Sanfeng Chen

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 925 citations indexed

About

Sanfeng Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanfeng Chen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 925 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sanfeng Chen's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). Sanfeng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). Sanfeng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Sanfeng Chen's co-authors include Shuai Li, Bo Liu, Haojie Jin, Yongsheng Liang, Bo Liu, Yangming Li, Yu‐Guang Zhou, Hong‐Can Liu, Jing Lv and Yuchao Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sanfeng Chen

44 papers receiving 896 citations

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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.

Accelerating a Recurrent Neural Network to Finite-Time Convergence for Solving Time-Varying Sylvester Equation by Using a Sign-Bi-power Activation Function

2012 299 citations Sanfeng Chen et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sanfeng Chen China	15	314	301	197	190	141	49	925
Ruifang Liu China	20	109 0.3×	270 0.9×	161 0.8×	708 3.7×	25 0.2×	147	1.8k
Jiankui Wang China	15	613 2.0×	137 0.5×	31 0.2×	41 0.2×	41 0.3×	46	1.1k
Huabo Liu China	20	208 0.7×	219 0.7×	86 0.4×	294 1.5×	23 0.2×	90	1.1k
Yûki Nishimura Japan	14	243 0.8×	324 1.1×	22 0.1×	259 1.4×	106 0.8×	82	912
Sourabh Jain India	20	114 0.4×	130 0.4×	114 0.6×	236 1.2×	15 0.1×	102	1.6k
Yoshihisa Ishida Japan	10	233 0.7×	211 0.7×	114 0.6×	22 0.1×	67 0.5×	105	703
Yan Qiao China	16	52 0.2×	61 0.2×	214 1.1×	123 0.6×	57 0.4×	89	871
Zhihua Jin China	17	54 0.2×	279 0.9×	162 0.8×	84 0.4×	17 0.1×	65	940
Lei Sun China	18	79 0.3×	98 0.3×	37 0.2×	276 1.5×	48 0.3×	96	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanfeng Chen

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Jiao, Shuo, et al.. (2025). Modification of nifL-nifA operon of Klebsiella oxytoca improves N2-fixation efficiency, ammonium-excretion and plant-growth promotion ability. Archives of Microbiology. 207(10). 253–253.

Shu, Duntao, Samiran Banerjee, Jiaqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Conversion of monocropping to intercropping promotes rhizosphere microbiome functionality and soil nitrogen cycling. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 174953–174953. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Tianshu, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide mapping of GlnR-binding sites reveals the global regulatory role of GlnR in controlling the metabolism of nitrogen and carbon in Paenibacillus polymyxa WLY78. BMC Genomics. 24(1). 85–85. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Sanfeng, et al.. (2023). Localization Algorithm Based on a Spring Particle Model (LASPM) for Large-Scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm (UAVs). International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence. 17(1). 1–13. 1 indexed citations

Li, Qin, et al.. (2022). Paenibacillus caui sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a peach tree. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 72(1). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Haowei, Qin Li, Yongbin Li, & Sanfeng Chen. (2021). The Serine Biosynthesis of Paenibacillus polymyxa WLY78 Is Regulated by the T-Box Riboswitch. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(6). 3033–3033. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Tianshu, et al.. (2018). Paenibacillus maysiensis sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Species Isolated from the Rhizosphere Soil of Maize. Current Microbiology. 75(10). 1267–1273. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Liying, Tianshu Wang, & Sanfeng Chen. (2014). Cohnella capsici sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing species isolated from Capsicum annuum rhizosphere soil, and emended description of Cohnella plantaginis. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 107(1). 133–139. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Liying, Ji Li, Qing X. Li, & Sanfeng Chen. (2013). Paenibacillus beijingensis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from wheat rhizosphere soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 104(5). 675–683. 37 indexed citations

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Xie, Jianbo, Lihong Zhang, Yu‐Guang Zhou, Hong‐Can Liu, & Sanfeng Chen. (2012). Paenibacillus taohuashanense sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from rhizosphere soil of the root of Caragana kansuensis Pojark. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 102(4). 735–741. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Liying, Sanfeng Chen, Lei Wang, Yu‐Guang Zhou, & Hong‐Can Liu. (2012). Cohnella plantaginis sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing species isolated from plantain rhizosphere soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 102(1). 83–89. 18 indexed citations

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Лю, Бо, et al.. (2012). Intelligent Control of a Sensor-Actuator System via Kernelized Least-Squares Policy Iteration. Sensors. 12(3). 2632–2653. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Sanfeng. (2011). Design of a new Butterworth lower-pass filter.

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Cui, Yanhua, et al.. (2011). A CheR/CheB fusion protein is involved in cyst cell development and chemotaxis in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7. Microbiological Research. 166(8). 606–617. 6 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaojie, Huamin Li, & Sanfeng Chen. (2010). Cloning of the Chlorothalonil-Degrading Gene Cluster and Evidence of Its Horizontal Transfer. Current Microbiology. 62(3). 1068–1073. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianping, et al.. (2010). Metabolic engineering for ethylene production by inserting the ethylene-forming enzyme gene (efe) at the 16S rDNA sites of Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Bioresource Technology. 101(16). 6404–6409. 21 indexed citations

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Cui, Yanhua, et al.. (2010). A hybrid two-component system protein from Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 was involved in chemotaxis. Microbiological Research. 166(6). 458–467. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Miao, Lei Wang, Sanfeng Chen, Yu‐Guang Zhou, & Hong‐Can Liu. (2010). Salinicoccus kekensis sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile isolated from Keke Salt Lake in Qinghai, China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 98(3). 351–357. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, et al.. (2010). Oceanobacillus manasiensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the salt lakes of Xinjiang, China. The Journal of Microbiology. 48(3). 312–317. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hongxin, et al.. (2006). Cloning and sequencing of nifBHDKENX genes of Paenibacillus massiliensis T7 and its nif promoter analysis. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 49(2). 115–22. 7 indexed citations

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