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Jin-Rong Xu publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jin-Rong Xu sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 179 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Jin-Rong Xu D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jin-Rong Xu is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States and specializes in research areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Their work covers various subfields including molecular biology, plant science, cell biology, pharmacology, and endocrinology.

Their research topics largely center on plant-microbe interactions and immunity, fungal and yeast genetics research, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, and mycotoxins in agriculture and food. Additional areas of focus include RNA regulation and disease, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and CRISPR and genetic engineering.

Jin-Rong Xu has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Stress Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • New Phytologist
  • Environmental Microbiology

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jin-Rong Xu are:

  • "An orphan protein of Fusarium graminearum modulates host immunity by mediating proteasomal degradation of TaSnRK1α" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Regulation of biotic interactions and responses to abiotic stresses by MAP kinase pathways in plant pathogenic fungi" (2021) published in Stress Biology
  • "Post-translational regulation of autophagy is involved in intra-microbiome suppression of fungal pathogens" (2021) published in Microbiome
  • "Experimental evidence for the functional importance and adaptive advantage of A-to-I RNA editing in fungi" (2023) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Landscape and regulation of alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation in a plant pathogenic fungus" (2022) published in New Phytologist

Throughout their career, Jin-Rong Xu has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable co-authors include Huiquan Liu, Cong Jiang, Qinhu Wang, Zhuyun Bian, and Zeyi Wang.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Ralph A. Dean;Nicholas J. Talbot;Daniel J. Ebbole;Mark L. Farman

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • The Fusarium graminearum Genome Reveals a Link Between Localized Polymorphism and Pathogen Specialization

    Christina A. Cuomo;Ulrich Güldener;Jin Rong Xu;Frances Trail

  • MAP kinase and cAMP signaling regulate infection structure formation and pathogenic growth in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

    Jin-Rong Xu;John E. Hamer

  • Comparative analysis of fungal genomes reveals different plant cell wall degrading capacity in fungi.

    Zhongtao Zhao;Huiquan Liu;Chenfang Wang;Jin-Rong Xu;Jin-Rong Xu

  • A mitogen-activated protein kinase gene (MGV1) in Fusarium graminearum is required for female fertility, heterokaryon formation, and plant infection

    Zhanming Hou;Chaoyang Xue;Youliang Peng;Talma Katan

  • Inactivation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase Mps1 from the rice blast fungus prevents penetration of host cells but allows activation of plant defense responses

    Jin-Rong Xu;Christopher J. Staiger;John E. Hamer

  • MAP kinases in fungal pathogens.

    Jin-Rong Xu

  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways and Fungal Pathogenesis

    Xinhua Zhao;Rahim Mehrabi;Jin-Rong Xu

  • Independent signaling pathways regulate cellular turgor during hyperosmotic stress and appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe grisea.

    Katherine P. Dixon;Jin-Rong Xu;Nicholas Smirnoff;Nicholas J. Talbot

  • Functional Analysis of the Kinome of the Wheat Scab Fungus Fusarium graminearum

    Chenfang Wang;Shijie Zhang;Rui Hou;Zhongtao Zhao

  • One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

    David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

  • A genetic map of Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A (Fusarium moniliforme).

    Jin-rong Xu;John F. Leslie

  • The CPKA gene of Magnaporthe grisea is essential for appressorial penetration

    Jin-Rong Xu;Martin Urban;James A. Sweigard;John E. Hamer

  • Global gene regulation by Fusarium transcription factors Tri6 and Tri10 reveals adaptations for toxin biosynthesis

    Kye Yong Seong;Matias Pasquali;Xiaoying Zhou;Jongwoo Song

  • A Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Regulating Infection-Related Morphogenesis in Magnaporthe grisea

    Xinhua Zhao;Yangseon Kim;Gyungsoon Park;Jin-Rong Xu

  • Cellular Localization and Role of Kinase Activity of PMK1 in Magnaporthe grisea

    Kenneth S. Bruno;Fernando Tenjo;Lei Li;John E. Hamer

  • Osmoregulation and fungicide resistance: the Neurospora crassa os-2 gene encodes a HOG1 mitogen-activated protein kinase homologue.

    Yan Zhang;Randy Lamm;Christian Pillonel;Stephen Lam

  • The BMP1 gene is essential for pathogenicity in the gray mold fungus Botrytis cinerea.

    Li Zheng;Mathew Campbell;Jennifer Murphy;Stephen Lam

  • MST12 regulates infectious growth but not appressorium formation in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

    Gyungsoon Park;Chaoyang Xue;Li Zheng;Stephen Lam

Frequent Co-Authors

Huiquan Liu
Huiquan Liu Northwest A&F University
Chenfang Wang
Chenfang Wang Northwest A&F University
H. Corby Kistler
H. Corby Kistler University of Minnesota
Ralph A. Dean
Ralph A. Dean North Carolina State University
Zhensheng Kang
Zhensheng Kang Northwest A&F University
You-Liang Peng
You-Liang Peng Xi'an University of Technology
Thomas K. Mitchell
Thomas K. Mitchell The Ohio State University
Nicholas J. Talbot
Nicholas J. Talbot University of East Anglia
John F. Leslie
John F. Leslie Kansas State University
Frances Trail
Frances Trail Michigan State University

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