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Genetics

D-Index
74
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17026
World Ranking
1980
National Ranking
50

Plant Science and Agronomy

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74
Citations
17754
World Ranking
573
National Ranking
44

Kexuan Tang 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 Kexuan Tang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 369 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kexuan Tang 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 Kexuan Tang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kexuan Tang is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and is active in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research output includes a significant focus on molecular biology, plant science, pharmacology, insect science, and biotechnology.

The scientist's main topics of study cover areas such as plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, plant gene expression analysis, CRISPR and genetic engineering, plant reproductive biology, plant tissue culture and regeneration, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, and neurobiology and insect physiology research.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "The genome evolution and domestication of tropical fruit mango," 2020, Genome Biology
  • "Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants," 2023, Trends in Plant Science
  • "AaWRKY9 contributes to light- and jasmonate-mediated to regulate the biosynthesis of artemisinin in Artemisia annua," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Parallel Transcriptional Regulation of Artemisinin and Flavonoid Biosynthesis," 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • "The WRKY transcription factor AaGSW2 promotes glandular trichome initiation in Artemisia annua," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany

The scientist collaborates frequently with peers including Xueqing Fu, Hang Liu, Ling Li, Bowen Peng, and Yongpeng Li, reflecting a network of ongoing scientific cooperation.

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as Horticulture Research, Frontiers in Plant Science, Zenodo hosted by CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, Industrial Crops and Products, and arXiv from Cornell University.

Best Publications

  • Bioactive natural products from endophytes: A review

    B. Guo;Y. Wang;X. Sun;K. Tang;K. Tang

  • Cordyceps fungi: natural products, pharmacological functions and developmental products.

    Xuanwei Zhou;Zhenghua Gong;Ying Su;Juan Lin

  • Engineering tropane biosynthetic pathway in Hyoscyamus niger hairy root cultures

    Lei Zhang;Ruxian Ding;Yourong Chai;Mercedes Bonfill

  • AaORA, a trichome-specific AP2/ERF transcription factor of Artemisia annua, is a positive regulator in the artemisinin biosynthetic pathway and in disease resistance to Botrytis cinerea

    Xu Lu;Ling Zhang;Fangyuan Zhang;Weimin Jiang

  • The Genome of Artemisia annua Provides Insight into the Evolution of Asteraceae Family and Artemisinin Biosynthesis.

    Qian Shen;Lida Zhang;Zhihua Liao;Shengyue Wang

  • A review: recent advances and future prospects of taxol-producing endophytic fungi

    Xuanwei Zhou;Huifang Zhu;Lu Liu;Juan Lin

  • Effect of germination on phytochemical profiles and antioxidant activity of mung bean sprouts (Vigna radiata).

    Xinbo Guo;Tong Li;Kexuan Tang;Rui Hai Liu

  • The jasmonate-responsive AaMYC2 transcription factor positively regulates artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua.

    Qian Shen;Xu Lu;Tingxiang Yan;Xueqing Fu

  • A Basic Leucine Zipper Transcription Factor, AabZIP1, Connects Abscisic Acid Signaling with Artemisinin Biosynthesis in Artemisia annua

    Fangyuan Zhang;Xueqing Fu;Zongyou Lv;Xu Lu

  • Ganodermataceae: natural products and their related pharmacological functions

    Xuanwei Zhou;Juan Lin;Yizhou Yin;Jingya Zhao

  • Development of transgenic Artemisia annua (Chinese wormwood) plants with an enhanced content of artemisinin, an effective anti‐malarial drug, by hairpin‐RNA‐mediated gene silencing

    Ling Zhang;Fuyuan Jing;Fupeng Li;Meiya Li

  • CBF-dependent signaling pathway: A key responder to low temperature stress in plants

    M Q Zhou;C Shen;L H Wu;K X Tang

  • Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants.

    Fan Yang;Prajakta Mitra;Ling Zhang;Ling Zhang;Lina Prak

  • HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN 1 is required for jasmonate-mediated glandular trichome initiation in Artemisia annua.

    Tingxiang Yan;Minghui Chen;Qian Shen;Ling Li

  • The genome evolution and domestication of tropical fruit mango

    Peng Wang;Yingfeng Luo;Yingfeng Luo;Jianfeng Huang;Shenghan Gao;Shenghan Gao

  • GLANDULAR TRICHOME-SPECIFIC WRKY 1 promotes artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua.

    Minghui Chen;Tingxiang Yan;Qian Shen;Xu Lu

  • Increased Vitamin C Content Accompanied by an Enhanced Recycling Pathway Confers Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Zinan Wang;Ying Xiao;Wansheng Chen;Kexuan Tang

  • Monoterpenoid indole alkaloids biosynthesis and its regulation in Catharanthus roseus: a literature review from genes to metabolites

    Qifang Pan;Natali Rianika Mustafa;Kexuan Tang;Young Hae Choi

  • AaMYB1 and its orthologue AtMYB61 affect terpene metabolism and trichome development in Artemisia annua and Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Luis Matías‐Hernández;Weimin Jiang;Ke Yang;Kexuan Tang

  • Rapid Isolation of High‐Quality Total RNA from Taxus and Ginkgo

    Zhihua Liao;Min Chen;Liang Guo;Yifu Gong

  • Prediction of protein structural class with Rough Sets

    Youfang Cao;Shi Liu;Lida Zhang;Jie Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoyin Kai
Guoyin Kai Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Chen Shen
Chen Shen Tsinghua University
Jocelyn K. C. Rose
Jocelyn K. C. Rose Cornell University
Robert Verpoorte
Robert Verpoorte Leiden University
Liwu Zhang
Liwu Zhang Fudan University
Paul Christou
Paul Christou University of Lleida
Peter Brodelius
Peter Brodelius Linnaeus University
Edward C. Cocking
Edward C. Cocking University of Nottingham
Songnian Hu
Songnian Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shujuan Liu
Shujuan Liu Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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