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Lizhong Xiong 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 Lizhong Xiong sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 150 publications — 30th percentile

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

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

Lizhong Xiong 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 Lizhong Xiong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lizhong Xiong is affiliated with Huazhong Agricultural University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers significant subfields including Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Ecology. The main topics Lizhong Xiong has addressed in their publications include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to water stress

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Lizhong Xiong are:

  • Crop Phenomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping: Past Decades, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives (2020), published in Molecular Plant
  • Using high-throughput multiple optical phenotyping to decipher the genetic architecture of maize drought tolerance (2021), published in Genome Biology
  • An inferred functional impact map of genetic variants in rice (2021), published in Molecular Plant
  • Multiple roles of NAC transcription factors in plant development and stress responses (2025), published in Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
  • OsHOX1 and OsHOX28 Redundantly Shape Rice Tiller Angle by Reducing HSFA2D Expression and Auxin Content (2020), published in Plant Physiology

Lizhong Xiong frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Haifu Tu
  • Xuelei Lai
  • Wanneng Yang
  • Xiaokai Li
  • Yilong Yao

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Molecular Plant
  • Genome Biology
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Overexpressing a NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factor enhances drought resistance and salt tolerance in rice

    Honghong Hu;Mingqiu Dai;Jialing Yao;Benze Xiao

  • A novel integrated method for large-scale detection, identification, and quantification of widely targeted metabolites: application in the study of rice metabolomics.

    Wei Chen;Liang Gong;Zilong Guo;Wensheng Wang

  • General mechanisms of drought response and their application in drought resistance improvement in plants

    Yujie Fang;Yujie Fang;Lizhong Xiong

  • Disease Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice Are Inversely Modulated by an Abscisic Acid–Inducible Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

    Lizhong Xiong;Yinong Yang

  • Genetic Engineering and Breeding of Drought-Resistant Crops

    Honghong Hu;Lizhong Xiong

  • Patterns of cytosine methylation in an elite rice hybrid and its parental lines, detected by a methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism technique.

    L. Z. Xiong;C. G. Xu;M. A. Saghai Maroof;Qifa Zhang

  • Characterization of transcription factor gene SNAC2 conferring cold and salt tolerance in rice

    Honghong Hu;Jun You;Yujie Fang;Xiaoyi Zhu

  • Genomic Organization, Differential Expression, and Interaction of SQUAMOSA Promoter-Binding-Like Transcription Factors and microRNA156 in Rice

    Kabin Xie;Congqing Wu;Lizhong Xiong

  • Over-expression of a LEA gene in rice improves drought resistance under the field conditions

    Benze Xiao;Yuemin Huang;Ning Tang;Lizhong Xiong

  • Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice

    Wanneng Yang;Zilong Guo;Chenglong Huang;Lingfeng Duan

  • Characterization of Stress-Responsive CIPK Genes in Rice for Stress Tolerance Improvement

    Yong Xiang;Yuemin Huang;Lizhong Xiong

  • Crop Phenomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping: Past Decades, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives.

    Wanneng Yang;Hui Feng;Xuehai Zhang;Jian Zhang

  • Characterization of OsbZIP23 as a Key Player of the Basic Leucine Zipper Transcription Factor Family for Conferring Abscisic Acid Sensitivity and Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Rice

    Yong Xiang;Ning Tang;Hao Du;Haiyan Ye

  • Genetic Basis of Drought Resistance at Reproductive Stage in Rice: Separation of Drought Tolerance from Drought Avoidance

    Bing Yue;Weiya Xue;Lizhong Xiong;Xinqiao Yu

  • Systematic sequence analysis and identification of tissue-specific or stress-responsive genes of NAC transcription factor family in rice

    Yujie Fang;Jun You;Kabin Xie;Weibo Xie

  • A stress-responsive NAC transcription factor SNAC3 confers heat and drought tolerance through modulation of reactive oxygen species in rice

    Yujie Fang;Kaifeng Liao;Hao Du;Yan Xu

  • Endogenous auxin and jasmonic acid levels are differentially modulated by abiotic stresses in rice.

    Hao Du;Hongbo Liu;Lizhong Xiong

  • Identification and expression profiling analysis of TIFY family genes involved in stress and phytohormone responses in rice

    Haiyan Ye;Hao Du;Ning Tang;Xianghua Li

  • A Raf-Like MAPKKK Gene DSM1 Mediates Drought Resistance through Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging in Rice

    Jing Ning;Xianghua Li;Leslie M. Hicks;Lizhong Xiong

  • Conserved miR164-targeted NAC genes negatively regulate drought resistance in rice

    Yujie Fang;Kabin Xie;Lizhong Xiong

Frequent Co-Authors

Xianghua Li
Xianghua Li Huazhong Agricultural University
Qifa Zhang
Qifa Zhang Huazhong Agricultural University
Honghong Hu
Honghong Hu Huazhong Agricultural University
Weibo Xie
Weibo Xie Huazhong Agricultural University
Jinghua Xiao
Jinghua Xiao Huazhong Agricultural University
Yongzhong Xing
Yongzhong Xing Huazhong Agricultural University
Caiguo Xu
Caiguo Xu Huazhong Agricultural University
Shiping Wang
Shiping Wang Huazhong Agricultural University
Xingming Lian
Xingming Lian Huazhong Agricultural University
Qian Liu
Qian Liu Chengdu University

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