Shuhua Yang

17.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
110 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Shuhua Yang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shuhua Yang has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Plant Science, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shuhua Yang's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (71 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (60 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (33 papers). Shuhua Yang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (71 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (60 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (33 papers). Shuhua Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Shuhua Yang's co-authors include Yiting Shi, Yanglin Ding, Zhizhong Gong, Xiaoyan Zhang, Hui Li, Jian Hua, Yan Guo, Yanglin Ding, Xiaozhen Huang and Chun‐Peng Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shuhua Yang

108 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency

2020 911 citations Zhizhong Gong, Shuhua Yang et al. profile →
Advances and challenges in uncovering cold tolerance regulatory mechanisms in plants

2019 654 citations Yanglin Ding, Yiting Shi et al. New Phytologist profile →
Molecular Regulation of CBF Signaling in Cold Acclimation

2018 594 citations Yiting Shi, Yanglin Ding et al. profile →
Ethylene Signaling Negatively Regulates Freezing Tolerance by Repressing Expression of CBF and Type-A ARR Genes in Arabidopsis

2012 536 citations Yiting Shi, Xiaoyan Zhang et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Molecular Regulation of Plant Responses to Environmental Temperatures

2020 519 citations Yanglin Ding, Yiting Shi et al. profile →
OST1 Kinase Modulates Freezing Tolerance by Enhancing ICE1 Stability in Arabidopsis

2015 508 citations Yanglin Ding, Xiaoyan Zhang et al. profile →
Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress

2021 418 citations Xuexue Chen, Yanglin Ding et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →
MPK3- and MPK6-Mediated ICE1 Phosphorylation Negatively Regulates ICE1 Stability and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis

2017 382 citations Yanglin Ding, Yiting Shi et al. profile →
The cbfs triple mutants reveal the essential functions of CBFs in cold acclimation and allow the definition of CBF regulons in Arabidopsis

2016 380 citations Yanglin Ding, Yiting Shi et al. New Phytologist profile →
Interaction between MYC2 and ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3 Modulates Antagonism between Jasmonate and Ethylene Signaling inArabidopsis

2014 322 citations Shuhua Yang, Chuanyou Li et al. The Plant Cell profile →
BZR1 Positively Regulates Freezing Tolerance via CBF-Dependent and CBF-Independent Pathways in Arabidopsis

2017 305 citations Yiting Shi, Jinkui Cheng et al. profile →
Surviving and thriving: How plants perceive and respond to temperature stress

2022 258 citations Yanglin Ding, Shuhua Yang profile →
Rice functional genomics: decades’ efforts and roads ahead

2021 148 citations Yanglin Ding, Shuhua Yang et al. profile →
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture

2023 73 citations Yiting Shi, Shuhua Yang et al. profile →
Differential phosphorylation of Ca2+-permeable channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE–GATED CHANNEL20 modulates calcium-mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis

2024 43 citations Bochen Jiang, Diyi Fu et al. The Plant Cell profile →
A natural variant of COOL1 gene enhances cold tolerance for high-latitude adaptation in maize

2025 35 citations Rong Zeng, Yiting Shi et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shuhua Yang China	58	11.3k	6.7k	525	317	296	110	12.8k
Miki Fujita Japan	35	10.8k 1.0×	6.6k 1.0×	390 0.7×	271 0.9×	254 0.9×	54	12.1k
Zhizhong Gong China	69	14.2k 1.3×	9.4k 1.4×	536 1.0×	209 0.7×	322 1.1×	153	16.9k
Yasunari Fujita Japan	46	13.5k 1.2×	7.8k 1.2×	408 0.8×	253 0.8×	334 1.1×	79	15.0k
Jianhua Zhu United States	45	12.0k 1.1×	7.4k 1.1×	388 0.7×	172 0.5×	273 0.9×	73	13.9k
Kyonoshin Maruyama Japan	51	17.2k 1.5×	10.8k 1.6×	715 1.4×	266 0.8×	269 0.9×	71	18.8k
Liming Xiong United States	46	10.8k 1.0×	6.7k 1.0×	290 0.6×	166 0.5×	257 0.9×	84	12.6k
Andy Pereira United States	44	7.3k 0.6×	4.4k 0.6×	616 1.2×	225 0.7×	285 1.0×	118	8.3k
Pedro L. Rodrı́guez Spain	60	12.6k 1.1×	6.3k 0.9×	281 0.5×	245 0.8×	388 1.3×	130	14.7k
Chung‐Mo Park South Korea	57	10.3k 0.9×	7.8k 1.2×	293 0.6×	178 0.6×	348 1.2×	145	11.6k
Ramanjulu Sunkar United States	49	13.2k 1.2×	6.5k 1.0×	303 0.6×	322 1.0×	303 1.0×	119	14.8k

