Ray Ming

29.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
230 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Ray Ming is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Ming has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Plant Science, 99 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ray Ming's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (55 papers), Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (49 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (39 papers). Ray Ming is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (55 papers), Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (49 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (39 papers). Ray Ming collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Ray Ming's co-authors include Andrew H. Paterson, Haibao Tang, M. Shahid Alam, Paul H. Moore, John Bowers, Qingyi Yu, Xiyin Wang, Xingtan Zhang, Jisen Zhang and Abdelhafid Bendahmane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ray Ming

223 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Synteny and Collinearity in Plant Genomes 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2014 2019 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Synteny and Collinearity in Plant Genomes
    2008 1.1k citations Haibao Tang, John Bowers et al. profile →
  2. Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?
    2014 836 citations Ray Ming et al. profile →
  3. Assembly of allele-aware, chromosomal-scale autopolyploid genomes based on Hi-C data
    2019 386 citations Xingtan Zhang, Ray Ming et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ray Ming United States 48 7.0k 4.9k 2.6k 1.2k 833 230 9.9k
Haibao Tang United States 44 9.2k 1.3× 8.6k 1.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 404 0.5× 90 13.4k
Andreas Graner Germany 60 12.4k 1.8× 4.4k 0.9× 5.0k 1.9× 970 0.8× 234 0.3× 176 14.9k
Antoni Rafalski United States 33 7.3k 1.0× 3.3k 0.7× 3.7k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 166 0.2× 48 9.7k
Ryohei Terauchi Japan 58 10.9k 1.6× 5.3k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 539 0.5× 202 0.2× 193 12.9k
Anete Pereira de Souza Brazil 41 3.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 851 0.7× 923 1.1× 318 6.1k
Robbie Waugh United Kingdom 76 15.8k 2.3× 4.7k 1.0× 5.9k 2.3× 1.0k 0.9× 319 0.4× 282 18.2k
Carl J. Douglas Canada 63 5.9k 0.8× 7.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.4× 663 0.6× 951 1.1× 118 10.1k
Steven J. Knapp United States 60 9.2k 1.3× 3.1k 0.6× 3.3k 1.3× 850 0.7× 206 0.2× 214 10.9k
Jaroslav Doležel Czechia 64 14.3k 2.0× 6.6k 1.3× 2.7k 1.0× 2.7k 2.3× 196 0.2× 406 16.4k
Stephen L. Dellaporta United States 38 9.2k 1.3× 6.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 833 0.7× 173 0.2× 68 12.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ray Ming

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ray Ming

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray Ming

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ray Ming. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ray Ming 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 Ray Ming. Ray Ming is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Li, Lanying, Lili Wang, Ray Ming, et al.. (2025). Exploring the effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of buprofezin and cadmium on tadpoles: A phenotypic and molecular analysis. Environmental Research. 278. 121735–121735.
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Qiao, Hongmei, Xiaoxuan Zhou, Xiuming Xu, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanism of vivipary as revealed by the genomes of viviparous mangroves and non-viviparous relatives. Current Biology. 34(16). 3707–3721.e7. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhe, Xiuting Hua, Qing Zhang, et al.. (2024). ScDB: A comprehensive database dedicated to Saccharum, facilitating functional genomics and molecular biology studies in sugarcane. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(12). 3386–3388. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Yaying, et al.. (2024). Gene Regulatory Network Controlling Flower Development in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 6127–6127. 2 indexed citations
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Ming, Ray, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Genetic Tools for Sustainable Bioenergy: A Review of Sugarcane Biotechnology in Biofuel Production. Agriculture. 14(8). 1312–1312. 1 indexed citations
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Ain, Noor Ul, et al.. (2024). Allele-Specific Hormone Dynamics in Highly Transgressive F2 Biomass Segregants in Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). Plants. 13(16). 2247–2247. 2 indexed citations
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Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2023). The synthesis of papaya fruit flavor-related linalool was regulated by CpTPS18 and CpNAC56. Plant Reproduction. 37(3). 295–308. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yongmei, Ziqin Pang, Li‐Yu Chen, et al.. (2022). AP1G2 Affects Mitotic Cycles of Female and Male Gametophytes in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 924417–924417. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Lun, Yue Huang, Ziang Liu, et al.. (2021). Somatic variations led to the selection of acidic and acidless orange cultivars. Nature Plants. 7(7). 954–965. 84 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang, Xingtan Zhang, Edward Allen Herre, et al.. (2021). Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism. Nature Communications. 12(1). 718–718. 41 indexed citations
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Paris, Margot, Jaqueline Hess, Michael H. J. Barfuss, et al.. (2020). Genomic footprints of repeated evolution of CAM photosynthesis in a Neotropical species radiation. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(12). 2987–3001. 14 indexed citations
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Porter, Brad W., Maya Devi Paidi, Ray Ming, et al.. (2009). Genome-wide analysis of Carica papaya reveals a small NBS resistance gene family. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 281(6). 609–626. 125 indexed citations
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Shine, James M., Jorge A. da Silva, Michael Lawton, et al.. (2009). Improving sugarcane for biofuel: engineering for an even better feedstock. Global Change Biology. 1(3). 251–255. 9 indexed citations
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Tang, Haibao, Xiyin Wang, John Bowers, et al.. (2008). Unraveling ancient hexaploidy through multiply-aligned angiosperm gene maps. Genome Research. 18(12). 1944–1954. 434 indexed citations
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Nagai, Chifumi, et al.. (2005). Breeding and selection of coffee cultivars for Hawaii with high cupping quality using Mokka hybrids.. 829–833. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Hao, Paul H. Moore, Zhiyong Liu, et al.. (2004). High-Density Linkage Mapping Revealed Suppression of Recombination at the Sex Determination Locus in Papaya. Genetics. 166(1). 419–436. 105 indexed citations

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