Yun Chen

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
207 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Yun Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Chen has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Molecular Biology, 98 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Yun Chen's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (35 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (29 papers) and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (29 papers). Yun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (35 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (29 papers) and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (29 papers). Yun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Yun Chen's co-authors include Zhonghua Ma, Yunrong Chai, Harold Kistler, Richard Losick, Fang Yan, Yanni Yin, Roberto Kolter, Jianhua Guo, Zunyong Liu and Ziyue Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yun Chen

193 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Fusarium graminearum Trichothecene Mycotoxins: Biosynthesis, Regulation, and Management

2019 328 citations Yun Chen, Zhonghua Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yun Chen China	45	3.3k	3.0k	1.0k	408	387	207	6.2k
Gerd Hause Germany	52	3.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.4×	530 0.5×	409 1.0×	527 1.4×	197	8.3k
W. Thomas Shier United States	45	2.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	433 1.1×	300 0.8×	206	5.8k
Emanuel Maltempi de Souza Brazil	45	3.9k 1.2×	3.5k 1.2×	368 0.4×	686 1.7×	525 1.4×	380	8.3k
Diego Romero Spain	38	2.8k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	863 0.9×	722 1.8×	240 0.6×	92	6.0k
Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh Iran	52	4.1k 1.2×	4.4k 1.5×	286 0.3×	621 1.5×	1.1k 2.8×	288	9.2k
Nian Wang United States	55	7.7k 2.3×	3.0k 1.0×	879 0.9×	239 0.6×	155 0.4×	235	9.9k
Qun Li China	55	5.5k 1.6×	3.5k 1.2×	336 0.3×	1.1k 2.7×	194 0.5×	225	10.4k
Tong Chen China	44	3.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	753 0.7×	128 0.3×	211 0.5×	231	5.8k
Yang Ding China	35	1.3k 0.4×	3.4k 1.2×	234 0.2×	555 1.4×	956 2.5×	108	6.9k
Lı Zhang China	38	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	161 0.2×	624 1.5×	318 0.8×	304	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yun Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yun Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yun Chen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Guowei, et al.. (2025). A CT-XRD-based thermo-mechanical coupling DLSM for quantitative analysis of extreme temperature-induced damage in rocks. Computers and Geotechnics. 179. 107056–107056. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Shengnan, Jun Xia, Yun Chen, et al.. (2025). Neurotoxic effects of 4-hydroxy-4′-isopropoxydiphenylsulfone exposure on zebrafish embryos. Environmental Pollution. 385. 127081–127081.

Yao, Yilong, Rong Zhou, Chao Yan, et al.. (2025). LncRNA RMG controls liquid-liquid phase separation of MEIS2 to regulate myogenesis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 1). 143309–143309. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Xianjin, Yun Chen, Zhongmin Dai, et al.. (2025). Multiple environmental stressors interactively affect soil phosphorus cycling microbiomes. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Li, Zihao, Wenxin Liu, Xinyu Xue, et al.. (2024). The Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Trees on the Diversity of Forest Communities Worldwide Are Greater than Those of Ectotrophic Mycorrhiza Trees. Diversity. 16(9). 587–587. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Ahai, Chao Liu, Xing‐Xing Shen, et al.. (2024). Profiling of deubiquitinases that control virulence in the pathogenic plant fungus Fusarium graminearum. New Phytologist. 242(1). 192–210. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Chao, Xiaofan Zhou, Yuanning Li, et al.. (2024). The Influence of the Number of Tree Searches on Maximum Likelihood Inference in Phylogenomics. Systematic Biology. 73(5). 807–822. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, Yilin Wang, Yichi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Characterization and in silico analysis of the domain unknown function DUF568-containing gene family in rice (Oryza sativa L.). BMC Genomics. 24(1). 544–544. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Shuchen, Xiaoyi Zhang, Zhichao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Fusarium‐produced vitamin B₆ promotes the evasion of soybean resistance by Phytophthora sojae. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65(9). 2204–2217. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, Yueqi Zhang, Yuming Luo, et al.. (2023). The transcription factor FgStuA regulates virulence and mycotoxin biosynthesis via recruiting the SAGA complex in Fusarium graminearum. New Phytologist. 240(6). 2455–2467. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, et al.. (2023). [Clinical features and genetic analysis of a case of Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome due to variant of KMT2A gene].. PubMed. 40(2). 222–225.

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Wang, Shunli, et al.. (2022). A Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanisms That Underlie Somatic Embryogenesis in Peaonia ostii ‘Fengdan’. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(18). 10595–10595. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, Jingbo Zhang, Ning Wei, et al.. (2021). A type-2C protein phosphatase (GhDRP1) participates in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) response to drought stress. Plant Molecular Biology. 107(6). 499–517. 22 indexed citations

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She, Qianxuan, Yuxuan Qin, Eliza A. Zalis, et al.. (2020). Negative Interplay between Biofilm Formation and Competence in the Environmental Strains of Bacillus subtilis. mSystems. 5(5). 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Dan, et al.. (2020). Application and problems of emergy evaluation: A systemic review based on bibliometric and content analysis methods. Ecological Indicators. 114. 106304–106304. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, Jing Wang, Nan Yang, et al.. (2018). Wheat microbiome bacteria can reduce virulence of a plant pathogenic fungus by altering histone acetylation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 250 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, Kevin Gozzi, Fang Yan, & Yunrong Chai. (2015). Acetic Acid Acts as a Volatile Signal To Stimulate Bacterial Biofilm Formation. mBio. 6(3). e00392–e00392. 77 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun. (2014). Fine Mapping of Gene Rab1 for Red Glume Collar in Maize. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, Baoqiang Yan, & Lili Zhang. (2007). Positive solutions for singular m-point boundary value problems with sign changing nonlinearities depending on x. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun. (2004). SVD algorithm in frequency domain for frequency component of interharmonics. Journal of Zhejiang University(Engineering Science). 1 indexed citations

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