Yi Ren

6.4k citations

146 papers · 4.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 33

Impact in

Horticulture top 0.2%
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Plant Science top 0.5%
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Papers in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 51
- Plant and animal studies 35
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 30
Plant Science 77
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 24
- Plant Virus Research Studies 10

Co-authors: Yong Xu (39 shared papers)Haiying Zhang (40 shared papers)Shaogui Guo (38 shared papers)Guoyi Gong (40 shared papers)Jie Zhang (27 shared papers)Honghe Sun (16 shared papers)Shouwei Tian (21 shared papers)Maoying Li (20 shared papers)
Journals: Plant Systematics and Evolution (11 papers)Journal of Systematics and Evolution (8 papers)Frontiers in Plant Science (6 papers)Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (5 papers)Flora (5 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Yi Ren

133 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Yi Ren's Hit Papers

align trajectories log scale

Root colonization by beneficial rhizobacteria 2023 · 125 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2023 FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Ren

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Yi Ren's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Yi Ren with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Yi Ren more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Ren

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yi Ren. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yi Ren. The network helps show where Yi Ren may publish in the future.

Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Yi Ren, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with Yi Ren Line = papers co-authored together Yi Ren links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Showing the 20 most-cited of 146 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.

#	Work
1	Karyotype Stability and Unbiased Fractionation in the Paleo-Allotetraploid Cucurbita Genomes Molecular Plant ·Honghe Sun, Shan Gong Wu, Guoyu Zhang, Chen Jiao, Shaogui Guo, Yi Ren, Jie Zhang, Haiying Zhang, Guoyi Gong, Zhangcai Jia, Fan Zhang, Jiaxing Tian, William John Lucas, Jeff J. Doyle, Haizhen Li, Zhangjun Fei, Yong Xu	2017	248
2	Engineering herbicide-resistant watermelon variety through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base-editing Plant Cell Reports ·Shouwei Tian, Linjian Jiang, Xiaxia Cui, Jie Zhang, Shaogui Guo, Maoying Li, Haiying Zhang, Yi Ren, Guoyi Gong, Mei Zong, Fan Liu, Qi-Jun Chen, Yong Xu	2018	241
3	Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based gene knockout in watermelon Plant Cell Reports ·Shouwei Tian, Linjian Jiang, Qiang Gao, Jie Zhang, Mei Zong, Haiying Zhang, Yi Ren, Shaogui Guo, Guoyi Gong, Fan Liu, Yong Xu	2016	229
4	An Integrated Genetic and Cytogenetic Map of the Cucumber Genome PLoS ONE ·Yi Ren, ZHANG Zhonghua, Jinhua Liu, Jack E. Staub, Yonghua Han, Zhouchao Cheng, Xuefeng Li, Jingyuan Lu, H. Miao, Houxiang Kang, Bingyan Xie, Xingfang Gu, Xiaowu Wang, Yongchen Du, Weiwei Jin, Sanwen Huang	2009	227
5	A Tonoplast Sugar Transporter Underlies a Sugar Accumulation QTL in Watermelon PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Yi Ren, Shaogui Guo, Jie Zhang, Hongju He, Honghe Sun, Shouwei Tian, Guoyi Gong, Haiying Zhang, Amnon Levi, Yaakov Tadmor, Yong Xu	2017	147
6	A High Resolution Genetic Map Anchoring Scaffolds of the Sequenced Watermelon Genome PLoS ONE ·Yi Ren, Hong G. Zhao, Qinghe Kou, Jiao Jiang, Shaogui Guo, Haiying Zhang, Wenju Hou, Xiaohua Zou, Honghe Sun, Guoyi Gong, Amnon Levi, Yong Xu	2012	126
7	Root colonization by beneficial rhizobacteria FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Yunpeng Liu, Zhihui Xu, Lin Chen, Weibing Xun, Xia Shu, Yu Chen, Xinli Sun, Zhengqi Wang, Yi Ren, Qirong Shen, R. S. Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2023	125
8	Characterization of transcriptome dynamics during watermelon fruit development: sequencing, assembly, annotation and gene expression profiles BMC Genomics ·Shaogui Guo, (unknown), Yi Zheng, Mingyun Huang, Haiying Zhang, Guoyi Gong, Hongju He, Yi Ren, Silin Zhong, Zhangjun Fei, Yong Xu	2011	114
9	Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Cultivated and Wild Watermelon during Fruit Development PLoS ONE ·Shaogui Guo, Honghe Sun, Haiying Zhang, (unknown), Yi Ren, Guoyi Gong, Chen Jiao, Yi Zheng, Wencai Yang, Zhangjun Fei, Yong Xu	2015	103
