Jinsheng Lai

15.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Jinsheng Lai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jinsheng Lai has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Plant Science, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 48 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jinsheng Lai's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (42 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (41 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (28 papers). Jinsheng Lai is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (42 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (41 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (28 papers). Jinsheng Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Jinsheng Lai's co-authors include Weibin Song, Joachim Messing, Haiming Zhao, Junpeng Shi, Shaojun Xie, Jian Chen, Mei Zhang, Biao Zeng, Andrew Hauck and Hugo K. Dooner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jinsheng Lai

149 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

A retrotransposon in an HKT1 family sodium transporter causes variation of leaf Na⁺ exclusion and salt tolerance in maize

2017 244 citations Junpeng Shi, Xiaoyan Liang et al. New Phytologist profile →
Programmable RNA editing with compact CRISPR–Cas13 systems from uncultivated microbes

2021 232 citations Chunlong Xu, Yingsi Zhou et al. Nature Methods profile →
A complete telomere-to-telomere assembly of the maize genome

2023 162 citations Jian Chen, Wei Huang et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jinsheng Lai China	49	5.6k	3.6k	1.9k	383	217	158	7.6k
Xin Zhang China	47	4.6k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	168 0.4×	212 1.0×	191	7.1k
Yunhai Li China	44	5.8k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	247 0.6×	107 0.5×	158	7.7k
Nicholas J. Provart Canada	43	6.8k 1.2×	6.3k 1.7×	736 0.4×	179 0.5×	248 1.1×	115	9.3k
Marnik Vuylsteke Belgium	43	3.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	696 0.4×	148 0.4×	295 1.4×	94	5.6k
Zhou Du China	29	3.5k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	704 0.4×	139 0.4×	118 0.5×	64	6.9k
Zhen Su China	41	7.1k 1.3×	5.2k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	273 0.7×	518 2.4×	118	9.6k
Hong Yu China	49	5.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	188 0.5×	897 4.1×	173	8.2k
Hong‐Wei Xue China	51	7.1k 1.3×	4.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	225 0.6×	169 0.8×	168	8.8k
Aimin Zhang China	40	3.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	749 2.0×	129 0.6×	179	5.0k
Chris Maliepaard Netherlands	35	2.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	889 0.5×	110 0.3×	202 0.9×	101	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Jinsheng Lai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jinsheng Lai

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Xiang, Hongjun Liu, Xuerong Yang, et al.. (2025). Constraint of accessible chromatins maps regulatory loci involved in maize speciation and domestication. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2477–2477. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Kai‐Hua, Ziqi Wu, Man Zhang, et al.. (2025). Metal ion transport in maize: survival in a variable stress environment. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(3). 297–306. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Yanting, Jienan Han, Wei Ren, et al.. (2024). NIN-LIKE PROTEIN3.2 inhibits repressor Aux/IAA14 expression and enhances root biomass in maize seedlings under low nitrogen. The Plant Cell. 36(10). 4388–4403. 16 indexed citations

Gu, Wei, Zhijia Yang, Jian Chen, et al.. (2023). ZmELP1, an Elongator complex subunit, is required for the maintenance of histone acetylation and RNA Pol II phosphorylation in maize kernels. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(5). 1251–1268. 1 indexed citations

Li, Wei, Changjiang Li, Shuwei Wang, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor ZmMYB69 represses lignin biosynthesis by activating ZmMYB31/42 expression in maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 189(4). 1916–1919. 21 indexed citations

Shi, Yiting, Jingyan Liu, Zhen Li, et al.. (2022). Natural polymorphism of ZmICE1 contributes to amino acid metabolism that impacts cold tolerance in maize. Nature Plants. 8(10). 1176–1190. 98 indexed citations

Fu, Diyi, Xi Wang, Rong Zeng, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor bZIP68 negatively regulates cold tolerance in maize. The Plant Cell. 34(8). 2833–2851. 109 indexed citations

Chen, Jian, et al.. (2021). ENB1 encodes a cellulose synthase 5 that directs synthesis of cell wall ingrowths in maize basal endosperm transfer cells. The Plant Cell. 34(3). 1054–1074. 20 indexed citations

Gao, Xiang, Junpeng Shi, Pei Liang, et al.. (2021). HITAC-seq enables high-throughput cost-effective sequencing of plasmids and DNA fragments with identity. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(8). 671–680. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Yumin, Wei Huang, Zhuang Meng, et al.. (2021). Megabase-scale presence-absence variation with Tripsacum origin was under selection during maize domestication and adaptation. Genome biology. 22(1). 237–237. 26 indexed citations

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Liang, Xiaoyan, Songyu Liu, Tao Wang, et al.. (2021). Metabolomics‐driven gene mining and genetic improvement of tolerance to salt‐induced osmotic stress in maize. New Phytologist. 230(6). 2355–2370. 58 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunlong, Yingsi Zhou, Qingquan Xiao, et al.. (2021). Programmable RNA editing with compact CRISPR–Cas13 systems from uncultivated microbes. Nature Methods. 18(5). 499–506. 232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yi, Fei, Wei Gu, Jian Chen, et al.. (2019). High Temporal-Resolution Transcriptome Landscape of Early Maize Seed Development. The Plant Cell. 31(5). 974–992. 132 indexed citations

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Shi, Junpeng, Xuxu Ma, Jihong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Chromosome conformation capture resolved near complete genome assembly of broomcorn millet. Nature Communications. 10(1). 464–464. 86 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhihai, Xuan Zhang, Zhelong Lin, et al.. (2018). The genetic architecture of nodal root number in maize. The Plant Journal. 93(6). 1032–1044. 55 indexed citations

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Liang, Yameng, Xufeng Wang, Cheng Huang, et al.. (2018). ZmMADS69 functions as a flowering activator through the ZmRap2.7‐ZCN8 regulatory module and contributes to maize flowering time adaptation. New Phytologist. 221(4). 2335–2347. 83 indexed citations

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Zuo, Weiliang, Qing Chao, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2014). A maize wall-associated kinase confers quantitative resistance to head smut. Nature Genetics. 47(2). 151–157. 280 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhaobin, Chuan Jiang, Xiaoyang Chen, et al.. (2013). Maize LAZY1 Mediates Shoot Gravitropism and Inflorescence Development through Regulating Auxin Transport, Auxin Signaling, and Light Response. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 163(3). 1306–1322. 120 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mei, Shaojun Xie, Xiaomei Dong, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide high resolution parental-specific DNA and histone methylation maps uncover patterns of imprinting regulation in maize. Genome Research. 24(1). 167–176. 120 indexed citations

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Ma, Jianxin, Phillip SanMiguel, Jinsheng Lai, Joachim Messing, & Jeffrey L. Bennetzen. (2005). DNA Rearrangement in Orthologous Orp Regions of the Maize, Rice and Sorghum Genomes. Genetics. 170(3). 1209–1220. 48 indexed citations

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