2026 Zhanguo Xin: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	45	2856	2654	705	627	135	7377

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

2856

2654

705

627

135

7377

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

7377

World Ranking

2856

National Ranking

705

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

823
Citations
eskimo1 mutants of Arabidopsis are constitutively freezing-tolerant

Zhanguo Xin;John Browse

564
Citations
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

356
Citations
High-throughput DNA extraction method suitable for PCR.

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

332
Citations
Temperature sensing and cold acclimation

John Browse;Zhanguo Xin

254
Citations
A high throughput DNA extraction method with high yield and quality

Zhanguo Xin;Junping Chen

231
Citations
Characterization of maize inbred lines for drought and heat tolerance

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

219
Citations
Arabidopsis ESK1 encodes a novel regulator of freezing tolerance.

Zhanguo Xin;Ajin Mandaokar;Junping Chen

209
Citations
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

174
Citations
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

171
Citations
Characterization of the Arabidopsis thermosensitive mutant atts02 reveals an important role for galactolipids in thermotolerance.

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

156
Citations
FtsH11 protease plays a critical role in Arabidopsis thermotolerance

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

141
Citations
Genetic diversity of transpiration efficiency in sorghum

Zhanguo Xin;Rob Aiken;John Burke

135
Citations
A Sorghum Mutant Resource as an Efficient Platform for Gene Discovery in Grasses

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

124
Citations
Relationship between Proline and Abscisic Acid in the Induction of Chilling Tolerance in Maize Suspension-Cultured Cells

Zhanguo Xin;Paul H. Li

110
Citations
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

109
Citations
Genome-wide association analysis of seedling traits in diverse Sorghum germplasm under thermal stress

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

106
Citations
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

96
Citations
Morpho-Physiological and Proteome Level Responses to Cadmium Stress in Sorghum.

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

95
Citations
Overexpression of the FAD3 Desaturase Gene in a Mutant of Arabidopsis

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

89
Citations
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

81
Citations
An Induced Sorghum Mutant Population Suitable for Bioenergy Research

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

77
Citations
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

66
Citations
Water and Radiation Use Efficiencies in Sorghum

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

65
Citations
Genetic and Physiological Analysis of an Irradiated Bloomless Mutant (Epicuticular Wax Mutant) of Sorghum

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

64
Citations
Role of Phosphatidic Acid in High Temperature Tolerance in Maize

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

63
Citations