Yuchen Liu

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yuchen Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuchen Liu has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yuchen Liu's work include RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Yuchen Liu is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Yuchen Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Austria. Yuchen Liu's co-authors include William B. Whitman, Laura L. Beer, Dieter Söll, Robert H. White, Henry C. Aldrich, David R. Boone, P.D. Franzmann, Magdalena Sieprawska‐Lupa, Everly Conway de Macario and David L. Balkwill and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yuchen Liu

34 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Metabolic, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Diversity of the Methanogenic Archaea

2008 1.0k citations Yuchen Liu, William B. Whitman Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuchen Liu United States	18	889	618	537	510	258	36	2.0k
Carlo R. Carere New Zealand	16	884 1.0×	258 0.4×	755 1.4×	401 0.8×	404 1.6×	33	1.8k
Johannes C. M. Scholten United States	21	752 0.8×	370 0.6×	584 1.1×	522 1.0×	278 1.1×	27	1.9k
Simon K.‐M. R. Rittmann Austria	27	883 1.0×	767 1.2×	457 0.9×	437 0.9×	501 1.9×	87	2.3k
Jessica R. Sieber United States	14	963 1.1×	806 1.3×	626 1.2×	408 0.8×	319 1.2×	17	2.1k
Yitai Liu United States	21	734 0.8×	588 1.0×	856 1.6×	793 1.6×	284 1.1×	23	1.9k
Jean‐Luc Cayol France	28	893 1.0×	479 0.8×	752 1.4×	522 1.0×	414 1.6×	64	2.1k
Cornelia U. Welte Netherlands	30	818 0.9×	646 1.0×	821 1.5×	1.1k 2.1×	266 1.0×	85	2.8k
Sofia S. Venceslau Portugal	17	720 0.8×	163 0.3×	723 1.3×	566 1.1×	313 1.2×	29	1.7k
N. A. Chernyh Russia	28	1.1k 1.2×	202 0.3×	1.1k 2.1×	780 1.5×	303 1.2×	61	2.0k
Koji Mori Japan	20	678 0.8×	245 0.4×	674 1.3×	420 0.8×	289 1.1×	48	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuchen Liu

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Zhu, Chuanjie, Jiawei Wang, Xing Fan, et al.. (2025). Pore structure reconfiguration and microscale fluid response in bituminous coal under CO2 and flue gas-enhanced coalbed methane recovery. Fuel. 406. 137133–137133.

Wang, Yuansong, Yingying Shi, Pin Wan, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 NSP14 induces AP-1 transcriptional activity via its interaction with MEK. Molecular Immunology. 175. 1–9. 2 indexed citations

Lu, Chenfei, et al.. (2024). Multiplex Approach of Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Reveals the Biosynthetic Mechanism of Light-induced Flavonoids and CGA in Chrysanthemum. Industrial Crops and Products. 221. 119420–119420. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Sheng-Yi, et al.. (2024). Phyllanthus emblica Fruit Improves Obesity by Reducing Appetite and Enhancing Mucosal Homeostasis via the Gut Microbiota–Brain–Liver Axis in HFD-Induced Leptin-Resistant Rats. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(18). 10406–10419. 11 indexed citations

Shao, Nana, Fan Yu, Chau-Wen Chou, et al.. (2022). Expression of divergent methyl/alkyl coenzyme M reductases from uncultured archaea. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1113–1113. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Yuchen, et al.. (2021). Study of Fe-S Cluster Proteins in Methanococcus maripaludis, a Model Archaeal Organism. Methods in molecular biology. 2353. 37–50. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yuchen, Cheng Guo, Xiaobin Gu, et al.. (2019). Molecular characterisation and expression analysis of two heat-shock proteins in Taenia multiceps. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 93–93. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Hu, Shiwei Sun, Hui Li, et al.. (2018). Significantly improved production of Welan gum by Sphingomonas sp. WG through a novel quorum-sensing-interfering dipeptide cyclo(L-Pro-L-Phe). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 126. 118–122. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Meirong, Koji Kato, Yoshikazu Tanaka, et al.. (2017). Structural basis for tRNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1521–1521. 5 indexed citations

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Pikuta, Elena V., Rodolfo Javier Menes, Zhe Lyu, et al.. (2016). Raineyella antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, d-amino-acid-utilizing anaerobe isolated from two geographic locations of the Southern Hemisphere. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 66(12). 5529–5536. 19 indexed citations

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Becker, E., Yuchen Liu, Aurélie Lardenois, et al.. (2015). Integrated RNA- and protein profiling of fermentation and respiration in diploid budding yeast provides insight into nutrient control of cell growth and development. Journal of Proteomics. 119. 30–44. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuchen, Akiyoshi Nakamura, Michael J. Hohn, et al.. (2014). Ancient translation factor is essential for tRNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis in methanogenic archaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(29). 10520–10525. 14 indexed citations

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Mandal, Debabrata, Caroline Köhrer, Dan Su, et al.. (2013). Identification and codon reading properties of 5-cyanomethyl uridine, a new modified nucleoside found in the anticodon wobble position of mutant haloarchaeal isoleucine tRNAs. RNA. 20(2). 177–188. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuchen, Laura L. Beer, & William B. Whitman. (2012). Methanogens: a window into ancient sulfur metabolism. Trends in Microbiology. 20(5). 251–258. 79 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuchen, Xiang Zhu, Akiyoshi Nakamura, et al.. (2012). Biosynthesis of 4-Thiouridine in tRNA in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(44). 36683–36692. 48 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuchen, Patricia C. Dos Santos, Xiang Zhu, et al.. (2011). Catalytic Mechanism of Sep-tRNA:Cys-tRNA Synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(8). 5426–5433. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuchen, Robert H. White, & William B. Whitman. (2010). Methanococci Use the Diaminopimelate Aminotransferase (DapL) Pathway for Lysine Biosynthesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(13). 3304–3310. 22 indexed citations

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Major, Tiffany A., Yuchen Liu, & William B. Whitman. (2010). Characterization of Energy-Conserving Hydrogenase B in Methanococcus maripaludis. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(15). 4022–4030. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuchen & William B. Whitman. (2008). Metabolic, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Diversity of the Methanogenic Archaea. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1125(1). 171–189. 1004 indexed citations breakdown →

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Franzmann, P.D., Yuchen Liu, David L. Balkwill, et al.. (1997). Methanogenium frigidum sp. nov., a Psychrophilic, H2-Using Methanogen from Ace Lake, Antarctica. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47(4). 1068–1072. 134 indexed citations

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