Hongning Tong

5.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Hongning Tong is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongning Tong has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hongning Tong's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (33 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (13 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (11 papers). Hongning Tong is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (33 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (13 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (11 papers). Hongning Tong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Hongning Tong's co-authors include Chengcai Chu, Yanhai Yin, Yunhua Xiao, Linchuan Liu, Dapu Liu, Qian Qian, Yun Jin, Bin Hu, Li Zhu and Jun Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hongning Tong

41 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Control of grain size and rice yield by GL2-mediated brassinosteroid responses

2015 357 citations Ronghui Che, Hongning Tong et al. profile →
Arabidopsis WRKY46, WRKY54 and WRKY70 Transcription Factors Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Regulated Plant Growth and Drought Response

2017 326 citations Trevor M. Nolan, Huaxun Ye et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice

2021 290 citations Hongning Tong, Bin Hu et al. profile →
Enhancing rice panicle branching and grain yield through tissue-specific brassinosteroid inhibition

2024 44 citations Xiaoxing Zhang, Wenjing Meng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongning Tong China	29	3.9k	1.7k	1.0k	149	78	42	4.1k
Jinjie Li China	30	2.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	129 0.9×	54 0.7×	73	3.0k
Zheping Yu China	17	2.8k 0.7×	967 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	104 0.7×	77 1.0×	41	3.0k
Chuanyin Wu China	26	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	550 0.5×	93 0.6×	70 0.9×	42	2.8k
Mingsheng Chen China	24	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	590 0.6×	101 0.7×	96 1.2×	48	3.0k
Catherine Feuillet France	38	4.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	215 1.4×	162 2.1×	76	4.7k
Satoshi Natsume Japan	17	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	46 0.3×	63 0.8×	27	3.1k
Muluneh Tamiru Japan	16	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	994 1.0×	45 0.3×	61 0.8×	24	3.0k
Laura Rossini Italy	28	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	382 0.4×	118 0.8×	162 2.1×	71	2.6k
Dominique Brunel France	26	2.0k 0.5×	991 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	94 0.6×	115 1.5×	39	2.4k
Rongxin Shen China	18	2.0k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	414 0.4×	64 0.4×	75 1.0×	26	2.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Xia, Lin Cheng, Hongning Tong, et al.. (2025). The next Green Revolution: integrating crop architectype and physiotype. Trends in biotechnology. 43(10). 2479–2493. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiazi, Hongcui Pei, Yanhong Liu, et al.. (2025). DeepWheat: predicting the effects of genomic variants on gene expression and regulatory activities across tissues and varieties in wheat using deep learning. Genome biology. 26(1). 321–321.

Meng, Wenjing, Wenchao Yin, Mei Niu, et al.. (2024). Vital contribution of brassinosteroids to hypoxia-stimulated coleoptile elongation in submerged rice. The Crop Journal. 12(5). 1379–1390. 3 indexed citations

Tong, Hongning & Chengcai Chu. (2023). Coordinating gibberellin and brassinosteroid signaling beyond Green Revolution. Journal of genetics and genomics. 50(7). 459–461. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Dapu, Xiaoxing Zhang, Qingliang Li, et al.. (2022). The U-box ubiquitin ligase TUD1 promotes brassinosteroid-induced GSK2 degradation in rice. Plant Communications. 4(2). 100450–100450. 28 indexed citations

Liu, Dapu, Wenchao Yin, Lulu Li, et al.. (2021). Diversification of plant agronomic traits by genome editing of brassinosteroid signaling family genes in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(4). 2563–2576. 52 indexed citations

Che, Ronghui, Bin Hu, Wei Wang, et al.. (2021). POLLEN STERILITY, a novel suppressor of cell division, is required for timely tapetal programmed cell death in rice. Science China Life Sciences. 65(6). 1235–1247. 5 indexed citations

He, Yuqing, Gaojie Hong, Hehong Zhang, et al.. (2020). The OsGSK2 Kinase Integrates Brassinosteroid and Jasmonic Acid Signaling by Interacting with OsJAZ4. The Plant Cell. 32(9). 2806–2822. 101 indexed citations

Yin, Wenchao, Yunhua Xiao, Mei Niu, et al.. (2020). ARGONAUTE2 Enhances Grain Length and Salt Tolerance by Activating BIG GRAIN3 to Modulate Cytokinin Distribution in Rice. The Plant Cell. 32(7). 2292–2306. 114 indexed citations

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Li, Qianfeng, Jun Lü, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2019). Abscisic Acid Represses Rice Lamina Joint Inclination by Antagonizing Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis and Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(19). 4908–4908. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Lulu, et al.. (2019). Functional Analysis of Brassinosteroids in Salt Stress Responses in Rice. Chinese Bulletin of Botany. 54(2). 185. 2 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yunhua, Dapu Liu, Guoxia Zhang, et al.. (2018). Big Grain3, encoding a purine permease, regulates grain size via modulating cytokinin transport in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 61(5). 581–597. 94 indexed citations

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Ye, Huaxun, Sanzhen Liu, Buyun Tang, et al.. (2017). RD26 mediates crosstalk between drought and brassinosteroid signalling pathways. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14573–14573. 214 indexed citations

14.

Xiao, Yunhua, Dapu Liu, Guoxia Zhang, Hongning Tong, & Chengcai Chu. (2017). Brassinosteroids Regulate OFP1, a DLT Interacting Protein, to Modulate Plant Architecture and Grain Morphology in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1698–1698. 86 indexed citations

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Liu, Linchuan, Hongning Tong, Yunhua Xiao, et al.. (2015). Activation of Big Grain1 significantly improves grain size by regulating auxin transport in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(35). 11102–11107. 263 indexed citations

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Tong, Hongning, Yunhua Xiao, Dapu Liu, et al.. (2014). Brassinosteroid Regulates Cell Elongation by Modulating Gibberellin Metabolism in Rice . The Plant Cell. 26(11). 4376–4393. 330 indexed citations

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Tong, Hongning, Linchuan Liu, Yun Jin, et al.. (2012). DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING Acts as a Direct Downstream Target of a GSK3/SHAGGY-Like Kinase to Mediate Brassinosteroid Responses in Rice. The Plant Cell. 24(6). 2562–2577. 319 indexed citations

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Tong, Hongning & Chengcai Chu. (2011). Brassinosteroid Signaling and Application in Rice. Journal of genetics and genomics. 39(1). 3–9. 57 indexed citations

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Jin, Yun, Qiong Luo, Hongning Tong, et al.. (2011). An AT-hook gene is required for palea formation and floral organ number control in rice. Developmental Biology. 359(2). 277–288. 87 indexed citations

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Tong, Hongning, Yun Jin, Wenbo Liu, et al.. (2009). DWARF AND LOW‐TILLERING, a new member of the GRAS family, plays positive roles in brassinosteroid signaling in rice. The Plant Journal. 58(5). 803–816. 310 indexed citations

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