Ran Li

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ran Li is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Li has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Plant Science, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Ran Li's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (37 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (28 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (28 papers). Ran Li is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (37 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (28 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (28 papers). Ran Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ran Li's co-authors include Yonggen Lou, Ian T. Baldwin, Hansong Cheng, Guoqin Xu, Zhangxian Chen, Wanchao Li, Yunfeng Zhang, Jiancai Li, Anding Zhang and Huanchun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ran Li

138 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Molecular dissection of rice phytohormone signaling involved in resistance to a piercing‐sucking herbivore

2021 135 citations Ian T. Baldwin, Yonggen Lou et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Li China	40	2.3k	1.4k	1.0k	313	283	146	4.2k
Karin Thevissen Belgium	51	2.3k 1.0×	5.6k 3.9×	502 0.5×	187 0.6×	76 0.3×	137	8.7k
Xiaohong Sun China	30	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	188 0.2×	164 0.5×	203 0.7×	116	3.3k
Marı́a Cristina Añón Argentina	54	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	607 0.6×	97 0.3×	277 1.0×	255	9.0k
Admilton Gonçalves de Oliveira Brazil	27	704 0.3×	446 0.3×	186 0.2×	93 0.3×	89 0.3×	98	2.6k
Nicholi Vorsa United States	38	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	305 0.3×	341 1.1×	112 0.4×	155	4.8k
Sang‐Chul Shin South Korea	37	1.6k 0.7×	529 0.4×	916 0.9×	277 0.9×	155 0.5×	158	4.0k
Tao Li China	27	404 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	237 0.2×	99 0.3×	80 0.3×	223	3.2k
Yue Xie China	26	776 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	159 0.2×	160 0.5×	87 0.3×	195	3.0k
Eduardo Alves Brazil	30	2.1k 0.9×	944 0.7×	214 0.2×	210 0.7×	150 0.5×	185	3.4k
Yàn Liú China	33	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	398 0.4×	110 0.4×	56 0.2×	179	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Li

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

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Wu, Siwen, Yi Gan, Jing Lü, et al.. (2025). A jasmonate‐mediated MAPK cascade regulates rice structural defense against brown planthoppers. New Phytologist. 248(6). 3280–3296.

Liu, Mengyu, Hui‐Jing Li, Siwen Wu, et al.. (2025). The MYC2‐JAMYB transcriptional cascade regulates rice resistance to brown planthoppers. New Phytologist. 246(4). 1834–1847. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Zhiyong, Lan Hu, Hongyu Sun, et al.. (2025). Sequence homology between sex chromosomes leads to apparent heterozygosity at the DYS572 locus in massively parallel sequencing. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 140(2). 739–744.

Wang, Xiao, Qian Tan, Xingrui Gong, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Regulatory Pathways of Tomato in Resistance to Verticillium Wilt Triggered by VdR3e. Plants. 14(8). 1243–1243.

Hui, Teng, Qianqian Li, Zhengfeng Fang, et al.. (2024). Sensory qualities markers of n-3 PUFA enriched fresh pork meat fattened by linseed oil and selenium methionine. Food Chemistry. 464(Pt 3). 141832–141832. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, Peng Kuai, Jingli Cheng, et al.. (2024). Jasmonate‐mediated polyamine oxidase 6 drives herbivore‐induced polyamine catabolism in rice. The Plant Journal. 120(5). 2000–2013. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Dandan Zhang, Ran Li, et al.. (2023). Insights into the Biocontrol Function of a Burkholderia gladioli Strain against Botrytis cinerea. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(2). e0480522–e0480522. 21 indexed citations

Song, Jian, Jieyin Chen, Dandan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Genome Resource of Bacillus subtilis KRS015, a Potential Biocontrol Agent for Verticillium dahliae. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 443–448. 4 indexed citations

Qi, Jinfeng, et al.. (2023). Jasmonate-mediated gibberellin catabolism constrains growth during herbivore attack in rice. The Plant Cell. 35(10). 3828–3844. 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dandan, Ran Li, He Zhu, et al.. (2023). Genome Sequence Resource of Burkholderia gladioli KRS027: A Strain with Antifungal Activity Against Plant Pathogens. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 874–878. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, Yongjun Zhang, He Zhu, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide identification and analysis of a cotton secretome reveals its role in resistance against Verticillium dahliae. BMC Biology. 21(1). 166–166. 7 indexed citations

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Song, Jian, Dan Wang, Dongfei Han, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the Endophytic Bacillus subtilis KRS015 Strain for Its Biocontrol Efficacy Against Verticillium dahliae. Phytopathology. 114(1). 61–72. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, et al.. (2023). Therapeutic potential of Litsea cubeba essential oil in modulating inflammation and the gut microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1233934–1233934. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Dan, Dandan Zhang, Jian Song, et al.. (2022). Verticillium dahliae CFEM proteins manipulate host immunity and differentially contribute to virulence. BMC Biology. 20(1). 55–55. 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Rongdiao, Ran Li, Yuhua Xue, et al.. (2022). Poly(ADP-ribosylation) of P-TEFb by PARP1 disrupts phase separation to inhibit global transcription after DNA damage. Nature Cell Biology. 24(4). 513–525. 54 indexed citations

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Wang, Dan, Jieyin Chen, Jian Song, et al.. (2021). Cytotoxic function of xylanase VdXyn4 in the plant vascular wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(1). 409–429. 43 indexed citations

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Song, Jian, Zhiqiang Kong, Dandan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Rhizosphere Microbiomes of Potato Cultivated under Bacillus subtilis Treatment Influence the Quality of Potato Tubers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 12065–12065. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Lin, Dandan Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Biological Characteristics of Verticillium dahliae MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 Strains. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(13). 7148–7148. 7 indexed citations

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Zhu, He, Jian Song, Nikhilesh Dhar, et al.. (2021). Transcriptome Analysis of a Cotton Cultivar Provides Insights into the Differentially Expressed Genes Underlying Heightened Resistance to the Devastating Verticillium Wilt. Cells. 10(11). 2961–2961. 17 indexed citations

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Guo, Han, Nathalie D. Lackus, Tobias G. Köllner, et al.. (2019). Evolution of a Novel and Adaptive Floral Scent in Wild Tobacco. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(4). 1090–1099. 14 indexed citations

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