Jixian Zhai

10.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
94 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Jixian Zhai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jixian Zhai has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Plant Science, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Jixian Zhai's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (65 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (28 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (23 papers). Jixian Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (65 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (28 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (23 papers). Jixian Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Jixian Zhai's co-authors include Blake C. Meyers, Siwaret Arikit, Xiaofeng Cao, Steven E. Jacobsen, Suhua Feng, Pamela J. Green, Dong‐Hoon Jeong, Xuemei Chen, Yanping Long and Sunhee Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jixian Zhai

90 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

MicroRNAs as master regulators of the plant NB-LRR defense gene family via the production of phased, trans-acting siRNAs

2011 538 citations Jixian Zhai, Zhe Yan et al. profile →
Widespread long-range cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome

2019 244 citations William A. Ricci, Zefu Lu et al. Nature Plants profile →
Integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics captures transitional states in soybean nodule maturation

2023 85 citations Zhijian Liu, Yanping Long et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jixian Zhai China	47	5.3k	3.6k	314	290	215	94	6.4k
Craig G. Simpson United Kingdom	32	2.8k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	217 0.7×	206 0.7×	201 0.9×	80	4.4k
Qian‐Hao Zhu Australia	40	4.1k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	425 1.4×	590 2.0×	382 1.8×	154	5.2k
Silin Zhong Hong Kong	40	4.8k 0.9×	4.6k 1.3×	396 1.3×	358 1.2×	94 0.4×	79	6.9k
Longjiang Fan China	40	3.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	583 1.9×	524 1.8×	205 1.0×	159	4.5k
Rebecca Schwab Germany	20	5.8k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	165 0.5×	383 1.3×	80 0.4×	31	6.5k
De-Chang Yang China	10	2.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	285 0.9×	725 2.5×	208 1.0×	15	3.6k
Meng Yuqi China	4	2.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	251 0.8×	633 2.2×	178 0.8×	8	3.3k
Cheng Lu United States	21	3.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	185 0.6×	377 1.3×	156 0.7×	38	4.4k
Olga Pontes United States	30	4.9k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	201 0.6×	109 0.4×	149 0.7×	40	5.8k
Jeremy R. Haag United States	17	4.1k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	148 0.5×	152 0.5×	200 0.9×	20	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Jixian Zhai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jixian Zhai

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All Works

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Wu, Jie, et al.. (2025). Whole-transcriptome analysis reveals the profiles and roles of coding and non-coding RNAs during hair follicle cycling in Rex rabbits. BMC Genomics. 26(1). 74–74. 1 indexed citations

Long, Yanping, et al.. (2025). De novo non-canonical nanopore basecalling enables private communication using heavily-modified DNA data at single-molecule level. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4099–4099. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Zhiyuan, Xiao Lin Xie, Peng Dong, et al.. (2025). Systematic characterization of the composition and dynamics of processing body-associated mRNAs. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9867–9867. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yue, Jun Zhao, Yan Xue, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into plant DNA CG methylation maintenance by MET1. The Plant Cell. 37(11).

Yan, Yan, H. Luo, Tingting Yan, et al.. (2024). Light controls mesophyll-specific post-transcriptional splicing of photoregulatory genes by AtPRMT5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2317408121–e2317408121. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zhenghong, Zewen Li, Yujie Zhang, et al.. (2024). Root hair developmental regulators orchestrate drought triggered microbiome changes and the interaction with beneficial Rhizobiaceae. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10068–10068. 19 indexed citations

Huang, Gai, Zhigui Bao, Feng Li, et al.. (2024). A telomere-to-telomere cotton genome assembly reveals centromere evolution and a Mutator transposon-linked module regulating embryo development. Nature Genetics. 56(9). 1953–1963. 12 indexed citations

Dai, Jing, Yanping Long, Ronghui Liu, et al.. (2024). Composite Hedges Nanopores codec system for rapid and portable DNA data readout with high INDEL-Correction. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9395–9395. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Keren, Yue Zhao, Zhibin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Cell type–specific cytonuclear coevolution in three allopolyploid plant species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(40). e2310881120–e2310881120. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhijian, Yanping Long, Sirui Liu, et al.. (2023). Integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics captures transitional states in soybean nodule maturation. Nature Plants. 9(4). 515–524. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tian, Simon Zhongyuan, Guoliang Li, Yang Yang, et al.. (2022). MCIBox: a toolkit for single-molecule multi-way chromatin interaction visualization and micro-domains identification. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23(6). 5 indexed citations

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Jia, Jinbu, Yanping Long, Hong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Post-transcriptional splicing of nascent RNA contributes to widespread intron retention in plants. Nature Plants. 6(7). 780–788. 88 indexed citations

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Liu, Qikun, Sylvain Bischof, C. Jake Harris, et al.. (2020). The characterization of Mediator 12 and 13 as conditional positive gene regulators in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2798–2798. 23 indexed citations

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Ricci, William A., Zefu Lu, Lexiang Ji, et al.. (2019). Widespread long-range cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome. Nature Plants. 5(12). 1237–1249. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Feng, Fei Zhang, Hong Zhang, et al.. (2019). An Online Database for Exploring Over 2,000 Arabidopsis Small RNA Libraries. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(2). 685–691. 16 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhaoxia, Sandra M. Mathioni, Jixian Zhai, et al.. (2018). Cis ‐directed cleavage and nonstoichiometric abundances of 21‐nucleotide reproductive phased small interfering RNA s in grasses. New Phytologist. 220(3). 865–877. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Wanlu, Sascha H. Duttke, Jonathan Hetzel, et al.. (2018). RNA-directed DNA methylation involves co-transcriptional small-RNA-guided slicing of polymerase V transcripts in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants. 4(3). 181–188. 99 indexed citations

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Feng, Suhua, Shawn Cokus, Veit Schubert, et al.. (2014). Genome-wide Hi-C Analyses in Wild-Type and Mutants Reveal High-Resolution Chromatin Interactions in Arabidopsis. Molecular Cell. 55(5). 694–707. 253 indexed citations

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Bologna, Nicolás G., Arnaldo L. Schapire, Jixian Zhai, et al.. (2013). Multiple RNA recognition patterns during microRNA biogenesis in plants. Genome Research. 23(10). 1675–1689. 99 indexed citations

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Xia, Ran, Chunyan Liu, Yu Wang, et al.. (2005). ROR1/RPA2A, a Putative Replication Protein A2, Functions in Epigenetic Gene Silencing and in Regulation of Meristem Development in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 18(1). 85–103. 58 indexed citations

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