Derui Liu

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Derui Liu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derui Liu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Derui Liu's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (5 papers). Derui Liu is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (5 papers). Derui Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Derui Liu's co-authors include Eugenia Russinova, Yanhai Yin, Nemanja Vukašinović, Trevor M. Nolan, Xiuling Cai, Ping He, Shuguo Hou, Libo Shan, Sixue Chen and Jiping Gao 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

Derui Liu

20 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Brassinosteroids: Multidimensional Regulators of Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses

2019 704 citations Trevor M. Nolan, Nemanja Vukašinović et al. The Plant Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derui Liu China	14	1.2k	551	138	72	58	20	1.4k
Yuping Wang China	23	1.6k 1.3×	694 1.3×	61 0.4×	102 1.4×	258 4.4×	75	1.8k
Zhonghua Sheng China	18	836 0.7×	372 0.7×	143 1.0×	32 0.4×	271 4.7×	61	1.1k
Shu‐Jen Wang Taiwan	16	607 0.5×	231 0.4×	79 0.6×	64 0.9×	37 0.6×	33	741
Donglin Zhang China	19	725 0.6×	296 0.5×	39 0.3×	160 2.2×	55 0.9×	115	1.4k
Sook Jung United States	24	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 2.1×	33 0.2×	39 0.5×	202 3.5×	50	2.1k
Joon‐Seob Eom South Korea	11	1.3k 1.1×	508 0.9×	129 0.9×	36 0.5×	89 1.5×	13	1.4k
Sang-Bong Choi South Korea	11	786 0.7×	567 1.0×	80 0.6×	35 0.5×	35 0.6×	11	1.0k
Ning Zhao China	22	1.2k 1.0×	776 1.4×	47 0.3×	46 0.6×	89 1.5×	63	1.5k
Graham N. Scofield Australia	15	1.6k 1.4×	517 0.9×	125 0.9×	61 0.8×	155 2.7×	16	1.8k
Alexandra Wormit Germany	16	1.5k 1.3×	737 1.3×	45 0.3×	107 1.5×	46 0.8×	20	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Derui Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derui Liu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Jinwei, et al.. (2025). Melatonin confers saline-alkali tolerance in tomato by alleviating nitrosative damage and S-nitrosylation of H+-ATPase 2. The Plant Cell. 37(2). 10 indexed citations

Wang, Zhengqi, Jiahui Shao, Jingjing Wang, et al.. (2025). Rhizosphere domestication enhances root colonization and plant growth promotion performance of Bacillus velezensis SQR9. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1638130–1638130. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jun, Fausto Andres Ortiz‐Morea, Yulu Zhou, et al.. (2024). The antagonistic role of an E3 ligase pair in regulating plant NLR-mediated autoimmunity and fungal pathogen resistance. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(7). 1114–1128.e10. 3 indexed citations

Claus, Lucas Alves Neubus, Derui Liu, Ulrich Hohmann, et al.. (2023). BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 internalization can occur independent of ligand binding. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 192(1). 65–76. 5 indexed citations

Hou, Shuguo, Derui Liu, Shijia Huang, et al.. (2021). The Arabidopsis MIK2 receptor elicits immunity by sensing a conserved signature from phytocytokines and microbes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5494–5494. 93 indexed citations

Liu, Derui, Dexian Luo, & Ping He. (2021). ROS around RIPK. Molecular Plant. 14(10). 1607–1609. 6 indexed citations

Hou, Shuguo, Derui Liu, & Ping He. (2021). Phytocytokines function as immunological modulators of plant immunity. Stress Biology. 1(1). 8–8. 60 indexed citations

Yan, Siyu, et al.. (2021). ACC. 384–397. 50 indexed citations

Liu, Derui, Rahul Kumar, Lucas Alves Neubus Claus, et al.. (2020). Endocytosis of BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 Is Partly Driven by a Canonical Tyr-Based Motif. The Plant Cell. 32(11). 3598–3612. 27 indexed citations

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Liu, Derui, et al.. (2020). OsRRM, an RNA-Binding Protein, Modulates Sugar Transport in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 605276–605276. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Jun, Yanyan Huang, Liang Kong, et al.. (2020). The malectin-like receptor-like kinase LETUM1 modulates NLR protein SUMM2 activation via MEKK2 scaffolding. Nature Plants. 6(9). 1106–1115. 46 indexed citations

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Luo, Dexian, Derui Liu, Stien Beirinckx, et al.. (2019). Plant Growth Promotion Driven by a Novel Caulobacter Strain. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 32(9). 1162–1174. 36 indexed citations

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Nolan, Trevor M., Nemanja Vukašinović, Derui Liu, Eugenia Russinova, & Yanhai Yin. (2019). Brassinosteroids: Multidimensional Regulators of Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses. The Plant Cell. 32(2). 295–318. 704 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Jinggeng, Derui Liu, Ping Wang, et al.. (2018). Regulation of Arabidopsis brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 endocytosis and degradation by plant U-box PUB12/PUB13-mediated ubiquitination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(8). E1906–E1915. 119 indexed citations

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Liu, Derui, Maria Kilfoil, Erik Learned-Miller, et al.. (2017). Imaging cellulose synthase motility during primary cell wall synthesis in the grass Brachypodium distachyon. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15111–15111. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Changquan, Xinyu Ren, Yan Lu, et al.. (2017). Molecular Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Starches from Rice with Different Amylose Contents Resulting from Modification of OsGBSSI Activity. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 65(10). 2222–2232. 113 indexed citations

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Liu, Derui, Wei Wang, & Xiuling Cai. (2014). Modulation of amylose content by structure‐based modification of OsGBSS1 activity in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal. 12(9). 1297–1307. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Derui & Xiuling Cai. (2013). OsRRMh, a Spen‐Like Gene, Plays an Important Role During the Vegetative to Reproductive Transition in Rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55(9). 876–887. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Derui, Weixue Huang, & Xiuling Cai. (2013). Oligomerization of rice granule-bound starch synthase 1 modulates its activity regulation. Plant Science. 210. 141–150. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Derui & Lina Sun. (2005). Direct isolation of specific RNA-interacting proteins using a novel affinity medium. Nucleic Acids Research. 33(15). e132–e132. 8 indexed citations

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