Shaojun Xie

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Shaojun Xie is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaojun Xie has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shaojun Xie's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (8 papers). Shaojun Xie is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (8 papers). Shaojun Xie collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Shaojun Xie's co-authors include Jian‐Kang Zhu, Jinsheng Lai, Zhengjing Zhang, Kai Tang, Biao Zeng, Chunzhao Zhao, Yuanya Li, Tong Si, Mei Zhang and Jian Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Shaojun Xie

41 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Mutational Evidence for the Critical Role of CBF Transcription Factors in Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis

2016 463 citations Chunzhao Zhao, Zhengjing Zhang et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
Reciprocal Regulation of the TOR Kinase and ABA Receptor Balances Plant Growth and Stress Response

2017 401 citations Pengcheng Wang, Yang Zhao et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Initiation and amplification of SnRK2 activation in abscisic acid signaling

2021 167 citations Zhen Lin, Yuan Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaojun Xie United States	22	2.8k	1.8k	478	116	101	44	3.4k
Xiaojun Nie China	27	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	236 0.5×	94 0.8×	99 1.0×	78	2.4k
Yingfang Zhu China	32	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	181 0.4×	72 0.6×	37 0.4×	74	3.4k
Mingqiu Dai China	28	3.4k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	296 0.6×	103 0.9×	74 0.7×	44	3.9k
Hengyu Yan China	14	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	292 0.6×	79 0.7×	43 0.4×	27	2.1k
Zhaobo Lang China	23	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	174 0.4×	43 0.4×	56 0.6×	31	3.2k
Mingfang Zhang China	27	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	237 0.5×	45 0.4×	27 0.3×	120	2.0k
Rohini Garg India	30	2.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	273 0.6×	72 0.6×	95 0.9×	59	3.4k
Jie Qiu China	24	1.2k 0.4×	769 0.4×	442 0.9×	52 0.4×	28 0.3×	66	1.8k
Hang He China	37	3.9k 1.4×	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 2.2×	87 0.8×	145 1.4×	104	4.8k
Aashima Nijhawan India	7	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	246 0.5×	33 0.3×	25 0.2×	7	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Shaojun Xie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaojun Xie

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cedrone, Edward, Shaojun Xie, Yongmei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Comparative analyses for plant virus-based cancer immunotherapy drug development. PubMed. 1(6). 100095–100095.

Cedrone, Edward, Shaojun Xie, Yongmei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Nanoparticles may influence mast cells gene expression profiles without affecting their degranulation function. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 66. 102818–102818. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Qiangqiang, et al.. (2025). Study on the strength and toxic leaching characteristics of CGF-solidified/stabilized ion-type rare earth tailings. The Science of The Total Environment. 1003. 180704–180704.

Tang, Kai, Xiaohong Zhu, Shaojun Xie, Zhaobo Lang, & Jian‐Kang Zhu. (2024). Transgenerational increases in DNA methylation in Arabidopsis plants defective in active DNA demethylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(22). e2320468121–e2320468121. 5 indexed citations

Fola, Abebe A., Qixin He, Shaojun Xie, et al.. (2024). Genomics reveals heterogeneous Plasmodium falciparum transmission and selection signals in Zambia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 67–67. 5 indexed citations

Pang, Xiaomin, Fang Xiao, Tianqing Zheng, et al.. (2024). Integration Analysis of miRNA Circulating Expression Following Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Ischemic Stroke. Biochemical Genetics. 63(5). 4022–4036.

Serba, Desalegn D., Shaojun Xie, Vasudevan Ayyappan, et al.. (2022). Global analysis of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) transcriptomes in response to interactive effects of drought and heat stresses. BMC Plant Biology. 22(1). 107–107. 12 indexed citations

Du, Yanyan, Shaojun Xie, Yubei Wang, et al.. (2022). Low molecular weight protein phosphatase APH mediates tyrosine dephosphorylation and ABA response in Arabidopsis.. Stress Biology. 2(1). 3 indexed citations

Neely, M. Diana, Shaojun Xie, Lisa M. Prince, et al.. (2021). Single cell RNA sequencing detects persistent cell type- and methylmercury exposure paradigm-specific effects in a human cortical neurodevelopmental model. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 154. 112288–112288. 13 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhen, Yuan Li, Yubei Wang, et al.. (2021). Initiation and amplification of SnRK2 activation in abscisic acid signaling. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2456–2456. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Yingfang, Bangshing Wang, Kai Tang, et al.. (2017). An Arabidopsis Nucleoporin NUP85 modulates plant responses to ABA and salt stress. PLoS Genetics. 13(12). e1007124–e1007124. 69 indexed citations

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Xie, Shaojun, et al.. (2017). Analyses of methylomes of upland and lowland switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) ecotypes using MeDIP-seq and BS-seq. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 851–851. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Pengcheng, Yang Zhao, Zhongpeng Li, et al.. (2017). Reciprocal Regulation of the TOR Kinase and ABA Receptor Balances Plant Growth and Stress Response. Molecular Cell. 69(1). 100–112.e6. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Chunzhao, Zhengjing Zhang, Shaojun Xie, et al.. (2016). Mutational Evidence for the Critical Role of CBF Transcription Factors in Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 171(4). 2744–2759. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Su, Handong, Yalin Liu, Yongxin Liu, et al.. (2016). Dynamic chromatin changes associated with de novo centromere formation in maize euchromatin. The Plant Journal. 88(5). 854–866. 21 indexed citations

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Lang, Zhaobo, Shaojun Xie, & Jian‐Kang Zhu. (2016). The 1001 Arabidopsis DNA Methylomes: An Important Resource for Studying Natural Genetic, Epigenetic, and Phenotypic Variation. Trends in Plant Science. 21(11). 906–908. 11 indexed citations

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Duan, Cheng‐Guo, Xingang Wang, Shaojun Xie, et al.. (2016). A pair of transposon-derived proteins function in a histone acetyltransferase complex for active DNA demethylation. Cell Research. 27(2). 226–240. 78 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yusheng, Shaojun Xie, Xiaojie Li, et al.. (2014). REPRESSOR OF SILENCING5 Encodes a Member of the Small Heat Shock Protein Family and Is Required for DNA Demethylation in Arabidopsis . The Plant Cell. 26(6). 2660–2675. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mei, Shaojun Xie, Xiaomei Dong, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide high resolution parental-specific DNA and histone methylation maps uncover patterns of imprinting regulation in maize. Genome Research. 24(1). 167–176. 120 indexed citations

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Qi, Xin, Shaojun Xie, Yuwei Liu, Fei Yi, & Jingjuan Yu. (2013). Genome-wide annotation of genes and noncoding RNAs of foxtail millet in response to simulated drought stress by deep sequencing. Plant Molecular Biology. 83(4-5). 459–473. 139 indexed citations

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