Lexiang Ji

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Lexiang Ji is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lexiang Ji has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lexiang Ji's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers). Lexiang Ji is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers). Lexiang Ji collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Lexiang Ji's co-authors include Robert J. Schmitz, Adam J. Bewick, Chad E. Niederhuth, Nathan M. Springer, Nicholas Rohr, Qing Li, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, Drexel A. Neumann and Scott A. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lexiang Ji

35 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Widespread natural variation of DNA methylation within angiosperms

2016 387 citations Chad E. Niederhuth, Adam J. Bewick et al. Genome biology profile →
Widespread long-range cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome

2019 244 citations William A. Ricci, Zefu Lu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lexiang Ji United States	23	1.8k	1.3k	302	123	100	36	2.3k
José M. Jiménez‐Gómez France	27	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	381 1.3×	90 0.7×	131 1.3×	50	2.5k
Nick Lauter United States	16	1.6k 0.9×	980 0.7×	332 1.1×	66 0.5×	131 1.3×	32	1.8k
Vittoria Brambilla Italy	18	1.4k 0.8×	922 0.7×	284 0.9×	49 0.4×	82 0.8×	30	1.6k
Naoki Sentoku Japan	21	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	225 0.7×	112 0.9×	100 1.0×	31	1.8k
Bindu Joseph United States	15	1.1k 0.6×	663 0.5×	298 1.0×	73 0.6×	108 1.1×	18	1.5k
Baltazar A. Antonio Japan	20	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	773 2.6×	86 0.7×	70 0.7×	29	2.3k
Emanuele De Paoli Italy	17	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	349 1.2×	125 1.0×	126 1.3×	36	2.6k
Sergei A. Filichkin United States	21	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	133 0.4×	118 1.0×	41 0.4×	33	2.4k
Miho Ikeda Japan	18	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	131 0.4×	37 0.3×	54 0.5×	36	2.1k
Yuanzhong Jiang China	24	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	132 0.4×	44 0.4×	71 0.7×	38	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lexiang Ji

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lexiang Ji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lexiang Ji

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lexiang Ji. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lexiang Ji based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lexiang Ji. Lexiang Ji is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Solomon, Benjamin, Daniel S.W. Tan, Gilberto de Castro, et al.. (2025). The Impact of the Tumor Microenvironment on the Effect of IL-1β Blockade in NSCLC: Biomarker Analyses from CANOPY-1 and CANOPY-N Trials. Cancer Research Communications. 5(4). 632–646. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Lang Ho, Fanying Tang, Lauren Fairchild, et al.. (2025). Defining Non–small Cell Lung Cancer Tumor Microenvironment Changes at Primary and Acquired Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Resistance Using Clinical and Real-World Data. Cancer Research Communications. 5(6). 1049–1059.

Dai, Hongyue, Shan Lou, Yanbo Zhang, et al.. (2021). Transcriptional neural‐like signaling contributes to an immune‐suppressive tumor microenvironment. FASEB BioAdvances. 4(1). 76–89. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yinwen, Jered M. Wendte, Lexiang Ji, & Robert J. Schmitz. (2020). Natural variation in DNA methylation homeostasis and the emergence of epialleles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(9). 4874–4884. 50 indexed citations

Noshay, Jaclyn M, Sarah N. Anderson, Peng Zhou, et al.. (2019). Monitoring the interplay between transposable element families and DNA methylation in maize. PLoS Genetics. 15(9). e1008291–e1008291. 50 indexed citations

Ji, Lexiang, William T. Jordan, Xiuling Shi, et al.. (2018). TET-mediated epimutagenesis of the Arabidopsis thaliana methylome. Nature Communications. 9(1). 895–895. 49 indexed citations

Edger, Patrick P., Ronald D. Smith, Michael R. McKain, et al.. (2017). Subgenome Dominance in an Interspecific Hybrid, Synthetic Allopolyploid, and a 140-Year-Old Naturally Established Neo-Allopolyploid Monkeyflower. The Plant Cell. 29(9). 2150–2167. 173 indexed citations

Ambrose, John C., Pierre‐Olivier Estève, Lexiang Ji, et al.. (2017). A novel requirement for DROSHA in maintenance of mammalian CG methylation. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(16). 9398–9412. 9 indexed citations

Bewick, Adam J., Chad E. Niederhuth, Lexiang Ji, et al.. (2017). The evolution of CHROMOMETHYLASES and gene body DNA methylation in plants. Genome biology. 18(1). 65–65. 108 indexed citations

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Bewick, Adam J., Lexiang Ji, Chad E. Niederhuth, et al.. (2016). On the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(32). 9111–9116. 215 indexed citations

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Ji, Lexiang, Takahiko Sasaki, Evelina Y. Basenko, et al.. (2016). Histone H1 Limits DNA Methylation in Neurospora crassa. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(7). 1879–1889. 15 indexed citations

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Niederhuth, Chad E., Adam J. Bewick, Lexiang Ji, et al.. (2016). Widespread natural variation of DNA methylation within angiosperms. Genome biology. 17(1). 194–194. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Panda, Kaushik, Lexiang Ji, Drexel A. Neumann, et al.. (2016). Full-length autonomous transposable elements are preferentially targeted by expression-dependent forms of RNA-directed DNA methylation. Genome biology. 17(1). 170–170. 97 indexed citations

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Lee, Kevin, Lexiang Ji, Miao Yu, et al.. (2016). DNA cytosine hydroxymethylation levels are distinct among non-overlapping classes of peripheral blood leukocytes. Journal of Immunological Methods. 436. 1–15. 4 indexed citations

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Basenko, Evelina Y., et al.. (2016). The LSH/DDM1 Homolog MUS-30 Is Required for Genome Stability, but Not for DNA Methylation in Neurospora crassa. PLoS Genetics. 12(1). e1005790–e1005790. 19 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Christopher B., Lexiang Ji, R. Axel W. Wiberg, et al.. (2015). The Genome and Methylome of a Beetle with Complex Social Behavior, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Genome Biology and Evolution. 7(12). 3383–3396. 68 indexed citations

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Ji, Lexiang, Drexel A. Neumann, & Robert J. Schmitz. (2015). Crop Epigenomics: Identifying, Unlocking, and Harnessing Cryptic Variation in Crop Genomes. Molecular Plant. 8(6). 860–870. 38 indexed citations

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An, Xinmin, Zhong Chen, Jingcheng Wang, et al.. (2014). Identification and characterization of the Populus sucrose synthase gene family. Gene. 539(1). 58–67. 51 indexed citations

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Ji, Lexiang, Takahiko Sasaki, Xiaoxiao Sun, et al.. (2014). Methylated DNA is over-represented in whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 341–341. 53 indexed citations

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Liao, Weihua, Lexiang Ji, Jia Wang, et al.. (2014). Identification of glutathione S-transferase genes responding to pathogen infestation in Populus tomentosa. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 14(3). 517–529. 39 indexed citations

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