Cunyu Yan

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Cunyu Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Cunyu Yan has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Cunyu Yan's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (10 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Cunyu Yan is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (10 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Cunyu Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Cunyu Yan's co-authors include Jinfang Chu, Jihong Fu, Qian Qian, Shuang Fang, Hao Lin, Xiangbing Meng, Biao Jiang, Renxiao Wang, Meixian Yan and Zhen Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cunyu Yan

60 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

DWARF27, an Iron-Containing Protein Required for the Biosynthesis of Strigolactones, Regulates Rice Tiller Bud Outgrowth

2009 518 citations Hao Lin, Renxiao Wang et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Cryptochrome 1 interacts with PIF4 to regulate high temperature-mediated hypocotyl elongation in response to blue light

2015 355 citations Dingbang Ma, Xu Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Overexpression of microRNA OsmiR397 improves rice yield by increasing grain size and promoting panicle branching

2013 349 citations Peiyong Xin, Cunyu Yan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cunyu Yan China	27	2.0k	1.4k	345	208	175	62	3.1k
Einat Bar Israel	36	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.7×	400 1.2×	184 0.9×	237 1.4×	74	4.0k
H. A. Verhoeven Netherlands	27	1.8k 0.9×	2.9k 2.1×	327 0.9×	131 0.6×	176 1.0×	61	3.9k
Leonardo Perez de Souza Germany	24	979 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	167 0.5×	85 0.4×	149 0.9×	62	2.3k
Mariusz Kowalczyk Poland	27	3.7k 1.8×	3.1k 2.2×	205 0.6×	78 0.4×	109 0.6×	93	4.9k
Petr Tarkowski Czechia	34	4.0k 2.0×	2.7k 1.9×	395 1.1×	68 0.3×	118 0.7×	104	4.9k
Keisuke Kitamura Japan	39	3.2k 1.6×	1.8k 1.3×	140 0.4×	202 1.0×	165 0.9×	181	5.5k
Daryl D. Rowan New Zealand	31	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 3.0×	89 0.4×	187 1.1×	90	3.7k
José Luís Rambla Spain	32	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	218 0.6×	192 0.9×	69 0.4×	71	3.4k
Jan Schripsema Brazil	31	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	127 0.4×	79 0.4×	285 1.6×	123	2.9k
Heiko Rischer Finland	29	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	187 0.5×	63 0.3×	217 1.2×	93	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Cunyu Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cunyu Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cunyu Yan

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

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Wei, Rui, Yawen Shi, Shengbo Zhang, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic Upgrading of Plastic Waste into High-Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels: Advances and Perspectives. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(7). 2615–2632. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Min, Zan He, Shuhui Sun, et al.. (2025). Single-nucleus transcriptomics decodes the link between aging and lumbar disc herniation. Protein & Cell. 16(8). 667–684. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Yuqi, Chuanyang Liu, Linus O. Johannissen, et al.. (2024). Photocobilins integrate B12 and bilin photochemistry for enzyme control. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2740–2740. 5 indexed citations

Hanko, Erik K. R., Kris Niño G. Valdehuesa, Cunyu Yan, et al.. (2023). Carboxylic acid reductase-dependent biosynthesis of eugenol and related allylphenols. Microbial Cell Factories. 22(1). 238–238. 8 indexed citations

Yan, Cunyu, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesis of cannabigerol and cannabigerolic acid: the gateways to further cannabinoid production. PubMed. 8(1). ysad010–ysad010. 5 indexed citations

Dunstan, Mark S., Christopher Robinson, Adrian J. Jervis, et al.. (2020). Engineering Escherichia coli towards de novo production of gatekeeper (2S)-flavanones: naringenin, pinocembrin, eriodictyol and homoeriodictyol. PubMed. 5(1). ysaa012–ysaa012. 54 indexed citations

Currin, Andrew, Neil Swainston, Mark S. Dunstan, et al.. (2019). Highly multiplexed, fast and accurate nanopore sequencing for verification of synthetic DNA constructs and sequence libraries. PubMed. 4(1). ysz025–ysz025. 34 indexed citations

Sinclair, Eleanor, Katherine A. Hollywood, Cunyu Yan, et al.. (2018). Mobilising ion mobility mass spectrometry for metabolomics. The Analyst. 143(19). 4783–4788. 30 indexed citations

Yan, Cunyu, Fabio Parmeggiani, Emrys A. Jones, et al.. (2017). Real-Time Screening of Biocatalysts in Live Bacterial Colonies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(4). 1408–1411. 51 indexed citations

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Ma, Dingbang, Xu Li, Yongxia Guo, et al.. (2015). Cryptochrome 1 interacts with PIF4 to regulate high temperature-mediated hypocotyl elongation in response to blue light. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(1). 224–229. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Xu, Qian Wu, Wanqiang Qian, et al.. (2015). Hijacking of the jasmonate pathway by the mycotoxin fumonisin B1 (FB1) to initiate programmed cell death in Arabidopsis is modulated by RGLG3 and RGLG4. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(9). 2709–2721. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Jun Fang, Fan Xu, et al.. (2014). Expression Patterns of ABA and GA Metabolism Genes and Hormone Levels during Rice Seed Development and Imbibition: A Comparison of Dormant and Non-Dormant Rice Cultivars. Journal of genetics and genomics. 41(6). 327–338. 62 indexed citations

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Xin, Peiyong, Jijun Yan, Jinshi Fan, Jinfang Chu, & Cunyu Yan. (2013). An Improved Simplified High-Sensitivity Quantification Method for Determining Brassinosteroids in Different Tissues of Rice and Arabidopsis . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 162(4). 2056–2066. 57 indexed citations

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Yan, Cunyu. (2012). The contents of six components in phthalic acid esters in the fishes from the Zhuyang section of the Yangtze River and the Fushun section of the Tuo River. Freshwater Fisheries. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Jihong, Jinfang Chu, Xiaohong Sun, Jide Wang, & Cunyu Yan. (2012). Simple, Rapid, and Simultaneous Assay of Multiple Carboxyl Containing Phytohormones in Wounded Tomatoes by UPLC-MS/MS Using Single SPE Purification and Isotope Dilution. Analytical Sciences. 28(11). 1081–1087. 164 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoqiang, Feng Li, Jiuyou Tang, et al.. (2012). Activation of the Jasmonic Acid Pathway by Depletion of the Hydroperoxide Lyase OsHPL3 Reveals Crosstalk between the HPL and AOS Branches of the Oxylipin Pathway in Rice. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50089–e50089. 70 indexed citations

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Lin, Hao, Renxiao Wang, Qian Qian, et al.. (2009). DWARF27, an Iron-Containing Protein Required for the Biosynthesis of Strigolactones, Regulates Rice Tiller Bud Outgrowth . The Plant Cell. 21(5). 1512–1525. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Cunyu. (2008). STEM RESPIRATION RATES OF DOMINANT TREE SPECIES IN A TROPICAL SEASONAL RAIN FOREST IN XISHUANGBANNA,YUNNAN,SOUTHWEST CHINA. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wenxia, et al.. (2006). Effects of Liuwei Dihuang decoction on ion channels and synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neuron of rat. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 106(2). 166–172. 31 indexed citations

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Yan, Cunyu. (2003). HPLC and ESI-TOF-MS Analysis of the Anomeric Isomers of Morroniside. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 2 indexed citations

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