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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 53 13139 11822 3462 2829 176 9401
Biology and Biochemistry 56 14566 13384 6109 5467 179 9771

Xinhua Ji publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xinhua Ji between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xinhua Ji published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2023. 6 of the 219 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2023. 1989: 3 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 6 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
1989 2025

219 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xinhua Ji: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 3
1990 3
1991 4
1992 8
1993 6
1994 5
1995 2
1996 8
1997 10
1998 6
1999 9
2000 5
2001 10
2002 7
2003 8
2004 8
2005 6
2006 10
2007 9
2008 7
2009 4
2010 1
2011 6
2012 5
2013 5
2014 7
2015 2
2016 6
2017 4
2018 3
2019 5
2020 4
2021 2
2022 3
2023 22
2024 3
2025 3
Total 219
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Xinhua Ji publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xinhua Ji sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 161–180 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 176 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350 176
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Xinhua Ji D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52–53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872 53
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Xinhua Ji is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their research focuses on topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, RNA research and splicing, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, biochemical and molecular research, veterinary medicine and infectious diseases, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Xinhua Ji has published articles in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Synergistic Inhibition of Drug-Resistant Colon Cancer Growth with PI3K/mTOR Dual Inhibitor BEZ235 and Nano-Emulsioned Paclitaxel via Reducing Multidrug Resistance and Promoting Apoptosis, 2021, International Journal of Nanomedicine
  • IFITM1, CD10, SMA, and h-caldesmon as a helpful combination in differential diagnosis between endometrial stromal tumor and cellular leiomyoma, 2021, BMC Cancer
  • Minimum inhibitory concentrations of commonly used antibiotics against Helicobacter Pylori: A multicenter study in South China, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • A structurally conserved site in AUP1 binds the E2 enzyme UBE2G2 and is essential for ER-associated degradation, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • Dual-Target Inhibitors of the Folate Pathway Inhibit Intrinsically Trimethoprim-Resistant DfrB Dihydrofolate Reductases, 2020, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Frequent coauthors in Xinhua Ji's research include:

  • Genbin Shi
  • G. Shaw
  • Lixin Fan
  • Weilin Zhao
  • Lijuan Pang

Common publication venues for Xinhua Ji's work are:

  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • International Journal of Nanomedicine
  • BMC Cancer
  • PLoS ONE
  • PLoS Biology

Best Publications

  • Structure determination and refinement of human alpha class glutathione transferase A1-1, and a comparison with the Mu and Pi class enzymes.

    I. Sinning;G. J. Kleywegt;S. W. Cowan;P. Reinemer

  • The three-dimensional structure of a glutathione S-transferase from the mu gene class. Structural analysis of the binary complex of isoenzyme 3-3 and glutathione at 2.2-A resolution.

    Xinhua Ji;Pinghui Zhang;Richard N. Armstrong;Gary L. Gilliland

  • Crystallographic and Modeling Studies of RNase III Suggest a Mechanism for Double-Stranded RNA Cleavage

    Jaroslaw Blaszczyk;Joseph E. Tropea;Mikhail Bubunenko;Karen M. Routzahn

  • Structures of riboswitch RNA reaction states by mix-and-inject XFEL serial crystallography

    J. R. Stagno;Y. Liu;Y. R. Bhandari;C. E. Conrad

  • Structural Insight into the Mechanism of Double-Stranded RNA Processing by Ribonuclease III

    Jianhua Gan;Joseph E. Tropea;Brian P. Austin;Donald L. Court

  • Three-dimensional structure, catalytic properties, and evolution of a sigma class glutathione transferase from squid, a progenitor of the lens S-crystallins of cephalopods.

    Xinhua Ji;E. C. Van Rosenvinge;W. W. Johnson;S. I. Tomarev

  • Structure of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus receptor-binding domain complexed with neutralizing antibody.

    Ponraj Prabakaran;Jianhua Gan;Yang Feng;Zhongyu Zhu

  • Contribution of tyrosine 6 to the catalytic mechanism of isoenzyme 3-3 of glutathione S-transferase.

    Suxing Liu;Pinghui Zhang;Xinhua Ji;W. W. Johnson

  • JS-K, a glutathione/glutathione S-transferase-activated nitric oxide donor of the diazeniumdiolate class with potent antineoplastic activity.

    Paul J. Shami;Joseph E. Saavedra;Lai Y. Wang;Challice L. Bonifant

  • Activity of four allelic forms of glutathione S-transferase hGSTP1-1 for diol epoxides of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

    Xun Hu;Hong Xia;Sanjay K. Srivastava;Christian Herzog

  • Three-dimensional structure of Schistosoma japonicum glutathione S-transferase fused with a six-amino acid conserved neutralizing epitope of gp41 from HIV

    Kap Lim;Joseph X. Ho;Kim Keeling;Gary L. Gilliland

  • Allosteric Activation of E2-RING Finger Mediated Ubiquitylation by a Structurally-Defined Specific E2 Binding Region of gp78

    Ranabir Das;Jennifer Mariano;Yien Che Tsai;Ravi C. Kalathur

  • Noncatalytic Assembly of Ribonuclease III with Double-Stranded RNA

    Jaroslaw Blaszczyk;Jianhua Gan;Joseph E Tropea;Donald L Court

  • RNase III: Genetics and Function; Structure and Mechanism.

    Donald L. Court;Jianhua Gan;Yu-He Liang;Gary X. Shaw

  • A stepwise model for double-stranded RNA processing by ribonuclease III.

    Jianhua Gan;Gary Shaw;Joseph E. Tropea;David S. Waugh

  • Antitumor activity of JS-K [O2-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) 1-[(4-ethoxycarbonyl)piperazin-1-yl]diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolate] and related O2-aryl diazeniumdiolates in vitro and in vivo.

    Paul J. Shami;Joseph E. Saavedra;Challice L. Bonifant;Jingxi Chu

  • Tyrosine 115 participates both in chemical and physical steps of the catalytic mechanism of a glutathione S-transferase.

    W. W. Johnson;Suxing Liu;Xinhua Ji;G. L. Gilliland

  • Tumor Cell Responses to a Novel Glutathione S-Transferase–Activated Nitric Oxide-Releasing Prodrug

    Victoria J. Findlay;Danyelle M. Townsend;Joseph E. Saavedra;Gregory S. Buzard

  • Crystal structure of shikimate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals the dynamic role of the LID domain in catalysis.

    Yijun Gu;Ludmila Reshetnikova;Yue Li;Yan Wu

  • Structure and function of the xenobiotic substrate binding site of a glutathione S-transferase as revealed by X-ray crystallographic analysis of product complexes with the diastereomers of 9-(S-glutathionyl)-10-hydroxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene.

    Xinhua Ji;William W. Johnson;Muctarr A. Sesay;Laura Dickert

  • Crystal structure of ERA: A GTPase-dependent cell cycle regulator containing an RNA binding motif

    Xin Chen;Donald L. Court;Xinhua Ji

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary L. Gilliland
Gary L. Gilliland National Institute of Standards and Technology
Shivendra V. Singh
Shivendra V. Singh University of Pittsburgh
David S. Waugh
David S. Waugh National Institutes of Health
Joseph E. Saavedra
Joseph E. Saavedra National Institutes of Health
Larry K. Keefer
Larry K. Keefer Science Applications International Corporation (United States)
Piotr Zimniak
Piotr Zimniak University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Richard N. Armstrong
Richard N. Armstrong Vanderbilt University
Christian Bogdan
Christian Bogdan University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Donald L. Court
Donald L. Court National Institutes of Health
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University

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