Xian Deng

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Xian Deng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Xian Deng has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Xian Deng's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Xian Deng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Xian Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Xian Deng's co-authors include Xiaofeng Cao, Chunyan Liu, Qi Qiu, Lianfeng Gu, Yanxi Pei, Tian-Cong Lu, Xianwei Song, Falong Lu, Runlai Hang and Peng Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xian Deng

45 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Inheritance of acquired adaptive cold tolerance in rice through DNA methylation

2025 26 citations Xianwei Song, Hui Liu et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xian Deng China	22	1.1k	973	48	45	44	46	1.5k
Jianxun Feng China	13	708 0.6×	661 0.7×	30 0.6×	22 0.5×	20 0.5×	19	1.1k
Lun Zhao China	16	618 0.6×	766 0.8×	99 2.1×	25 0.6×	29 0.7×	36	1.0k
Xiaorong Li China	16	561 0.5×	732 0.8×	42 0.9×	46 1.0×	19 0.4×	30	969
Mikhajlo K. Zubko United Kingdom	17	943 0.9×	357 0.4×	52 1.1×	42 0.9×	21 0.5×	30	1.1k
Pei Sun China	17	416 0.4×	609 0.6×	62 1.3×	14 0.3×	11 0.3×	33	913
Tomasz Paciorek Germany	15	2.2k 2.0×	2.3k 2.4×	26 0.5×	61 1.4×	34 0.8×	23	2.7k
Laura Morello Italy	19	597 0.5×	508 0.5×	66 1.4×	22 0.5×	43 1.0×	50	952
Stamatis Rigas Greece	19	612 0.6×	930 1.0×	25 0.5×	10 0.2×	26 0.6×	35	1.2k
Mary L. Preuss United States	13	1.1k 1.0×	979 1.0×	18 0.4×	8 0.2×	78 1.8×	15	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xian Deng

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Song, Xianwei, Hui Liu, H. Luo, et al.. (2025). Inheritance of acquired adaptive cold tolerance in rice through DNA methylation. Cell. 188(16). 4213–4224.e12. 26 indexed citations breakdown →

Tahir, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Compound lactic acid bacteria enhance the aerobic stability of Sesbania cannabina and corn mixed silage. BMC Microbiology. 25(1). 68–68. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaobo, Xian Deng, Hao Su, et al.. (2024). All-in-One fast response electrochromic devices based on PAAm/P2W18 hydrogel without additional electrolytes. Dyes and Pigments. 227. 112177–112177. 5 indexed citations

Feng, Wei, et al.. (2024). Soil-Improving Effect of Sesbania–Sorghum Rotation in a Heavily Saline–Alkaline Coastal Region. Agronomy. 14(9). 2139–2139. 3 indexed citations

Feng, Libo, et al.. (2024). A Blockchain-based Federated Learning Framework for Defending Against Poisoning Attacks in IIOT. 2442–2447. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Cuimei, Yajun Tang, Lei Chen, et al.. (2024). An inducible CRISPR activation tool for accelerating plant regeneration. Plant Communications. 5(5). 100823–100823. 20 indexed citations

Zu, Xiaofeng, Lilan Luo, Jie Gong, et al.. (2023). A mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein enhances cold tolerance by modulating mitochondrial superoxide in rice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6789–6789. 29 indexed citations

Cao, Haiyan, Liping Zhang, Danmei Liu, et al.. (2022). AtPRMT5-mediated AtLCD methylation improves Cd2+ tolerance via increased H2S production in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 190(4). 2637–2650. 18 indexed citations

Bai, Jiaoteng, Xinye Liu, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2022). HISTONE DEACETYLASE 9 transduces heat signal in plant cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(45). e2206846119–e2206846119. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Yachen, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive analysis of triphenyl phosphate: An environmental explanation of colorectal cancer progression. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 241. 113778–113778. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, Hong Zhang, Dongdong Lu, et al.. (2021). Landscape of transcription termination in Arabidopsis revealed by single-molecule nascent RNA sequencing. Genome biology. 22(1). 322–322. 20 indexed citations

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Cao, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2021). Histone methylation in epigenetic regulation and temperature responses. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 61. 102001–102001. 69 indexed citations

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Jia, Jinbu, Yanping Long, Hong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Post-transcriptional splicing of nascent RNA contributes to widespread intron retention in plants. Nature Plants. 6(7). 780–788. 88 indexed citations

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Liu, Junzhong, Lili Feng, Xian Deng, et al.. (2019). An H3K27me3 demethylase-HSFA2 regulatory loop orchestrates transgenerational thermomemory in Arabidopsis. Cell Research. 29(5). 379–390. 178 indexed citations

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Qiu, Qi, Hailiang Mei, Xian Deng, et al.. (2019). DNA methylation repels targeting of Arabidopsis REF6. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2063–2063. 52 indexed citations

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Cheema, Jitender, Hang Zhang, Hugh Woolfenden, et al.. (2018). Rice In Vivo RNA Structurome Reveals RNA Secondary Structure Conservation and Divergence in Plants. Molecular Plant. 11(4). 607–622. 45 indexed citations

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Deng, Xian, Tian-Cong Lu, Lulu Wang, et al.. (2016). Recruitment of the NineTeen Complex to the activated spliceosome requires AtPRMT5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(19). 5447–5452. 50 indexed citations

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Deng, Xian & Xiaofeng Cao. (2016). Roles of pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation in plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 35. 45–53. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, Lianfeng Gu, Yifeng Hou, et al.. (2015). Integrative genome-wide analysis reveals HLP1, a novel RNA-binding protein, regulates plant flowering by targeting alternative polyadenylation. Cell Research. 25(7). 864–876. 78 indexed citations

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Deng, Xian, et al.. (2007). Novel thermogelling poly(ɛ-caprolactone-co-lactide)–poly(ethylene glycol)–poly(ɛ-caprolactone-co-lactide) aqueous solutions. Chinese Chemical Letters. 18(6). 747–749. 3 indexed citations

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