Jinkun Du

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jinkun Du is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jinkun Du has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jinkun Du's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (17 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (9 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (8 papers). Jinkun Du is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (17 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (9 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (8 papers). Jinkun Du collaborates with scholars based in China, Italy and Indonesia. Jinkun Du's co-authors include Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Yingyin Yao, Huiru Peng, Zhaorong Hu, Ganggang Guo, Jian‐Kang Zhu, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Mingming Xin and Weiwei Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Jinkun Du

33 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

The endosperm-specific transcription factor TaNAC019 regulates glutenin and starch accumulation and its elite allele improves wheat grain quality

2021 138 citations Yujiao Gao, Weiwei Guo et al. The Plant Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jinkun Du China	15	1.1k	444	206	128	57	35	1.2k
Yinping Jiao United States	14	895 0.8×	600 1.4×	381 1.8×	125 1.0×	89 1.6×	26	1.2k
Wanquan Ji China	24	1.8k 1.6×	539 1.2×	223 1.1×	190 1.5×	67 1.2×	139	2.0k
Jiabo Wang China	12	872 0.8×	251 0.6×	591 2.9×	103 0.8×	130 2.3×	37	1.2k
Junpeng Shi China	10	846 0.8×	486 1.1×	205 1.0×	56 0.4×	13 0.2×	16	1.1k
Pingchuan Li China	19	1.7k 1.6×	750 1.7×	178 0.9×	62 0.5×	49 0.9×	30	1.9k
Naxin Huo United States	14	735 0.7×	327 0.7×	157 0.8×	52 0.4×	43 0.8×	16	900
Meng Huang United States	8	1.4k 1.2×	234 0.5×	878 4.3×	188 1.5×	57 1.0×	19	1.7k
Shuaifeng Geng China	18	962 0.9×	437 1.0×	234 1.1×	83 0.6×	16 0.3×	30	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jinkun Du

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Lu, Wanlong, et al.. (2025). Impact of adding sorghum tannin on volatile compounds and fermentation products of whisky. Food Bioscience. 68. 106581–106581. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Xiaojiang, Zhe Chen, Xin Liu, et al.. (2025). Dynamic regulation and embryo-endosperm crosstalk revealed by whole transcriptome profiling of wheat seed development. Cell Reports. 44(9). 116195–116195.

Gao, Yujiao, Xiaobang Zhang, Xue Zhang, et al.. (2024). The transcription factor CAMTA2 interacts with the histone acetyltransferase GCN5 and regulates grain weight in wheat. The Plant Cell. 36(12). 4895–4913. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Xinyi, Kai Yang, Siyuan Chang, et al.. (2024). Fine-mapping and validation of the major quantitative trait locus QFlANG-4B for flag leaf angle in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 137(6). 121–121. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhaoheng, Dan Liu, Wenxi Wang, et al.. (2024). A k-mer-based pangenome approach for cataloging seed-storage-protein genes in wheat to facilitate genotype-to-phenotype prediction and improvement of end-use quality. Molecular Plant. 17(7). 1038–1053. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Aroma Profiles of Whiskeys Fermented from Different Grain Ingredients. Foods. 13(13). 2031–2031. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Dan, Zhaoheng Zhang, Qian Chen, et al.. (2023). An elite γ‐gliadin allele improves end‐use quality in wheat. New Phytologist. 239(1). 87–101. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianing, Zhaoheng Zhang, Ruijie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Type I MADS‐box transcription factor TaMADS‐GS regulates grain size by stabilizing cytokinin signalling during endosperm cellularization in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(1). 200–215. 22 indexed citations

Chen, Qian, Zhaoheng Zhang, Zihao Wang, et al.. (2022). Unprocessed wheat γ‐gliadin reduces gluten accumulation associated with the endoplasmic reticulum stress and elevated cell death. New Phytologist. 236(1). 146–164. 12 indexed citations

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Chang, Siyuan, Qian Chen, Tao Yang, et al.. (2022). Pinb-D1p is an elite allele for improving end-use quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135(12). 4469–4481. 12 indexed citations

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Cao, Jie, Kaiye Liu, Wanjun Song, et al.. (2021). Pleiotropic function of the SQUAMOSA PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE gene TaSPL14 in wheat plant architecture. Planta. 253(2). 44–44. 36 indexed citations

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Gao, Yujiao, Weiwei Guo, Yongming Chen, et al.. (2021). The endosperm-specific transcription factor TaNAC019 regulates glutenin and starch accumulation and its elite allele improves wheat grain quality. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 603–622. 138 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Kaiye, Jie Cao, Kuohai Yu, et al.. (2019). Wheat TaSPL8 Modulates Leaf Angle Through Auxin and Brassinosteroid Signaling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 181(1). 179–194. 88 indexed citations

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Guo, Guanghui, Xinye Liu, Jie Cao, et al.. (2018). Wheat miR9678 Affects Seed Germination by Generating Phased siRNAs and Modulating Abscisic Acid/Gibberellin Signaling. The Plant Cell. 30(4). 796–814. 85 indexed citations

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Guo, Weiwei, Jinxia Zhang, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2015). The Wheat NAC Transcription Factor TaNAC2L Is Regulated at the Transcriptional and Post-Translational Levels and Promotes Heat Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135667–e0135667. 72 indexed citations

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Guo, Weiwei, et al.. (2013). Widespread, abundant, and diverse TE-associated siRNAs in developing wheat grain. Gene. 522(1). 1–7. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Baojian, Yanhong Chen, Guiping Zhang, et al.. (2013). Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Embryos between a Maize Hybrid and Its Parental Lines during Early Stages of Seed Germination. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65867–e65867. 43 indexed citations

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Du, Jinkun, et al.. (2010). Fermentation kinetics of carbohydrate fractions of maize grains as determined by <i>in vitro</i> gas production curve subtraction technique. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences. 19(4). 638–650. 2 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingyin, Ganggang Guo, Zhongfu Ni, et al.. (2007). Cloning and characterization of microRNAs from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genome biology. 8(6). R96–R96. 314 indexed citations

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Wei, Yanling, et al.. (2003). Molecular marker location of a novel yellow rust resistance gene YrSp derived from spelt wheat. 11(1). 30–33.

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