Yang Yu

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
136 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Yu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yu has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yang Yu's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers). Yang Yu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers). Yang Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yang Yu's co-authors include Yujie Chen, Yu‐Chan Zhang, Liang‐Hu Qu, Jian‐You Liao, Yan‐Zhao Feng, Quanfeng Li, Jinping Zhang, Yan-Fei Zhou, Wensheng Shu and Meng-Qi Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yu

122 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Genome-wide screening and functional analysis identify a large number of long noncoding RNAs involved in the sexual reproduction of rice

2014 435 citations Yu‐Chan Zhang, Yang Yu et al. profile →
Overexpression of microRNA OsmiR397 improves rice yield by increasing grain size and promoting panicle branching

2013 349 citations Yu‐Chan Zhang, Yang Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Yu China	31	2.0k	1.7k	435	361	336	136	3.6k
Hongwei Li China	33	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	226 0.5×	163 0.5×	452 1.3×	167	4.5k
Jiang Hu China	35	987 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	154 0.4×	124 0.3×	482 1.4×	77	4.1k
Dawei Li China	41	4.2k 2.1×	2.5k 1.5×	884 2.0×	120 0.3×	309 0.9×	235	6.7k
Xuemin Zhang China	36	992 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	388 0.9×	365 1.0×	283 0.8×	145	4.2k
Yizheng Zhang China	26	847 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	106 0.2×	171 0.5×	449 1.3×	144	2.8k
Peng Liu China	34	2.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.8×	67 0.2×	532 1.5×	362 1.1×	140	4.7k
Alvaro G. Hernandez United States	30	829 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	418 1.0×	310 0.9×	637 1.9×	66	3.2k
Ming‐Bo Wang China	46	5.8k 2.9×	4.4k 2.6×	960 2.2×	376 1.0×	233 0.7×	178	8.6k
Jie Dong China	26	716 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	202 0.5×	642 1.8×	90 0.3×	96	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yu

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

Yu, Yang, Lan N. Tu, Yifan Liao, et al.. (2025). Phosphorus-modified biochar regulates CO2 emissions and bacterial communities in an incubation study of manganese-contaminated soils. Biomass and Bioenergy. 197. 107823–107823. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Chunyang, Yang Yu, Qi Shen, et al.. (2025). The evolutionary history of the Methyltransf_FA domain and its role in JH signal in silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 183. 104375–104375.

Tong, Jia, Zifan Wang, Xiujuan Li, et al.. (2025). Photobiomodulation stimulates mitochondrial function and cell proliferation in meniscus-derived stem cells (MeSCs) via activation of TRPV1 channel. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 43131–43131.

Li, Demin, Ge Zhang, Chang Cao, et al.. (2025). Machine learning combined with omics-based approaches reveals T-lymphocyte cellular fate imbalance in abdominal aortic aneurysm. BMC Biology. 23(1). 280–280.

He, Jian, Yang Yu, Wenhui Liu, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanism of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in manipulating the hypoxia-inducible factor pathway to augment virus replication. Virulence. 15(1). 2349027–2349027. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Yang, Rui-Rui He, Lu Yang, et al.. (2024). A transthyretin-like protein acts downstream of miR397 and LACCASE to regulate grain yield in rice. The Plant Cell. 36(8). 2893–2907. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Xuehui, et al.. (2024). Improving soil carbon sequestration stability in Siraitia grosvenorii farmland through co-application of rice straw and its biochar. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1470486–1470486. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Yang, et al.. (2023). Riemerella anatipestifer Endonuclease I displays enzymatic activity and is associated with bacterial virulence. Veterinary Microbiology. 280. 109700–109700. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Lixin, Yang Yu, Xiaohua He, et al.. (2023). Alterations in mitochondrial structure and function in response to environmental temperature changes in Apostichopus japonicus. Marine Environmental Research. 194. 106330–106330. 4 indexed citations

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Feng, Yan‐Zhao, Qingfeng Zhu, Jiao Xue, Pei Chen, & Yang Yu. (2023). Shining in the dark: the big world of small peptides in plants. aBIOTECH. 4(3). 238–256. 22 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qingfeng, Yan‐Zhao Feng, Jiao Xue, et al.. (2023). Advances in Receptor-like Protein Kinases in Balancing Plant Growth and Stress Responses. Plants. 12(3). 427–427. 29 indexed citations

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Lian, Jian‐Ping, Chao Yuan, Yan‐Zhao Feng, et al.. (2023). MicroRNA397 promotes rice flowering by regulating the photorespiration pathway. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 194(4). 2101–2116. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Weifeng, Yang Yu, Yuling Li, et al.. (2022). Study of the Repellent Activity of 60 Essential Oils and Their Main Constituents against Aedes albopictus, and Nano-Formulation Development. Insects. 13(12). 1077–1077. 18 indexed citations

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Huang, He, Yan-Fei Zhou, Yuwei Yang, et al.. (2021). Genome-Wide Analysis Identified a Set of Conserved lncRNAs Associated with Domestication-Related Traits in Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(9). 4742–4742. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan-Fei, Yu‐Chan Zhang, Yumeng Sun, et al.. (2021). The parent-of-origin lncRNA MISSEN regulates rice endosperm development. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6525–6525. 65 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu‐Chan, Meng-Qi Lei, Yan-Fei Zhou, et al.. (2020). Reproductive phasiRNAs regulate reprogramming of gene expression and meiotic progression in rice. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6031–6031. 55 indexed citations

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Feng, Yan‐Zhao, Yang Yu, Yan-Fei Zhou, et al.. (2019). A Natural Variant of miR397 Mediates a Feedback Loop in Circadian Rhythm. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(1). 204–214. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Gang, Marta Martínez‐Bonet, Di Wu, et al.. (2018). High-throughput identification of noncoding functional SNPs via type IIS enzyme restriction. Nature Genetics. 50(8). 1180–1188. 24 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang, et al.. (2015). Plant Diversity of Virgin Broadleaved-Korean Pine Forest and Birch Secondary Forest in Liangshui. Zhiwu yanjiu. 35(6). 945. 1 indexed citations

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Fischbach, Michael A., Hening Lin, Lu Zhou, et al.. (2006). The pathogen-associated iroA gene cluster mediates bacterial evasion of lipocalin 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(44). 16502–16507. 246 indexed citations

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