Yu Yu

3.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
54 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yu Yu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Yu has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Yu Yu's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers), Research in Cotton Cultivation (15 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Yu Yu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers), Research in Cotton Cultivation (15 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Yu Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yu Yu's co-authors include Xuemei Chen, Beixin Mo, Yu‐Chan Zhang, Yujie Chen, Shengben Li, Lin Liu, Blake C. Meyers, Xiaofeng Cao, Jixian Zhai and Binglian Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Yu Yu

52 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

MicroRNAs Inhibit the Translation of Target mRNAs on the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Arabidopsis

2013 386 citations Shengben Li, Lin Liu et al. Cell profile →
The ‘how’ and ‘where’ of plant microRNAs

2017 332 citations Yu Yu, Xuemei Chen et al. profile →
Plant Noncoding RNAs: Hidden Players in Development and Stress Responses

2019 267 citations Yu Yu, Xuemei Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Yu China	18	1.8k	1.3k	214	150	47	54	2.2k
Rongmei Wu New Zealand	19	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	231 1.1×	55 0.4×	54 1.1×	37	2.2k
Jérémie Bazin France	21	1.3k 0.7×	999 0.8×	173 0.8×	129 0.9×	38 0.8×	30	1.8k
Patrice Crété France	13	2.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	183 0.9×	152 1.0×	93 2.0×	16	2.9k
Binglian Zheng China	23	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	182 0.9×	70 0.5×	44 0.9×	56	2.2k
Xianwei Song China	21	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	89 0.4×	90 0.6×	168 3.6×	35	2.4k
Jason S. Cumbie United States	16	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	289 1.4×	79 0.5×	80 1.7×	18	2.6k
Ceyda Çoruh United States	14	959 0.5×	560 0.4×	122 0.6×	58 0.4×	45 1.0×	17	1.2k
Guru Jagadeeswaran United States	23	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	353 1.6×	79 0.5×	70 1.5×	32	3.1k
Miya D. Howell United States	7	2.7k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	228 1.1×	95 0.6×	34 0.7×	8	3.0k
Ignacio Rubio‐Somoza Spain	22	3.3k 1.8×	2.3k 1.8×	628 2.9×	259 1.7×	74 1.6×	35	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Yu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yu Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yu Yu. The network helps show where Yu Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu 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 Yu Yu. Yu 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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Zhang, Bing, Dandan Yue, Xiao Zhang, et al.. (2025). RAPID LEAF FALLING 1 facilitates chemical defoliation and mechanical harvesting in cotton. Molecular Plant. 18(5). 765–782. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xueqin, et al.. (2025). Short-Term Maize Rotation Suppresses Verticillium Wilt and Restructures Soil Microbiomes in Xinjiang Cotton Fields. Microorganisms. 13(9). 1968–1968. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Hongxia, Wenhao Zhou, Na Wang, et al.. (2025). Genomic and transcriptomic data reveal molecular differences between homologous recombination deficiency subgroups in Chinese ovarian cancer patients. Human Genomics. 19(1). 104–104.

Yu, Yu, Hongyang Wang, Chenjiang You, & Xuemei Chen. (2025). Plant microRNA maturation and function. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 27(1). 55–70. 3 indexed citations

Pan, Zhenyuan, Xiaofeng Zhou, Runze Wang, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide association screening and verification of potential genes associated with defoliation rate induced by defoliant in upland cotton. Industrial Crops and Products. 217. 118712–118712.

Yang, Xiaoyu, Yu Yu, Lei Gao, et al.. (2024). MicroRNA1432 regulates rice drought stress tolerance by targeting the CALMODULIN-LIKE2 gene. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(3). 1954–1968. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenhao, Fengjiao Wang, Zhilin Liu, et al.. (2024). Dissecting the Superior Drivers for the Simultaneous Improvement of Fiber Quality and Yield Under Drought Stress Via Genome‐Wide Artificial Introgressions of Gossypium barbadense into Gossypium hirsutum. Advanced Science. 11(34). e2400445–e2400445. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Yu, Jie Cui, C. Liang, et al.. (2023). Multiomics Reveals the Regulatory Mechanisms of Arabidopsis Tissues under Heat Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 11081–11081. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Ran, Shuyue Chen, & Yu Yu. (2023). Extending version-space theory to multi-label active learning with imbalanced data. Pattern Recognition. 142. 109690–109690. 2 indexed citations

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Kong, Wenwen, et al.. (2023). A high-efficient and naked-eye visible CRISPR/Cas9 system in Arabidopsis. Planta. 257(2). 30–30. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2023). Different responses of the rhizosphere microbiome to Verticillium dahliae infection in two cotton cultivars. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 5 indexed citations

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Xie, Qi, Xufeng Wang, Juan He, et al.. (2021). Distinct Evolutionary Profiles and Functions of microRNA156 and microRNA529 in Land Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(20). 11100–11100. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoyu, Jie Cui, Bo Song, et al.. (2020). Construction of High-Quality Rice Ribosome Footprint Library. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 572237–572237. 8 indexed citations

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Fei, Qili, Yu Yu, Li Liu, et al.. (2018). Biogenesis of a 22-nt microRNA in Phaseoleae species by precursor-programmed uridylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(31). 8037–8042. 37 indexed citations

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Tu, Bin, Li Liu, Chi Xu, et al.. (2015). Distinct and Cooperative Activities of HESO1 and URT1 Nucleotidyl Transferases in MicroRNA Turnover in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 11(4). e1005119–e1005119. 81 indexed citations

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Lam, Patricia, et al.. (2014). The Exosome and Trans-Acting Small Interfering RNAs Regulate Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis during Arabidopsis Inflorescence Stem Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 167(2). 323–336. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaqing, et al.. (2013). Intraspecific linkage map construction and QTL mapping of yield and fiber quality of Gossypium babardense.. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 7(9). 1252–1261. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Shengben, Lin Liu, Xiaohong Zhuang, et al.. (2013). MicroRNAs Inhibit the Translation of Target mRNAs on the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Arabidopsis. Cell. 153(3). 562–574. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Yuanyuan, Yu Yu, Jixian Zhai, et al.. (2012). The Arabidopsis Nucleotidyl Transferase HESO1 Uridylates Unmethylated Small RNAs to Trigger Their Degradation. Current Biology. 22(8). 689–694. 159 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peipei, et al.. (2009). Isolation, characterization, and mapping of genomic microsatellite markers for the first time in sea-island cotton (Gossypium barbadense).. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 35(6). 1013–1020. 5 indexed citations

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