Xiuliang Jin is primarily interested in the following research areas: (1) quantitative remote sensing in agriculture; (2) application and development of remote sensors; (3) crop phenotyping platform study and application; (4) crop model and data assimilation; and (5) image processing. Editorial Board or Editor positions held include: The Journal of Agricultural Science Cambridge (2017–2020); Scientific Reports (2017–2019); Agronomy Journal (2019–2021). Remote Sensing—Special Issue "Estimation of Crop Phenotyping Traits using Unmanned Ground Vehicle and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery" Guest Editor (2017–2018).