Yidong Ran

3.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yidong Ran is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yidong Ran has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Yidong Ran's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (7 papers). Yidong Ran is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (7 papers). Yidong Ran collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and Australia. Yidong Ran's co-authors include Caixia Gao, Yanpeng Wang, Kunling Chen, Zhen Liang, Jin‐Long Qiu, Rui Zhang, Chao Li, Yuan Zong, Daowen Wang and Qian Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yidong Ran

27 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Efficient DNA-free genome editing of bread wheat using CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes

2017 634 citations Zhen Liang, Kunling Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Precise base editing in rice, wheat and maize with a Cas9-cytidine deaminase fusion

2017 603 citations Yuan Zong, Yanpeng Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Discovery of deaminase functions by structure-based protein clustering

2023 132 citations Qiupeng Lin, Zixin He et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Yidong Ran

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Nicola Stacey United Kingdom

Kaijun Zhao China

Wenxian Sun China

Cheng Peng China

Yuese Ning China

Jiangli Dong China

Valentine Otang Ntui Japan

Jafargholi Imani Germany

Aala A. Abulfaraj Saudi Arabia

Selena Giménez-Ibañez Spain

Nicola Stacey United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by Yidong Ran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yidong Ran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yidong Ran

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

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Lee, Myungjin, Seoyoung C. Kim, Hyangju Kang, et al.. (2025). Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of seven glycosyltransferase homologs in Nicotiana benthamiana to produce stable, Cas9-free, glycoengineered plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1701668–1701668.

Song, Yuxuan, Yidong Ran, Tao Wu, et al.. (2025). Ame‐ miR ‐2161 affects the survival and development of honeybee larvae through the juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase gene. Insect Molecular Biology. 35(1). 79–90.

Yan, Xueqing, Hao Wu, Zhen Ji, et al.. (2025). RNA codon expansion via programmable pseudouridine editing and decoding. Nature. 643(8074). 1410–1420. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Qiupeng, Zixin He, Hu Xu, et al.. (2023). Discovery of deaminase functions by structure-based protein clustering. Cell. 186(15). 3182–3195.e14. 132 indexed citations breakdown →

Ran, Yidong, et al.. (2022). Genetic Dissection of CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Inheritance of Independently Targeted Alleles in Tobacco α-1,3-Fucosyltransferase 1 and β-1,2-Xylosyltransferase 1 Loci. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(5). 2450–2450. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Zhen, Yuqing Wu, Lingling Ma, Yingjie Guo, & Yidong Ran. (2022). Efficient Genome Editing in Setaria italica Using CRISPR/Cas9 and Base Editors. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 815946–815946. 29 indexed citations

Xu, Hu, Yong Guo, Lijuan Qiu, & Yidong Ran. (2022). Progress in Soybean Genetic Transformation Over the Last Decade. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 900318–900318. 41 indexed citations

Xu, Hu, Lixiao Zhang, Kang Zhang, & Yidong Ran. (2020). Progresses, Challenges, and Prospects of Genome Editing in Soybean (Glycine max). Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 571138–571138. 40 indexed citations

Ran, Yidong, Zhen Liang, & Caixia Gao. (2017). Current and future editing reagent delivery systems for plant genome editing. Science China Life Sciences. 60(5). 490–505. 101 indexed citations

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Zong, Yuan, Yanpeng Wang, Chao Li, et al.. (2017). Precise base editing in rice, wheat and maize with a Cas9-cytidine deaminase fusion. Nature Biotechnology. 35(5). 438–440. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Zhen, Kunling Chen, Tingdong Li, et al.. (2017). Efficient DNA-free genome editing of bread wheat using CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14261–14261. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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Giordano, Andrea, Zhiqian Liu, Yongjin Shang, et al.. (2014). Reduced lignin content and altered lignin composition in the warm season forage grass Paspalum dilatatum by down-regulation of a Cinnamoyl CoA Reductase Gene. Transgenic Research. 23(3). 503–517. 48 indexed citations

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Wang, Qing, Yidong Ran, Bin Yu, Xiaohong Chen, & Di Wang. (2014). Embryogenesis and haploid induction using anther culture in lovage (Levisticum officinale W.D.J. Koch). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 50(5). 525–533. 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Xinliang, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh, Somayeh Dolatabadi, et al.. (2013). Taxonomy and epidemiology of Mucor irregularis , agent of chronic cutaneous mucormycosis. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 30(1). 48–56. 54 indexed citations

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Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad, Yidong Ran, Ya Shen, et al.. (2012). Mucor irregularis in China: Emerging subcutaneous infection and update in molecular taxonomy. Mycoses. 55. 84–84. 1 indexed citations

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Ran, Yidong, et al.. (2006). A high throughput Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation method for functional genomics of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Plant Cell Reports. 25(7). 651–659. 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianchi, Yidong Ran, Ross G. Atkinson, Andrew P. Gleave, & Dani Cohen. (2006). Transformation of Actinidia eriantha: A potential species for functional genomics studies in Actinidia. Plant Cell Reports. 25(5). 425–431. 27 indexed citations

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Ran, Yidong, et al.. (2005). In vitro propagation of the genus Clivia. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC). 81(2). 239–242. 10 indexed citations

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Ran, Yidong. (2001). Hybrid Identification in Clivia(Amaryllidaceae) using Chromosome Banding and Genomic In Situ Hybridization. Annals of Botany. 87(4). 457–462. 15 indexed citations

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Ran, Yidong, et al.. (2000). Improving main agronomic characters of dihaploids with 2n gametes by means of sexual hybridisation and anther culture of potato ( Solarium tuberosum ). New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 28(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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