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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
34
Citations
3960
World Ranking
5452
National Ranking
538

Youjun Zhang 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 Youjun Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 106 publications — 29th percentile

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

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

Youjun Zhang 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 Youjun Zhang sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • The NAC Transcription Factor SlNAP2 Regulates Leaf Senescence and Fruit Yield in Tomato

    Xuemin Ma;Xuemin Ma;Youjun Zhang;Veronika Turečková;Gang-Ping Xue

  • Genome assembly of wild tea tree DASZ reveals pedigree and selection history of tea varieties

    Weiyi Zhang;Youjun Zhang;Haiji Qiu;Yafei Guo

  • On the role of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in plant productivity

    Youjun Zhang;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Proteogenomic analysis reveals alternative splicing and translation as part of the abscisic acid response in Arabidopsis seedlings.

    Fu Yuan Zhu;Fu Yuan Zhu;Mo Xian Chen;Neng Hui Ye;Neng Hui Ye;Lu Shi;Lu Shi

  • Two bifunctional inositol pyrophosphate kinases/phosphatases control plant phosphate homeostasis.

    Jinsheng Zhu;Kelvin Ka Ching Lau;Robert Puschmann;Robert K Harmel

  • A Highly Efficient Agrobacterium-Mediated Method for Transient Gene Expression and Functional Studies in Multiple Plant Species

    Youjun Zhang;Moxian Chen;Beata Siemiatkowska;Mitchell Rey Toleco

  • Protein-protein interactions and metabolite channelling in the plant tricarboxylic acid cycle

    Youjun Zhang;Katherine F. M. Beard;Corné Swart;Susan Bergmann

  • Metabolons, enzyme-enzyme assemblies that mediate substrate channeling, and their roles in plant metabolism.

    Youjun Zhang;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Cellulose-Microtubule Uncoupling Proteins Prevent Lateral Displacement of Microtubules during Cellulose Synthesis in Arabidopsis

    Zengyu Liu;Zengyu Liu;Rene Schneider;Rene Schneider;Christopher Kesten;Yi Zhang

  • A dual-targeted purple acid phosphatase in Arabidopsis thaliana moderates carbon metabolism and its overexpression leads to faster plant growth and higher seed yield

    Feng Sun;Pui Kit Suen;Youjun Zhang;Chao Liang

  • The Extra-Pathway Interactome of the TCA Cycle: Expected and Unexpected Metabolic Interactions

    Youjun Zhang;Corné Swart;Saleh Alseekh;Federico Scossa

  • The Role of TCA Cycle Enzymes in Plants

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  • Plant cell cultures as heterologous bio-factories for secondary metabolite production.

    Tong Wu;Sandra M. Kerbler;Alisdair R. Fernie;Youjun Zhang

  • Synthetic biology identifies the minimal gene set required for Paclitaxel biosynthesis in a plant chassis.

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  • Exploiting Natural Variation in Tomato to Define Pathway Structure and Metabolic Regulation of Fruit Polyphenolics in the Lycopersicum Complex

    Takayuki Tohge;Federico Scossa;Regina Wendenburg;Pierre Frasse

  • Over-expression of AtPAP2 in Camelina sativa leads to faster plant growth and higher seed yield

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  • Full-length transcript-based proteogenomics of rice improves its genome and proteome annotation

    Mo-Xian Chen;Mo-Xian Chen;Fu-Yuan Zhu;Bei Gao;Kai-Long Ma

  • A moonlighting role for enzymes of glycolysis in the co-localization of mitochondria and chloroplasts.

    Youjun Zhang;Arun Sampathkumar;Sandra Mae-Lin Kerber;Corné Swart

  • The Integration of Metabolomics and Next-Generation Sequencing Data to Elucidate the Pathways of Natural Product Metabolism in Medicinal Plants.

    Federico Scossa;Maria Benina;Saleh Alseekh;Youjun Zhang

  • Resolving the central metabolism of Arabidopsis guard cells.

    Semidán Robaina-Estévez;Danilo M. Daloso;Youjun Zhang;Alisdair R. Fernie

Frequent Co-Authors

Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Zoran Nikoloski
Zoran Nikoloski Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Saleh Alseekh
Saleh Alseekh Max Planck Society
Boon Leong Lim
Boon Leong Lim University of Hong Kong
Nenghui Ye
Nenghui Ye Hunan Agricultural University
Staffan Persson
Staffan Persson University of Copenhagen
Takayuki Tohge
Takayuki Tohge Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Lee J. Sweetlove
Lee J. Sweetlove University of Oxford
Patrick Giavalisco
Patrick Giavalisco Max Planck Society
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang Hong Kong Baptist University

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