Lei Deng

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Lei Deng is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Deng has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lei Deng's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (10 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Lei Deng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (10 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Lei Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Lei Deng's co-authors include Chuanyou Li, Qingzhe Zhai, Minmin Du, Fangming Wu, Changbao Li, Qian Chen, Qiaomei Wang, Jiuhai Zhao, Hongling Jiang and Chuanlong Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lei Deng

65 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

MYC2 Orchestrates a Hierarchical Transcriptional Cascade That Regulates Jasmonate-Mediated Plant Immunity in Tomato

2017 312 citations Minmin Du, Jiuhai Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Deng China	23	1.8k	1.5k	466	166	158	67	2.7k
Chao Liu China	29	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	81 0.2×	73 0.4×	64 0.4×	127	2.7k
Jin Zhao China	28	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	85 0.2×	110 0.7×	74 0.5×	95	2.8k
Juan Xu China	28	2.9k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	81 0.2×	43 0.3×	83 0.5×	85	3.7k
Guohua Yin China	24	723 0.4×	802 0.5×	208 0.4×	24 0.1×	92 0.6×	98	1.8k
Gang Lu China	35	2.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	90 0.2×	46 0.3×	73 0.5×	75	3.2k
Sen Yang China	25	1.0k 0.6×	944 0.6×	371 0.8×	27 0.2×	53 0.3×	85	2.3k
Li Huang China	35	1.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.6×	80 0.2×	31 0.2×	96 0.6×	159	3.6k
Dongdong Li China	25	1.3k 0.7×	882 0.6×	74 0.2×	200 1.2×	37 0.2×	64	2.0k
Jeong Mee Park South Korea	31	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	133 0.3×	21 0.1×	64 0.4×	90	3.1k
Bo Zhao China	25	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	244 0.5×	46 0.3×	81 0.5×	101	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Deng

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Wang, Limin, et al.. (2025). A generalized performance evaluation plot for flow resistance reduction design of heat transfer surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 244. 126941–126941.

Cao, Bili, Xueying Zhu, Chengqiang Wang, et al.. (2025). Jasmonic acid and nitric oxide orchestrate a hierarchical melatonin cascade for Botrytis cinerea resistance in tomato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(3). 8 indexed citations

Du, Minmin, Chuanlong Sun, Lei Deng, et al.. (2025). Molecular breeding of tomato: Advances and challenges. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(3). 669–721. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Fangming, Chuanlong Sun, Ziying Zhu, et al.. (2025). A multiprotein regulatory module, MED16–MBR1&2, controls MED25 homeostasis during jasmonate signaling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 772–772. 5 indexed citations

Zhi, Yue, Jingmei Yao, Le Han, et al.. (2024). Interactions between Lanthanum-Modified Bentonite (LMB) and Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Varied Bioturbation Modes. ACS ES&T Water. 5(1). 177–187.

Deng, Lei, Mingzhuang Hou, Nanning Lv, et al.. (2024). Melatonin-encapsuled silk fibroin electrospun nanofibers promote vascularized bone regeneration through regulation of osteogenesis-angiogenesis coupling. Materials Today Bio. 25. 100985–100985. 18 indexed citations

Yang, Tianxia, Lei Deng, Qinyang Wang, et al.. (2024). Tomato CYP94C1 inactivates bioactive JA-Ile to attenuate jasmonate-mediated defense during fruit ripening. Molecular Plant. 17(4). 509–512. 11 indexed citations

Deng, Lei, Guoliang Yuan, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Rapid generation of a tomato male sterility system and its feasible application in hybrid seed production. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136(9). 197–197. 11 indexed citations

Zhou, Quan, Weikai Chen, Hao Liu, et al.. (2023). Selenium-modified bone cement promotes osteoporotic bone defect repair in ovariectomized rats by restoring GPx1-mediated mitochondrial antioxidant functions. Regenerative Biomaterials. 10. rbad011–rbad011. 21 indexed citations

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Zhou, Quan, Ming Yang, Lei Deng, et al.. (2023). Effects of distribution of bone cement on clinical efficacy and secondary fracture after percutaneous kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 1054995–1054995. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Tianxia, Muhammad Ali, Lihao Lin, et al.. (2022). Recoloring tomato fruit by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing. Horticulture Research. 10(1). uhac214–uhac214. 77 indexed citations

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Liu, Hao, Quan Zhou, Junxin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in Patients with Severe Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture with and without Intravertebral Cleft: A Retrospective Comparative Study. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 15. 6199–6209. 7 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, et al.. (2022). A retrospective study on the efficacy and safety of bone cement in the treatment of endplate fractures. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 999406–999406. 4 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Nanning Lv, Quan Zhou, et al.. (2022). Comparison of Efficacy of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty versus Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Asymmetric Compression Fracture. World Neurosurgery. 167. e1225–e1230. 5 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Qian Wu, Nanning Lv, et al.. (2022). Should adjacent asymptomatic lumbar disc herniation of L5-S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis be simultaneously rectified? Evaluation of postoperative spino-pelvic sagittal balance and functional outcomes. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 23(1). 843–843. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Hao, Quan Zhou, Junxin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Kyphoplasty for thoracic and lumbar fractures with an intravertebral vacuum phenomenon in ankylosing spondylitis patients. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 962723–962723. 4 indexed citations

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Yi, Ruokun, Lei Deng, Jianfei Mu, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Antarctic Ice Microalgae Polysaccharides on D-Galactose-Induced Oxidative Damage in Mice. Frontiers in Nutrition. 8. 651088–651088. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Chuanlong, Lei Deng, Minmin Du, et al.. (2019). A Transcriptional Network Promotes Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Tomato Flesh. Molecular Plant. 13(1). 42–58. 185 indexed citations

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Feng, Tingting, et al.. (2018). Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2J1 negatively modulates interferon pathway and promotes RNA virus infection. Virology Journal. 15(1). 132–132. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Changbao, Minmin Du, Ming Zhou, Lei Deng, & Chuanyou Li. (2017). Current status and prospects on tomato molecular breeding-from gene cloning to cultivar improvement. Acta Horticulturae Sinica. 44(3). 581–600. 3 indexed citations

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