Xiaotian Tang

683 total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 494 citations indexed

About

Xiaotian Tang is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaotian Tang has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 494 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Insect Science, 12 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Xiaotian Tang's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (13 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (10 papers) and Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (9 papers). Xiaotian Tang is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (13 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (10 papers) and Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (9 papers). Xiaotian Tang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Czechia. Xiaotian Tang's co-authors include Yu‐Zhou Du, Ming‐Xing Lu, Meng Sun, Cécilia Tamborindeguy, Erol Fikrig, Gunjan Arora, Yu-Zhou Du, Jaqueline Matias, Dmitry Kurouski and Lee Sanchez and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Xiaotian Tang

37 papers receiving 488 citations

Hit Papers

mRNA vaccination induces tick resistance and prevents tra... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 25 50 75 100
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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. mRNA vaccination induces tick resistance and prevents transmission of the Lyme disease agent
    2021 102 citations Andaleeb Sajid, Jaqueline Matias et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaotian Tang United States 11 201 188 150 99 86 41 494
Kristen E. Murfin United States 12 264 1.3× 126 0.7× 155 1.0× 74 0.7× 54 0.6× 18 403
Kris Hartzer United States 14 362 1.8× 281 1.5× 242 1.6× 162 1.6× 131 1.5× 24 665
Hongyuan Zheng China 17 144 0.7× 150 0.8× 151 1.0× 177 1.8× 138 1.6× 40 540
Samuel H. Lewis United Kingdom 7 194 1.0× 293 1.6× 235 1.6× 40 0.4× 103 1.2× 7 538
Jonathan Featherston South Africa 10 99 0.5× 143 0.8× 76 0.5× 177 1.8× 105 1.2× 31 406
Claire Drurey United Kingdom 12 170 0.8× 204 1.1× 285 1.9× 143 1.4× 56 0.7× 12 628
Sayed M.S. Khalil Egypt 17 360 1.8× 247 1.3× 124 0.8× 250 2.5× 78 0.9× 32 698
Chan C. Heu United States 10 312 1.6× 193 1.0× 86 0.6× 183 1.8× 76 0.9× 21 469
P. Pohl Brazil 14 184 0.9× 136 0.7× 86 0.6× 287 2.9× 150 1.7× 29 551
Neil D. Sanscrainte United States 10 238 1.2× 165 0.9× 172 1.1× 100 1.0× 23 0.3× 26 479

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaotian Tang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaotian Tang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaotian Tang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gómez‐Brandón, María, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Xiaotian Tang, et al.. (2025). Using black soldier fly larval frass to restore soil health. Bioresource Technology. 432. 132701–132701.
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Liu, Shaojuan, et al.. (2025). Emerging roles for methionine metabolism in immune cell fate and function. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1701505–1701505.
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Arora, Gunjan, Xiaotian Tang, Yingjun Cui, et al.. (2024). mosGILT controls innate immunity and germ cell development in Anopheles gambiae. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 42–42. 5 indexed citations
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Cui, Yingjun, Xiaotian Tang, Mohamad‐Gabriel Alameh, et al.. (2024). Salp14 epitope-based mRNA vaccination induces early recognition of a tick bite. Vaccine. 42(24). 126304–126304. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Miao, et al.. (2024). Effects of Rotary and Deep Tillage on Soil Environment and Melon Root Development. Plants. 13(18). 2611–2611. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, Julien Lévy, & Cécilia Tamborindeguy. (2023). Potato psyllids mount distinct gut responses against two different ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ haplotypes. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287396–e0287396. 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, Yongguo Cao, Carmen J. Booth, et al.. (2023). Adiponectin in the mammalian host influences ticks’ acquisition of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia. PLoS Biology. 21(10). e3002331–e3002331.
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Cui, Yingjun, Jaqueline Matias, Xiaotian Tang, et al.. (2023). Metabolomic changes associated with acquired resistance to Ixodes scapularis. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 15(1). 102279–102279. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, Michael T. Longnecker, & Cécilia Tamborindeguy. (2020). Acquisition and transmission of two ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ haplotypes by the tomato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14000–14000. 10 indexed citations
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Sanchez, Lee, et al.. (2020). Non-invasive diagnostics of Liberibacter disease on tomatoes using a hand-held Raman spectrometer. Planta. 251(3). 64–64. 51 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, et al.. (2020). Liberibacter, A Preemptive Bacterium: Apoptotic Response Repression in the Host Gut at the Early Infection to Facilitate Its Acquisition and Transmission. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 589509–589509. 9 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, Jing Xu, Ming‐Xing Lu, & Yu‐Zhou Du. (2019). No evidence for an effect of Wolbachia on mtDNA variation and evolution in natural populations of Sesamia inferens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 18(5). 1050–1063. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, Freddy Ibáñez, & Cécilia Tamborindeguy. (2019). Quenching autofluorescence in the alimentary canal tissues ofBactericera cockerelli(Hemiptera: Triozidae) for immunofluorescence labeling. Insect Science. 27(3). 475–486. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, et al.. (2018). Diversity and evolution of the endosymbionts of Bemisia tabaci in China. PeerJ. 6. e5516–e5516. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Wenyan, Xiaotian Tang, Rui‐Ting Ju, Yong Zhang, & Yu-Zhou Du. (2017). The population genetic structure of Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) provides insights into its distribution and invasiveness. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 635–635. 9 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaotian, et al.. (2016). Genetic Structure of Water Chestnut Beetle: Providing Evidence for Origin of Water Chestnut. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0159557–e0159557. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Meng, Ming‐Xing Lu, Xiaotian Tang, & Yu‐Zhou Du. (2015). Exploring Valid Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis in Sesamia inferens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0115979–e0115979. 67 indexed citations
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