10	An integrated genetic map based on four mapping populations and quantitative trait loci associated with economically important traits in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) BMC Plant Biology ·Yi Ren, Cecilia McGregor, Yan Zhang, Guoyi Gong, Haiying Zhang, Shaogui Guo, Honghe Sun, Wantao Cai, Jie Zhang, Yong Xu	2014	99
11	Evolutionary gain of oligosaccharide hydrolysis and sugar transport enhanced carbohydrate partitioning in sweet watermelon fruits The Plant Cell ·Yi Ren, Maoying Li, Shaogui Guo, Honghe Sun, Jianyu Zhao, Jie Zhang, Guangmin Liu, Hongju He, Shouwei Tian, Yongtao Yu, Guoyi Gong, Haiying Zhang, Xiaolan Zhang, Saleh Alseekh, Alisdair Robert Fernie, Henrik Vibe Scheller, Yong Xu	2021	94
12	The NAC transcription factor ClNAC68 positively regulates sugar content and seed development in watermelon by repressing ClINV and ClGH3.6 Horticulture Research ·Jinfang Wang, Yanping Wang, Jie Zhang, Yi Ren, Maoying Li, Shaowei Tian, Yongtao Yu, Yi Zuo, Guoyi Gong, Haiying Zhang, Shaogui Guo, Yong Xu	2021	84
13	Functional compensation dominates the assembly of plant rhizospheric bacterial community Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Yi Ren, Weibing Xun, Yan He, Aiyuan Ma, Wu Xiong, Qirong Shen, R. S. Zhang	2020	82
14	A high-density genetic map for anchoring genome sequences and identifying QTLs associated with dwarf vine in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) BMC Genomics ·Guoyu Zhang, Yi Ren, Honghe Sun, Shaogui Guo, Fan Zhang, Jie Zhang, Haiying Zhang, Zhangcai Jia, Zhangjun Fei, Yong Xu, Haizhen Li	2015	67
15	Decreased Protein Abundance of Lycopene β-Cyclase Contributes to Red Flesh in Domesticated Watermelon PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Jie Zhang, Honghe Sun, Shaogui Guo, Yi Ren, Maoying Li, Jinfang Wang, Haiying Zhang, Guoyi Gong, Yong Xu	2020	60
16	Sustained Inhibition of Maize Seed‐Borne Fusarium Using a Bacillus ‐Dominated Rhizospheric Stable Core Microbiota with Unique Cooperative Patterns Advanced Science ·Weibing Xun, Yi Ren, Yan He, Aiyuan Ma, Zihao Liu, Lingling Wang, Nan Zhang, Zhihui Xu, Youzhi Miao, Haichao Feng, Qirong Shen, R. S. Zhang	2022	58
17	Rhizosphere microbiome assembly involves seed-borne bacteria in compensatory phosphate solubilization Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Jiahui Shao, Youzhi Miao, Kaiming Liu, Yi Ren, Zhihui Xu, Nan Zhang, Haichao Feng, Qirong Shen, R. S. Zhang, Weibing Xun	2021	58
18	High‐level expression of a novel chromoplast phosphate transporter ClPHT4;2 is required for flesh color development in watermelon New Phytologist ·Jie Zhang, Shaogui Guo, Yi Ren, Haiying Zhang, Guoyi Gong, Ming Zhou, Guizhang Wang, Mei Zong, Hongju He, Fan Liu, Yong Xu	2016	57
19	An update on sugar allocation and accumulation in fruits PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Yi Ren, Shengjin Liao, Yong Xu	2023	56
20	Metatranscriptomic discovery of plant biomass-degrading capacity from grass carp intestinal microbiomes FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Shangong Wu, Yi Ren, Chun Peng, Yaotong Hao, Fan Xiong, Guitang Wang, Wenxiang Li, Hong Zou, Esther R. Angert	2015	55

About Yi Ren

Yi Ren is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Social Psychology, having authored 146 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (35 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (30 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (24 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (15 papers), Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research (13 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (12 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Horticulture (337 citations), Plant Science (2.6k citations), Genetics (1.1k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (570 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.9k citations). Yi Ren has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Yong Xu, Haiying Zhang, Shaogui Guo, Guoyi Gong, Jie Zhang, Honghe Sun, Shouwei Tian, Maoying Li, Mei Zong and Hongju He. Their work appears in journals such as Plant Systematics and Evolution, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology and Flora.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Yi Ren

Impact in

Papers in i

In The Last Decade

Yi Ren

Yi Ren's Hit Papers

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Ren

Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Ren

All Works

About Yi Ren

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Papers in