Xianwei Song

4.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
35 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Xianwei Song is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianwei Song has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Xianwei Song's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (7 papers). Xianwei Song is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (7 papers). Xianwei Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Xianwei Song's co-authors include Xiaofeng Cao, Yijun Qi, Yan Li, Chengcai Chu, Pingchuan Li, Lianfeng Gu, Ming Zhou, Liya Wei, Shouyun Cao and Chunyan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xianwei Song

34 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

  1. MicroRNAs and Their Regulatory Roles in Plant–Environment Interactions
    2019 517 citations Xianwei Song, Xiaofeng Cao et al. profile →
  2. Integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics captures transitional states in soybean nodule maturation
    2023 85 citations Zhijian Liu, Yanping Long et al. Nature Plants profile →
  3. Dynamic root microbiome sustains soybean productivity under unbalanced fertilization
    2024 76 citations Mingxing Wang, An‐Hui Ge et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Inheritance of acquired adaptive cold tolerance in rice through DNA methylation
    2025 26 citations Xianwei Song, Hui Liu et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xianwei Song China 21 2.2k 1.2k 168 90 89 35 2.4k
Kunbo Wang China 31 2.1k 1.0× 973 0.8× 168 1.0× 183 2.0× 51 0.6× 114 2.4k
Chris Dardick United States 26 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 113 0.7× 75 0.8× 17 0.2× 62 2.1k
Ananda K. Sarkar India 22 2.6k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 73 0.4× 27 0.3× 30 0.3× 46 2.7k
Misook Ha United States 14 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 354 2.1× 30 0.3× 75 0.8× 19 1.9k
Qingzhang Du China 22 862 0.4× 732 0.6× 379 2.3× 93 1.0× 103 1.2× 81 1.3k
Ryo Fujimoto Japan 29 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 441 2.6× 87 1.0× 31 0.3× 86 2.0k
Guru Jagadeeswaran United States 23 2.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 70 0.4× 79 0.9× 353 4.0× 32 3.1k
Guangming He China 20 1.7k 0.8× 880 0.7× 739 4.4× 63 0.7× 60 0.7× 38 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xianwei Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xianwei Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianwei Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xianwei Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xianwei Song 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 Xianwei Song. Xianwei Song 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, Chunyan, Bin Yan, Jing Sun, et al.. (2025). tRNA selectivity during ribosome-associated quality control regulates the critical sterility-inducing temperature in two-line hybrid rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2417526122–e2417526122. 2 indexed citations
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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 →
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Yang, Chao, Chunyan Liu, Yong‐Mei Qin, et al.. (2024). Acyl carrier protein OsMTACP2 confers rice cold tolerance at the booting stage. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(2). 1277–1292. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Ji, Jun Sun, Chunyan Liu, et al.. (2024). The E3 ligase OsHel2 impedes readthrough of stalled mRNAs to regulate male fertility in thermosensitive genic male sterile rice. Plant Communications. 6(2). 101192–101192. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Bin, Chunyan Liu, Jing Sun, et al.. (2024). Impaired 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate tRNA repair causes thermo-sensitive genic male sterility in rice. Cell Research. 34(11). 763–775. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Mingxing, An‐Hui Ge, Xiaolin Wang, et al.. (2024). Dynamic root microbiome sustains soybean productivity under unbalanced fertilization. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1668–1668. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Xuan, Wenwen Liu, Ruijuan Yang, et al.. (2023). Blocking miR528 function promotes tillering and regrowth in switchgrass. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(3). 712–721. 6 indexed citations
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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
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Liu, Zhijian, Yanping Long, Sirui Liu, et al.. (2023). Integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics captures transitional states in soybean nodule maturation. Nature Plants. 9(4). 515–524. 85 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Zhelong, Lei Chen, Mengjie Zhao, et al.. (2023). Efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing in sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65(11). 2416–2420. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Chao, Bin Yan, Wei Yan, et al.. (2022). Control of OsARF3a by OsKANADI1 contributes to lemma development in rice. The Plant Journal. 110(6). 1717–1730. 10 indexed citations
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Luo, H., Chao Yang, Jie Gong, et al.. (2022). Mobile ARGONAUTE 1d binds 22-nt miRNAs to generate phasiRNAs important for low-temperature male fertility in rice. Science China Life Sciences. 66(2). 197–208. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Jing, Xiaofeng Zu, Jie Gong, et al.. (2022). Pseudouridylation of chloroplast ribosomal RNA contributes to low temperature acclimation in rice. New Phytologist. 236(5). 1708–1720. 33 indexed citations
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Dai, Rui, Haoran Xu, Yongxin Liu, et al.. (2021). The rice histone methylation regulates hub species of the root microbiota. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(9). 836–843. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Rongxin, Pingchuan Li, Hailiang Mei, et al.. (2019). Fine-Tuning of MiR528 Accumulation Modulates Flowering Time in Rice. Molecular Plant. 12(8). 1103–1113. 70 indexed citations
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Hang, Runlai, Xian Deng, Bin Yan, et al.. (2018). Ribosomal RNA Biogenesis and Its Response to Chilling Stress in Oryza sativa. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 177(1). 381–397. 47 indexed citations
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Wu, Jian, Rongxin Yang, Zhirui Yang, et al.. (2017). ROS accumulation and antiviral defence control by microRNA528 in rice. Nature Plants. 3(1). 16203–16203. 225 indexed citations
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Song, Xianwei & Xiaofeng Cao. (2017). Context and Complexity: Analyzing Methylation in Trinucleotide Sequences. Trends in Plant Science. 22(5). 351–353. 9 indexed citations
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Song, Xianwei & Xiaofeng Cao. (2016). Small RNA Extraction and Detection in Rice (Oryza sativa). PubMed. 1(1). 79–87.
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Wei, Liya, Lianfeng Gu, Xianwei Song, et al.. (2014). Dicer-like 3 produces transposable element-associated 24-nt siRNAs that control agricultural traits in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(10). 3877–3882. 166 indexed citations

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