Rui-Ming Xu

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Rui-Ming Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui-Ming Xu has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rui-Ming Xu's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (20 papers). Rui-Ming Xu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (20 papers). Rui-Ming Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Rui-Ming Xu's co-authors include Yi Zhang, Jinrong Min, Adrian R. Krainer, Zhiguo Zhang, Hui Zhou, Zhizhong Li, Junhong Han, Ying Huang, Mariko Hayashi and Rolf Sternglanz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rui-Ming Xu

79 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Structural basis for specific binding of Polycomb chromodomain to histone H3 methylated at Lys 27

2003 512 citations Jinrong Min, Yi Zhang et al. Genes & Development profile →
Cryo-EM Study of the Chromatin Fiber Reveals a Double Helix Twisted by Tetranucleosomal Units

2014 468 citations Feng Song, Ping Chen et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rui-Ming Xu China	42	6.3k	641	546	480	313	88	7.1k
Siavash K. Kurdistani United States	38	6.1k 1.0×	627 1.0×	708 1.3×	798 1.7×	717 2.3×	62	7.2k
Alain Verreault Canada	36	5.3k 0.8×	787 1.2×	331 0.6×	573 1.2×	206 0.7×	64	5.8k
Fulai Jin United States	20	3.3k 0.5×	377 0.6×	464 0.8×	254 0.5×	329 1.1×	30	3.8k
Benjamin R. Sabari United States	15	4.3k 0.7×	294 0.5×	211 0.4×	298 0.6×	413 1.3×	24	4.8k
Qin Feng United States	36	4.9k 0.8×	268 0.4×	758 1.4×	932 1.9×	509 1.6×	98	6.3k
Louise Fairall United Kingdom	36	4.0k 0.6×	294 0.5×	466 0.9×	610 1.3×	249 0.8×	57	4.8k
W. Tempel Canada	35	3.6k 0.6×	242 0.4×	340 0.6×	407 0.8×	452 1.4×	84	4.4k
François‐Michel Boisvert Canada	37	6.0k 1.0×	337 0.5×	425 0.8×	849 1.8×	471 1.5×	95	7.0k
Paul J. Boersema Netherlands	28	3.7k 0.6×	286 0.4×	242 0.4×	374 0.8×	202 0.6×	34	4.9k
Klaus Scheffzek Germany	43	5.2k 0.8×	582 0.9×	528 1.0×	991 2.1×	201 0.6×	78	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rui-Ming Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui-Ming Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui-Ming Xu

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All Works

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Ding, Yan, Jun Li, Hua Jiang, et al.. (2025). The ortholog of human DNAJC9 promotes histone H3–H4 degradation and is counteracted by Asf1 in fission yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(3).

Liu, Junjie, et al.. (2025). Genetic insights into idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a multi-omics approach to identify potential therapeutic targets. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 337–337. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Chao-Pei, Zhenyu Yu, Jun Xiong, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into histone binding and nucleosome assembly by chromatin assembly factor-1. Science. 381(6660). eadd8673–eadd8673. 25 indexed citations

Xu, Rui-Ming, et al.. (2023). High-Linearity and High-Speed ROIC of Ultra-Large Array Infrared Detectors Based on Adaptive Compensation and Enhancement. Sensors. 23(12). 5667–5667. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, Yan Zhang, Qinglong You, et al.. (2022). Highly enriched BEND3 prevents the premature activation of bivalent genes during differentiation. Science. 375(6584). 1053–1058. 53 indexed citations

Li, Zhiming, Xu Hua, Albert Serra‐Cardona, et al.. (2020). DNA polymerase α interacts with H3-H4 and facilitates the transfer of parental histones to lagging strands. Science Advances. 6(35). eabb5820–eabb5820. 71 indexed citations

Yu, Chuanhe, Haiyun Gan, Albert Serra‐Cardona, et al.. (2018). A mechanism for preventing asymmetric histone segregation onto replicating DNA strands. Science. 361(6409). 1386–1389. 171 indexed citations

Song, Feng, Ping Chen, Dapeng Sun, et al.. (2014). Cryo-EM Study of the Chromatin Fiber Reveals a Double Helix Twisted by Tetranucleosomal Units. Science. 344(6182). 376–380. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Mingzhu, et al.. (2013). Structural basis for allosteric stimulation of Sir2 activity by Sir4 binding. Genes & Development. 27(1). 64–73. 27 indexed citations

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Sun, Litao, Mingzhu Wang, Zongyang Lv, et al.. (2011). Structural insights into protein arginine symmetric dimethylation by PRMT5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(51). 20538–20543. 122 indexed citations

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Li, Yan, Patrick Trojer, Chong‐Feng Xu, et al.. (2009). The Target of the NSD Family of Histone Lysine Methyltransferases Depends on the Nature of the Substrate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(49). 34283–34295. 237 indexed citations

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Han, Junhong, Hui Zhou, Bruce Horazdovsky, et al.. (2007). Rtt109 Acetylates Histone H3 Lysine 56 and Functions in DNA Replication. Science. 315(5812). 653–655. 340 indexed citations

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Han, Junhong, Hui Zhou, Zhizhong Li, Rui-Ming Xu, & Zhiguo Zhang. (2007). Acetylation of Lysine 56 of Histone H3 Catalyzed by RTT109 and Regulated by ASF1 Is Required for Replisome Integrity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(39). 28587–28596. 146 indexed citations

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Huang, Ying, Jia Fang, Mark T. Bedford, Yi Zhang, & Rui-Ming Xu. (2006). Recognition of Histone H3 Lysine-4 Methylation by the Double Tudor Domain of JMJD2A. Science. 312(5774). 748–751. 362 indexed citations

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Connelly, Jessica J., et al.. (2006). Structure and Function of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sir3 BAH Domain. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(8). 3256–3265. 51 indexed citations

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Huang, Ying, Michael P. Myers, & Rui-Ming Xu. (2006). Crystal Structure of the HP1-EMSY Complex Reveals an Unusual Mode of HP1 Binding. Structure. 14(4). 703–712. 40 indexed citations

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Hsu, Hao-Chi, Bruce Stillman, & Rui-Ming Xu. (2005). Structural basis for origin recognition complex 1 protein–silence information regulator 1 protein interaction in epigenetic silencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(24). 8519–8524. 32 indexed citations

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Min, Jinrong, Yi Zhang, & Rui-Ming Xu. (2003). Structural basis for specific binding of Polycomb chromodomain to histone H3 methylated at Lys 27. Genes & Development. 17(15). 1823–1828. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Landry, Joseph W., Ann Sutton, Jinrong Min, et al.. (2003). Set2-Catalyzed Methylation of Histone H3 Represses Basal Expression of GAL4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23(17). 5972–5978. 53 indexed citations

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Min, Jinrong, Qin Feng, Zhizhong Li, Yi Zhang, & Rui-Ming Xu. (2003). Structure of the Catalytic Domain of Human DOT1L, a Non-SET Domain Nucleosomal Histone Methyltransferase. Cell. 112(5). 711–723. 314 indexed citations

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