Weilong Guo

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Weilong Guo is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Weilong Guo has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Plant Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Weilong Guo's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (48 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (24 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (17 papers). Weilong Guo is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (48 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (24 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (17 papers). Weilong Guo collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Weilong Guo's co-authors include Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Huiru Peng, Yingyin Yao, Mingming Xin, Zhaorong Hu, Matteo Pellegrini, Zihao Wang, Yongming Chen and Michael Q. Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Weilong Guo

91 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

The endosperm-specific transcription factor TaNAC019 regulates glutenin and starch accumulation and its elite allele improves wheat grain quality

2021 138 citations Yujiao Gao, Weiwei Guo et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weilong Guo China	27	1.6k	951	720	305	96	100	2.5k
Zhi Li China	23	1.3k 0.8×	683 0.7×	705 1.0×	117 0.4×	71 0.7×	111	2.1k
Lin Qi China	24	885 0.5×	601 0.6×	154 0.2×	95 0.3×	56 0.6×	75	1.8k
François Piumi France	25	432 0.3×	768 0.8×	710 1.0×	186 0.6×	70 0.7×	54	1.9k
Ang Li China	25	691 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	311 0.4×	67 0.2×	77 0.8×	94	1.9k
Jie Xu United States	27	462 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	554 0.8×	55 0.2×	161 1.7×	117	2.6k
Kunpeng Li China	28	845 0.5×	974 1.0×	192 0.3×	61 0.2×	63 0.7×	128	2.2k
Nicolas Delhomme Sweden	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	271 0.4×	64 0.2×	156 1.6×	55	2.5k
Mengjin Zhu China	21	511 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	970 1.3×	196 0.6×	502 5.2×	106	2.4k
Qi Feng China	29	2.6k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.4k 2.0×	157 0.5×	265 2.8×	54	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Weilong Guo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weilong Guo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weilong Guo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weilong Guo 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 Weilong Guo. Weilong Guo 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

Liu, Xiangqing, Lingling Chai, Weilong Guo, et al.. (2025). Decoupling the pleiotropic effects of VRT-A2 during reproductive development enhances wheat grain length and weight. The Plant Cell. 37(2). 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Yidi, Yunjie Liu, Zhaoyan Chen, et al.. (2025). The B1–TaHDA6 module negatively regulates root hair length through reactive oxygen species homeostasis in wheat. The Plant Cell. 37(7). 1 indexed citations

Miao, Ling-Feng, Zhe Chen, Lifeng Gao, et al.. (2024). Integrated multi-omics reveals contrasting epigenetic patterns in leaf and root morphogenesis in Aegilops speltoides. The Crop Journal. 13(1). 292–298. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yongming, Wenxi Wang, Huiru Peng, et al.. (2024). Innovative computational tools provide new insights into the polyploid wheat genome. aBIOTECH. 5(1). 52–70. 5 indexed citations

Miao, Ling-Feng, Yanhong Liu, Xiangyi Huang, et al.. (2024). Reshaped DNA methylation cooperating with homoeolog‐divergent expression promotes improved root traits in synthesized tetraploid wheat. New Phytologist. 242(2). 507–523. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Zhaoyan, Fei He, Bin Liu, et al.. (2024). Positional cloning and characterization reveal the role of TaSRN‐3D and TaBSR1 in the regulation of seminal root number in wheat. New Phytologist. 242(6). 2510–2523.

Wang, Wenxi, Xiangqing Liu, Yongming Chen, et al.. (2023). Thermosensitive SUMOylation of TaHsfA1 defines a dynamic ON/OFF molecular switch for the heat stress response in wheat. The Plant Cell. 35(10). 3889–3910. 29 indexed citations

Liu, Dan, Zhaoheng Zhang, Qian Chen, et al.. (2023). An elite γ‐gliadin allele improves end‐use quality in wheat. New Phytologist. 239(1). 87–101. 16 indexed citations

Lin, Jingchen, Na Song, Xingbei Liu, et al.. (2022). Histone acetyltransferase TaHAG1 interacts with TaNACL to promote heat stress tolerance in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(9). 1645–1647. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Zihao, Wenxi Wang, Xiaoming Xie, et al.. (2022). ggComp enables dissection of germplasm resources and construction of a multiscale germplasm network in wheat. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 188(4). 1950–1965. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Zihao, Wenxi Wang, Xiaoming Xie, et al.. (2022). Dispersed emergence and protracted domestication of polyploid wheat uncovered by mosaic ancestral haploblock inference. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3891–3891. 42 indexed citations

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Song, Na, Jingchen Lin, Xingbei Liu, et al.. (2022). Histone acetyltransferase TaHAG1 interacts with TaPLATZ5 to activate TaPAD4 expression and positively contributes to powdery mildew resistance in wheat. New Phytologist. 236(2). 590–607. 34 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Junpeng Shi, Pei Liang, et al.. (2021). HITAC-seq enables high-throughput cost-effective sequencing of plasmids and DNA fragments with identity. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(8). 671–680. 5 indexed citations

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Gao, Yujiao, Weiwei Guo, Yongming Chen, et al.. (2021). The endosperm-specific transcription factor TaNAC019 regulates glutenin and starch accumulation and its elite allele improves wheat grain quality. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 603–622. 138 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Wenxi, Zihao Wang, Xintong Li, et al.. (2020). SnpHub: an easy-to-set-up web server framework for exploring large-scale genomic variation data in the post-genomic era with applications in wheat. GigaScience. 9(6). 64 indexed citations

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Guo, Weilong, Mingming Xin, Zihao Wang, et al.. (2020). Origin and adaptation to high altitude of Tibetan semi-wild wheat. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5085–5085. 128 indexed citations

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Yu, Kuohai, Guanghui Yang, Zhen Qin, et al.. (2020). Changes in Alternative Splicing in Response to Domestication and Polyploidization in Wheat. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(4). 1955–1968. 38 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xuejiao, Mingming Xin, Ruibin Xu, et al.. (2020). A Single Amino Acid Substitution in STKc_GSK3 Kinase Conferring Semispherical Grains and Its Implications for the Origin of Triticumsphaerococcum. The Plant Cell. 32(4). 923–934. 81 indexed citations

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Zou, Yongkang, Zhi Qi, Weilong Guo, et al.. (2018). Cotargeting the Cell-Intrinsic and Microenvironment Pathways of Prostate Cancer by PI3Kα/β/δ Inhibitor BAY1082439. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 17(10). 2091–2099. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dawei, Yuxiang Cheng, Li Lan, & Weilong Guo. (2017). Analysis on the Development of Geohazards in Linwei District of Weinan City. 1 indexed citations

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