2026 Jian-Kang Zhu: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	194	358	335	10	10	569	165029
Plant Science and Agronomy	197	3	3	1	1	532	174404
Genetics	201	22	22	1	1	644	178463

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

7527
Citations
Plant cellular and molecular responses to high salinity.

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

6629
Citations
Abiotic Stress Signaling and Responses in Plants

Jian Kang Zhu

5346
Citations
Plant salt tolerance

Jian Kang Zhu

5176
Citations
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

3323
Citations
Cell Signaling during Cold, Drought, and Salt Stress

Liming Xiong;Karen S. Schumaker;Jian Kang Zhu

3126
Citations
Regulation of ion homeostasis under salt stress.

Jian Kang Zhu

2665
Citations
Novel and Stress-Regulated MicroRNAs and Other Small RNAs from Arabidopsis

Ramanjulu Sunkar;Jian-Kang Zhu

2414
Citations
Cold stress regulation of gene expression in plants.

Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Jianhua Zhu;Jian-Kang Zhu

2311
Citations
The Arabidopsis thaliana salt tolerance gene SOS1 encodes a putative Na+/H+ antiporter.

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

2112
Citations
ICE1: a regulator of cold-induced transcriptome and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis

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

2084
Citations
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

2082
Citations
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

1911
Citations
Understanding and Improving Salt Tolerance in Plants

Viswanathan Chinnusamy;André Jagendorf;Jian-Kang Zhu

1905
Citations
Abiotic stress responses in plants.

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

1883
Citations
Dynamics and function of DNA methylation in plants.

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

1700
Citations
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

1546
Citations
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

1540
Citations
Abscisic acid dynamics, signaling, and functions in plants

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

1521
Citations
In vitro reconstitution of an abscisic acid signalling pathway

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

1449
Citations
Molecular genetic perspectives on cross‐talk and specificity in abiotic stress signalling in plants

Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Karen Schumaker;Jian Kang Zhu

1402
Citations
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

1380
Citations
Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

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

1323
Citations
Epigenetic regulation of stress responses in plants.

Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Jian-Kang Zhu

1257
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette

Yang Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhizhong Gong China Agricultural University

Viswanathan Chinnusamy Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Liming Xiong Hong Kong Baptist University

Huazhong Shi Texas Tech University

Byeong-ha Lee Sogang University

Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette

W. Andy Tao Purdue University West Lafayette

Renyi Liu Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

External Links

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