Standout Papers

Autophagy induction via S... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2022 250 500 750
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Autophagy induction via STING trafficking is a primordial function of the cGAS pathway
    2019 873 citations Xiang Gui, Hui Yang et al. Nature profile →
  2. Detection of Microbial Infections Through Innate Immune Sensing of Nucleic Acids
    2018 335 citations Xiaojun Tan, Lijun Sun et al. Annual Review of Microbiology profile →
  3. A phosphoinositide signalling pathway mediates rapid lysosomal repair
    2022 189 citations Xiaojun Tan, Toren Finkel Nature profile →

Immediate Impact

1 by Nobel laureates 24 from Science/Nature 59 hit
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Citing Papers

The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage
2025 Hit
Regulation of cGAS–STING signalling and its diversity of cellular outcomes
2025 Hit
12 intermediate papers

Works of Xiaojun Tan being referenced

Lysosomes in senescence and aging
2023
Autophagy induction via STING trafficking is a primordial function of the cGAS pathway
2019 HitNature
and 6 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Xiaojun Tan 1.4k 1.1k 557 509 467 29 2.5k
Yoshiko Usami 1.1k 0.8× 570 0.5× 351 0.6× 353 0.7× 605 1.3× 47 2.7k
Youtong Wu 2.0k 1.4× 2.0k 1.8× 1.2k 2.2× 625 1.2× 234 0.5× 21 3.7k
Daniel Bauer 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.3k 2.4× 353 0.7× 279 0.6× 17 3.6k
Tamás Oravecz 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 359 0.6× 301 0.6× 331 0.7× 47 3.0k
Dan T. Bergstralh 2.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.3× 301 0.5× 194 0.4× 488 1.0× 41 3.2k
Chong-Shan Shi 1.2k 0.8× 657 0.6× 704 1.3× 381 0.7× 211 0.5× 23 2.2k
Agustı́n Valenzuela-Fernández 1.2k 0.8× 699 0.6× 411 0.7× 466 0.9× 327 0.7× 51 2.7k
Leonhard X. Heinz 1.3k 1.0× 834 0.8× 315 0.6× 207 0.4× 238 0.5× 28 2.2k
Michal Caspi Tal 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 645 1.2× 329 0.6× 96 0.2× 19 2.4k
Lucas T. Jae 2.0k 1.5× 512 0.5× 395 0.7× 543 1.1× 382 0.8× 30 3.3k

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