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D-Index
127
Citations
104632
World Ranking
281
National Ranking
4

Xun Xu 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 Xun Xu sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 421 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xun Xu 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 Xun Xu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in China Leader Award

Overview

Xun Xu is affiliated with the Beijing Genomics Institute in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, plant science, genetics, immunology, and cancer research.

Xu's work primarily focuses on single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, genomics and phylogenetic studies, gut microbiota and health, immune cells in cancer, gene expression and cancer classification, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and cell image analysis techniques.

Some of Xu's recent papers include:

  • Spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of mouse organogenesis using DNA nanoball-patterned arrays, 2022, Cell
  • An atlas of the protein-coding genes in the human, pig, and mouse brain, 2020, Science
  • Single-cell landscape of the ecosystem in early-relapse hepatocellular carcinoma, 2020, Cell
  • CNSA: a data repository for archiving omics data, 2020, Database
  • TGS-GapCloser: A fast and accurate gap closer for large genomes with low coverage of error-prone long reads, 2020, GigaScience

Xu frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • GigaScience
  • Cell

Their regular collaborators include:

  • Huanming Yang
  • Xin Jin
  • Longqi Liu
  • Jian Wang
  • Xin Liu

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Dynamics and Stabilization of the Human Gut Microbiome during the First Year of Life.

    Fredrik Bäckhed;Fredrik Bäckhed;Josefine Roswall;Yangqing Peng;Qiang Feng

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

    Bernhard Misof;Shanlin Liu;Karen Meusemann;Ralph S. Peters

  • The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa

    Xiaowu Wang;Hanzhong Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang

  • An integrated catalog of reference genes in the human gut microbiome

    Junhua Li;Huijue Jia;Xianghang Cai;Huanzi Zhong

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato.

    Xu X;Pan S;Cheng S

  • Sequencing of 50 Human Exomes Reveals Adaptation to High Altitude

    Xin Yi;Yu Liang;Emilia Huerta-Sanchez;Xin Jin

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • The oral and gut microbiomes are perturbed in rheumatoid arthritis and partly normalized after treatment

    Xuan Zhang;Dongya Zhang;Huijue Jia;Qiang Feng

  • Gut microbiome development along the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence.

    Qiang Feng;Suisha Liang;Huijue Jia;Andreas Stadlmayr

  • Draft genome sequence of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) provides a resource for trait improvement

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Chi Song;Rachit K Saxena;Sarwar Azam

  • Metagenomic analysis of faecal microbiome as a tool towards targeted non-invasive biomarkers for colorectal cancer

    Jun Yu;Qiang Feng;Sunny Hei Wong;Dongya Zhang

  • The Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes

    Shengyi Liu;Yumei Liu;Xinhua Yang;Chaobo Tong

  • Genome sequence of cultivated Upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum TM-1) provides insights into genome evolution

    Fuguang Li;Guangyi Fan;Cairui Lu;Guanghui Xiao

  • Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA

    Emilia Huerta-Sánchez;Xin Jin;Asan;Zhuoma Bianba

  • Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos

    Hong Ma;Nuria Marti-Gutierrez;Sang Wook Park;Jun Wu

  • Resequencing of 31 wild and cultivated soybean genomes identifies patterns of genetic diversity and selection

    Hon-Ming Lam;Xun Xu;Xin Liu;Wenbin Chen

  • The genome of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)

    Jun Wu;Zhiwen Wang;Zebin Shi;Shu Zhang

  • SOAPdenovo-Trans: de novo transcriptome assembly with short RNA-Seq reads

    Yinlong Xie;Yinlong Xie;Gengxiong Wu;Jingbo Tang;Ruibang Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karsten Kristiansen
Karsten Kristiansen University of Copenhagen
Guangyi Fan
Guangyi Fan Beijing Genomics Institute
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida
Xiuqing Zhang
Xiuqing Zhang China Agricultural University
Lars Bolund
Lars Bolund Aarhus University
Radoje Drmanac
Radoje Drmanac Complete Genomics (United States)
Lise Madsen
Lise Madsen University of Bergen
Wen Wang
Wen Wang Northwestern Polytechnical University

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