Liang Chen

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
157 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Liang Chen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Chen has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Liang Chen's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (30 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). Liang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (30 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). Liang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Liang Chen's co-authors include Shuai Ouyang, Cheng Gao, Wenhua Xiang, Yong Zheng, Liang‐Dong Guo, Xiangwen Deng, Jun Wang, Niu‐Niu Ji, Yong‐Chan Kim and Huili Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Liang Chen

149 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Co-occurrence networks reveal more complexity than community composition in resistance and resilience of microbial communities

2022 258 citations Cheng Gao, Liang Chen et al. profile →
Predicting potential suitable habitats of Chinese fir under current and future climatic scenarios based on Maxent model

2021 137 citations Liang Chen et al. profile →
Quantification of Asian monsoon variability from 68 ka BP through pollen-based climate reconstruction

2023 58 citations Zhuo Zheng, Yan 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
Liang Chen China	34	1.3k	776	752	501	494	157	3.6k
Tancredi Caruso United Kingdom	35	1.2k 0.9×	578 0.7×	1.7k 2.3×	651 1.3×	636 1.3×	108	4.2k
Yingjun Zhang China	36	1.6k 1.2×	549 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	1.5k 3.0×	326 0.7×	231	4.9k
Kaiyun Wang China	32	1.5k 1.1×	657 0.8×	358 0.5×	178 0.4×	789 1.6×	168	2.8k
Clare H. Robinson United Kingdom	30	2.3k 1.7×	391 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	680 1.4×	646 1.3×	71	4.6k
Ruijun Long China	43	629 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	840 1.7×	119 0.2×	178	5.8k
Andrew Bissett Australia	41	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	3.0k 3.9×	1.4k 2.9×	273 0.6×	132	5.6k
Yi Zou China	29	723 0.5×	509 0.7×	765 1.0×	427 0.9×	508 1.0×	118	3.3k
Min Liu China	33	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	1.8k 2.4×	705 1.4×	113 0.2×	120	4.3k
Yujia Qin China	28	623 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	1.7k 2.3×	729 1.5×	529 1.1×	80	3.8k
Flemming Ekelund Denmark	34	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	2.1k 2.8×	1.1k 2.2×	195 0.4×	101	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Chen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Mo, et al.. (2025). Digital financial inclusion and economic green growth: evidence from counties covered by China’s national key ecological functional zones. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 13. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ziming, Lei Wang, Yi Liu, et al.. (2025). WDR6K, a designed SNP array for the research and improvement of rice drought-resistance. Plant Stress. 15. 100800–100800.

Qin, Feng, et al.. (2025). Pollen-based normalized difference vegetation index reconstruction and its application to two Holocene sites of the Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change. 251. 104802–104802. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Liang, Dong Wang, Wei Liu, et al.. (2024). Immunomodulation of exopolysaccharide produced by Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus ZFM216 in cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppressed mice by modulating gut microbiota. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 283(Pt 2). 137619–137619. 7 indexed citations

Hu, Renzhi, Changjin Hu, Chuan‐Yao Lin, et al.. (2024). A portable instrument for measurement of atmospheric O and NO2 based on cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 17(6). 100493–100493.

Chen, Liang, Rui Li, Yunhe Gao, et al.. (2024). Analysis of postoperative complications and long term survival following radical gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23869–23869. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Yan, Ulrike Herzschuh, Qiaoyu Cui, et al.. (2024). Pollen-based seasonal temperature reconstruction in Northeast China over the past 10,000 years, and its implications for understanding the Holocene Temperature Conundrum. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 651. 112391–112391. 2 indexed citations

Cui, Tongtong, Bingyu Cai, Xin Liu, et al.. (2024). Therapeutic In Vivo Gene Editing Achieved by a Hypercompact CRISPR‐Cas12f1 System Delivered with All‐in‐One Adeno‐Associated Virus. Advanced Science. 11(19). e2308095–e2308095. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Liang, et al.. (2024). The impact of diabetes mellitus on short and long term outcomes in patients with gastric cancer following radical surgery: a retrospective cohort study with propensity score matching. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 1461–1461. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Jing, et al.. (2023). The B3 gene family in Medicago truncatula: Genome-wide identification and the response to salt stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206. 108260–108260. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Wenjia, Nannan Wang, Liang Chen, et al.. (2023). Regional peculiarities in the importance of precipitation and temperature on mid-to-late Holocene arboreal degradation on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change. 229. 104252–104252. 4 indexed citations

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Xiao, Xiayun, Yan Zhao, Zhuo Zheng, et al.. (2023). Quantitative pollen-based paleoclimate reconstructions for the past 18.5 ka in southwestern Yunnan Province, China. Global and Planetary Change. 230. 104288–104288. 22 indexed citations

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Xiao, Pan, Liang Chen, Lu Liu, et al.. (2023). Rational Design of RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitors with Enhanced Antileukemia Drug-Like Properties. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(14). 9731–9752. 33 indexed citations

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Guo, Lu, Zhikun Li, Yuhuan Li, et al.. (2022). Treatment of glutaric aciduria type I (GA-I) via intracerebroventricular delivery of GCDH. Fundamental Research. 2(6). 836–842. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yong, Liang Chen, Niu‐Niu Ji, et al.. (2021). Assembly processes lead to divergent soil fungal communities within and among 12 forest ecosystems along a latitudinal gradient. New Phytologist. 231(3). 1183–1194. 29 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yong, Pulak Maitra, Liang Chen, et al.. (2021). Soil fungal diversity and community assembly: affected by island size or type?. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 97(5). 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Xizhan, Zezheng Gao, Fuquan Yang, et al.. (2020). Antidiabetic Effects of Gegen Qinlian Decoction via the Gut Microbiota are Attributable to Its Key Ingredient Berberine. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 18(6). 721–736. 123 indexed citations

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Ji, Niu‐Niu, Cheng Gao, Brody Sandel, et al.. (2019). Late Quaternary climate change explains soil fungal community composition rather than fungal richness in forest ecosystems. Ecology and Evolution. 9(11). 6678–6692. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Liang. (2009). Effects of Different Crop Stubbles on Yield and Agronomic Characters of Continuous Cropping Soybean. Dadou kexue. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Weizhi, et al.. (2001). Meloidogyne graminicola, a new record species from China.. Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 31(2). 184–188. 5 indexed citations

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