Yao He

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 868 citations indexed

About

Yao He is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao He has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 868 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yao He's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (4 papers). Yao He is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (4 papers). Yao He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Maldives. Yao He's co-authors include Yiping Qi, Yong Zhang, Xuelian Zheng, Zhaohui Zhong, Xu Tang, Shishi Liu, Tao Zhang, Simon Sretenovic, Qiurong Ren and Yu Bao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yao He

16 papers receiving 842 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.

An efficient CRISPR–Cas12a promoter editing system for crop improvement

2023 96 citations Jianping Zhou, Guanqing Liu et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers

Yao He

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Sachiko Kashojiya Japan

Si Nian Char United States

Agnieszka Piatek United States

Ashot Papikian United States

Yongjie Kuang China

Xiaoshuang Liu China

Zhongsen Li United States

Tien Van Vu South Korea

Jason Gardiner United States

Sijia Liang China

Sachiko Kashojiya Japan

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51 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Yao He

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yao He

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao He

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

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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He, Yao, et al.. (2025). CRISPR-Cas12i confers efficient genome editing and gene regulation in plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 198(1). 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Meng, Yao He, Kui Wang, et al.. (2025). Light-Driven ESIPT-Based Anthraquinone Analogues for Synergistic Fluorescent Self-Reporting and Photodynamic Therapy of Malignant Tumors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(19). 20814–20826.

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Liu, Shishi, Yao He, Tingting Fan, et al.. (2024). PAM‐relaxed and temperature‐tolerant CRISPR‐Mb3Cas12a single transcript unit systems for efficient singular and multiplexed genome editing in rice, maize, and tomato. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(1). 156–173. 5 indexed citations

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He, Yao, Shishi Liu, Long Chen, et al.. (2024). Versatile plant genome engineering using anti-CRISPR-Cas12a systems. Science China Life Sciences. 67(12). 2730–2745. 4 indexed citations

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Fan, Tingting, Yanhao Cheng, Yuechao Wu, et al.. (2024). High performance TadA-8e derived cytosine and dual base editors with undetectable off-target effects in plants. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5103–5103. 27 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jianping, Guanqing Liu, Yuxin Zhao, et al.. (2023). An efficient CRISPR–Cas12a promoter editing system for crop improvement. Nature Plants. 9(4). 588–604. 96 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhong, Zhaohui, Guanqing Liu, Zhongjie Tang, et al.. (2023). Efficient plant genome engineering using a probiotic sourced CRISPR-Cas9 system. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6102–6102. 24 indexed citations

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He, Yao, Zi-Hao Wang, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2022). 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine profiles in plasma cell-free DNA reflect molecular characteristics of diabetic kidney disease. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 910907–910907. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Shishi, Simon Sretenovic, Tingting Fan, et al.. (2022). Hypercompact CRISPR–Cas12j2 (CasΦ) enables genome editing, gene activation, and epigenome editing in plants. Plant Communications. 3(6). 100453–100453. 54 indexed citations

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Ren, Qiurong, Simon Sretenovic, Shishi Liu, et al.. (2021). PAM-less plant genome editing using a CRISPR–SpRY toolbox. Nature Plants. 7(1). 25–33. 166 indexed citations

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Peng, Ke, Rui Ding, Yan Liu, et al.. (2021). Chinese and Western Musical Training Impacts the Circuit in Auditory and Reward Systems. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 663015–663015. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Yuechao, Yao He, Simon Sretenovic, et al.. (2021). CRISPR‐BETS: a base‐editing design tool for generating stop codons. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(3). 499–510. 30 indexed citations

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Zhong, Zhaohui, Simon Sretenovic, Qiurong Ren, et al.. (2019). Improving Plant Genome Editing with High-Fidelity xCas9 and Non-canonical PAM-Targeting Cas9-NG. Molecular Plant. 12(7). 1027–1036. 140 indexed citations

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Ren, Qiurong, Zhaohui Zhong, Yan Wang, et al.. (2019). Bidirectional Promoter-Based CRISPR-Cas9 Systems for Plant Genome Editing. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 1173–1173. 45 indexed citations

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Tang, Xu, Qiurong Ren, Yu Bao, et al.. (2018). Single transcript unit CRISPR 2.0 systems for robust Cas9 and Cas12a mediated plant genome editing. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(7). 1431–1445. 116 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jianping, Yao He, Hongqiao Chen, et al.. (2018). Multiplex QTL editing of grain-related genes improves yield in elite rice varieties. Plant Cell Reports. 38(4). 475–485. 130 indexed citations

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Yang, Rui, et al.. (2016). Elevated expression of WWP2 in human lung adenocarcinoma and its effect on migration and invasion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 479(2). 146–151. 21 indexed citations

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He, Yao, et al.. (2011). A compression image method combining wavelet transform with SVD. 631–634. 1 indexed citations

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