Wenguan Zhou

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Wenguan Zhou is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenguan Zhou has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Wenguan Zhou's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (8 papers) and Seed Germination and Physiology (7 papers). Wenguan Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (8 papers) and Seed Germination and Physiology (7 papers). Wenguan Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Indonesia. Wenguan Zhou's co-authors include Kai Shu, Wenyu Yang, Xiaofeng Luo, Chen Feng, Yongjie Meng, Umashankar Chandrasekaran, Yujia Dai, Haiwei Shuai, Junbo Du and Jiang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, New Phytologist and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Wenguan Zhou

20 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Plant waterlogging/flooding stress responses: From seed germination to maturation

2020 211 citations Wenguan Zhou, Chen Feng et al. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry profile →

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Wenguan Zhou

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Yongjie Meng China

Taek-Ryoun Kwon South Korea

Shiro Mitsuya Japan

Asmini Athman Australia

Marjorie Pervent France

Silvas Prince United States

Tongmin Zhao China

Jan F. Humplík Czechia

Anna Janská Czechia

Yongjie Meng China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenguan Zhou

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Wenguan, Weiqiang Li, Lam‐Son Phan Tran, & Kai Shu. (2025). Strigolactone signaling: Insights into rice tillering and nitrogen deficiency responses. 3(3). 100137–100137. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Wenguan, et al.. (2025). Phytoparasite avoidance: Manipulation of strigolactone exudation, not biosynthesis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(8). 1991–1993. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Xiaofeng, Xiaojing Xu, Jiahui Xu, et al.. (2024). Melatonin Priming Promotes Crop Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment Under Flooding Stress by Mediating ABA, GA, and ROS Cascades. Journal of Pineal Research. 76(5). e13004–e13004. 4 indexed citations

Lu, Xiong, Wenguan Zhou, & Paloma Más. (2022). Illuminating the Arabidopsis circadian epigenome: Dynamics of histone acetylation and deacetylation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 69. 102268–102268. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Wenguan, Chuan Zheng, Xiaofeng Luo, et al.. (2021). Flooding represses soybean seed germination by mediating anaerobic respiration, glycometabolism and phytohormones biosynthesis. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 188. 104491–104491. 23 indexed citations

Zhou, Wenguan, Chen Feng, Yongjie Meng, et al.. (2020). Plant waterlogging/flooding stress responses: From seed germination to maturation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 148. 228–236. 211 indexed citations breakdown →

Chandrasekaran, Umashankar, Xiaofeng Luo, Wenguan Zhou, & Kai Shu. (2020). Multifaceted Signaling Networks Mediated by Abscisic Acid Insensitive 4. Plant Communications. 1(3). 100040–100040. 59 indexed citations

Feng, Lingyang, Guopeng Chen, Hong Chen, et al.. (2020). Gibberellins and auxin regulate soybean hypocotyl elongation under low light and high‐temperature interaction. Physiologia Plantarum. 170(3). 345–356. 47 indexed citations

Dai, Yujia, Xiaofeng Luo, Wenguan Zhou, et al.. (2019). Plant Systemic Signaling Under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses Conditions. Chinese Bulletin of Botany. 54(2). 255. 2 indexed citations

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Feng, Chen, Xiaofeng Luo, Wenguan Zhou, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide identification of GRF transcription factors in soybean and expression analysis of GmGRF family under shade stress. BMC Plant Biology. 19(1). 269–269. 47 indexed citations

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Feng, Chen, Wenguan Zhou, Xiaofeng Luo, et al.. (2019). Shading of the mother plant during seed development promotes subsequent seed germination in soybean. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(6). 2072–2084. 39 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wenguan, Feng Chen, Xiaofeng Luo, et al.. (2019). A matter of life and death: Molecular, physiological, and environmental regulation of seed longevity. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(2). 293–302. 83 indexed citations

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Shu, Kai, Feng Chen, Wenguan Zhou, et al.. (2018). ABI4 regulates the floral transition independently of ABI5 and ABI3. Molecular Biology Reports. 45(6). 2727–2731. 20 indexed citations

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Shu, Kai, Wenguan Zhou, Chen Feng, Xiaofeng Luo, & Wenyu Yang. (2018). Abscisic Acid and Gibberellins Antagonistically Mediate Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Responses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 416–416. 169 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wenguan, Feng Chen, Caiqiong Yang, et al.. (2018). DA-6 promotes germination and seedling establishment from aged soybean seeds by mediating fatty acid metabolism and glycometabolism. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(1). 101–114. 79 indexed citations

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Feng, Chen, et al.. (2017). Effect of plant allelochemicals on seed germination and its ecological significance. Zhongguo Shengtai Nongye Xuebao / Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture. 25(1). 36–46. 9 indexed citations

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Shu, Kai, Ying Qi, Chen Feng, et al.. (2017). Salt Stress Represses Soybean Seed Germination by Negatively Regulating GA Biosynthesis While Positively Mediating ABA Biosynthesis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1372–1372. 128 indexed citations

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Meng, Yongjie, Haiwei Shuai, Xiaofeng Luo, et al.. (2017). Karrikins: Regulators Involved in Phytohormone Signaling Networks during Seed Germination and Seedling Development. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 2021–2021. 56 indexed citations

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Shuai, Haiwei, Yongjie Meng, Xiaofeng Luo, et al.. (2017). Exogenous auxin represses soybean seed germination through decreasing the gibberellin/abscisic acid (GA/ABA) ratio. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12620–12620. 125 indexed citations

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Shu, Kai, Wenguan Zhou, & Wenyu Yang. (2017). APETALA 2‐domain‐containing transcription factors: focusing on abscisic acid and gibberellins antagonism. New Phytologist. 217(3). 977–983. 87 indexed citations

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