Sai Guo

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 791 citations indexed

About

Sai Guo is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sai Guo has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 791 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sai Guo's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (4 papers). Sai Guo is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (4 papers). Sai Guo collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Sweden. Sai Guo's co-authors include Qirong Shen, Wu Xiong, George A. Kowalchuk, Alexandre Jousset, Rong Li, Huasong Wu, Qingyun Zhao, Stefan Geisen, Ida Karlsson and Rong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sai Guo

9 papers receiving 788 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.

Trophic interactions between predatory protists and pathogen-suppressive bacteria impact plant health

2022 125 citations Sai Guo, Chengyuan Tao et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sai Guo China	8	533	309	222	183	69	9	791
Baogang Zhang China	12	457 0.9×	334 1.1×	247 1.1×	134 0.7×	47 0.7×	16	789
Bao Nguyen United States	6	786 1.5×	274 0.9×	238 1.1×	173 0.9×	84 1.2×	6	1.0k
Zachary Liechty United States	6	798 1.5×	272 0.9×	246 1.1×	173 0.9×	83 1.2×	9	1.0k
Penghao Xie China	9	379 0.7×	193 0.6×	163 0.7×	147 0.8×	34 0.5×	16	702
Pablo J. Villadas Spain	16	449 0.8×	214 0.7×	129 0.6×	128 0.7×	106 1.5×	36	717
Besma Ettoumi Tunisia	11	695 1.3×	222 0.7×	269 1.2×	76 0.4×	101 1.5×	15	973
Tianyu Gu China	9	420 0.8×	151 0.5×	168 0.8×	96 0.5×	57 0.8×	15	599
Arnaud Mounier France	14	358 0.7×	152 0.5×	149 0.7×	94 0.5×	66 1.0×	25	588
Joy Hollingsworth United States	9	450 0.8×	215 0.7×	159 0.7×	128 0.7×	76 1.1×	12	717
Shengdie Yang China	8	347 0.7×	159 0.5×	159 0.7×	100 0.5×	33 0.5×	14	603

Countries citing papers authored by Sai Guo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sai Guo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sai Guo

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Guo, Sai, Rong Pan, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Plant-microbe interactions influence plant performance via boosting beneficial root-endophytic bacteria. Environmental Microbiome. 20(1). 18–18. 7 indexed citations

2.

Guo, Sai, Zixuan Jiao, Xinyue Yan, et al.. (2024). Predatory protists reduce bacteria wilt disease incidence in tomato plants. Nature Communications. 15(1). 829–829. 31 indexed citations

3.

Guo, Sai, Stefan Geisen, Xinyue Yan, et al.. (2024). Predatory protists impact plant performance by promoting plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial consortia. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 22 indexed citations

4.

Guo, Sai, Chengyuan Tao, Alexandre Jousset, et al.. (2022). Trophic interactions between predatory protists and pathogen-suppressive bacteria impact plant health. The ISME Journal. 16(8). 1932–1943. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Guo, Sai, Wu Xiong, Zhilei Gao, et al.. (2021). Protists as main indicators and determinants of plant performance. Microbiome. 9(1). 99 indexed citations

6.

Xiong, Wu, Rong Li, Sai Guo, et al.. (2019). Microbial amendments alter protist communities within the soil microbiome. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 135. 379–382. 45 indexed citations

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Guo, Sai, Wu Xiong, Hang Xu, et al.. (2018). Continuous application of different fertilizers induces distinct bulk and rhizosphere soil protist communities. European Journal of Soil Biology. 88. 8–14. 30 indexed citations

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Xiong, Wu, Alexandre Jousset, Sai Guo, et al.. (2017). Soil protist communities form a dynamic hub in the soil microbiome. The ISME Journal. 12(2). 634–638. 202 indexed citations

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Xiong, Wu, Sai Guo, Alexandre Jousset, et al.. (2017). Bio-fertilizer application induces soil suppressiveness against Fusarium wilt disease by reshaping the soil microbiome. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 114. 238–247. 230 indexed citations

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