Xiu-Lin Guo

  • Protective role of exogenous nitric oxide against oxidative-stress induced by salt stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare).

    Qiao-Yun Li;Hong-Bin Niu;Jun Yin;Meng-Ben Wang

  • Proline accumulation and metabolism-related genes expression profiles in Kosteletzkya virginica seedlings under salt stress

    Hongyan Wang;Hongyan Wang;Xiaoli Tang;Honglei Wang;Hong-Bo Shao

  • Developing and sustainably utilize the coastal mudflat areas in China.

    Xiao-hua Long;Li-ping Liu;Li-ping Liu;Tian-yun Shao;Hong-bo Shao

  • Advances of calcium signals involved in plant anti-drought.

    Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao;Wei-Yi Song;Li-Ye Chu

  • Changes of anti-oxidative enzymes and membrane peroxidation for soil water deficits among 10 wheat genotypes at seedling stage.

    Hong Bo Shao;Zong Suo Liang;Zong Suo Liang;Zong Suo Liang;Ming An Shao;Bo Chu Wang

  • A critical review on the improvement of photosynthetic carbon assimilation in C3 plants using genetic engineering.

    Cheng-Jiang Ruan;Hong-Bo Shao;Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

  • Prospectives for applying molecular and genetic methodology to improve wheat cultivars in drought environments.

    Chang-Xing Zhao;Chang-Xing Zhao;Ling-Yu Guo;Cheruth Abdul Jaleel;Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao

  • Secondary succession and its effects on soil moisture and nutrition in abandoned old-fields of hilly region of Loess Plateau, China

    Feng Du;Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao;Hong-Bo Shao;Lun Shan;Zong-Suo Liang

  • Reduced glutamine synthetase activity plays a role in control of photosynthetic responses to high light in barley leaves

    Marian Brestic;Marek Zivcak;Katarina Olsovska;Hong Bo Shao;Hong Bo Shao

  • Gene expression and regulation of higher plants under soil water stress.

    Fu-Tai Ni;Li-Ye Chu;Hong-Bo Shao;Zeng-Hui Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mingan Shao
Mingan Shao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zed Rengel
Zed Rengel University of Western Australia
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta
Cheruth Abdul Jaleel
Cheruth Abdul Jaleel United Arab Emirates University
Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Girdhar K. Pandey
Girdhar K. Pandey University of Delhi
Guowang Xu
Guowang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunqiang Wang
Yunqiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rajaram Panneerselvam
Rajaram Panneerselvam Annamalai University

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