Ji‐Feng Fei

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ji‐Feng Fei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ji‐Feng Fei has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ji‐Feng Fei's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers). Ji‐Feng Fei is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers). Ji‐Feng Fei collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Austria. Ji‐Feng Fei's co-authors include Hui‐Shan Guo, Nam‐Hai Chua, Qi Xie, Elly M. Tanaka, Dunja Knapp, Yuka Taniguchi, Akira Tazaki, Wieland Β. Huttner, Maritta Schuez and Sergej Nowoshilow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ji‐Feng Fei

35 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

MicroRNA Directs mRNA Cleavage of the Transcription Factor NAC1 to Downregulate Auxin Signals for Arabidopsis Lateral Root Development

2005 805 citations Hui‐Shan Guo, Qi Xie et al. The Plant Cell profile →
The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators

2018 346 citations Sergej Nowoshilow, Siegfried Schloissnig et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ji‐Feng Fei China	17	1.4k	1.0k	228	184	151	42	2.1k
Naoya Takeda Japan	26	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	415 1.8×	107 0.6×	78 0.5×	47	3.5k
Luc Leyns Belgium	24	3.0k 2.2×	262 0.3×	555 2.4×	150 0.8×	111 0.7×	41	3.6k
Maximina H. Yun Germany	15	972 0.7×	238 0.2×	114 0.5×	140 0.8×	29 0.2×	30	1.5k
Kirsten-André Senti Austria	18	1.6k 1.2×	561 0.5×	307 1.3×	63 0.3×	102 0.7×	23	2.1k
James R. Monaghan United States	22	1.0k 0.8×	127 0.1×	186 0.8×	89 0.5×	86 0.6×	49	1.7k
Hiroshi Tarui Japan	24	1.5k 1.1×	497 0.5×	540 2.4×	268 1.5×	15 0.1×	36	2.1k
Daniela Drummond‐Barbosa United States	26	1.9k 1.4×	292 0.3×	623 2.7×	127 0.7×	87 0.6×	44	3.6k
Simon Kidd United States	19	2.3k 1.6×	394 0.4×	429 1.9×	113 0.6×	53 0.4×	21	2.7k
Thomas Czerny Austria	20	1.5k 1.1×	105 0.1×	409 1.8×	116 0.6×	78 0.5×	41	1.9k
James B. Jaynes United States	33	3.3k 2.4×	575 0.6×	745 3.3×	171 0.9×	52 0.3×	53	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ji‐Feng Fei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ji‐Feng Fei

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

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Gong, Peng, Yan Hu, Binbin Lu, et al.. (2025). Revealing the biological features of the axolotl pancreas as a new research model. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 13. 1531903–1531903.

Wang, Liqun, Xiang Li, Sulei Fu, et al.. (2025). Establishing a semi-homology-directed recombination method for precision gene integration in axolotls. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(7). 942–953.

Zhang, Yingxin, Wei Qin, Shaohui Zheng, et al.. (2024). Cytosine base editors with increased PAM and deaminase motif flexibility for gene editing in zebrafish. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9526–9526. 7 indexed citations

Cui, Xiaobing, et al.. (2024). Salamanders aid research into mechanisms of non‐canonical organ regeneration for clinical applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 101–111.

Feng, Weimin, Shuai Liu, Qiuting Deng, et al.. (2023). A scATAC-seq atlas of chromatin accessibility in axolotl brain regions. Scientific Data. 10(1). 627–627. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Shaohui, Fang Ting Liang, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Efficient PAM-Less Base Editing for Zebrafish Modeling of Human Genetic Disease with zSpRY-ABE8e. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

Kaucká, Markéta, Alberto Joven, Markéta Tesařová, et al.. (2022). Altered developmental programs and oriented cell divisions lead to bulky bones during salamander limb regeneration. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6949–6949. 11 indexed citations

Hu, Yan, Xiangyu Pan, Yu Shi, et al.. (2022). Muscles are barely required for the patterning and cell dynamics in axolotl limb regeneration. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 1036641–1036641. 3 indexed citations

Pende, Marko, et al.. (2021). The use of transgenics in the laboratory axolotl. Developmental Dynamics. 251(6). 942–956. 7 indexed citations

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Rao, H. B. D. Prasada, Ihsan Dereli, Frantzeskos Papanikos, et al.. (2020). Proline-rich protein PRR19 functions with cyclin-like CNTD1 to promote meiotic crossing over in mouse. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3101–3101. 22 indexed citations

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Papanikos, Frantzeskos, Julie A. J. Clément, Corinne Grey, et al.. (2019). Mouse ANKRD31 Regulates Spatiotemporal Patterning of Meiotic Recombination Initiation and Ensures Recombination between X and Y Sex Chromosomes. Molecular Cell. 74(5). 1069–1085.e11. 65 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Meng Wang, Yafen Guo, et al.. (2019). Development and Genome Sequencing of a Laboratory-Inbred Miniature Pig Facilitates Study of Human Diabetic Disease. iScience. 19. 162–176. 33 indexed citations

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Lou, Wilson Pak-Kin, Liqun Wang, Cheng Long, Lei Liu, & Ji‐Feng Fei. (2019). Direct Gene Knock-out of Axolotl Spinal Cord Neural Stem Cells via Electroporation of CAS9 Protein-gRNA Complexes. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

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Fei, Ji‐Feng, Wilson Pak-Kin Lou, Dunja Knapp, et al.. (2018). Application and optimization of CRISPR–Cas9-mediated genome engineering in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Nature Protocols. 13(12). 2908–2943. 36 indexed citations

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Nowoshilow, Sergej, Siegfried Schloissnig, Ji‐Feng Fei, et al.. (2018). The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators. Nature. 554(7690). 50–55. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fei, Ji‐Feng, Dunja Knapp, Maritta Schuez, et al.. (2016). Tissue- and time-directed electroporation of CAS9 protein–gRNA complexes in vivo yields efficient multigene knockout for studying gene function in regeneration. npj Regenerative Medicine. 1(1). 16002–16002. 31 indexed citations

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Papanikos, Frantzeskos, Katrin Daniel, Ji‐Feng Fei, et al.. (2016). The enigmatic meiotic dense body and its newly discovered component, SCML1, are dispensable for fertility and gametogenesis in mice. Chromosoma. 126(3). 399–415. 3 indexed citations

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Wong, Fong Kuan, Ji‐Feng Fei, Felipe Mora‐Bermúdez, et al.. (2015). Sustained Pax6 Expression Generates Primate-like Basal Radial Glia in Developing Mouse Neocortex. PLoS Biology. 13(8). e1002217–e1002217. 72 indexed citations

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Fei, Ji‐Feng & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2009). Nonselective Sister Chromatid Segregation in Mouse Embryonic Neocortical Precursor Cells. Cerebral Cortex. 19(suppl 1). i49–i54. 17 indexed citations

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Guo, Hui‐Shan, Qi Xie, Ji‐Feng Fei, & Nam‐Hai Chua. (2005). MicroRNA Directs mRNA Cleavage of the Transcription Factor NAC1 to Downregulate Auxin Signals for Arabidopsis Lateral Root Development. The Plant Cell. 17(5). 1376–1386. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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