Cheng Lu

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Cheng Lu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Lu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Cheng Lu's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (14 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). Cheng Lu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (14 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). Cheng Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Chile. Cheng Lu's co-authors include Pamela J. Green, Blake C. Meyers, Nina V. Fedoroff, Ian R. Henderson, Steven E. Jacobsen, Shujun Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Christian Haudenschild, Kan Nobuta and Dong‐Hoon Jeong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Lu

38 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global identification of microRNA–target RNA pairs by parallel analysis of RNA ends

2008 678 citations Marcelo A. German, Manoj Pillay et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Nitrate-responsive miR393/ AFB3 regulatory module controls root system architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana

2010 480 citations Elena A. Vidal, Viviana Araus et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Lu United States	21	3.7k	2.2k	377	185	156	38	4.4k
Erika Varkonyi‐Gasic New Zealand	26	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	316 0.8×	115 0.6×	96 0.6×	48	3.6k
Dong‐Hoon Jeong South Korea	25	4.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	255 0.7×	330 1.8×	118 0.8×	55	4.6k
Jeremy R. Haag United States	17	4.1k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	152 0.4×	148 0.8×	200 1.3×	20	4.8k
Meng Yuqi China	4	2.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	633 1.7×	251 1.4×	178 1.1×	8	3.3k
Ignacio Rubio‐Somoza Spain	22	3.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	628 1.7×	74 0.4×	259 1.7×	35	3.9k
De-Chang Yang China	10	2.1k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	725 1.9×	285 1.5×	208 1.3×	15	3.6k
Guru Jagadeeswaran United States	23	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	353 0.9×	70 0.4×	79 0.5×	32	3.1k
Lianfeng Gu China	30	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	220 0.6×	153 0.8×	77 0.5×	77	3.2k
Josh T. Cuperus United States	21	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	186 0.5×	123 0.7×	142 0.9×	38	3.3k
Rebecca Schwab Germany	20	5.8k 1.6×	4.4k 2.0×	383 1.0×	165 0.9×	80 0.5×	31	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Lu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pan, Kun, Cheng Lu, Meizhen Hu, et al.. (2021). Predominantly symplastic phloem unloading of photosynthates maintains efficient starch accumulation in the cassava storage roots (Manihot esculenta Crantz). BMC Plant Biology. 21(1). 318–318. 9 indexed citations

Roesler, Keith R., Cheng Lu, Jill F. Thomas, et al.. (2021). Arabidopsis Carboxylesterase 20 Binds Strigolactone and Increases Branches and Tillers When Ectopically Expressed in Arabidopsis and Maize. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 639401–639401. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Haiyan, Pingjuan Zhao, Xu Shen, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide survey of the phosphofructokinase family in cassava and functional characterization in response to oxygen-deficient stress. BMC Plant Biology. 21(1). 376–376. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Shengkui, Xin Chen, Cheng Lu, et al.. (2018). Genome-Wide Association Studies of 11 Agronomic Traits in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 503–503. 44 indexed citations

Ma, Ping-An, Xin Chen, Chen Liu, et al.. (2017). MeSAUR1, Encoded by a Small Auxin-Up RNA Gene, Acts as a Transcription Regulator to Positively Regulate ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Small Subunit1a Gene in Cassava. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1315–1315. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Xin, Jing Xia, Zhiqiang Xia, et al.. (2015). Potential functions of microRNAs in starch metabolism and development revealed by miRNA transcriptome profiling of cassava cultivars and their wild progenitor. BMC Plant Biology. 15(1). 33–33. 47 indexed citations

Pei, Jinli, Huijun Wang, Zhiqiang Xia, et al.. (2015). Phylogeny and expression pattern of starch branching enzyme family genes in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) under diverse environments. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 406(1-2). 273–284. 10 indexed citations

Hu, Wei, Xiaowan Hou, Zhiqiang Xia, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the calcium-dependent protein kinase gene family in cassava. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 291(1). 241–253. 25 indexed citations

Xia, Jing, Changying Zeng, Zheng Chen, et al.. (2014). Endogenous small-noncoding RNAs and their roles in chilling response and stress acclimation in Cassava. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 634–634. 40 indexed citations

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Vidal, Elena A., Viviana Araus, Cheng Lu, et al.. (2010). Nitrate-responsive miR393/ AFB3 regulatory module controls root system architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(9). 4477–4482. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Haiyan, et al.. (2010). Developmenrt of EST-SSR and genomic-SSR markers to assess genetic diversity in Jatropha Curcas L.. BMC Research Notes. 3(1). 42–42. 116 indexed citations

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Lu, Cheng & Frédéric F. Souret. (2009). High-Throughput Approaches for miRNA Expression Analysis. Methods in molecular biology. 592. 107–125. 7 indexed citations

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German, Marcelo A., Manoj Pillay, Dong‐Hoon Jeong, et al.. (2008). Global identification of microRNA–target RNA pairs by parallel analysis of RNA ends. Nature Biotechnology. 26(8). 941–946. 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lu, Cheng, Blake C. Meyers, & Pamela J. Green. (2007). Construction of small RNA cDNA libraries for deep sequencing. Methods. 43(2). 110–117. 201 indexed citations

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Fondong, Vincent N., et al.. (2007). The ConsensusN-Myristoylation Motif of a Geminivirus AC4 Protein Is Required for Membrane Binding and Pathogenicity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(4). 380–391. 67 indexed citations

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Miao, Xuexia, Muwang Li, Fangyin Dai, et al.. (2007). Linkage analysis of the visible mutations Sel and Xan of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) using SSR markers. European Journal of Entomology. 104(4). 647–652. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Cheng, Frédéric F. Souret, R. Scott Poethig, et al.. (2006). MicroRNAs and other small RNAs enriched in the Arabidopsis RNA-dependent RNA polymerase-2 mutant. Genome Research. 16(10). 1276–1288. 275 indexed citations

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Meyers, Blake C., Frédéric F. Souret, Cheng Lu, & Pamela J. Green. (2006). Sweating the small stuff: microRNA discovery in plants. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 17(2). 139–146. 49 indexed citations

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Lu, Cheng, et al.. (2005). Elucidation of the Small RNA Component of the Transcriptome. Science. 309(5740). 1567–1569. 484 indexed citations

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Sima, Yang‐Hu, Bin Li, Haiming Xu, et al.. (2005). [Study on location of QTLs controlling cocoon traits in silkworm].. PubMed. 32(6). 625–32. 5 indexed citations

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