Lijun Cheng

460 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 187 citations indexed

About

Lijun Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lijun Cheng has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 187 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lijun Cheng's work include Plant Reproductive Biology (4 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (2 papers) and Plant and animal studies (2 papers). Lijun Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Reproductive Biology (4 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (2 papers) and Plant and animal studies (2 papers). Lijun Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Lijun Cheng's co-authors include Chao Li, Alice Y. Cheung, Hua Zhang, Zhifu Han, Chao Peng, Yu Xiao, Jijie Chai, Chen Liu, Zhiwen Liu and Hen‐Ming Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New Phytologist and Developmental Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lijun Cheng

5 papers receiving 186 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.

Pollen PCP-B peptides unlock a stigma peptide–receptor kinase gating mechanism for pollination

2021 154 citations Chen Liu, Yu Xiao et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lijun Cheng China	4	150	150	33	11	4	6	187
Milian Yang China	5	191 1.3×	358 2.4×	22 0.7×	5 0.5×	4 1.0×	7	378
Saiying Hou China	5	229 1.5×	219 1.5×	69 2.1×	7 0.6×	2 0.5×	7	263
Feiyu Du United States	1	156 1.0×	109 0.7×	28 0.8×	30 2.7×	3 0.8×	2	189
Guenter Theissen Germany	2	258 1.7×	268 1.8×	34 1.0×	10 0.9×	6 1.5×	2	304
Kévin Debray Belgium	5	116 0.8×	107 0.7×	26 0.8×	29 2.6×	6 1.5×	6	158
Tjitske Riksen Netherlands	5	239 1.6×	243 1.6×	16 0.5×	5 0.5×	5 1.3×	6	275
Nikoleta Dupľáková Czechia	6	195 1.3×	194 1.3×	20 0.6×	5 0.5×	2 0.5×	6	221
Sangrong Sun China	7	88 0.6×	102 0.7×	22 0.7×	27 2.5×	5 1.3×	8	128
Nanshan Yang China	4	69 0.5×	80 0.5×	16 0.5×	18 1.6×	4 1.0×	4	102

Countries citing papers authored by Lijun Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lijun Cheng

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lijun Cheng. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lijun Cheng. The network helps show where Lijun Cheng may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lijun Cheng

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

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Liu, Zhiwen, Xuelei Chu, Weiwei Ren, et al.. (2025). PCP-B peptides and CrRLK1L receptor kinases control pollination via pH gating of aquaporins in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell. 60(9). 1336–1347.e5. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lijun, et al.. (2025). Three PP2C phosphatases modulate FERONIA receptor kinase activity to regulate pollen–stigma interaction in Arabidopsis. Plant Communications. 6(12). 101468–101468.

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Huo, Qiang, Chaobin Li, Lijun Cheng, et al.. (2024). The biosynthesis of storage reserves and auxin is coordinated by a hierarchical regulatory network in maize endosperm. New Phytologist. 243(5). 1855–1869. 8 indexed citations

4.

Cheng, Lijun & Chao Li. (2023). Stigma receptors function as barriers between intraspecies and interspecies in Brassicaceae. 2(1). 1–3. 5 indexed citations

5.

Liu, Chen, Yu Xiao, Chao Peng, et al.. (2021). Pollen PCP-B peptides unlock a stigma peptide–receptor kinase gating mechanism for pollination. Science. 372(6538). 171–175. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dai, Dawei, et al.. (2019). Maize Dek33 encodes a pyrimidine reductase in riboflavin biosynthesis that is essential for oil-body formation and ABA biosynthesis during seed development. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(19). 5173–5187. 19 indexed citations

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