Kunling Chen

12.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
49 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Kunling Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunling Chen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Kunling Chen's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (16 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers). Kunling Chen is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (16 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers). Kunling Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Kunling Chen's co-authors include Caixia Gao, Yanpeng Wang, Huawei Zhang, Rui Zhang, Zhen Liang, Jin‐Xing Liu, Yi Zhang, Jin‐Long Qiu, Yuan Zong and Kang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kunling Chen

48 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing and Precision Plant Breeding in Agriculture

2019 971 citations Kunling Chen, Yanpeng Wang et al. profile →
Efficient DNA-free genome editing of bread wheat using CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes

2017 634 citations Kunling Chen, Tingdong Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
Efficient and transgene-free genome editing in wheat through transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 DNA or RNA

2016 625 citations Yi Zhang, Yuan Zong et al. Nature Communications profile →
Precise base editing in rice, wheat and maize with a Cas9-cytidine deaminase fusion

2017 603 citations Yuan Zong, Yanpeng Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Targeted Mutagenesis in Zea mays Using TALENs and the CRISPR/Cas System

2013 438 citations Kang Zhang, Kunling Chen et al. Journal of genetics and genomics profile →
Genome-edited powdery mildew resistance in wheat without growth penalties

2022 286 citations Boshu Li, Yanpeng Wang et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kunling Chen	4.7k	4.0k	729	621	530	49	6.3k
Kan Wang	5.3k 1.1×	4.6k 1.1×	472 0.6×	310 0.5×	1.6k 3.0×	135	7.1k
Mariette Andersson	1.4k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	182 0.2×	138 0.2×	134 0.3×	44	2.2k
Luisa Bortesi	1.6k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	195 0.3×	206 0.3×	469 0.9×	23	2.1k
Lixin Ma	1.8k 0.4×	289 0.1×	283 0.4×	68 0.1×	460 0.9×	166	3.0k
Mark J. Guiltinan	3.0k 0.6×	4.1k 1.0×	177 0.2×	143 0.2×	483 0.9×	116	5.6k
Shihui Yang	2.9k 0.6×	719 0.2×	398 0.5×	70 0.1×	592 1.1×	132	4.1k
Greg Brown	2.3k 0.5×	279 0.1×	416 0.6×	107 0.2×	175 0.3×	55	3.2k
Emilio Rodríguez‐Cerezo	905 0.2×	1.8k 0.4×	252 0.3×	408 0.7×	274 0.5×	56	2.7k
Sanyuan Ma	1.3k 0.3×	332 0.1×	230 0.3×	611 1.0×	33 0.1×	75	1.8k

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Zhu, Haifeng, Lianghong Wei, Qiao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Engineered geminivirus replicons enable rapid in planta directed evolution. Science. 390(6774). eady2167–eady2167.

Xue, Chenxiao, Jin‐Xing Liu, Boshu Li, et al.. (2025). An efficient mRNA delivery system for genome editing in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(4). 1348–1358. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Kunling, Yujie Zhang, Lei Cai, et al.. (2025). Tumor-Derived CCL16 Normalizes Tumor Vasculature through Macrophage ICAM-1 Receptor and Enhances Immunotherapy Efficacy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancer Research. 85(19). 3633–3650. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). Circular RNA-mediated inverse prime editing in human cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5057–5057. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Kunling, et al.. (2024). Sphingomyelin synthase 2 promotes the stemness of breast cancer cells via modulating NF-κB signaling pathway. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 150(2). 46–46. 2 indexed citations

Xue, Chenxiao, Yuxiang Wang, Boshu Li, et al.. (2023). Tuning plant phenotypes by precise, graded downregulation of gene expression. Nature Biotechnology. 41(12). 1758–1764. 81 indexed citations

Liao, Hangyu, Jun Yang, Yuyan Xu, et al.. (2023). Mannose-Binding Lectin 2 as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Multi-Omics Analysis and Experimental Validation. Cancers. 15(19). 4900–4900. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Donghui, Chaoqun Liu, Yujie Zhang, et al.. (2022). CRIP1 suppresses BBOX1 ‐mediated carnitine metabolism to promote stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma. The EMBO Journal. 41(15). e110218–e110218. 40 indexed citations

Wang, Chunming, Wenbin Huang, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2021). Correlation Between Circulating Tumor Cell DNA Genomic Alterations and Mesenchymal CTCs or CTC-Associated White Blood Cell Clusters in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 686365–686365. 8 indexed citations

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Jin, Shuai, Qiupeng Lin, Yingfeng Luo, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide specificity of prime editors in plants. Nature Biotechnology. 39(10). 1292–1299. 99 indexed citations

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Wu, Shaoping, Haocheng Zhu, Jin‐Xing Liu, et al.. (2020). Establishment of a PEG-mediated protoplast transformation system based on DNA and CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes for banana. BMC Plant Biology. 20(1). 159–425. 75 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rui, Sha Chen, Xiangbing Meng, et al.. (2020). Generating broad-spectrum tolerance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides in rice by base editing. Science China Life Sciences. 64(10). 1624–1633. 64 indexed citations

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Si, Xiaomin, Huawei Zhang, Yanpeng Wang, Kunling Chen, & Caixia Gao. (2020). Manipulating gene translation in plants by CRISPR–Cas9-mediated genome editing of upstream open reading frames. Nature Protocols. 15(2). 338–363. 61 indexed citations

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Fan, Rong, Zhuangzhuang Chai, Sinian Xing, et al.. (2020). Shortening the sgRNA-DNA interface enables SpCas9 and eSpCas9(1.1) to nick the target DNA strand. Science China Life Sciences. 63(11). 1619–1630. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Shengxing, Yuan Zong, Qiupeng Lin, et al.. (2020). Precise, predictable multi-nucleotide deletions in rice and wheat using APOBEC–Cas9. Nature Biotechnology. 38(12). 1460–1465. 56 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanpeng, et al.. (2017). Cas9‐シチジンデアミナーゼ融合体によるイネ,コムギ,トウモロコシの正確な塩基編集. Nature Biotechnology. 35(5). 440. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dingbo, Huawei Zhang, Tingdong Li, et al.. (2017). Perfectly matched 20-nucleotide guide RNA sequences enable robust genome editing using high-fidelity SpCas9 nucleases. Genome biology. 18(1). 191–191. 102 indexed citations

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Shan, Qiwei, Yi Zhang, Kunling Chen, Kang Zhang, & Caixia Gao. (2015). Creation of fragrant rice by targeted knockout of the OsBADH2 gene using TALEN technology. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 13(6). 791–800. 233 indexed citations

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Chen, Kunling, Qiwei Shan, & Caixia Gao. (2014). An efficient TALEN mutagenesis system in rice. Methods. 69(1). 2–8. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Kunling & Caixia Gao. (2013). TALENs: Customizable Molecular DNA Scissors for Genome Engineering of Plants. Journal of genetics and genomics. 40(6). 271–279. 79 indexed citations

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