Zhou-Geng Xu

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 988 citations indexed

About

Zhou-Geng Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhou-Geng Xu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 988 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Zhou-Geng Xu's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (6 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). Zhou-Geng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (6 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). Zhou-Geng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhou-Geng Xu's co-authors include Jiawei Wang, Guan-Dong Shang, Tian‐Qi Zhang, Lian‐Yu Wu, Fuxiang Wang, Xinyan Zhao, Jian Gao, Chuan‐Miao Zhou, Ying‐Bo Mao and Yu Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhou-Geng Xu

18 papers receiving 978 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.

A Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Profiles the Developmental Landscape of Arabidopsis Root

2019 320 citations Tian‐Qi Zhang, Zhou-Geng Xu et al. Molecular Plant profile →
JCVI: A versatile toolkit for comparative genomics analysis

2024 115 citations Haibao Tang, Vivek Krishnakumar et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhou-Geng Xu China	13	728	716	49	46	24	19	988
Guan-Dong Shang China	12	682 0.9×	742 1.0×	28 0.6×	24 0.5×	24 1.0×	16	910
Kook Hui Ryu United States	12	681 0.9×	660 0.9×	24 0.5×	17 0.4×	15 0.6×	13	898
Emanuele Scacchi Germany	10	935 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	25 0.5×	23 0.5×	12 0.5×	12	1.4k
Tom Denyer Germany	7	467 0.6×	465 0.6×	29 0.6×	14 0.3×	19 0.8×	9	693
Ginny Antony India	8	501 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	67 1.4×	35 0.8×	13 0.5×	20	1.7k
Kateřina Schwarzerová Czechia	17	997 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	24 0.5×	45 1.0×	8 0.3×	31	1.4k
Susana Úbeda-Tomás United Kingdom	12	923 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	25 0.5×	45 1.0×	8 0.3×	14	1.6k
Gina Turco United States	10	506 0.7×	491 0.7×	82 1.7×	34 0.7×	8 0.3×	11	723
Bert J. van der Zaal Netherlands	16	670 0.9×	737 1.0×	53 1.1×	18 0.4×	5 0.2×	28	1.0k
Jaroslav Fulneček Czechia	16	490 0.7×	580 0.8×	99 2.0×	66 1.4×	8 0.3×	30	765

Countries citing papers authored by Zhou-Geng Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhou-Geng Xu

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19 of 19 papers shown

Xu, Zhou-Geng, Heng Lian, Ming Yuan, et al.. (2025). FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples. Nature Methods. 22(12). 2551–2562.

Xu, Zhou-Geng, Yujie Liu, Long Wang, et al.. (2025). A unified cell atlas of vascular plants reveals cell-type foundational genes and accelerates gene discovery. Cell. 188(22). 6370–6390.e29. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Haibao, Vivek Krishnakumar, Xiaofei Zeng, et al.. (2024). JCVI: A versatile toolkit for comparative genomics analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). e211–e211. 115 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Luyi, Zhou-Geng Xu, Xiaoli Liu, et al.. (2024). Reciprocal conversion between annual and polycarpic perennial flowering behavior in the Brassicaceae. Cell. 187(13). 3319–3337.e18. 11 indexed citations

Zhou, Chuan‐Miao, Jianxu Li, Tian‐Qi Zhang, et al.. (2024). The structure of B-ARR reveals the molecular basis of transcriptional activation by cytokinin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2319335121–e2319335121. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Long, et al.. (2023). The maturation and aging trajectory of Marchantia polymorpha at single-cell resolution. Developmental Cell. 58(15). 1429–1444.e6. 13 indexed citations

Tang, Hongbo, Guan-Dong Shang, Zhou-Geng Xu, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic cell growth at the leaf base promotes age-related changes in leaf shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell. 35(5). 1386–1407. 17 indexed citations

Xu, Zhou-Geng, Tiangen Chang, Long Wang, et al.. (2023). Common evolutionary trajectory of short life-cycle in Brassicaceae ruderal weeds. Nature Communications. 14(1). 290–290. 12 indexed citations

Shang, Guan-Dong, et al.. (2022). FindIT2: an R/Bioconductor package to identify influential transcription factor and targets based on multi-omics data. BMC Genomics. 23(S1). 272–272. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Lian‐Yu, Guan-Dong Shang, Fuxiang Wang, et al.. (2022). Dynamic chromatin state profiling reveals regulatory roles of auxin and cytokinin in shoot regeneration. Developmental Cell. 57(4). 526–542.e7. 66 indexed citations

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Li, Chenyi, Lei Yang, Yan Liu, et al.. (2022). The sage genome provides insight into the evolutionary dynamics of diterpene biosynthesis gene cluster in plants. Cell Reports. 40(7). 111236–111236. 32 indexed citations

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Gao, Jian, Ke Zhang, Ying‐Juan Cheng, et al.. (2022). A robust mechanism for resetting juvenility during each generation in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants. 8(3). 257–268. 26 indexed citations

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Guo, Shipeng, et al.. (2022). GPSAdb: a comprehensive web resource for interactive exploration of genetic perturbation RNA-seq datasets. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(D1). D964–D968. 29 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoxian, Chengli Fang, Zhou-Geng Xu, et al.. (2021). Pol IV and RDR2: A two-RNA-polymerase machine that produces double-stranded RNA. Science. 374(6575). 1579–1586. 36 indexed citations

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Wang, Fuxiang, Guan-Dong Shang, Lian‐Yu Wu, et al.. (2021). Protocol for assaying chromatin accessibility using ATAC-seq in plants. STAR Protocols. 2(1). 100289–100289. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ying‐Juan, Guan-Dong Shang, Zhou-Geng Xu, et al.. (2021). Cell division in the shoot apical meristem is a trigger for miR156 decline and vegetative phase transition in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Fuxiang, Guan-Dong Shang, Lian‐Yu Wu, et al.. (2020). Chromatin Accessibility Dynamics and a Hierarchical Transcriptional Regulatory Network Structure for Plant Somatic Embryogenesis. Developmental Cell. 54(6). 742–757.e8. 120 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tian‐Qi, Zhou-Geng Xu, Guan-Dong Shang, & Jiawei Wang. (2019). A Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Profiles the Developmental Landscape of Arabidopsis Root. Molecular Plant. 12(5). 648–660. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ye, Binbin, Guan-Dong Shang, Yu Pan, et al.. (2019). AP2/ERF Transcription Factors Integrate Age and Wound Signals for Root Regeneration. The Plant Cell. 32(1). 226–241. 129 indexed citations

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