Weihua Wu

10.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
101 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Weihua Wu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weihua Wu has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Plant Science, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weihua Wu's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (42 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (36 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (30 papers). Weihua Wu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (42 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (36 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (30 papers). Weihua Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Weihua Wu's co-authors include Yi Wang, Yifang Chen, Wenzheng Zhang, Lian-Fen Song, Junjie Zou, Yun Chen, Sarah M. Assmann, Qian Xu, Cun Wang and Wenxin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Weihua Wu

100 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Potassium Transport and Signaling in Higher Plants

2013 503 citations Yi Wang, Weihua Wu profile →
Arabidopsis CALCIUM-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE8 and CATALASE3 Function in Abscisic Acid-Mediated Signaling and H₂O₂ Homeostasis in Stomatal Guard Cells under Drought Stress

2015 289 citations Junjie Zou, Wenxin Liu et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Potassium and phosphorus transport and signaling in plants

2020 275 citations Yi Wang, Yifang Chen et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weihua Wu China	49	5.9k	3.2k	437	221	220	101	7.6k
Xiaohan Yang United States	37	3.3k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	384 0.9×	191 0.9×	287 1.3×	198	5.3k
Márcia Margis‐Pinheiro Brazil	44	4.5k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	138 0.3×	208 0.9×	224 1.0×	132	6.3k
Christophe Dunand France	43	6.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.2×	336 0.8×	445 2.0×	439 2.0×	92	8.3k
Laurent Nussaume France	48	8.8k 1.5×	4.3k 1.3×	136 0.3×	105 0.5×	211 1.0×	88	10.2k
Kai Shi China	66	11.3k 1.9×	4.9k 1.5×	185 0.4×	158 0.7×	441 2.0×	227	13.0k
Chun‐Peng Song China	58	11.3k 1.9×	6.2k 1.9×	183 0.4×	149 0.7×	297 1.4×	171	13.2k
László Szabados Hungary	38	7.8k 1.3×	4.2k 1.3×	114 0.3×	184 0.8×	302 1.4×	91	9.3k
Liming Xiong United States	46	10.8k 1.8×	6.7k 2.1×	120 0.3×	124 0.6×	257 1.2×	84	12.6k
Ryouichi Tanaka Japan	52	4.0k 0.7×	5.9k 1.8×	117 0.3×	188 0.9×	202 0.9×	111	7.9k
Yair Shachar‐Hill United States	53	5.1k 0.9×	4.5k 1.4×	888 2.0×	106 0.5×	554 2.5×	110	8.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Weihua, et al.. (2025). FTO Suppresses Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis of T98G Glioblastoma Cells via N6-methyladenosine Modification of GSTO1. Neurochemical Research. 50(2). 83–83. 3 indexed citations

Bo, Ruonan, Jiahao Wu, Hailong Hong, et al.. (2025). Characterization of chitosan-coated PLGA nanoemulsion loaded with cepharanthine and inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia of mice. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 673. 125396–125396. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Mengyuan, et al.. (2024). CPK28‐mediated phosphorylation enhances nitrate transport activity of NRT2.1 during nitrogen deprivation. New Phytologist. 245(1). 249–262. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Wei, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the volatile profile and its estrogenic activity in Kadsura coccinea fruit. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 309. 116341–116341. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Luyao, Yu Yang, Weihua Wu, et al.. (2022). Photoelectrochemical performance of ligand-free CsPb₂Br₅ perovskites. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(17). 4548–4553. 4 indexed citations

Li, Zhiqiang, Yeun-po Chiang, Jiao Zheng, et al.. (2021). Effect of liver total sphingomyelin synthase deficiency on plasma lipid metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1866(5). 158898–158898. 15 indexed citations

Niu, Qiankun, et al.. (2020). Role of the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzyme Fun30/Smarcad1 in the regulation of mRNA splicing. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 526(2). 453–458. 2 indexed citations

Du, Xin‐Qiao, Hong Li, Miao Yu, et al.. (2019). The Transcription Factor MYB59 Regulates K⁺/NO₃⁻ Translocation in the Arabidopsis Response to Low K⁺ Stress. The Plant Cell. 31(3). 699–714. 93 indexed citations

Li, Hong, Miao Yu, Xin‐Qiao Du, et al.. (2017). NRT1.5/NPF7.3 Functions as a Proton-Coupled H ⁺ /K ⁺ Antiporter for K ⁺ Loading into the Xylem in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 29(8). 2016–2026. 151 indexed citations

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Li, Juan, Weihua Wu, & Yi Wang. (2017). Potassium channel AKT1 is involved in the auxin‐mediated root growth inhibition in Arabidopsis response to low K⁺ stress. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 59(12). 895–909. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Xueping, Limei Chen, Wenxin Liu, et al.. (2016). AtKC1 and CIPK23 Synergistically Modulate AKT1-Mediated Low-Potassium Stress Responses in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(4). 2264–2277. 74 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi & Weihua Wu. (2015). Genetic approaches for improvement of the crop potassium acquisition and utilization efficiency. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 25. 46–52. 106 indexed citations

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Li, Juan, Yu Long, Guoning Qi, et al.. (2014). The Os-AKT1 Channel Is Critical for K ⁺ Uptake in Rice Roots and Is Modulated by the Rice CBL1-CIPK23 Complex. The Plant Cell. 26(8). 3387–3402. 230 indexed citations

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Wu, Weihua. (2013). Fuel ethanol production using novel carbon sources and fermentation medium optimization with response surface methodology. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering. 6(2). 42–53. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Xianwei, Chang-Ping Hu, Weihua Wu, et al.. (2012). Inhibitory effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on hypoxia-induced rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells proliferation: Role of ERK1/2 and p27. European Journal of Pharmacology. 679(1-3). 117–126. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Yifang, et al.. (2009). The WRKY6 Transcription Factor Modulates PHOSPHATE1 Expression in Response to Low Pi Stress in Arabidopsis . The Plant Cell. 21(11). 3554–3566. 351 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi & Weihua Wu. (2009). Molecular Genetic Mechanism of High Efficient Potassium Uptake in Plants. CHINESE BULLETIN OF BOTANY. 44(1). 27–36. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Weihua, Andreas G. Ladurner, Gaku Mizuguchi, et al.. (2008). N Terminus of Swr1 Binds to Histone H2AZ and Provides a Platform for Subunit Assembly in the Chromatin Remodeling Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(10). 6200–6207. 85 indexed citations

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Liu, Xigang, Yanling Yue, Bin Li, et al.. (2007). A G Protein-Coupled Receptor Is a Plasma Membrane Receptor for the Plant Hormone Abscisic Acid. Science. 315(5819). 1712–1716. 250 indexed citations

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Chen, Yifang, et al.. (2007). Involvement of a cytoplasmic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase GapC-2 in low-phosphate-induced anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis. Chinese Science Bulletin. 52(13). 1764–1770. 4 indexed citations

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