Yong‐Ling Ruan

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Yong‐Ling Ruan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong‐Ling Ruan has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Plant Science, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Yong‐Ling Ruan's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (63 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (48 papers) and Research in Cotton Cultivation (22 papers). Yong‐Ling Ruan is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (63 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (48 papers) and Research in Cotton Cultivation (22 papers). Yong‐Ling Ruan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Yong‐Ling Ruan's co-authors include Lu Wang, Robert T. Furbank, Danny Llewellyn, Ye Jin, John W. Patrick, Alisdair R. Fernie, Prem S. Chourey, Guojing Li, John S. Boyer and Sonia Osorio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yong‐Ling Ruan

108 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Sucrose Metabolism: Gateway to Diverse Carbon Use and Sugar Signaling

2014 1.1k citations Yong‐Ling Ruan profile →
Sugar Input, Metabolism, and Signaling Mediated by Invertase: Roles in Development, Yield Potential, and Response to Drought and Heat

2010 676 citations Yong‐Ling Ruan et al. profile →
Understanding and manipulating sucrose phloem loading, unloading, metabolism, and signalling to enhance crop yield and food security

2013 359 citations Lu Wang, Yong‐Ling Ruan et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong‐Ling Ruan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ABA promotes fatty acid biosynthesis and transport to boost arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in apple roots 2025 ·Plant Communications ·Shan Jing, Mingjun Li, Chunhui Li, Chunlei Zhang, Lingcheng Zhu, (unknown), Yuchao Li, (unknown), (unknown), Baiquan Ma, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Fengwang Ma	3
2	How vacuolar sugar transporters evolve and control cellular sugar homeostasis, organ development and crop yield 2025 ·Nature Plants ·Lingcheng Zhu, (unknown), Tao Zhao, Mingjun Li, Yong‐Ling Ruan	2
3	An insertion in the promoter of a malate dehydrogenase gene regulates malic acid content in apple fruit 2024 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Meng Gao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Baiquan Ma, Xiaoyu Wei, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Fengwang Ma, Mingjun Li	12
4	The MdCBF1/2‐MdTST1/2 module regulates sugar accumulation in response to low temperature in apple 2024 ·The Plant Journal ·Baiyun Li, Shengtao Qu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Baiquan Ma, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Fengwang Ma, Mingjun Li, Lingcheng Zhu	16
5	Evolution of cytosolic and organellar invertases empowered the colonization and thriving of land plants 2023 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Hongjian Wan, Youjun Zhang, Limin Wu, Guozhi Zhou, (unknown), Alisdair R. Fernie, Yong‐Ling Ruan	8
6	Uptake of glucose from the rhizosphere, mediated by apple MdHT1.2, regulates carbohydrate allocation 2023 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), (unknown), Qian Xiao, (unknown), Lingcheng Zhu, Yuxing Li, Baiquan Ma, Ningbo Cui, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Fengwang Ma, Mingjun Li	10
7	The SnRK2.3-AREB1-TST1/2 cascade activated by cytosolic glucose regulates sugar accumulation across tonoplasts in apple and tomato 2023 ·Nature Plants ·Lingcheng Zhu, Yanzhen Li, (unknown), Zhiqi Wang, Wenjing Cao, Jing Su, (unknown), Baiyun Li, Baiquan Ma, Fengwang Ma, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Mingjun Li	49
8	Wheat photosystem II heat tolerance responds dynamically to short- and long-term warming 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Bradley C. Posch, (unknown), Owen K. Atkin, Helen Bramley, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Richard Trethowan, Onoriode Coast	26
9	Maize cytosolic invertase INVAN6 ensures faithful meiotic progression under heat stress 2022 ·New Phytologist ·Wei Huang, Yunfei Li, Yan Du, Lingling Pan, Yumin Huang, Hongbing Liu, Yue Zhao, Yunlu Shi, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Zhaobin Dong, Weiwei Jin	22
10	Wheat photosystem II heat tolerance: evidence for genotype‐by‐environment interactions 2022 ·The Plant Journal ·Onoriode Coast, Bradley C. Posch, (unknown), Helen Bramley, Oorbessy Gaju, (unknown), (unknown), Alison Kelly, Meiqin Lu, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Richard Trethowan, Owen K. Atkin	21
11	MdWRKY126 modulates malate accumulation in apple fruit by regulating cytosolic malate dehydrogenase (MdMDH5) 2022 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Lihua Zhang, Baiquan Ma, Changzhi Wang, Xingyu Chen, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Yangyang Yuan, Fengwang Ma, Mingjun Li	61
12	Comparative transcriptome and metabolome analyses identified the mode of sucrose degradation as a metabolic marker for early vegetative propagation in bulbs of Lycoris 2022 ·The Plant Journal ·Ziming Ren, Dong Zhang, Chen Jiao, Danqin Li, Yun Wu, Xiuyun Wang, Cong Gao, (unknown), Yong‐Ling Ruan, Yiping Xia	21
13	Transcriptome analysis of maize pollen grains under drought stress during flowering 2022 ·Crop and Pasture Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Juan Li, Yonghan Xu, Ray J. Rose, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Jincai Li, Youhong Song	8
14	GhRabA4c coordinates cell elongation via regulating actin filament–dependent vesicle transport 2022 ·Life Science Alliance ·Xiaoguang Shang, (unknown), (unknown), Lijie Zhu, Hanqiao Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Weixi Li, (unknown), Yong‐Ling Ruan, Wangzhen Guo	5
15	Variation in the promoter of the sorbitol dehydrogenase gene MdSDH2 affects binding of the transcription factor MdABI3 and alters fructose content in apple fruit 2021 ·The Plant Journal ·Zhengyang Wang, Baiquan Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Lan Wang, (unknown), Yong‐Ling Ruan, Fengwang Ma, Mingjun Li	33
16	Wheat respiratory O2 consumption falls with night warming alongside greater respiratory CO2 loss and reduced biomass 2021 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Bradley C. Posch, (unknown), Onoriode Coast, Andrew P. Scafaro, Helen Bramley, (unknown), Yong‐Ling Ruan, Richard Trethowan, Danielle A. Way, Owen K. Atkin	17
17	Acclimation of leaf photosynthesis and respiration to warming in field‐grown wheat 2020 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Onoriode Coast, Bradley C. Posch, Helen Bramley, Oorbessy Gaju, Richard A. Richards, (unknown), Yong‐Ling Ruan, Richard Trethowan, Owen K. Atkin	25
18	Looking into ‘hair tonics’ for cotton fiber initiation 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Lu Wang, (unknown), Yong‐Ling Ruan	27
19	The Soybean Sugar Transporter GmSWEET15 Mediates Sucrose Export from Endosperm to Early Embryo 2019 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Shoudong Wang, Kengo Yokosho, (unknown), James Whelan, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Jian Feng, Huixia Shou	132
20	Suppressing a Putative Sterol Carrier Gene Reduces Plasmodesmal Permeability and Activates Sucrose Transporter Genes during Cotton Fiber Elongation 2017 ·The Plant Cell ·Zhiyuan Zhang, Yong‐Ling Ruan, Na Zhou, Fang Wang, Xueying Guan, Lei Fang, Xiaoguang Shang, Wangzhen Guo, Shuijin Zhu, Tianzhen Zhang	56

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