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D-Index
57
Citations
24845
World Ranking
3518
National Ranking
1391

Shou-Wei Ding publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shou-Wei Ding sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 106 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Shou-Wei Ding D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Shou-Wei Ding is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work extensively covers plant science, molecular biology, insect science, endocrinology, and immunology as key subfields of study.

Main research topics include:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Shou-Wei Ding has published multiple papers, some of which are:

  • "lncRNA Sensing of a Viral Suppressor of RNAi Activates Non-canonical Innate Immune Signaling in Drosophila," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "A Bunyavirus-Inducible Ubiquitin Ligase Targets RNA Polymerase IV for Degradation during Viral Pathogenesis in Rice," 2020, Molecular Plant
  • "Transgene Silencing, RNA Interference, and the Antiviral Defense Mechanism Directed by Small Interfering RNAs," 2022, Phytopathology
  • "Mouse circulating extracellular vesicles contain virus-derived siRNAs active in antiviral immunity," 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • "Mechanism and Function of Antiviral RNA Interference in Mice," 2020, mBio

The frequent co-authors with whom Shou-Wei Ding has collaborated include:

  • Qingfa Wu
  • Wanxiang Li
  • Zhong-Qi Chen
  • Zhongxin Guo
  • Si Liu

The main venues for their publications are:

  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Molecular Plant

Shou-Wei Ding has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2006.

Best Publications

  • Retraction: ‘Viral pathogenicity determinants are suppressors of transgene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana’

    Gianinna Brigneti;Olivier Voinnet;Wan‐Xiang Li;Liang‐Hui Ji

  • Antiviral Immunity Directed by Small RNAs

    Shou Wei Ding;Olivier Voinnet

  • Skewer: a fast and accurate adapter trimmer for next-generation sequencing paired-end reads.

    Hongshan Jiang;Rong Lei;Shou-Wei Ding;Shuifang Zhu

  • RNA virus interference via CRISPR/Cas13a system in plants.

    Rashid Aman;Zahir Ali;Haroon Butt;Ahmed Mahas

  • Induction and Suppression of RNA Silencing by an Animal Virus

    Hongwei Li;Wan Xiang Li;Shou Wei Ding

  • RNA-based antiviral immunity

    Shou-Wei Ding

  • RNA interference directs innate immunity against viruses in adult Drosophila.

    Xiao Hong Wang;Roghiyh Aliyari;Wan Xiang Li;Hong Wei Li

  • Cotton plants export microRNAs to inhibit virulence gene expression in a fungal pathogen

    Tao Zhang;Yun-Long Zhao;Jian-Hua Zhao;Sheng Wang

  • Suppression of Antiviral Silencing by Cucumber Mosaic Virus 2b Protein in Arabidopsis Is Associated with Drastically Reduced Accumulation of Three Classes of Viral Small Interfering RNAs

    Juan A. Diaz-Pendon;Feng Li;Wan-Xiang Li;Shou-Wei Ding

  • Interferon antagonist proteins of influenza and vaccinia viruses are suppressors of RNA silencing.

    Wan Xiang Li;Hongwei Li;Rui Lu;Feng Li

  • Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs

    Qingfa Wu;Yingjun Luo;Rui Lu;Nelson Lau

  • Virus counterdefense : Diverse strategies for evading the RNA-silencing immunity

    Feng Li;Shou-Wei Ding

  • RNAi-mediated viral immunity requires amplification of virus-derived siRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xian-Bing Wang;Qingfa Wu;Takao Ito;Fabrizio Cillo

  • Three distinct suppressors of RNA silencing encoded by a 20-kb viral RNA genome

    Rui Lu;Alexey Folimonov;Michael Shintaku;Wan Xiang Li

  • Antiviral RNA interference in mammalian cells.

    P. V. Maillard;C. Ciaudo;A. Marchais;Y. Li

  • A viral protein inhibits the long range signaling activity of the gene silencing signal.

    Hui Shan Guo;Shou Wei Ding;Shou Wei Ding

  • RNA interference functions as an antiviral immunity mechanism in mammals.

    Yang Li;Jinfeng Lu;Yanhong Han;Xiaoxu Fan

  • The 21-Nucleotide, but Not 22-Nucleotide, Viral Secondary Small Interfering RNAs Direct Potent Antiviral Defense by Two Cooperative Argonautes in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xian-Bing Wang;Juan Jovel;Petchthai Udomporn;Petchthai Udomporn;Ying Wang

  • A novel naturally occurring hybrid gene encoded by a plant RNA virus facilitates long distance virus movement

    Shou-Wei Ding;Wan-Xiang Li;Robert H. Symons

  • Small RNA-based antimicrobial immunity

    Zhongxin Guo;Yang Li;Shou-Wei Ding

  • Viral suppressors of RNA silencing

    Wan Xiang Li;Shou Wei Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui-Shan Guo
Hui-Shan Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Robert H. Symons
Robert H. Symons University of Adelaide
Hervé Vaucheret
Hervé Vaucheret University of Paris-Saclay
Amit Gal-On
Amit Gal-On Agricultural Research Organization
Daoxin Xie
Daoxin Xie Tsinghua University
Manu Agarwal
Manu Agarwal University of Delhi
Xuemei Chen
Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
David C. Baulcombe
David C. Baulcombe University of Cambridge

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