Yang Zhao

14.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
105 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Yang Zhao is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Zhao has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Plant Science, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yang Zhao's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (44 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (36 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (25 papers). Yang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (44 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (36 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (25 papers). Yang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Yang Zhao's co-authors include Jian‐Kang Zhu, Ray A. Bressan, Chun‐Peng Song, Guojun Li, Pengcheng Wang, Heng Zhang, Yueh‐Ju Hou, Jinghui Gao, Xing Lu and W. Andy Tao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yang Zhao

101 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Abscisic acid dynamics, s... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2019 2016 2020 2013 2017 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. Abscisic acid dynamics, signaling, and functions in plants
    2019 1.1k citations Ray A. Bressan, Chun‐Peng Song et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →
  2. ABA receptor PYL9 promotes drought resistance and leaf senescence
    2016 518 citations Yang Zhao, Zhulong Chan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Thriving under Stress: How Plants Balance Growth and the Stress Response
    2020 516 citations Heng Zhang, Yang Zhao et al. Developmental Cell profile →
  4. Auxin controls seed dormancy through stimulation of abscisic acid signaling by inducing ARF-mediated ABI3 activation in Arabidopsis
    2013 445 citations Yang Zhao, Jianming Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Reciprocal Regulation of the TOR Kinase and ABA Receptor Balances Plant Growth and Stress Response
    2017 401 citations Pengcheng Wang, Yang Zhao et al. profile →
  6. Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity
    2018 250 citations Chunbo Miao, Lihong Xiao et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. A RAF-SnRK2 kinase cascade mediates early osmotic stress signaling in higher plants
    2020 207 citations Yang Zhao, Chun‐Peng Song et al. profile →
  8. Phosphorylation of SWEET sucrose transporters regulates plant root:shoot ratio under drought
    2021 179 citations Qing-Chao Chen, Tao Hu et al. Nature Plants profile →
  9. How plants sense and respond to osmotic stress
    2024 42 citations Bo Yu, Dai‐Yin Chao et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Zhao China 42 6.7k 3.4k 250 249 187 105 7.8k
Ashwani Pareek India 49 6.6k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 518 2.1× 244 1.0× 254 1.4× 198 7.9k
Sneh L. Singla‐Pareek India 49 6.8k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 452 1.8× 189 0.8× 204 1.1× 164 8.1k
Paul E. Verslues Taiwan 37 6.4k 1.0× 3.0k 0.9× 163 0.7× 198 0.8× 198 1.1× 55 7.1k
Liming Xiong United States 46 10.8k 1.6× 6.7k 2.0× 290 1.2× 257 1.0× 209 1.1× 84 12.6k
Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez Chile 50 6.9k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 229 0.9× 206 0.8× 288 1.5× 123 8.2k
Radomı́ra Vaňková Czechia 46 5.8k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 143 0.6× 386 1.6× 234 1.3× 149 6.8k
Toshihiro Obata Germany 41 3.7k 0.6× 3.3k 1.0× 217 0.9× 214 0.9× 122 0.7× 111 5.8k
Byung‐Wook Yun South Korea 45 5.7k 0.9× 2.5k 0.7× 143 0.6× 228 0.9× 115 0.6× 152 6.9k
Jérôme Pelloux France 31 5.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 130 0.5× 215 0.9× 137 0.7× 62 6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang Zhao 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 Yang Zhao. Yang Zhao 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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Zhao, Yang, et al.. (2025). Farnesoid X Receptor Attenuates the Tumorigenicity of Liver Cancer Stem Cells by Inhibiting STAT3 Phosphorylation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(3). 1122–1122. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ting, Yang Zhao, Jian Zhou, et al.. (2025). Few-Atom Copper Cluster Facilitates H2O2 Activation to Promote Selective Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(15). 12652–12663. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yang, Sheng Wang, Bi Yu Chen, et al.. (2025). Resource utilization of spent grains, an underutilized by-product from Chinese Baijiu brewing: Recent advances and prospects. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 227. 108711–108711.
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Yao, Ruifeng, et al.. (2025). JA and ABA signaling pathways converge to protect plant regeneration in stress conditions. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115423–115423. 11 indexed citations
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Yu, Bo, Dai‐Yin Chao, & Yang Zhao. (2024). How plants sense and respond to osmotic stress. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 66(3). 394–423. 42 indexed citations breakdown →
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Colin, Léia, Felix Ruhnow, Jian‐Kang Zhu, et al.. (2022). The cell biology of primary cell walls during salt stress. The Plant Cell. 35(1). 201–217. 107 indexed citations
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Chen, Qing-Chao, Tao Hu, Xiaohua Li, et al.. (2021). Phosphorylation of SWEET sucrose transporters regulates plant root:shoot ratio under drought. Nature Plants. 8(1). 68–77. 179 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Wenbo, Qian Zhang, Laifu Luo, et al.. (2021). A small molecule inhibits cell elongation by modulating cell wall polysaccharide composition in Arabidopsis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100049–100049. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yang, et al.. (2020). Numerical simulation of very high harmonic fast waves for an off-axis current drive in a China fusion engineering test reactor by the GENRAY code. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63(2). 25015–25015. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Heng, Yang Zhao, & Jian‐Kang Zhu. (2020). Thriving under Stress: How Plants Balance Growth and the Stress Response. Developmental Cell. 55(5). 529–543. 516 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miao, Chunbo, Lihong Xiao, Kai Hua, et al.. (2018). Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(23). 6058–6063. 250 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Kai, Junna He, Yang Zhao, et al.. (2018). EAR1 Negatively Regulates ABA Signaling by Enhancing 2C Protein Phosphatase Activity. The Plant Cell. 30(4). 815–834. 113 indexed citations
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Yan, Jun, Pengcheng Wang, Bangshing Wang, et al.. (2017). The SnRK2 kinases modulate miRNA accumulation in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 13(4). e1006753–e1006753. 83 indexed citations
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Ye, Yajin, Ziying Gong, Lu Xiao, et al.. (2015). Germostatin resistance locus 1 encodes a PHD finger protein involved in auxin‐mediated seed dormancy and germination. The Plant Journal. 85(1). 3–15. 30 indexed citations
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Lind, Christof, Ingo Drèyer, Kimitsune Ishizaki, et al.. (2015). Stomatal Guard Cells Co-opted an Ancient ABA-Dependent Desiccation Survival System to Regulate Stomatal Closure. Current Biology. 25(7). 928–935. 127 indexed citations
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Duan, Cheng‐Guo, Huiming Zhang, Kai Tang, et al.. (2014). Specific but interdependent functions for A rabidopsis AGO 4 and AGO 6 in RNA ‐directed DNA methylation. The EMBO Journal. 34(5). 581–592. 86 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yang, Zhulong Chan, Xing Lu, et al.. (2013). The unique mode of action of a divergent member of the ABA-receptor protein family in ABA and stress signaling. Cell Research. 23(12). 1380–1395. 108 indexed citations

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