Xiaolan Rao

1.5k total citations
28 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaolan Rao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaolan Rao has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaolan Rao's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (7 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers). Xiaolan Rao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (7 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers). Xiaolan Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xiaolan Rao's co-authors include Richard A. Dixon, Jaime Barros, Hasi Yu, Xirong Xiao, Ji Hyung Jun, Laigeng Li, Nancy L. Engle, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Chan Man Ha and Feroza K. Choudhury and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Xiaolan Rao

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaolan Rao United States 15 653 650 216 147 67 28 1.1k
Eung‐Jun Park South Korea 20 832 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 80 0.4× 72 0.5× 56 0.8× 58 1.4k
Rébecca Dauwe France 15 467 0.7× 366 0.6× 203 0.9× 96 0.7× 127 1.9× 20 776
Silvia Fornalé Spain 22 1.4k 2.1× 1.1k 1.8× 331 1.5× 284 1.9× 79 1.2× 26 1.8k
Guohua Chai China 19 889 1.4× 1.0k 1.6× 103 0.5× 39 0.3× 52 0.8× 45 1.3k
Esther Novo‐Uzal Spain 16 528 0.8× 753 1.2× 154 0.7× 86 0.6× 40 0.6× 25 982
V. V. Lozovaya United States 22 509 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 118 0.5× 78 0.5× 115 1.7× 37 1.3k
Laura V. Gómez Ros Spain 10 460 0.7× 970 1.5× 131 0.6× 115 0.8× 53 0.8× 10 1.2k
Kristopher A. Blee United States 13 514 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 128 0.6× 90 0.6× 32 0.5× 15 1.2k
Chenglin Chai United States 18 779 1.2× 891 1.4× 100 0.5× 63 0.4× 41 0.6× 24 1.3k
Youxi Yuan United States 17 543 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 228 1.1× 44 0.3× 36 0.5× 21 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaolan Rao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rao, Xiaolan, Wensheng Liang, Xin Jing, et al.. (2025). Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the molecular responses of a biocrust-derived oleaginous microalga Vischeria sp. WL1 to nitrogen depletion and recovery. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 10(4). 1160–1171. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaolan, et al.. (2025). A Guide to Metabolic Network Modeling for Plant Biology. Plants. 14(3). 484–484. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaolan. (2024). Plant Transcriptome Analysis with HISAT–StringTie–Ballgown and TopHat–Cufflinks Pipelines. Methods in molecular biology. 2812. 203–213. 3 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaolan & Jaime Barros. (2023). Modeling lignin biosynthesis: a pathway to renewable chemicals. Trends in Plant Science. 29(5). 546–559. 23 indexed citations
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Yu, Hasi, et al.. (2023). FERONIA and wall-associated kinases coordinate defense induced by lignin modification in plant cell walls. Science Advances. 9(10). eadf7714–eadf7714. 50 indexed citations
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Burks, David, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of pathways to the C‐glycosyl isoflavone puerarin in roots of kudzu (Pueraria montana lobata). Plant Direct. 6(9). e442–e442. 10 indexed citations
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He, Dongli, Xiaolan Rao, Jiao Deng, Rebecca Njeri Damaris, & Pingfang Yang. (2022). Integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses investigates the accumulation of secondary metabolites in maturing seed plumule of sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Food Research International. 163. 112172–112172. 6 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaolan, et al.. (2022). Identification of Pueraria spp. through DNA barcoding and comparative transcriptomics. BMC Plant Biology. 22(1). 10–10. 11 indexed citations
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Cui, Xin, Ji Hyung Jun, Xiaolan Rao, et al.. (2022). Leaf layer-based transcriptome profiling for discovery of epidermal-selective promoters in Medicago truncatula. Planta. 256(2). 31–31. 3 indexed citations
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Ha, Chan Man, et al.. (2021). Growth–defense trade‐offs and yield loss in plants with engineered cell walls. New Phytologist. 231(1). 60–74. 55 indexed citations
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Gallego‐Giraldo, Lina, Chang Liu, Sara Posé, et al.. (2020). ARABIDOPSIS DEHISCENCE ZONE POLYGALACTURONASE 1 (ADPG1) releases latent defense signals in stems with reduced lignin content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(6). 3281–3290. 70 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ninghui, Han Yu, Xiaolan Rao, et al.. (2020). Alteration of iron responsive gene expression in Arabidopsis glutaredoxin S17 loss of function plants with or without iron stress. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 15(6). 1758455–1758455. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Lı, Jiawen Cui, Biao Jin, et al.. (2020). Multifeature analyses of vascular cambial cells reveal longevity mechanisms in old Ginkgo biloba trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(4). 2201–2210. 94 indexed citations
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Barros, Jaime, Luis L. Escamilla‐Treviño, Luhua Song, et al.. (2019). 4-Coumarate 3-hydroxylase in the lignin biosynthesis pathway is a cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1994–1994. 193 indexed citations
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Zhuo, Chunliu, Xiaolan Rao, Rajeev K. Azad, et al.. (2019). Enzymatic basis for C‐lignin monomer biosynthesis in the seed coat of Cleome hassleriana. The Plant Journal. 99(3). 506–520. 33 indexed citations
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Jun, Ji Hyung, Xirong Xiao, Xiaolan Rao, & Richard A. Dixon. (2018). Proanthocyanidin subunit composition determined by functionally diverged dioxygenases. Nature Plants. 4(12). 1034–1043. 76 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ninghui, Justin Foster, Kirankumar S. Mysore, et al.. (2018). Effect of Acyl Activating Enzyme (AAE) 3 on the growth and development of Medicago truncatula. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 505(1). 255–260. 7 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaolan, Xin Chen, Hui Shen, et al.. (2018). Gene regulatory networks for lignin biosynthesis in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(3). 580–593. 68 indexed citations
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Yang, Hailian, Jaime Barros, Xiaolan Rao, et al.. (2017). A re-evaluation of the final step of vanillin biosynthesis in the orchid Vanilla planifolia. Phytochemistry. 139. 33–46. 44 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaolan, Hui Shen, Sivakumar Pattathil, et al.. (2017). Dynamic changes in transcriptome and cell wall composition underlying brassinosteroid-mediated lignification of switchgrass suspension cells. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 266–266. 42 indexed citations

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