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Lei Zhang

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 2000Rising activity

Publications

388

Citations

6,720

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

27

Publishing since 2000

Research summary
AI-generated

This publication record labeled 'Lei Zhang' appears to combine work from multiple distinct researchers, spanning plant molecular biology and crop genetics, remote sensing and UAV-based phenotyping, soil and microbial ecology, marine and ocean remote sensing, aquaculture nutrition, and even human microbiome and animal disease models. Because the topics and venues are so varied and disconnected, this profile likely represents several different scientists who share the same name rather than one coherent research program. Prospective students should verify institutional affiliation and specific lab details before treating this as a single advisor's body of work.​

Crop genetics and phenomics (UAV/remote sensing)Plant stress tolerance and molecular biologySoil and rhizosphere microbial ecologyRemote sensing and environmental monitoring (land, ocean, climate)Aquaculture and biomedical/microbiome studies

Output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from about 11 papers/year in 2017 to a peak of 45 in 2024, though this likely reflects an aggregation of multiple same-named authors rather than one individual's steady trajectory.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 26.2/year recently
2017: 11 publications172018: 17 publications182019: 19 publications192020: 27 publications202021: 27 publications212022: 22 publications222023: 30 publications232024: 45 publications45242025: 29 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Frontiers in Plant Science×13
  • Research Square×12
  • Figshare×9
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences×8
  • Agronomy×8
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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