Legong Li

11.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
66 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Legong Li is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Legong Li has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Plant Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Legong Li's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (36 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (32 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (24 papers). Legong Li is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (36 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (32 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (24 papers). Legong Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Legong Li's co-authors include Sheng Luan, Girdhar K. Pandey, Yong Hwa Cheong, Beom‐Gi Kim, Wang Tian, John J. Grant, Jiping Gao, Hong‐Xuan Lin, Zengyong He and Wei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Legong Li

65 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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 rice quantitative trait locus for salt tolerance encodes a sodium transporter

2005 1.1k citations Jiping Gao, Legong Li et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies

2015 560 citations Bin Hu, Wei Wang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
A calmodulin-gated calcium channel links pathogen patterns to plant immunity

2019 363 citations Wang Tian, Congcong Hou et al. Nature profile →
Calcium spikes, waves and oscillations in plant development and biotic interactions

2020 245 citations Wang Tian, Chao Wang et al. Nature Plants profile →
Root-secreted bitter triterpene modulates the rhizosphere microbiota to improve plant fitness

2022 126 citations Yang Zhong, Weibing Xun et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Legong Li China	40	6.8k	2.5k	519	331	166	66	7.5k
Cheng‐Bin Xiang China	44	5.9k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	203 0.4×	177 0.5×	170 1.0×	99	6.9k
Ki‐Hong Jung South Korea	45	6.2k 0.9×	4.3k 1.7×	752 1.4×	178 0.5×	286 1.7×	230	7.7k
Tomoyuki Yamaya Japan	56	8.2k 1.2×	4.0k 1.6×	448 0.9×	285 0.9×	219 1.3×	149	9.2k
Jong‐Seong Jeon South Korea	53	7.7k 1.1×	4.4k 1.8×	792 1.5×	701 2.1×	315 1.9×	191	8.9k
Oliver Thimm Germany	11	4.2k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	215 0.4×	104 0.3×	118 0.7×	11	5.2k
Tomokazu Koshiba Japan	50	9.7k 1.4×	5.4k 2.2×	422 0.8×	122 0.4×	382 2.3×	122	10.8k
Benoı̂t Lacombe France	39	5.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	120 0.2×	92 0.3×	149 0.9×	73	6.3k
Francisco M. Cánovas Spain	40	3.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	230 0.4×	75 0.2×	151 0.9×	132	4.0k
Brian Forde United Kingdom	50	9.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	298 0.6×	255 0.8×	274 1.7×	112	10.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Legong Li

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Wang, Xiaohan, Yongqiang Liu, Weiwei Li, et al.. (2025). OsNRT1.1B‐OsCNGC14/16‐Ca ²⁺ ‐OsNLP3 Pathway: Phosphorylation‐Mediated Maintenance of Nitrogen Homeostasis. Advanced Science. 12(43). e07919–e07919.

Wang, Wenying, Zhijie Ren, Peiqin Li, et al.. (2024). HKT1;1 modulated by vacuolar Na+ compartmentation functions in maintaining the salt-accumulating trait in a xerophyte. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 226. 105921–105921. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Ran, Congcong Hou, Fengxia Zhang, et al.. (2024). Natural variation in SSW1 coordinates seed growth and nitrogen use efficiency in Arabidopsis. Cell Reports. 43(5). 114150–114150. 7 indexed citations

Ma, Yongshuo, Dawei Li, Yang Zhong, et al.. (2023). Vacuolar MATE/DTX protein‐mediated cucurbitacin C transport is co‐regulated with bitterness biosynthesis in cucumber. New Phytologist. 238(3). 995–1003. 14 indexed citations

Shi, Hongyong, et al.. (2023). The anion channel SLAH3 interacts with potassium channels to regulate nitrogen–potassium homeostasis and the membrane potential in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 35(4). 1259–1280. 16 indexed citations

Gao, Qifei, Chao Wang, Qiaolin Shao, et al.. (2023). RALF signaling pathway activates MLO calcium channels to maintain pollen tube integrity. Cell Research. 33(1). 71–79. 34 indexed citations

Gao, Qifei, et al.. (2022). A receptor–channel trio conducts Ca2+ signalling for pollen tube reception. Nature. 607(7919). 534–539. 72 indexed citations

Zhong, Yang, Weibing Xun, Xiaohan Wang, et al.. (2022). Root-secreted bitter triterpene modulates the rhizosphere microbiota to improve plant fitness. Nature Plants. 8(8). 887–896. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Ce, Yajie Zhang, Johan Zicola, et al.. (2021). Photoperiod-responsive changes in chromatin accessibility in phloem companion and epidermis cells of Arabidopsis leaves. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 475–491. 27 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhijie, Xiaohan Wang, Qi Niu, et al.. (2021). A chloride efflux transporter, BIG RICE GRAIN 1, is involved in mediating grain size and salt tolerance in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(12). 2150–2163. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, Zhijie Ren, Xiaxia Zhang, et al.. (2020). Transfer cells mediate nitrate uptake to control root nodule symbiosis. Nature Plants. 6(7). 800–808. 43 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haiwen, Fugeng Zhao, Ren‐Jie Tang, et al.. (2017). Two tonoplast MATE proteins function as turgor-regulating chloride channels in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(10). E2036–E2045. 68 indexed citations

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Hu, Bin, Wei Wang, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2015). Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies. Nature Genetics. 47(7). 834–838. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lan, Wenzhi, Wei Wang, Suo‐Min Wang, et al.. (2010). A rice high-affinity potassium transporter (HKT) conceals a calcium-permeable cation channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(15). 7089–7094. 85 indexed citations

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Li, Jianyong, Sharon Pike, Juan Bao, et al.. (2010). The Arabidopsis Nitrate Transporter NRT1.8 Functions in Nitrate Removal from the Xylem Sap and Mediates Cadmium Tolerance . The Plant Cell. 22(5). 1633–1646. 353 indexed citations

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Li, Legong, Lubomir N. Sokolov, Yonghua Yang, et al.. (2008). A Mitochondrial Magnesium Transporter Functions in Arabidopsis Pollen Development. Molecular Plant. 1(4). 675–685. 79 indexed citations

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Pandey, Girdhar K., John J. Grant, Yong Hwa Cheong, et al.. (2008). Calcineurin-B-Like Protein CBL9 Interacts with Target Kinase CIPK3 in the Regulation of ABA Response in Seed Germination. Molecular Plant. 1(2). 238–248. 120 indexed citations

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Lee, Sung Chul, Wenzhi Lan, Beom‐Gi Kim, et al.. (2007). A protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation network regulates a plant potassium channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(40). 15959–15964. 283 indexed citations

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Li, Legong, Beom‐Gi Kim, Yong Hwa Cheong, Girdhar K. Pandey, & Sheng Luan. (2006). A Ca ²⁺ signaling pathway regulates a K ⁺ channel for low-K response in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(33). 12625–12630. 353 indexed citations

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Pandey, Girdhar K., et al.. (2005). ABR1, an APETALA2-Domain Transcription Factor That Functions as a Repressor of ABA Response in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 139(3). 1185–1193. 213 indexed citations

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