Xianran Li

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Xianran Li is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianran Li has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xianran Li's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (45 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (27 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (19 papers). Xianran Li is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (45 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (27 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (19 papers). Xianran Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Xianran Li's co-authors include Jianming Yu, Tingting Guo, Tesfaye Tesso, Chuanqing Sun, Zuofeng Zhu, Patrick S. Schnable, Xiangkun Wang, Daoxin Xie, Yongcai Fu and Zhongwei Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xianran Li

65 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Parallel domestication of the Shattering1 genes in cereals

2012 327 citations Zhongwei Lin, Xianran Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xianran Li United States	25	2.1k	1.6k	690	349	95	69	2.7k
Xuecai Zhang Mexico	28	3.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.6×	488 0.7×	359 1.0×	60 0.6×	82	3.9k
Lee T. Hickey Australia	33	3.3k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	629 0.9×	525 1.5×	103 1.1×	105	3.5k
Gaël Pressoir United States	11	3.5k 1.6×	2.9k 1.9×	699 1.0×	436 1.2×	143 1.5×	16	4.6k
Pengcheng Li China	25	1.9k 0.9×	708 0.5×	754 1.1×	247 0.7×	81 0.9×	104	2.5k
Jiuran Zhao China	27	1.9k 0.9×	738 0.5×	832 1.2×	254 0.7×	69 0.7×	114	2.5k
Marcos Malosetti Netherlands	31	3.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	251 0.4×	449 1.3×	120 1.3×	56	3.3k
Michael Olsen Kenya	31	3.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.4×	456 0.7×	498 1.4×	60 0.6×	65	4.0k
Yann‐Rong Lin Taiwan	19	1.7k 0.8×	962 0.6×	510 0.7×	372 1.1×	57 0.6×	40	2.1k
Márcio F. R. Resende United States	27	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	784 1.1×	256 0.7×	200 2.1×	89	3.4k
Elhan S. Ersoz United States	17	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	829 1.2×	282 0.8×	78 0.8×	17	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xianran Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xianran Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianran Li

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

Li, Dongdong, Aaron Kusmec, Adam Vanous, et al.. (2025). Genomic selection: Essence, applications, and prospects. The Plant Genome. 18(2). e70053–e70053. 5 indexed citations

Han, Linqian, et al.. (2025). Deep neural networks autonomously learn and utilize critical environmental conditions to capture the impacts of weather on spring wheat performance. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 237. 110665–110665.

Ren, Pengwei, Yuanyuan Jing, Yang Liu, et al.. (2025). Runs of homozygosity and selection signals analysis reveals domestication traits and divergence in local domestic duck breeds. Poultry Science. 104(9). 105404–105404.

Tibbs‐Cortes, Laura E., Tingting Guo, Carson M. Andorf, Xianran Li, & Jianming Yu. (2024). Comprehensive identification of genomic and environmental determinants of phenotypic plasticity in maize. Genome Research. 34(8). 1253–1263. 5 indexed citations

Mu, Qi, Hua Liu, Si Nian Char, et al.. (2024). A MYB transcription factor underlying plant height in sorghum qHT7.1 and maize Brachytic 1 loci. The Plant Journal. 120(5). 2172–2192. 3 indexed citations

Guo, Tingting, Qi Mu, Ravi V. Mural, et al.. (2024). Genetic and Environmental Patterns Underlying Phenotypic Plasticity in Flowering Time and Plant Height in Sorghum. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(4). 2727–2738. 7 indexed citations

Guo, Tingting, et al.. (2023). Environmental context of phenotypic plasticity in flowering time in sorghum and rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(3). 1004–1015. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Ming Li, et al.. (2023). Generation of Sesame Mutant Population by Mutagenesis and Identification of High Oleate Mutants by GC Analysis. Plants. 12(6). 1294–1294. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaowei, R. Tanaka, Joshua C. Wood, et al.. (2022). Combining GWAS and TWAS to identify candidate causal genes for tocochromanol levels in maize grain. Genetics. 221(4). 24 indexed citations

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Tanaka, R., Xiaowei Li, Laura E. Tibbs‐Cortes, et al.. (2022). Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain. The Plant Genome. 16(4). e20276–e20276. 2 indexed citations

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Tibbs‐Cortes, Laura E., Tingting Guo, Xianran Li, et al.. (2022). Genomic prediction of tocochromanols in exotic‐derived maize. The Plant Genome. 16(4). e20286–e20286. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinyu, Xianran Li, Tingting Guo, et al.. (2021). Genetic dissection of seasonal vegetation index dynamics in maize through aerial based high‐throughput phenotyping. The Plant Genome. 14(3). e20155–e20155. 20 indexed citations

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Wu, Yuye, Tingting Guo, Qi Mu, et al.. (2019). Allelochemicals targeted to balance competing selections in African agroecosystems. Nature Plants. 5(12). 1229–1236. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhihai, Xuan Zhang, Zhelong Lin, et al.. (2019). A Large Transposon Insertion in the stiff1 Promoter Increases Stalk Strength in Maize. The Plant Cell. 32(1). 152–165. 53 indexed citations

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Li, Xianran, et al.. (2019). Inhibitory effects of four typical bloom-forming algae species on metamorphosis of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai. Aquaculture Environment Interactions. 11. 563–567. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Tingting, Xiaoqing Yu, Xianran Li, et al.. (2019). Optimal Designs for Genomic Selection in Hybrid Crops. Molecular Plant. 12(3). 390–401. 62 indexed citations

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Javelle, Marie, Lin Li, Xianran Li, et al.. (2019). A high-resolution gene expression atlas links dedicated meristem genes to key architectural traits. Genome Research. 29(12). 1962–1973. 42 indexed citations

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Huang, Haining, et al.. (2014). Positive and negative responses of coral calcification to elevated pCO2: case studies of two coral species and the implications of their responses. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 502. 145–156. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Xianran, Chengsong Zhu, Cheng‐Ting Yeh, et al.. (2012). Genic and nongenic contributions to natural variation of quantitative traits in maize. Genome Research. 22(12). 2436–2444. 99 indexed citations

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Nelson, James C., Shichen Wang, Yuye Wu, et al.. (2011). Single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery by high-throughput sequencing in sorghum. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 352–352. 54 indexed citations

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