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Zhang, Meixiang, Xiaoying Hu, Zhen Li, et al.. (2025). Phosphorylation‐dependent activation of MAP4K1/2 by OST1 mediates ABA‐induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(11). 2912–2928. 1 indexed citations

Roeder, Adrienne, Yiting Shi, Shuhua Yang, et al.. (2025). Translational insights into abiotic interactions: From Arabidopsis to crop plants. The Plant Cell. 37(7). 1 indexed citations

Fu, Diyi, Shifeng Wu, Yue Peng, et al.. (2025). Regulation of alternative splicing by CBF-mediated protein condensation in plant response to cold stress. Nature Plants. 11(3). 505–517. 7 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaoying, Jinkui Cheng, Yujuan Zhu, et al.. (2024). Ca ²⁺ ‐independent ZmCPK2 is inhibited by Ca ²⁺ ‐dependent ZmCPK17 during drought response in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 66(7). 1313–1333. 18 indexed citations

Li, Chenguang, Xiaoxia Dong, Zhifeng Gao, et al.. (2024). Food labeling and Chinese consumer preference for naturalness: A new way to differentiate grass-fed dairy products. Journal of Dairy Science. 108(3). 2340–2353. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Bochen, Diyi Fu, Xiaoyan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Differential phosphorylation of Ca2+-permeable channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE–GATED CHANNEL20 modulates calcium-mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 36(10). 4356–4371. 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Gao, Lei, Minze Li, Danfeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Genetic and lipidomic analyses reveal the key role of lipid metabolism for cold tolerance in maize. Journal of genetics and genomics. 51(3). 326–337. 27 indexed citations

Hua, Deping, Zhifang Wang, Chun‐Peng Song, et al.. (2022). Phosphorylation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase AHA2 by BAK1 is required for ABA-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 34(7). 2708–2729. 71 indexed citations

Kong, Lingyao, Yinhua Zhu, Xuexue Chen, et al.. (2022). BAK1 plays contrasting roles in regulating abscisic acid‐induced stomatal closure and abscisic acid‐inhibited primary root growth in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 64(6). 1264–1280. 28 indexed citations

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Ding, Yanglin, Yang Hao, Shifeng Wu, et al.. (2022). CPK28-NLP7 module integrates cold-induced Ca ²⁺ signal and transcriptional reprogramming in Arabidopsis. Science Advances. 8(26). eabn7901–eabn7901. 91 indexed citations

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Fu, Diyi, Xi Wang, Rong Zeng, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor bZIP68 negatively regulates cold tolerance in maize. The Plant Cell. 34(8). 2833–2851. 109 indexed citations

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Dong, Jie, et al.. (2022). 14‐3‐3 proteins regulate photomorphogenesis by facilitating light‐induced degradation of PIF3. New Phytologist. 237(1). 140–159. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Guangxing, Kai Wang, Zhen Li, et al.. (2021). Verticillium dahliae effector VDAL protects MYB6 from degradation by interacting with PUB25 and PUB26 E3 ligases to enhance Verticillium wilt resistance. The Plant Cell. 33(12). 3675–3699. 69 indexed citations

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Li, Youping, Yiting Shi, Minze Li, et al.. (2021). The CRY2–COP1–HY5–BBX7/8 module regulates blue light-dependent cold acclimation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 33(11). 3555–3573. 98 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoyan, Minze Li, Yang Hao, et al.. (2021). The direct targets of CBFs: In cold stress response and beyond. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(11). 1874–1887. 131 indexed citations

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Ding, Yanglin, Yiting Shi, Liang Ma, et al.. (2020). The calcium transporter ANNEXIN1 mediates cold‐induced calcium signaling and freezing tolerance in plants. The EMBO Journal. 40(2). e104559–e104559. 143 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yujuan, Xiaoying Hu, Ying Duan, et al.. (2020). The Arabidopsis Nodulin Homeobox Factor AtNDX Interacts with AtRING1A/B and Negatively Regulates Abscisic Acid Signaling. The Plant Cell. 32(3). 703–721. 36 indexed citations

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Yang, Li, Zhihui Sun, Xiangfeng Wang, et al.. (2019). Redox-Mediated Endocytosis of a Receptor-Like Kinase during Distal Stem Cell Differentiation Depends on Its Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Domain. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 181(3). 1075–1095. 13 indexed citations

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Ding, Yanglin, Yiting Shi, Junping Gao, et al.. (2018). EGR 2 phosphatase regulates OST 1 kinase activity and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal. 38(1). 118 indexed citations

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Yang, Shuhua & Jian Hua. (2004). A Haplotype-Specific Resistance Gene Regulated by BONZAI1 Mediates Temperature-Dependent Growth Control in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 16(4). 1060–1071. 259 indexed citations

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