Meng Yuan

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Meng Yuan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Yuan has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Meng Yuan's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (46 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (32 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (17 papers). Meng Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (46 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (32 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (17 papers). Meng Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Meng Yuan's co-authors include Shiping Wang, Xianghua Li, Jinghua Xiao, Zhaohui Chu, Caiguo Xu, Shugang Hui, Guoyong Xu, Yinggen Ke, Qifa Zhang and Lijing Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Meng Yuan

111 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.

uORF-mediated translation allows engineered plant disease resistance without fitness costs

2017 272 citations Guoyong Xu, Meng Yuan et al. profile →
Alloy nanocluster artificial photosystems steering photoredox organic transformation

2025 27 citations Meng Yuan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meng Yuan China	29	2.9k	1.1k	170	165	132	119	3.6k
Juan Xu China	28	2.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	174 1.0×	112 0.7×	85 0.6×	85	3.7k
Yan Fu China	27	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	93 0.5×	553 3.4×	133 1.0×	70	2.9k
Frederik Börnke Germany	32	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	98 0.6×	57 0.3×	141 1.1×	49	2.7k
Yanhui Chen China	29	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	72 0.4×	222 1.3×	55 0.4×	102	3.0k
Ming‐Che Shih Taiwan	38	2.7k 0.9×	2.6k 2.3×	153 0.9×	233 1.4×	96 0.7×	81	4.1k
Fuguang Li China	40	3.8k 1.3×	2.4k 2.2×	122 0.7×	129 0.8×	72 0.5×	160	4.5k
Antoine H. P. America Netherlands	34	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	157 0.9×	174 1.1×	278 2.1×	76	3.0k
Young-Hee Cho South Korea	17	4.7k 1.6×	3.6k 3.2×	147 0.9×	105 0.6×	98 0.7×	23	5.7k
Gopalan Selvaraj Canada	37	2.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.9×	318 1.9×	134 0.8×	101 0.8×	70	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Yuan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Deqiang, Meng Yuan, Wenxian Sun, et al.. (2025). Understanding and enhancing rice resistance to false smut disease. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(11). 1359–1366. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinran, Wentao Wang, Yu Chang, et al.. (2025). Microrchidia ATPases and DNA 6mA demethylase ALKBH1 act antagonistically on PRC2 to control chromatin structure and stress tolerance. Nature Plants. 11(8). 1591–1607. 1 indexed citations

Tian, Jingjing, Lin Yang, Jiǎtāo Xiè, et al.. (2024). Holliday junction resolvase RuvC targets biofilm eDNA and confers plant resistance to vascular pathogens. Nature Plants. 10(11). 1710–1723. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xin, Tao Wu, Meng Yuan, et al.. (2024). The clade III subfamily of OsSWEETs directly suppresses rice immunity by interacting with OsHMGB1 and OsHsp20L. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(8). 2186–2200. 10 indexed citations

Lv, Haitao, Meng Yuan, Jiao Wang, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide association analysis of cystatin c and creatinine kidney function in Chinese women. BMC Medical Genomics. 17(1). 272–272. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Meng, et al.. (2024). Preserving refrigeration and shelf life quality of hardy kiwifruit ( Actinidia arguta ) with alginate oligosaccharides preharvest application. Journal of Food Science. 89(11). 7422–7436. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Suwen, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of α-amylase digestion by a Lonicera caerulea berry polyphenol starch complex revealed via multi-spectroscopic and molecular dynamics analyses. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 260(Pt 2). 129573–129573. 41 indexed citations

Han, Xue, Ning Hu, Meng Yuan, et al.. (2024). The crop mined phosphorus nutrition via modifying root traits and rhizosphere micro‐food web to meet the increased growth demand under elevated CO ₂. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). e245–e245. 9 indexed citations

Yuan, Meng & Ian A. Wilson. (2024). Structural Immunology of SARS‐CoV‐2. Immunological Reviews. 329(1). e13431–e13431. 4 indexed citations

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Yuan, Meng, et al.. (2024). Identification and Analysis of Aluminum-Activated Malate Transporter Gene Family Reveals Functional Diversification in Orchidaceae and the Expression Patterns of Dendrobium catenatum Aluminum-Activated Malate Transporters. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(17). 9662–9662. 2 indexed citations

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Xie, Jian‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Short-Term Load Forecasting for Buildings Based on Dynamic Weighted edRVFL Model. 6668–6673.

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Wang, Wenting, et al.. (2023). Spinal cannabinoid receptor 2 activation alleviates neuropathic pain by regulating microglia and suppressing P2X7 receptor. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16. 1061220–1061220. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lige, Songyuan Zhang, Meng Yuan, et al.. (2023). Genome-Wide Association Studies and Runs of Homozygosity to Identify Reproduction-Related Genes in Yorkshire Pig Population. Genes. 14(12). 2133–2133. 8 indexed citations

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Lin, Hui, Muyang Wang, Kinya Nomura, et al.. (2022). An MKP-MAPK protein phosphorylation cascade controls vascular immunity in plants. Science Advances. 8(10). eabg8723–eabg8723. 71 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaomei, Xia Wang, Yue Huang, et al.. (2021). Natural variations of TFIIAγ gene and LOB1 promoter contribute to citrus canker disease resistance in Atalantia buxifolia. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1009316–e1009316. 28 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yulu, et al.. (2020). uORFlight: a vehicle toward uORF-mediated translational regulation mechanisms in eukaryotes. Database. 2020. 38 indexed citations

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Wei, Yanhong, Ke Li, Meng Yuan, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide Identification and Expression Analysis of miR396 Family During Adventitious Root Development in Apple. Acta Horticulturae Sinica. 47(7). 1237. 1 indexed citations

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Ke, Yinggen, Meng Yuan, Hongbo Liu, et al.. (2020). The versatile functions of OsALDH2B1 provide a genic basis for growth–defense trade-offs in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(7). 3867–3873. 78 indexed citations

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Dong, Feng, Xiaolong Ma, Meng Yuan, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of GA2ox, GA3ox and GA20ox in apple.. Acta Horticulturae Sinica. 45(4). 613–626. 4 indexed citations

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Yuan, Meng, Zhaohui Chu, Xianghua Li, Caiguo Xu, & Shiping Wang. (2010). The Bacterial Pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae Overcomes Rice Defenses by Regulating Host Copper Redistribution . The Plant Cell. 22(9). 3164–3176. 208 indexed citations

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