Shujun Ou

12.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
34 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Shujun Ou is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shujun Ou has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Plant Science, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shujun Ou's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). Shujun Ou is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). Shujun Ou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Shujun Ou's co-authors include Ning Jiang, Chengcai Chu, Jinfeng Chen, Linchuan Liu, Matthew B. Hufford, Candice N. Hirsch, Jiuyou Tang, Bin Hu, Hongru Wang and Thomas Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Shujun Ou

34 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

LTR_retriever: A Highly Accurate and Sensitive Program fo... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2017 2019 2015 2018 2014 250 500 750
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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.

  1. LTR_retriever: A Highly Accurate and Sensitive Program for Identification of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons
    2017 793 citations Shujun Ou, Ning Jiang PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  2. Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline
    2019 747 citations Shujun Ou, Yi Liao et al. Genome biology profile →
  3. Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies
    2015 560 citations Bin Hu, Wei Wang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  4. Assessing genome assembly quality using the LTR Assembly Index (LAI)
    2018 477 citations Shujun Ou, Ning Jiang et al. profile →
  5. OsNAP connects abscisic acid and leaf senescence by fine-tuning abscisic acid biosynthesis and directly targeting senescence-associated genes in rice
    2014 422 citations Chengzhen Liang, Yiqin Wang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Automated assembly scaffolding using RagTag elevates a new tomato system for high-throughput genome editing
    2022 397 citations Shujun Ou et al. Genome biology profile →
  7. Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice
    2021 290 citations Hongru Wang, Zhihua Zhang et al. profile →
  8. Construction of a chromosome-scale long-read reference genome assembly for potato
    2020 196 citations Shujun Ou et al. profile →
  9. TEsorter: An accurate and fast method to classify LTR-retrotransposons in plant genomes
    2022 131 citations Rengang Zhang, Guangyuan Li et al. Horticulture Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shujun Ou United States 22 4.2k 2.8k 1.0k 425 213 34 5.4k
Xiyin Wang China 35 4.3k 1.0× 3.9k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 606 1.4× 151 0.7× 91 6.0k
Ruslan Kalendar Finland 38 4.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 412 1.0× 302 1.4× 141 5.4k
Kevin L. Childs United States 37 4.0k 0.9× 3.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 418 1.0× 187 0.9× 85 5.8k
Hui Guo China 27 4.3k 1.0× 4.0k 1.5× 1.0k 1.0× 393 0.9× 240 1.1× 80 7.0k
Martin Mascher Germany 37 4.1k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 600 1.4× 247 1.2× 120 5.7k
Jeremy D. DeBarry United States 15 3.7k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 610 0.6× 417 1.0× 172 0.8× 21 5.7k
Steven B. Cannon United States 43 6.0k 1.4× 2.7k 1.0× 591 0.6× 296 0.7× 194 0.9× 85 7.0k
Korbinian Schneeberger Germany 47 6.1k 1.4× 5.1k 1.8× 1.9k 1.8× 532 1.3× 207 1.0× 93 8.3k
Isobel A. P. Parkin Canada 45 5.7k 1.3× 4.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 346 0.8× 184 0.9× 126 6.7k
Olivier Panaud France 36 6.2k 1.5× 3.3k 1.2× 2.1k 2.1× 497 1.2× 299 1.4× 73 7.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lyu, Haomin, Shujun Ou, Won Cheol Yim, & Qingyi Yu. (2025). Deciphering octoploid strawberry evolution with serial LTR similarity matrices for subgenome partition. Horticulture Research. 12(8). uhaf132–uhaf132. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Guanjing, Corrinne E. Grover, Daniel L. Vera, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary Dynamics of Chromatin Structure and Duplicate Gene Expression in Diploid and Allopolyploid Cotton. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(5). 11 indexed citations
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Ou, Shujun, et al.. (2024). Navigating the Maze of Maize Genomics: The Impact of Transposable Elements and Tandem Repeats. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2025(9). pdb.top108441–pdb.top108441. 1 indexed citations
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Ou, Shujun, et al.. (2024). Four Strategies for Whole-Genome Annotation of Transposable Elements and Repeats in Maize. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2025(9). pdb.prot108578–pdb.prot108578. 2 indexed citations
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Mansfeld, Ben N., Alan Yocca, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2023). A haplotype resolved chromosome‐scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus. The Plant Journal. 116(4). 989–1002. 10 indexed citations
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Mansfeld, Ben N., Alan Yocca, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2023). A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus.. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rengang, Guangyuan Li, Xiaoling Wang, et al.. (2022). TEsorter: An accurate and fast method to classify LTR-retrotransposons in plant genomes. Horticulture Research. 9. 131 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Fan, Jiuyou Tang, Shengxing Wang, et al.. (2022). Antagonistic control of seed dormancy in rice by two bHLH transcription factors. Nature Genetics. 54(12). 1972–1982. 62 indexed citations
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Mansfeld, Ben N., Jeffrey C. Berry, Mark C. Wilson, et al.. (2021). Large structural variations in the haplotype‐resolved African cassava genome. The Plant Journal. 108(6). 1830–1848. 19 indexed citations
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Alger, Elizabeth I., Adrian E. Platts, Xi Luo, et al.. (2021). Chromosome-Scale Genome for a Red-Fruited, Perpetual Flowering and Runnerless Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca). Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 671371–671371. 9 indexed citations
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Bird, Kevin A., Chad E. Niederhuth, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2020). Replaying the evolutionary tape to investigate subgenome dominance in allopolyploid Brassica napus. New Phytologist. 230(1). 354–371. 63 indexed citations
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Xu, Yufang, Shujun Ou, Ruci Wang, et al.. (2020). Natural variations of SLG1 confer high-temperature tolerance in indica rice. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5441–5441. 95 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianing, Arun S. Seetharam, Kapeel Chougule, et al.. (2020). Gapless assembly of maize chromosomes using long-read technologies. Genome biology. 21(1). 121–121. 83 indexed citations
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Ou, Shujun, Yi Liao, Kapeel Chougule, et al.. (2019). Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline. Genome biology. 20(1). 275–275. 747 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ou, Shujun & Ning Jiang. (2019). LTR_FINDER_parallel: parallelization of LTR_FINDER enabling rapid identification of long terminal repeat retrotransposons. Mobile DNA. 10(1). 48–48. 135 indexed citations
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VanBuren, Robert, Ching Man Wai, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2017). Extreme haplotype variation in the desiccation-tolerant clubmoss Selaginella lepidophylla. Nature Communications. 9(1). 13–13. 89 indexed citations
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Ou, Shujun & Ning Jiang. (2017). LTR_retriever: A Highly Accurate and Sensitive Program for Identification of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(2). 1410–1422. 793 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Bin, Wei Wang, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2015). Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies. Nature Genetics. 47(7). 834–838. 560 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liang, Chengzhen, Yiqin Wang, Yana Zhu, et al.. (2014). OsNAP connects abscisic acid and leaf senescence by fine-tuning abscisic acid biosynthesis and directly targeting senescence-associated genes in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(27). 10013–10018. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ou, Shujun, Hongru Wang, & Chengcai Chu. (2012). Major domestication traits in Asian rice. Hereditas (Beijing). 34(11). 1379–1389. 2 indexed citations

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