Qingfa Wu

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Qingfa Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingfa Wu has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Qingfa Wu's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (27 papers), Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (17 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (8 papers). Qingfa Wu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (27 papers), Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (17 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (8 papers). Qingfa Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Qingfa Wu's co-authors include Shou‐Wei Ding, Zhaoxia Chang, Ge Shan, Huijie Liu, Pengfei Zhu, Liang Chen, Ya Jia, Zhaoyong Li, Xiaolin Wang and Mei Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Qingfa Wu

71 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Exon-intron circular RNAs regulate transcription in the nucleus

2015 2.3k citations Zhaoxia Chang, Qingfa Wu et al. profile →
Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs

2010 375 citations Qingfa Wu, Yingjun Luo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qingfa Wu China	28	3.7k	2.5k	1.9k	791	678	76	5.6k
Kenji Nakahara Japan	29	2.1k 0.6×	982 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	348 0.4×	366 0.5×	81	3.9k
Megha Ghildiyal United States	9	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	139 0.2×	129 0.2×	9	3.3k
Amy H. Buck United Kingdom	31	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	555 0.3×	108 0.1×	364 0.5×	67	4.2k
Michael P. Terns United States	49	7.7k 2.0×	484 0.2×	517 0.3×	357 0.5×	645 1.0×	99	8.2k
Susan Parrish United States	10	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	880 0.5×	83 0.1×	112 0.2×	13	4.5k
Rebecca M. Terns United States	43	6.6k 1.8×	460 0.2×	476 0.3×	316 0.4×	539 0.8×	64	7.2k
Sara Olson United States	32	3.7k 1.0×	866 0.3×	400 0.2×	137 0.2×	223 0.3×	50	6.0k
Patrick Essletzbichler Austria	9	7.7k 2.1×	314 0.1×	1.0k 0.6×	145 0.2×	687 1.0×	11	8.4k
Jeffrey Wilusz United States	49	5.7k 1.5×	567 0.2×	596 0.3×	138 0.2×	787 1.2×	113	7.8k
Mohamed‐Ali Hakimi France	42	3.1k 0.8×	262 0.1×	1.0k 0.6×	123 0.2×	119 0.2×	82	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Qingfa Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qingfa Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingfa Wu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhu, Yu, et al.. (2025). In-depth analysis of 17,115 rice transcriptomes reveals extensive viral diversity in rice plants. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1559–1559. 3 indexed citations

Dai, Yuting, et al.. (2025). Characterization of the phenotype and function of PRELP+ fibroblast subtype in liver metastatic colorectal cancer. Frontiers in Genetics. 16. 1615259–1615259.

Ain, Qurat Ul, Xuan Wu, Qing Bai, et al.. (2024). Cyanophage-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes in modulating cyanobacterial metabolism and algal bloom dynamics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Wen, et al.. (2024). Regulation of phase separation and antiviral activity of Cactin by glycolytic enzyme PGK via phosphorylation in Drosophila. mBio. 15(4). e0137823–e0137823. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Wenkai, Wen‐Cheng Liu, Yanhong Han, et al.. (2023). Discovery of aphid-transmitted Rice tiller inhibition virus from native plants through metagenomic sequencing. PLoS Pathogens. 19(3). e1011238–e1011238. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Feng, Qingfa Wu, Yuxing Chen, et al.. (2023). Phylogenomics of five Pseudanabaena cyanophages and evolutionary traces of horizontal gene transfer. Environmental Microbiome. 18(1). 3–3. 6 indexed citations

Ding, Shou‐Wei, et al.. (2021). Culture-Independent Discovery of Viroids by Deep Sequencing and Computational Algorithms. Methods in molecular biology. 2316. 251–274. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Liqin, Wen Xu, Xinlei Gao, et al.. (2020). lncRNA Sensing of a Viral Suppressor of RNAi Activates Non-canonical Innate Immune Signaling in Drosophila. Cell Host & Microbe. 27(1). 115–128.e8. 51 indexed citations

Yang, Feng, Hua Jin, Xiaoqian Wang, et al.. (2020). Genomic Analysis of Mic1 Reveals a Novel Freshwater Long-Tailed Cyanophage. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 484–484. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Zikun, et al.. (2019). Clinicopathological risk factors for gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study in China. BMJ Open. 9(9). e030639–e030639. 20 indexed citations

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Chang, Zhaoxia, Ibukun A. Akinyemi, Dongyang Guo, & Qingfa Wu. (2018). Characterization and comparative analysis of microRNAs in the rice pest Sogatella furcifera. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204517–e0204517. 10 indexed citations

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Akinyemi, Ibukun A., et al.. (2018). Genome characterization of the newly identified maize-associated totivirus Anhui. Archives of Virology. 163(10). 2929–2931. 8 indexed citations

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Chang, Zhaoxia, Nan Tang, Lin Wang, et al.. (2016). Identification and characterization of microRNAs in the white-backed planthopper,Sogatella furcifera. Insect Science. 23(3). 452–468. 25 indexed citations

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Yu, Gino, et al.. (2015). Complete genome sequence of a novel velarivirus infecting areca palm in China. Archives of Virology. 160(9). 2367–2370. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Huijie, Xueren Wang, Horng‐Dar Wang, et al.. (2012). Escherichia coli noncoding RNAs can affect gene expression and physiology of Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Communications. 3(1). 1073–1073. 117 indexed citations

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Wu, Qingfa, Yingjun Luo, Rui Lu, et al.. (2010). Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(4). 1606–1611. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Qingfa, Niels Tommerup, San Ming Wang, & Lars Hestbjerg Hansen. (2006). A novel primate specific gene, CEI, is located in the homeobox gene IRXA2 promoter in Homo sapiens. Gene. 371(2). 167–173. 9 indexed citations

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Ge, Xijin, et al.. (2005). Annotating nonspecific SAGE tags with microarray data. Genomics. 87(1). 173–180. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Qingfa, Zuyuan Xu, Wei Tian, et al.. (2004). Development of Taqman RT-nested PCR system for clinical SARS-CoV detection. Journal of Virological Methods. 119(1). 17–23. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Qingfa, Yilin Zhang, Hong Lü, et al.. (2003). The E Protein is a Multifunctional Membrane Protein of SARS-CoV. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 1(2). 131–144. 30 indexed citations

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