Yan Xue

7.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
46 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Yan Xue is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xue has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yan Xue's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (6 papers). Yan Xue is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (6 papers). Yan Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yan Xue's co-authors include Brigid L.M. Hogan, Jason R. Rock, Emma L. Rawlins, Cheryl Clark, Scott H. Randell, Mark W. Onaitis, Yun Lu, Gerald R. Crabtree, Alfred C. Kuo and Shi‐Sheng Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xue

44 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium

2009 1.1k citations Jason R. Rock, Mark W. Onaitis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Multiple stromal populations contribute to pulmonary fibrosis without evidence for epithelial to mesenchymal transition

2011 773 citations Jason R. Rock, Christina E. Barkauskas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Role of Scgb1a1+ Clara Cells in the Long-Term Maintenance and Repair of Lung Airway, but Not Alveolar, Epithelium

2009 615 citations Emma L. Rawlins, Tadashi Okubo et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Diversity and specialization of mammalian SWI/SNF complexes.

1996 588 citations Yan Xue et al. profile →
OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis

2014 581 citations Fang Yuan, Huimin Yang et al. Nature profile →
Notch-Dependent Differentiation of Adult Airway Basal Stem Cells

2011 340 citations Jason R. Rock, Yan Xue et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers

Yan Xue

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Masaki Takeuchi Japan

Melody Baddoo United States

Katherine M. Call United States

T Sekiya Japan

Stephen Henderson United Kingdom

Thomas D. Mueller Germany

Steven E. Artandi United States

Hesed Padilla‐Nash United States

Jining Lü United States

Cathy Mendelsohn United States

Masaki Takeuchi Japan

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474 ×0.2

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854 ×0.7

SURGE

339 ×0.4

304 ×0.6

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Citations per year, relative to Yan Xue Yan Xue (= 1×) peers Masaki Takeuchi

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xue

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xue

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yan Xue. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yan Xue. The network helps show where Yan Xue may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xue

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

Liu, Yue, Jun Zhao, Yan Xue, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into plant DNA CG methylation maintenance by MET1. The Plant Cell. 37(11).

Xue, Yan, Shuya Wang, Zhenhui Zhong, et al.. (2025). REM transcription factors and GDE1 shape the DNA methylation landscape through the recruitment of RNA polymerase IV transcription complexes. Nature Cell Biology. 27(7). 1136–1147. 2 indexed citations

Xue, Yan, et al.. (2025). Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Important Agronomic Traits and Developing Potential Near-Isogenic Lines in Wheat. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 22(1).

Yang, Hongji, Zhengbing Lv, Tonghui Li, et al.. (2025). Epigenome profiling reveals distinctive regulatory features and cis-regulatory elements in pepper. Genome biology. 26(1). 121–121. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Shasha, Guoqiang Yang, Hong Lei, et al.. (2024). GPR160 regulates the self-renewal and pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells via JAK1/STAT3 signaling pathway. Journal of genetics and genomics. 51(10). 1055–1065. 3 indexed citations

Zhong, Zhenhui, Yafei Wang, Ming Wang, et al.. (2022). Histone chaperone ASF1 mediates H3.3-H4 deposition in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6970–6970. 23 indexed citations

Xue, Yan, Zhenhui Zhong, C. Jake Harris, et al.. (2021). Arabidopsis MORC proteins function in the efficient establishment of RNA directed DNA methylation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4292–4292. 34 indexed citations

Xue, Yan, Laixing Zhang, Zhenhui Zhong, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of siRNA production by a plant Dicer-RNA complex in dicing-competent conformation. Science. 374(6571). 1152–1157. 67 indexed citations

Wang, Chao, Yan Xue, Yilin Wang, et al.. (2020). MED12-Related Disease in a Chinese Girl: Clinical Characteristics and Underlying Mechanism. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 129–129. 9 indexed citations

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Xue, Yan, et al.. (2015). Nanog RNA‐binding proteins YBX1 and ILF3 affect pluripotency of embryonic stem cells. Cell Biology International. 40(8). 847–860. 16 indexed citations

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Yuan, Fang, Huimin Yang, Yan Xue, et al.. (2014). OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis. Nature. 514(7522). 367–371. 581 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xue, Yan, Shi Xiao, Ju‐Young Kim, et al.. (2014). Arabidopsis membrane-associated acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP1 is involved in stem cuticle formation. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(18). 5473–5483. 64 indexed citations

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Chen, Shaoyu, Yijun Zhang, Xiuling Wang, et al.. (2012). Extremely Low Genetic Diversity Indicating the Endangered Status of Ranodon sibiricus (Amphibia: Caudata) and Implications for Phylogeography. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33378–e33378. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiang, Xuesong Chen, Huijun Zhang, et al.. (2012). Shared Gene Regulation during Human Somatic Cell Reprogramming. Journal of genetics and genomics. 39(12). 613–623. 4 indexed citations

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Rock, Jason R., Christina E. Barkauskas, Michael J. Cronce, et al.. (2011). Multiple stromal populations contribute to pulmonary fibrosis without evidence for epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(52). E1475–83. 773 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rock, Jason R., Mark W. Onaitis, Emma L. Rawlins, et al.. (2009). Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(31). 12771–12775. 1092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rawlins, Emma L., Tadashi Okubo, Yan Xue, et al.. (2009). The Role of Scgb1a1+ Clara Cells in the Long-Term Maintenance and Repair of Lung Airway, but Not Alveolar, Epithelium. Cell stem cell. 4(6). 525–534. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xue, Yan & Ling Duan. (1999). Binding Peptide Selection from Phage Peptide Library by Using GST Fusion Protein as Target.. PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Yan, et al.. (1999). Protein Kinase C Activation Increases Binding of Transcription Factor PU.1 in Murine Tissue Macrophages. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 254(1). 211–214. 8 indexed citations

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Gallione, Carol J., Timothy T. Stenzel, Yan Xue, et al.. (1998). Mutation and expression analysis of the endoglin gene in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia reveals null alleles. Human Mutation. 11(4). 286–294. 77 indexed citations

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