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D-Index
54
Citations
12693
World Ranking
1671
National Ranking
444

Tony H. H. Chen 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 Tony H. H. Chen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 145 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tony H. H. Chen 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 Tony H. H. Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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
  • Enzyme

Tony H. H. Chen focuses on Botany, Genetics, Genetically modified crops, Biochemistry and Hordeum vulgare. His Botany research incorporates themes from Catalase and Horticulture. His studies examine the connections between Genetically modified crops and genetics, as well as such issues in Abiotic stress, with regards to Plant cell, Cell biology, Osmotic pressure and Reactive oxygen species.

In the subject of general Biochemistry, his work in Photosynthesis is often linked to Choline oxidase and Tetrazolium chloride, thereby combining diverse domains of study. He combines subjects such as Doubled haploidy, Triticeae and Gene family with his study of Hordeum vulgare. His Quantitative trait locus study incorporates themes from Adaptation, Dormancy, Cold adaptation and Temperate climate.

His most cited work include:

  • Enhancement of tolerance of abiotic stress by metabolic engineering of betaines and other compatible solutes. (706 citations)
  • Glycinebetaine: an effective protectant against abiotic stress in plants (394 citations)
  • Glycinebetaine protects plants against abiotic stress: mechanisms and biotechnological applications. (392 citations)

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

Tony H. H. Chen mainly investigates Botany, Horticulture, Gene, Biochemistry and Dormancy. Botany and Genetically modified crops are frequently intertwined in his study. His study in Genetically modified crops is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Transformation, Abiotic stress and Plant physiology.

The concepts of his Horticulture study are interwoven with issues in Environmental factor, Acclimatization and Cornus sericea. His study on Gene expression, Complementary DNA and Gene expression profiling is often connected to Violaxanthin as part of broader study in Gene. His study in the fields of Abscisic acid, Chloroplast and Malondialdehyde under the domain of Biochemistry overlaps with other disciplines such as Choline oxidase.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (60.68%)
  • Horticulture (18.80%)
  • Gene (16.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2021)?

  • Botany (60.68%)
  • Gene (16.24%)
  • Genetically modified crops (12.82%)

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

Tony H. H. Chen spends much of his time researching Botany, Gene, Genetically modified crops, Solanum tuberosum and Abiotic stress. His Botany study incorporates themes from Ectopic expression, Transgene and Cell biology. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Gene, Genetics, Triticeae, Genetic variation, Genotype and Allele is strongly linked to Hordeum vulgare.

His studies in Genetically modified crops integrate themes in fields like Horticulture and Plant physiology. Tony H. H. Chen focuses mostly in the field of Solanum tuberosum, narrowing it down to topics relating to Solanaceae and, in certain cases, Palisade cell, Chlorophyll and Regulon. His study on Abiotic stress also encompasses disciplines like

  • Abiotic component together with Osmotic pressure and Reactive oxygen species,
  • Plant cell that connect with fields like Cytosol.

Between 2006 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Glycinebetaine: an effective protectant against abiotic stress in plants (394 citations)
  • Glycinebetaine protects plants against abiotic stress: mechanisms and biotechnological applications. (392 citations)
  • Use of a stress inducible promoter to drive ectopic AtCBF expression improves potato freezing tolerance while minimizing negative effects on tuber yield. (118 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Genetically modified crops, Gene, Transgene and Abiotic stress. His research in Botany intersects with topics in Phenotype and Horticulture. His work is dedicated to discovering how Gene, Solanum tuberosum are connected with Transcriptome, Regulon, Solanum, Acclimatization and Cold acclimation and other disciplines.

His research investigates the connection between Transcriptome and topics such as Solanaceae that intersect with issues in Chloroplast, Cytosol, Lycopersicon and Genetically modified tomato. His Transgene research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Photosynthesis, Genetically engineered and Increased tolerance. As part of the same scientific family, Tony H. H. Chen usually focuses on Abiotic stress, concentrating on Plant cell and intersecting with Reactive oxygen species, Abiotic component, Cell biology and Osmotic pressure.

Best Publications

  • Enhancement of tolerance of abiotic stress by metabolic engineering of betaines and other compatible solutes.

    Tony H.H Chen;Norio Murata

  • Glycinebetaine protects plants against abiotic stress: mechanisms and biotechnological applications.

    Tony H. H. Chen;Norio Murata

  • Glycinebetaine: an effective protectant against abiotic stress in plants

    Tony H.H. Chen;Norio Murata

  • From genotype to phenotype: unraveling the complexities of cold adaptation in forest trees

    Glenn T. Howe;Sally N. Aitken;David B. Neale;Kathleen D. Jermstad

  • Abscisic Acid-induced freezing resistance in cultured plant cells.

