Qian Qu

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Qian Qu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Qu has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Pollution and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Qian Qu's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (12 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (7 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers). Qian Qu is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (12 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (7 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers). Qian Qu collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Canada. Qian Qu's co-authors include Haifeng Qian, Tao Lu, Zhenyan Zhang, Xiangliang Pan, Mingjing Ke, Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg, Benben Du, Wanyue Liu, Shining Guo and Qi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Qian Qu

67 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Rhizosphere Microbiome Assembly and Its Impact on Plant Growth

2020 319 citations Qian Qu, Zhenyan Zhang et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Qu China	30	988	817	672	342	289	72	2.7k
Muhammed Atamanalp Türkiye	29	286 0.3×	775 0.9×	471 0.7×	273 0.8×	256 0.9×	164	2.6k
Elena Maestri Italy	34	1.3k 1.3×	704 0.9×	2.2k 3.3×	296 0.9×	268 0.9×	81	4.2k
Mathan Ramesh India	38	355 0.4×	1.4k 1.7×	558 0.8×	507 1.5×	116 0.4×	135	4.2k
Silvia Pichardo Spain	38	511 0.5×	328 0.4×	675 1.0×	333 1.0×	64 0.2×	99	3.8k
Yang Jiao China	24	730 0.7×	859 1.1×	574 0.9×	504 1.5×	212 0.7×	81	2.3k
Gonca Alak Türkiye	25	236 0.2×	591 0.7×	353 0.5×	255 0.7×	264 0.9×	126	1.9k
Jing Gao China	27	583 0.6×	535 0.7×	449 0.7×	74 0.2×	246 0.9×	127	2.4k
Wanchun Sun China	28	583 0.6×	847 1.0×	1.5k 2.2×	100 0.3×	97 0.3×	92	3.4k
Joachim Sturve Sweden	31	316 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	165 0.2×	364 1.1×	137 0.5×	85	3.1k
Lucia Giorgetti Italy	24	560 0.6×	665 0.8×	783 1.2×	614 1.8×	213 0.7×	69	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Qian Qu

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Qian Qu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Qian Qu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Qian Qu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Qian Qu

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Qian Qu. 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 Qian Qu. The network helps show where Qian Qu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qian Qu

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Qu, Qian, et al.. (2025). Licorice Total Flavonoids and Its Gut-Enriched Lactobacillus plantarum Synergistically Activate the Nrf2 Pathway to Alleviate Liver Injury. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(31). 19714–19727.

Lv, Weijie, Tianze Wang, Wenchang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Microbiota regulated by Shenling Baizhu powder maintains intestinal homeostasis via the gut-breast axis. Phytomedicine. 139. 156528–156528. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yannan, Yuanyuan Liu, Qian Qu, et al.. (2025). Plant-derived exosomes as bioactive compounds carriers for precision nutrition. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 164. 105248–105248.

Zhao, Zengli, Qian Qu, Feng Sun, et al.. (2025). Advances of computational protein design: Principles, strategies and applications in nutrition and health. Biotechnology Advances. 83. 108656–108656.

Zhou, Chao, Rongrong Zhang, Fang Jin, et al.. (2024). Progressive structural alterations associated with negative symptoms in schizophrenia: A causal structural covariance network analysis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 136. 111236–111236. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Shuting, Kai Hu, Xiangang Hu, et al.. (2024). Polystyrene microplastics facilitate formation of refractory dissolved organic matter and reduce CO2 emissions. Environment International. 190. 108809–108809. 7 indexed citations

Yang, Hongyan, et al.. (2024). Insights into the Metabolite Profiles of Two Camellia (Theaceae) Species in Yunnan Province through Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analysis. Biomolecules. 14(9). 1106–1106. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoli, Xingyu Chen, Qian Qu, et al.. (2024). Lizhong decoction inhibits porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 333. 118428–118428. 5 indexed citations

Qu, Qian, Qi Dong, Hongliang Du, et al.. (2023). Transcriptome profiling Revealed the potential mechanisms of Shen Lin Bai Zhu San n-butanol extract on DSS induced Colitis in Mice and LC-MS analysis. Phytomedicine. 110. 154645–154645. 14 indexed citations

10.

Hu, Xiangang, et al.. (2023). Interactions between dissolved organic matter and the microbial community are modified by microplastics and heat waves. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 448. 130868–130868. 36 indexed citations

11.

Ai, Huasong, Aijun Liu, Zixian Sun, et al.. (2022). H2B Lys34 Ubiquitination Induces Nucleosome Distortion to Stimulate Dot1L Activity. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(9). 972–980. 75 indexed citations

12.

Zuo, Chong, et al.. (2022). Chemical tools for E3 ubiquitin ligase study. Chinese Chemical Letters. 34(4). 107781–107781. 2 indexed citations

13.

Qu, Qian, Lin Bai, Jiaxin Chen, et al.. (2022). Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on the Gut Microbiota in Heat-Stressed Laying Hens. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 905382–905382. 4 indexed citations

14.

Li, Yan, Zhenyan Zhang, Wanyue Liu, et al.. (2021). Phyllosphere bacterial assemblage is affected by plant genotypes and growth stages. Microbiological Research. 248. 126743–126743. 29 indexed citations

15.

Ke, Mingjing, Yizhi Ye, Zhenyan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Synergistic effects of glyphosate and multiwall carbon nanotubes on Arabidopsis thaliana physiology and metabolism. The Science of The Total Environment. 769. 145156–145156. 32 indexed citations

16.

Gao, Shuai, William C. Valinsky, Qian Qu, et al.. (2020). Employing NaChBac for cryo-EM analysis of toxin action on voltage-gated Na ⁺ channels in nanodisc. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14187–14193. 38 indexed citations

17.

Zhang, Mengwei, Wanyue Liu, Qian Qu, et al.. (2020). Metabolomic modulations in a freshwater microbial community exposed to the fungicide azoxystrobin. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 97. 102–109. 16 indexed citations

18.

Ai, Huasong, Yu Guo, Demeng Sun, et al.. (2018). Examination of the Deubiquitylation Site Selectivity of USP51 by Using Chemically Synthesized Ubiquitylated Histones. ChemBioChem. 20(2). 221–229. 32 indexed citations

19.

Qian, Haifeng, Jiahui Xu, Tao Lu, et al.. (2018). Responses of unicellular alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa to allelochemical linoleic acid. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 1415–1422. 57 indexed citations

20.

Qian, Haifeng, Mingjing Ke, Qian Qu, et al.. (2018). Ecological Effects of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Soil Microbial Communities and Soil Fertility. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 101(4). 536–542. 16 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact