Minze Li

755 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 516 citations indexed

About

Minze Li is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Minze Li has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 516 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Minze Li's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (4 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Minze Li is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (4 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Minze Li collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Minze Li's co-authors include Shuhua Yang, Zhizhong Gong, Diyi Fu, Yiting Shi, Shifeng Wu, Yang Hao, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yanglin Ding, Yanglin Ding and Xiaohong Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Plant Cell and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Minze Li

9 papers receiving 501 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.

A natural variant of COOL1 gene enhances cold tolerance for high-latitude adaptation in maize

2025 35 citations Rong Zeng, Yiting Shi et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minze Li China	8	458	266	48	25	19	9	516
Diyi Fu China	9	655 1.4×	387 1.5×	80 1.7×	33 1.3×	20 1.1×	19	745
Reqing He China	15	463 1.0×	311 1.2×	28 0.6×	23 0.9×	20 1.1×	27	535
Alice Kennedy Belgium	4	299 0.7×	193 0.7×	44 0.9×	26 1.0×	10 0.5×	7	330
Hooman Razi Iran	13	388 0.8×	230 0.9×	41 0.9×	27 1.1×	14 0.7×	37	460
Shuming Wang China	11	386 0.8×	208 0.8×	30 0.6×	18 0.7×	41 2.2×	34	454
Hailing Zi China	9	531 1.2×	318 1.2×	37 0.8×	7 0.3×	11 0.6×	10	573
Yibo Teng China	7	513 1.1×	315 1.2×	29 0.6×	7 0.3×	11 0.6×	13	560
Jingxia Shao China	16	488 1.1×	417 1.6×	36 0.8×	10 0.4×	10 0.5×	21	602
Yunlu Shi China	7	315 0.7×	160 0.6×	54 1.1×	30 1.2×	4 0.2×	13	382
Selahattin Danisman Germany	9	798 1.7×	668 2.5×	32 0.7×	15 0.6×	14 0.7×	10	930

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minze Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minze Li

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Zhang, Xiuyue, Minze Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, et al.. (2025). A receptor–kinase cascade confers cold-induced root growth inhibition in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants. 11(7). 1441–1454. 3 indexed citations

2.

Zeng, Rong, Yiting Shi, Li Guo, et al.. (2025). A natural variant of COOL1 gene enhances cold tolerance for high-latitude adaptation in maize. Cell. 188(5). 1315–1329.e13. 35 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Zeng, Rong, Guangshu Song, Minze Li, et al.. (2024). Genetic variation in the aquaporin TONOPLAST INTRINSIC PROTEIN 4;3 modulates maize cold tolerance. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(11). 3037–3050. 7 indexed citations

4.

Gao, Lei, Lingling Pan, Yiting Shi, et al.. (2024). Genetic variation in a heat shock transcription factor modulates cold tolerance in maize. Molecular Plant. 17(9). 1423–1438. 26 indexed citations

5.

Gao, Lei, Minze Li, Danfeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Genetic and lipidomic analyses reveal the key role of lipid metabolism for cold tolerance in maize. Journal of genetics and genomics. 51(3). 326–337. 27 indexed citations

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Ding, Yanglin, Yang Hao, Shifeng Wu, et al.. (2022). CPK28-NLP7 module integrates cold-induced Ca ²⁺ signal and transcriptional reprogramming in Arabidopsis. Science Advances. 8(26). eabn7901–eabn7901. 91 indexed citations

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Shi, Yiting, Jingyan Liu, Zhen Li, et al.. (2022). Natural polymorphism of ZmICE1 contributes to amino acid metabolism that impacts cold tolerance in maize. Nature Plants. 8(10). 1176–1190. 98 indexed citations

8.

Li, Youping, Yiting Shi, Minze Li, et al.. (2021). The CRY2–COP1–HY5–BBX7/8 module regulates blue light-dependent cold acclimation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 33(11). 3555–3573. 98 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoyan, Minze Li, Yang Hao, et al.. (2021). The direct targets of CBFs: In cold stress response and beyond. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(11). 1874–1887. 131 indexed citations

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