Caifu Jiang

5.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
46 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Caifu Jiang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Caifu Jiang has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Caifu Jiang's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (24 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers). Caifu Jiang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (24 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers). Caifu Jiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Pakistan. Caifu Jiang's co-authors include Nicholas P. Harberd, Xiangdong Fu, Xiaoyan Liang, Xiuhua Gao, J. Andrew C. Smith, Eric J. Belfield, Yibo Cao, Aziz Mithani, Xiangbin Chen and Richard Mott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Caifu Jiang

42 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Shoot-to-Root Mobile Transcription Factor HY5 Coordinates Plant Carbon and Nitrogen Acquisition

2016 401 citations Xiangbin Chen, Xiuhua Gao et al. Current Biology profile →
A retrotransposon in an HKT1 family sodium transporter causes variation of leaf Na⁺ exclusion and salt tolerance in maize

2017 244 citations Yibo Cao, Junpeng Shi et al. New Phytologist profile →
Designing salt stress‐resilient crops: Current progress and future challenges

2023 127 citations Xiaoyan Liang, Jianfang Li et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →
A dirigent family protein confers variation of Casparian strip thickness and salt tolerance in maize

2022 103 citations Yanyan Wang, Yibo Cao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture

2023 73 citations Zhirui Yang, Yibo Cao et al. Molecular Plant profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caifu Jiang China	28	3.3k	1.5k	293	158	79	46	3.7k
Chengzhen Liang China	18	2.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	298 1.0×	109 0.7×	51 0.6×	49	2.7k
Nenghui Ye China	33	4.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	199 0.7×	160 1.0×	119 1.5×	78	4.5k
Ute Baumann Australia	33	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	541 1.8×	244 1.5×	108 1.4×	85	3.5k
Akiko Enju Japan	15	2.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	172 0.6×	109 0.7×	92 1.2×	19	3.3k
Nelson J. M. Saibo Portugal	24	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	155 0.5×	77 0.5×	92 1.2×	53	2.6k
Mingqiu Dai China	28	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	296 1.0×	103 0.7×	46 0.6×	44	3.9k
Rohit Joshi India	26	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	130 0.4×	114 0.7×	90 1.1×	89	2.7k
Yong‐Mei Bi Canada	28	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	208 0.7×	152 1.0×	92 1.2×	37	3.0k
Tiegang Lu China	28	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	319 1.1×	90 0.6×	55 0.7×	69	3.3k
Juren Zhang China	35	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	298 1.0×	247 1.6×	59 0.7×	84	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caifu Jiang

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Ye, Z.Q., et al.. (2025). The ZmMPK3-ZmGRF1 module promotes maize growth by enhancing cell proliferation under salt stress. Science Bulletin. 71(2). 269–272. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Ming, et al.. (2025). A SnRK2-HAK regulatory module confers natural variation of salt tolerance in maize. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4026–4026. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2025). The natural variation in shoot Na⁺ content and salt tolerance in maize is attributed to various minor‐effect variants, including an SNP located in the promoter of ZmHAK11. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(3). 983–985. 3 indexed citations

Liang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). ZmGolS1 underlies natural variation of raffinose content and salt tolerance in maize. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(3). 346–355. 3 indexed citations

Tian, Tian, Shuhui Wang, Shiping Yang, et al.. (2023). Genome assembly and genetic dissection of a prominent drought-resistant maize germplasm. Nature Genetics. 55(3). 496–506. 64 indexed citations

Cao, Yibo, et al.. (2023). Advances in deciphering salt tolerance mechanism in maize. The Crop Journal. 11(4). 1001–1010. 34 indexed citations

Yang, Zhirui, Yibo Cao, Yiting Shi, et al.. (2023). Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture. Molecular Plant. 16(10). 1496–1517. 73 indexed citations breakdown →

Liang, Xiaoyan, Jianfang Li, Yongqing Yang, Caifu Jiang, & Yan Guo. (2023). Designing salt stress‐resilient crops: Current progress and future challenges. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 66(3). 303–329. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Jianfang, Yan Wang, Liang Ma, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of the maize salt overly sensitive pathway by ZmSK3 and ZmSK4. Journal of genetics and genomics. 50(12). 960–970. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ming, Yidan Li, Xiaoyan Liang, et al.. (2022). A teosinte‐derived allele of an HKT1 family sodium transporter improves salt tolerance in maize. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21(1). 97–108. 51 indexed citations

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Li, Jianfang, Yiqiao Wang, Xiaoyan Liang, et al.. (2022). The classical SOS pathway confers natural variation of salt tolerance in maize. New Phytologist. 236(2). 479–494. 83 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanyan, Yibo Cao, Xiaoyan Liang, et al.. (2022). A dirigent family protein confers variation of Casparian strip thickness and salt tolerance in maize. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2222–2222. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Xiaoyan, Songyu Liu, Tao Wang, et al.. (2021). Metabolomics‐driven gene mining and genetic improvement of tolerance to salt‐induced osmotic stress in maize. New Phytologist. 230(6). 2355–2370. 58 indexed citations

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Cao, Yibo, Ming Zhang, Xiaoyan Liang, et al.. (2020). Natural variation of an EF-hand Ca2+-binding-protein coding gene confers saline-alkaline tolerance in maize. Nature Communications. 11(1). 186–186. 128 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ming, Xiaoyan Liang, Limin Wang, et al.. (2019). A HAK family Na+ transporter confers natural variation of salt tolerance in maize. Nature Plants. 5(12). 1297–1308. 169 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiangbin, et al.. (2016). Shoot-to-Root Mobile Transcription Factor HY5 Coordinates Plant Carbon and Nitrogen Acquisition. Current Biology. 26(5). 640–646. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jiang, Caifu, Aziz Mithani, Eric J. Belfield, et al.. (2014). Environmentally responsive genome-wide accumulation of de novoArabidopsis thalianamutations and epimutations. Genome Research. 24(11). 1821–1829. 175 indexed citations

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Jiang, Caifu, et al.. (2007). Phosphate Starvation Root Architecture and Anthocyanin Accumulation Responses Are Modulated by the Gibberellin-DELLA Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 145(4). 1460–1470. 382 indexed citations

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Huang, Xianzhong, et al.. (2006). Progress on Molecular Foundation of GA Biosynthesis Pathway and Signaling. Chinese Bulletin of Botany. 23(5). 499. 4 indexed citations

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Jiang, Caifu, et al.. (2004). Extraction and Two-dimensional Electrophoresis Analysis of the Cultured Insect Cell Total Membrane Proteins. Biotechnology(Faisalabad). 14(1). 37–38. 1 indexed citations

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