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Jianquan Liu

Jianquan Liu

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
80
Citations
21645
World Ranking
840
National Ranking
16

Jianquan Liu publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jianquan Liu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 358 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jianquan Liu D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jianquan Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jianquan Liu is affiliated with Lanzhou University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their research output covers various subfields including molecular biology, plant science, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and agronomy and crop science.

Their work spans several main research topics, such as genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic diversity and population structure, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant molecular biology research, plant and fungal species descriptions, plant and animal studies, and plant diversity and evolution.

They have multiple recent publications, including:

  • "WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes" (2022, Molecular Plant)
  • "Exosome-mediated delivery of kartogenin for chondrogenesis of synovial fluid-derived mesenchymal stem cells and cartilage regeneration" (2020, Biomaterials)
  • "The Cycas genome and the early evolution of seed plants" (2022, Nature Plants)
  • "Prickly waterlily and rigid hornwort genomes shed light on early angiosperm evolution" (2020, Nature Plants)
  • "Species divergence with gene flow and hybrid speciation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (2022, New Phytologist)

Frequent co-authors of Jianquan Liu include Tao Ma, Yongzhi Yang, Yuanzhong Jiang, Zhenxiang Xi, and Huanhuan Liu.

The most common venues where their research has been published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Horticulture Research
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Comparative analysis of a large dataset indicates that internal transcribed spacer (ITS) should be incorporated into the core barcode for seed plants.

    De Zhu Li;Lian Ming Gao;Hong Tao Li;Hong Wang

  • The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude

    Qiang Qiu;Guojie Zhang;Tao Ma;Wubin Qian

  • Functions and Toxicity of Nickel in Plants: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

    Cuiyun Chen;Dejun Huang;Jianquan Liu

  • Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity-soil multifunctionality relationships.

    Weigang Hu;Jinzhi Ran;Longwei Dong;Qiajun Du

  • Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum

    G. Yu;G. Yu;G. Yu;X. Chen;X. Chen;J. Ni;J. Ni;R. Cheddadi

  • Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography

    Daniel G. Gavin;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Paul F. Gugger;Katy D. Heath

  • WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes

    Unknown

  • Radiation and diversification within the Ligularia-Cremanthodium-Parasenecio complex (Asteraceae) triggered by uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Jian-Quan Liu;Yu-Jing Wang;Ai-Lan Wang;Ohba Hideaki

  • Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar

    Tao Ma;Junyi Wang;Gongke Zhou;Zhen Yue

  • The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet

    Georg Miehe;Per Marten Schleuss;Elke Seeber;Wolfgang Babel

  • Diversification and biogeography of Juniperus (Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals

    Kangshan Mao;Kangshan Mao;Gang Hao;Jianquan Liu;Robert P. Adams

  • Phylogeography of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau endemic Juniperus przewalskii (Cupressaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA sequence variation

    Q. Zhang;Tzen-Yuh Chiang;M. George;J. Q. Liu

  • Yak whole-genome resequencing reveals domestication signatures and prehistoric population expansions.

    Qiang Qiu;Lizhong Wang;Kun Wang;Yongzhi Yang

  • History and evolution of alpine plants endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Aconitum gymnandrum (Ranunculaceae).

    Liuyang Wang;Richard J. Abbott;Wei Zheng;Ping Chen

  • Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea.

    Kangshan Mao;Richard I. Milne;Libing Zhang;Libing Zhang;Yanling Peng

  • Phylogeographic studies of plants in China: Advances in the past and directions in the future

    Jian-Quan Liu;Yong-Shuai Sun;Xue-Jun Ge;Lian-Ming Gao

  • The willow genome and divergent evolution from poplar after the common genome duplication.

    Xiaogang Dai;Quanjun Hu;Qingle Cai;Kai Feng

  • Involvement of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide in salt resistance in the calluses from Populus euphratica.

    Feng Zhang;Yuping Wang;Yingli Yang;Hao Wu

  • Mitochondrial and chloroplast phylogeography of Picea crassifolia Kom. (Pinaceae) in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau and adjacent highlands

    Lihua Meng;Rui Yang;Rui Yang;Richard J. Abbott;Georg Miehe

  • Species divergence with gene flow and hybrid speciation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

    Unknown

  • Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau endemic Nannoglottis (Asteraceae)

    Jian-Quan Liu;Tian-Gang Gao;Zhi-Duan Chen;An-Ming Lu

  • Evolutionary history and underlying adaptation of alpine plants on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

    Jian‐Quan Liu;Yuan‐Wen Duan;Gang Hao;Xue‐Jun Ge

  • Plastome phylogeny and early diversification of Brassicaceae

    Xinyi Guo;Jianquan Liu;Guoqian Hao;Lei Zhang

  • WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes

    Sun P;Jiao B;Yang Y;Shan L

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard I. Milne
Richard I. Milne University of Edinburgh
Martin Lascoux
Martin Lascoux Uppsala University
Georg Miehe
Georg Miehe Philipp University of Marburg
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lawrence B. Smart
Lawrence B. Smart Cornell University
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz Missouri Botanical Garden
Gerald A. Tuskan
Gerald A. Tuskan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Johannes A. Lenstra
Johannes A. Lenstra Utrecht University
Alfonso Susanna
Alfonso Susanna Spanish National Research Council
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute

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