Wusheng Liu

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Wusheng Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wusheng Liu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Wusheng Liu's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (15 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (10 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Wusheng Liu is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (15 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (10 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Wusheng Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Ghana. Wusheng Liu's co-authors include C. Neal Stewart, Joey Shaw, Edgar B. Lickey, Randall L. Small, Edward E. Schilling, Susan Beth Farmer, Mitra Mazarei, Joshua S. Yuan, Thomas G. Ranney and Mary R. Rudis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Reviews Genetics and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Wusheng Liu

56 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The tortoise and the hare... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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. The tortoise and the hare II: relative utility of 21 noncoding chloroplast DNA sequences for phylogenetic analysis
    2005 1.6k citations Wusheng Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wusheng Liu United States 22 1.9k 1.5k 1.1k 560 248 58 3.1k
Xun Gong China 31 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 993 0.9× 630 1.1× 76 0.3× 208 3.4k
R. A. C. Mitchell United Kingdom 33 1.1k 0.6× 3.5k 2.3× 526 0.5× 180 0.3× 153 0.6× 81 4.4k
Vasanth Singan United States 22 1.2k 0.6× 943 0.6× 212 0.2× 134 0.2× 265 1.1× 54 2.5k
Colin Turnbull United Kingdom 35 3.5k 1.8× 6.1k 4.0× 1.1k 1.0× 255 0.5× 80 0.3× 87 6.8k
João Loureiro Portugal 31 1.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 618 1.1× 49 0.2× 152 3.4k
Prem L. Bhalla Australia 37 2.7k 1.4× 3.2k 2.1× 390 0.3× 250 0.4× 269 1.1× 147 4.4k
F. Sala Romania 26 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 1.2× 142 0.1× 339 0.6× 379 1.5× 177 2.6k
Shu‐Miaw Chaw Taiwan 31 2.7k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 462 0.8× 44 0.2× 62 3.9k
Ann E. Stapleton United States 18 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 259 0.2× 267 0.5× 60 0.2× 46 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wusheng Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wusheng Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wusheng Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wusheng Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wusheng Liu 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 Wusheng Liu. Wusheng Liu 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, Wusheng, et al.. (2025). An Improved Method for Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Three Types of Lettuce. Plants. 14(4). 620–620. 1 indexed citations
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Ranney, Thomas G., et al.. (2025). Overcoming Recalcitrance: A Review of Regeneration Methods and Challenges in Roses. Plants. 14(24). 3797–3797.
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Wang, Yaolong, Xuedong Yang, Wenlong Wang, et al.. (2024). Efficient genetic transformation and gene editing of Chinese cabbage using Agrobacterium rhizogenes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(2). 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fangzhou, Yanan Wang, Wei Cheng, et al.. (2024). Genome-Wide Association Study of Bacterial Blight Resistance in Soybean. Plant Disease. 109(2). 341–351. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Huiyu, Yushan Zheng, Meiyun Wang, et al.. (2024). BcWRKY25-BcWRKY33A-BcLRP1/BcCOW1 module promotes root development for improved salt tolerance in Bok choy. Horticulture Research. 12(1). uhae280–uhae280. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Guoliang Yuan, Chung‐Jui Tsai, et al.. (2023). Plant Promoters and Terminators for High-Precision Bioengineering. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 13–13. 37 indexed citations
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Chen, Hsuan, et al.. (2023). Cytogenetics, ploidy, and genome sizes of rose (<i>Rosa</i> <i>spp</i>.) cultivars and breeding lines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 0–0. 3 indexed citations
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Touchell, Darren H., et al.. (2022). Tissue Culture and Regeneration of Three Rose Cultivars. HortScience. 57(11). 1430–1435. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fangzhou, Pawel Z. Kosentka, Ying-Yu Liao, et al.. (2021). An optimized protocol for stepwise optimization of real-time RT-PCR analysis. Horticulture Research. 8(1). 179–179. 76 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bimin, Bimin Zhang, Xueqiu Wang, et al.. (2020). Regional geochemical survey of concealed sandstone-type uranium deposits using fine-grained soil and groundwater in the Erlian basin, north-east China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 216. 106573–106573. 22 indexed citations
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Willis, Jonathan D., Zachary R. King, Wayne A. Parrott, et al.. (2019). Embryogenic cell suspensions for high-capacity genetic transformation and regeneration of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 290–290. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Wusheng, Mitra Mazarei, Rongjian Ye, et al.. (2018). Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) promoters for green tissue-specific expression of the MYB4 transcription factor for reduced-recalcitrance transgenic switchgrass. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 122–122. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaocui, et al.. (2014). Prognosis of sandstone hosted uranium deposit in southern Ordos basin. Youkuang dizhi. 30(6). 321–327. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Wusheng, Mitra Mazarei, Yanhui Peng, et al.. (2014). Computational discovery of soybean promoter cis‐regulatory elements for the construction of soybean cyst nematode‐inducible synthetic promoters. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 12(8). 1015–1026. 40 indexed citations
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Liu, Wusheng, Joshua S. Yuan, & C. Neal Stewart. (2013). Advanced genetic tools for plant biotechnology. Nature Reviews Genetics. 14(11). 781–793. 140 indexed citations
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Liu, Wusheng. (2012). Preliminary research on oil-gas fluid activity character and uranium mineralization of Zhiluo Formation in southeast of Ordos Basin. 2 indexed citations
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Mazarei, Mitra, Wusheng Liu, Hani Al‐Ahmad, et al.. (2011). Gene expression profiling of resistant and susceptible soybean lines infected with soybean cyst nematode. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 123(7). 1193–206. 47 indexed citations
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Liu, Wusheng, et al.. (2011). Rapid in vivo analysis of synthetic promoters for plant pathogen phytosensing. BMC Biotechnology. 11(1). 108–108. 47 indexed citations

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