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Jing-Quan Yu

Jing-Quan Yu

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
97
Citations
29948
World Ranking
191
National Ranking
17

Jing-Quan Yu 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 Jing-Quan Yu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 247 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jing-Quan Yu 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 Jing-Quan Yu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Jing-Quan Yu mostly deals with Botany, Biochemistry, Brassinosteroid, Cell biology and Cucumis. Jing-Quan Yu combines subjects such as Cinnamic acid and Reactive oxygen species with his study of Botany. His studies deal with areas such as Oxidative stress, Antioxidant and Hydrogen peroxide as well as Reactive oxygen species.

His work is dedicated to discovering how Biochemistry, Raphanus are connected with Proline and Malondialdehyde and other disciplines. His work in Brassinosteroid addresses subjects such as Glutathione, which are connected to disciplines such as Biosynthesis. As a part of the same scientific study, Jing-Quan Yu usually deals with the Cell biology, concentrating on Gene and frequently concerns with Parthenocarpy.

His most cited work include:

  • Reactive Oxygen Species Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Induced Stress Tolerance in Cucumber (462 citations)
  • Interplay between reactive oxygen species and hormones in the control of plant development and stress tolerance (318 citations)
  • A role for brassinosteroids in the regulation of photosynthesis in Cucumis sativus (304 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Biochemistry, Cell biology, Photosynthesis and Glutathione. His study explores the link between Botany and topics such as Horticulture that cross with problems in Agronomy. His work deals with themes such as Abscisic acid, Transcription factor, Mutant, Brassinosteroid and Gene silencing, which intersect with Cell biology.

His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Chlorophyll and Photosynthesis. He has included themes like Peroxidase and Malondialdehyde in his Glutathione study. His study on NADPH oxidase is often connected to Apoplast as part of broader study in Reactive oxygen species.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (34.52%)
  • Biochemistry (31.98%)
  • Cell biology (27.92%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Cell biology (27.92%)
  • Biochemistry (31.98%)
  • Mutant (11.68%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Cell biology, Biochemistry, Mutant, Transcription factor and Reactive oxygen species. His research integrates issues of Solanum, Gene silencing, Abscisic acid and Brassinosteroid in his study of Cell biology. His Brassinosteroid research incorporates themes from Glutaredoxin and Antioxidant.

When carried out as part of a general Biochemistry research project, his work on Glutathione, Protein kinase A, Peroxiredoxin and Arabidopsis is frequently linked to work in Cryptochrome, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His Mutant research incorporates elements of Photosynthesis, Signal transduction and Germination. The Reactive oxygen species study combines topics in areas such as Lipid peroxidation and Crosstalk.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production (265 citations)
  • HsfA1a upregulates melatonin biosynthesis to confer cadmium tolerance in tomato plants (99 citations)
  • Phytochrome A and B function antagonistically to regulate cold tolerance via abscisic acid-dependent jasmonate signaling. (97 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

Jing-Quan Yu spends much of his time researching Cell biology, Biochemistry, Mutant, Reactive oxygen species and Transcription factor. His Cell biology study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Gene silencing. Biochemistry and Ethylene are two areas of study in which Jing-Quan Yu engages in interdisciplinary work.

The various areas that Jing-Quan Yu examines in his Mutant study include Regulation of gene expression and Signal transduction. His Reactive oxygen species research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Meloidogyne incognita, Kinase and Antioxidant. In his study, Lateral root is inextricably linked to Botany, which falls within the broad field of Biophysics.

Best Publications

  • Silicon alleviates salt stress and increases antioxidant enzymes activity in leaves of salt-stressed cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

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  • Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL Gene Family in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Environmental Stress

    Junli Huang;Min Gu;Zhibing Lai;Baofang Fan

  • Interplay between reactive oxygen species and hormones in the control of plant development and stress tolerance

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Yan-Hong Zhou;Kai Shi;Jie Zhou

  • Reactive Oxygen Species Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Induced Stress Tolerance in Cucumber

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Yan-Jie Wang;Yan-Hong Zhou;Yuan Tao

  • Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production

    Christine H. Foyer;Christine H. Foyer;Hon Ming Lam;Henry T. Nguyen;Kadambot H.M. Siddique

  • A role for brassinosteroids in the regulation of photosynthesis in Cucumis sativus

    Jing Quan Yu;Li Feng Huang;Wen Hai Hu;Yan Hong Zhou

  • Protein-protein interactions in the regulation of WRKY transcription factors.

