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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
18793
World Ranking
5091
National Ranking
161

Kai Shi publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kai Shi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kai Shi D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kai Shi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kai Shi is a researcher affiliated with Zhejiang University in China, with a significant body of work in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, particularly focused on Plant Science. Their research spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their studies concentrate on several main topics:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Kai Shi has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • "The protein kinase CPK28 phosphorylates ascorbate peroxidase and enhances thermotolerance in tomato," 2021, published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Electric-Field-Driven Printed 3D Highly Ordered Microstructure with Cell Feature Size Promotes the Maturation of Engineered Cardiac Tissues," 2023, published in Advanced Science
  • "Brassinosteroid-mediated reactive oxygen species are essential for tapetum degradation and pollen fertility in tomato," 2020, published in The Plant Journal
  • "Brassinosteroid signaling integrates multiple pathways to release apical dominance in tomato," 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Strigolactones positively regulate abscisic acid-dependent heat and cold tolerance in tomato," 2021, published in Horticulture Research

Frequent publication venues for Kai Shi include:

  • Horticulture Research
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their scientific collaboration network features several frequent coauthors, among whom are:

  • Jingquan Yu
  • Christine H. Foyer
  • Yanhong Zhou
  • Shuting Ding
  • Xiaojian Xia

This profile illustrates Kai Shi's extensive involvement in plant-related biological and agricultural research, highlighting both the diversity and focus of their scholarly contributions.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Melatonin enhances thermotolerance by promoting cellular protein protection in tomato plants.

    Wen Xu;Wen Xu;Shu Yu Cai;Yun Zhang;Yu Wang

  • Tomato HsfA1a plays a critical role in plant drought tolerance by activating ATG genes and inducing autophagy

    Yu Wang;Shuyu Cai;Lingling Yin;Kai Shi

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

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

  • Melatonin mediates selenium-induced tolerance to cadmium stress in tomato plants.

    Meng-Qi Li;Md. Kamrul Hasan;Cai-Xia Li;Golam Jalal Ahammed

  • 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

  • A role of brassinosteroids in early fruit development in cucumber.

    Feng Qing Fu;Wei Hua Mao;Kai Shi;Yan Hong Zhou

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing-Quan Yu
Jing-Quan Yu Zhejiang University
Yan-Hong Zhou
Yan-Hong Zhou 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
Gregory B. Martin
Gregory B. Martin Boyce Thompson Institute
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Salvador Nogués
Salvador Nogués University of Barcelona
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University

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