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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
51
Citations
9128
World Ranking
2028
National Ranking
181

Longfu Zhu 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 Longfu Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 131 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Longfu Zhu 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 Longfu Zhu sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
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

  • Reference genome sequences of two cultivated allotetraploid cottons, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense

    Maojun Wang;Lili Tu;Daojun Yuan;Daojun Yuan;De Zhu

  • Lignin metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae as revealed by RNA-Seq-dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry

    Li Xu;Longfu Zhu;Lili Tu;Linlin Liu

  • Asymmetric subgenome selection and cis -regulatory divergence during cotton domestication

    Maojun Wang;Lili Tu;Min Lin;Zhongxu Lin

  • Expression of an Arabidopsis vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase gene (AVP1) in cotton improves drought- and salt tolerance and increases fibre yield in the field conditions.

    Vijaya Pasapula;Guoxin Shen;Sundaram Kuppu;Julio Paez-Valencia

  • Proteomic and virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) analyses reveal that Gossypol, Brassinosteroids and Jasmonic acid contribute to the resistance of cotton to Verticillium dahliae

    Wei Gao;Lu Long;Long-Fu Zhu;Li Xu

  • Overexpression of Rice NAC Gene SNAC1 Improves Drought and Salt Tolerance by Enhancing Root Development and Reducing Transpiration Rate in Transgenic Cotton

    Guanze Liu;Xuelin Li;Shuangxia Jin;Xuyan Liu

  • The genome sequence of Sea-Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) provides insights into the allopolyploidization and development of superior spinnable fibres.

    Daojun Yuan;Zhonghui Tang;Maojun Wang;Wenhui Gao

  • Sugar and Auxin Signaling Pathways Respond to High-Temperature Stress during Anther Development as Revealed by Transcript Profiling Analysis in Cotton

    Ling Min;Yaoyao Li;Qin Hu;Longfu Zhu

  • Laccase GhLac1 Modulates Broad-Spectrum Biotic Stress Tolerance via Manipulating Phenylpropanoid Pathway and Jasmonic Acid Synthesis.

    Qin Hu;Ling Min;Xiyan Yang;Shuangxia Jin

  • GhJAZ2 negatively regulates cotton fiber initiation by interacting with the R2R3-MYB transcription factor GhMYB25-like.

    Haiyan Hu;Xin He;Lili Tu;Longfu Zhu

  • Cotton pan-genome retrieves the lost sequences and genes during domestication and selection

    Jianying Li;Daojun Yuan;Pengcheng Wang;Qiongqiong Wang

  • Long noncoding RNAs involve in resistance to Verticillium dahliae, a fungal disease in cotton.

    Lin Zhang;Maojun Wang;Nannan Li;Honglei Wang

  • An ethylene response-related factor, GbERF1-like, from Gossypium barbadense improves resistance to Verticillium dahliae via activating lignin synthesis

    Weifeng Guo;Weifeng Guo;Li Jin;Yuhuan Miao;Xin He

  • Physiological and molecular mechanism of defense in cotton against Verticillium dahliae

    Muhammad Shaban;Yuhuan Miao;Abid Ullah;Anam Qadir Khan

  • Cotton WRKY1 Mediates the Plant Defense-to-Development Transition during Infection of Cotton by Verticillium dahliae by Activating JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1 Expression

    Chao Li;Xin He;Xiangyin Luo;Li Xu

  • microRNAs involved in auxin signalling modulate male sterility under high-temperature stress in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

    Yuanhao Ding;Yizan Ma;Nian Liu;Jiao Xu

  • Isolation and characterization of genes associated to cotton somatic embryogenesis by suppression subtractive hybridization and macroarray.

    Fanchang Zeng;Xianlong Zhang;Longfu Zhu;Lili Tu

  • GhJAZ2 attenuates cotton resistance to biotic stresses via the inhibition of the transcriptional activity of GhbHLH171

    Xin He;Longfu Zhu;Ghulam Mustafa Wassan;Yujing Wang

  • GhWRKY41 forms a positive feedback regulation loop and increases cotton defense response against Verticillium dahliae by regulating phenylpropanoid metabolism.

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  • Cotton cytochrome P450 CYP82D regulates systemic cell death by modulating the octadecanoid pathway

    Longqing Sun;Longfu Zhu;L i Xu;Daojun Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Xianlong Zhang
Xianlong Zhang Huazhong Agricultural University
Keith Lindsey
Keith Lindsey Durham University
Shiming Liu
Shiming Liu Institute of Plant Protection
Fenglin Deng
Fenglin Deng Yangtze University
Guoxin Shen
Guoxin Shen Texas Tech University
Paxton Payton
Paxton Payton Agricultural Research Service
Bart P. H. J. Thomma
Bart P. H. J. Thomma University of Cologne
Steven J. Klosterman
Steven J. Klosterman Agricultural Research Service
Yijun Ruan
Yijun Ruan University of Connecticut Health Center
Joshua A. Udall
Joshua A. Udall Agricultural Research Service

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