Weibo Xie

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Weibo Xie is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Weibo Xie has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Plant Science, 49 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Weibo Xie's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (42 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Weibo Xie is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (42 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Weibo Xie collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Weibo Xie's co-authors include Qifa Zhang, Xingming Lian, Yongzhong Xing, Gongwei Wang, Lizhong Xiong, Xianghua Li, Huihui Yu, Jinghua Xiao, Caiguo Xu and Hu Zhao 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

Weibo Xie

92 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Genome-wide association analyses provide genetic and bioc... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. Genome-wide association analyses provide genetic and biochemical insights into natural variation in rice metabolism
    2014 537 citations Weibo Xie, Sibin Yu et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  2. Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice
    2014 429 citations Wanneng Yang, Zilong Guo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weibo Xie China 43 5.6k 2.6k 2.6k 187 180 95 6.7k
Xuehui Huang China 34 4.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 201 1.1× 120 0.7× 83 5.7k
Gary J. Muehlbauer United States 56 7.9k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 490 2.6× 151 0.8× 157 8.5k
Feng Tian China 34 5.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 3.5k 1.3× 575 3.1× 93 0.5× 97 6.4k
Xiaohong Yang China 41 5.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 3.1k 1.2× 549 2.9× 105 0.6× 148 6.9k
Hong‐Xuan Lin China 43 10.8k 1.9× 3.6k 1.4× 4.7k 1.8× 376 2.0× 375 2.1× 77 11.8k
Guojun Dong China 39 6.9k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 3.3k 1.3× 292 1.6× 259 1.4× 132 7.6k
Yingyin Yao China 49 6.6k 1.2× 2.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 744 4.0× 125 0.7× 161 7.4k
Xiangdong Fu China 47 10.0k 1.8× 5.4k 2.1× 2.8k 1.1× 541 2.9× 158 0.9× 106 11.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Weibo Xie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weibo Xie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Weibo Xie. 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 Weibo Xie. The network helps show where Weibo Xie may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weibo Xie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weibo Xie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weibo Xie 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 Weibo Xie. Weibo Xie 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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Liu, Mengmeng, Yong Zhou, Nahed Mohammed, et al.. (2025). Continuous infiltration and evolutionary trajectory of nuclear organelle DNA inOryza. Genome Research. 35(6). 1349–1363. 1 indexed citations
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Han, Xinyu, Lei Yang, Peng Sun, et al.. (2025). Rational design of promoter editing confers multipathogen resistance in rice. Genome biology. 26(1). 371–371. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Tao, Chunjiao Xia, Lin Wang, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive mapping and modelling of the rice regulome landscape unveils the regulatory architecture underlying complex traits. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6562–6562. 16 indexed citations
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Feng, Ning, et al.. (2023). A novel gardenia-shaped structure materials with variable stiffness under elastic tension. Materials Letters. 350. 134821–134821. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Bi, Hongbo Liu, Donghai Mao, et al.. (2023). Suppressing a phosphohydrolase of cytokinin nucleotide enhances grain yield in rice. Nature Genetics. 55(8). 1381–1389. 32 indexed citations
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Feng, Ning, et al.. (2023). A concave four-arc honeycomb with enhanced stiffness and desirable negative Poisson’s effect. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21144–21144. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Huihui, Mu Li, Jaspreet Sandhu, et al.. (2022). Pervasive misannotation of microexons that are evolutionarily conserved and crucial for gene function in plants. Nature Communications. 13(1). 820–820. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Ruidong, Han Qu, Shibo Wang, et al.. (2021). CancerMIRNome: an interactive analysis and visualization database for miRNome profiles of human cancer. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1). D1139–D1146. 83 indexed citations
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Zhu, Tao, et al.. (2020). ATAC-seq with unique molecular identifiers improves quantification and footprinting. Communications Biology. 3(1). 675–675. 22 indexed citations
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Yao, Wen, Yang Li, Weibo Xie, & Lei Wang. (2020). Features of sRNA biogenesis in rice revealed by genetic dissection of sRNA expression level. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 18. 3207–3216. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Yanhui, Weibo Xie, Lingxiao Gao, et al.. (2020). Non-resonant and low-frequency triboelectric-electromagnetic hybridized nanogenerator for vibration energy. Acta Physica Sinica. 69(20). 208402–208402. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Julong, Weibo Xie, Ruidong Li, et al.. (2019). Analysis of trait heritability in functionally partitioned rice genomes. Heredity. 124(3). 485–498. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Shibo, Julong Wei, Ruidong Li, et al.. (2019). Identification of optimal prediction models using multi-omic data for selecting hybrid rice. Heredity. 123(3). 395–406. 45 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hao, Pingbo Li, Weibo Xie, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide Association Analyses Reveal the Genetic Basis of Stigma Exsertion in Rice. Molecular Plant. 10(4). 634–644. 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Jia, Huihui Yu, Xiaoyu Weng, et al.. (2014). An expression quantitative trait loci-guided co-expression analysis for constructing regulatory network using a rice recombinant inbred line population. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(4). 1069–1079. 54 indexed citations
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Yang, Wanneng, Zilong Guo, Chenglong Huang, et al.. (2014). Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5087–5087. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ouyang, Yidan, Jiongjiong Chen, Weibo Xie, Lei Wang, & Qifa Zhang. (2009). Comprehensive sequence and expression profile analysis of Hsp20 gene family in rice. Plant Molecular Biology. 70(3). 341–357. 84 indexed citations
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Nuruzzaman, Mohammed, Chengjun Zhang, Lei Wang, et al.. (2008). Sequence and expression analysis of the thioredoxin protein gene family in rice. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 280(2). 139–51. 57 indexed citations
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Fang, Yujie, Jun You, Kabin Xie, Weibo Xie, & Lizhong Xiong. (2008). Systematic sequence analysis and identification of tissue-specific or stress-responsive genes of NAC transcription factor family in rice. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 280(6). 547–563. 381 indexed citations

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