Hai‐Lei Wei

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Hai‐Lei Wei is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hai‐Lei Wei has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Hai‐Lei Wei's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (36 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (26 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (18 papers). Hai‐Lei Wei is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (36 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (26 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (18 papers). Hai‐Lei Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Hai‐Lei Wei's co-authors include Alan Collmer, Liqun Zhang, AI Hou-xi, Jhih‐Wei Chu, Wei Li, Qingxin Song, Suma Chakravarthy, Bryan Swingle, Zhenyuan Xia and Wei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hai‐Lei Wei

53 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

A highly conserved core bacterial microbiota with nitrogen-fixation capacity inhabits the xylem sap in maize plants

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hai‐Lei Wei China	21	978	492	228	194	137	61	1.6k
Renata Santos France	28	739 0.8×	1.2k 2.5×	428 1.9×	147 0.8×	112 0.8×	57	2.4k
Qiqi Song China	22	415 0.4×	554 1.1×	121 0.5×	128 0.7×	60 0.4×	41	1.6k
Young Ho Koh South Korea	24	430 0.4×	623 1.3×	224 1.0×	104 0.5×	75 0.5×	92	1.6k
You Lu United States	24	588 0.6×	425 0.9×	113 0.5×	83 0.4×	106 0.8×	43	1.6k
Xiaodi Hu China	20	290 0.3×	755 1.5×	188 0.8×	165 0.9×	36 0.3×	67	1.7k
Alan J. Hargreaves United Kingdom	23	573 0.6×	485 1.0×	208 0.9×	96 0.5×	36 0.3×	91	1.4k
Simona Pergolizzi Italy	28	337 0.3×	268 0.5×	133 0.6×	77 0.4×	190 1.4×	78	2.1k
Ling Tang China	31	306 0.3×	525 1.1×	50 0.2×	106 0.5×	230 1.7×	90	2.5k
Zhiyong Shao China	19	581 0.6×	760 1.5×	55 0.2×	162 0.8×	61 0.4×	62	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hai‐Lei Wei

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2025). A Novel CFEM Effector in Fusarium verticillioides Required for Virulence Involved in Plant Immunity Suppression and Fungal Cell Wall Integrity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(9). 4369–4369.

Kang, Zhiwei, Xiangdong Li, Hai‐Lei Wei, et al.. (2025). Comparative Proteomic Insights into the Immune Response of Conogethes punctiferalis Challenged with Beauveria bassiana. Insects. 16(7). 667–667.

Zhang, Xinyu, Qiang Hou, Hai‐Lei Wei, et al.. (2024). Insights into mechanism of 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid accumulation during phenanthrene degradation by Stutzerimonas frequens SL-6. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 198. 105975–105975. 1 indexed citations

Li, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Pseudomonas hefeiensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of multiple cash crops in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 74(3).

Wang, Xing, et al.. (2024). Effects of the invasion of Ralstonia solanacearum on soil microbial community structure in Wuhan, China. mSphere. 9(2). e0066523–e0066523. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yongjie, et al.. (2024). Phenotypic and Genomic Characterization of Pseudomonas wuhanensis sp. nov., a Novel Species with Promising Features as a Potential Plant Growth-Promoting and Biocontrol Agent. Microorganisms. 12(5). 944–944. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Can, et al.. (2024). Pseudomonas beijingensis sp. nov., a novel species widely colonizing plant rhizosphere. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 74(7).

Du, Xingde, Hai‐Lei Wei, Zheyong Fan, et al.. (2024). Nicotinamide Alleviates Synergistic Impairment of Intestinal Barrier Caused by MC-LR and NaNO₂ Coexposure. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(43). 24024–24034. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, Qiguo Zhuang, Yilin Gu, et al.. (2023). Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secretion Protein HrpP Manipulates Plant Immunity To Promote Infection. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(3). e0514822–e0514822. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Duplicated Flagellins in Pseudomonas Divergently Contribute to Motility and Plant Immune Elicitation. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(1). e0362122–e0362122. 10 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hongtu, et al.. (2023). Lysobacter changpingensis sp. nov., a novel species of the genus Lysobacter isolated from a rhizosphere soil of strawberry in China. Folia Microbiologica. 68(6). 991–998.

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Liu, Jianying, et al.. (2023). Pseudomonas cucumis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of crop plants. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 73(12).

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Gu, Yilin, Junzhou Li, Yan Li, et al.. (2023). Pseudomonas Cyclic Lipopeptide Medpeptin: Biosynthesis and Modulation of Plant Immunity. Engineering. 28. 153–165. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Junzhou, et al.. (2022). Diverse interactions of five core type III effectors from Ralstonia solanacearum with plants. Journal of genetics and genomics. 50(5). 341–352. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Jizeng, Bryan Swingle, Jingsheng Xu, et al.. (2022). First Report of Rhizopus arrhizus (syn. R. oryzae) Causing Garlic Bulb Soft Rot in Hebei Province, China. Plant Disease. 107(3). 949–949. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Bing‐Da, Amanda Juan Chen, Jos Houbraken, et al.. (2020). New section and species in Talaromyces. MycoKeys. 68. 75–113. 42 indexed citations

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He, Shanwen, et al.. (2020). Bacillus telluris sp. nov. Isolated from Greenhouse Soil in Beijing, China. Microorganisms. 8(5). 702–702. 8 indexed citations

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Gu, Yilin, Yinan Ma, Jing Wang, Zhenyuan Xia, & Hai‐Lei Wei. (2020). Genomic insights into a plant growth‐promoting Pseudomonas koreensis strain with cyclic lipopeptide‐mediated antifungal activity. MicrobiologyOpen. 9(9). e1092–e1092. 28 indexed citations

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Gu, Yilin, Jing Wang, Zhenyuan Xia, & Hai‐Lei Wei. (2020). Characterization of a Versatile Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas mediterranea Strain S58. Microorganisms. 8(3). 334–334. 20 indexed citations

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Bao, Zhongmeng, et al.. (2019). Pseudomonas syringae AlgU Downregulates Flagellin Gene Expression, Helping Evade Plant Immunity. Journal of Bacteriology. 202(4). 25 indexed citations

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