Xiaorong Fan

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaorong Fan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Computer Networks and Communications and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaorong Fan has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Plant Science, 25 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiaorong Fan's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (60 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (32 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (25 papers). Xiaorong Fan is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (60 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (32 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (25 papers). Xiaorong Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Xiaorong Fan's co-authors include Guohua Xu, Tony Miller, Qirong Shen, Huimin Feng, S. J. Smith, Ming Yan, Darren M. Wells, Mathilde Orsel, Shubin Sun and Xiaoru Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xiaorong Fan

75 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Plant Nitrogen Assimilation and Use Efficiency

2012 1.5k citations Guohua Xu, Xiaorong Fan et al. profile →
Overexpression of a pH-sensitive nitrate transporter in rice increases crop yields

2016 292 citations Xiaorong Fan, Zhong Tang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Xiaorong Fan

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Brent N. Kaiser Australia

Bertrand Hirel France

Xingming Lian China

Marcel Bucher Germany

Jon E. Shaff United States

Bruno Touraine France

Fangsen Xu China

Ricardo Fabiano Hettwer Giehl Germany

Qi Shen China

Kosala Ranathunge Australia

Brent N. Kaiser Australia

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419 ×0.7

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352 ×0.7

Citations per year, relative to Xiaorong Fan Xiaorong Fan (= 1×) peers Brent N. Kaiser

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaorong Fan

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaorong Fan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaorong Fan

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

Wei, Liang, Xin Rong, Hongzhao Yuan, et al.. (2025). Carbon stabilization by iron plaque on rice roots: The role of oxygen loss. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 210. 109947–109947. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Xin, Rui Zhou, Tiantian Liu, et al.. (2025). Mutation of strigolactone biosynthetic gene DWARF 17 impairs the responses of rice tillering to N supply. The Plant Journal. 122(1). e70124–e70124. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Menglong, et al.. (2025). Rice Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency Under Climate Change: Unraveling Key Drivers with Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator Regression. Agronomy. 15(3). 677–677. 2 indexed citations

Damaris, Rebecca Njeri, et al.. (2024). Salt induced protein dynamics in young rice roots of osmybcc-1 mutant and its involvement in salt stress. Plant Stress. 11. 100385–100385. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaoqiu, Xiaojie Zhou, Shuaibin Wang, et al.. (2023). Overexpression of a nitrate transporter NtNPF2.11 increases nitrogen accumulation and yield in tobacco. Gene. 885. 147715–147715. 3 indexed citations

Tateishi‐Karimata, Hisae, Tamaki Endoh, Kexin Li, et al.. (2022). High-temperature adaptation of an OsNRT2.3 allele is thermoregulated by small RNAs. Science Advances. 8(47). eadc9785–eadc9785. 19 indexed citations

Sun, Yan, Li‐Rong Yu, Yunsheng Lou, et al.. (2022). Watermelon responds to organic fertilizer by enhancing root-associated acid phosphatase activity to improve organic phosphorus utilization. Journal of Plant Physiology. 279. 153838–153838. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Yonghan, Julien Séchet, Yingbao Wu, et al.. (2017). Rice Sucrose Partitioning Mediated by a Putative Pectin Methyltransferase and Homogalacturonan Methylesterification. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(3). 1595–1608. 23 indexed citations

Fan, Xiaorong, Misbah Naz, Xiaoru Fan, et al.. (2017). Plant nitrate transporters: from gene function to application. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(10). 2463–2475. 253 indexed citations

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Feng, Huimin, Bin Li, Jingguang Chen, et al.. (2017). Overexpression of the nitrate transporter, OsNRT2.3b, improves rice phosphorus uptake and translocation. Plant Cell Reports. 36(8). 1287–1296. 35 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiaorong, Zhong Tang, Yawen Tan, et al.. (2016). Overexpression of a pH-sensitive nitrate transporter in rice increases crop yields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(26). 7118–7123. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Rui, Yi Chen, Tony Miller, et al.. (2016). Knock-Down of a Tonoplast Localized Low-Affinity Nitrate Transporter OsNPF7.2 Affects Rice Growth under High Nitrate Supply. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 1529–1529. 45 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiaorong, et al.. (2015). A putative 6‐transmembrane nitrate transporter OsNRT1.1b plays a key role in rice under low nitrogen. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 58(6). 590–599. 85 indexed citations

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Huang, Shuangjie, Si Chen, Zhihao Liang, et al.. (2015). Knockdown of the partner protein OsNAR2.1 for high-affinity nitrate transport represses lateral root formation in a nitrate-dependent manner. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18192–18192. 39 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jingwen, Jing Liang, Zhihui Xu, et al.. (2015). Root aeration improves growth and nitrogen accumulation in rice seedlings under low nitrogen. AoB Plants. 7. plv131–plv131. 32 indexed citations

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Feng, Huimin, Xiudong Xia, Xiaorong Fan, Guohua Xu, & Tony Miller. (2013). Optimizing plant transporter expression in Xenopus oocytes. Plant Methods. 9(1). 48–48. 20 indexed citations

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Feng, Huimin, Ming Yan, Xiaorong Fan, et al.. (2011). Spatial expression and regulation of rice high-affinity nitrate transporters by nitrogen and carbon status. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(7). 2319–2332. 241 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiaorong, et al.. (2010). SCREENING TROPICAL GERMPLASM BY TEMPERATE INBRED TESTERS. Maydica. 55(1). 55–63. 7 indexed citations

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Ai, Penghui, Shubin Sun, Xiaorong Fan, et al.. (2008). Two rice phosphate transporters, OsPht1;2 and OsPht1;6, have different functions and kinetic properties in uptake and translocation. The Plant Journal. 57(5). 798–809. 428 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiaorong, Qirong Shen, Zhengqiang Ma, et al.. (2005). A comparison of nitrate transport in four different rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 48(S2). 897–911. 28 indexed citations

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