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D-Index
71
Citations
24523
World Ranking
650
National Ranking
50

Yongzhong Xing 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 Yongzhong Xing sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 177 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yongzhong Xing 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 Yongzhong Xing sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yongzhong Xing is affiliated with Huazhong Agricultural University in China and specializes in research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The research topics covered by Xing's publications include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to water stress

Yongzhong Xing has contributed to multiple scientific publications, including the following notable papers:

  • "Rice functional genomics: decades' efforts and roads ahead" (2021), published in Science China Life Sciences
  • "OsMFT2 is involved in the regulation of ABA signaling-mediated seed germination through interacting with OsbZIP23/66/72 in rice" (2020), published in The Plant Journal
  • "The chromosome-scale reference genome of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) provides insights into linoleic acid and flavonoid biosynthesis" (2021), published in Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • "Structural Insight into DNA Recognition by CCT/NF-YB/YC Complexes in Plant Photoperiodic Flowering" (2020), published in The Plant Cell
  • "OsHOX1 and OsHOX28 Redundantly Shape Rice Tiller Angle by Reducing HSFA2D Expression and Auxin Content" (2020), published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xing include:

  • Yong Hu
  • Haiyang Liu
  • Xiangchun Zhou
  • Bi Wu
  • Tian-Hao Zhou

Many of Xing's works have appeared repeatedly in several scientific venues, particularly:

  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Energy Reports
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Rice

Best Publications

  • Development and Mapping of 2240 New SSR Markers for Rice ( Oryza sativa L.)

    Susan R McCouch;Leonid Teytelman;Yunbi Xu;Katarzyna B Lobos

  • Natural variation in Ghd7 is an important regulator of heading date and yield potential in rice

    Weiya Xue;Yongzhong Xing;Xiaoyu Weng;Yu Zhao

  • GS3, a major QTL for grain length and weight and minor QTL for grain width and thickness in rice, encodes a putative transmembrane protein

    Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Hailiang Mao;Tingting Lu

  • Genetic and Molecular Bases of Rice Yield

    Yongzhong Xing;Qifa Zhang

  • Natural variation in GS5 plays an important role in regulating grain size and yield in rice

    Yibo Li;Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Yunhe Jiang

  • A Major QTL, Ghd8, Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Regulating Grain Productivity, Plant Height, and Heading Date in Rice

    Wen-Hao Yan;Peng Wang;Hua-Xia Chen;Hong-Ju Zhou

  • Genetic Basis of Drought Resistance at Reproductive Stage in Rice: Separation of Drought Tolerance from Drought Avoidance

    Bing Yue;Weiya Xue;Lizhong Xiong;Xinqiao Yu

  • Single-locus heterotic effects and dominance by dominance interactions can adequately explain the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

    Jinping Hua;Yongzhong Xing;Weiren Wu;Caiguo Xu

  • Characterization of the main effects, epistatic effects and their environmental interactions of QTLs on the genetic basis of yield traits in rice

    Y. Z. Xing;Y. F. Tan;J. P. Hua;X. L. Sun

  • The three important traits for cooking and eating quality of rice grains are controlled by a single locus in an elite rice hybrid, Shanyou 63.

    Y. F. Tan;J. X. Li;S. B. Yu;Y. Z. Xing

  • Genetic bases of appearance quality of rice grains in Shanyou 63, an elite rice hybrid

    Y. F. Tan;Y. Z. Xing;J. X. Li;S. B. Yu

  • Chalk5 encodes a vacuolar H + -translocating pyrophosphatase influencing grain chalkiness in rice

    Yibo Li;Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Peng Yun

  • Genetic dissection of an elite rice hybrid revealed that heterozygotes are not always advantageous for performance.

    J P Hua;Yongzhong Xing;C G Xu;X L Sun

  • Parent-independent genotyping for constructing an ultrahigh-density linkage map based on population sequencing

    Weibo Xie;Qi Feng;Huihui Yu;Xuehui Huang

  • RiceVarMap: a comprehensive database of rice genomic variations.

    Hu Zhao;Wen Yao;Yidan Ouyang;Wanneng Yang

  • Gains in QTL Detection Using an Ultra-High Density SNP Map Based on Population Sequencing Relative to Traditional RFLP/SSR Markers

    Huihui Yu;Weibo Xie;Jia Wang;Yongzhong Xing

  • Rice functional genomics: decades’ efforts and roads ahead

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  • Genetic composition of yield heterosis in an elite rice hybrid.

    Gang Zhou;Ying Chen;Wen Yao;Chengjun Zhang

  • Natural variation in Ghd7.1 plays an important role in grain yield and adaptation in rice

    Wenhao Yan;Haiyang Liu;Xiangchun Zhou;Qiuping Li

  • Molecular dissection of seedling-vigor and associated physiological traits in rice.

    K.H. Cui;S.B. Peng;Y.Z. Xing;C.G. Xu

  • Genetic dissection of rice grain shape using a recombinant inbred line population derived from two contrasting parents and fine mapping a pleiotropic quantitative trait locus qGL7

    Xufeng Bai;Lijun Luo;Wenhao Yan;Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi

  • Extensive sequence divergence between the reference genomes of two elite indica rice varieties Zhenshan 97 and Minghui 63.

    Jianwei Zhang;Ling Ling Chen;Feng Xing;David A. Kudrna

  • Development and mapping of 2240 new SSR markers for rice (Oryza sativa L.) (supplement).

    Susan R. McCouch;Leonid Teytelman;Yunbi Xu;Katarzyna B. Lobos

Frequent Co-Authors

Qifa Zhang
Qifa Zhang Huazhong Agricultural University
Caiguo Xu
Caiguo Xu Huazhong Agricultural University
Weibo Xie
Weibo Xie Huazhong Agricultural University
Sibin Yu
Sibin Yu Huazhong Agricultural University
Jinghua Xiao
Jinghua Xiao Huazhong Agricultural University
Xianghua Li
Xianghua Li Huazhong Agricultural University
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Lizhong Xiong
Lizhong Xiong Huazhong Agricultural University
Shaobing Peng
Shaobing Peng Huazhong Agricultural University
Thomas Lübberstedt
Thomas Lübberstedt Iowa State University

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