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Yiguo Hong publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yiguo Hong sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 108 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Yiguo Hong D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yiguo Hong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), United Kingdom

Overview

Yiguo Hong is affiliated with the Agricultural University of Hebei in China and has a research focus primarily within agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their expertise lies largely in plant science, supported by extensive work in molecular biology, endocrinology, insect science, and epidemiology as subfields of study.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas within plant biology, including:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

Some of the recent papers from Yiguo Hong encompass a broad range of plant biology research. Notable publications include:

  • "Molecular basis of methyl-salicylate-mediated plant airborne defence," 2023, published in Nature
  • "A calmodulin-binding transcription factor links calcium signaling to antiviral RNAi defense in plants," 2021, published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Cotton leaf curl Multan virus βC1 Protein Induces Autophagy by Disrupting the Interaction of Autophagy-Related Protein 3 with Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases," 2020, published in The Plant Cell
  • "A comprehensive metabolic map reveals major quality regulations in red-flesh kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)," 2023, published in New Phytologist
  • "Recent Developments in CRISPR/Cas9 Genome-Editing Technology Related to Plant Disease Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance," 2023, published in Biology

Yiguo Hong has frequently published in several respected scientific venues, including:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • New Phytologist
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature

Collaboration is an important component of their work, as demonstrated by frequent co-authors such as:

  • Yule Liu
  • Mahmut Tör
  • Jianjun Zhao
  • Mingchun Liu
  • Peng Shu

Best Publications

  • A naturally occurring epigenetic mutation in a gene encoding an SBP-box transcription factor inhibits tomato fruit ripening.

    Kenneth Manning;Mahmut Tör;Mervin Poole;Yiguo Hong

  • A tomato HD-Zip homeobox protein, LeHB-1, plays an important role in floral organogenesis and ripening

    Zhefeng Lin;Yiguo Hong;Mingan Yin;Chunyang Li

  • A DEMETER-like DNA demethylase governs tomato fruit ripening

    Ruie Liu;Alexandre How-Kit;Linda Stammitti;Emeline Teyssier

  • Mutation of three cysteine residues in Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-China C2 protein causes dysfunction in pathogenesis and posttranscriptional gene-silencing suppression.

    Rene van Wezel;Xiangli Dong;Huanting Liu;Po Tien

  • Chloroplast in Plant-Virus Interaction.

    Jinping Zhao;Xian Zhang;Yiguo Hong;Yule Liu

  • Nucleotide sequence evidence for the occurrence of three distinct whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses in cassava.

    Y. G. Hong;D. J. Robinson;B. D. Harrison

  • Autophagy functions as an antiviral mechanism against geminiviruses in plants

    Yakupjan Haxim;Asigul Ismayil;Qi Jia;Yan Wang

  • Cytoplastic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases Interact with ATG3 to Negatively Regulate Autophagy and Immunity in Nicotiana benthamiana

    Shaojie Han;Yan Wang;Xiyin Zheng;Qi Jia

  • Multiple mitochondrial viruses in an isolate of the Dutch Elm disease fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi.

    Yiguo Hong;Sharon L Dover;Thomas E Cole;Clive M Brasier

  • Hypovirus papain-like protease p29 suppresses RNA silencing in the natural fungal host and in a heterologous plant system.

    Gerrit C. Segers;Rene van Wezel;Xuemei Zhang;Yiguo Hong

  • Functional Characterization of the Nuclear Localization Signal for a Suppressor of Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing

    Xiangli Dong;Rene van Wezel;John Stanley;Yiguo Hong

  • Floral induction and flower formation—the role and potential applications of miRNAs

    Yiguo Hong;Stephen D. Jackson

  • Evolutionary Relationships Among Putative RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases Encoded by a Mitochondrial Virus-Like RNA in the Dutch Elm Disease Fungus, Ophiostoma Novo-Ulmi, by Other Viruses and Virus-Like RNAs and by the Arabidopsis Mitochondrial Genome

    Yiguo Hong;Thomas E. Cole;Clive M. Brasier;Kenneth W. Buck

  • Virus-based microRNA expression for gene functional analysis in plants

    Yang Tang;Fei Wang;Jinping Zhao;Ke Xie

  • A cis element within flowering locus T mRNA determines its mobility and facilitates trafficking of heterologous viral RNA.

    Chunyang Li;Kefeng Zhang;X. W. Zeng;Stephen D. Jackson

  • Virus resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana conferred by African cassava mosaic virus replication-associated protein (AC1) transgene

    Y. Hong;J. Stanley

  • Mobile FT mRNA contributes to the systemic florigen signalling in floral induction

    Chunyang Li;Mei Gu;Nongnong Shi;Nongnong Shi;Hang Zhang

  • CLCuMuB βC1 Subverts Ubiquitination by Interacting with NbSKP1s to Enhance Geminivirus Infection in Nicotiana benthamiana.

    Qi Jia;Na Liu;Ke Xie;Yanwan Dai;Yanwan Dai

  • Regulation of African cassava mosaic virus complementary-sense gene expression by N-terminal sequences of the replication-associated protein AC1.

    Yiguo Hong;John Stanley

  • Contribution of the Zinc Finger to Zinc and DNA Binding by a Suppressor of Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing

    Rene van Wezel;Huanting Liu;Zirong Wu;John Stanley

Frequent Co-Authors

Yule Liu
Yule Liu Tsinghua University
Mahmut Tör
Mahmut Tör University of Worcester
John Stanley
John Stanley John Innes Centre
Clive M. Brasier
Clive M. Brasier Forestry Commission England
Linda Hanley-Bowdoin
Linda Hanley-Bowdoin North Carolina State University
Yijun Qi
Yijun Qi Tsinghua University
Graham B. Seymour
Graham B. Seymour University of Nottingham
Hui Wang
Hui Wang Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Haiteng Deng
Haiteng Deng Tsinghua University
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute

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