Tao Lin

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Tao Lin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Lin has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tao Lin's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (12 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers). Tao Lin is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (12 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers). Tao Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Tao Lin's co-authors include Sanwen Huang, Zhonghua Zhang, Shenhao Wang, Guangtao Zhu, Xue Cao, Harry J. Klee, Chunzhi Zhang, Qin Mao, Shouchuang Wang and Zejun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Tao Lin

50 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Rewiring of the Fruit Metabolome in Tomato Breeding

2018 656 citations Guangtao Zhu, Tao Lin et al. profile →
Transcriptional regulation of strigolactone signalling in Arabidopsis

2020 248 citations Lei Wang, Bing Wang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tao Lin China	26	1.6k	1.1k	664	430	373	52	2.7k
Hao Chen China	34	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	308 0.5×	131 0.3×	140 0.4×	111	3.0k
Yiguo Hong China	42	5.4k 3.3×	2.6k 2.4×	202 0.3×	115 0.3×	62 0.2×	126	6.1k
Li Ren China	25	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	158 0.2×	81 0.2×	105 0.3×	78	2.0k
Xilin Hou China	23	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	150 0.2×	127 0.3×	179 0.5×	107	2.0k
Elizabeth P. B. Fontes Brazil	43	4.2k 2.6×	1.9k 1.8×	92 0.1×	147 0.3×	59 0.2×	122	5.0k
Yue Zhao China	26	1.2k 0.8×	866 0.8×	284 0.4×	50 0.1×	100 0.3×	81	2.1k
Mutsumi Watanabe Japan	25	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	140 0.2×	95 0.2×	68 0.2×	74	2.7k
R. A. Naidu United States	29	3.2k 2.0×	601 0.5×	51 0.1×	77 0.2×	72 0.2×	146	3.6k
Xianfeng Tang China	19	656 0.4×	653 0.6×	69 0.1×	234 0.5×	340 0.9×	31	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tao Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tao Lin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Lin

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nie, Jing, Sheng‐Nan Wu, Tao Lin, et al.. (2025). Molecular regulation and domestication of parthenocarpy in cucumber. Nature Plants. 11(2). 176–190. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Liqun, Tao Lin, Andrey R. Suprun, et al.. (2025). lncRNA1471 mediates tomato‐ripening initiation by binding to the ASR transcription factor. The Plant Journal. 121(5). e70050–e70050.

He, Lingfeng, Chonghua Li, X. G. Lei, et al.. (2025). SlHSFB2b-mediated inhibition of jasmonic acid catabolism enhances tomato tolerance to combined high light and heat stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 199(3).

Liu, Lun, Jialong Zhang, Yafei Li, et al.. (2024). SlMYC2 promotes SlLBD40‐mediated cell expansion in tomato fruit development. The Plant Journal. 118(6). 1872–1888. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Chuanlong, et al.. (2024). The genomic route to tomato breeding: Past, present, and future. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(4). 2500–2514. 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinzhe, Hongjun Lyu, Jie Chen, et al.. (2024). Releasing a sugar brake generates sweeter tomato without yield penalty. Nature. 635(8039). 647–656. 35 indexed citations

Peng, Yajun, Jingyuan Zhang, Zhenghong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Genomic analyses provide insights into the polyploidization‐driven herbicide adaptation in Leptochloa weeds. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21(8). 1642–1658. 3 indexed citations

Li, Guoli, Lingli Tang, Yuhua He, et al.. (2023). The haplotype-resolved T2T reference genome highlights structural variation underlying agronomic traits of melon. Horticulture Research. 10(10). uhad182–uhad182. 13 indexed citations

Sui, Xiaolei, Jing Nie, Huan Liu, et al.. (2021). Complexity untwined: The structure and function of cucumber ( Cucumis sativ us L.) shoot phloem. The Plant Journal. 106(4). 1163–1176. 11 indexed citations

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Su, Xiao, Baoan Wang, Meng Ge, et al.. (2021). A high-continuity and annotated tomato reference genome. BMC Genomics. 22(1). 898–898. 34 indexed citations

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Yang, Xue, Jianbin Yan, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2020). Regulation of plant architecture by a new histone acetyltransferase targeting gene bodies. Nature Plants. 6(7). 809–822. 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huimin, Shuai Li, Li Yang, et al.. (2020). Gain-of-function of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase geneACS1Ginduces female flower development in cucumber gynoecy. The Plant Cell. 33(2). 306–321. 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Bing Wang, Hong Yu, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional regulation of strigolactone signalling in Arabidopsis. Nature. 583(7815). 277–281. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Tao, et al.. (2020). Growth and aluminum tolerance of maize roots mediated by auxin- and cytokinin-producing Bacillus toyonensis requires polar auxin transport. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 176. 104064–104064. 59 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhen, Shenhao Wang, Tao Lin, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide Target Mapping Shows Histone Deacetylase Complex1 Regulates Cell Proliferation in Cucumber Fruit. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(1). 167–184. 55 indexed citations

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Wang, Shenhao, Hongbo Li, Yangyang Li, et al.. (2019). FLOWERING LOCUS T Improves Cucumber Adaptation to Higher Latitudes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(2). 908–918. 30 indexed citations

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Zhai, Shao‐Lun, Xia Zhou, He Zhang, et al.. (2017). Comparative epidemiology of porcine circovirus type 3 in pigs with different clinical presentations. Virology Journal. 14(1). 222–222. 86 indexed citations

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Wang, Changbing, Xingui Tian, Mingqi Zhao, et al.. (2013). Analysis and solution of false-positives when testing CVA16 sera using an antibody assay against the EV71 virus. Virus Research. 176(1-2). 33–36. 6 indexed citations

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Lu, Jiaqi, Fei Gao, Zuzhang Wei, et al.. (2011). A 5'-proximal Stem-loop Structure of 5' Untranslated Region of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Genome Is Key for Virus Replication. Virology Journal. 8(1). 172–172. 25 indexed citations

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Zhai, Shao‐Lun, Shengnan Chen, Zuzhang Wei, et al.. (2011). Co-existence of multiple strains of porcine circovirus type 2 in the same pig from China. Virology Journal. 8(1). 517–517. 43 indexed citations

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