Yan Liang

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Yan Liang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Liang has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Plant Science, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yan Liang's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (35 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers). Yan Liang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (35 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers). Yan Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yan Liang's co-authors include Jianru Zuo, Yonghong Wang, Jeanne M. Harris, Yu Wang, Paul M. Vanhoutte, Jinye Mu, Jiayang Li, Jian Zhang, Helin Tan and Chengcai Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Yan Liang

74 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies

2015 560 citations Bin Hu, Wei Wang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice

2021 290 citations Hongru Wang, Zhihua Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Liang China	36	3.7k	2.0k	460	339	256	81	4.9k
Chiara Tonelli Italy	44	4.7k 1.3×	4.8k 2.4×	338 0.7×	103 0.3×	138 0.5×	98	7.2k
Fernando Carrari Argentina	42	5.5k 1.5×	4.2k 2.1×	548 1.2×	129 0.4×	99 0.4×	95	7.6k
Woo Taek Kim South Korea	45	4.7k 1.3×	3.6k 1.8×	193 0.4×	81 0.2×	210 0.8×	169	6.0k
Pingfang Yang China	34	3.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	208 0.5×	61 0.2×	56 0.2×	124	4.3k
Joshua L. Heazlewood Australia	48	4.1k 1.1×	5.6k 2.8×	237 0.5×	59 0.2×	101 0.4×	117	7.8k
Li Liu China	38	2.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	275 0.6×	70 0.2×	75 0.3×	142	4.3k
Keqiang Wu China	53	7.0k 1.9×	5.7k 2.9×	220 0.5×	42 0.1×	52 0.2×	126	8.1k
Chanjuan Zhang China	29	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	142 0.3×	106 0.3×	76 0.3×	89	3.0k
Jinsheng Lai China	49	5.6k 1.5×	3.6k 1.8×	1.9k 4.1×	383 1.1×	100 0.4×	158	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Liang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Liang

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

Zheng, Bin, et al.. (2025). Anti-Osteoporosis Is Imperative in Prevention of Progress of Ankylosing Spondylitis. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 18. 291–297.

Liu, Meng, et al.. (2024). Single chain fragment variable, a new theranostic approach for cardiovascular diseases. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1443290–1443290. 2 indexed citations

Liang, Yan, et al.. (2023). Speciation, distribution and relationship of zinc and cadmium in summer coastal seawater of northern China. Marine Chemistry. 258. 104349–104349. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Yan, et al.. (2023). Positioning determines function: Wandering PKM2 performs different roles in tumor cells. Cell Biology International. 48(1). 20–30. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Yueyue, Linzhou Huang, Yundong Yuan, et al.. (2023). LAZY3 interacts with LAZY2 to regulate tiller angle by modulating shoot gravity perception in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21(6). 1217–1228. 19 indexed citations

Wen, Jun, Lei Xie, Zhiyun Zhang, Yan Liang, & Song Ge. (2023). Collections‐based systematics in the new age of discovery: Celebrating the legacy and life of Professor Wen‐Tsai Wang. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 61(1). 1–10.

Chen, Zhuo, Qingyun Bu, Guifu Liu, et al.. (2023). Genomic decoding of breeding history to guide breeding-by-design in rice. National Science Review. 10(5). nwad029–nwad029. 11 indexed citations

Li, Yushun, Xinyu Wang, Qinghua Zhang, et al.. (2022). A mutation in SlCHLH encoding a magnesium chelatase H subunit is involved in the formation of yellow stigma in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Plant Science. 325. 111466–111466. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Linzhou, Ning Zhang, Yueyue Cai, et al.. (2021). LAZY2 controls rice tiller angle through regulating starch biosynthesis in gravity‐sensing cells. New Phytologist. 231(3). 1073–1087. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenguang, et al.. (2021). Molecular basis underlying rice tiller angle: Current progress and future perspectives. Molecular Plant. 15(1). 125–137. 52 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaowei, Yan Liang, Jiyao Wang, et al.. (2021). Enhancing rice grain production by manipulating the naturally evolved cis-regulatory element-containing inverted repeat sequence of OsREM20. Molecular Plant. 14(6). 997–1011. 26 indexed citations

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Liang, Yan, et al.. (2019). Disruption of stcA blocks sterigmatocystin biosynthesis and improves echinocandin B production in Aspergillus delacroxii. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35(7). 109–109. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ning, Hong Yu, Yueyue Cai, et al.. (2018). A Core Regulatory Pathway Controlling Rice Tiller Angle Mediated by the LAZY1-Dependent Asymmetric Distribution of Auxin. The Plant Cell. 30(7). 1461–1475. 123 indexed citations

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Li, Baohua, Shujia Li, Yan Liang, et al.. (2016). Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade MKK7-MPK6 Plays Important Roles in Plant Development and Regulates Shoot Branching by Phosphorylating PIN1 in Arabidopsis. PLoS Biology. 14(9). e1002550–e1002550. 111 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wenming, Chunmei Guan, Jian Feng, et al.. (2015). The ArabidopsisCROWDED NUCLEI genes regulate seed germination by modulating degradation of ABI5 protein. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 58(7). 669–678. 38 indexed citations

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Hu, Bin, Wei Wang, Shujun Ou, et al.. (2015). Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies. Nature Genetics. 47(7). 834–838. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Mingyan, Aimin Xu, Paul Kwong Hang Tam, et al.. (2012). Upregulation of UCP2 by Adiponectin: The Involvement of Mitochondrial Superoxide and hnRNP K. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32349–e32349. 33 indexed citations

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Mu, Jinye, et al.. (2012). Arabidopsis Transcription Factor Genes NF-YA1, 5, 6, and 9 Play Redundant Roles in Male Gametogenesis, Embryogenesis, and Seed Development. Molecular Plant. 6(1). 188–201. 151 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Yan Liang, & Paul M. Vanhoutte. (2010). SIRT1 and AMPK in regulating mammalian senescence: A critical review and a working model. FEBS Letters. 585(7). 986–994. 148 indexed citations

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Liang, Yan, David M. Mitchell, & Jeanne M. Harris. (2006). Abscisic acid rescues the root meristem defects of the Medicago truncatula latd mutant. Developmental Biology. 304(1). 297–307. 82 indexed citations

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