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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
9971
World Ranking
17959
National Ranking
7350

Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
8545
World Ranking
16338
National Ranking
4070

Rong Xiao publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rong Xiao sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,059 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Rong Xiao D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rong Xiao is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily focused on Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, Pollution, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to Water Treatment and Disinfection, Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental Chemistry and Analysis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, melanin and skin pigmentation, and Dermatology and Skin Diseases.

Rong Xiao's work appears regularly in several notable publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • PubMed
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Immunopharmacology

Their research collaborations reflect frequent co-authorship with Zhuotong Zeng, Wenhai Chu, Yaqian Shi, Milko A. Jorquera, and Yangfan Xiao.

Some recent papers by Rong Xiao include:

  • "Neglected microplastics pollution in global COVID-19: Disposable surgical masks," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "In situ construction of protonated g-C3N4/Ti3C2 MXene Schottky heterojunctions for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production," 2020, CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
  • "Utilization of biochar for resource recovery from water: A review," 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "In Situ-Formed PdFe Nanoalloy and Carbon Defects in Cathode for Synergic Reduction-Oxidation of Chlorinated Pollutants in Electro-Fenton Process," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Recent advances in conjugated microporous polymers for photocatalysis: designs, applications, and prospects," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Best Publications

  • Protein production and purification.

    S Gräslund

  • Principles for designing ideal protein structures

    Nobuyasu Koga;Rie Tatsumi-Koga;Gaohua Liu;Gaohua Liu;Rong Xiao;Rong Xiao

  • Codon influence on protein expression in E. coli correlates with mRNA levels

    Grégory Boël;Grégory Boël;Reka Letso;Helen Neely;W. Nicholson Price;W. Nicholson Price

  • Structural basis for suppression of a host antiviral response by influenza A virus.

    Kalyan Das;Li Chung Ma;Rong Xiao;Brian Radvansky

  • Determination of solution structures of proteins up to 40 kDa using CS-Rosetta with sparse NMR data from deuterated samples

    Oliver F. Lange;Paolo Rossi;Nikolaos G. Sgourakis;Yifan Song

  • Molecular insights into substrate recognition and catalysis by tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase.

    Farhad Forouhar;J. L.Ross Anderson;Christopher G. Mowat;Sergey M. Vorobiev

  • Understanding the physical properties that control protein crystallization by analysis of large-scale experimental data

    W Nicholson Price;W Nicholson Price;Yang Chen;Samuel K Handelman;Samuel K Handelman;Helen Neely

  • UNC119 is required for G protein trafficking in sensory neurons

    Houbin Zhang;Ryan Constantine;Sergey Vorobiev;Yang Chen

  • Computational design of catalytic dyads and oxyanion holes for ester hydrolysis.

    Florian Richter;Rebecca Blomberg;Sagar D. Khare;Gert Kiss

  • Biophysical Characterization of the Complex between Double-Stranded RNA and the N-Terminal Domain of the NS1 Protein from Influenza A Virus: Evidence for a Novel RNA-Binding Mode†

    Chen Ya Chien;Yujia Xu;Rong Xiao;James M. Aramini

  • Solution NMR structure of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein U (IscU) with zinc bound at the active site.

    Theresa A. Ramelot;John R. Cort;John R. Cort;Sharon Goldsmith-Fischman;Sharon Goldsmith-Fischman;Gregory J. Kornhaber;Gregory J. Kornhaber;Gregory J. Kornhaber

  • Robotic Cloning and Protein Production Platform of the Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium

    Thomas B. Acton;Kristin C. Gunsalus;Rong Xiao;Li Chung Ma

  • A microscale protein NMR sample screening pipeline

    Paolo Rossi;Paolo Rossi;G. V. T. Swapna;G. V. T. Swapna;Yuanpeng J. Huang;Yuanpeng J. Huang;James M. Aramini;James M. Aramini

  • The high-throughput protein sample production platform of the Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium

    Rong Xiao;Stephen Anderson;James Aramini;Rachel Belote

  • NMR data collection and analysis protocol for high-throughput protein structure determination.

    Gaohua Liu;Yang Shen;Hanudatta S. Atreya;David Parish

  • Principles for designing proteins with cavities formed by curved β sheets

    Enrique Marcos;Benjamin Basanta;Tamuka M. Chidyausiku;Yuefeng Tang;Yuefeng Tang

  • Two Fe-S clusters catalyze sulfur insertion by radical-SAM methylthiotransferases

    Farhad Forouhar;Farhad Forouhar;Simon Arragain;Mohamed Atta;Serge Gambarelli

  • Structural and functional evidence for Bacillus subtilis PaiA as a novel N1-spermidine/spermine acetyltransferase.

    Farhad Forouhar;In Sun Lee;Jelena Vujcic;Slavoljub Vujcic

  • Mitochondrial COQ9 is a lipid-binding protein that associates with COQ7 to enable coenzyme Q biosynthesis

    Danielle C. Lohman;Farhad Forouhar;Emily T. Beebe;Matthew S. Stefely

  • Engineering a Disulfide Bond in the Lid Hinge Region of Rhizopus chinensis Lipase: Increased Thermostability and Altered Acyl Chain Length Specificity

    Xiao-Wei Yu;Nian-Jiang Tan;Rong Xiao;Yan Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gaetano T. Montelione
Gaetano T. Montelione Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thomas Szyperski
Thomas Szyperski University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Burkhard Rost
Burkhard Rost Technical University of Munich
Jinfeng Liu
Jinfeng Liu Genentech
James H. Prestegard
James H. Prestegard University of Georgia
Liang Tong
Liang Tong Columbia University
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
John F. Hunt
John F. Hunt Columbia University
Yan Xu
Yan Xu Jiangnan University
Barry Honig
Barry Honig Columbia University

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