Honglue Shi

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

Honglue Shi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Honglue Shi has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Spectroscopy and 3 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Honglue Shi's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers). Honglue Shi is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers). Honglue Shi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Australia. Honglue Shi's co-authors include Hashim M. Al‐Hashimi, Atul Rangadurai, Bei Liu, Christoph Kreutz, Isaac J. Kimsey, David A. Case, Hala Abou Assi, Dawn K. Merriman, Jennifer A. Doudna and Mary C. Clay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Honglue Shi

34 papers receiving 780 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.

  1. Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis
    2025 24 citations Trevor Weiss, Honglue Shi et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Honglue Shi United States 18 711 106 51 42 40 35 788
Atul Rangadurai United States 15 672 0.9× 121 1.1× 48 0.9× 23 0.5× 50 1.3× 35 747
Christoph H. Wunderlich Austria 14 529 0.7× 81 0.8× 38 0.7× 33 0.8× 36 0.9× 21 622
Michael P. Latham United States 16 662 0.9× 118 1.1× 33 0.6× 47 1.1× 32 0.8× 38 755
Andreas Schlundt Germany 20 727 1.0× 101 1.0× 120 2.4× 53 1.3× 24 0.6× 52 997
Elizabeth A. Dethoff United States 10 616 0.9× 68 0.6× 35 0.7× 34 0.8× 38 0.9× 13 705
Felix Halbach Germany 7 437 0.6× 111 1.0× 18 0.4× 23 0.5× 9 0.2× 8 528
Matthew Revington Canada 12 634 0.9× 115 1.1× 32 0.6× 55 1.3× 22 0.6× 18 746
Martin Hengesbach Germany 16 686 1.0× 30 0.3× 87 1.7× 48 1.1× 24 0.6× 43 740
Aleksandr B. Sahakyan United Kingdom 15 1.2k 1.7× 107 1.0× 41 0.8× 28 0.7× 8 0.2× 32 1.3k
Jinbu Wang United States 10 378 0.5× 51 0.5× 13 0.3× 32 0.8× 15 0.4× 16 442

Countries citing papers authored by Honglue Shi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Honglue Shi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Honglue Shi

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weiss, Trevor, Honglue Shi, Marena Trinidad, et al.. (2026). Efficient transgene-free multiplexed germline editing via viral delivery of an engineered TnpB. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
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Cofsky, Joshua C., et al.. (2025). Dynamic basis of supercoiling-dependent DNA interrogation by Cas12a via R-loop intermediates. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2939–2939. 3 indexed citations
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Weiss, Trevor, Honglue Shi, Zheng Li, et al.. (2025). Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants. 11(5). 967–976. 24 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Enbo, Kai Chen, Honglue Shi, et al.. (2025). Directed evolution expands CRISPR–Cas12a genome-editing capacity. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(13). 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Honglue, Kevin Wasko, Marena Trinidad, et al.. (2025). Rapid two-step target capture ensures efficient CRISPR-Cas9-guided genome editing. Molecular Cell. 85(9). 1730–1742.e9. 3 indexed citations
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Shi, Honglue, Kevin Wasko, Marena Trinidad, et al.. (2025). BPS2025 - Rapid two-step target capture ensures efficient CRISPR-Cas9-guided genome editing. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 90a–90a. 1 indexed citations
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Adler, Benjamin A., et al.. (2024). Structure-guided discovery of ancestral CRISPR-Cas13 ribonucleases. Science. 385(6708). 538–543. 20 indexed citations
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Trinidad, Marena, Hunter Nisonoff, Seyone Chithrananda, et al.. (2024). RNA language models predict mutations that improve RNA function. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10627–10627. 8 indexed citations
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Yoon, Peter H., Petr Skopintsev, Honglue Shi, et al.. (2023). Eukaryotic RNA-guided endonucleases evolved from a unique clade of bacterial enzymes. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(22). 12414–12427. 17 indexed citations
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Rangadurai, Atul, Honglue Shi, Yu Xu, et al.. (2022). Measuring thermodynamic preferences to form non-native conformations in nucleic acids using ultraviolet melting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2112496119–e2112496119. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Enbo, Kai Chen, Honglue Shi, et al.. (2022). Improved genome editing by an engineered CRISPR-Cas12a. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(22). 12689–12701. 66 indexed citations
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Xu, Yu, et al.. (2022). Probing Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen base pairing in duplex DNA using dynamic nuclear polarization solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2200681119–e2200681119. 21 indexed citations
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Shi, Honglue, et al.. (2021). Revealing A-T and G-C Hoogsteen base pairs in stressed protein-bound duplex DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(21). 12540–12555. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Bei, Atul Rangadurai, Honglue Shi, & Hashim M. Al‐Hashimi. (2021). Rapid assessment of Watson–Crick to Hoogsteen exchange in unlabeled DNA duplexes using high-power SELOPE imino 1 H CEST. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 715–731. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Bei, Honglue Shi, Atul Rangadurai, et al.. (2021). A quantitative model predicts how m6A reshapes the kinetic landscape of nucleic acid hybridization and conformational transitions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5201–5201. 30 indexed citations
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Rangadurai, Atul, Honglue Shi, & Hashim M. Al‐Hashimi. (2020). Extending the Sensitivity of CEST NMR Spectroscopy to Micro‐to‐Millisecond Dynamics in Nucleic Acids Using High‐Power Radio‐Frequency Fields. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(28). 11262–11266. 20 indexed citations
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Rangadurai, Atul, Honglue Shi, & Hashim M. Al‐Hashimi. (2020). Extending the Sensitivity of CEST NMR Spectroscopy to Micro‐to‐Millisecond Dynamics in Nucleic Acids Using High‐Power Radio‐Frequency Fields. Angewandte Chemie. 132(28). 11358–11362. 1 indexed citations
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Assi, Hala Abou, Atul Rangadurai, Honglue Shi, et al.. (2020). 2′-O-Methylation can increase the abundance and lifetime of alternative RNA conformational states. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(21). 12365–12379. 70 indexed citations
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Rangadurai, Atul, Huiqing Zhou, Dawn K. Merriman, et al.. (2018). Why are Hoogsteen base pairs energetically disfavored in A-RNA compared to B-DNA?. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(20). 11099–11114. 20 indexed citations
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