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D-Index
45
Citations
7377
World Ranking
2856
National Ranking
705

Zhanguo Xin 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 Zhanguo Xin sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 135 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhanguo Xin 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 Zhanguo Xin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Best Publications

  • Cold comfort farm: the acclimation of plants to freezing temperatures.

    Z. Xin;J. Browse

  • eskimo1 mutants of Arabidopsis are constitutively freezing-tolerant

    Zhanguo Xin;John Browse

  • Applying genotyping (TILLING) and phenotyping analyses to elucidate gene function in a chemically induced sorghum mutant population.

    Zhanguo Xin;Ming Li Wang;Noelle A Barkley;Gloria Burow

  • High-throughput DNA extraction method suitable for PCR.

    Zhanguo Xin;Jeff P Velten;Melvin J Oliver;John J Burke

  • Temperature sensing and cold acclimation

    John Browse;Zhanguo Xin

  • A high throughput DNA extraction method with high yield and quality

    Zhanguo Xin;Junping Chen

  • Characterization of maize inbred lines for drought and heat tolerance

    J. Chen;W. Xu;J. Velten;Z. Xin

  • Arabidopsis ESK1 encodes a novel regulator of freezing tolerance.

    Zhanguo Xin;Ajin Mandaokar;Junping Chen

  • Regulated AtHKT1 gene expression by a distal enhancer element and DNA methylation in the promoter plays an important role in salt tolerance.

    Dongwon Baek;Jiafu Jiang;Jung-Sung Chung;Bangshing Wang

  • Brown midrib2 (Bmr2) encodes the major 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase involved in lignin biosynthesis in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench).

    Ana Saballos;Scott E. Sattler;Emiliano Sanchez;Timothy P. Foster

  • Characterization of the Arabidopsis thermosensitive mutant atts02 reveals an important role for galactolipids in thermotolerance.

    Junping Chen;John J. Burke;Zhanguo Xin;Changcheng Xu

  • FtsH11 protease plays a critical role in Arabidopsis thermotolerance

    Junping Chen;John J. Burke;Jeff Velten;Zhanguo Xin

  • Genetic diversity of transpiration efficiency in sorghum

    Zhanguo Xin;Rob Aiken;John Burke

  • A Sorghum Mutant Resource as an Efficient Platform for Gene Discovery in Grasses

    Yinping Jiao;John J. Burke;Ratan Chopra;Gloria Burow

  • Relationship between Proline and Abscisic Acid in the Induction of Chilling Tolerance in Maize Suspension-Cultured Cells

    Zhanguo Xin;Paul H. Li

  • Genetic dissection of early-season cold tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

    Gloria Burow;Gloria Burow;John J. Burke;John J. Burke;Zhanguo Xin;Cleve D. Franks;Cleve D. Franks

  • Genome-wide association analysis of seedling traits in diverse Sorghum germplasm under thermal stress

    Ratan Chopra;Gloria Burow;John J. Burke;Nicholas Gladman

  • Identification and Characterization of Four Missense Mutations in Brown midrib 12 (Bmr12), the Caffeic O-Methyltranferase (COMT) of Sorghum

    Scott E. Sattler;Scott E. Sattler;Nathan A. Palmer;Nathan A. Palmer;Ana Saballos;Ann M. Greene

  • Morpho-Physiological and Proteome Level Responses to Cadmium Stress in Sorghum.

    Swapan Kumar Roy;Seong-Woo Cho;Soo Jeong Kwon;Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal

  • Overexpression of the FAD3 Desaturase Gene in a Mutant of Arabidopsis

    S. Shah;Z.G. Xin;J. Browse

  • Characterization of Novel Sorghum brown midrib Mutants from an EMS-Mutagenized Population

    Scott E Sattler;Scott E Sattler;Ana Saballos;Zhanguo Xin;Deanna L Funnell-Harris

  • An Induced Sorghum Mutant Population Suitable for Bioenergy Research

    Zhanguo Xin;Ming Li Wang;Gloria Burow;John Burke

  • Transcriptome profiling and validation of gene based single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in sorghum genotypes with contrasting responses to cold stress.

    Ratan Chopra;Gloria Burow;Chad Hayes;Yves Emendack

  • Water and Radiation Use Efficiencies in Sorghum

    Sruthi Narayanan;Robert M. Aiken;P. V. Vara Prasad;Zhanguo Xin

  • Genetic and Physiological Analysis of an Irradiated Bloomless Mutant (Epicuticular Wax Mutant) of Sorghum

    G. B. Burow;C. D. Franks;Z. Xin

  • Role of Phosphatidic Acid in High Temperature Tolerance in Maize

    Junping Chen;Wenwei Xu;John J. Burke;Zhanguo Xin

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Burke
John J. Burke Agricultural Research Service
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Scott E. Sattler
Scott E. Sattler Agricultural Research Service
John Browse
John Browse Washington State University
Huazhong Shi
Huazhong Shi Texas Tech University
Jeffrey F. Pedersen
Jeffrey F. Pedersen University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Wilfred Vermerris
Wilfred Vermerris University of Florida
Paxton Payton
Paxton Payton Agricultural Research Service
Ming Li Wang
Ming Li Wang Agricultural Research Service
Jianming Yu
Jianming Yu Iowa State University

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