Guanxiang Liang

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Guanxiang Liang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guanxiang Liang has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Guanxiang Liang's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers). Guanxiang Liang is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers). Guanxiang Liang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Guanxiang Liang's co-authors include Frederic D. Bushman, Le Luo Guan, Nilusha Malmuthuge, Philip Griebel, Paul Stothard, Varun Aggarwala, Hua Bao, Weiwu Jin, Xin Zhao and Frédéric Beaudoin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Guanxiang Liang

35 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The human virome: assembly, composition and host interactions

2021 362 citations Guanxiang Liang, Frederic D. Bushman Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guanxiang Liang United States	22	920	431	418	360	336	41	2.0k
Randy E. Sacco United States	28	555 0.6×	717 1.7×	103 0.2×	431 1.2×	183 0.5×	106	2.6k
Gilles Foucras France	29	570 0.6×	222 0.5×	95 0.2×	981 2.7×	168 0.5×	97	3.2k
John D. Lippolis United States	33	1.1k 1.2×	268 0.6×	87 0.2×	1.2k 3.4×	379 1.1×	83	3.5k
Abbas Doosti Iran	23	662 0.7×	324 0.8×	126 0.3×	112 0.3×	165 0.5×	232	1.9k
Cristina Lecchi Italy	23	425 0.5×	187 0.4×	65 0.2×	420 1.2×	169 0.5×	93	1.5k
Xiaoping Ma China	21	475 0.5×	274 0.6×	174 0.4×	78 0.2×	72 0.2×	137	1.8k
Jody L. Gookin United States	32	758 0.8×	661 1.5×	64 0.2×	154 0.4×	71 0.2×	100	3.3k
Hajime Nagahata Japan	23	370 0.4×	114 0.3×	118 0.3×	666 1.9×	63 0.2×	116	1.7k
Sudarshan Kumar India	25	604 0.7×	50 0.1×	140 0.3×	338 0.9×	94 0.3×	125	1.9k
Catherine Werts France	33	1.4k 1.5×	944 2.2×	187 0.4×	32 0.1×	278 0.8×	70	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guanxiang Liang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Yan, Guanxiang Liang, Zhixuan Chen, et al.. (2025). Atractylenolide-Ⅲ binds non-structural protein-1 to suppress influenza A by modulating macrophage polarization and alternative polyadenylation. Phytomedicine. 141. 156704–156704. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Hongyan, et al.. (2025). The dynamics of microbiome and virome in migratory birds of southwest China. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11(1). 64–64.

Hu, Xiaolin, Fei Cao, Mingxiang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Targeting symbionts by apolipoprotein L proteins modulates gut immunity. Nature. 643(8070). 210–218. 7 indexed citations

Leu, N. Adrian, Anastassios Vourekas, Panagiotis Alexiou, et al.. (2023). The MOV10 RNA helicase is a dosage-dependent host restriction factor for LINE1 retrotransposition in mice. PLoS Genetics. 19(5). e1010566–e1010566. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Guanxiang & Frederic D. Bushman. (2021). The human virome: assembly, composition and host interactions. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(8). 514–527. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

Bushman, Frederic D. & Guanxiang Liang. (2021). Assembly of the virome in newborn human infants. Current Opinion in Virology. 48. 17–22. 21 indexed citations

Liang, Guanxiang, Máire Conrad, Judith R. Kelsen, et al.. (2020). Dynamics of the Stool Virome in Very Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 14(11). 1600–1610. 59 indexed citations

Liang, Guanxiang, Chunyu Zhao, Huanjia Zhang, et al.. (2020). The stepwise assembly of the neonatal virome is modulated by breastfeeding. Nature. 581(7809). 470–474. 183 indexed citations

Malmuthuge, Nilusha, Guanxiang Liang, & Le Luo Guan. (2019). Regulation of rumen development in neonatal ruminants through microbial metagenomes and host transcriptomes. Genome biology. 20(1). 172–172. 142 indexed citations

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Xue, Jiangyang, Jian Zhou, Seth D. Kasowitz, et al.. (2018). MORC2B is essential for meiotic progression and fertility. PLoS Genetics. 14(1). e1007175–e1007175. 15 indexed citations

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Syrett, Camille M., Vishal Sindhava, Arpita Myles, et al.. (2017). Loss of Xist RNA from the inactive X during B cell development is restored in a dynamic YY1-dependent two-step process in activated B cells. PLoS Genetics. 13(10). e1007050–e1007050. 77 indexed citations

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Liang, Guanxiang, et al.. (2017). Functional changes in mRNA expression and alternative pre-mRNA splicing associated with the effects of nutrition on apoptosis and spermatogenesis in the adult testis. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 64–64. 26 indexed citations

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Liang, Guanxiang, Nilusha Malmuthuge, Hua Bao, et al.. (2016). Transcriptome analysis reveals regional and temporal differences in mucosal immune system development in the small intestine of neonatal calves. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 602–602. 61 indexed citations

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Wang, Diming, Guanxiang Liang, Bing Wang, et al.. (2016). Systematic microRNAome profiling reveals the roles of microRNAs in milk protein metabolism and quality: insights on low-quality forage utilization. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21194–21194. 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Ou, Guanxiang Liang, Tim A. McAllister, et al.. (2016). Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Rectal Tissue from Beef Steers Revealed Reduced Host Immunity in Escherichia coli O157:H7 Super-Shedders. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151284–e0151284. 21 indexed citations

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Liang, Guanxiang, et al.. (2016). Altered microRNA expression and pre-mRNA splicing events reveal new mechanisms associated with early stage Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24964–24964. 34 indexed citations

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Liang, Guanxiang, et al.. (2016). Transcriptome profiling of the rumen epithelium of beef cattle differing in residual feed intake. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 592–592. 96 indexed citations

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Liang, Guanxiang, et al.. (2015). Roles of small RNAs in the effects of nutrition on apoptosis and spermatogenesis in the adult testis. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10372–10372. 38 indexed citations

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Malmuthuge, Nilusha, Yanhong Chen, Guanxiang Liang, Laksiri A. Goonewardene, & Le Luo Guan. (2015). Heat-treated colostrum feeding promotes beneficial bacteria colonization in the small intestine of neonatal calves. Journal of Dairy Science. 98(11). 8044–8053. 93 indexed citations

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Liang, Guanxiang, Nilusha Malmuthuge, Le Luo Guan, & Philip Griebel. (2014). Model systems to analyze the role of miRNAs and commensal microflora in bovine mucosal immune system development. Molecular Immunology. 66(1). 57–67. 21 indexed citations

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