Shanfa Lu

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Shanfa Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shanfa Lu has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Shanfa Lu's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (35 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (34 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (25 papers). Shanfa Lu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (35 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (34 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (25 papers). Shanfa Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Shanfa Lu's co-authors include Vincent L. Chiang, Ying‐Hsuan Sun, Caili Li, Laigeng Li, Rui Shi, Fenjuan Shao, Catherine Clark, Lichai Yuan, Yimian Ma and Miaomiao Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shanfa Lu

78 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.

Biosynthesis and Regulation of Phenylpropanoids in Plants

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shanfa Lu China	33	3.0k	2.9k	276	213	202	83	4.3k
In‐Cheol Jang Singapore	33	2.2k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	161 0.6×	74 0.3×	34 0.2×	65	3.3k
Chengchao Zheng China	40	3.1k 1.1×	4.8k 1.7×	90 0.3×	48 0.2×	61 0.3×	113	5.9k
Mehar Hasan Asif India	33	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	53 0.2×	66 0.3×	110 0.5×	83	3.0k
Jinggui Fang China	40	2.9k 1.0×	4.6k 1.6×	179 0.6×	70 0.3×	48 0.2×	262	5.5k
Yong Pyo Lim South Korea	40	2.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.4×	52 0.2×	74 0.3×	73 0.4×	181	5.1k
Jianye Chen China	54	5.2k 1.7×	7.1k 2.5×	69 0.3×	158 0.7×	104 0.5×	222	8.8k
Bin Wu China	29	916 0.3×	1.4k 0.5×	63 0.2×	49 0.2×	73 0.4×	104	2.2k
Meiliang Zhou China	32	1.8k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	52 0.2×	50 0.2×	68 0.3×	137	4.0k
Zhongxiong Lai China	30	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	78 0.3×	36 0.2×	47 0.2×	206	2.8k
Zhi‐Sheng Xu China	35	3.0k 1.0×	3.4k 1.2×	35 0.1×	98 0.5×	39 0.2×	135	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Shanfa Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shanfa Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shanfa Lu

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

All Works

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Li, Caili, Fenjuan Shao, Quanzi Li, et al.. (2025). Polymerization of proanthocyanidins under the catalysis of miR397a-regulated laccases in Salvia miltiorrhiza and Populus trichocarpa. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1513–1513. 3 indexed citations

Meng, Fanqi, Sixuan Zhang, Chunling Wang, et al.. (2024). Characterization of two CYP80 enzymes provides insights into aporphine alkaloid skeleton formation in Aristolochia contorta. The Plant Journal. 118(5). 1439–1454. 12 indexed citations

Li, Heqin, Xuwen Jiang, Kiyoshi Mashiguchi, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, & Shanfa Lu. (2024). Biosynthesis and signal transduction of plant growth regulators and their effects on bioactive compound production in Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen). Chinese Medicine. 19(1). 102–102. 7 indexed citations

Liang, Wenjing, et al.. (2024). Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of miRNAs and Natural Antisense Transcripts Show the Complexity of Gene Regulatory Networks for Secondary Metabolism in Aristolochia contorta. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 6043–6043. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Chao, Caili Li, Yayun Xu, et al.. (2024). Systematic characterization of gene families and functional analysis of PvRAS3 and PvRAS4 involved in rosmarinic acid biosynthesis in Prunella vulgaris. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1374912–1374912. 6 indexed citations

Chang, Yujie, Caili Li, Fanqi Meng, et al.. (2023). Chromosome-level genome assembly of Salvia miltiorrhiza with orange roots uncovers the role of Sm2OGD3 in catalyzing 15,16-dehydrogenation of tanshinones. Horticulture Research. 10(6). uhad069–uhad069. 27 indexed citations

Li, Caili, et al.. (2020). Noncoding RNAs in Medicinal Plants and their Regulatory Roles in Bioactive Compound Production. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 22(3). 341–359. 16 indexed citations

Lu, Shanfa. (2019). De novo origination of MIRNAs through generation of short inverted repeats in target genes. RNA Biology. 16(6). 846–859. 15 indexed citations

Liu, Miao, Xiang Chen, Meizhen Wang, & Shanfa Lu. (2019). SmPPT, a 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyl diphosphate transferase gene involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis, confers salt tolerance in Salvia miltiorrhiza. Plant Cell Reports. 38(12). 1527–1540. 14 indexed citations

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Shao, Fenjuan, Qian Zhang, Hongwei Liu, Shanfa Lu, & Deyou Qiu. (2016). Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of MicroRNAs Involved in Witches’-Broom Phytoplasma Response in Ziziphus jujuba. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166099–e0166099. 19 indexed citations

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Yuan, Lichai, et al.. (2014). Cloning and identification of two squalene synthase genes from Salvia miltiorrhiza. Zhongcaoyao. 1307–1312. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Yimian, et al.. (2013). The phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene family in Salvia miltiorrhiza: genome-wide characterization, molecular cloning and expression analysis. Molecular Biology Reports. 40(7). 4301–4310. 65 indexed citations

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Wu, Bin, Meizhen Wang, Yimian Ma, Lichai Yuan, & Shanfa Lu. (2012). High-Throughput Sequencing and Characterization of the Small RNA Transcriptome Reveal Features of Novel and Conserved MicroRNAs in Panax ginseng. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44385–e44385. 63 indexed citations

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Lu, Shanfa, Chenmin Yang, & Vincent L. Chiang. (2011). Conservation and Diversity of MicroRNA-associated Copper-regulatory Networks in Populus trichocarpaF. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 53(11). 879–891. 51 indexed citations

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Lu, Shanfa, Yihua Zhou, Laigeng Li, & Vincent L. Chiang. (2006). Distinct Roles of Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase Genes in Populus. Plant and Cell Physiology. 47(7). 905–914. 65 indexed citations

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Lu, Shanfa, Ying‐Hsuan Sun, Rui Shi, et al.. (2005). Novel and Mechanical Stress–Responsive MicroRNAs in Populus trichocarpa That Are Absent from Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 17(8). 2186–2203. 492 indexed citations

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Wei, Jianhua, et al.. (2001). Cloning of cDNA encoding COMT from Chinese white poplar (Populus tomentosa), sequence analysis and specific expression. Zhiwu xuebao. 43(3). 326–328. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Shanfa, et al.. (2000). Immunohistochemical Analysis of IAA in Anthers of the Photoperiod-sensitive Genic Male-sterile Rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 42(10). 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Shanfa, et al.. (1999). Hormonal Regualtion of Vascular Tissue Differentiation in Graft Unions. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 21(4). 483–490. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Shanfa, et al.. (1996). Preliminary studies on controlling graft union through plant hormones. Zhiwu xuebao. 38(4). 307–311. 6 indexed citations

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