| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy | Autophagy | 2012 | 3,122 |
| 2 | Epidemiology, Genetic Recombination, and Pathogenesis of Coronaviruses | Trends in Microbiology | 2016 | 2,243 |
| 3 | Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2017 | 1,708 |
| 4 | Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production | Nature Climate Change | 2015 | 1,544 |
| 5 | Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 1,488 |
| 6 | Plant Nitrogen Assimilation and Use Efficiency | Annual Review of Plant Biology | 2012 | 1,446 |
| 7 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1 | Autophagy | 2021 | 1,430 |
| 8 | Plant salt-tolerance mechanisms | Trends in Plant Science | 2014 | 1,343 |
| 9 | Soil carbon 4 per mille | Geoderma | 2017 | 1,279 |
| 10 | Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres | Nature | 2012 | 1,204 |
| 11 | The Critical Role of Potassium in Plant Stress Response | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2013 | 1,096 |
| 12 | Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings | ISME Journal | 2017 | 857 |
| 13 | The genome of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.) | Genome Research | 2013 | 832 |
| 14 | A Comprehensive Review on Lipid Oxidation in Meat and Meat Products | Antioxidants | 2019 | 824 |
| 15 | CRISPR-Cas12a-assisted nucleic acid detection | Cell Discovery | 2018 | 805 |
| 16 | Finite-time consensus algorithm for multi-agent systems with double-integrator dynamics | Automatica | 2011 | 788 |
| 17 | Lignins: Biosynthesis and Biological Functions in Plants | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2018 | 757 |
| 18 | Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers | Nature | 2018 | 747 |
| 19 | Smart Factory of Industry 4.0: Key Technologies, Application Case, and Challenges | IEEE Access | 2018 | 742 |
| 20 | Biochar stability in soil: meta‐analysis of decomposition and priming effects | GCB Bioenergy | 2016 | 731 |
| 21 | Nanotechnology: A New Opportunity in Plant Sciences | Trends in Plant Science | 2016 | 690 |
| 22 | Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency | Science China Life Sciences | 2020 | 689 |
| 23 | D14–SCFD3-dependent degradation of D53 regulates strigolactone signalling | Nature | 2013 | 669 |
| 24 | Signaling functions of phosphatidic acid | Progress in Lipid Research | 2006 | 647 |
| 25 | Heritable gene targeting in zebrafish using customized TALENs | Nature Biotechnology | 2011 | 636 |
| 26 | Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale | Nature | 2019 | 635 |
| 27 | Soil and the intensification of agriculture for global food security | Environment International | 2019 | 617 |
| 28 | A 3-year field measurement of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddies in China: Effects of water regime, crop residue, and fertilizer application | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2005 | 611 |
| 29 | Global change pressures on soils from land use and management | Global Change Biology | 2016 | 605 |
| 30 | Exogenous silicon (Si) increases antioxidant enzyme activity and reduces lipid peroxidation in roots of salt-stressed barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) | Journal of Plant Physiology | 2003 | 599 |
| 31 | Isolation and initial characterization of GW5, a major QTL associated with rice grain width and weight | Cell Research | 2008 | 583 |
| 32 | Biochar’s effect on crop productivity and the dependence on experimental conditions—a meta-analysis of literature data | Plant and Soil | 2013 | 580 |
| 33 | Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum genomes provide insights into the origin and evolution of allotetraploid cotton | Nature Genetics | 2019 | 568 |
| 34 | Selection of reliable reference genes for gene expression studies in peach using real-time PCR | BMC Molecular Biology | 2009 | 562 |
| 35 | DTH8 Suppresses Flowering in Rice, Influencing Plant Height and Yield Potential Simultaneously | Plant Physiology | 2010 | 549 |
| 36 | Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants | Genome Biology | 2019 | 542 |
| 37 | Microalgae: A potential alternative to health supplementation for humans | Food Science and Human Wellness | 2019 | 538 |
| 38 | Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 infections | Nature Materials | 2021 | 533 |
| 39 | Phospholipase Dα1 and Phosphatidic Acid Regulate NADPH Oxidase Activity and Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in ABA-Mediated Stomatal Closure inArabidopsis | Plant Cell | 2009 | 517 |
| 40 | Toward Smart Wireless Communications via Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: A Contemporary Survey | IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials | 2020 | 516 |
| 41 | The two-speed genomes of filamentous pathogens: waltz with plants | Current Opinion in Genetics and Development | 2015 | 503 |
| 42 | Characterization of heavy metal-resistant endophytic bacteria from rape (Brassica napus) roots and their potential in promoting the growth and lead accumulation of rape | Environmental Pollution | 2008 | 501 |
| 43 | Simultaneous in vivo recording of prompt and delayed fluorescence and 820-nm reflection changes during drying and after rehydration of the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis | Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics | 2010 | 498 |
| 44 | Characterising the bacterial microbiota across the gastrointestinal tracts of dairy cattle: membership and potential function | Scientific Reports | 2015 | 495 |
| 45 | Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles | Field Crops Research | 2012 | 494 |
| 46 | Signatures of Adaptation to Obligate Biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Genome | Science | 2010 | 492 |
| 47 | Nitrous oxide emissions as influenced by amendment of plant residues with different C:N ratios | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2004 | 485 |
| 48 | A three-year experiment confirms continuous immobilization of cadmium and lead in contaminated paddy field with biochar amendment | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2014 | 482 |
| 49 | Improving power and accuracy of genome-wide association studies via a multi-locus mixed linear model methodology | Scientific Reports | 2016 | 479 |
| 50 | A genomic variation map provides insights into the genetic basis of cucumber domestication and diversity | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 472 |