    Yingjun Chi;Yan Yang;Yuan Zhou;Jie Zhou;Jie Zhou

  • NBR1-Mediated Selective Autophagy Targets Insoluble Ubiquitinated Protein Aggregates in Plant Stress Responses

    Jie Zhou;Jian Wang;Yuan Cheng;Yuan Cheng;Ying-Jun Chi

  • Effects of root exudates and aqueous root extracts of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and allelochemicals, on photosynthesis and antioxidant enzymes in cucumber

    Jing Quan Yu;Su Feng Ye;Ming Fang Zhang;Wen Hai Hu

  • Melatonin mitigates cadmium phytotoxicity through modulation of phytochelatins biosynthesis, vacuolar sequestration, and antioxidant potential in Solanum lycopersicum L

    Md. Kamrul Hasan;Golam Jalal Ahammed;Lingling Yin;Kai Shi

  • Benefits of brassinosteroid crosstalk

    Sikander Pal Choudhary;Jing-Quan Yu;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki;Kazuo Shinozaki

  • H2O2 mediates the crosstalk of brassinosteroid and abscisic acid in tomato responses to heat and oxidative stresses

    Jie Zhou;Jian Wang;Xin Li;Xiao-Jian Xia

  • Arabidopsis Sigma Factor Binding Proteins Are Activators of the WRKY33 Transcription Factor in Plant Defense

    Zhibing Lai;Ying Li;Fei Wang;Yuan Cheng;Yuan Cheng

  • Brassinosteroids promote photosynthesis and growth by enhancing activation of Rubisco and expression of photosynthetic genes in Cucumis sativus

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Li-Feng Huang;Yan-Hong Zhou;Wei-Hua Mao

  • Brassinosteroids Alleviate Heat-Induced Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Increasing Carboxylation Efficiency and Enhancing Antioxidant Systems in Lycopersicon esculentum

    Joshua Otieno Ogweno;Xing Shun Song;Kai Shi;Wen Hai Hu

  • Plant-soil feedbacks and soil sickness: from mechanisms to application in agriculture.

    Li-Feng Huang;Li-Feng Huang;Liu-Xia Song;Xiao-Jian Xia;Wei-Hua Mao

  • Effects of light quality on CO2 assimilation, chlorophyll-fluorescence quenching, expression of Calvin cycle genes and carbohydrate accumulation in Cucumis sativus.

    Hong Wang;Min Gu;Jinxia Cui;Kai Shi

  • Role of brassinosteroids in alleviation of phenanthrene–cadmium co-contamination-induced photosynthetic inhibition and oxidative stress in tomato

    Golam Jalal Ahammed;Sikander Pal Choudhary;Shuangchen Chen;Xiaojian Xia

  • Phytochrome A and B function antagonistically to regulate cold tolerance via abscisic acid-dependent jasmonate signaling.

    Feng Wang;Zhixin Guo;Huizi Li;Mengmeng Wang

  • Effects of Root Exudates of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and Allelochemicals on Ion Uptake by Cucumber Seedlings

    Jing Quan Yu;Yoshihisa Matsui

  • Structural and Functional Analysis of VQ Motif-Containing Proteins in Arabidopsis as Interacting Proteins of WRKY Transcription Factors

    Yuan Cheng;Yuan Zhou;Yan Yang;Ying-Jun Chi

  • Phytotoxic substances in root exudates of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).

    Jing Quan Yu;Yoshihisa Matsui

  • HsfA1a upregulates melatonin biosynthesis to confer cadmium tolerance in tomato plants

    Shu Yu Cai;Yun Zhang;You Ping Xu;Zhen Yu Qi

  • Pesticides-induced depression of photosynthesis was alleviated by 24-epibrassinolide pretreatment in Cucumis sativus L

    Xiao Jian Xia;Yue Yuan Huang;Li Wang;Li Feng Huang

  • Role of nitric oxide in hydrogen peroxide-dependent induction of abiotic stress tolerance by brassinosteroids in cucumber.

    Jin-Xia Cui;Yan-Hong Zhou;Jian-Gang Ding;Xiao-Jian Xia

  • Physiological basis of different allelopathic reactions of cucumber and figleaf gourd plants to cinnamic acid

    Ju Ding;Yao Sun;Chun Lan Xiao;Kai Shi

  • Chromium Stress Mitigation by Polyamine-Brassinosteroid Application Involves Phytohormonal and Physiological Strategies in Raphanus sativus L.

    Sikander Pal Choudhary;Sikander Pal Choudhary;Mukesh Kanwar;Renu Bhardwaj;Jing-Quan Yu

  • Brassinosteroids Promote Metabolism of Pesticides in Cucumber

    Xiao Jian Xia;Yun Zhang;Jing Xue Wu;Ji Tao Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan-Hong Zhou
Yan-Hong Zhou Zhejiang University
Kai Shi
Kai Shi Zhejiang University
Xiao-Jian Xia
Xiao-Jian Xia Zhejiang University
Golam Jalal Ahammed
Golam Jalal Ahammed Henan University of Science and Technology
Zhixiang Chen
Zhixiang Chen Purdue University West Lafayette
Christine H. Foyer
Christine H. Foyer University of Birmingham
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Salvador Nogués
Salvador Nogués University of Barcelona
Lam-Son Phan Tran
Lam-Son Phan Tran Texas Tech University
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University

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