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D-Index
78
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25267
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1069
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15

Qi Xie publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qi Xie sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 160 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Qi Xie D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 66th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Qi Xie is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific interests in Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics Qi Xie has covered include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Qi Xie has published research in a variety of scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • The Plant Cell
  • Molecular Plant
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Qi Xie include:

  • Photosynthetic Regulation Under Salt Stress and Salt-Tolerance Mechanism of Sweet Sorghum, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • A Gγ protein regulates alkaline sensitivity in crops, 2023, Science
  • Strigolactone and Karrikin Signaling Pathways Elicit Ubiquitination and Proteolysis of SMXL2 to Regulate Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Balancing growth and adaptation to stress: Crosstalk between brassinosteroid and abscisic acid signaling, 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
  • ESCRT-I Component VPS23A Sustains Salt Tolerance by Strengthening the SOS Module in Arabidopsis, 2020, Molecular Plant

Collaborations have been a significant part of Qi Xie's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Feifei Yu
  • Yaorong Wu
  • Ran Xia
  • Peng Xie
  • Qian Chen

Best Publications

  • Arabidopsis NAC1 transduces auxin signal downstream of TIR1 to promote lateral root development

    Qi Xie;Giovanna Frugis;Diana Colgan;Nam-Hai Chua

  • MicroRNA Directs mRNA Cleavage of the Transcription Factor NAC1 to Downregulate Auxin Signals for Arabidopsis Lateral Root Development

    Hui Shan Guo;Qi Xie;Qi Xie;Ji Feng Fei;Nam Hai Chua

  • Two Faces of One Seed: Hormonal Regulation of Dormancy and Germination

    Kai Shu;Xiao Dong Liu;Qi Xie;Zu Hua He

  • The negative regulator of plant cold responses, HOS1, is a RING E3 ligase that mediates the ubiquitination and degradation of ICE1.

    Chun-Hai Dong;Manu Agarwal;Yiyue Zhang;Qi Xie

  • OST1 Kinase Modulates Freezing Tolerance by Enhancing ICE1 Stability in Arabidopsis

    Yanglin Ding;Hui Li;Xiaoyan Zhang;Qi Xie

  • The Arabidopsis auxin-inducible gene ARGOS controls lateral organ size.

    Yuxin Hu;Qi Xie;Nam-Hai Chua

  • SINAT5 promotes ubiquitin-related degradation of NAC1 to attenuate auxin signals

    Qi Xie;Hui-Shan Guo;Geza Dallman;Shengyun Fang

  • Spotted leaf11 , a Negative Regulator of Plant Cell Death and Defense, Encodes a U-Box/Armadillo Repeat Protein Endowed with E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Activity

    Li-Rong Zeng;Shaohong Qu;Alicia Bordeos;Chengwei Yang

  • The rice HIGH-TILLERING DWARF1 encoding an ortholog of Arabidopsis MAX3 is required for negative regulation of the outgrowth of axillary buds.

    Junhuang Zou;Shuying Zhang;Weiping Zhang;Gang Li

  • Dual function of Arabidopsis ATAF1 in abiotic and biotic stress responses.

    Yaorong Wu;Zhiyong Deng;Zhiyong Deng;Jianbin Lai;Jianbin Lai;Yiyue Zhang;Yiyue Zhang

  • Role of the Arabidopsis thaliana NAC transcription factors ANAC019 and ANAC055 in regulating jasmonic acid-signaled defense responses

    Qingyun Bu;Hongling Jiang;Chang-Bao Li;Chang-Bao Li;Qingzhe Zhai

  • COP1 and ELF3 Control Circadian Function and Photoperiodic Flowering by Regulating GI Stability

    Jae-Woong Yu;Vicente Rubio;Vicente Rubio;Na-Yeoun Lee;Sulan Bai

  • SDIR1 Is a RING Finger E3 Ligase That Positively Regulates Stress-Responsive Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Yiyue Zhang;Yiyue Zhang;Chengwei Yang;Yin Li;Nuoyan Zheng

  • Nitrate-NRT1.1B-SPX4 cascade integrates nitrogen and phosphorus signalling networks in plants.

    Bin Hu;Zhimin Jiang;Wei Wang;Yahong Qiu

  • ABI4 regulates primary seed dormancy by regulating the biogenesis of abscisic acid and gibberellins in arabidopsis.

    Kai Shu;Huawei Zhang;Shengfu Wang;Mingluan Chen

  • High-Efficiency Genome Editing in Arabidopsis Using YAO Promoter-Driven CRISPR/Cas9 System.

    Liuhua Yan;Shaowei Wei;Yaorong Wu;Ruolan Hu

  • Developmental Control of a Lepidopteran Pest Spodoptera exigua by Ingestion of Bacteria Expressing dsRNA of a Non-Midgut Gene

    Honggang Tian;Han Peng;Qiong Yao;Hongxin Chen

  • Degradation of the ABA co-receptor ABI1 by PUB12/13 U-box E3 ligases

    Lingyao Kong;Jinkui Cheng;Yujuan Zhu;Yanglin Ding

  • Deciphering the Diploid Ancestral Genome of the Mesohexaploid Brassica rapa

    Feng Cheng;Terezie Mandáková;Jian Wu;Qi Xie

  • BIK1 interacts with PEPRs to mediate ethylene-induced immunity

    Zixu Liu;Ying Wu;Fan Yang;Yiyue Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaorong Wu
Yaorong Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hui-Shan Guo
Hui-Shan Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liming Liang
Liming Liang Harvard University
Chengcai Chu
Chengcai Chu South China Agricultural University
Crisanto Gutierrez
Crisanto Gutierrez Spanish National Research Council
Nam-Hai Chua
Nam-Hai Chua National University of Singapore
Wei-Cai Yang
Wei-Cai Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuese Ning
Yuese Ning Institute of Plant Protection
Xiaofeng Cao
Xiaofeng Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yiqin Wang
Yiqin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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