Kang Chong

15.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Kang Chong is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kang Chong has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Plant Science, 108 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kang Chong's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (86 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (41 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers). Kang Chong is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (86 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (41 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers). Kang Chong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Kang Chong's co-authors include Yunyuan Xu, Zhihong Xu, Tai Wang, Xiaoyu Guo, Qibin Ma, Zhiyong Wang, Ming‐Yi Bai, Huanhuan Liu, Dongfeng Liu and Cui Zhang 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

Kang Chong

138 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Cold signaling in plants: Insights into mechanisms and regulation

2018 442 citations Xiaoyu Guo, Dongfeng Liu et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →

Peers

Kang Chong

GENET

BIOCH

EEBS

Shou‐Yi Chen China

Kyonoshin Maruyama Japan

Andy Pereira United States

Shozo Fujioka Japan

Yoh Sakuma Japan

Donald R. McCarty United States

Randy C. Shoemaker United States

Ki‐Hong Jung South Korea

Rod J. Snowdon Germany

Jinpu Jin China

Shou‐Yi Chen China

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5.5k ×0.8

631 ×0.5

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440 ×1.3

BIOCH

159 ×0.6

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kang Chong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kang Chong

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zheng, Shuangshuang, Zhitao Li, Wei Luo, et al.. (2025). Natural Variations in the Promoter of CHILLING TOLERANCE DIVERGENCE 8 Contribute to the Functional Divergence in the Chilling Tolerance of Rice. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(11). 8374–8387.

Tian, Wei, Kang Chong, & Jingyu Zhang. (2025). DU-Net-L: an effective and lightweight segmentation model for alfalfa images that integrates the strengths of DeepLabV3+ and U-Net. aBIOTECH. 6(4). 763–773.

Guo, Xiaoyu & Kang Chong. (2025). The teosinte‐derived allele COOL1 is a potential target for molecular design of chilling resilience in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(5). 1205–1207. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Dongfeng, Zhitao Li, Guohua Liang, et al.. (2024). COG3 confers the chilling tolerance to mediate OsFtsH2‐D1 module in rice. New Phytologist. 241(5). 2143–2157. 19 indexed citations

Zheng, Shuangshuang, et al.. (2024). Monosaccharide transporter OsMST6 is activated by transcription factor OsERF120 to enhance chilling tolerance in rice seedlings. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(13). 4038–4051. 6 indexed citations

Li, Zhitao, et al.. (2023). COG2 negatively regulates chilling tolerance through cell wall components altered in rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136(1). 19–19. 18 indexed citations

Liang, Guohua, et al.. (2023). The COG1-OsSERL2 complex senses cold to trigger signaling network for chilling tolerance in japonica rice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3104–3104. 32 indexed citations

Luo, Wei, Yunyuan Xu, Zhihui Xue, et al.. (2023). Natural variation of codon repeats in COLD11 endows rice with chilling resilience. Science Advances. 9(1). eabq5506–eabq5506. 24 indexed citations

Feng, Tingting, Lili Wang, Yuan Liu, et al.. (2022). OsMADS14 and NF‐YB1 cooperate in the direct activation of OsAGPL2 and Waxy during starch synthesis in rice endosperm. New Phytologist. 234(1). 77–92. 35 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaoyu, Dajian Zhang, Zhongliang Wang, et al.. (2022). Cold‐induced calreticulin OsCRT3 conformational changes promote OsCIPK7 binding and temperature sensing in rice. The EMBO Journal. 42(1). e110518–e110518. 25 indexed citations

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Xu, Shujuan, Min Deng, Dexing Lin, et al.. (2021). The vernalization-induced long non-coding RNA VAS functions with the transcription factor TaRF2b to promote TaVRN1 expression for flowering in hexaploid wheat. Molecular Plant. 14(9). 1525–1538. 61 indexed citations

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Yang, Wensi, Kun Wu, Bo Wang, et al.. (2021). The RING E3 ligase CLG1 targets GS3 for degradation via the endosome pathway to determine grain size in rice. Molecular Plant. 14(10). 1699–1713. 78 indexed citations

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Xu, Shujuan, Jun Xiao, Fang Yin, et al.. (2019). The Protein Modifications of O-GlcNAcylation and Phosphorylation Mediate Vernalization Response for Flowering in Winter Wheat. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(3). 1436–1449. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanyuan, Yunyuan Xu, Ming‐Yi Bai, et al.. (2019). Cyclophilin OsCYP20‐2 with a novel variant integrates defense and cell elongation for chilling response in rice. New Phytologist. 225(6). 2453–2467. 28 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaoyu, Dongfeng Liu, & Kang Chong. (2018). Cold signaling in plants: Insights into mechanisms and regulation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 60(9). 745–756. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xing, Lijing, Yan Liu, Shujuan Xu, et al.. (2018). Arabidopsis O ‐Glc NA c transferase SEC activates histone methyltransferase ATX 1 to regulate flowering. The EMBO Journal. 37(19). 47 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingyu, Zhiwei Mao, & Kang Chong. (2013). A global profiling of uncapped mRNAs under cold stress reveals specific decay patterns and endonucleolytic cleavages in Brachypodium distachyon. Genome biology. 14(8). R92–R92. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng, et al.. (2008). Dynamic Proteomic Analysis Reveals a Switch between Central Carbon Metabolism and Alcoholic Fermentation in Rice Filling Grains . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 148(2). 908–925. 124 indexed citations

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Xu, Yunyuan, et al.. (2004). Analysis of Transgenic Tobacco with Overexpression of Arabidopsis WUSCHEL Gene. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 46(2). 224–229. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, et al.. (2004). Wheat RAN1 affects microtubules integrity and nucleocytoplasmic transport in fission yeast system. Zhiwu xuebao. 46(8). 940–947. 4 indexed citations

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