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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
54
Citations
10340
World Ranking
1707
National Ranking
147

Zhijun Cheng 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 Zhijun Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 140 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.

Zhijun Cheng 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 Zhijun Cheng 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: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • D14–SCF D3 -dependent degradation of D53 regulates strigolactone signalling

    Feng Zhou;Qibing Lin;Lihong Zhu;Yulong Ren

  • Isolation and initial characterization of GW5, a major QTL associated with rice grain width and weight.

    Jianfeng Weng;Suhai Gu;Xiangyuan Wan;He Gao

  • GW5 acts in the brassinosteroid signalling pathway to regulate grain width and weight in rice

    Jiafan Liu;Jun Chen;Xiaoming Zheng;Fuqing Wu

  • Association of functional nucleotide polymorphisms at DTH2 with the northward expansion of rice cultivation in Asia

    Weixun Wu;Xiao-Ming Zheng;Guangwen Lu;Zhengzheng Zhong

  • Ehd4 Encodes a Novel and Oryza-Genus-Specific Regulator of Photoperiodic Flowering in Rice

    He-Ren Gao;Xiao‐Ming Zheng;Guilin Fei;Jun Chen

  • QTL analysis for rice grain length and fine mapping of an identified QTL with stable and major effects.

    X. Y. Wan;J. M. Wan;L. Jiang;J. K. Wang

  • Disruption of a Rice Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Causes a Seedling-Specific Albino Phenotype and Its Utilization to Enhance Seed Purity in Hybrid Rice Production

    Ning Su;Mao-Long Hu;Dian-Xing Wu;Fu-Qing Wu

  • Transcriptional Activation and Phosphorylation of OsCNGC9 Confer Enhanced Chilling Tolerance in Rice

    Jiachang Wang;Yulong Ren;Xi Liu;Sheng Luo

  • Rice APC/C TE controls tillering by mediating the degradation of MONOCULM 1

    Qibing Lin;Dan Wang;Hui Dong;Suhai Gu

  • A cyclic nucleotide-gated channel mediates cytoplasmic calcium elevation and disease resistance in rice.

    Jiachang Wang;Xi Liu;An Zhang;Yulong Ren

  • Pollen Semi-Sterility1 Encodes a Kinesin-1–Like Protein Important for Male Meiosis, Anther Dehiscence, and Fertility in Rice

    Shirong Zhou;Yang Wang;Wanchang Li;Zhigang Zhao

  • Disruption of OsSEC3A increases the content of salicylic acid and induces plant defense responses in rice.

    Jin Ma;Jun Chen;Min Wang;Yulong Ren

  • Pi64, Encoding a Novel CC-NBS-LRR Protein, Confers Resistance to Leaf and Neck Blast in Rice

    Jian Ma;Cailin Lei;Xingtao Xu;Kun Hao

  • A Novel Chloroplast-Localized Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Involved in Splicing Affects Chloroplast Development and Abiotic Stress Response in Rice

    Junjie Tan;Zhenhua Tan;Fuqing Wu;Peike Sheng

  • A Rice Virescent-Yellow Leaf Mutant Reveals New Insights into the Role and Assembly of Plastid Caseinolytic Protease in Higher Plants

    Hui Dong;Gui-Lin Fei;Chuan-Yin Wu;Fu-Qing Wu

  • Identification and Characterization of an Epi-Allele of FIE1 Reveals a Regulatory Linkage between Two Epigenetic Marks in Rice

    Liguo Zhang;Zhijun Cheng;Ruizhen Qin;Yang Qiu

  • Wax crystal-sparse leaf2, a rice homologue of WAX2/GL1, is involved in synthesis of leaf cuticular wax

    Bigang Mao;Zhijun Cheng;Cailin Lei;Fenghua Xu

  • GLUTELIN PRECURSOR ACCUMULATION3 Encodes a Regulator of Post-Golgi Vesicular Traffic Essential for Vacuolar Protein Sorting in Rice Endosperm

    Yulong Ren;Yihua Wang;Feng Liu;Kunneng Zhou

  • The SnRK2-APC/C TE regulatory module mediates the antagonistic action of gibberellic acid and abscisic acid pathways

    Qibing Lin;Fuqing Wu;Peike Sheng;Zhe Zhang

  • SPL33, encoding an eEF1A-like protein, negatively regulates cell death and defense responses in rice.

    Shuai Wang;Cailin Lei;Jiulin Wang;Jian Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianmin Wan
Jianmin Wan Nanjing Agricultural University
Qibing Lin
Qibing Lin Anhui Agricultural University
Ling Jiang
Ling Jiang Nanjing Agricultural University
Haiyang Wang
Haiyang Wang South China Agricultural University
Huqu Zhai
Huqu Zhai National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Chunming Wang
Chunming Wang University of Macau
Yihua Wang
Yihua Wang Nanjing Agricultural University
Xiao-Ming Zheng
Xiao-Ming Zheng Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Cai-Lin Lei
Cai-Lin Lei Institute of Crop Sciences

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