Fafu Shen

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Fafu Shen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fafu Shen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Fafu Shen's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers), Research in Cotton Cultivation (12 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers). Fafu Shen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers), Research in Cotton Cultivation (12 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (8 papers). Fafu Shen collaborates with scholars based in China. Fafu Shen's co-authors include Wei Wang, Xiaopei Zhang, Zujun Yin, Jie Dong, Yingying Cheng, Weidong Zhu, Xiulan Han, Fenni Deng, Minxuan Xia and Chunhe Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Plant Cell & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Fafu Shen

35 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Mechanisms and Functions of Long Non-Coding RNAs at Multiple Regulatory Levels

2019 631 citations Xiaopei Zhang, Wei Wang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fafu Shen China	21	1.2k	1.1k	585	136	61	36	2.0k
Xiaopei Zhang China	16	746 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	656 1.1×	176 1.3×	35 0.6×	37	1.8k
Marion Wood United Kingdom	14	1.1k 0.9×	921 0.8×	295 0.5×	51 0.4×	27 0.4×	22	1.8k
Nathalie Nicot Luxembourg	14	863 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	245 0.4×	51 0.4×	44 0.7×	28	1.9k
Moussa Benhamed France	34	2.8k 2.4×	2.4k 2.1×	453 0.8×	301 2.2×	43 0.7×	57	3.6k
Xiaoyan Wang China	24	555 0.5×	846 0.8×	304 0.5×	31 0.2×	43 0.7×	119	1.6k
Feng Tian China	17	1.9k 1.6×	1.8k 1.6×	202 0.3×	45 0.3×	53 0.9×	45	3.1k
Moussa Benhamed France	23	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	186 0.3×	53 0.4×	18 0.3×	46	1.8k
Yongping Li China	23	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	243 0.4×	31 0.2×	31 0.5×	89	1.8k
Meng Xie China	20	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	174 0.3×	23 0.2×	35 0.6×	49	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fafu Shen

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Pan, Yuanbo, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide analysis of the COMT gene family in Avena sativa: insights into lignin biosynthesis and disease defense mechanisms. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1609698–1609698.

Wang, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of Strigolactone-Regulated Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants. Plants. 14(16). 2582–2582. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Jie, et al.. (2024). GhRAP2.4 enhances drought tolerance by positively regulating the strigolactone receptor GhD14 expression in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 289. 138624–138624. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Huahui, et al.. (2024). Functions of exogenous strigolactone application and strigolactone biosynthesis genes GhMAX3/GhMAX4b in response to drought tolerance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 1008–1008. 5 indexed citations

Shen, Jian, Dongdong Chen, Xiaopei Zhang, et al.. (2021). Mitigation of salt stress response in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) by exogenous melatonin. Journal of Plant Research. 134(4). 857–871. 36 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Dongdong Chen, Dan Liu, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive analysis of the Gossypium hirsutum L. respiratory burst oxidase homolog (Ghrboh) gene family. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 91–91. 27 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaopei, Jie Dong, Fenni Deng, et al.. (2019). The long non-coding RNA lncRNA973 is involved in cotton response to salt stress. BMC Plant Biology. 19(1). 459–459. 103 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Dongdong Chen, Xiaopei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Role of plant respiratory burst oxidase homologs in stress responses. Free Radical Research. 52(8). 826–839. 66 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Xiaopei Zhang, Fenni Deng, Rui Yuan, & Fafu Shen. (2017). Genome-wide characterization and expression analyses of superoxide dismutase (SOD) genes in Gossypium hirsutum. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 376–376. 99 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Minxuan Xia, Jie Chen, et al.. (2016). Data set for phylogenetic tree and RAMPAGE Ramachandran plot analysis of SODs in Gossypium raimondii and G. arboreum. Data in Brief. 9. 345–348. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2016). Gene expression characteristics and regulation mechanisms of superoxide dismutase and its physiological roles in plants under stress. Biochemistry (Moscow). 81(5). 465–480. 94 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, Sibao Wan, Shuli Fan, et al.. (2016). Overexpression of an Apocynum venetum DEAD-Box Helicase Gene (AvDH1) in Cotton Confers Salinity Tolerance and Increases Yield in a Saline Field. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 1227–1227. 20 indexed citations

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Ji, Tao, Fafu Shen, Zhenguo Liu, et al.. (2015). Comparative proteomic analysis reveals mite (Varroa destructor) resistance-related proteins in Eastern honeybees (Apis cerana). Genetics and Molecular Research. 14(3). 10103–10118. 8 indexed citations

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Ji, Ting, et al.. (2014). High-throughput sequencing identification of genes involved with Varroa destructor resistance in the eastern honeybee, Apis cerana. Genetics and Molecular Research. 13(4). 9086–9096. 6 indexed citations

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Ji, Ting, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional responses in eastern honeybees (Apis cerana) infected with mites, Varroa destructor. Genetics and Molecular Research. 13(4). 8888–8900. 9 indexed citations

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Yin, Zujun, Yan Li, Xiulan Han, & Fafu Shen. (2012). Genome-Wide Profiling of miRNAs and Other Small Non-Coding RNAs in the Verticillium dahliae–Inoculated Cotton Roots. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e35765–e35765. 102 indexed citations

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Yin, Zujun, Yan Li, Jiwen Yu, et al.. (2011). Difference in miRNA expression profiles between two cotton cultivars with distinct salt sensitivity. Molecular Biology Reports. 39(4). 4961–4970. 68 indexed citations

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Yin, Zhiqiu & Fafu Shen. (2010). Identification and characterization of conserved microRNAs and their target genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Genetics and Molecular Research. 9(2). 1186–1196. 41 indexed citations

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Yin, Zujun, Chunhe Li, Xiulan Han, & Fafu Shen. (2008). Identification of conserved microRNAs and their target genes in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Gene. 414(1-2). 60–66. 145 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, et al.. (2004). The obtaining of transgenic cottons resistant to premature senescence. Xibei zhiwu xuebao. 24(8). 1419–1423. 1 indexed citations

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