Que Kong

2.0k total citations
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Que Kong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Que Kong has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Que Kong's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (17 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Que Kong is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (17 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Que Kong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and China. Que Kong's co-authors include Wei Ma, Ling Yuan, Christoph Benning, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Joshua R. Werkman, John B. Ohlrogge, Liang Guo, Yuzhou Yang, Claire H. Xie and Barunava Patra and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Que Kong

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Que Kong United States 18 788 638 563 103 89 24 1.1k
Grace Q. Chen United States 17 440 0.6× 307 0.5× 400 0.7× 91 0.9× 35 0.4× 41 718
Bruce Schweiger United States 7 449 0.6× 402 0.6× 511 0.9× 83 0.8× 20 0.2× 7 768
Jean C. Kridl United States 13 748 0.9× 565 0.9× 476 0.8× 50 0.5× 14 0.2× 18 1.0k
Neil D. Adhikari United States 9 397 0.5× 490 0.8× 233 0.4× 50 0.5× 9 0.1× 13 696
Kristian Mark P. Caldo Canada 16 363 0.5× 233 0.4× 317 0.6× 53 0.5× 15 0.2× 23 592
Rosario Sánchez Spain 13 440 0.6× 396 0.6× 106 0.2× 17 0.2× 35 0.4× 26 651
Toshihiro Toguri Japan 14 419 0.5× 248 0.4× 128 0.2× 19 0.2× 41 0.5× 20 547
Dongxin Huai China 18 418 0.5× 758 1.2× 105 0.2× 38 0.4× 12 0.1× 57 913
Yongtai Yin China 16 497 0.6× 530 0.8× 221 0.4× 32 0.3× 7 0.1× 31 746
Arturo López‐Villalobos Canada 7 344 0.4× 298 0.5× 276 0.5× 35 0.3× 6 0.1× 11 521

Countries citing papers authored by Que Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Que Kong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Que Kong

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kong, Que, Leonard Blaschek, Zhiming Ma, et al.. (2025). ZINC FINGER PROTEIN2 suppresses funiculus lignification to ensure seed loading efficiency in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell. 60(12). 1719–1729.e6. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuzhou, Que Kong, Zhiming Ma, et al.. (2024). Phase separation of MYB73 regulates seed oil biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(2). 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuzhou, Que Kong, Shaoping Lu, et al.. (2022). Transcriptional regulation of oil biosynthesis in seed plants: Current understanding, applications, and perspectives. Plant Communications. 3(5). 100328–100328. 98 indexed citations
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Oh, Sookyung, Que Kong, & Beronda L. Montgomery. (2022). Guard-cell phytochromes impact seedling photomorphogenesis and rosette leaf morphology. PubMed. 2022. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Qiao, Que Kong, Vincent Oliéric, et al.. (2022). Molecular basis of the key regulator WRINKLED1 in plant oil biosynthesis. Science Advances. 8(34). eabq1211–eabq1211. 22 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, et al.. (2022). Functional Antagonism of WRI1 and TCP20 Modulates GH3.3 Expression to Maintain Auxin Homeostasis in Roots. Plants. 11(3). 454–454. 12 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, et al.. (2022). Sunflower WRINKLED1 Plays a Key Role in Transcriptional Regulation of Oil Biosynthesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(6). 3054–3054. 18 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, Yuzhou Yang, Liang Guo, Ling Yuan, & Wei Ma. (2020). Molecular Basis of Plant Oil Biosynthesis: Insights Gained From Studying the WRINKLED1 Transcription Factor. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 24–24. 59 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, Sanjay K. Singh, Sitakanta Pattanaik, et al.. (2020). TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR4 Interacts with WRINKLED1 to Mediate Seed Oil Biosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(2). 658–665. 37 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, Ling Yuan, & Wei Ma. (2019). WRINKLED1, a “Master Regulator” in Transcriptional Control of Plant Oil Biosynthesis. Plants. 8(7). 238–238. 56 indexed citations
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Kong, Que & Wei Ma. (2018). WRINKLED1 transcription factor: How much do we know about its regulatory mechanism?. Plant Science. 272. 153–156. 43 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, et al.. (2017). The Arabidopsis WRINKLED1 transcription factor affects auxin homeostasis in roots. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(16). 4627–4634. 40 indexed citations
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Ma, Wei, et al.. (2016). 14‐3‐3 protein mediates plant seed oil biosynthesis through interaction with AtWRI1. The Plant Journal. 88(2). 228–235. 61 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Cynthia L. Cass, Agnieszka Zienkiewicz, et al.. (2015). Ectopic expression of WRI1 affects fatty acid homeostasis in Brachypodium distachyon vegetative tissues. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(3). pp.01236.2015–pp.01236.2015. 73 indexed citations
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Ma, Wei, Que Kong, Vincent Arondel, et al.. (2013). WRINKLED1, A Ubiquitous Regulator in Oil Accumulating Tissues from Arabidopsis Embryos to Oil Palm Mesocarp. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68887–e68887. 120 indexed citations
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Kong, Que, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Antje Feller, et al.. (2012). Regulatory switch enforced by basic helix-loop-helix and ACT-domain mediated dimerizations of the maize transcription factor R. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(30). E2091–7. 86 indexed citations
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Pattanaik, Sitakanta, Que Kong, David Zaitlin, et al.. (2010). Isolation and functional characterization of a floral tissue-specific R2R3 MYB regulator from tobacco. Planta. 231(5). 1061–1076. 144 indexed citations
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Wagschal, Kurt, Charles C. Lee, Que Kong, et al.. (2008). The construction and characterization of two xylan‐degrading chimeric enzymes. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(3). 684–692. 38 indexed citations
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Pattanaik, Sitakanta, Claire H. Xie, Que Kong, Katherine A. Shen, & Ling Yuan. (2006). Directed evolution of plant basic helix–loop–helix transcription factors for the improvement of transactivational properties. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1759(6). 308–318. 17 indexed citations

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