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D-Index
51
Citations
8495
World Ranking
2048
National Ranking
163

Qian-Hao 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 Qian-Hao Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 206 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qian-Hao 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 Qian-Hao 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

  • Widespread noncoding circular RNAs in plants

    Chu-Yu Ye;Li Chen;Chen Liu;Qian-Hao Zhu

  • A diverse set of microRNAs and microRNA-like small RNAs in developing rice grains

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Andrew Spriggs;Louisa Matthew;Longjiang Fan

  • Regulation of flowering time and floral patterning by miR172

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Chris A. Helliwell

  • DNA demethylases target promoter transposable elements to positively regulate stress responsive genes in Arabidopsis

    Tuan-Ngoc Le;Ulrike Schumann;Neil A Smith;Sameer Tiwari;Sameer Tiwari

  • Over-expression of miR172 causes loss of spikelet determinacy and floral organ abnormalities in rice (Oryza sativa)

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Narayana M Upadhyaya;Frank Gubler;Chris A Helliwell

  • Twenty years of plant genome sequencing: achievements and challenges

    Yanqing Sun;Lianguang Shang;Qian-Hao Zhu;Longjiang Fan;Longjiang Fan

  • Long noncoding RNAs responsive to Fusarium oxysporum infection in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Stuart Stephen;Jennifer Taylor;Chris A. Helliwell

  • Development of a 63K SNP Array for Cotton and High-Density Mapping of Intraspecific and Interspecific Populations of Gossypium spp.

    Amanda M Hulse-Kemp;Jana Lemm;Joerg Plieske;Hamid Ashrafi

  • miR482 regulation of NBS-LRR defense genes during fungal pathogen infection in cotton.

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Longjiang Fan;Yang Liu;Hao Xu

  • The ANTHER INDEHISCENCE1 Gene Encoding a Single MYB Domain Protein Is Involved in Anther Development in Rice

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Kerrie Ramm;Ramani Shivakkumar;Elizabeth S. Dennis

  • Molecular Functions of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Plants

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Ming-Bo Wang

  • Characterization of the defense transcriptome responsive to Fusarium oxysporum-infection in Arabidopsis using RNA-seq.

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Stuart Stephen;Kemal Kazan;Gulei Jin

  • PlantcircBase: A Database for Plant Circular RNAs

    Qinjie Chu;Xingchen Zhang;Xintian Zhu;Chen Liu

  • Full-length sequence assembly reveals circular RNAs with diverse non-GT/AG splicing signals in rice

    Chu-Yu Ye;Xingchen Zhang;Qinjie Chu;Chen Liu

  • Fine-tuning the amylose content of rice by precise base editing of the Wx gene.

    Yang Xu;Yang Xu;Qiupeng Lin;Xiufeng Li;Fangquan Wang;Fangquan Wang

  • Analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic changes in hybrid vigor of allopolyploid Brassica napus uncovers key roles for small RNAs.

    Yifei Shen;Shuo Sun;Shuijin Hua;Enhui Shen

  • Long non-coding RNAs in plants: emerging modulators of gene activity in development and stress responses

    Li Chen;Qian-Hao Zhu;Kerstin Kaufmann

  • Genomic insights into the evolution of Echinochloa species as weed and orphan crop

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  • Epigenetic Mechanisms: An Emerging Player in Plant-Microbe Interactions

    Qian-Hao Zhu;Wei-Xing Shan;Michael A Ayliffe;Ming-Bo Wang

  • Regulation of Nicotine Biosynthesis by an Endogenous Target Mimicry of MicroRNA in Tobacco

    Fangfang Li;Weidi Wang;Nan Zhao;Bingguang Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Longjiang Fan
Longjiang Fan Zhejiang University
Iain W. Wilson
Iain W. Wilson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Danny J. Llewellyn
Danny J. Llewellyn Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Narayana M. Upadhyaya
Narayana M. Upadhyaya Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Elizabeth S. Dennis
Elizabeth S. Dennis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jennifer M. Taylor
Jennifer M. Taylor Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard G. Percy
Richard G. Percy Agricultural Research Service
Michael P. Timko
Michael P. Timko University of Virginia
David M. Stelly
David M. Stelly Texas A&M University
Joshua A. Udall
Joshua A. Udall Agricultural Research Service

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