Yueqin Heng

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yueqin Heng is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yueqin Heng has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yueqin Heng's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (10 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers) and Light effects on plants (6 papers). Yueqin Heng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (10 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers) and Light effects on plants (6 papers). Yueqin Heng collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Yueqin Heng's co-authors include Xiuping Guo, Xin Zhang, Jiulin Wang, Zhijun Cheng, Jianmin Wan, Fuqing Wu, Haiyang Wang, Qibing Lin, Jiafan Liu and Jun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yueqin Heng

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

GW5 acts in the brassinosteroid signalling pathway to regulate grain width and weight in rice

2017 401 citations Jiafan Liu, Jun Chen et al. Nature Plants profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yueqin Heng China	15	1.0k	602	341	31	15	17	1.1k
Xianchun Sang China	16	841 0.8×	556 0.9×	199 0.6×	16 0.5×	11 0.7×	85	945
Xihong Shen China	16	700 0.7×	291 0.5×	277 0.8×	25 0.8×	18 1.2×	46	774
Renbo Yu China	14	858 0.8×	447 0.7×	244 0.7×	12 0.4×	19 1.3×	24	965
Dagang Tian China	15	961 0.9×	188 0.3×	252 0.7×	65 2.1×	11 0.7×	36	1.0k
Xinhao Ouyang China	13	1.2k 1.2×	884 1.5×	130 0.4×	17 0.5×	11 0.7×	20	1.3k
Junling Huai China	14	1.0k 1.0×	657 1.1×	64 0.2×	38 1.2×	11 0.7×	18	1.1k
Qingzhen Wei China	13	472 0.5×	308 0.5×	187 0.5×	13 0.4×	9 0.6×	33	608
Yangwen Qian China	11	693 0.7×	289 0.5×	87 0.3×	17 0.5×	11 0.7×	18	770
Xing‐You Gu United States	17	940 0.9×	189 0.3×	313 0.9×	64 2.1×	11 0.7×	28	1.0k
Chunjue Xu China	9	1.1k 1.0×	329 0.5×	672 2.0×	37 1.2×	30 2.0×	14	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yueqin Heng

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17 of 17 papers shown

Zhou, Hua, Tingting Yan, Sunlu Chen, et al.. (2024). Light regulates nuclear detainment of intron-retained transcripts through COP1-spliceosome to modulate photomorphogenesis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5130–5130. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Juan, Hongbin Wei, Mei Hou, et al.. (2023). ZmSPL13andZmSPL29act together to promote vegetative and reproductive transition in maize. New Phytologist. 239(4). 1505–1520. 18 indexed citations

Lan, Hongxia, Yueqin Heng, Jian Li, et al.. (2022). COP1 SUPPRESSOR 6 represses the PIF4 and PIF5 action to promote light‐inhibited hypocotyl growth. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 64(11). 2097–2110. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Tingting, Yueqin Heng, Wenwei Wang, Jian Li, & Xing Wang Deng. (2022). SWELLMAP 2, a phyB-Interacting Splicing Factor, Negatively Regulates Seedling Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 836519–836519. 15 indexed citations

Zhu, Xinyu, Yueqin Heng, Yajing Li, et al.. (2022). Targeted manipulation of grain shape genes effectively improves outcrossing rate and hybrid seed production in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21(2). 381–390. 19 indexed citations

Song, Zhaoqing, Yueqin Heng, Yeting Bian, et al.. (2021). BBX11 promotes red light-mediated photomorphogenic development by modulating phyB-PIF4 signaling. aBIOTECH. 2(2). 117–130. 25 indexed citations

Zhao, Xianhai, Yueqin Heng, Xuncheng Wang, Xing Wang Deng, & Dongqing Xu. (2020). A Positive Feedback Loop of BBX11–BBX21–HY5 Promotes Photomorphogenic Development in Arabidopsis. Plant Communications. 1(5). 100045–100045. 54 indexed citations

Song, Zhaoqing, Tingting Yan, Yeting Bian, et al.. (2020). BBX28/BBX29, HY5 and BBX30/31 form a feedback loop to fine‐tune photomorphogenic development. The Plant Journal. 104(2). 377–390. 60 indexed citations

Heng, Yueqin, Yan Jiang, Xianhai Zhao, et al.. (2019). BBX4, a phyB-interacting and modulated regulator, directly interacts with PIF3 to fine tune red light-mediated photomorphogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(51). 26049–26056. 46 indexed citations

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Heng, Yueqin, Fang Lin, Yan Jiang, et al.. (2019). B-Box Containing Proteins BBX30 and BBX31, Acting Downstream of HY5, Negatively Regulate Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(1). 497–508. 79 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, Tao Zhang, Sheng Luo, et al.. (2018). Rice Premature Leaf Senescence 2, Encoding a Glycosyltransferase (GT), Is Involved in Leaf Senescence. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 560–560. 34 indexed citations

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Heng, Yueqin, Chuanyin Wu, Yu Long, et al.. (2018). OsALMT7 Maintains Panicle Size and Grain Yield in Rice by Mediating Malate Transport. The Plant Cell. 30(4). 889–906. 72 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiafan, Jun Chen, Xiaoming Zheng, et al.. (2017). GW5 acts in the brassinosteroid signalling pathway to regulate grain width and weight in rice. Nature Plants. 3(5). 17043–17043. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Fuqing, Peike Sheng, Junjie Tan, et al.. (2014). Plasma membrane receptor-like kinase leaf panicle 2 acts downstream of the DROUGHT AND SALT TOLERANCE transcription factor to regulate drought sensitivity in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(1). 271–281. 78 indexed citations

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Tan, Junjie, Fuqing Wu, Peike Sheng, et al.. (2014). A Novel Chloroplast-Localized Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Involved in Splicing Affects Chloroplast Development and Abiotic Stress Response in Rice. Molecular Plant. 7(8). 1329–1349. 124 indexed citations

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Sheng, Peike, Junjie Tan, Mingna Jin, et al.. (2014). Albino midrib 1, encoding a putative potassium efflux antiporter, affects chloroplast development and drought tolerance in rice. Plant Cell Reports. 33(9). 1581–1594. 48 indexed citations

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Ma, Xuefeng, Zhijun Cheng, Ruizhen Qin, et al.. (2012). OsARG encodes an arginase that plays critical roles in panicle development and grain production in rice. The Plant Journal. 73(2). 190–200. 52 indexed citations

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