Weishu Fan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Weishu Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Weishu Fan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Weishu Fan's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (10 papers). Weishu Fan is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (10 papers). Weishu Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Colombia. Weishu Fan's co-authors include Jeffrey P. Mower, Wenhu Guo, Andan Zhu, Sakshi Gupta, Felix Grewe, Volker Knoop, Gregory J. Young, Jeffrey D. Palmer, Robert P. Adams and Li D and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, New Phytologist and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Weishu Fan

23 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evolutionary dynamics of the plastid inverted repeat: the effects of expansion, contraction, and loss on substitution rates

2015 374 citations Andan Zhu, Wenhu Guo et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weishu Fan China	13	860	441	345	146	71	23	1.0k
Chao Shi China	10	638 0.7×	261 0.6×	249 0.7×	186 1.3×	92 1.3×	26	802
Ingrid Jordon‐Thaden United States	14	373 0.4×	398 0.9×	381 1.1×	166 1.1×	55 0.8×	21	726
Yongqi Zheng China	14	464 0.5×	191 0.4×	251 0.7×	213 1.5×	73 1.0×	63	713
Luxian Liu China	13	423 0.5×	174 0.4×	198 0.6×	143 1.0×	84 1.2×	32	546
Yasaman Salmaki Iran	17	479 0.6×	660 1.5×	605 1.8×	89 0.6×	48 0.7×	39	958
Peng‐Cheng Fu China	15	379 0.4×	252 0.6×	152 0.4×	183 1.3×	42 0.6×	42	529
Ki‐Oug Yoo South Korea	13	425 0.5×	285 0.6×	303 0.9×	111 0.8×	84 1.2×	61	657
Hugo Pacheco de Freitas Fraga Brazil	16	677 0.8×	183 0.4×	547 1.6×	68 0.5×	50 0.7×	45	794
Mao-Lun Weng Saudi Arabia	10	605 0.7×	364 0.8×	227 0.7×	108 0.7×	47 0.7×	11	684
Xianghong Du China	10	440 0.5×	119 0.3×	474 1.4×	93 0.6×	37 0.5×	14	759

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weishu Fan

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All Works

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Hu, Walter, Wenzhen Song, Chenchen Wu, et al.. (2025). Design strategies for enhanced sustainable green revolution productivity in rice. Journal of genetics and genomics. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Weishu, et al.. (2025). Optimizing carbon and nitrogen metabolism in plants: From fundamental principles to practical applications. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(6). 1447–1466. 8 indexed citations

Shen, Fei, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive analysis of the Lycopodium japonicum mitogenome reveals abundant tRNA genes and cis-spliced introns in Lycopodiaceae species. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1446015–1446015. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Jie, Shenglong Kan, Weishu Fan, et al.. (2024). Accumulation of Large Lineage-Specific Repeats Coincides with Sequence Acceleration and Structural Rearrangement in Plantago Plastomes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(8). 6 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoling, et al.. (2023). The Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes between Two Cymbidium Sister Species: Dozens of Circular Chromosomes and the Maintenance and Deterioration of Genome Synteny. Genes. 14(4). 864–864. 8 indexed citations

Fan, Weishu, Zhengshan He, Le Zhang, et al.. (2023). High-quality Cymbidium mannii genome and multifaceted regulation of crassulacean acid metabolism in epiphytes. Plant Communications. 4(5). 100564–100564. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengjun, et al.. (2022). Rapid evolution of T2/S-RNase genes in Fragaria linked to multiple transitions from self-incompatibility to self-compatibility. Plant Diversity. 45(2). 219–228. 4 indexed citations

Fan, Weishu, et al.. (2022). Fragariamitogenomes evolve rapidly in structure but slowly in sequence and incur frequent multinucleotide mutations mediated by microinversions. New Phytologist. 236(2). 745–759. 34 indexed citations

Duan, Qing, et al.. (2022). Phylogenetic Analysis of Wild Species and the Maternal Origin of Cultivars in the Genus Lilium Using 114 Plastid Genomes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 865606–865606. 9 indexed citations

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He, Zhengshan, Andan Zhu, Junbo Yang, Weishu Fan, & Li D. (2021). Organelle Genomes and Transcriptomes of Nymphaea Reveal the Interplay between Intron Splicing and RNA Editing. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(18). 9842–9842. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Le, et al.. (2021). Plastid RNA editing reduction accompanied with genetic variations in Cymbidium, a genus with diverse lifestyle modes. Plant Diversity. 44(3). 316–321. 6 indexed citations

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Mower, Jeffrey P., Wenhu Guo, Raghavendran Partha, et al.. (2021). Plastomes from tribe Plantagineae (Plantaginaceae) reveal infrageneric structural synapormorphies and localized hypermutation for Plantago and functional loss of ndh genes from Littorella. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 162. 107217–107217. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Fang, Weishu Fan, Junbo Yang, et al.. (2020). Episodic and guanine–cytosine‐biased bursts of intragenomic and interspecific synonymous divergence in Ajugoideae (Lamiaceae) mitogenomes. New Phytologist. 228(3). 1107–1114. 25 indexed citations

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Fan, Weishu, et al.. (2019). Complete loss of RNA editing from the plastid genome and most highly expressed mitochondrial genes of Welwitschia mirabilis. Science China Life Sciences. 62(4). 498–506. 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Andan, Weishu Fan, Robert P. Adams, & Jeffrey P. Mower. (2018). Phylogenomic evidence for ancient recombination between plastid genomes of the Cupressus-Juniperus-Xanthocyparis complex (Cupressaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 137–137. 19 indexed citations

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Fan, Weishu, Wenhu Guo, James L. Van Etten, & Jeffrey P. Mower. (2017). Multiple origins of endosymbionts in Chlorellaceae with no reductive effects on the plastid or mitochondrial genomes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10101–10101. 15 indexed citations

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Fan, Weishu, et al.. (2016). Limited mitogenomic degradation in response to a parasitic lifestyle in Orobanchaceae. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36285–36285. 33 indexed citations

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Guo, Wenhu, Felix Grewe, Weishu Fan, et al.. (2016). GinkgoandWelwitschiaMitogenomes Reveal Extreme Contrasts in Gymnosperm Mitochondrial Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(6). 1448–1460. 175 indexed citations

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Guo, Wenhu, Andan Zhu, Weishu Fan, & Jeffrey P. Mower. (2016). Complete mitochondrial genomes from the ferns Ophioglossum californicum and Psilotum nudum are highly repetitive with the largest organellar introns. New Phytologist. 213(1). 391–403. 101 indexed citations

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Guo, Wenhu, Felix Grewe, Weishu Fan, et al.. (2014). Predominant and Substoichiometric Isomers of the Plastid Genome Coexist within Juniperus Plants and Have Shifted Multiple Times during Cupressophyte Evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(3). 580–590. 77 indexed citations

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