Alan Chen

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Alan Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Chen has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan Chen's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers). Alan Chen is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers). Alan Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Alan Chen's co-authors include Rohit V. Pappu, Angel E. Garcı́a, Hyog Young Kwon, Tannishtha Reya, Jordan Blum, Jennifer M. Cook, Seung‐Hye Jung, Chen Zhao, Anand S. Lagoo and Annelie Abrahamsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan Chen

105 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Chen United States	27	1.9k	548	450	381	322	110	3.6k
Jun Suzuki Japan	34	2.1k 1.1×	314 0.6×	376 0.8×	98 0.3×	206 0.6×	241	5.5k
Johannes W.G. Janssen Germany	34	1.9k 1.0×	827 1.5×	688 1.5×	76 0.2×	223 0.7×	87	4.1k
Robert J. Klein United States	39	3.3k 1.7×	266 0.5×	532 1.2×	85 0.2×	257 0.8×	157	8.8k
Jianming Zhang China	39	5.7k 3.0×	553 1.0×	1.8k 4.0×	193 0.5×	185 0.6×	165	8.6k
S. Iwata Japan	39	794 0.4×	374 0.7×	515 1.1×	72 0.2×	95 0.3×	230	4.7k
Yihua Wang China	37	2.5k 1.3×	80 0.1×	1.0k 2.3×	315 0.8×	164 0.5×	260	5.5k
Masayuki Kobayashi Japan	28	726 0.4×	334 0.6×	333 0.7×	108 0.3×	97 0.3×	145	2.7k
Jorge J. Nieva United States	35	1.2k 0.6×	506 0.9×	1.6k 3.6×	128 0.3×	488 1.5×	163	4.3k
Matthias Pfeiffer Germany	37	1.0k 0.5×	864 1.6×	635 1.4×	43 0.1×	135 0.4×	142	4.3k
Fei Li China	37	2.3k 1.2×	77 0.1×	1.1k 2.4×	203 0.5×	192 0.6×	194	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Chen 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 Alan Chen. Alan Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Becker, Walter Ferreira, et al.. (2025). Sequence, structure, and affinity of miR-34a binding sites determine repression efficacy. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(13).

Zhang, Yiren, et al.. (2025). Violations of Coordination: Exploring Metastable Diborides via Energetic Transition Metals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(19). 16578–16584. 1 indexed citations

Kuznedelov, Konstantin, et al.. (2024). The effect of pseudoknot base pairing on cotranscriptional structural switching of the fluoride riboswitch. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(8). 4466–4482. 3 indexed citations

Haberman, Rebecca H., Alan Chen, