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Shizhong Xu

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1989
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetics and Plant BreedingGene expression and cancer classificationWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Publications

267

Citations

12,595

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

38

Publishing since 1989

Research summary
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This publication record appears to mix work from multiple different researchers who share the name Shizhong Xu, spanning quantitative genetics and genomic prediction in plants and animals, cancer cell biology, and unrelated engineering topics like wireless networks and optimization algorithms. The genetics-focused thread centers on statistical methods for mapping genes that influence traits (QTL analysis) and predicting breeding outcomes in crops such as maize using genomic data. Because the topic relevance scores are all listed as 0.00 and the subject matter is highly heterogeneous, this profile likely reflects an author-name conflation rather than a single coherent research program.

Quantitative genetics and genomic predictionQTL (quantitative trait locus) mappingCrop breeding and genomic selectionCancer cell biology (possibly unrelated author)Wireless networks and optimization (possibly unrelated author)

Publication counts fluctuate substantially year to year (a spike to 26 in 2022, lows of 5 in 2023-2024, and a rebound in 2025), which combined with the mixed subject matter suggests this may be an aggregated record rather than a single steady research trajectory.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.0/year recently
2017: 9 publications172018: 11 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 26 publications26222023: 5 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bioinformatics×7
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
  • Frontiers in Plant Science×4
  • Genetics×4
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×4
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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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