Shanhan Cheng

768 total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 505 citations indexed

About

Shanhan Cheng is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Shanhan Cheng has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 505 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Shanhan Cheng's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (15 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Shanhan Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (15 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Shanhan Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Shanhan Cheng's co-authors include Zhiwei Wang, Huangying Shu, Muhammad Ali Mumtaz, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Yuanyuan Hao, Parvaiz Ahmad, Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni, Guopeng Zhu, Zhuang Yang and Yuanyuan Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Shanhan Cheng

35 papers receiving 495 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.

  1. Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation
    2023 128 citations Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Huangying Shu et al. profile →

Peers

Shanhan Cheng
Binmei Sun China
Nancy Ruíz-Lau Mexico
Parvatam Giridhar India
Ho-Cheol Ko South Korea
Junheng Lv China
Chaochao Liu China
Paz Álvarez de Morales Spain
On‐Sook Hur South Korea
Aynur Gürel Türkiye
Ximan Kong China
Binmei Sun China
Shanhan Cheng
Citations per year, relative to Shanhan Cheng Shanhan Cheng (= 1×) peers Binmei Sun

Countries citing papers authored by Shanhan Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shanhan Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shanhan Cheng. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shanhan Cheng. The network helps show where Shanhan Cheng may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shanhan Cheng

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Altaf, Muhammad Mohsin, Huangying Shu, Naveed Ul Mushtaq, et al.. (2025). Melatonin modified root architecture system and accelerated mineral nutrient concentration of different pepper species under vanadium toxicity. Horticultural Plant Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Kun, Lijun Ou, Zhoubin Liu, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide identification and effect on volatile aroma compounds of lipoxygenase in fruit fatty acid metabolism pathway in Capsicum chinense. Scientia Horticulturae. 345. 114157–114157. 2 indexed citations
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Shu, Huangying, Naveed Ul Mushtaq, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, et al.. (2024). Dynamic transcription analysis reveals the underlying key mechanism of L-arabinose-enhanced tomato resistance to bacterial wilt. Scientia Horticulturae. 337. 113583–113583. 2 indexed citations
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Waseem, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive analysis of transcriptomic data for comparison of cold tolerance in two Brassica napus genotypes. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(1). e14213–e14213. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Shuang, et al.. (2024). Construction and Evaluation of Pepper Core Collection Based on Phenotypic Traits and SSR Markers. Applied Sciences. 14(17). 7473–7473. 1 indexed citations
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Shu, Huangying, Xiangrui Li, Jiancheng Liu, et al.. (2024). Exogenous strigolactone enhanced the drought tolerance of pepper (Capsicum chinense) by mitigating oxidative damage and altering the antioxidant mechanism. Plant Cell Reports. 43(4). 106–106. 9 indexed citations
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Mushtaq, Naveed Ul, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Huangying Shu, et al.. (2024). Silicon improves the drought tolerance in pepper plants through the induction of secondary metabolites, GA biosynthesis pathway, and suppression of chlorophyll degradation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 214. 108919–108919. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Xin, Yuanyuan Hao, Muhammad Mohsin Altaf, et al.. (2024). Evolution and Dynamic Transcriptome of Key Genes of Photoperiodic Flowering Pathway in Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(3). 1420–1420. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng, Limei Yang, Yangyong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Glucosinolate Biosynthetic Genes of Cabbage: Genome-Wide Identification, Evolution, and Expression Analysis. Genes. 14(2). 476–476. 4 indexed citations
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Shu, Huangying, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Naveed Ul Mushtaq, et al.. (2023). Physiological and Transcriptome Analysis of the Effects of Exogenous Strigolactones on Drought Responses of Pepper Seedlings. Antioxidants. 12(12). 2019–2019. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ping, Dan Wu, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Genome-Wide Identification of WRKY Gene Family and Functional Characterization of CcWRKY25 in Capsicum chinense. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14). 11389–11389. 18 indexed citations
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Shu, Huangying, Muhammad Ali Mumtaz, Yuanyuan Hao, et al.. (2022). Fine mapping and identification of candidate genes for fruit color in pepper (Capsicum chinense). Scientia Horticulturae. 310. 111724–111724. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yan, Muhammad Ali Mumtaz, Huangying Shu, et al.. (2022). Response of Anthocyanin Accumulation in Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Fruit to Light Days. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(15). 8357–8357. 16 indexed citations
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Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali, Yan Zhou, Zhuang Yang, et al.. (2022). Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analyses of Cold-Tolerant and Cold-Sensitive Pepper Species Reveal Key Genes and Essential Metabolic Pathways Involved in Response to Cold Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(12). 6683–6683. 29 indexed citations
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Hao, Yuanyuan, Wenlong Bao, Guoli Li, et al.. (2021). The chromosome-based genome provides insights into the evolution in water spinach. Scientia Horticulturae. 289. 110501–110501. 18 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shanhan, Honghao Lv, Jie Zhu, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Glucosinolate Content, Composition and Expression Level of Biosynthesis Pathway Genes in Different Chinese Kale Varieties. Horticulturae. 7(10). 398–398. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhuang, Xiao Su, Yan Zhou, et al.. (2019). Early Response of Radish to Heat Stress by Strand-Specific Transcriptome and miRNA Analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(13). 3321–3321. 31 indexed citations

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