Liang Wu

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Liang Wu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Wu has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Plant Science, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Liang Wu's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (34 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (16 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers). Liang Wu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (34 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (16 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers). Liang Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Liang Wu's co-authors include Yijun Qi, Huanyu Zhou, Qingqing Zhang, Long Mao, Chengzu Long, Gregory J. Hannon, She Chen, Yemiao Chen, Shijun Mi and Tao Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Liang Wu

76 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Sorting of Small RNAs into Arabidopsis Argonaute Complexes Is Directed by the 5′ Terminal Nucleotide

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Wu China	27	3.7k	2.0k	284	241	175	81	4.5k
José Luis Reyes Mexico	34	3.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	102 0.4×	297 1.2×	102 0.6×	79	5.1k
Xigang Liu China	29	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	59 0.2×	70 0.3×	193 1.1×	65	3.3k
Lin Zhang China	27	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	64 0.2×	48 0.2×	250 1.4×	160	3.3k
Meng Zhang China	25	1.3k 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	64 0.2×	53 0.2×	156 0.9×	174	2.0k
Robert Turgeon United States	53	6.7k 1.8×	3.0k 1.5×	174 0.6×	18 0.1×	186 1.1×	112	7.7k
Marcin Rapacz Poland	31	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	18 0.1×	93 0.4×	223 1.3×	119	3.4k
Wenli Zhang China	36	3.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	25 0.1×	100 0.4×	604 3.5×	133	4.7k
Peng Wang China	31	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	51 0.2×	61 0.3×	110 0.6×	208	3.3k
Lei Gao China	29	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	90 0.3×	99 0.4×	113 0.6×	121	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Wu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang Wu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang Wu 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 Wu. Liang Wu 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

Jia, Jizeng, Pingchuan Deng, Tianbao Li, et al.. (2025). Transposable elements drive the subgenomic divergence of homoeologous genes to shape wheat domestication and improvement. Plant Communications. 6(6). 101341–101341.

Wu, Liang, et al.. (2025). MORC proteins: critical epigenetic players in plants. New Phytologist. 249(3). 1161–1172.

Wu, Liang, et al.. (2025). MicroRNA gatekeepers: Orchestrating rhizospheric dynamics. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(3). 845–876. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Liang & Yong Xu. (2025). The Bio-Uptaking and Fermenting Characteristics of Various Lignocellulose-Digested Mono- and Oligo-Saccharides by Bacillus subtilis. Fermentation. 11(3). 119–119. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Xia, Yaqi Zhang, Jianmin Bian, et al.. (2025). UCL23 hierarchically regulated by WRKY51-miR528 mediates cadmium uptake, tolerance, and accumulation in rice. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115336–115336. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Aijun, Liang Wu, Zhenyu Qi, et al.. (2024). Horizontal transfer of plasmid-like extrachromosomal circular DNAs across graft junctions in Solanaceae. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 41–41. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Haiming, et al.. (2024). Comparative and functional analysis unveils the contribution of photoperiod to DNA methylation, sRNA accumulation, and gene expression variations in short‐day and long‐day grasses. The Plant Journal. 118(6). 1955–1971. 3 indexed citations

Lv, Yusong, Pingchuan Deng, Xia Wu, et al.. (2024). Switching action modes of miR408-5p mediates auxin signaling in rice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2525–2525. 16 indexed citations

Li, Zeli, Lili Zhang, Lingli Wang, et al.. (2023). Long-term application of controlled-release potassium chloride increases maize yield by affecting soil bacterial ecology, enzymatic activity and nutrient supply. Field Crops Research. 297. 108946–108946. 16 indexed citations

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Fu, Shuai, Liang Wu, Jianxiang Wu, et al.. (2023). Rice stripe virus nonstructural protein 3 suppresses plant defence responses mediated by the MEL – SHMT1 module. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(11). 1359–1369. 7 indexed citations

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Qin, Zhengrui, et al.. (2023). Complexity and regulation of age-dependent alternative splicing in Brachypodium distachyon. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 192(4). 2703–2722. 5 indexed citations

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Qin, Zhengrui, et al.. (2023). VERNALIZATION1 represses FLOWERING PROMOTING FACTOR1-LIKE1 in leaves for timely flowering in Brachypodium distachyon. The Plant Cell. 35(10). 3697–3711. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Kewei, Yiqing Li, Yunpeng Gai, et al.. (2023). HapX-mediated H2B deub1 and SreA-mediated H2A.Z deposition coordinate in fungal iron resistance. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(19). 10238–10260. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Liang, et al.. (2021). Potential distribution modeling of rice production in the Indo-China Peninsula. 资源科学. 43(12). 2369–2380. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Zhang, Minhui Wang, Yiqing Li, et al.. (2021). Plant defense compound triggers mycotoxin synthesis by regulating H2B ub1 and H3K4 me2/3 deposition. New Phytologist. 232(5). 2106–2123. 25 indexed citations

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Tan, Yuanyuan, Yanhua Liu, Meng Jiang, et al.. (2020). Gene editing: an instrument for practical application of gene biology to plant breeding. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B. 21(6). 460–473. 12 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Sajid, et al.. (2019). Pesticide application has little influence on coding and non-coding gene expressions in rice. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 1009–1009. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin, Zhihui Wang, Xiaoning Song, et al.. (2018). Magnaporthe oryzae Induces the Expression of a MicroRNA to Suppress the Immune Response in Rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 177(1). 352–368. 106 indexed citations

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Geng, Shuaifeng, Xingchen Kong, Gaoyuan Song, et al.. (2018). DNA methylation dynamics during the interaction of wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii with the obligate biotrophic fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici. New Phytologist. 221(2). 1023–1035. 58 indexed citations

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Li, Aili, Dengcai Liu, Ming Hao, et al.. (2014). mRNA and Small RNA Transcriptomes Reveal Insights into Dynamic Homoeolog Regulation of Allopolyploid Heterosis in Nascent Hexaploid Wheat. The Plant Cell. 26(5). 1878–1900. 243 indexed citations

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