Baofu Xu

757 total citations
24 papers, 512 citations indexed

About

Baofu Xu is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Baofu Xu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 512 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pharmacology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Baofu Xu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (17 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (15 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (8 papers). Baofu Xu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (17 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (15 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (8 papers). Baofu Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Baofu Xu's co-authors include Jeffrey D. Rudolf, Zining Li, Tyler A. Alsup, Youli Xiao, Yue‐Wei Guo, Dean J. Tantillo, Donovon A. Adpressa, Sandra Loesgen, Chenxi Zhu and Zhen Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Baofu Xu

24 papers receiving 509 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Baofu Xu China 14 374 283 97 71 66 24 512
Francisco Javier Ortiz‐López Spain 14 278 0.7× 291 1.0× 87 0.9× 42 0.6× 105 1.6× 29 484
Mina Jang South Korea 12 227 0.6× 231 0.8× 83 0.9× 52 0.7× 76 1.2× 27 429
Guangzheng Wei China 11 181 0.5× 270 1.0× 99 1.0× 114 1.6× 109 1.7× 22 404
Tyler A. Alsup United States 5 273 0.7× 225 0.8× 68 0.7× 32 0.5× 30 0.5× 11 373
Morten T. Nielsen Denmark 12 483 1.3× 282 1.0× 86 0.9× 74 1.0× 26 0.4× 13 609
Nicola Steffan Germany 8 256 0.7× 254 0.9× 49 0.5× 44 0.6× 76 1.2× 8 396
Shaoxin Chen China 14 410 1.1× 195 0.7× 77 0.8× 47 0.7× 75 1.1× 43 533
Trong D. Tran Australia 15 196 0.5× 125 0.4× 100 1.0× 76 1.1× 85 1.3× 45 484
Björn Kusebauch Germany 9 212 0.6× 343 1.2× 107 1.1× 100 1.4× 153 2.3× 12 435
Inge Unsöld Germany 6 408 1.1× 432 1.5× 78 0.8× 53 0.7× 78 1.2× 6 582

Countries citing papers authored by Baofu Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Baofu Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Baofu Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Baofu Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Baofu Xu 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 Baofu Xu. Baofu Xu 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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Xu, Kangwei, Wei Lin, Yue‐Wei Guo, et al.. (2025). Mining coral-derived terpene synthases and mechanistic studies of the coral biflorane synthase. Science Advances. 11(9). eadv0805–eadv0805. 7 indexed citations
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Ning, Wenbo, Tyler A. Alsup, Zining Li, et al.. (2025). Exploring and expanding the natural chemical space of bacterial diterpenes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3721–3721. 12 indexed citations
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Fu, Zunyun, Lijun Liu, Xiaochen Chen, et al.. (2024). Discovery of a terpene synthase synthesizing a nearly non-flexible eunicellane reveals the basis of flexibility. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5940–5940. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, et al.. (2024). Chemical and biosynthetic potential of Penicillium shentong XL-F41. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 20. 597–606. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zining, Baofu Xu, Tyler A. Alsup, et al.. (2023). Cryptic Isomerization in Diterpene Biosynthesis and the Restoration of an Evolutionarily Defunct P450. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(41). 22361–22365. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Bao, et al.. (2023). Recent advances of activation techniques-based discovery of new compounds from marine fungi. Fitoterapia. 167. 105503–105503. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Zining, Baofu Xu, Teresa Ortega, et al.. (2023). First trans-eunicellane terpene synthase in bacteria. Chem. 9(3). 698–708. 24 indexed citations
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Fang, Xin, Jianxu Li, Zhiwen Chen, et al.. (2023). Dirigent gene editing of gossypol enantiomers for toxicity-depleted cotton seeds. Nature Plants. 9(4). 605–615. 39 indexed citations
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Chen, Longxian, Yan Li, Baofu Xu, et al.. (2023). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a hierarchical transcriptional regulatory network of terpenoid biosynthesis in cotton secretory glandular cells. Molecular Plant. 16(12). 1990–2003. 34 indexed citations
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Chen, Jing, Hong Wang, Haiyan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Bioactive Cembranoids from the Coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum of Ximao Island. ACS Omega. 7(45). 41678–41686. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Baofu, et al.. (2022). Unusual Secondary Metabolites from the Mangrove Ecosystems: Structures, Bioactivities, Chemical, and Bio-Syntheses. Marine Drugs. 20(8). 535–535. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Bao, Peiju Qiu, Baofu Xu, et al.. (2022). Cytotoxic and Antibacterial Isomalabaricane Terpenoids from the Sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata. Journal of Natural Products. 85(7). 1799–1807. 15 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chenxi, Baofu Xu, Donovon A. Adpressa, Jeffrey D. Rudolf, & Sandra Loesgen. (2021). Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Structurally Dynamic Antibacterial Diterpenoid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(25). 14163–14170. 34 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chenxi, Baofu Xu, Donovon A. Adpressa, Jeffrey D. Rudolf, & Sandra Loesgen. (2021). Entdeckung und Biosynthese eines strukturdynamischen antibakteriellen Diterpenoids. Angewandte Chemie. 133(25). 14282–14289. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Baofu, Dean J. Tantillo, & Jeffrey D. Rudolf. (2021). Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of the 6,10‐Bicyclic Eunicellane Skeleton by the Bacterial Diterpene Synthase Bnd4. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(43). 23159–23163. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaodong, Baofu Xu, Wei Wei, et al.. (2019). Building Microbial Hosts for Heterologous Production of N-Methylpyrrolinium. ACS Synthetic Biology. 8(2). 257–263. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Baofu, et al.. (2018). Insights into Pipecolic Acid Biosynthesis in Huperzia serrata. Organic Letters. 20(8). 2195–2198. 21 indexed citations
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Yang, Mengquan, Wenjing You, Shiwen Wu, et al.. (2017). Global transcriptome analysis of Huperzia serrata and identification of critical genes involved in the biosynthesis of huperzine A. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 245–245. 34 indexed citations
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