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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 90 284 265 25 24 705 27684

Weixing Cao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Weixing Cao between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Weixing Cao published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 23.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 70 publications in 2023. 100 of the 864 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 70. Peak 70 publications in 2023. 1989: 4 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 5 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 33 publications 2005: 38 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 34 publications 2008: 40 publications 2009: 49 publications 2010: 37 publications 2011: 29 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 38 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 39 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 39 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 41 publications 2023: 70 publications 2024: 57 publications 2025: 43 publications
1989 2025

864 publications in total across all disciplines

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Weixing Cao: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 4
1990 1
1991 5
1992 6
1993 3
1994 8
1995 2
1996 1
1997 5
1998 2
1999 0
2000 10
2001 7
2002 7
2003 10
2004 33
2005 38
2006 24
2007 34
2008 40
2009 49
2010 37
2011 29
2012 25
2013 22
2014 19
2015 20
2016 38
2017 32
2018 39
2019 31
2020 39
2021 33
2022 41
2023 70
2024 57
2025 43
Total 864
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Weixing Cao 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 Weixing Cao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 467+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 705 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99 705
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Weixing Cao 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 Weixing Cao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 90 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18 90
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy

Weixing Cao mostly deals with Agronomy, Canopy, Poaceae, Mathematics and Photosynthesis. His study of Cultivar is a part of Agronomy. His Canopy research includes themes of Spectral bands and Nitrogen accumulation.

His Photosynthesis research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Chlorophyll, Horticulture and Anthesis. The study incorporates disciplines such as Hordeum vulgare and Botany, Plant physiology in addition to Horticulture. He has researched Anthesis in several fields, including Diurnal temperature variation and Animal science.

His most cited work include:

  • Exogenous nitric oxide improves seed germination in wheat against mitochondrial oxidative damage induced by high salinity (183 citations)
  • Effects of Salicylic Acid on Heat Tolerance Associated with Antioxidant Metabolism in Kentucky Bluegrass (156 citations)
  • Predicting grain yield in rice using multi-temporal vegetation indices from UAV-based multispectral and digital imagery (151 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Cultivar, Photosynthesis, Mathematics and Horticulture. His Agronomy study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Canopy and Starch. His studies in Cultivar integrate themes in fields like Growing season, Field experiment, Animal science and Analytical chemistry.

His work on Chlorophyll content, Chlorophyll fluorescence and Photosystem II as part of general Photosynthesis research is frequently linked to Chloroplast, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. The various areas that Weixing Cao examines in his Horticulture study include Poaceae, Botany and Plant physiology. When carried out as part of a general Poaceae research project, his work on Hordeum vulgare is frequently linked to work in Degree day, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (50.85%)
  • Cultivar (21.19%)
  • Photosynthesis (18.64%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2020)?

  • Agricultural engineering (6.78%)
  • Seeding (5.08%)
  • Agronomy (50.85%)

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

Weixing Cao mainly focuses on Agricultural engineering, Seeding, Agronomy, Mathematics and Photosynthesis. As a part of the same scientific study, Weixing Cao usually deals with the Seeding, concentrating on Sowing and frequently concerns with Minimum tillage, Fertilizer and Beam. Weixing Cao regularly links together related areas like Nitrogen index in his Agronomy studies.

His Photosynthesis study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Scavenging, Antioxidant and Horticulture. Weixing Cao studied Scavenging and Stress that intersect with APX and Botany. His work deals with themes such as Food science and Photosystem II, which intersect with Antioxidant.

Between 2012 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Predicting grain yield in rice using multi-temporal vegetation indices from UAV-based multispectral and digital imagery (151 citations)
  • Multiple heat priming enhances thermo-tolerance to a later high temperature stress via improving subcellular antioxidant activities in wheat seedlings (71 citations)
  • Cold priming drives the sub-cellular antioxidant systems to protect photosynthetic electron transport against subsequent low temperature stress in winter wheat (62 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Photosynthesis, Agronomy, Antioxidant, Chloroplast and Remote sensing. His study in Photosynthesis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Scavenging, Horticulture and APX. His study connects Desiccation and Agronomy.

Weixing Cao combines subjects such as Reactive oxygen species, Electron transport chain and Food science with his study of Antioxidant. His Remote sensing research incorporates elements of Front and back ends, Leaf area index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Host. Weixing Cao has included themes like Global warming and Stress in his Botany study.

