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Molecular Biology

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101
Citations
35745
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512
National Ranking
285

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
93
Citations
33376
World Ranking
228
National Ranking
81

Sheng Luan 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 Sheng Luan sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 283 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sheng Luan 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 Sheng Luan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sheng Luan is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States, specializing in plant science, molecular biology, and related fields. Their work primarily revolves around understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying plant stress responses, nutrient uptake, and cellular signaling processes.

Their research contributions span several key areas including:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Sheng Luan's publication record includes articles in prominent scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Calcium spikes, waves and oscillations in plant development and biotic interactions" (2020) published in Nature Plants
  • "The CBL-CIPK Calcium Signaling Network: Unified Paradigm from 20 Years of Discoveries" (2020) published in Trends in Plant Science
  • "Calcium Signaling Mechanisms Across Kingdoms" (2021) published in Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "HPCA1 is required for systemic reactive oxygen species and calcium cell-to-cell signaling and plant acclimation to stress" (2022) published in The Plant Cell
  • "A calcium signalling network activates vacuolar K+ remobilization to enable plant adaptation to low-K environments" (2020) published in Nature Plants

Their frequent co-authors, reflecting collaborative research efforts, include:

  • Chao Wang
  • Ren-Jie Tang
  • Fugeng Zhao
  • Qifei Gao
  • Aigen Fu

Sheng Luan's research has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Nature Plants (8 publications)
  • Molecular Plant (6 publications)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (5 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (4 publications)

Their work is grounded in the broader scientific disciplines of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with significant focus on subfields like Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cell Biology. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into calcium signaling, stress tolerance mechanisms, and nutrient transport in plants.

Best Publications

  • A rice quantitative trait locus for salt tolerance encodes a sodium transporter.

    Zhong-Hai Ren;Ji-Ping Gao;Le-Gong Li;Xiu-Ling Cai

  • The Arabidopsis CDPK-SnRK Superfamily of Protein Kinases

    Estelle M. Hrabak;Catherine W.M. Chan;Michael Gribskov;Jeffrey F. Harper

  • Expression Profile Matrix of Arabidopsis Transcription Factor Genes Suggests Their Putative Functions in Response to Environmental Stresses

    Wenqiong Chen;Nicholas J. Provart;Jane Glazebrook;Fumiaki Katagiri

  • Transcriptional profiling reveals novel interactions between wounding, pathogen, abiotic stress, and hormonal responses in Arabidopsis.

    Yong Hwa Cheong;Hur-Song Chang;Rajeev Gupta;Xun Wang

  • Calmodulins and Calcineurin B–like Proteins: Calcium Sensors for Specific Signal Response Coupling in Plants

    Sheng Luan;Jörg Kudla;Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion;Shaul Yalovsky

  • ABA signal transduction at the crossroad of biotic and abiotic stress responses.

    Sung Chul Lee;Sheng Luan;Sheng Luan

  • Inhibition of T cell signaling by immunophilin-ligand complexes correlates with loss of calcineurin phosphatase activity.

    J. Liu;M. W. Albers;T. J. Wandless;S. Luan

  • A protein kinase-phosphatase pair interacts with an ion channel to regulate ABA signaling in plant guard cells

    Sung Chul Lee;Wenzhi Lan;Bob B. Buchanan;Sheng Luan

  • The CBL-CIPK network in plant calcium signaling.

    Sheng Luan

  • Auxin controls seed dormancy through stimulation of abscisic acid signaling by inducing ARF-mediated ABI3 activation in Arabidopsis

    Xiaodong Liu;Hong Zhang;Yang Zhao;Zhengyan Feng

  • CBL1, a calcium sensor that differentially regulates salt, drought, and cold responses in Arabidopsis.

    Yong Hwa Cheong;Kyung-Nam Kim;Kyung-Nam Kim;Girdhar K. Pandey;Rajeev Gupta

  • Two calcineurin B-like calcium sensors, interacting with protein kinase CIPK23, regulate leaf transpiration and root potassium uptake in Arabidopsis.

    Yong Hwa Cheong;Girdhar K. Pandey;John J. Grant;Oliver Batistic

  • Genes for Calcineurin B-Like Proteins in Arabidopsis Are Differentially Regulated by Stress Signals

    Jörg Kudla;Qiang Xu;Klaus Harter;Wilhelm Gruissem

  • A Ca2+ signaling pathway regulates a K+ channel for low-K response in Arabidopsis

    Legong Li;Beom-Gi Kim;Yong Hwa Cheong;Girdhar K. Pandey

  • CIPK3, a Calcium Sensor–Associated Protein Kinase That Regulates Abscisic Acid and Cold Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis

    Kyung-Nam Kim;Yong Hwa Cheong;John J. Grant;Girdhar K. Pandey

  • A calmodulin-gated calcium channel links pathogen patterns to plant immunity

    Wang Tian;Congcong Hou;Zhijie Ren;Chao Wang

  • Nomenclature for HKT transporters, key determinants of plant salinity tolerance

    J. Damien Platten;Olivier Cotsaftis;Pierre Berthomieu;Hans Bohnert

  • The calcium sensor CBL10 mediates salt tolerance by regulating ion homeostasis in Arabidopsis.

    Beom-Gi Kim;Rainer Waadt;Yong Hwa Cheong;Yong Hwa Cheong;Girdhar K. Pandey

  • A protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation network regulates a plant potassium channel

    Sung Chul Lee;Wen-Zhi Lan;Beom-Gi Kim;Legong Li

  • The calcium sensor calcineurin B-like 9 modulates abscisic acid sensitivity and biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.

    Girdhar K. Pandey;Yong Hwa Cheong;Kyung-Nam Kim;Kyung-Nam Kim;John J. Grant

  • AtKUP1: A Dual-Affinity K+ Transporter from Arabidopsis

    Hui-Hua Fu;Sheng Luan

Frequent Co-Authors

Legong Li
Legong Li Capital Normal University
Ren-Jie Tang
Ren-Jie Tang University of California, Berkeley
Sung Chul Lee
Sung Chul Lee Chung-Ang University
Girdhar K. Pandey
Girdhar K. Pandey University of Delhi
Jörg Kudla
Jörg Kudla University of Münster
Bob B. Buchanan
Bob B. Buchanan University of California, Berkeley
Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber Harvard University
Hong-Xuan Lin
Hong-Xuan Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Klaus Harter
Klaus Harter University of Tübingen

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