Hongxing Xu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Hongxing Xu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongxing Xu has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Plant Science, 40 papers in Insect Science and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hongxing Xu's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (40 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (31 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (29 papers). Hongxing Xu is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (40 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (31 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (29 papers). Hongxing Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Hongxing Xu's co-authors include Diaoguo An, Yunfeng Xu, Zhongxian Lü, Pengtao Ma, Xusong Zheng, Xiao‐Wei Wang, Shu‐Sheng Liu, Hongjie Li, Yajun Yang and Aimin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hongxing Xu

104 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongxing Xu China	27	1.8k	739	530	335	201	113	2.5k
Ming‐Shun Chen United States	27	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	1.0k 2.0×	180 0.5×	391 1.9×	109	2.5k
Zhongxian Lü China	24	994 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	654 1.2×	193 0.6×	400 2.0×	126	1.9k
Segenet Kelemu Kenya	19	596 0.3×	625 0.8×	188 0.4×	213 0.6×	180 0.9×	56	1.3k
Sally Adams United Kingdom	26	2.3k 1.3×	172 0.2×	1.0k 1.9×	299 0.9×	289 1.4×	63	2.9k
George N. Mbata United States	25	1.1k 0.6×	993 1.3×	352 0.7×	173 0.5×	185 0.9×	85	1.5k
Alexandra C. U. Furch Germany	26	1.9k 1.1×	441 0.6×	569 1.1×	46 0.1×	221 1.1×	59	2.2k
Peng Han China	31	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 2.1×	725 1.4×	222 0.7×	544 2.7×	67	2.1k
Su Wang China	21	700 0.4×	975 1.3×	296 0.6×	133 0.4×	327 1.6×	76	1.3k
C. Michael Smith United States	27	2.5k 1.4×	2.2k 3.0×	979 1.8×	142 0.4×	431 2.1×	117	3.2k
Thomas P. Kuhar United States	27	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 2.7×	685 1.3×	235 0.7×	1.1k 5.3×	248	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongxing Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongxing Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongxing Xu

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

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Li, Xing, Sajid Fiaz, Kotb A. Attia, et al.. (2025). Molecular characterization of REM genes in Cajanus cajan suggests the role of CcREM1 and CcREM6 like genes in heat stress response. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 205–205. 1 indexed citations

Hou, Jiayin, Xin‐Ying Zhao, Hongxing Xu, et al.. (2025). Why is it so clean under the apple trees: discovery of novel phloretin derivatives as potential herbicidal agents. Pest Management Science. 81(7). 3762–3773. 2 indexed citations

Lu, Xiangyu, et al.. (2024). Effective variance attention-enhanced diffusion model for crop field aerial image super resolution. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 218. 50–68. 5 indexed citations

Jin, Yuli, Guohao Han, Wenjing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Evaluation and genetic dissection of the powdery mildew resistance in 558 wheat accessions. 1. 100018–100018. 10 indexed citations

Qi, Qian, Yuanyuan Miao, Huiying Gao, et al.. (2024). The Plant Volatile-Sensing Mechanism of Insects and Its Utilization. Plants. 13(2). 185–185. 9 indexed citations

Xu, Hongxing, Yajun Yang, Tianyi Sun, et al.. (2024). Defense Responses of Different Rice Varieties Affect Growth Performance and Food Utilization of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Larvae. Rice. 17(1). 9–9. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Tianyi, Fan Yang, Haiyan Zhang, et al.. (2024). CRY1 is involved in the take-off behaviour of migratory Cnaphalocrocis medinalis individuals. BMC Biology. 22(1). 169–169.

Wan, Yi, et al.. (2024). Chromosome-level genome assembly from a single planthopper Nilaparvata muiri (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Scientific Data. 11(1). 937–937.

Wang, Zhiwei, Bin Yu, Badr Alharthi, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Dynamin-related proteins (DRP) in bread wheat: TaDRP1D-B as regulator of biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant Stress. 14. 100645–100645. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanhua, Tong Zhang, Yong Fang, et al.. (2023). Nano-selenium promotes the product quality and plant defense of Salvia miltiorrhiza by inducing tanshinones and salvianolic acids accumulation. Industrial Crops and Products. 195. 116436–116436. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Bin, et al.. (2023). Control of Spodoptera frugiperda on Fresh Corn via Pesticide Application before Transplanting. Agriculture. 13(2). 342–342. 6 indexed citations

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Strickler, Susan R., Alex D. Twyford, Adrian F. Powell, et al.. (2023). Temporal matches between monarch butterfly and milkweed population changes over the past 25,000 years. Current Biology. 33(17). 3702–3710.e5. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Qiang, Zhongxian Lü, Hongxing Xu, et al.. (2023). Identification and characterization of Prx5 and Prx6 in Chilo suppressalis in response to environmental stress. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 114(1). e22030–e22030. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongkang, Xusong Zheng, Chao Lei, et al.. (2022). Zinc Stress Alters Sugar Content in Rice Plants and the Reproduction and Trehalose Metabolism in Nilaparvata lugens. Agronomy. 13(1). 73–73. 4 indexed citations

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Zheng, Bowen, Chenxi Li, Qiang Wei, et al.. (2022). Pan‐brassinosteroid signaling revealed by functional analysis of NILR1 in land plants. New Phytologist. 235(4). 1455–1469. 13 indexed citations

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Feng, Honglin, Lars Kruse, Seung Ho Chung, et al.. (2021). Acylsugars protect Nicotiana benthamiana against insect herbivory and desiccation. Plant Molecular Biology. 109(4-5). 505–522. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Yongpeng, Li Long, Meicheng Zhao, et al.. (2020). Wheat FRIZZYPANICLE activates VERNALIZATION1‐A and HOMEOBOX4‐A to regulate spike development in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(6). 1141–1154. 40 indexed citations

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Xu, Hongxing, et al.. (2018). A salivary effector enables whitefly to feed on host plants by eliciting salicylic acid-signaling pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(2). 490–495. 178 indexed citations

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Yi, Yanjie, et al.. (2013). Identification of SRAP and RGA markers linked to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) resistance gene PmZB90 in common wheat. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 7(3). 454–459. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoqiu, Xiaojian Hu, Hongxing Xu, & Xiaoying Zeng. (2013). Xiaochaihu Decoction attenuates the vicious circle between the oxidative stress and the ALP inactivation through LPS-catecholamines interactions in gut, liver and brain during CCI4+ethanol-induced mouse HCC. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 13(1). 375–375. 16 indexed citations

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