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Jian-Kang Zhu 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 Jian-Kang Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 532 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jian-Kang Zhu 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 Jian-Kang Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 197 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jian-Kang Zhu is affiliated with Southern University of Science and Technology in China and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's main research topics include Plant Molecular Biology Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Virus Research Studies, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Abiotic stress responses in plants," 2021, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • "Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency," 2020, Science China Life Sciences
  • "Mechanisms of Plant Responses and Adaptation to Soil Salinity," 2020, The Innovation
  • "Thriving under Stress: How Plants Balance Growth and the Stress Response," 2020, Developmental Cell
  • "A RAF-SnRK2 kinase cascade mediates early osmotic stress signaling in higher plants," 2020, Nature Communications

Jian-Kang Zhu frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Huazhong Shi, Zhen Wang, Yechun Hong, Chunzhao Zhao, and Mugui Wang, each having coauthored multiple papers alongside them.

The scientist has published extensively in a number of journals, with the most frequent venues including:

  • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Stress Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications

Jian-Kang Zhu was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Salt and drought stress signal transduction in plants

    Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Plant cellular and molecular responses to high salinity.

    Paul M. Hasegawa;Ray A. Bressan;Jian-Kang Zhu;Hans J. Bohnert

  • Abiotic Stress Signaling and Responses in Plants

    Jian Kang Zhu

  • Plant salt tolerance

    Jian Kang Zhu

  • Abscisic Acid Inhibits Type 2C Protein Phosphatases via the PYR/PYL Family of START Proteins

    Sang-Youl Park;Pauline Fung;Noriyuki Nishimura;Davin R. Jensen

  • Cell Signaling during Cold, Drought, and Salt Stress

    Liming Xiong;Karen S. Schumaker;Jian Kang Zhu

  • Regulation of ion homeostasis under salt stress.

    Jian Kang Zhu

  • Novel and Stress-Regulated MicroRNAs and Other Small RNAs from Arabidopsis

    Ramanjulu Sunkar;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Cold stress regulation of gene expression in plants.

    Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Jianhua Zhu;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana salt tolerance gene SOS1 encodes a putative Na+/H+ antiporter.

    Huazhong Shi;Manabu Ishitani;Cheolsoo Kim;Jian Kang Zhu

  • ICE1: a regulator of cold-induced transcriptome and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Masaru Ohta;Siddhartha Kanrar;Byeong-ha Lee

  • Methods and concepts in quantifying resistance to drought, salt and freezing, abiotic stresses that affect plant water status

    Paul E. Verslues;Manu Agarwal;Surekha Katiyar-Agarwal;Jianhua Zhu

  • Rapid phosphatidic acid accumulation in response to low temperature stress in Arabidopsis is generated through diacylglycerol kinase

    Steven A. Arisz;Ringo van van Wijk;Wendy Roels;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Understanding and Improving Salt Tolerance in Plants

    Viswanathan Chinnusamy;André Jagendorf;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Abiotic stress responses in plants.

    Huiming Zhang;Jianhua Zhu;Zhizhong Gong;Zhizhong Gong;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Dynamics and function of DNA methylation in plants.

    Huiming Zhang;Zhaobo Lang;Jian-Kang Zhu;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Posttranscriptional Induction of Two Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase Genes in Arabidopsis Is Mediated by Downregulation of miR398 and Important for Oxidative Stress Tolerance

    Ramanjulu Sunkar;Avnish Kapoor;Jian Kang Zhu

  • The putative plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) antiporter SOS1 controls long-distance Na(+) transport in plants.

    Huazhong Shi;Francisco J. Quintero;Jose M. Pardo;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Abscisic acid dynamics, signaling, and functions in plants

    Kong Chen;Guo‐Jun Li;Ray A. Bressan;Chun‐Peng Song

  • In vitro reconstitution of an abscisic acid signalling pathway

    Hiroaki Fujii;Hiroaki Fujii;Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Americo Rodrigues;Silvia Rubio

  • Molecular genetic perspectives on cross‐talk and specificity in abiotic stress signalling in plants

    Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Karen Schumaker;Jian Kang Zhu

  • Endogenous siRNAs Derived from a Pair of Natural cis-Antisense Transcripts Regulate Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Omar Borsani;Jianhua Zhu;Paul E. Verslues;Ramanjulu Sunkar

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • Epigenetic regulation of stress responses in plants.

    Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Jian-Kang Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Yang Zhao
Yang Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhizhong Gong
Zhizhong Gong China Agricultural University
Viswanathan Chinnusamy
Viswanathan Chinnusamy Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Liming Xiong
Liming Xiong Hong Kong Baptist University
Huazhong Shi
Huazhong Shi Texas Tech University
Byeong-ha Lee
Byeong-ha Lee Sogang University
Paul M. Hasegawa
Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette
W. Andy Tao
W. Andy Tao Purdue University West Lafayette
Renyi Liu
Renyi Liu Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

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