Ruifa Hu

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ruifa Hu is a scholar working on Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruifa Hu has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Plant Science, 39 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ruifa Hu's work include Genetically Modified Organisms Research (34 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (31 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers). Ruifa Hu is often cited by papers focused on Genetically Modified Organisms Research (34 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (31 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers). Ruifa Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Ruifa Hu's co-authors include Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle, Carl E. Pray, Chao Zhang, Guanming Shi, Fangbin Qiao, Songqing Jin, Yanhong Jin, Jinyang Cai and Xusheng Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ruifa Hu

102 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Improving nitrogen fertilization in rice by sitespecific N management. A review

2010 469 citations Jianliang Huang, Ruifa Hu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruifa Hu China	32	2.3k	1.2k	1.1k	623	472	105	4.2k
Hugo De Groote Kenya	36	2.1k 0.9×	950 0.8×	622 0.6×	425 0.7×	585 1.2×	154	4.3k
Erik Mathijs Belgium	42	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	468 0.4×	712 1.1×	829 1.8×	193	6.8k
Carl E. Pray United States	30	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	232 0.4×	475 1.0×	126	3.7k
Jon Hellin Mexico	36	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	300 0.3×	877 1.4×	573 1.2×	115	5.5k
George B. Frisvold United States	23	1.5k 0.7×	404 0.3×	338 0.3×	262 0.4×	287 0.6×	120	2.6k
Rick Llewellyn Australia	34	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	240 0.2×	717 1.2×	317 0.7×	100	4.2k
Prabhu Pingali United States	41	2.3k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	392 0.4×	1.5k 2.3×	1.1k 2.4×	153	8.1k
Matty Demont Philippines	33	1.8k 0.8×	959 0.8×	410 0.4×	314 0.5×	667 1.4×	126	3.2k
Gudeta W. Sileshi Ethiopia	47	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	254 0.2×	1.3k 2.1×	278 0.6×	206	7.1k
Roseline Remans United States	28	2.2k 1.0×	538 0.4×	484 0.4×	288 0.5×	167 0.4×	62	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ruifa Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruifa Hu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruifa Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruifa Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruifa Hu 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 Ruifa Hu. Ruifa Hu 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

Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2025). Does the adoption of direct-seeded rice affect pesticide use? Evidence from China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 25(1). 366–376.

Liu, Weicheng, Mei Ye, Zhen‐Zhen Lai, et al.. (2025). A hyperactive splice variant of STAT3 promotes colonic inflammation-associated tumorigenesis in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 17(828). eadu8484–eadu8484.

Hu, Ruifa, et al.. (2025). How does homophily shape environmental collaboration networks among states? Evidence from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Chinese Public Administration Review. 17(1). 66–77. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2023). Do Pesticide Retailers’ Recommendations Aggravate Pesticide Overuse? Evidence from Rural China. Agriculture. 13(7). 1301–1301. 8 indexed citations

Hu, Ruifa, et al.. (2022). Impact of Government Policies on Research and Development (R&D) Investment, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Pesticide Firms in China. Agriculture. 12(5). 709–709. 9 indexed citations

Zhong, Chao, Ruifa Hu, Mingyue Wang, Wenhao Xue, & Linfeng He. (2020). The impact of urbanization on urban agriculture: Evidence from China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 276. 122686–122686. 65 indexed citations

Qiao, Fangbin, Ruifa Hu, & Jikun Huang. (2019). Genetically modified (GM) rice versus non-GM rice: pesticide use and yield. Science China Life Sciences. 63(5). 785–787. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Yawei, et al.. (2019). The Chinese public’s awareness and attitudes toward genetically modified foods with different labeling. npj Science of Food. 3(1). 17–17. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Ruifa Hu, Jikun Huang, et al.. (2016). Health effect of agricultural pesticide use in China: implications for the development of GM crops. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34918–34918. 38 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chao, Ruifa Hu, Guanming Shi, et al.. (2015). Overuse or underuse? An observation of pesticide use in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 538. 1–6. 147 indexed citations

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Huang, Jikun, et al.. (2015). Impact of insect-resistant GM rice on pesticide use and farmers’ health in China. Science China Life Sciences. 58(5). 466–471. 18 indexed citations

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Huang, Jikun, et al.. (2012). Human research capacity in Chinese agbiotech. Nature Biotechnology. 30(10). 1007–1007. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Jikun, Hai Xiang Lin, Zijun Wang, et al.. (2010). A decade of Bt cotton in Chinese fields: Assessing the direct effects and indirect externalities of Bt cotton adoption in China. Science China Life Sciences. 53(8). 981–991. 69 indexed citations

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Hu, Ruifa. (2009). The Impact of New Technology Adoption on Farmers' Attitude towards Production Development. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Ruifa. (2007). Impacts of GM Rice on Rice Farmers. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Jikun, Ruifa Hu, Scott Rozelle, & Carl E. Pray. (2007). Genetically Modified Rice, Yields, and Pesticides: Assessing Farm‐Level Productivity Effects in China. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 56(2). 241–263. 33 indexed citations

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Eaton, Derek, et al.. (2006). Indicators for livestock and crop biodiversity. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 11 indexed citations

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Hossain, Ferdaus, et al.. (2004). Genetically Modified Cotton and Farmers' Health in China. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 10(3). 296–303. 83 indexed citations

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Huang, Jianliang, et al.. (2002). Agricultural biotechnology development, policy and impacts in China. Economic and political weekly. 37(27). 2756–2761. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Ruifa, et al.. (2001). Regional risk assessment of karst collapse in Tangshan, China. Environmental Geology. 40(11-12). 1377–1389. 16 indexed citations

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