Zhenfeng Liu

6.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
67 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Zhenfeng Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenfeng Liu has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Zhenfeng Liu's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (28 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (18 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers). Zhenfeng Liu is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (28 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (18 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers). Zhenfeng Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Russia. Zhenfeng Liu's co-authors include Wenrui Chang, Mei Li, Jiping Zhang, Xiao‐Min An, Lu-Lu Gui, Kebin Wang, Tingyun Kuang, Xiaodong Su, Xinzheng Zhang and Xiaowei Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhenfeng Liu

62 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Crystal structure of spinach major light-harvesting complex at 2.72 Å resolution

2004 1.3k citations Zhenfeng Liu, Wenrui Chang et al. Nature profile →
Molecular basis of photoprotection and control of photosynthetic light-harvesting

2005 506 citations Zhenfeng Liu, Wenrui Chang et al. Nature profile →
Structure of spinach photosystem II–LHCII supercomplex at 3.2 Å resolution

2016 452 citations Xuepeng Wei, Xiaodong Su et al. Nature profile →
The sintering mechanism in spark plasma sintering – Proof of the occurrence of spark discharge

2014 334 citations Zhenfeng Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenfeng Liu China	31	3.8k	1.2k	1.2k	983	737	67	5.1k
Shigeru Itoh Japan	40	4.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	836 1.1×	350	5.8k
John Burke United States	45	3.0k 0.8×	490 0.4×	4.7k 4.0×	363 0.4×	288 0.4×	204	7.3k
Franz‐Josef Schmitt Germany	37	2.0k 0.5×	387 0.3×	603 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	774 1.1×	124	4.4k
Barry D. Bruce United States	49	4.2k 1.1×	849 0.7×	722 0.6×	367 0.4×	673 0.9×	158	7.8k
Gerhard Frank Germany	37	2.0k 0.5×	301 0.3×	353 0.3×	197 0.2×	1.5k 2.1×	105	4.8k
Stefan Weber Germany	45	2.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	470 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	172	7.0k
Victoria A. Roberts United States	29	2.4k 0.6×	468 0.4×	349 0.3×	297 0.3×	925 1.3×	65	4.5k
Ming Li China	37	2.7k 0.7×	84 0.1×	453 0.4×	250 0.3×	718 1.0×	218	4.5k
James W. Murray United Kingdom	30	1.9k 0.5×	284 0.2×	333 0.3×	198 0.2×	756 1.0×	71	3.0k
John W. Brady United States	41	3.7k 1.0×	62 0.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	132	9.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenfeng Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Song, Danfeng, et al.. (2025). Structural mechanisms underlying the free fatty acid–mediated regulation of DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE 1 in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 37(10).

Liu, Zhenfeng, et al.. (2025). Fluorescence imaging of MALAT1 expression using a Cy5.5-labeled antisense oligonucleotide in lung cancer and epidermal carcinoma cells. Cancer Imaging. 25(1). 82–82.

Li, Anjie, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for an early stage of the photosystem II repair cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5211–5211. 11 indexed citations

Ishii, Asako, Xin Sheng, Eunchul Kim, et al.. (2023). The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers. eLife. 12. 15 indexed citations

Li, Anjie, et al.. (2023). Architecture of chloroplast TOC–TIC translocon supercomplex. Nature. 615(7951). 349–357. 41 indexed citations

Zhu, Xin‐Guang, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Anjana Jajoo, et al.. (2022). Improving photosynthesis through multidisciplinary efforts: The next frontier of photosynthesis research. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 967203–967203. 32 indexed citations

Su, Xiaodong, Duanfang Cao, Xiaowei Pan, et al.. (2022). Supramolecular assembly of chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex with photosystem I from Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant. 15(3). 454–467. 37 indexed citations

Song, Danfeng, et al.. (2021). Phospholipid translocation captured in a bifunctional membrane protein MprF. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2927–2927. 29 indexed citations

Jiang, Jinghui, Yiwei Gao, Jianli Guo, et al.. (2021). TMEM120A contains a specific coenzyme A-binding site and might not mediate poking- or stretch-induced channel activities in cells. eLife. 10. 18 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiaowei, Ryutaro Tokutsu, Anjie Li, et al.. (2021). Structural basis of LhcbM5-mediated state transitions in green algae. Nature Plants. 7(8). 1119–1131. 49 indexed citations

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Cao, Peng, Xiaowei Pan, Xiaodong Su, Zhenfeng Liu, & Mei Li. (2020). Assembly of eukaryotic photosystem II with diverse light-harvesting antennas. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 63. 49–57. 16 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiaowei, Jun Ma, Xiaodong Su, et al.. (2018). Structure of the maize photosystem I supercomplex with light-harvesting complexes I and II. Science. 360(6393). 1109–1113. 170 indexed citations

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Sheng, Xin, Xiuying Liu, Peng Cao, Mei Li, & Zhenfeng Liu. (2018). Structural roles of lipid molecules in the assembly of plant PSII−LHCII supercomplex. Biophysics Reports. 4(4). 189–203. 28 indexed citations

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Su, Xiaodong, Jun Ma, Xuepeng Wei, et al.. (2017). Structure and assembly mechanism of plant C ₂ S ₂ M ₂ -type PSII-LHCII supercomplex. Science. 357(6353). 815–820. 281 indexed citations

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Wei, Xuepeng, Xiaodong Su, Peng Cao, et al.. (2016). Structure of spinach photosystem II–LHCII supercomplex at 3.2 Å resolution. Nature. 534(7605). 69–74. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Hanting, et al.. (2016). Pore architecture of TRIC channels and insights into their gating mechanism. Nature. 538(7626). 537–541. 39 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jianya, Xi Chen, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2014). MicroRNA-34a overcomes HGF-mediated gefitinib resistance in EGFR mutant lung cancer cells partly by targeting MET. Cancer Letters. 351(2). 265–271. 75 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiaowei, Zhenfeng Liu, Mei Li, & Wenrui Chang. (2013). Architecture and function of plant light-harvesting complexes II. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 23(4). 515–525. 78 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinjie, Zhenfeng Liu, Yaqin Hu, et al.. (2010). Effect of sucrose on the generation of free amino acids and biogenic amines in Chinese traditional dry-cured fish during processing and storage. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 48(1). 69–75. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhenfeng, Chris S. Gandhi, & Douglas C. Rees. (2009). Structure of a tetrameric MscL in an expanded intermediate state. Nature. 461(7260). 120–124. 96 indexed citations

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