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D-Index
65
Citations
13296
World Ranking
942
National Ranking
72

Shaohua Li 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 Shaohua Li sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 189 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shaohua Li 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 Shaohua Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

Shaohua Li mainly investigates Botany, Genome, Gene, Horticulture and Cultivar. His Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Fructose, Malic acid, Sugar and Sucrose. When carried out as part of a general Genome research project, his work on Whole genome sequencing and Genome editing is frequently linked to work in Retrotransposon, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

Gene and Nelumbo are frequently intertwined in his study. His studies deal with areas such as Flavonoid, Quercetin, Nelumbo nucifera and Gynoecium as well as Horticulture. His studies in Cultivar integrate themes in fields like Wine and Germplasm.

His most cited work include:

  • Genome of the long-living sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) (237 citations)
  • Salicylic acid pretreatment alleviates chilling injury and affects the antioxidant system and heat shock proteins of peaches during cold storage (209 citations)
  • Nelumbo nucifera [data set] (190 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Shaohua Li mostly deals with Botany, Gene, Horticulture, Berry and Cultivar. The various areas that he examines in his Botany study include Sugar and Food science. Genetics covers Shaohua Li research in Gene.

In the field of Horticulture, his study on Flesh overlaps with subjects such as Sunlight and Chemical composition. His Berry research includes elements of Biochemistry, Resveratrol and Anthocyanin. As part of one scientific family, Shaohua Li deals mainly with the area of Cultivar, narrowing it down to issues related to the Terpenoid, and often Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (51.28%)
  • Gene (28.85%)
  • Horticulture (26.28%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Gene (28.85%)
  • Genetics (16.03%)
  • Vitis amurensis (9.62%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Gene, Genetics, Vitis amurensis, Cell biology and Transcriptome. Gene is a component of his Genome, Mutant, CRISPR, Phytoene desaturase and Cas9 studies. Shaohua Li has included themes like Gene duplication and Sequence assembly in his Genome study.

His study on Genetics is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Wine. His Vitis amurensis research incorporates themes from Transcription factor, Arabidopsis, Horticulture, Quantitative trait locus and Heritability. His Transcriptome research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Abiotic stress, Function and Gene family.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Knockout of VvCCD8 gene in grapevine affects shoot branching. (7 citations)
  • Transcriptomic Analysis of the Grapevine LEA Gene Family in Response to Osmotic and Cold Stress Reveals a Key Role for VamDHN3. (5 citations)
  • A key 'foxy' aroma gene is regulated by homology-induced promoter indels in the iconic juice grape 'Concord'. (3 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

His primary scientific interests are in Gene, Genetics, Vitis amurensis, Cell biology and Arabidopsis. The study incorporates disciplines such as Shoot, Herbaceous plant and Carotenoid in addition to Gene. His study in Genetics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Aroma, Wine grape and Methyl anthranilate.

His work carried out in the field of Vitis amurensis brings together such families of science as Polygene, Breeding program and Interspecific competition. The concepts of his Cell biology study are interwoven with issues in Jasmonic acid, Transcription factor and Abscisic acid. His Arabidopsis study combines topics in areas such as Methyl jasmonate, Wine and Drought tolerance.

Best Publications

  • Genome of the long-living sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)

    Ray Ming;Ray Ming;Robert VanBuren;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

  • Salicylic acid pretreatment alleviates chilling injury and affects the antioxidant system and heat shock proteins of peaches during cold storage

    Lijun Wang;Shuangjian Chen;Weifu Kong;Shaohua Li

  • Salicylic acid alleviates decreases in photosynthesis under heat stress and accelerates recovery in grapevine leaves

    Li Jun Wang;Ling Fan;Ling Fan;Wayne Loescher;Wei Duan

  • Berry ripening: recently heard through the grapevine

    Nathalie Kuhn;Le Guan;Le Guan;Zhan Wu Dai;Ben-Hong Wu

  • Salicylic acid-induced heat or cold tolerance in relation to Ca2+ homeostasis and antioxidant systems in young grape plants

    Li-Jun Wang;Shao-Hua Li

  • CRISPR/Cas9-mediated efficient targeted mutagenesis in Chardonnay (Vitis vinifera L.).

