Yihong Gao

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 648 citations indexed

About

Yihong Gao is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yihong Gao has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 648 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Yihong Gao's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Yihong Gao is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Yihong Gao collaborates with scholars based in China and Denmark. Yihong Gao's co-authors include Yihua Zhou, Baocai Zhang, Lanjun Zhang, Qian Qian, Dali Zeng, Xiangling Liu, Shaogan Wang, Qiaoquan Liu, Zhenyu Gao and Li Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yihong Gao

8 papers receiving 641 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions

2020 356 citations Baocai Zhang, Yihong Gao et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yihong Gao China	8	527	251	80	61	50	10	648
Rasool Asghari Zakaria Iran	14	375 0.7×	287 1.1×	36 0.5×	51 0.8×	41 0.8×	77	549
Ai Oikawa United States	7	429 0.8×	218 0.9×	114 1.4×	51 0.8×	29 0.6×	11	490
Jennifer R. Bromley United Kingdom	6	384 0.7×	260 1.0×	107 1.3×	28 0.5×	45 0.9×	6	505
Vipa Hongtrakul Thailand	9	306 0.6×	139 0.6×	70 0.9×	53 0.9×	30 0.6×	29	486
Markus Günl Germany	16	727 1.4×	413 1.6×	146 1.8×	97 1.6×	37 0.7×	18	834
Camille Alvarado France	15	353 0.7×	137 0.5×	118 1.5×	103 1.7×	62 1.2×	27	521
Nur Ardiyana Rejab Malaysia	8	391 0.7×	317 1.3×	71 0.9×	31 0.5×	9 0.2×	17	518
Guohua Chai China	19	1.0k 2.0×	889 3.5×	103 1.3×	52 0.9×	24 0.5×	45	1.3k
Xintao Lei China	10	265 0.5×	194 0.8×	29 0.4×	55 0.9×	26 0.5×	25	446
Sandra Espéout France	8	460 0.9×	256 1.0×	72 0.9×	34 0.6×	8 0.2×	9	721

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yihong Gao

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Zhang, Lanjun, et al.. (2025). Shaping pit structure in vessel walls sustains xylem hydraulics and grain yield. Cell. 188(25). 7238–7251.e15.

2.

Zhang, Lanjun, et al.. (2025). New insights into plant cell wall functions. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(11). 1308–1324.

3.

Zhou, Yang, Yihong Gao, Baocai Zhang, et al.. (2024). CELLULOSE SYNTHASE-LIKE C proteins modulate cell wall establishment during ethylene-mediated root growth inhibition in rice. The Plant Cell. 36(9). 3751–3769. 8 indexed citations

4.

Wang, Hang, Yihong Gao, Yanbao Tian, et al.. (2022). Xylan-based nanocompartments orchestrate plant vessel wall patterning. Nature Plants. 8(3). 295–306. 38 indexed citations

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Gao, Yihong, Shaogan Wang, Jiaxin Ma, et al.. (2022). Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor lipid remodeling directs proteins to the plasma membrane and governs cell wall mechanics. The Plant Cell. 34(12). 4778–4794. 10 indexed citations

6.

Gao, Yihong, Lanjun Zhang, Shaogan Wang, et al.. (2020). MYB61 is regulated by GRF4 and promotes nitrogen utilization and biomass production in rice. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5219–5219. 105 indexed citations

7.

Zhang, Baocai, Yihong Gao, Lanjun Zhang, & Yihua Zhou. (2020). The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(1). 251–272. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

8.

Huang, Lichao, Long Chen, Lan Wang, et al.. (2019). A Nck‐associated protein 1‐like protein affects drought sensitivity by its involvement in leaf epidermal development and stomatal closure in rice. The Plant Journal. 98(5). 884–897. 25 indexed citations

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Chen, Long, Lichao Huang, Liping Dai, et al.. (2018). PALE-GREEN LEAF12 Encodes a Novel Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Required for Chloroplast Development and 16S rRNA Processing in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 60(3). 587–598. 31 indexed citations

10.

Leng, Yujia, Yaolong Yang, Deyong Ren, et al.. (2017). A Rice PECTATE LYASE-LIKE Gene Is Required for Plant Growth and Leaf Senescence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2). 1151–1166. 75 indexed citations

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