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Yan-Hong Zhou

Yan-Hong Zhou

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
86
Citations
20563
World Ranking
340
National Ranking
30

Yan-Hong Zhou 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 Yan-Hong Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 235 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yan-Hong Zhou 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 Yan-Hong Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Biochemistry, Botany, Cell biology, Reactive oxygen species and Photosynthesis are his primary areas of study. His work on Abscisic acid, Signal transduction, Lipid peroxidation and APX is typically connected to Melatonin as part of general Biochemistry study, connecting several disciplines of science. His primary area of study in Botany is in the field of Cucumis.

His research integrates issues of Cyclin-dependent kinase, Brassinosteroid, Promoter and Gene silencing, Gene in his study of Cell biology. The various areas that Yan-Hong Zhou examines in his Reactive oxygen species study include Oxidative stress and Antioxidant. RuBisCO, Chlorophyll fluorescence and Stomatal conductance are the core of his Photosynthesis study.

His most cited work include:

  • Reactive Oxygen Species Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Induced Stress Tolerance in Cucumber (462 citations)
  • Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL Gene Family in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Environmental Stress (420 citations)
  • Interplay between reactive oxygen species and hormones in the control of plant development and stress tolerance (318 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Botany, Biochemistry, Photosynthesis, Cell biology and Glutathione. As part of his studies on Botany, Yan-Hong Zhou frequently links adjacent subjects like Horticulture. His research investigates the connection with Photosynthesis and areas like Chlorophyll which intersect with concerns in Lycopersicon.

His work carried out in the field of Cell biology brings together such families of science as Gene silencing, Mutant, Brassinosteroid and Abscisic acid. His Glutathione research includes elements of Peroxidase, Malondialdehyde and Metabolism. His work in Reactive oxygen species addresses subjects such as Crosstalk, which are connected to disciplines such as Jasmonate.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (38.73%)
  • Biochemistry (36.62%)
  • Photosynthesis (31.69%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Cell biology (30.99%)
  • Mutant (12.68%)
  • Brassinosteroid (18.31%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Cell biology, Mutant, Brassinosteroid, Reactive oxygen species and Apoplast. His Cell biology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Abscisic acid, Transcription factor, Promoter, Gene silencing and Transcription. Transcription factor is a primary field of his research addressed under Biochemistry.

His Mutant research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Plant defense against herbivory and Shoot. His Brassinosteroid research integrates issues from Glutaredoxin, Antioxidant, Stamen and Germination. His Reactive oxygen species research includes themes of Pollen, Crosstalk and Kinase.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • HsfA1a upregulates melatonin biosynthesis to confer cadmium tolerance in tomato plants (99 citations)
  • A Plant Phytosulfokine Peptide Initiates Auxin-Dependent Immunity through Cytosolic Ca2+ Signaling in Tomato (53 citations)
  • The bZip transcription factor HY5 mediates CRY1a-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in tomato. (38 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Yan-Hong Zhou spends much of his time researching Cell biology, Reactive oxygen species, Mutant, Transcription factor and Biochemistry. His research brings together the fields of Gene silencing and Cell biology. His Reactive oxygen species research incorporates elements of Meloidogyne incognita and Kinase.

His research in Mutant intersects with topics in Regulation of gene expression and Signal transduction. A large part of his Biochemistry studies is devoted to Glutaredoxin. He combines subjects such as NADPH oxidase, Peroxiredoxin, Lipid peroxidation, Antioxidant and Oxidative phosphorylation with his study of Brassinosteroid.

Best Publications

  • Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL Gene Family in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Environmental Stress

    Junli Huang;Min Gu;Zhibing Lai;Baofang Fan

  • Interplay between reactive oxygen species and hormones in the control of plant development and stress tolerance

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Yan-Hong Zhou;Kai Shi;Jie Zhou

  • Reactive Oxygen Species Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Induced Stress Tolerance in Cucumber

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Yan-Jie Wang;Yan-Hong Zhou;Yuan Tao

  • Melatonin mitigates cadmium phytotoxicity through modulation of phytochelatins biosynthesis, vacuolar sequestration, and antioxidant potential in Solanum lycopersicum L

    Md. Kamrul Hasan;Golam Jalal Ahammed;Lingling Yin;Kai Shi

  • H2O2 mediates the crosstalk of brassinosteroid and abscisic acid in tomato responses to heat and oxidative stresses

    Jie Zhou;Jian Wang;Xin Li;Xiao-Jian Xia

  • Brassinosteroids promote photosynthesis and growth by enhancing activation of Rubisco and expression of photosynthetic genes in Cucumis sativus

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Li-Feng Huang;Yan-Hong Zhou;Wei-Hua Mao

  • Plant-soil feedbacks and soil sickness: from mechanisms to application in agriculture.

