Liuling Yan

8.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
82 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Liuling Yan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liuling Yan has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Plant Science, 27 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 20 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Liuling Yan's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (60 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (20 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (19 papers). Liuling Yan is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (60 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (20 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (19 papers). Liuling Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Liuling Yan's co-authors include Jorge Dubcovsky, G. Tranquilli, Artem Loukoianov, Marcelo Helguera, Daolin Fu, Tzion Fahima, Ann E. Blechl, Miroslav Valárik, Wusirika Ramakrishna and Brett F. Carver and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Liuling Yan

79 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN1

2003 1.0k citations Liuling Yan, Artem Loukoianov et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Wheat VRN2 Gene Is a Flowering Repressor Down-Regulated by Vernalization

2004 834 citations Liuling Yan, Artem Loukoianov et al. Science profile →
The wheat and barley vernalization gene VRN3 is an orthologue of FT

2006 820 citations Liuling Yan, Daolin Fu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Large deletions within the first intron in VRN-1 are associated with spring growth habit in barley and wheat

2005 543 citations Daolin Fu, Liuling Yan et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Liuling Yan	6.0k	2.1k	2.0k	1.2k	198	82	6.2k
A. J. Worland	7.0k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	168 0.8×	88	7.2k
Wolfgang Spielmeyer	8.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	122 0.6×	69	8.2k
Shiaoman Chao	8.1k 1.3×	908 0.4×	3.7k 1.8×	1.4k 1.2×	155 0.8×	192	8.5k
Gina Brown‐Guedira	5.7k 0.9×	785 0.4×	2.0k 1.0×	626 0.5×	113 0.6×	180	5.9k
Kulvinder S. Gill	4.0k 0.7×	480 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	941 0.8×	294 1.5×	112	4.4k
Arnel R. Hallauer	4.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	454 0.4×	134 0.7×	154	5.1k
L. E. Talbert	3.7k 0.6×	924 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	558 0.5×	223 1.1×	125	4.1k
J. A. Kolmer	6.5k 1.1×	750 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 2.0×	85 0.4×	221	6.7k
M. D. Gale	4.1k 0.7×	496 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	956 0.8×	229 1.2×	48	4.3k
Eduard Akhunov	4.4k 0.7×	441 0.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	167 0.8×	91	4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liuling Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liuling Yan

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All Works

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Qiao, Linyi, Tian Li, Xueqi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ali-A1 and TPL1 proteins interactively modulate awn development in wheat. The Crop Journal. 13(2). 468–479. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Daijing, Min Fan, Tian Li, et al.. (2025). A natural allele of the transcription factor gene TaMYB-D7b is a genetic signature for phosphorus deficiency in wheat. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 199(3).

Jian, Chao, Liuling Yan, Xueyong Zhang, et al.. (2024). The TaGW2‐TaSPL14 module regulates the trade‐off between tiller number and grain weight in wheat. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 66(9). 1953–1965. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Hengyou, Liuling Yan, & Yinghua Huang. (2024). SgR1, Encoding a Leucine-Rich Repeat Containing Receptor-like Protein, Is a Major Aphid (Schizaphis graminum) Resistance Gene in Sorghum. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(1). 19–19.

Yan, Liuling, et al.. (2024). Genetic variability and QTL mapping of morphological traits and inflorescence prolificacy in African bermudagrass. Crop Science. 64(3). 1910–1927. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Jian, et al.. (2024). Integrated transcriptomic and pathway analyses of sorghum plants revealed the molecular mechanisms of host defense against aphids. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1324085–1324085. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Jizhong, Haiyan Jia, Linyi Qiao, et al.. (2023). Genetic basis of resistance against powdery mildew in the wheat cultivar “Tabasco”. Molecular Breeding. 43(7). 56–56. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Xumei, Bingyan Liu, Li Xie, et al.. (2023). The TaSOC1‐TaVRN1 module integrates photoperiod and vernalization signals to regulate wheat flowering. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(3). 635–649. 10 indexed citations

Jia, Haiyan, Tian Li, Jizhong Wu, et al.. (2022). TaCol-B5 modifies spike architecture and enhances grain yield in wheat. Science. 376(6589). 180–183. 96 indexed citations

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Marburger, David A., R. M. Hunger, Jeffrey T. Edwards, et al.. (2021). ‘Gallagher’ and ‘Iba’ hard red winter wheat: Half‐sibs inseparable by yield gain, separable by producer preference. Journal of Plant Registrations. 15(1). 177–195. 3 indexed citations

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Fan, Min, Fang Miao, Haiyan Jia, et al.. (2021). O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase is involved in fine regulation of flowering time in winter wheat. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2303–2303. 18 indexed citations

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Fang, Tilin, Hongxu Dong, Liuling Yan, et al.. (2021). Genetic and QTL mapping in African bermudagrass. The Plant Genome. 14(1). e20073–e20073. 7 indexed citations

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Kan, Chia-Cheng, Haiyan Jia, Carol Powers, Brett F. Carver, & Liuling Yan. (2020). Genetic characterization and deployment of a major gene for grain yield on chromosome arm 1BS in winter wheat. Molecular Breeding. 40(3). 8 indexed citations

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Fang, Tilin, Lei Lei, Genqiao Li, et al.. (2020). Development and deployment of KASP markers for multiple alleles of Lr34 in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 133(7). 2183–2195. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Shubing, Guihua Bai, Meng Lin, et al.. (2020). Identification of candidate chromosome region of Sbwm1 for Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus resistance in wheat. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8119–8119. 12 indexed citations

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Lei, Lei, Genqiao Li, Hailin Zhang, et al.. (2017). Nitrogen use efficiency is regulated by interacting proteins relevant to development in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 16(6). 1214–1226. 24 indexed citations

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Hunger, R. M., Jeffrey T. Edwards, Robert L. Bowden, et al.. (2013). ‘Billings’ Wheat Combines Early Maturity, Disease Resistance, and Desirable Grain Quality for the Southern Great Plains, USA. Journal of Plant Registrations. 8(1). 22–31. 12 indexed citations

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Cao, Shuanghe & Liuling Yan. (2013). Construction of a high-quality yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) library and its application in identification of interacting proteins with key vernalization regulator TaVRN-A1 in wheat. BMC Research Notes. 6(1). 81–81. 30 indexed citations

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Yan, Liuling, Daolin Fu, Chuang Li, et al.. (2006). The wheat and barley vernalization gene VRN3 is an orthologue of FT. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(51). 19581–19586. 820 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Liuling, Artem Loukoianov, G. Tranquilli, et al.. (2003). Positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(10). 6263–6268. 1042 indexed citations breakdown →

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