Pengjun Lu

433 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 308 citations indexed

About

Pengjun Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengjun Lu has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 308 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Biochemistry and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Pengjun Lu's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (5 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers). Pengjun Lu is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (5 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers). Pengjun Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Canada. Pengjun Lu's co-authors include Changjie Xu, Don Grierson, Xiumin Fu, Chunyan Wang, Chao Feng, Yin X, Kunsong Chen, Guiqi Bi, Xiaotong Wang and Zhonghua Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Experimental Botany and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Pengjun Lu

6 papers receiving 307 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.

The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosynthesis

2021 155 citations Xingyao Xiong, Junbo Gou et al. Nature Plants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengjun Lu China	6	241	111	104	44	34	7	308
Yuan Zong China	11	209 0.9×	117 1.1×	121 1.2×	21 0.5×	13 0.4×	28	348
Misa Saito Japan	13	358 1.5×	63 0.6×	210 2.0×	17 0.4×	19 0.6×	24	439
Marisol Ochoa-Villarreal United Kingdom	6	206 0.9×	26 0.2×	127 1.2×	38 0.9×	15 0.4×	6	289
Margarita Aguilar‐Espinosa Mexico	10	193 0.8×	113 1.0×	84 0.8×	8 0.2×	20 0.6×	21	303
Maja Raschke Germany	8	322 1.3×	74 0.7×	161 1.5×	38 0.9×	4 0.1×	11	434
Mylavarapu Venkatramesh United States	8	343 1.4×	88 0.8×	85 0.8×	53 1.2×	6 0.2×	8	412
Paulina Fuentes Chile	8	425 1.8×	173 1.6×	138 1.3×	28 0.6×	8 0.2×	10	521
Pedro Fernández-Nohales Spain	6	385 1.6×	55 0.5×	356 3.4×	22 0.5×	89 2.6×	7	507
Liang‐Sheng Wang China	10	207 0.9×	41 0.4×	157 1.5×	16 0.4×	12 0.4×	17	348
Jesús Beltrán United States	8	352 1.5×	219 2.0×	164 1.6×	11 0.3×	9 0.3×	17	505

Countries citing papers authored by Pengjun Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pengjun Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengjun Lu

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

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Lu, Pengjun, et al.. (2025). Genome-Wide Characterization of the SnRK Gene Family in Taxus and Homologous Validation of TaSnRK1.2 as a Central Regulator in Stress-Responsive Transcriptional Networks. Plants. 14(15). 2410–2410.

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Xiong, Xingyao, Junbo Gou, Qinggang Liao, et al.. (2021). The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosynthesis. Nature Plants. 7(8). 1026–1036. 155 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luan, Yuting, Xiumin Fu, Pengjun Lu, Donald Grierson, & Changjie Xu. (2020). Molecular Mechanisms Determining the Differential Accumulation of Carotenoids in Plant Species and Varieties. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 39(2). 125–139. 34 indexed citations

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Lu, Pengjun, Changqing Zhu, Xiumin Fu, et al.. (2019). Microscopic Analyses of Fruit Cell Plastid Development in Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) during Fruit Ripening. Molecules. 24(3). 448–448. 7 indexed citations

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Lu, Pengjun, Shasha Wang, Don Grierson, & Changjie Xu. (2018). Transcriptomic changes triggered by carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors and role of Citrus sinensis phosphate transporter 4;2 (CsPHT4;2) in enhancing carotenoid accumulation. Planta. 249(1). 257–270. 13 indexed citations

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Lu, Pengjun, Chunyan Wang, Tingting Yin, et al.. (2017). Cytological and molecular characterization of carotenoid accumulation in normal and high-lycopene mutant oranges. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 761–761. 30 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiumin, Chao Feng, Chunyan Wang, et al.. (2013). Involvement of multiple phytoene synthase genes in tissue- and cultivar-specific accumulation of carotenoids in loquat. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(16). 4679–4689. 69 indexed citations

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