    Chong Ren;Xianju Liu;Zhan Zhang;Yi Wang

  • Nelumbo nucifera [data set]

    Ray Ming;Robert Vanburen;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

  • Anthocyanin composition and content in grape berry skin in Vitis germplasm

    Zhenchang Liang;Benhong Wu;Peige Fan;Chunxiang Yang

  • Sugar and acid concentrations in 98 grape cultivars analyzed by principal component analysis

    Huai-Feng Liu;Huai-Feng Liu;Ben-Hong Wu;Pei-Ge Fan;Shao-Hua Li

  • Comparative assessment of sugar and malic acid composition in cultivated and wild apples.

    Baiquan Ma;Jie Chen;Hongyu Zheng;Ting Fang

  • Volatile characteristics of 50 peaches and nectarines evaluated by HP-SPME with GC-MS

    Yiju Wang;Chunxiang Yang;Shaohua Li;Liu Yang

  • Comprehensive analysis of NAC domain transcription factor gene family in Vitis vinifera

    Nian Wang;Yu Zheng;Haiping Xin;Linchuan Fang

  • Genome-wide identification of WRKY family genes and their response to cold stress in Vitis vinifera

    Lina Wang;Wei Zhu;Linchuan Fang;Xiaoming Sun

  • Whole-genome resequencing of 472 Vitis accessions for grapevine diversity and demographic history analyses

    Zhenchang Liang;Shengchang Duan;Jun Sheng;Shusheng Zhu

  • A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants.

    Tao Wan;Zhi-Ming Liu;Ling-Fei Li;Andrew R Leitch

  • Integrating Omics and Alternative Splicing Reveals Insights into Grape Response to High Temperature.

    Jianfu Jiang;Xinna Liu;Chonghuai Liu;Guotian Liu

  • Overexpression of VaPAT1, a GRAS transcription factor from Vitis amurensis, confers abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Yangyang Yuan;Linchuan Fang;Sospeter Karanja Karungo;Langlang Zhang

  • Transcriptomic analysis of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) leaves during and after recovery from heat stress

    Guo-Tian Liu;Jun-Fang Wang;Grant Cramer;Zhan-Wu Dai

  • Ethylene positively regulates cold tolerance in grapevine by modulating the expression of ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 057.

    Xiaoming Sun;Tingting Zhao;Shuheng Gan;Xiaodie Ren

  • Differential proteomic analysis of grapevine leaves by iTRAQ reveals responses to heat stress and subsequent recovery

    Guo-Tian Liu;Ling Ma;Wei Duan;Bai-Chen Wang

  • Volatiles of grape berries evaluated at the germplasm level by headspace-SPME with GC-MS

    Chunxiang Yang;Yiju Wang;Zhenchang Liang;Peige Fan

  • Construction of a high-density genetic map for grape using next generation restriction-site associated DNA sequencing

    Nian Wang;Linchuan Fang;Haiping Xin;Lijun Wang

  • A novel system for evaluating drought–cold tolerance of grapevines using chlorophyll fluorescence

    Lingye Su;Zhanwu Dai;Shaohua Li;Haiping Xin

  • Genome Wide Transcriptional Profile Analysis of Vitis amurensis and Vitis vinifera in Response to Cold Stress

    Haiping Xin;Wei Zhu;Lina Wang;Yue Xiang

  • Simultaneous qualitative assessment and quantitative analysis of flavonoids in various tissues of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple quad mass spectrometry

    Sha Chen;Linchuan Fang;Huifen Xi;Le Guan

  • Systematic qualitative and quantitative assessment of anthocyanins, flavones and flavonols in the petals of 108 lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) cultivars.

    Jiao Deng;Sha Chen;Xiaojian Yin;Kun Wang

  • Expression of Vitis amurensis NAC26 in Arabidopsis enhances drought tolerance by modulating jasmonic acid synthesis

    Linchuan Fang;Lingye Su;Xiaoming Sun;Xinbo Li

  • Analysis of flavonoids from lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) leaves using high performance liquid chromatography/photodiode array detector tandem electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and an extraction method optimized by orthogonal design.

    Sha Chen;Ben-Hong Wu;Jin-Bao Fang;Yan-Ling Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenchang Liang
Zhenchang Liang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhanwu Dai
Zhanwu Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuepeng Han
Yuepeng Han Wuhan Botanical Garden
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michel Génard
Michel Génard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Grant R. Cramer
Grant R. Cramer University of Nevada Reno
Serge Delrot
Serge Delrot University of Bordeaux
Ramanjulu Sunkar
Ramanjulu Sunkar Oklahoma State University
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of Georgia
Eric Gomès
Eric Gomès University of Bordeaux

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