Aiming Ren

2.2k total citations
49 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Aiming Ren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aiming Ren has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Aiming Ren's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (23 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). Aiming Ren is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (23 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). Aiming Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Austria. Aiming Ren's co-authors include Dinshaw J. Patel, Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar, Ronald Micura, Eric C. Lai, Qi Dai, Jakub Orzechowski Westholm, Christoph Kreutz, Hao Chen, Olga Krasheninina and Artem A. Serganov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Aiming Ren

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aiming Ren China 22 980 159 78 77 54 49 1.2k
Bénédicte Sohm France 19 800 0.8× 48 0.3× 25 0.3× 172 2.2× 73 1.4× 33 1.3k
Bernard Delanghe Germany 14 785 0.8× 48 0.3× 14 0.2× 24 0.3× 36 0.7× 18 1.2k
Yuting Zhao China 20 371 0.4× 21 0.1× 55 0.7× 222 2.9× 51 0.9× 97 1.2k
Kourosh Honarmand Ebrahimi United Kingdom 19 508 0.5× 37 0.2× 59 0.8× 78 1.0× 49 0.9× 42 972
Gilles Clodic France 13 292 0.3× 23 0.1× 20 0.3× 48 0.6× 20 0.4× 23 536
Yuqing Xia China 16 236 0.2× 48 0.3× 11 0.1× 108 1.4× 29 0.5× 53 670
Xiwen Xing China 19 763 0.8× 17 0.1× 39 0.5× 186 2.4× 31 0.6× 63 1.1k
Sylvie Noinville France 18 476 0.5× 18 0.1× 53 0.7× 55 0.7× 34 0.6× 30 839
Seiichi Hayashi Japan 19 211 0.2× 60 0.4× 42 0.5× 85 1.1× 76 1.4× 138 1.3k
Phyllis R. Strauss United States 25 1.3k 1.3× 122 0.8× 17 0.2× 101 1.3× 32 0.6× 54 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Aiming Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aiming Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aiming Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aiming Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aiming Ren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aiming Ren. Aiming Ren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wang, Bin, Yongqiang Wang, Ting Pan, et al.. (2025). Targeting a key disulfide linkage to regulate RIG-I condensation and cytosolic RNA-sensing. Nature Cell Biology. 27(5). 817–834. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Hongcheng, et al.. (2025). Structure-based insights into the ligand specificity tuning of 2′-dG-III riboswitch. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(15).
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Li, Chunyan, Xiaochen Xu, Zhi Geng, et al.. (2024). Structure-based characterization and compound identification of the wild-type THF class-II riboswitch. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(14). 8454–8465. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Mengyue, Deqiang Yao, Xiaochen Xu, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of a small monomeric Clivia fluorogenic RNA with a large Stokes shift. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(11). 1453–1460. 7 indexed citations
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Ren, Aiming, et al.. (2024). Structure-based insights into fluorogenic RNA aptamers. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 57(1). 108–118. 1 indexed citations
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Jing, Shengli, Jing Yang, Yali Liu, et al.. (2024). Functional Analysis of CPSF30 in Nilaparvata lugens Using RNA Interference Reveals Its Essential Role in Development and Survival. Insects. 15(11). 860–860. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaochen, et al.. (2023). Structure-based investigations of the NAD+-II riboswitch. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(1). 54–67. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaochen, et al.. (2021). Insights into xanthine riboswitch structure and metal ion-mediated ligand recognition. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(12). 7139–7153. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Xianjun, Chunyan Li, Qianqian Song, et al.. (2021). Structure-based investigation of fluorogenic Pepper aptamer. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(12). 1289–1295. 59 indexed citations
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Gasser, Catherina, Fudong Li, Hao Chen, et al.. (2019). SAM-VI riboswitch structure and signature for ligand discrimination. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5728–5728. 34 indexed citations
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Ren, Aiming, Ronald Micura, & Dinshaw J. Patel. (2017). Structure-based mechanistic insights into catalysis by small self-cleaving ribozymes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 41. 71–83. 53 indexed citations
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Teplova, Marianna, Ye Zhang, Jinbiao Ma, et al.. (2017). Structure-based insights into self-cleavage by a four-way junctional twister-sister ribozyme. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1180–1180. 22 indexed citations
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Ren, Aiming, Jennifer Gebetsberger, Pu Gao, et al.. (2016). Pistol ribozyme adopts a pseudoknot fold facilitating site-specific in-line cleavage. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(9). 702–708. 68 indexed citations
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Ren, Aiming, Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar, & Dinshaw J. Patel. (2015). Global RNA Fold and Molecular Recognition for a pfl Riboswitch Bound to ZMP, a Master Regulator of One-Carbon Metabolism. Structure. 23(8). 1375–1381. 26 indexed citations
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Ren, Aiming, Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar, Tobias Santner, et al.. (2014). In-line alignment and Mg2+ coordination at the cleavage site of the env22 twister ribozyme. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5534–5534. 71 indexed citations
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Ren, Aiming, et al.. (2010). Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an anomeric inverting agarase fromPseudoalteromonassp. CY24. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(12). 1635–1639. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaotao, et al.. (2005). Sorption and complexation of Eu(III) on alumina: Effects of pH, ionic strength, humic acid and chelating resin on kinetic dissociation study. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 64(4). 414–421. 54 indexed citations

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