Jian‐Ren Shen

23.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
327 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Jian‐Ren Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jian‐Ren Shen has authored 327 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 280 papers in Molecular Biology, 107 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 88 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jian‐Ren Shen's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (276 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (88 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (82 papers). Jian‐Ren Shen is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (276 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (88 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (82 papers). Jian‐Ren Shen collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Jian‐Ren Shen's co-authors include Nobuo Kamiya, Keisuke Kawakami, Yasufumi Umena, Michihiro Suga, Tingyun Kuang, Barry P. Rosen, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Xiaochun Qin, Fusamichi Akita and Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jian‐Ren Shen

315 papers receiving 17.0k 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.

Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at a resolution of 1.9 Å

2011 3.1k citations Keisuke Kawakami, Jian‐Ren Shen et al. profile →
Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

2014 938 citations Michihiro Suga, Fusamichi Akita et al. profile →
Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus at 3.7-Å resolution

2002 918 citations Nobuo Kamiya, Jian‐Ren Shen Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Structure of Photosystem II and the Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis

2015 576 citations Jian‐Ren Shen profile →
Manganese Compounds as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts: From the Natural Water-Oxidizing Complex to Nanosized Manganese Oxide Structures

2016 563 citations Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Robert Carpentier et al. profile →
Arsenite transport by mammalian aquaglyceroporins AQP7 and AQP9

2002 392 citations Jian‐Ren Shen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jian‐Ren Shen Japan	57	12.2k	5.7k	4.0k	3.9k	3.1k	327	17.2k
A. William Rutherford France	72	11.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.5×	4.8k 1.2×	4.9k 1.3×	1.7k 0.5×	237	14.1k
Robert E. Blankenship United States	65	16.4k 1.3×	4.5k 0.8×	9.6k 2.4×	5.5k 1.4×	2.8k 0.9×	345	24.0k
P. Leslie Dutton United States	72	14.8k 1.2×	3.4k 0.6×	3.9k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	290	19.5k
Stenbjörn Styring Sweden	58	6.6k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	279	11.8k
Hartmut Michel Germany	67	17.9k 1.5×	2.1k 0.4×	4.7k 1.2×	5.9k 1.5×	3.7k 1.2×	259	21.6k
Richard J. Cogdell United Kingdom	72	17.0k 1.4×	3.9k 0.7×	10.5k 2.6×	6.1k 1.6×	3.7k 1.2×	441	22.5k
G. Charles Dismukes United States	64	6.1k 0.5×	7.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	4.0k 1.3×	213	14.4k
Wolfgang Lubitz Germany	81	9.9k 0.8×	12.8k 2.3×	5.4k 1.3×	2.8k 0.7×	6.5k 2.1×	477	26.2k
Г. Ренгер Germany	55	8.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	3.9k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	259	10.6k
Kenneth Sauer United States	64	9.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.4×	5.0k 1.2×	3.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	215	12.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jian‐Ren Shen

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Kato, Koji, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Yoshiki Nakajima, et al.. (2024). The structure of PSI-LHCI from Cyanidium caldarium provides evolutionary insights into conservation and diversity of red-lineage LHCs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2319658121–e2319658121. 16 indexed citations

Nakajima, Yoshiki, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for molecular assembly of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins in a diatom photosystem I supercomplex. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations

Isobe, Hiroshi, Takayoshi Suzuki, Michihiro Suga, Jian‐Ren Shen, & Kizashi Yamaguchi. (2024). Conformational Flexibility of D1-Glu189: A Crucial Determinant in Substrate Water Selection, Positioning, and Stabilization within the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II. ACS Omega. 9(50). 50041–50048. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Liangliang, Yuanzhu Gao, Ruxi Qi, et al.. (2024). Structure of a unique PSII-Pcb tetrameric megacomplex in a chlorophyll d –containing cyanobacterium. Science Advances. 10(8). eadk7140–eadk7140. 9 indexed citations

Nakajima, Yoshiki, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for molecular assembly of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins in a diatom photosystem I supercomplex. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations

Suzuki, Takehiro, Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, et al.. (2023). Tight association of CpcL with photosystem I in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 grown under iron-deficient conditions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1864(4). 148993–148993. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Songhao, Xiaoyi Li, Zhenhua Li, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into photosystem II supercomplex and trimeric FCP antennae of a centric diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8164–8164. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Jie, Bing Yin, Wenzhe Liu, et al.. (2023). Stimuli‐Induced Subconformation Transformation of the PSI‐LHCI Protein at Single‐Molecule Resolution. Advanced Science. 10(19). e2205945–e2205945. 1 indexed citations

Langley, Julien, Stefania Viola, Andrea Fantuzzi, et al.. (2022). Simulating the low-temperature, metastable electrochromism of Photosystem I: Applications to Thermosynechococcus vulcanus and Chroococcidiopsis thermalis. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157(12). 125103–125103. 1 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Parveen, Gábor Sipka, Guangye Han, et al.. (2022). Ultrafast excitation quenching by the oxidized photosystem II reaction center. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(14). 145101–145101. 11 indexed citations

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Nishide, Hiroyo, Ryo Nagao, Natsuko Inoue‐Kashino, et al.. (2021). Molecular phylogeny of fucoxanthin‐chlorophyll a / c proteins from Chaetoceros gracilis and Lhcq/Lhcf diversity. Physiologia Plantarum. 174(1). e13598–e13598. 21 indexed citations

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Nguyễn, Hoàng Long, Thanh Nhut, Parveen Akhtar, et al.. (2021). An Exciton Dynamics Model of Bryopsis corticulans Light-Harvesting Complex II. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(4). 1134–1143. 6 indexed citations

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Suga, Michihiro & Jian‐Ren Shen. (2020). Structural variations of photosystem I-antenna supercomplex in response to adaptations to different light environments. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 63. 10–17. 41 indexed citations

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Kato, Koji, Ryo Nagao, Seiji Akimoto, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for the adaptation and function of chlorophyll f in photosystem I. Nature Communications. 11(1). 238–238. 94 indexed citations

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Pi, Xiong, Songhao Zhao, Wenda Wang, et al.. (2019). The pigment-protein network of a diatom photosystem II–light-harvesting antenna supercomplex. Science. 365(6452). 145 indexed citations

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Voloshin, Roman A., Sergey K. Zharmukhamedov, Irada Huseynova, et al.. (2018). Biohybrid solar cells: Fundamentals, progress, and challenges. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews. 35. 134–156. 83 indexed citations

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Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I., Sergey K. Zharmukhamedov, Margarita V. Rodionova, et al.. (2017). Vyacheslav (Slava) Klimov (1945–2017): A scientist par excellence, a great human being, a friend, and a Renaissance man. Photosynthesis Research. 136(1). 1–16. 13 indexed citations

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Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi, Davood Jafarian Sedigh, Robert Carpentier, et al.. (2013). Gold or silver deposited on layered manganese oxide: a functional model for the water-oxidizing complex in photosystem II. Photosynthesis Research. 117(1-3). 423–429. 26 indexed citations

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Hino, Tomoya, et al.. (2004). An icosahedral assembly of the light-harvesting chlorophylla/bprotein complex from pea chloroplast thylakoid membranes. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(5). 803–809. 10 indexed citations

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Kamiya, Nobuo & Jian‐Ren Shen. (2002). Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus at 3.7-Å resolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(1). 98–103. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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