Yanchun Yu

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yanchun Yu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanchun Yu has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Yanchun Yu's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (13 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Yanchun Yu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (13 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Yanchun Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yanchun Yu's co-authors include Xiaoyu Zhang, Qian Qian, Jiayang Li, Suhua Feng, Hume Stroud, Steven E. Jacobsen, Julie A. Law, Lin Guo, Dali Zeng and Amander T. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yanchun Yu

31 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation
    2010 552 citations Suhua Feng, Hume Stroud et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanchun Yu China 13 991 968 211 100 55 37 1.5k
Jun Huang China 19 415 0.4× 522 0.5× 123 0.6× 74 0.7× 28 0.5× 70 928
Sunil Kumar Singh India 12 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 97 0.5× 34 0.3× 139 2.5× 24 1.6k
Yuan Hu Xuan China 22 1.3k 1.3× 515 0.5× 83 0.4× 67 0.7× 55 1.0× 65 1.6k
Hiroshi Ikawa Japan 14 811 0.8× 560 0.6× 231 1.1× 18 0.2× 38 0.7× 17 1.1k
Chunlei Zhou China 16 725 0.7× 590 0.6× 146 0.7× 16 0.2× 29 0.5× 43 1.2k
Xiaofeng Zhou China 23 1.2k 1.2× 940 1.0× 48 0.2× 28 0.3× 36 0.7× 44 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanchun Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanchun Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanchun Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanchun Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanchun Yu 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 Yanchun Yu. Yanchun Yu 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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Dong, Guojun, et al.. (2025). FKBP12‐EBP1‐Mediated Regulation of Salinity Tolerance in Rice. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(8). 6285–6300. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Kai, et al.. (2025). Photoreceptor-dependent signaling in plant responses to thermomorphogenesis and heat stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 228. 110202–110202.
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Xiong, Erhui, Xiyue Zhang, Shanshan Chu, et al.. (2025). OsELS6 regulates rice leaf senescence differently in vitro and in vivo via the jasmonic acid pathway. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 199(2).
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Wang, Jing, et al.. (2025). Advancing Stress-Resilient Rice: Mechanisms, Genes, and Breeding Strategies. Agriculture. 15(7). 721–721. 3 indexed citations
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Ruan, Banpu, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the ddt1 Mutant in Rice and Its Impact on Plant Height Reduction and Water Use Efficiency. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(14). 7629–7629. 3 indexed citations
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Ruan, Banpu, et al.. (2024). SPL50 Regulates Cell Death and Resistance to Magnaporthe Oryzae in Rice. Rice. 17(1). 51–51. 5 indexed citations
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Dong, Guojun, Xuewen Wang, Fei Chen, et al.. (2022). Formin protein DRT1 affects gross morphology and chloroplast relocation in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(1). 280–298. 8 indexed citations
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Dong, Guojun, Fei Chen, Erhui Xiong, et al.. (2022). The kinesin-13 protein BR HYPERSENSITIVE 1 is a negative brassinosteroid signaling component regulating rice growth and development. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135(5). 1751–1766. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Fei, Guojun Dong, Fang Wang, et al.. (2021). A β‐ketoacyl carrier protein reductase confers heat tolerance via the regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis and stress signaling in rice. New Phytologist. 232(2). 655–672. 49 indexed citations
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Xiong, Erhui, Chen Zhang, Yanli Zhang, et al.. (2021). iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of rice formyl tetrahydrofolate deformylase in salt response. Planta. 254(4). 76–76. 7 indexed citations
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Zheng, Si-Jun, Fernando A. García-Bastidas, Li Zeng, et al.. (2018). New Geographical Insights of the Latest Expansion of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 Into the Greater Mekong Subregion. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 457–457. 86 indexed citations
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Chen, Fei, Guojun Dong, Fang Wang, et al.. (2016). A Nucleus-Encoded Chloroplast Protein YL1 Is Involved in Chloroplast Development and Efficient Biogenesis of Chloroplast ATP Synthase in Rice. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32295–32295. 26 indexed citations
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Costas, Celina, María de la Paz Sánchez, Hume Stroud, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide mapping of Arabidopsis thaliana origins of DNA replication and their associated epigenetic marks. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(3). 395–400. 112 indexed citations
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Guo, Lin, Yanchun Yu, Julie A. Law, & Xiaoyu Zhang. (2010). SET DOMAIN GROUP2 is the major histone H3 lysine 4 trimethyltransferase in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(43). 18557–18562. 131 indexed citations
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Zhang, Linhui, et al.. (2009). Variation and probability grading of main quantitative characteristics of mango germplasm resource in Nujiang Valley, Yunnan province.. Guoshu xuebao. 26(4). 492–497. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Linhui, et al.. (2008). Investigation and analysis of the wild mango (Mangifera indica L.) germplasm resources in Nujiang low and hot river valley.. Xi'nan nongye xuebao. 21(2). 436–439. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinhua, et al.. (2003). Effection of proline and AgNO_(3) on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of soybean. Dadou kexue. 22(1). 36–39. 1 indexed citations

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