Letian Chen

10.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
120 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Letian Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Letian Chen has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Letian Chen's work include Plant Reproductive Biology (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers). Letian Chen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Reproductive Biology (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers). Letian Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Letian Chen's co-authors include Yao‐Guang Liu, Yuanling Chen, Qunyu Zhang, Jingxin Guo, Xiucai Zhao, Qinlong Zhu, Yongyao Xie, Heying Li, Rongxin Shen and Zhongfang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Letian Chen

112 papers receiving 6.8k 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 Robust CRISPR/Cas9 System for Convenient, High-Efficiency Multiplex Genome Editing in Monocot and Dicot Plants

2015 1.7k citations Xingliang Ma, Qunyu Zhang et al. profile →
Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Crops

2013 642 citations Letian Chen, Yao‐Guang Liu profile →
Cytoplasmic Male Sterility of Rice with Boro II Cytoplasm Is Caused by a Cytotoxic Peptide and Is Restored by Two Related PPR Motif Genes via Distinct Modes of mRNA Silencing

2006 516 citations Zhonghua Wang, Yanjiao Zou et al. The Plant Cell profile →
A detrimental mitochondrial-nuclear interaction causes cytoplasmic male sterility in rice

2013 411 citations Jingxin Guo, Heying Li et al. profile →
Rice functional genomics: decades’ efforts and roads ahead

2021 148 citations Jingxin Guo, Yongyao Xie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Letian Chen China	35	4.7k	4.4k	1.0k	255	241	120	6.9k
Yongjun Lin China	44	4.4k 0.9×	4.0k 0.9×	585 0.6×	735 2.9×	388 1.6×	177	6.5k
Nese Sreenivasulu Philippines	51	7.3k 1.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	151 0.6×	260 1.1×	174	8.9k
Ashwani Pareek India	49	6.6k 1.4×	3.1k 0.7×	518 0.5×	103 0.4×	350 1.5×	198	7.9k
Marc De Loose Belgium	42	3.5k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	161 0.6×	471 2.0×	138	6.2k
Xing Zhang China	39	2.5k 0.5×	3.6k 0.8×	382 0.4×	659 2.6×	268 1.1×	285	6.6k
Guodong Wang China	49	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	238 0.2×	177 0.7×	265 1.1×	199	6.5k
Malik Zainul Abdin India	43	3.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	252 0.2×	241 0.9×	373 1.5×	255	6.5k
Hannah Rae Thomas China	6	6.5k 1.4×	6.0k 1.4×	602 0.6×	359 1.4×	190 0.8×	15	9.6k
Michael K. Deyholos Canada	45	5.9k 1.2×	3.9k 0.9×	358 0.4×	116 0.5×	169 0.7×	126	7.4k

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Peng, Yichuan, et al.. (2025). ChiralCat: Molecular chirality classification with enhanced spatial representation using learnable queries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 100091–100091.

Yang, Weiyang, Jun Wen, Weizhi Liu, et al.. (2025). PlantGPT: An Arabidopsis‐Based Intelligent Agent that Answers Questions about Plant Functional Genomics. Advanced Science. 12(30). e03926–e03926. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Zixu, et al.. (2025). Ubiquitin-mediated degradation restricts spatiotemporal accumulation of the cytoplasmic male sterility protein WA352 to anthers in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(42). e2504381122–e2504381122. 1 indexed citations

Li, Huali, et al.. (2025). An improved fluorescein diacetate–propidium iodide staining system for assessing microspore and pollen viability at different developmental stages. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(5). 1601–1603. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Li, Zhe Zhao, Letian Chen, et al.. (2024). A receptor for dual ligands governs plant immunity and hormone response and is targeted by a nematode effector. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(42). e2412016121–e2412016121. 4 indexed citations

Fang, Yuxing, Dongshu Guo, Ning Wang, et al.. (2024). Rice transcriptional repressor OsTIE1 controls anther dehiscence and male sterility by regulating JA biosynthesis. The Plant Cell. 36(5). 1697–1717. 18 indexed citations

Zong, Wubei, et al.. (2024). Photoperiod and temperature synergistically regulate heading date and regional adaptation in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(13). 3762–3777. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Wenbin, et al.. (2023). Boosting Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Alkyl‐Locked Axial Chirality Scaffold by Restriction of Molecular Motions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(14). e202303667–e202303667. 10 indexed citations

Han, Jingluan, Kun Ma, Jing Su, et al.. (2022). All‐in‐one: a robust fluorescent fusion protein vector toolbox for protein localization and BiFC analyses in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(6). 1098–1109. 20 indexed citations

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Tan, Jiantao, Dongchang Zeng, Yaxi Wang, et al.. (2022). PhieABEs: a PAM‐less/free high‐efficiency adenine base editor toolbox with wide target scope in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(5). 934–943. 59 indexed citations

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Xie, Yongyao & Letian Chen. (2020). Epigenetic Regulation of Gibberellin Metabolism and Signaling. Plant and Cell Physiology. 61(11). 1912–1918. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, Jia Zhang, Jingluan Han, et al.. (2020). Rice LecRK5 phosphorylates a UGPase to regulate callose biosynthesis during pollen development. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(14). 4033–4041. 29 indexed citations

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Xie, Xianrong, Zixu Zhang, Zhe Zhao, et al.. (2020). The mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase OsALDH2b negatively regulates tapetum degeneration in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(9). 2551–2560. 24 indexed citations

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Tan, Jiantao, Bin Wang, Hao Yu, et al.. (2020). Efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐based plant genomic fragment deletions by microhomology‐mediated end joining. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 18(11). 2161–2163. 38 indexed citations

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Deng, Wenjun, Riqing Li, Yi‐Wei Xu, et al.. (2019). A lipid transfer protein variant with a mutant eight-cysteine motif causes photoperiod- and thermo-sensitive dwarfism in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(4). 1294–1305. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Yao‐Guang, et al.. (2019). Current advances on CRISPR/Cas genome editing technologies in plants.. Journal of the South China Agricultural University. 40(5). 38–49. 4 indexed citations

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Xie, Yongyao, Baixiao Niu, Yunming Long, et al.. (2017). Suppression or knockout of SaF/SaM overcomes the Sa‐mediated hybrid male sterility in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 59(9). 669–679. 52 indexed citations

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Zhou, Mingzhu, et al.. (2016). Study on the value of salivary gland ultrasonography in Sjögren's syndrome. 20(5). 317–320. 2 indexed citations

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Shang, Huazhe, et al.. (2015). Impact of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and directional sampling on the retrieval of cloud droplet size by the POLDER instrument. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(11). 4931–4945. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhonghua, Yanjiao Zou, Xiaoyu Li, et al.. (2006). Cytoplasmic Male Sterility of Rice with Boro II Cytoplasm Is Caused by a Cytotoxic Peptide and Is Restored by Two Related PPR Motif Genes via Distinct Modes of mRNA Silencing. The Plant Cell. 18(3). 676–687. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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