Xutong Wang

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Xutong Wang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xutong Wang has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Xutong Wang's work include Soybean genetics and cultivation (14 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (12 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Xutong Wang is often cited by papers focused on Soybean genetics and cultivation (14 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (12 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Xutong Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xutong Wang's co-authors include Claude B. Klee, Hao Ren, Jianxin Ma, Jingbo Duan, Bo Ren, Liu B, Liyang Chen, Huakun Zhang, Dajian Zhang and Zhanwei Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Xutong Wang

69 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Regulation of the Calmodulin-stimulated Protein Phosphatase, Calcineurin

1998 767 citations Xutong Wang et al. profile →
Rhizobial tRNA-derived small RNAs are signal molecules regulating plant nodulation

2019 198 citations Bo Ren, Xutong Wang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xutong Wang China	24	1.3k	933	204	164	150	75	2.4k
James J. Cai United States	32	1.7k 1.3×	442 0.5×	463 2.3×	165 1.0×	256 1.7×	112	3.7k
Jun Han China	26	1.2k 1.0×	126 0.1×	66 0.3×	126 0.8×	133 0.9×	134	2.1k
Rakesh K. Mishra India	36	2.9k 2.2×	744 0.8×	704 3.5×	93 0.6×	236 1.6×	189	4.1k
Pietá Schofield United Kingdom	13	1.3k 1.0×	261 0.3×	224 1.1×	139 0.8×	364 2.4×	28	1.8k
Shuo Liu China	31	2.3k 1.7×	186 0.2×	202 1.0×	195 1.2×	575 3.8×	125	3.4k
Bei Yang China	27	1.9k 1.5×	211 0.2×	374 1.8×	245 1.5×	111 0.7×	80	2.7k
Qian Huang United States	23	1.6k 1.2×	86 0.1×	159 0.8×	250 1.5×	91 0.6×	57	3.2k
Arminja N. Kettenbach United States	33	2.9k 2.2×	367 0.4×	276 1.4×	612 3.7×	216 1.4×	100	4.2k
Elisabetta Cameroni Switzerland	23	1.7k 1.3×	278 0.3×	83 0.4×	388 2.4×	36 0.2×	32	2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xutong Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xutong Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xutong Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xutong Wang 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 Xutong Wang. Xutong Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wang, Xutong, Yu Liu, Xiaodong Fang, et al.. (2025). Design and synthesis of novel styrylquinolinium derivatives for the treatment of breast Cancer: Targeting the c-Myc G-quadruplex. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 291. 117663–117663. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Pengfei, Li Qin, Jing Yuan, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the sequence basis and application of transcriptional initiation regulation in plant genomes through deep learning. Genome biology. 26(1). 293–293. 1 indexed citations

Xun, Hongwei, et al.. (2025). Domains rearranged methyltransferases (DRMs)‐mediated DNA methylation plays key roles in modulating gene expression and maintaining transposable element silencing in soybean. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(6). 1501–1514. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yu, Xiaodong Fang, Meng Sun, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of SGLT2 inhibitor O-glucoside derivatives for enhancing anti-heart failure activity. RSC Advances. 15(27). 21922–21933.

Xun, Hongwei, et al.. (2024). Non-CG DNA hypomethylation promotes photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in soybean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(36). e2402946121–e2402946121. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Xutong, et al.. (2024). Noncanonical transcription initiation is primarily tissue specific and epigenetically tuned in paleopolyploid plants. The Plant Cell. 37(1). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Weidong, Jingbo Duan, Xutong Wang, et al.. (2024). Long noncoding RNAs underlie multiple domestication traits and leafhopper resistance in soybean. Nature Genetics. 56(6). 1270–1277. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xutong, et al.. (2023). AI breeder: Genomic predictions for crop breeding. 1. 100010–100010. 17 indexed citations

Lu, Haoran, Qianqian Qin, Liyong Tang, et al.. (2023). MARCKS is a New Prognostic Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 16. 1603–1619. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xutong, Junmei Hu, Jacob B. Landis, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomics of the genus Glycine sheds light on polyploid evolution and life-strategy transition. Nature Plants. 8(3). 233–244. 55 indexed citations

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Fox, Spencer J., Michael Lachmann, Mauricio Tec, et al.. (2022). Real-time pandemic surveillance using hospital admissions and mobility data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(7). 33 indexed citations

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Du, Zhanwei, Lin Wang, Yuan Bai, et al.. (2022). Cost-effective proactive testing strategies during COVID-19 mass vaccination: A modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 8. 100182–100182. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Weidong, Liyang Chen, Kevin Fengler, et al.. (2021). A giant NLR gene confers broad-spectrum resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6263–6263. 58 indexed citations

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Li, Shuai, Xutong Wang, Wenying Xu, et al.. (2021). Unidirectional movement of small RNAs from shoots to roots in interspecific heterografts. Nature Plants. 7(1). 50–59. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Weidong, Liyang Chen, Xutong Wang, et al.. (2021). A transposon‐mediated reciprocal translocation promotes environmental adaptation but compromises domesticability of wild soybeans. New Phytologist. 232(4). 1765–1777. 9 indexed citations

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Ren, Bo, Xutong Wang, Jingbo Duan, & Jianxin Ma. (2019). Rhizobial tRNA-derived small RNAs are signal molecules regulating plant nodulation. Science. 365(6456). 919–922. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Lianjun, Xutong Wang, Weidong Wang, et al.. (2019). Genetic dissection of domestication-related traits in soybean through genotyping-by-sequencing of two interspecific mapping populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132(4). 1195–1209. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Xutong, Liyang Chen, & Jianxin Ma. (2019). Genomic introgression through interspecific hybridization counteracts genetic bottleneck during soybean domestication. Genome biology. 20(1). 22–22. 76 indexed citations

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Li, Shuai, Yanhua Ding, Dajian Zhang, et al.. (2018). Parallel domestication with a broad mutational spectrum of determinate stem growth habit in leguminous crops. The Plant Journal. 96(4). 761–771. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dajian, Lianjun Sun, Shuai Li, et al.. (2017). Elevation of soybean seed oil content through selection for seed coat shininess. Nature Plants. 4(1). 30–35. 57 indexed citations

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