Ben Fan

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ben Fan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Fan has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ben Fan's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (25 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (14 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (7 papers). Ben Fan is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (25 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (14 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (7 papers). Ben Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and France. Ben Fan's co-authors include Rainer Borriss, Jochen Blom, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Anke Becker, Xiaolei Ding, Wilfrid Bleiß, Xiaofeng Song, Cong Wang, Xiao‐Qin Wu and Xuewen Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ben Fan

59 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus velezensis, and Baci... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2018 100 200 300
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. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus velezensis, and Bacillus siamensis Form an “Operational Group B. amyloliquefaciens” within the B. subtilis Species Complex
    2017 315 citations Ben Fan, Jochen Blom et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
  2. Bacillus velezensis FZB42 in 2018: The Gram-Positive Model Strain for Plant Growth Promotion and Biocontrol
    2018 297 citations Ben Fan, Cong Wang et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Fan China 17 1.3k 752 248 202 201 63 1.9k
Liming Wu China 18 1.5k 1.1× 743 1.0× 163 0.7× 305 1.5× 209 1.0× 31 2.0k
Helmut Junge Germany 11 1.2k 0.9× 681 0.9× 227 0.9× 198 1.0× 182 0.9× 23 1.6k
Chang‐Sik Oh South Korea 32 2.2k 1.7× 621 0.8× 241 1.0× 346 1.7× 129 0.6× 105 2.7k
Guoliang Qian China 29 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.7× 232 0.9× 186 0.9× 315 1.6× 111 2.5k
Saul Burdman Israel 36 2.7k 2.0× 1.1k 1.4× 262 1.1× 296 1.5× 357 1.8× 88 3.6k
Yueqiu He China 27 1.4k 1.0× 558 0.7× 121 0.5× 460 2.3× 196 1.0× 89 1.8k
Eva Arrebola Spain 21 1.5k 1.1× 500 0.7× 119 0.5× 490 2.4× 213 1.1× 39 1.9k
Sudheer Kumar India 27 1.1k 0.8× 405 0.5× 90 0.4× 271 1.3× 210 1.0× 71 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ben Fan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ben Fan. The network helps show where Ben Fan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Fan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Fan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Fan 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 Ben Fan. Ben Fan 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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Hui, Wei, Qi Wang, Zhilu Xu, et al.. (2025). Entropy-driven strategy stabilizes photoactive halide perovskites for inverted solar cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9717–9717.
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Fan, Ben, et al.. (2025). The Mechanisms of Bacillus subtilis as a Plant-Beneficial Rhizobacterium in Plant–Microbe Interactions. Microorganisms. 13(12). 2823–2823. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yongfeng, et al.. (2025). Biocontrol of Crown Gall Disease of Cherry Trees by Bacillus velezensis. Plants. 14(3). 475–475. 1 indexed citations
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Qin, Zuoyu, Zebin Yu, Zimu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical reconfiguration of iron-modified Ni3S2 surface induced oxygen vacancies to immobilize sulfate for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 677(Pt B). 259–270. 9 indexed citations
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Zheng, Lu, et al.. (2024). Marriage squeeze in the Loess Plateau Region, Northwestern China: A case study of two villages. Journal of Rural Studies. 110. 103375–103375.
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Guo, Xiaoxiao, Ying Sun, Jing Qiao, Ben Fan, & Xueqin Zhang. (2024). Levofloxacin-loaded silicone contact lenses materials for ocular drug delivery. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 39(8). 855–865. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Tao, Jianping Zhou, Ben Fan, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Micromotors with Spiky Gold Nanoshells as SERS Sensors for Thiram and Bacteria Detection. Small. 20(48). e2405193–e2405193. 12 indexed citations
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Rahman, Mati Ur, et al.. (2024). Application of fungi as biological control strategies for nematode management in horticultural crops. Phytopathology Research. 6(1). 6 indexed citations
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Shao, Lin, et al.. (2024). ccdC Regulates Biofilm Dispersal in Bacillus velezensis FZB42. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(10). 5201–5201. 3 indexed citations
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Qiao, Jing, X. Grant Chen, Xingliang Xu, et al.. (2023). A metal–organic framework-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer nanoprobe for highly selective detection of Staphylococcus Aureus. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11(35). 8519–8527. 13 indexed citations
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Huang, Shengquan, et al.. (2023). Transcriptional Profiling and Transposon Mutagenesis Study of the Endophyte Pantoea eucalypti FBS135 Adapting to Nitrogen Starvation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(18). 14282–14282. 1 indexed citations
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Xiong, Qin, Beihua Bao, Wenbo Zhang, et al.. (2021). The Plant-Beneficial Rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis FZB42 Controls the Soybean Pathogen Phytophthora sojae Due to Bacilysin Production. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(23). e0160121–e0160121. 65 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanhong, et al.. (2020). Intrathecal Morphine Infusion Therapy via a Percutaneous Port for Refractory Cancer Pain in China: An Efficacy, Safety and Cost Utilization Analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Bin, Qian Peng, Mengyao Sheng, et al.. (2018). Directed Evolution of Sulfonylurea Esterase and Characterization of a Variant with Improved Activity. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67(3). 836–843. 15 indexed citations
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Fan, Ben, Cong Wang, Xiaofeng Song, et al.. (2018). Bacillus velezensis FZB42 in 2018: The Gram-Positive Model Strain for Plant Growth Promotion and Biocontrol. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2491–2491. 297 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fan, Ben, Jochen Blom, Hans‐Peter Klenk, & Rainer Borriss. (2017). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus velezensis, and Bacillus siamensis Form an “Operational Group B. amyloliquefaciens” within the B. subtilis Species Complex. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 22–22. 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fan, Ben, Yulong Li, & Qi Qi. (2016). Study on antagonism and mechanisms of Bacillus velezensis FZB42 strain against two species of tree fungi pathogens.. Nanjing Linye Daxue xuebao. 40(6). 103–108. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Ben, Yulong Li, Lei Li, et al.. (2016). Malonylome of the plant growth promoting rhizobacterium with potent biocontrol activity, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42. Data in Brief. 10. 548–550. 4 indexed citations
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He, Xiang, Xiaofan Xu, Shuhong Zhao, et al.. (2008). Investigation of Lpin1 as a candidate gene for fat deposition in pigs. Molecular Biology Reports. 36(5). 1175–1180. 29 indexed citations

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