Best Publications

  • Predicting grain yield in rice using multi-temporal vegetation indices from UAV-based multispectral and digital imagery

    X. Zhou;H.B. Zheng;X.Q. Xu;J.Y. He

  • Exogenous nitric oxide improves seed germination in wheat against mitochondrial oxidative damage induced by high salinity

    Chunfang Zheng;Dong Jiang;Fulai Liu;Tingbo Dai

  • Monitoring leaf nitrogen status in rice with canopy spectral reflectance

    Lihong Xue;Weixing Cao;Weihong Luo;Tingbo Dai

  • Assessing newly developed and published vegetation indices for estimating rice leaf nitrogen concentration with ground- and space-based hyperspectral reflectance

    Y.C. Tian;X. Yao;J. Yang;W.X. Cao

  • Improved estimation of rice aboveground biomass combining textural and spectral analysis of UAV imagery

    Hengbiao Zheng;Tao Cheng;Meng Zhou;Dong Li

  • Effects of shading on morphology, physiology and grain yield of winter wheat

    Huawei Li;Dong Jiang;Bernd Wollenweber;Tingbo Dai

  • Effects of Salicylic Acid on Heat Tolerance Associated with Antioxidant Metabolism in Kentucky Bluegrass

    Yali He;Yali He;Youliang Liu;Weixing Cao;Mingfang Huai

  • Effects of salt and waterlogging stresses and their combination on leaf photosynthesis, chloroplast ATP synthesis, and antioxidant capacity in wheat.

    Chunfang Zheng;Dong Jiang;Fulai Liu;Tingbo Dai

  • Temperature Effect on Leaf Emergence and Phyllochron in Wheat and Barley

    Weixing Cao;Dale N. Moss

  • Alterations in photosynthesis and antioxidant enzyme activity in winter wheat subjected to post-anthesis water-logging

    W. Tan;J. Liu;T. Dai;Q. Jing

  • Leaf senescence and grain filling affected by post-anthesis high temperatures in two different wheat cultivars

    Hui Zhao;Tingbo Dai;Qi Jing;Dong Jiang

  • Pre-anthesis high-temperature acclimation alleviates damage to the flag leaf caused by post-anthesis heat stress in wheat.

    Xiao Wang;Jian Cai;Dong Jiang;Fulai Liu

  • Monitoring leaf nitrogen status with hyperspectral reflectance in wheat

    W. Feng;X. Yao;Y. Zhu;Y.C. Tian

  • Analysis of common canopy vegetation indices for indicating leaf nitrogen accumulations in wheat and rice

    Yan Zhu;Xia Yao;YongChao Tian;XiaoJun Liu

  • Long-term Low Radiation Decreases Leaf Photosynthesis, Photochemical Efficiency and Grain Yield in Winter Wheat

    H. Mu;H. Mu;D. Jiang;B. Wollenweber;T. Dai

  • Optimal Leaf Positions for SPAD Meter Measurement in Rice

    Zhaofeng Yuan;Qiang Cao;Ke Zhang;Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim

  • Improved estimation of aboveground biomass in wheat from RGB imagery and point cloud data acquired with a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle system

    Ning Lu;Jie Zhou;Zixu Han;Dong Li

  • Combining Color Indices and Textures of UAV-Based Digital Imagery for Rice LAI Estimation

    Songyang Li;Fei Yuan;Syed Tahir Ata-UI-Karim;Hengbiao Zheng

  • Evaluation of RGB, Color-Infrared and Multispectral Images Acquired from Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Estimation of Nitrogen Accumulation in Rice

    Hengbiao Zheng;Tao Cheng;Dong Li;Xiang Zhou

  • Exploring hyperspectral bands and estimation indices for leaf nitrogen accumulation in wheat.

    Xia Yao;Yan Zhu;YongChao Tian;Wei Feng

  • Estimating leaf nitrogen concentration with three-band vegetation indices in rice and wheat

    Wei Wang;Xia Yao;XinFeng Yao;YongChao Tian

  • Wheat Growth Monitoring and Yield Estimation based on Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

    Zhaopeng Fu;Jie Jiang;Yang Gao;Brian Krienke

  • Characterizing physiological N-use efficiency as influenced by nitrogen management in three rice cultivars

    Ligeng Jiang;Tingbo Dai;Dong Jiang;Weixing Cao

  • Cold priming drives the sub-cellular antioxidant systems to protect photosynthetic electron transport against subsequent low temperature stress in winter wheat

    Xiangnan Li;Jian Cai;Fulai Liu;Tingbo Dai

  • Exploring options to combine high yields with high nitrogen use efficiencies in irrigated rice in China

    Q. Jing;B.A.M. Bouman;H. Hengsdijk;H. Van Keulen

  • The high yield of irrigated rice in Yunnan, China: ‘A cross-location analysis’

    Keisuke Katsura;Shuhei Maeda;Iskandar Lubis;Takeshi Horie

Frequent Co-Authors

Tingbo Dai
Tingbo Dai Nanjing Agricultural University
Dong Jiang
Dong Jiang Nanjing Agricultural University
Jian Cai
Jian Cai Nanjing Agricultural University
Yongchao Tian
Yongchao Tian Nanjing Agricultural University
Xia Yao
Xia Yao Nanjing Agricultural University
Fulai Liu
Fulai Liu University of Copenhagen
Qi Jing
Qi Jing Environment and Climate Change Canada
Bernd Wollenweber
Bernd Wollenweber Aarhus University
Xiangnan Li
Xiangnan Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Tang
Liang Tang Nanjing Agricultural University

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