Patrick X. Zhao

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Patrick X. Zhao is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick X. Zhao has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Plant Science, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick X. Zhao's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (20 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (10 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers). Patrick X. Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (20 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (10 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers). Patrick X. Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Patrick X. Zhao's co-authors include Xinbin Dai, Michael K. Udvardi, Richard A. Dixon, Ji He, Vagner A. Benedito, Yuhong Tang, Ivone Torres‐Jerez, Lloyd W. Sumner, Marina Naoumkina and Xi Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Patrick X. Zhao

72 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

psRNATarget: a plant small RNA target analysis server

2011 1.5k citations Xinbin Dai, Patrick X. Zhao Nucleic Acids Research profile →
psRNATarget: a plant small RNA target analysis server (2017 release)

2018 1.0k citations Xinbin Dai, Patrick X. Zhao et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
A gene expression atlas of the model legume Medicago truncatula

2008 549 citations Vagner A. Benedito, Ivone Torres‐Jerez et al. The Plant Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick X. Zhao United States	29	5.0k	3.0k	378	339	266	75	6.2k
Xinbin Dai United States	24	4.2k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	336 0.9×	220 0.6×	177 0.7×	55	5.2k
Roger P. Hellens New Zealand	43	7.7k 1.5×	7.9k 2.6×	300 0.8×	99 0.3×	297 1.1×	89	10.9k
Wenying Xu China	32	4.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	120 0.3×	139 0.4×	654 2.5×	82	5.4k
Xuewen Wang China	31	4.8k 1.0×	4.3k 1.4×	124 0.3×	186 0.5×	844 3.2×	105	7.2k
Jesús V. Jorrín–Novo Spain	42	3.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	109 0.3×	215 0.6×	154 0.6×	175	5.2k
Javier F. Palatnik Argentina	41	7.4k 1.5×	5.6k 1.8×	593 1.6×	114 0.3×	219 0.8×	68	8.4k
Dan MacLean United Kingdom	36	4.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	110 0.3×	55 0.2×	294 1.1×	99	5.7k
Athikkattuvalasu S. Karthikeyan United States	18	4.9k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	71 0.2×	229 0.7×	420 1.6×	34	6.3k
Liangjiang Wang United States	26	2.0k 0.4×	2.6k 0.9×	285 0.8×	80 0.2×	322 1.2×	64	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick X. Zhao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Patrick X., et al.. (2025). Synergistic effects of biochar-lime enhance acidic soil remediation and sustain peanut productivity under continuous cropping systems. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 39030–39030.

Fonseca, Jose Pedro, Clarissa Boschiero, Pooja Pant, et al.. (2025). Identification of small signaling peptide-encoding genes modulated by host and nonhost bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(22). 7123–7134.

Roy, Sonali, Ivone Torres‐Jerez, Shulan Zhang, et al.. (2024). The peptide GOLVEN10 alters root development and noduletaxis in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal. 118(3). 607–625. 12 indexed citations

Hixson, Kim, Diego Fajardo, Nicholas P. Devitt, et al.. (2023). Annotated genome sequence of a fast-growing diploid clone of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(6). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenchao, Yun Kang, Xiaofei Cheng, et al.. (2021). Distinguishing HapMap Accessions Through Recursive Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Decision Trees. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 628421–628421. 2 indexed citations

Fonseca, Jose Pedro, Hee‐Kyung Lee, Clarissa Boschiero, et al.. (2020). Iron–Sulfur Cluster Protein NITROGEN FIXATION S-LIKE1 and Its Interactor FRATAXIN Function in Plant Immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(3). 1532–1548. 16 indexed citations

Bang, Thomas C. de, Peter K. Lundquist, Xinbin Dai, et al.. (2017). Genome-Wide Identification of Medicago Peptides Involved in Macronutrient Responses and Nodulation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 175(4). 1669–1689. 95 indexed citations

Zhao, Patrick X.. (2015). The LegumeIP (2015 release) - a web-based comparative genomics and gene expression atlas platform to study gene function and genome evolution in legumes.

Li, Jun, et al.. (2015). LegumeIP 2.0—a platform for the study of gene function and genome evolution in legumes. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(D1). D1189–D1194. 12 indexed citations

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Goettel, Wolfgang, et al.. (2014). Systems and Evolutionary Characterization of MicroRNAs and Their Underlying Regulatory Networks in Soybean Cotyledons. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e86153–e86153. 31 indexed citations

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Mishra, Nitish K., et al.. (2014). Prediction of Membrane Transport Proteins and Their Substrate Specificities Using Primary Sequence Information. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e100278–e100278. 87 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhipeng, Lichao Ma, Zhiguang Zhao, et al.. (2013). Global Transcriptome Sequencing Using the Illumina Platform and the Development of EST-SSR Markers in Autotetraploid Alfalfa. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83549–e83549. 75 indexed citations

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Han, Yuanhong, Yun Kang, Ivone Torres‐Jerez, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide SNP discovery in tetraploid alfalfa using 454 sequencing and high resolution melting analysis. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 1–11. 69 indexed citations

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Wang, Mingyi, Vagner A. Benedito, Patrick X. Zhao, & Michael K. Udvardi. (2010). Inferring large-scale gene regulatory networks using a low-order constraint-based algorithm. Molecular BioSystems. 6(6). 988–998. 8 indexed citations

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Dai, Xi, Zong Zhuang, & Patrick X. Zhao. (2010). Computational analysis of miRNA targets in plants: current status and challenges. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 12(2). 115–121. 114 indexed citations

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Naoumkina, Marina, Qiao Zhao, Lina Gallego‐Giraldo, et al.. (2010). Genome‐wide analysis of phenylpropanoid defence pathways. Molecular Plant Pathology. 11(6). 829–846. 319 indexed citations

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He, Ji, Vagner A. Benedito, Mingyi Wang, et al.. (2009). The Medicago truncatula gene expression atlas web server. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(1). 441–441. 140 indexed citations

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Tian, Li, Gregory J. Peel, Zhentian Lei, et al.. (2009). Transcript and proteomic analysis of developing white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) roots. BMC Plant Biology. 9(1). 1–1. 259 indexed citations

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Tadege, Million, Jiangqi Wen, Ji He, et al.. (2008). Large‐scale insertional mutagenesis using the Tnt1 retrotransposon in the model legume Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal. 54(2). 335–347. 364 indexed citations

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Wang, Guodong, et al.. (2008). Terpene Biosynthesis in Glandular Trichomes. 46. 345–63. 1 indexed citations

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