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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
51
Citations
12140
World Ranking
1979
National Ranking
174

Ligeng Ma 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 Ligeng Ma sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 107 publications — 30th percentile

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

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

Ligeng Ma 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 Ligeng Ma sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Two interacting bZIP proteins are direct targets of COP1-mediated control of light-dependent gene expression in Arabidopsis

    Magnus Holm;Li-Geng Ma;Li-Jia Qu;Xing-Wang Deng

  • Light Control of Arabidopsis Development Entails Coordinated Regulation of Genome Expression and Cellular Pathways

    Ligeng Ma;Ligeng Ma;Jinming Li;Lijia Qu;Janet Hager

  • Phosphate Starvation Triggers Distinct Alterations of Genome Expression in Arabidopsis Roots and Leaves

    Ping Wu;Ligeng Ma;Xingliang Hou;Mingyi Wang

  • Direct interaction of Arabidopsis cryptochromes with COP1 in light control development.

    Haiyang Wang;Li-Geng Ma;Li-Geng Ma;Jin-Ming Li;Hong-Yu Zhao

  • The COP1–SPA1 interaction defines a critical step in phytochrome A-mediated regulation of HY5 activity

    Yusuke Saijo;James A. Sullivan;Haiyang Wang;Jianping Yang

  • Disruption of phytoene desaturase gene results in albino and dwarf phenotypes in Arabidopsis by impairing chlorophyll, carotenoid, and gibberellin biosynthesis.

    Genji Qin;Hongya Gu;Ligeng Ma;Ligeng Ma;Yiben Peng

  • A G Protein-Coupled Receptor Is a Plasma Membrane Receptor for the Plant Hormone Abscisic Acid

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  • Global genome expression analysis of rice in response to drought and high-salinity stresses in shoot, flag leaf, and panicle

    Junli Zhou;Junli Zhou;Xiangfeng Wang;Xiangfeng Wang;Yuling Jiao;Yonghua Qin

  • Genome-wide ORFeome cloning and analysis of Arabidopsis transcription factor genes.

    Wei Gong;Yun-Ping Shen;Li-Geng Ma;Yi Pan

  • Conservation and Divergence of Light-Regulated Genome Expression Patterns during Seedling Development in Rice and Arabidopsis

    Yuling Jiao;Ligeng Ma;Ligeng Ma;Elizabeth Strickland;Xing Wang Deng

  • A transcriptome atlas of rice cell types uncovers cellular, functional and developmental hierarchies

    Yuling Jiao;S Lori Tausta;S Lori Tausta;Neeru Gandotra;Neeru Gandotra;Ning Sun

  • The COP9 signalosome interacts physically with SCF COI1 and modulates jasmonate responses

    Suhua Feng;Ligeng Ma;Ligeng Ma;Xiping Wang;Xiping Wang;Daoxin Xie

  • An Annotation Update via cDNA Sequence Analysis and Comprehensive Profiling of Developmental, Hormonal or Environmental Responsiveness of the Arabidopsis AP2/EREBP Transcription Factor Gene Family

    Jian-Xun Feng;Di Liu;Yi Pan;Wei Gong;Wei Gong

  • Arabidopsis Has Two Redundant Cullin3 Proteins That Are Essential for Embryo Development and That Interact with RBX1 and BTB Proteins to Form Multisubunit E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Complexes in Vivo

    Pablo Figueroa;Giuliana Gusmaroli;Giovanna Serino;Jessica Habashi

  • Genomic Evidence for COP1 as a Repressor of Light-Regulated Gene Expression and Development in Arabidopsis

    Ligeng Ma;Ying Gao;Ying Gao;Lijia Qu;Zhangliang Chen

  • SKIP Is a Component of the Spliceosome Linking Alternative Splicing and the Circadian Clock in Arabidopsis

    Xiaoxue Wang;Fangming Wu;Fangming Wu;Qiguang Xie;Huamei Wang

  • Histone H2B Monoubiquitination in the Chromatin of<i>FLOWERING LOCUS C</i>Regulates Flowering Time in<i>Arabidopsis</i>

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  • Organ-specific expression of Arabidopsis genome during development.

    Ligeng Ma;Ning Sun;Xigang Liu;Yuling Jiao

  • Cullins 3a and 3b Assemble with Members of the Broad Complex/Tramtrack/Bric-a-Brac (BTB) Protein Family to Form Essential Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases (E3s) in Arabidopsis

    Derek J. Gingerich;Jennifer M. Gagne;Donald W. Salter;Hanjo Hellmann;Hanjo Hellmann

  • Alternative Splicing in Plant Genes: A Means of Regulating the Environmental Fitness of Plants

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Legong Li
Legong Li Capital Normal University
Hang He
Hang He Peking University
Xing Wang Deng
Xing Wang Deng Peking University
Mingrun Li
Mingrun Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Chengcai Chu
Chengcai Chu South China Agricultural University
Hediye Erdjument-Bromage
Hediye Erdjument-Bromage New York University
Tim M. Townes
Tim M. Townes University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul Tempst
Paul Tempst Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sheng Luan
Sheng Luan University of California, Berkeley

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