Caiyan Chen

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Caiyan Chen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Caiyan Chen has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Caiyan Chen's work include Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (8 papers), Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (8 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (6 papers). Caiyan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (8 papers), Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (8 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (6 papers). Caiyan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Caiyan Chen's co-authors include Donghai Mao, Yuxing Zhu, Jiurong Wang, Longtao Tan, Can Peng, Hongyan Zhu, Liang Sun, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Jinshui Wu and Tida Ge and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Caiyan Chen

45 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Knockout of OsNramp5 using the CRISPR/Cas9 system produces low Cd-accumulating indica rice without compromising yield

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caiyan Chen China	24	1.6k	581	417	236	202	46	2.3k
Yachun Su China	31	2.1k 1.3×	891 1.5×	114 0.3×	55 0.2×	133 0.7×	106	2.7k
Ya Liu China	20	729 0.5×	311 0.5×	51 0.1×	63 0.3×	223 1.1×	81	1.6k
Chong Yang China	24	958 0.6×	368 0.6×	529 1.3×	22 0.1×	114 0.6×	90	1.8k
László Márton Hungary	26	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	182 0.4×	52 0.2×	79 0.4×	83	2.2k
Jiří Holátko Czechia	19	853 0.5×	604 1.0×	314 0.8×	104 0.4×	115 0.6×	94	2.1k
Ganghua Li China	36	2.9k 1.8×	332 0.6×	89 0.2×	257 1.1×	202 1.0×	138	3.5k
Joëlle Sasse United States	13	2.3k 1.4×	602 1.0×	113 0.3×	89 0.4×	360 1.8×	16	2.8k
Sagadevan Mundree Australia	28	1.7k 1.1×	721 1.2×	45 0.1×	79 0.3×	142 0.7×	74	2.7k
Yoshinobu Kawamitsu Japan	24	1.1k 0.7×	301 0.5×	40 0.1×	65 0.3×	106 0.5×	108	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caiyan Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Caiyan Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Caiyan Chen 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 Caiyan Chen. Caiyan Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Cui, Yanchun, Lifang Huang, Peng Liu, et al.. (2025). Suppressing an auxin efflux transporter enhances rice adaptation to temperate habitats. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4100–4100. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Xuejiao, Mengting Zhu, Xueming Yang, et al.. (2025). Modified carbon dot‐mediated transient transformation for genomic and epigenomic studies in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(4). 1139–1152. 5 indexed citations

Tao, Liang, Fulong Chen, Xiaochen Zhou, et al.. (2024). Extraction of deterioration and analysis of vegetation impact effects on the south palace wall of Weiyang Palace. Heritage Science. 12(1). 2 indexed citations

Liu, Tengfei, Jinjiang Li, Zheng Zhou, et al.. (2023). Phenotypic and genetic dissection of the contents of important metallic elements in hybrid rice grown in cadmium-contaminated paddy fields. Heliyon. 9(9). e19919–e19919. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Donghai, Shentong Tao, Xin Li, et al.. (2022). The Harbinger transposon‐derived gene PANDA epigenetically coordinates panicle number and grain size in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(6). 1154–1166. 25 indexed citations

Mao, Donghai, Liang Sun, Ruigang Wang, et al.. (2022). CF1 reduces grain‐cadmium levels in rice (Oryza sativa). The Plant Journal. 110(5). 1305–1318. 22 indexed citations

Tang, Li, Longtao Tan, Yaokui Li, et al.. (2021). Overexpression of OsLCT2, a Low-Affinity Cation Transporter Gene, Reduces Cadmium Accumulation in Shoots and Grains of Rice. Rice. 14(1). 89–89. 27 indexed citations

Chen, Caiyan & Linhai Jing. (2020). Stand species identification using GF-2 imagery and airborne LiDAR data based on SVM classifier. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 502(1). 12045–12045. 2 indexed citations

Mao, Donghai, Yeyun Xin, Yongjun Tan, et al.. (2019). Natural variation in the HAN1 gene confers chilling tolerance in rice and allowed adaptation to a temperate climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(9). 3494–3501. 155 indexed citations

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Fang, Yuan, Lifen Chen, Kande Lin, et al.. (2019). Characterization of functional relationships of R-loops with gene transcription and epigenetic modifications in rice. Genome Research. 29(8). 1287–1297. 43 indexed citations

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Tan, Yongjun, Liang Sun, Donghai Mao, et al.. (2019). Genetic architecture of subspecies divergence in trace mineral accumulation and elemental correlations in the rice grain. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 133(2). 529–545. 32 indexed citations

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Tan, Longtao, Yuxing Zhu, Can Peng, et al.. (2019). OsZIP7 functions in xylem loading in roots and inter-vascular transfer in nodes to deliver Zn/Cd to grain in rice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 512(1). 112–118. 189 indexed citations

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Sun, Liang, Qihong Zhu, Fei Yang, et al.. (2016). Genetic Diversity, Rather than Cultivar Type, Determines Relative Grain Cd Accumulation in Hybrid Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 1407–1407. 61 indexed citations

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Mao, Donghai, Yu Li, Dazhou Chen, et al.. (2015). Multiple cold resistance loci confer the high cold tolerance adaptation of Dongxiang wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) to its high-latitude habitat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 128(7). 1359–1371. 80 indexed citations

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Yang, Chunhua, Dayong Li, Xue Liu, et al.. (2014). OsMYB103L, an R2R3-MYB transcription factor, influences leaf rolling and mechanical strength in rice (Oryza sativaL.). BMC Plant Biology. 14(1). 158–158. 97 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Dechun Zhang, Mingfeng Tang, et al.. (2013). THIS1 is a putative lipase that regulates tillering, plant height, and spikelet fertility in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(14). 4389–4402. 37 indexed citations

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Chen, Caiyan & Hongyan Zhu. (2013). Are common symbiosis genes required for endophytic rice-rhizobial interactions?. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 8(9). e25453–e25453. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Caiyan, Jean‐Michel Ané, & Hongyan Zhu. (2008). OsIPD3, an ortholog of the Medicago truncatula DMI3 interacting protein IPD3, is required for mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice. New Phytologist. 180(2). 311–315. 62 indexed citations

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Chen, Caiyan, Han Xiao, Wenli Zhang, et al.. (2006). Adapting rice anther culture to gene transformation and RNA interference. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 49(5). 414–428. 13 indexed citations

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Zhai, Wenxue, Caiyan Chen, Xue‐Feng Zhu, et al.. (2004). Analysis of T-DNA-Xa21 loci and bacterial blight resistance effects of the transgene Xa21 in transgenic rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 109(3). 534–542. 26 indexed citations

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