    Tony H. H. Chen;Lawrence V. Gusta

  • Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Gene Mapping of Bud Set and Bud Flush in Populus

    Barbara E. Frewen;Tony H. H. Chen;Glenn T. Howe;Joel Davis

  • Molecular and structural characterization of barley vernalization genes

    Jarislav Von Zitzewitz;Péter SZüCS;Péter SZüCS;Jorge Dubcovsky;Liuling Yan

  • Structural, functional, and phylogenetic characterization of a large CBF gene family in barley

    Skinner Js;von Zitzewitz J;Szucs P;Marquez-Cedillo L

  • Genetic engineering of glycinebetaine synthesis in tomato protects seeds, plants, and flowers from chilling damage

    Eung-Jun Park;Zoran Jeknić;Atsushi Sakamoto;Jeanine DeNoma

  • The CBF1-dependent low temperature signalling pathway, regulon and increase in freeze tolerance are conserved in Populus spp

    Catherine Benedict;Jeffrey S. Skinner;Rengong Meng;Yongjian Chang

  • Genetic analysis of the components of winterhardiness in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).

    A. Pan;P. M. Hayes;F. Chen;T. H. H. Chen

  • Exogenous Application of Glycinebetaine Increases Chilling Tolerance in Tomato Plants

    Eung-Jun Park;Zoran Jeknic;Tony H. H. Chen

  • Use of a stress inducible promoter to drive ectopic AtCBF expression improves potato freezing tolerance while minimizing negative effects on tuber yield.

    María Teresa Pino;Jeffrey S. Skinner;Eung Jun Park;Zoran Jeknić

  • Glycinebetaine increases chilling tolerance and reduces chilling-induced lipid peroxidation in Zea mays L.

    W. P. Chen;P. H. Li;T. H. H. Chen

  • Analysis of late-blight disease resistance and freezing tolerance in transgenic potato plants expressing sense and antisense genes for an osmotin-like protein.

    Baolong Zhu;Tony H. H. Chen;Paul H. Li

  • Transformation of Arabidopsis with the codA gene for choline oxidase enhances freezing tolerance of plants

    Atsushi Sakamoto;Roberto Valverde;Alia;Tony H. H. Chen

  • Glycinebetaine accumulation is more effective in chloroplasts than in the cytosol for protecting transgenic tomato plants against abiotic stress

    Eung-Jun Park;Zoran Jeknić;María-Teresa Pino;Norio Murata

  • A comparison of the low temperature transcriptomes and CBF regulons of three plant species that differ in freezing tolerance: Solanum commersonii, Solanum tuberosum, and Arabidopsis thaliana

    Marcela A. Carvallo;María Teresa Pino;Zoran Jeknić;Cheng Zou

  • Validation of the VRN-H2/VRN-H1 epistatic model in barley reveals that intron length variation in VRN-H1 may account for a continuum of vernalization sensitivity.

    Péter Szucs;Jeffrey S. Skinner;Ildikó Karsai;Alfonso Cuesta-Marcos

  • Photoperiod Control of Poplar Bark Storage Protein Accumulation

    Gary D. Coleman;Tony H. H. Chen;Stephen G. Ernst;Leslie Fuchigami

  • Genetic engineering of the biosynthesis of glycinebetaine leads to alleviate salt-induced potassium efflux and enhances salt tolerance in tomato plants.

    Dandan Wei;Wen Zhang;Cuicui Wang;Qingwei Meng

  • Enhanced formation of flowers in salt-stressed Arabidopsis after genetic engineering of the synthesis of glycine betaine.

    Ronan Sulpice;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hideko Nonaka;Laszlo Mustardy

  • Enhanced tolerance to light stress of transgenic Arabidopsis plants that express the codA gene for a bacterial choline oxidase

    Alia;Yasuo Kondo;Atsushi Sakamoto;Hideko Nonaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie H. Fuchigami
Leslie H. Fuchigami Oregon State University
Patrick M. Hayes
Patrick M. Hayes Oregon State University
Norio Murata
Norio Murata National Institute for Basic Biology
Michael F. Thomashow
Michael F. Thomashow Michigan State University
Tom Blake
Tom Blake Montana State University
Karen K. Tanino
Karen K. Tanino University of Saskatchewan
Chad E. Finn
Chad E. Finn Agricultural Research Service
Rishikesh P. Bhalerao
Rishikesh P. Bhalerao Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lawrence V. Gusta
Lawrence V. Gusta University of Saskatchewan
Hirokazu Tsukaya
Hirokazu Tsukaya University of Tokyo

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