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21130
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Yang Zhao publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yang Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 108 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Yang Zhao D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yang Zhao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Zhao's research include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Zhao has published multiple papers in prominent scientific journals. Selected recent works include:

  • Thriving under Stress: How Plants Balance Growth and the Stress Response, 2020, Developmental Cell
  • A RAF-SnRK2 kinase cascade mediates early osmotic stress signaling in higher plants, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Phosphorylation of SWEET sucrose transporters regulates plant root:shoot ratio under drought, 2021, Nature Plants
  • The cell biology of primary cell walls during salt stress, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • Bacterial effectors manipulate plant abscisic acid signaling for creation of an aqueous apoplast, 2022, Cell Host & Microbe

Their frequent co-authors include Jian-Kang Zhu, Bo Yu, Guangbing Deng, Yanyan Tang, and Jinhui Wang, each contributing to numerous collaborative publications.

Zhao's research has appeared frequently in certain scientific venues, notably:

  • Nature Communications
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Developmental Cell
  • STAR Protocols
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Abscisic Acid Inhibits Type 2C Protein Phosphatases via the PYR/PYL Family of START Proteins

    Sang-Youl Park;Pauline Fung;Noriyuki Nishimura;Davin R. Jensen

  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Induced from Mouse Somatic Cells by Small-Molecule Compounds

    Pingping Hou;Yanqin Li;Xu Zhang;Chun Liu

  • Abscisic acid dynamics, signaling, and functions in plants

    Kong Chen;Guo‐Jun Li;Ray A. Bressan;Chun‐Peng Song

  • Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into functional hepatic cells.

    Jun Cai;Yang Zhao;Yanxia Liu;Fei Ye

  • ABA receptor PYL9 promotes drought resistance and leaf senescence

    Yang Zhao;Yang Zhao;Zhulong Chan;Jinghui Gao;Lu Xing;Lu Xing

  • Auxin controls seed dormancy through stimulation of abscisic acid signaling by inducing ARF-mediated ABI3 activation in Arabidopsis

    Xiaodong Liu;Hong Zhang;Yang Zhao;Zhengyan Feng

  • Two supporting factors greatly improve the efficiency of human iPSC generation.

    Yang Zhao;Xiaolei Yin;Han Qin;Fangfang Zhu

  • Efficient generation of hepatocyte-like cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Zhihua Song;Jun Cai;Yanxia Liu;Dongxin Zhao

  • Reciprocal regulation of the TOR kinase and ABA receptor balances plant growth and stress response

    Pengcheng Wang;Pengcheng Wang;Yang Zhao;Zhongpeng Li;Chuan-Chih Hsu

  • Thriving under Stress: How Plants Balance Growth and the Stress Response.

    Heng Zhang;Yang Zhao;Yang Zhao;Jian-Kang Zhu;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Small-Molecule-Driven Direct Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts into Functional Neurons.

    Xiang Li;Xiaohan Zuo;Junzhan Jing;Yantao Ma

  • Generation of iPSCs from mouse fibroblasts with a single gene, Oct4, and small molecules

    Yanqin Li;Qiang Zhang;Xiaolei Yin;Weifeng Yang

  • Nitric oxide negatively regulates abscisic acid signaling in guard cells by S-nitrosylation of OST1

    Pengcheng Wang;Yanyan Du;Yueh-Ju Hou;Yang Zhao

  • Noggin and bFGF cooperate to maintain the pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells in the absence of feeder layers

    Guangwen Wang;Hong Zhang;Yang Zhao;Jian Li

  • Induction of Pluripotency in Mouse Somatic Cells with Lineage Specifiers

    Jian Shu;Chen Wu;Yetao Wu;Zhiyuan Li;Zhiyuan Li

  • Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity.

    Chunbo Miao;Lihong Xiao;Kai Hua;Changsong Zou

  • The ABA receptor PYL8 promotes lateral root growth by enhancing MYB77-dependent transcription of auxin-responsive genes.

    Yang Zhao;Yang Zhao;Lu Xing;Lu Xing;Xingang Wang;Yueh-Ju Hou

  • Regulation of Apoptosis and Differentiation by p53 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Han Qin;Tianxin Yu;Tingting Qing;Yanxia Liu

  • MEK/ERK signaling contributes to the maintenance of human embryonic stem cell self-renewal.

    Jian Li;Guangwen Wang;Chengyan Wang;Yang Zhao

  • A XEN-like State Bridges Somatic Cells to Pluripotency during Chemical Reprogramming

    Yang Zhao;Ting Zhao;Jingyang Guan;Xu Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology
Hongkui Deng
Hongkui Deng Peking University
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Ru Huang
Ru Huang Peking University
Yingfang Zhu
Yingfang Zhu Zhejiang Shuren University
Yan Guo
Yan Guo University of New Mexico
Hong Tang
Hong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
W. Andy Tao
W. Andy Tao Purdue University West Lafayette
H. Eric Xu
H. Eric Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure

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