    Li-Feng Huang;Li-Feng Huang;Liu-Xia Song;Xiao-Jian Xia;Wei-Hua Mao

  • RNA Interference of LIN5 in Tomato Confirms Its Role in Controlling Brix Content, Uncovers the Influence of Sugars on the Levels of Fruit Hormones, and Demonstrates the Importance of Sucrose Cleavage for Normal Fruit Development and Fertility

    María Inés Zanor;Sonia Osorio;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Fernando Carrari

  • Effects of light quality on CO2 assimilation, chlorophyll-fluorescence quenching, expression of Calvin cycle genes and carbohydrate accumulation in Cucumis sativus.

    Hong Wang;Min Gu;Jinxia Cui;Kai Shi

  • Inhibition of photosynthesis and energy dissipation induced by water and high light stresses in rice

    Yanhong Zhou;Hon Ming Lam;Jianhua Zhang

  • Role of brassinosteroids in alleviation of phenanthrene–cadmium co-contamination-induced photosynthetic inhibition and oxidative stress in tomato

    Golam Jalal Ahammed;Sikander Pal Choudhary;Shuangchen Chen;Xiaojian Xia

  • Phytochrome A and B function antagonistically to regulate cold tolerance via abscisic acid-dependent jasmonate signaling.

    Feng Wang;Zhixin Guo;Huizi Li;Mengmeng Wang

  • Structural and Functional Analysis of VQ Motif-Containing Proteins in Arabidopsis as Interacting Proteins of WRKY Transcription Factors

    Yuan Cheng;Yuan Zhou;Yan Yang;Ying-Jun Chi

  • Crosstalk among Jasmonate, Salicylate and Ethylene Signaling Pathways in Plant Disease and Immune Responses.

    You-Xin Yang;Golam J. Ahammed;Caijun Wu;Shu-ying Fan

  • Melatonin enhances thermotolerance by promoting cellular protein protection in tomato plants.

    Wen Xu;Wen Xu;Shu Yu Cai;Yun Zhang;Yu Wang

  • Tomato HsfA1a plays a critical role in plant drought tolerance by activating ATG genes and inducing autophagy

    Yu Wang;Shuyu Cai;Lingling Yin;Kai Shi

  • HsfA1a upregulates melatonin biosynthesis to confer cadmium tolerance in tomato plants

    Shu Yu Cai;Yun Zhang;You Ping Xu;Zhen Yu Qi

  • The bZip transcription factor HY5 mediates CRY1a‐induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in tomato

    Chao-Chao Liu;Chao-Chao Liu;Cheng Chi;Li-Juan Jin;Jianhua Zhu;Jianhua Zhu

  • Melatonin mediates selenium-induced tolerance to cadmium stress in tomato plants.

    Meng-Qi Li;Md. Kamrul Hasan;Cai-Xia Li;Golam Jalal Ahammed

  • Pesticides-induced depression of photosynthesis was alleviated by 24-epibrassinolide pretreatment in Cucumis sativus L

    Xiao Jian Xia;Yue Yuan Huang;Li Wang;Li Feng Huang

  • Role of nitric oxide in hydrogen peroxide-dependent induction of abiotic stress tolerance by brassinosteroids in cucumber.

    Jin-Xia Cui;Yan-Hong Zhou;Jian-Gang Ding;Xiao-Jian Xia

  • Physiological basis of different allelopathic reactions of cucumber and figleaf gourd plants to cinnamic acid

    Ju Ding;Yao Sun;Chun Lan Xiao;Kai Shi

  • BZR1 Transcription Factor Regulates Heat Stress Tolerance Through FERONIA Receptor-Like Kinase-Mediated Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in Tomato

    Yanling Yin;Yanling Yin;Kezhen Qin;Xuewei Song;Qihao Zhang

  • A Plant Phytosulfokine Peptide Initiates Auxin-Dependent Immunity through Cytosolic Ca2+ Signaling in Tomato

    Huan Zhang;Zhangjian Hu;Cui Lei;Chenfei Zheng

  • Role of H2O2 dynamics in brassinosteroid-induced stomatal closure and opening in Solanum lycopersicum.

    Xiao-Jian Xia;Chun-Juan Gao;Liu-Xia Song;Yan-Hong Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing-Quan Yu
Jing-Quan Yu Zhejiang University
Kai Shi
Kai Shi Zhejiang University
Xiao-Jian Xia
Xiao-Jian Xia Zhejiang University
Golam Jalal Ahammed
Golam Jalal Ahammed Henan University of Science and Technology
Zhixiang Chen
Zhixiang Chen Purdue University West Lafayette
Christine H. Foyer
Christine H. Foyer University of Birmingham
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Salvador Nogués
Salvador Nogués University of Barcelona
Russel J. Reiter
Russel J. Reiter The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang Hong Kong Baptist University

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