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89
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33903
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1111
National Ranking
534

Xuemei Chen publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 238 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Xuemei Chen D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Xuemei Chen is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their subfields of expertise include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main research topics addressed by Xuemei Chen cover Plant Molecular Biology Research, RNA modifications and cancer, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing, Plant Reproductive Biology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Xuemei Chen include Beixin Mo, Chenjiang You, Lei Gao, Lin Liu, and Yu Yu.

Xuemei Chen has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • The Plant Cell
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • The Plant Journal

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Xuemei Chen include:

  • "Comparison of different samples for 2019 novel coronavirus detection by nucleic acid amplification tests," 2020, published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "PANDORA-seq expands the repertoire of regulatory small RNAs by overcoming RNA modifications," 2021, published in Nature Cell Biology
  • "Plant and animal small RNA communications between cells and organisms," 2021, published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Linking key steps of microRNA biogenesis by TREX-2 and the nuclear pore complex in Arabidopsis," 2020, published in Nature Plants
  • "Regulation of Female Germline Specification via Small RNA Mobility in Arabidopsis," 2020, published in The Plant Cell

Xuemei Chen has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011.

Best Publications

  • A uniform system for microRNA annotation

    Victor R. Ambros;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel;Christopher B. Burge

  • A MicroRNA as a Translational Repressor of APETALA2 in Arabidopsis Flower Development

    Xuemei Chen

  • CARPEL FACTORY, a Dicer Homolog, and HEN1, a Novel Protein, Act in microRNA Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Wonkeun Park;Junjie Li;Rentao Song;Joachim Messing

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • Methylation as a Crucial Step in Plant microRNA Biogenesis

    Bin Yu;Zhiyong Yang;Junjie Li;Svetlana Minakhina

  • Small RNAs and Their Roles in Plant Development

    Xuemei Chen

  • Methylation protects miRNAs and siRNAs from a 3′-end uridylation activity in Arabidopsis

    Junjie Li;Zhiyong Yang;Bin Yu;Jun Liu;Jun Liu

  • Biogenesis, Turnover, and Mode of Action of Plant MicroRNAs

    Kestrel Rogers;Xuemei Chen

  • microRNA biogenesis and function in plants

    Xuemei Chen

  • MicroRNAs Inhibit the Translation of Target mRNAs on the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Arabidopsis

    Shengben Li;Lin Liu;Lin Liu;Xiaohong Zhuang;Yu Yu;Yu Yu

  • HEN1 recognizes 21–24 nt small RNA duplexes and deposits a methyl group onto the 2′ OH of the 3′ terminal nucleotide

    Zhiyong Yang;Yon W. Ebright;Bin Yu;Xuemei Chen

  • Orchestration of the Floral Transition and Floral Development in Arabidopsis by the Bifunctional Transcription Factor APETALA2

    Levi Yant;Johannes Mathieu;Thanh Theresa Dinh;Felix Ott

  • Degradation of microRNAs by a family of exoribonucleases in Arabidopsis.

    Vanitharani Ramachandran;Xuemei Chen

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

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

  • Effective Small RNA Destruction by the Expression of a Short Tandem Target Mimic in Arabidopsis

    Jun Yan;Yiyou Gu;Xiaoyun Jia;Wenjun Kang

  • Arabidopsis HEN1: a genetic link between endogenous miRNA controlling development and siRNA controlling transgene silencing and virus resistance.

    Stéphanie Boutet;Franck Vazquez;Jun Liu;Christophe Béclin

  • The 'how' and 'where' of plant microRNAs.

    Yu Yu;Tianran Jia;Xuemei Chen

  • The regulation of genes and genomes by small RNAs

    Victor R. Ambros;Xuemei Chen

  • The FHA domain proteins DAWDLE in Arabidopsis and SNIP1 in humans act in small RNA biogenesis

    Bin Yu;Liu Bi;Binglian Zheng;Lijuan Ji

  • Small RNAs serve as a genetic buffer against genomic shock in Arabidopsis interspecific hybrids and allopolyploids.

    Misook Ha;Jie Lu;Lu Tian;Vanitharani Ramachandran

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaofeng Cao
Xiaofeng Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
Jixian Zhai
Jixian Zhai Southern University of Science and Technology
Yiji Xia
Yiji Xia Hong Kong Baptist University
Manu Agarwal
Manu Agarwal University of Delhi
Langtao Xiao
Langtao Xiao Hunan Agricultural University
Guiliang Tang
Guiliang Tang Michigan Technological University
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz California Institute of Technology
Hervé Vaucheret
Hervé Vaucheret University of Paris-Saclay
James C. Carrington
James C. Carrington Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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