Hongru Wang

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
100 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Hongru Wang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongru Wang has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hongru Wang's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (15 papers), Topic Modeling (11 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Hongru Wang is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (15 papers), Topic Modeling (11 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Hongru Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Hongru Wang's co-authors include Chengcai Chu, Bin Hu, Shujun Ou, Linchuan Liu, Ronghui Che, Jiuyou Tang, Hongning Tong, Yunhua Xiao, Yiqin Wang and Chengzhen Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hongru Wang

89 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergenc... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2021 2022 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies
    2015 560 citations Hongru Wang, Chengcai Chu et al. profile →
  2. Control of grain size and rice yield by GL2-mediated brassinosteroid responses
    2015 357 citations Hongru Wang, Chengcai Chu et al. profile →
  3. Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice
    2021 290 citations Hongru Wang, Chengcai Chu et al. Nature profile →
  4. Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated potatoes
    2022 206 citations Dié Tang, Yuxin Jia et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongru Wang China 25 2.6k 895 821 153 117 100 3.5k
Lijing Liu China 30 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 2.2× 129 0.2× 77 0.5× 96 0.8× 84 4.1k
Xuehai Zhang China 26 1.1k 0.4× 584 0.7× 542 0.7× 118 0.8× 62 0.5× 81 2.4k
Chuang Ma China 22 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 572 0.7× 90 0.6× 31 0.3× 75 2.3k
Toshiki Nakamura Japan 34 2.4k 0.9× 703 0.8× 324 0.4× 206 1.3× 319 2.7× 149 4.1k
Yong Zhang China 30 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 1.9× 187 0.2× 41 0.3× 142 1.2× 206 3.3k
Renyi Liu China 46 4.9k 1.9× 3.4k 3.8× 566 0.7× 101 0.7× 173 1.5× 126 6.2k
Huawei Zhang China 35 4.3k 1.7× 4.3k 4.8× 584 0.7× 147 1.0× 114 1.0× 82 6.3k
Tsuyoshi Tanaka Japan 23 1.3k 0.5× 822 0.9× 504 0.6× 57 0.4× 144 1.2× 107 2.3k
Xiangfeng Wang China 43 4.2k 1.6× 3.4k 3.8× 1.2k 1.4× 151 1.0× 84 0.7× 143 6.4k
Yong Jiang China 28 1.3k 0.5× 714 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 132 0.9× 51 0.4× 120 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongru Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongru Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongru Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hongru Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hongru Wang 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 Hongru Wang. Hongru Wang 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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Yan, Lan, et al.. (2025). Design and optimization of a bionic jellyfish robot for enhanced underwater propulsion efficiency. Ocean Engineering. 340. 122414–122414.
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Wang, Hongru, Sheng Wang, Zezhong Wang, et al.. (2025). MlingConf: A Comprehensive Study of Multilingual Confidence Estimation on Large Language Models. 2535–2556.
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Liu, Jianan, Wei Yan, Xiaoying Hu, et al.. (2025). Reference genome and population genomic analyses reveal insight into herbicide tolerance in Avena fatua L.. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9851–9851.
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Wang, Zhen, Zilan Zhong, Mi Zhao, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on mechanical behavior and countermeasures of mountain tunnels under strike-slip fault movement. Underground Space. 21. 1–21. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongru, et al.. (2024). Selfing Promotes Spread and Introgression of Segregation Distorters in Hermaphroditic Plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(7). 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Xiaoming, Zeming Liu, Li Du, et al.. (2024). Medical Dialogue System: A Survey of Categories, Methods, Evaluation and Challenges. 2840–2861. 3 indexed citations
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Du, Yiming, Hongru Wang, Zhengyi Zhao, et al.. (2024). PerLTQA: A Personal Long-Term Memory Dataset for Memory Classification, Retrieval, and Fusion in Question Answering. 152–164. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Fangkai, Lu Wang, Pu Zhao, et al.. (2024). SELF-GUARD: Empower the LLM to Safeguard Itself. 1648–1668. 9 indexed citations
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Xie, Bing, Xiaona Wang, Qi Wang, et al.. (2024). Adaptive growth strategies of Quercus dentata to drought and nitrogen enrichment: a physiological and biochemical perspective. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1479563–1479563. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Zhijiang, et al.. (2024). Knowledge Conflicts for LLMs: A Survey. 8541–8565. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Tao, Rujing Wang, Mengchao Li, et al.. (2024). A Coordinated Two-Stage Decentralized Flexibility Trading in Distribution Grids with MGs. Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems. 9(5). 54–69. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, Xiao‐Yuan Wu, Hongru Wang, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide association study of image-based trait reveals the genetic architecture of dark-induced leaf senescence in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(2). 331–345. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wendan, Honghong Jiang, Gaosong Wu, et al.. (2023). Dracorhodin targeting CMPK2 attenuates inflammation: A novel approach to sepsis therapy. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(10). e1449–e1449. 14 indexed citations
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Tang, Dié, Yuxin Jia, Jinzhe Zhang, et al.. (2022). Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated potatoes. Nature. 606(7914). 535–541. 206 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Hongru, Lenore Pipes, & Rasmus Nielsen. (2020). Synonymous mutations and the molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 origins. Virus Evolution. 7(1). veaa098–veaa098. 49 indexed citations
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Pipes, Lenore, Hongru Wang, John P. Huelsenbeck, & Rasmus Nielsen. (2020). Assessing Uncertainty in the Rooting of the SARS-CoV-2 Phylogeny. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(4). 1537–1543. 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongru & Chengcai Chu. (2017). Underlying Mechanism of Heterosis Unveiled by -Omics. Chinese Bulletin of Botany. 52(1). 4. 1 indexed citations

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