Jing‐Ke Weng

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Jing‐Ke Weng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jing‐Ke Weng has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Jing‐Ke Weng's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (27 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (25 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers). Jing‐Ke Weng is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (27 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (25 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers). Jing‐Ke Weng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Jing‐Ke Weng's co-authors include Clint Chapple, Fu‐Shuang Li, Xu Li, Joseph P. Noel, Nicholas D. Bonawitz, Tomáš Pluskal, Joseph R. Jacobowitz, Ryan N. Philippe, Michael P. Torrens-Spence and Jake Stout and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jing‐Ke Weng

88 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

The origin and evolution of lignin biosynthesis

2010 576 citations Jing‐Ke Weng, Clint Chapple profile →
Demystifying traditional herbal medicine with modern approach

2017 337 citations Fu‐Shuang Li, Jing‐Ke Weng profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jing‐Ke Weng United States	44	4.2k	2.6k	1.1k	787	639	91	6.4k
Laurence Davin United States	49	5.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	436 0.6×	943 1.5×	111	7.0k
Ian A. Graham United Kingdom	69	7.6k 1.8×	8.2k 3.2×	663 0.6×	518 0.7×	251 0.4×	164	13.4k
B. Markus Lange United States	40	4.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	260 0.2×	839 1.1×	472 0.7×	111	6.4k
Joseph M. Jez United States	56	6.5k 1.5×	4.0k 1.6×	230 0.2×	948 1.2×	485 0.8×	174	10.5k
Hideaki Nojiri Japan	49	3.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	317 0.3×	339 0.4×	300 0.5×	221	7.4k
David R. Gang United States	51	5.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	328 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	713 1.1×	142	8.7k
Daisuke Shibata Japan	58	7.4k 1.8×	7.8k 3.0×	683 0.6×	282 0.4×	715 1.1×	260	12.5k
Basil J. Nikolau United States	52	5.5k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	531 0.5×	233 0.3×	266 0.4×	165	8.2k
Søren Bak Denmark	52	6.1k 1.4×	5.4k 2.1×	228 0.2×	668 0.8×	502 0.8×	116	10.1k
Morakot Tanticharoen Thailand	39	2.3k 0.5×	963 0.4×	439 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	729 1.1×	175	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jing‐Ke Weng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jing‐Ke Weng

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Wentao, Jakob K. Reinhardt, Xiao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Cyclochlorotine Hydroxylase CctR Reveals DUF3328 as a Family of Copper‐Dependent Metalloenzymes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(38).

Huang, Wentao, Jakob K. Reinhardt, Xiao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Cyclochlorotine Hydroxylase CctR Reveals DUF3328 as a Family of Copper‐Dependent Metalloenzymes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(38). e202512449–e202512449.

Keys, Heather R., Shinya Imada, Anna Joseph, et al.. (2025). Genetically encoded fluorescent reporter for polyamines. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4921–4921. 1 indexed citations

Torrens-Spence, Michael P., Jason O. Matos, Tianjie Li, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic basis for the emergence of EPS1 as a catalyst in salicylic acid biosynthesis of Brassicaceae. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10356–10356. 7 indexed citations

Kasprzyk, Philip G., Larry M. Tremaine, Odette A. Fahmi, & Jing‐Ke Weng. (2023). In Vitro Evaluation of the Potential for Drug Interactions by Salidroside. Nutrients. 15(17). 3723–3723. 4 indexed citations

Fallon, Timothy, et al.. (2023). transXpress: a Snakemake pipeline for streamlined de novo transcriptome assembly and annotation. BMC Bioinformatics. 24(1). 133–133. 8 indexed citations

Torrens-Spence, Michael P., et al.. (2020). Structural basis for divergent and convergent evolution of catalytic machineries in plant aromatic amino acid decarboxylase proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(20). 10806–10817. 50 indexed citations

Huang, Wentao, et al.. (2020). Evidence for de novo Biosynthesis of the Luminous Substrate Coelenterazine in Ctenophores. iScience. 23(12). 101859–101859. 13 indexed citations

Weng, Jing‐Ke. (2020). Plant Solutions for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Historical Reflections and Future Perspectives. Molecular Plant. 13(6). 803–807. 26 indexed citations

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Levsh, Olesya, Tomáš Pluskal, Valentina Carballo, Andrew J. Mitchell, & Jing‐Ke Weng. (2019). Independent evolution of rosmarinic acid biosynthesis in two sister families under the Lamiids clade of flowering plants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(42). 15193–15205. 50 indexed citations

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Christ, Bastien, Chengchao Xu, Fu‐Shuang Li, et al.. (2019). Repeated evolution of cytochrome P450-mediated spiroketal steroid biosynthesis in plants. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3206–3206. 141 indexed citations

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Qin, Hao, Andrew J. Mitchell, Baoxiu Liu, et al.. (2018). Noncatalytic chalcone isomerase-fold proteins in Humulus lupulus are auxiliary components in prenylated flavonoid biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(22). E5223–E5232. 76 indexed citations

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Hill, Matthew C. & Jing‐Ke Weng. (2018). Pièce de Self-Résistance: a New Paradigm for Natural-Product Herbicide Discovery. Molecular Plant. 11(9). 1115–1116. 3 indexed citations

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Torrens-Spence, Michael P., Timothy Fallon, & Jing‐Ke Weng. (2016). A Workflow for Studying Specialized Metabolism in Nonmodel Eukaryotic Organisms. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 576. 69–97. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qing, Yang Zhang, Gang Wang, et al.. (2015). A specialized flavone biosynthetic pathway has evolved in the medicinal plant, Scutellaria baicalensis. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations

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Weng, Jing‐Ke & Joseph P. Noel. (2013). Chemodiversity in Selaginella: a reference system for parallel and convergent metabolic evolution in terrestrial plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 119–119. 59 indexed citations

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Weng, Jing‐Ke, Yi Li, Huaping Mo, & Clint Chapple. (2012). Assembly of an Evolutionarily New Pathway for α-Pyrone Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Science. 337(6097). 960–964. 76 indexed citations

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Weng, Jing‐Ke & Joseph P. Noel. (2012). Structure–Function Analyses of Plant Type III Polyketide Synthases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 515. 317–335. 23 indexed citations

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Weng, Jing‐Ke, Xu Li, Nicholas D. Bonawitz, & Clint Chapple. (2008). Emerging strategies of lignin engineering and degradation for cellulosic biofuel production. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 19(2). 166–172. 264 indexed citations

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Li, Xu, Jing‐Ke Weng, & Clint Chapple. (2008). Improvement of biomass through lignin modification. The Plant Journal. 54(4). 569–581. 318 indexed citations

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