Huilong Du

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Huilong Du is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Huilong Du has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Huilong Du's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). Huilong Du is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). Huilong Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Huilong Du's co-authors include Chengzhi Liang, Zhixi Tian, Zheng Wang, Yanting Shen, Zhuo Chen, Shulin Liu, Xuehui Huang, Hua Peng, Guoan Zhou and Yucheng Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Huilong Du

28 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Pan-Genome of Wild and Cultivated Soybeans

2020 564 citations Yucheng Liu, Huilong Du et al. Cell profile →
The Chromosome-Level Genome Sequence of the Autotetraploid Alfalfa and Resequencing of Core Germplasms Provide Genomic Resources for Alfalfa Research

2020 182 citations Huilong Du, Zhuo Chen et al. Molecular Plant profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huilong Du China	15	1.2k	665	414	57	51	31	1.5k
Touming Liu China	23	1.1k 0.9×	440 0.7×	437 1.1×	109 1.9×	57 1.1×	62	1.3k
Davoud Torkamaneh Canada	21	1.0k 0.9×	418 0.6×	332 0.8×	78 1.4×	48 0.9×	77	1.3k
Moju Cao China	15	814 0.7×	376 0.6×	366 0.9×	56 1.0×	28 0.5×	45	997
Nikolai M. Adamski United Kingdom	16	1.5k 1.3×	532 0.8×	315 0.8×	147 2.6×	36 0.7×	21	1.6k
Prasanna R. Bhat United States	15	1.4k 1.2×	340 0.5×	678 1.6×	85 1.5×	49 1.0×	20	1.6k
Jun‐Xiang Shan China	21	2.2k 1.9×	957 1.4×	1.0k 2.5×	72 1.3×	41 0.8×	26	2.5k
Ram C. Yadav India	13	1.3k 1.1×	731 1.1×	139 0.3×	36 0.6×	48 0.9×	36	1.5k
Zhiqiang Chen China	23	1.1k 0.9×	458 0.7×	418 1.0×	38 0.7×	17 0.3×	64	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huilong Du

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

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Qin, Yujie, Yifeng Yun, Jun Yan, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive co-expression network reveals the fine-tuning of AsHSFA2c in balancing drought tolerance and growth in oat. Communications Biology. 8(1). 393–393. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongyu, Yaru Wang, Ze Liu, et al.. (2025). Super-pangenome analyses across 35 accessions of 23 Avena species highlight their complex evolutionary history and extensive genomic diversity. Nature Genetics. 57(9). 2276–2288.

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.

He, Qiang, Yao Xiao, Yaru Wang, et al.. (2025). High‐quality genome of allotetraploid Avena barbata provides insights into the origin and evolution of B subgenome in Avena. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(6). 1515–1532. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Jianan, Lijun Zhang, Yifeng Yun, et al.. (2025). Genomic insights into the divergence between hulled and hulless oats. Cell Reports. 44(8). 116055–116055. 1 indexed citations

Li, Wei, Yu Wang, Jianan Liu, et al.. (2025). A gap-free complete genome assembly of oat and OatOmics, a multi-omics database. Molecular Plant. 18(2). 179–182. 2 indexed citations

He, Qiang, Yuqing Miao, Yaru Wang, et al.. (2024). The near‐complete genome assembly of Reynoutria multiflora reveals the genetic basis of stilbene and anthraquinone biosynthesis. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(6). 1085–1102. 3 indexed citations

Shi, Kun, Huilong Du, Yuxian Li, et al.. (2024). The chromosome‐level assembly of the wild diploid alfalfa genome provides insights into the full landscape of genomic variations between cultivated and wild alfalfa. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(6). 1757–1772. 7 indexed citations

He, Qiang, Yitao Wang, Yu Wang, et al.. (2024). Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated rice species. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9994–9994. 15 indexed citations

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He, Qiang, Yuqing Miao, Yu Wang, et al.. (2024). The near-complete genome assembly of hexaploid wild oat reveals its genome evolution and divergence with cultivated oats. Nature Plants. 10(12). 2062–2078. 7 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiao‐Mei, Huilong Du, Xiaodi Hu, et al.. (2024). Genomic insights into adaptive evolution of the species-rich cosmopolitan plant genus Rhododendron. Cell Reports. 43(10). 114745–114745. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Peng, So‐ichiro Nishiyama, Huawei Li, et al.. (2023). Genetic insights into the dissolution of dioecy in diploid persimmon Diospyros oleifera Cheng. BMC Plant Biology. 23(1). 606–606.

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Zhang, Hongyu, Qiang He, Longsheng Xing, et al.. (2023). The haplotype-resolved genome assembly of autotetraploid rhubarb Rheum officinale provides insights into its genome evolution and massive accumulation of anthraquinones. Plant Communications. 5(1). 100677–100677. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Chunchao, Zefu Lu, Kun Xie, et al.. (2023). A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria. Molecular Plant. 17(2). 219–222. 27 indexed citations

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Xing, Longsheng, Qiang He, Hongyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Differential subgenome expression underlies biomass accumulation in allotetraploid Pennisetum giganteum. BMC Biology. 21(1). 161–161. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Tao, Xia Xu, Huilong Du, et al.. (2021). Extensive sequence divergence between the reference genomes of Taraxacum kok-saghyz and Taraxacum mongolicum. Science China Life Sciences. 65(3). 515–528. 48 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhuo, Xiuxiu Li, Hongwei Lu, et al.. (2020). Genomic atlases of introgression and differentiation reveal breeding footprints in Chinese cultivated rice. Journal of genetics and genomics. 47(10). 637–649. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Yucheng, Huilong Du, Pengcheng Li, et al.. (2020). Pan-Genome of Wild and Cultivated Soybeans. Cell. 182(1). 162–176.e13. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Hongbing, Junpeng Shi, Zexi Cai, et al.. (2019). Evolution and Domestication Footprints Uncovered from the Genomes of Coix. Molecular Plant. 13(2). 295–308. 28 indexed citations

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Du, Huilong, Ying Yu, Yanfei Ma, et al.. (2017). Sequencing and de novo assembly of a near complete indica rice genome. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15324–15324. 209 indexed citations

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