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D-Index
73
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20667
World Ranking
2039
National Ranking
51

Qingyou Xia 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 Qingyou Xia sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 413 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qingyou Xia 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 Qingyou Xia sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qingyou Xia is affiliated with Southwest University in China and has contributed extensively in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as materials science. Their research spans key interdisciplinary areas with a focus on molecular biology, biomaterials, insect science, immunology, and neuroscience.

Their work addresses various topics, including:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Invertebrate immune response mechanisms
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects
  • Silkworms and sericulture research
  • Insect resistance and genetics
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering

Among Qingyou Xia's frequent publication venues are:

  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Insect Science
  • Insects
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Notable recurrent collaborators include:

  • Ping Zhao
  • Sanyuan Ma
  • Zhaoming Dong
  • Guanwang Shen

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Qingyou Xia demonstrate a diverse and multidisciplinary approach:

  • "Haplotype-resolved genome of diploid ginger (Zingiber officinale) and its unique gingerol biosynthetic pathway" (2021, Horticulture Research)
  • "Facile and Low-Cost Fabrication of a Thread/Paper-Based Wearable System for Simultaneous Detection of Lactate and pH in Human Sweat" (2020, Advanced Fiber Materials)
  • "A phylogenomics approach to characterizing sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs) in Lepidoptera" (2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  • "Advances in the Arms Race Between Silkworm and Baculovirus" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "CRISPR-Cas-mediated diagnostics" (2022, Trends in biotechnology)

Qingyou Xia's research contributes to understanding genetic, molecular, and physiological processes in insects and biomaterials development, including the exploration of silk-based materials and genetic editing technologies.

Best Publications

  • A draft sequence for the genome of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori).

    Qingyou Xia;Zeyang Zhou;Cheng Lu

  • Complete Resequencing of 40 Genomes Reveals Domestication Events and Genes in Silkworm (Bombyx)

    Qingyou Xia;Qingyou Xia;Yiran Guo;Ze Zhang;Ze Zhang;Dong Li

  • Microarray-based gene expression profiles in multiple tissues of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori

    Qingyou Xia;Daojun Cheng;Jun-Ye Duan;Genhong Wang

  • CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in Nicotiana tabacum

    Junping Gao;Genhong Wang;Sanyuan Ma;Xiaodong Xie

  • Draft genome sequence of the mulberry tree Morus notabilis

    Ningjia He;Chi Zhang;Xiwu Qi;Shancen Zhao

  • SilkDB v2.0: a platform for silkworm (Bombyx mori ) genome biology

    Jun-Wei Duan;Ruiqiang Li;Daojun Cheng;Wei Fan

  • Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map

    Hui Xiang;Jingde Zhu;Jingde Zhu;Quan Chen;Fangyin Dai

  • Genomic adaptation to polyphagy and insecticides in a major East Asian noctuid pest

    Tingcai Cheng;Jiaqi Wu;Yuqian Wu;Rajendra V. Chilukuri

  • The Odorant Binding Protein Gene Family from the Genome of Silkworm, Bombyx mori

    Da-Ping Gong;Hui-Jie Zhang;Ping-ping Zhao;Qing-You Xia;Qing-You Xia

  • Advances in Silkworm Studies Accelerated by the Genome Sequencing of Bombyx mori

    Qingyou Xia;Sheng Li;Qili Feng

  • SilkDB: a knowledgebase for silkworm biology and genomics

    Jing Wang;Qingyou Xia;Ximiao He;Mingtao Dai

  • Highly efficient and specific genome editing in silkworm using custom TALENs.

    Sanyuan Ma;Shengling Zhang;Feng Wang;Yong Liu

  • The progress and future of enhancing antiviral capacity by transgenic technology in the silkworm Bombyx mori.

    Liang Jiang;Qingyou Xia

  • Autophagy precedes apoptosis during the remodeling of silkworm larval midgut

    Eleonora Franzetti;Zhi-Jun Huang;Yan-Xia Shi;Kun Xie

  • Identification and expression pattern of the chemosensory protein gene family in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

    Da-Ping Gong;Hui-jie Zhang;Ping Zhao;Ying Lin

  • 2A self-cleaving peptide-based multi-gene expression system in the silkworm Bombyx mori.

    Yuancheng Wang;Feng Wang;Riyuan Wang;Ping Zhao

  • Design and performance of sericin/poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel as a drug delivery carrier for potential wound dressing application.

    Gang Tao;Yejing Wang;Rui Cai;Huaipu Chang

  • 20-hydroxyecdysone upregulates Atg genes to induce autophagy in the Bombyx fat body

    Ling Tian;Li Ma;Enen Guo;Xiaojuan Deng

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Ab initio reconstruction of cell type–specific transcriptomes in mouse reveals the conserved multi-exonic structure of lincRNAs

    Mitchell Guttman;Manuel Garber;Joshua Z Levin;Julie Donaghey

  • Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map (vol 28, pg 516, 2010)

    H Xiang;JD Zhu;QA Chen;FY Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhonghuai Xiang
Zhonghuai Xiang Southwest University
Zhisong Lu
Zhisong Lu Southwest University
Chang Ming Li
Chang Ming Li Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Ze Zhang
Ze Zhang Zhejiang University
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Wen Wang
Wen Wang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Ruiqiang Li
Ruiqiang Li Novogene (China)
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta

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