Huan Liu

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
413 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Huan Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Huan Liu has authored 413 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Molecular Biology, 98 papers in Plant Science and 45 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Huan Liu's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (38 papers), Gut microbiota and health (22 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Huan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (38 papers), Gut microbiota and health (22 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Huan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Huan Liu's co-authors include Sunil Kumar Sahu, Ertao Wang, Jielun Hu, Yayu Wang, Nan Yu, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Qiyao Wang, Jun Yang, Longhua Wu and Wenzhong Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Huan Liu

386 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Soil conditions and the plant microbiome boost the accumu... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2024 25 50 75
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. Soil conditions and the plant microbiome boost the accumulation of monoterpenes in the fruit of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’
    2023 81 citations Sunil Kumar Sahu, Huan Liu et al. profile →
  2. Dynamic root microbiome sustains soybean productivity under unbalanced fertilization
    2024 76 citations Huan Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Huan Liu China 41 2.6k 1.9k 681 568 427 413 6.8k
Yonghong Liu China 48 3.5k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 419 0.6× 308 0.5× 183 0.4× 729 11.5k
Paul A. Haynes Australia 48 4.6k 1.8× 1.8k 0.9× 439 0.6× 392 0.7× 599 1.4× 183 8.2k
Hongwei Wang China 43 1.9k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 298 0.4× 607 1.1× 607 1.4× 275 6.1k
Jingjing Liu China 45 3.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 518 0.8× 423 0.7× 471 1.1× 395 7.8k
Hyun Park South Korea 45 2.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 311 0.5× 894 1.6× 311 0.7× 418 7.5k
Ting Chen China 37 1.8k 0.7× 792 0.4× 337 0.5× 778 1.4× 310 0.7× 311 5.5k
Yan Li China 46 2.6k 1.0× 3.0k 1.6× 633 0.9× 201 0.4× 240 0.6× 387 8.5k
Bruce Campbell Australia 63 2.2k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 406 0.6× 315 0.6× 360 0.8× 423 15.9k
Vikas Sharma India 42 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 492 0.7× 357 0.6× 308 0.7× 455 7.1k
Jie Chen China 45 3.7k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 252 0.4× 813 1.4× 458 1.1× 328 7.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Huan Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huan Liu

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

All Works

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Shi, Wen, Huanhuan Sun, Qingqing Yao, et al.. (2025). Phellodendrine ameliorates intestinal inflammation and protects mucosal barrier via modulating COL1A1, VCAM1 and IL-17 a. International Immunopharmacology. 152. 114403–114403.
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Zhang, Xin, Huan Liu, Yu Li, et al.. (2025). Linking dietary fiber to human malady through cumulative profiling of microbiota disturbance. iMeta. 4(1). e70004–e70004. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuxin, Yuhan Jia, Huan Liu, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide analysis of the TsBLH gene family reveals TsBLH4 involved the regulation of abiotic stresses by interacting with KNOX6 in Toona sinensis. Plant Stress. 15. 100721–100721. 2 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yadong, et al.. (2024). Lipid metabolism regulation by dietary polysaccharides with different structural properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 270(Pt 2). 132253–132253. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Huan, Qian Xiao, Hong‐Chao Duan, et al.. (2024). [Effect of Intelligent Health Education Based on Health Belief Model on Patients With Kinesophobia After Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylosis].. PubMed. 55(2). 309–314. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Fei, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Zhihong Wang, et al.. (2024). Haplotype-resolved chromosome-scale genomes of the Asian and African Savannah Elephants. Scientific Data. 11(1). 63–63. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Huan, et al.. (2024). Chemical Proteomics Reveals That Camptothecin Weakens Insect Immunity against Bacteria by Suppressing Antimicrobial Peptide Expression. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(1). 289–297.
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Zhu, Yi, Yong Zhou, Chang Su, et al.. (2024). A simple and effective method to enrich endogenous DNA from mammalian faeces. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(4). e13939–e13939. 5 indexed citations
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Shen, Hao, Yi Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, et al.. (2024). Acupuncture treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: an overview of systematic reviews based on evidence mapping. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1420510–1420510. 1 indexed citations
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Li, He, et al.. (2023). Extraction and prebiotic potential of β-glucan from highland barley and its application in probiotic microcapsules. Food Hydrocolloids. 139. 108520–108520. 42 indexed citations
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Li, Shichen, Qing Sang, Lingping Kong, et al.. (2023). Soybean reduced internode 1 determines internode length and improves grain yield at dense planting. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7939–7939. 26 indexed citations
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Gao, Linlin, Lin Zhang, Huan Liu, & Jielun Hu. (2023). In vitro gastrointestinal digestion of whole grain noodles supplemented with soluble dietary fiber and their effects on children fecal microbiota. Food Bioscience. 53. 102600–102600. 9 indexed citations
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Huang, Huimei, Shiqiang Cheng, Xuena Yang, et al.. (2023). Dissecting the Association between Gut Microbiota and Brain Structure Change Rate: A Two-Sample Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study. Nutrients. 15(19). 4227–4227. 4 indexed citations
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Sahu, Sunil Kumar & Huan Liu. (2023). A genetic solution for the global food security crisis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65(6). 1359–1361. 5 indexed citations
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Sahu, Sunil Kumar & Huan Liu. (2023). Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research. Molecular Plant. 16(5). 791–793. 16 indexed citations
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Sui, Xiaolei, Jing Nie, Huan Liu, et al.. (2021). Complexity untwined: The structure and function of cucumber ( Cucumis sativ us L.) shoot phloem. The Plant Journal. 106(4). 1163–1176. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Huan. (2005). Treatment of Psoriasis Vulgaris by Yinxiebing External Bath Formula and Narrow - spectrum Midwave Ultraviolet Irradia- tion: A Clinical Observation of 40 Cases. 4 indexed citations

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