Xin Zhang

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Xin Zhang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Zhang has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Plant Science, 104 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Xin Zhang's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (59 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (30 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (28 papers). Xin Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (59 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (30 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (28 papers). Xin Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Xin Zhang's co-authors include Xiuping Guo, Jianmin Wan, Zhijun Cheng, Shu‐ou Shan, Jiulin Wang, Ling Jiang, Haiyang Wang, Fuqing Wu, Yulong Ren and Cailin Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xin Zhang

181 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

GW5 acts in the brassinosteroid signalling pathway to regulate grain width and weight in rice

2017 401 citations Fuqing Wu, Qibing Lin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin Zhang China	47	4.6k	3.8k	1.7k	365	355	191	7.1k
Junxiao Ren China	10	3.5k 0.8×	5.6k 1.5×	862 0.5×	194 0.5×	236 0.7×	22	7.8k
Xizeng Mao United States	16	2.2k 0.5×	3.4k 0.9×	630 0.4×	216 0.6×	316 0.9×	33	6.4k
Qixin Sun China	56	9.4k 2.1×	3.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	184 0.5×	207 0.6×	284	10.6k
Yehua He China	15	8.0k 1.7×	7.6k 2.0×	740 0.4×	372 1.0×	360 1.0×	39	12.1k
Yonghong Wang China	55	10.0k 2.2×	4.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.8×	431 1.2×	153 0.4×	167	12.5k
Hui Yao China	44	1.9k 0.4×	4.9k 1.3×	996 0.6×	122 0.3×	528 1.5×	166	7.6k
Gabriele H. Marchler United States	11	2.4k 0.5×	5.0k 1.3×	638 0.4×	195 0.5×	476 1.3×	12	7.4k
Farideh Chitsaz United States	6	2.1k 0.5×	4.1k 1.1×	603 0.4×	172 0.5×	247 0.7×	7	6.6k
Daniel Gallie United States	51	5.7k 1.2×	5.6k 1.5×	499 0.3×	311 0.9×	126 0.4×	136	9.2k
Margaret H. Frank United States	15	7.2k 1.6×	6.3k 1.7×	640 0.4×	297 0.8×	397 1.1×	29	10.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xin Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xin Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Zhang

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bai, Jiao, Yu Wang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Drought Resistance of Different Scion Varieties Grafted onto Apple SH40 Interstock. Agronomy. 15(11). 2635–2635.

Zhang, Jiyu, Liaoyuan Zhang, Hongyan Shi, et al.. (2025). The swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus spike protein promotes syncytial formation via upregulation of cellular cholesterol synthesis. mBio. 16(8). e0097625–e0097625.

Li, Hongwei, Jie Zhang, Yuting Cao, et al.. (2024). Hemoglobin is associated with hypertension-mediated cardiovascular damages in hypertensive patients with high-altitude polycythemia. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 20(2). 403–411.

Zhang, Nan, Jun Zhang, Kun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Integrated Effects of Straw Incorporation and N Application on Rice Yield and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Three Rice-Based Cropping Systems. Agronomy. 14(3). 490–490. 8 indexed citations

Wu, Jiali, et al.. (2024). The Identification and Analysis of the Self-Incompatibility Pollen Determinant Factor SLF in Lycium barbarum. Plants. 13(7). 959–959.

Zhang, Xin, et al.. (2024). Recent Progress Regarding Jasmonates in Tea Plants: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Function in Stress Responses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 1079–1079. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Yu, Yan-Kun Shi, Sha Fu, et al.. (2024). Nomogram models for predicting myocardial ischemia under high altitude exposure: a cohort study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 28826–28826.

Zhang, Yunxiang, Zhuo Zhang, Yue Chen, et al.. (2023). Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae. Research in Microbiology. 175(4). 104152–104152. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xin, et al.. (2023). Phenotype-Based Genetic Analysis Reveals Missing Heritability of KIF11-Related Retinopathy: Clinical and Genetic Findings. Genes. 14(1). 212–212. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin, et al.. (2023). Biogenesis, Mode of Action and the Interactions of Plant Non-Coding RNAs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10664–10664. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yupeng, Fuqing Wu, Qibing Lin, et al.. (2022). A regulatory loop establishes the link between the circadian clock and abscisic acid signaling in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(3). 1857–1870. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Wentao, Xiaojin Zhou, Chen Chen, et al.. (2022). Maize Interveinal Chlorosis 1 links the Yang Cycle and Fe homeostasis through Nicotianamine biosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 188(4). 2131–2145. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin, Kang Zhang, Jian Wu, et al.. (2020). QTL-Seq and Sequence Assembly Rapidly Mapped the Gene BrMYBL2.1 for the Purple Trait in Brassica rapa. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2328–2328. 39 indexed citations

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Xu, Weifeng, Qian Zhang, Wei Yuan, et al.. (2020). The genome evolution and low-phosphorus adaptation in white lupin. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1069–1069. 81 indexed citations

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Duan, Erchao, Yihua Wang, Xiaohui Li, et al.. (2019). OsSHI1 Regulates Plant Architecture Through Modulating the Transcriptional Activity of IPA1 in Rice. The Plant Cell. 31(5). 1026–1042. 102 indexed citations

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Li, Chaonan, Shanshan Zhu, Huan Zhang, et al.. (2017). OsLBD37 and OsLBD38, two class II type LBD proteins, are involved in the regulation of heading date by controlling the expression of Ehd1 in rice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 486(3). 720–725. 38 indexed citations

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Sheng, Peike, Fuqing Wu, Junjie Tan, et al.. (2016). A CONSTANS-like transcriptional activator, OsCOL13, functions as a negative regulator of flowering downstream of OsphyB and upstream of Ehd1 in rice. Plant Molecular Biology. 92(1-2). 209–222. 63 indexed citations

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Si, Hongqi, et al.. (2014). Cloning and Characterization of Low-Molecular-Weight Glutenin Subunit Alleles from Chinese Wheat Landraces (Triticum aestivumL.). The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2014. 1–6. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin, Jingyuan Song, Yuanlei Hu, et al.. (2014). [Research progress of the regulation on active compound biosynthesis by the bHLH transcription factors in plants].. PubMed. 49(4). 435–42. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanfeng, Xuefang Wang, Xin Zhang, Dianrong Li, & Zongsuo Liang. (2005). The discovery and study on homeotic mutant male sterile line HGMS of nonheading Chinese-cabbage. Xibei nongye xuebao. 14(6). 164–168. 2 indexed citations

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