Ci Fu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 861 citations indexed

About

Ci Fu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ci Fu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 861 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ci Fu's work include Fungal Infections and Studies (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (10 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (8 papers). Ci Fu is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Infections and Studies (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (10 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (8 papers). Ci Fu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Ci Fu's co-authors include Stephen J. Free, Joseph Heitman, Leah E. Cowen, Nicole Robbins, Nicole M. Revie, Kali R. Iyer, Abhiram Maddi, Angela Stout, Priyadarshini Iyer and María E. Cárdenas and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Ci Fu

25 papers receiving 855 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook
    2021 229 citations Kali R. Iyer, Nicole M. Revie et al. Nature Reviews 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
Ci Fu United States 16 458 355 339 303 149 27 861
Daryl L. Richie United States 15 438 1.0× 208 0.6× 232 0.7× 228 0.8× 181 1.2× 22 776
Kevin K. Fuller United States 12 370 0.8× 206 0.6× 238 0.7× 295 1.0× 181 1.2× 20 711
Yona Shadkchan Israel 18 316 0.7× 217 0.6× 294 0.9× 369 1.2× 92 0.6× 25 724
Frédérique Moyrand France 18 397 0.9× 691 1.9× 360 1.1× 554 1.8× 160 1.1× 23 1.1k
Stephanie Diezmann United States 12 459 1.0× 631 1.8× 323 1.0× 549 1.8× 209 1.4× 16 1.2k
Karine Dementhon France 12 401 0.9× 175 0.5× 378 1.1× 140 0.5× 137 0.9× 20 715
Jean-Paul Debeaupuis France 10 444 1.0× 340 1.0× 578 1.7× 629 2.1× 286 1.9× 11 1.3k
Isabel Valsecchi France 14 451 1.0× 179 0.5× 471 1.4× 282 0.9× 75 0.5× 29 882
Laetitia Muszkieta France 11 320 0.7× 171 0.5× 257 0.8× 313 1.0× 84 0.6× 13 668
Silvia Calo Spain 12 315 0.7× 272 0.8× 380 1.1× 291 1.0× 77 0.5× 17 812

Countries citing papers authored by Ci Fu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ci Fu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ci Fu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ci Fu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ci Fu 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 Ci Fu. Ci Fu 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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Fu, Ci, Nicole Robbins, & Leah E. Cowen. (2025). Adaptation of the tetracycline-repressible system for modulating the expression of essential genes in Cryptococcus neoformans. mSphere. 10(5). e0101824–e0101824.
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Fu, Ci, Linda Archambault, Tingliang Zhuang, et al.. (2025). Expansion of the functional genomics GRACE library reveals genes relevant for temperature-dependent fitness in Candida albicans. PLoS Biology. 23(10). e3003409–e3003409.
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Yan, Huijuan, Henry N. Ward, Zhen-Yuan Lin, et al.. (2024). Functional genomic analysis of genes important for Candida albicans fitness in diverse environmental conditions. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114601–114601. 6 indexed citations
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Fu, Ci, et al.. (2024). The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence. PLoS Pathogens. 20(11). e1012735–e1012735. 7 indexed citations
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Roth, Cullen, Debra Murray, Ci Fu, et al.. (2021). Pleiotropy and epistasis within and between signaling pathways defines the genetic architecture of fungal virulence. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1009313–e1009313. 9 indexed citations
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Fu, Ci, Sheng Sun, Vikas Yadav, et al.. (2021). Dynamic genome plasticity during unisexual reproduction in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans. PLoS Genetics. 17(11). e1009935–e1009935. 12 indexed citations
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Iyer, Kali R., Nicole M. Revie, Ci Fu, Nicole Robbins, & Leah E. Cowen. (2021). Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(7). 454–466. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ianiri, Giuseppe, Marco A. Coelho, Fiorella Ruchti, et al.. (2020). HGT in the human and skin commensal Malassezia : A bacterially derived flavohemoglobin is required for NO resistance and host interaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(27). 15884–15894. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Sheng, Ci Fu, Giuseppe Ianiri, & Joseph Heitman. (2019). The Pheromone and Pheromone Receptor Mating-Type Locus Is Involved in Controlling Uniparental Mitochondrial Inheritance in Cryptococcus. Genetics. 214(3). 703–717. 16 indexed citations
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Son, Ye-Eun, Ci Fu, Won Hee Jung, et al.. (2019). Pbp1-Interacting Protein Mkt1 Regulates Virulence and Sexual Reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 9. 355–355. 7 indexed citations
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Fu, Ci, et al.. (2019). Genetic and genomic evolution of sexual reproduction: echoes from LECA to the fungal kingdom. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 58-59. 70–75. 15 indexed citations
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Fu, Ci, et al.. (2019). Unisexual reproduction promotes competition for mating partners in the global human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans. PLoS Genetics. 15(9). e1008394–e1008394. 5 indexed citations
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Chow, Eve W. L., Ci Fu, Erik J. Soderblom, et al.. (2016). Calcineurin Targets Involved in Stress Survival and Fungal Virulence. PLoS Pathogens. 12(9). e1005873–e1005873. 68 indexed citations
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Fu, Ci, Sheng Sun, R. Blake Billmyre, Kevin Roach, & Joseph Heitman. (2014). Unisexual versus bisexual mating in Cryptococcus neoformans: Consequences and biological impacts. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 78. 65–75. 34 indexed citations
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Fu, Ci, et al.. (2014). Characterization of the Neurospora crassa Cell Fusion Proteins, HAM-6, HAM-7, HAM-8, HAM-9, HAM-10, AMPH-1 and WHI-2. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e107773–e107773. 39 indexed citations
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Maddi, Abhiram, et al.. (2012). WSC-1 and HAM-7 Are MAK-1 MAP Kinase Pathway Sensors Required for Cell Wall Integrity and Hyphal Fusion in Neurospora crassa. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42374–e42374. 58 indexed citations
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Maddi, Abhiram, Ci Fu, & Stephen J. Free. (2012). The Neurospora crassa dfg5 and dcw1 Genes Encode α-1,6-Mannanases That Function in the Incorporation of Glycoproteins into the Cell Wall. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38872–e38872. 47 indexed citations

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