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Genetics

D-Index
66
Citations
19440
World Ranking
2592
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67

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
66
Citations
19610
World Ranking
857
National Ranking
65

Yunbi Xu 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 Yunbi Xu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 141 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yunbi Xu 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 Yunbi Xu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yunbi Xu is affiliated with Peking University in China and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses extensively on plant science, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional interests in ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and biotechnology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Yunbi Xu frequently publishes in academic venues such as:

  • Molecular Plant
  • The Crop Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Communications

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Yunbi Xu are:

  • Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction, 2022, Molecular Plant
  • Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture, 2020, Journal of Plant Physiology
  • A telomere-to-telomere gap-free reference genome of watermelon and its mutation library provide important resources for gene discovery and breeding, 2022, Molecular Plant
  • Development of high-resolution multiple-SNP arrays for genetic analyses and molecular breeding through genotyping by target sequencing and liquid chip, 2021, Plant Communications
  • Climate change challenges plant breeding, 2022, Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Frequent coauthors of Yunbi Xu include:

  • Zifeng Guo
  • Jana Kholová
  • Milan O. Urban
  • Graeme Hammer
  • Carlos D. Messina

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

  • Marker-Assisted Selection in Plant Breeding: From Publications to Practice

    Yunbi Xu;Jonathan H. Crouch

  • Development of a microsatellite framework map providing genome-wide coverage in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    X. Chen;S. Temnykh;Y. Xu;Y. G. Cho

  • MICROSATELLITE MARKER DEVELOPMENT, MAPPING AND APPLICATIONS IN RICE GENETICS AND BREEDING

    Susan R. McCouch;Xiuli Chen;Olivier Panaud;Svetlana Temnykh

  • Mapping quantitative trait loci for yield, yield components and morphological traits in an advanced backcross population between Oryza rufipogon and the Oryza sativa cultivar Jefferson.

    M.J. Thomson;T.H. Tai;A.M. McClung;X.H. Lai

  • Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux

    Jer Ming Chia;Chi Song;Peter J. Bradbury;Peter J. Bradbury;Denise Costich;Denise Costich

  • Increased food and ecosystem security via perennial grains

    J.D. Glover;J.P. Reganold;L.W. Bell;J. Borevitz

  • Crop Breeding Chips and Genotyping Platforms: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives

    Awais Rasheed;Yuanfeng Hao;Xianchun Xia;Awais Khan

  • Comparative mapping of QTLs for agronomic traits of rice across environments by using a doubled-haploid population.

    Lu Cf;Shen Ls;Tan Zb;Xu Yb

  • Construction of the third-generation Zea mays haplotype map.

    Robert Bukowski;Xiaosen Guo;Yanli Lu;Cheng Zou

  • Molecular Plant Breeding

    Yunbi Xu

  • Envirotyping for deciphering environmental impacts on crop plants

    Yunbi Xu

  • Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction.

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  • Enhancing genetic gain in the era of molecular breeding

    Yunbi Xu;Ping Li;Cheng Zou;Yanli Lu

  • Molecular characterization of global maize breeding germplasm based on genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms.

    Yanli Lu;Yanli Lu;Jianbing Yan;Claudia T. Guimarães;Suketoshi Taba

  • Comparative evaluation of within-cultivar variation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using microsatellite and RFLP markers.

    J. O. Olufowote;Y. Xu;X. Chen;W. D. Park

  • High-throughput SNP genotyping with the GoldenGate assay in maize

    Jianbing Yan;Jianbing Yan;Xiaohong Yang;Trushar Shah;Héctor Sánchez-Villeda

  • Genomics of Major Crops and Model Plant Species

    P. K. Gupta;Yunbi Xu

  • An alternative strategy for targeted gene replacement in plants using a dual-sgRNA/Cas9 design

    Yongping Zhao;Congsheng Zhang;Wenwen Liu;Wei Gao

  • Bulked sample analysis in genetics, genomics and crop improvement

    Cheng Zou;Pingxi Wang;Yunbi Xu

  • 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

Susan R. McCouch
Susan R. McCouch Cornell University
Boddupalli M. Prasanna
Boddupalli M. Prasanna International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Jianbing Yan
Jianbing Yan Huazhong Agricultural University
Marilyn L. Warburton
Marilyn L. Warburton United States Department of Agriculture
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
James B. Holland
James B. Holland North Carolina State University
Tim L. Setter
Tim L. Setter Cornell University
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Bikram S. Gill
Bikram S. Gill Kansas State University

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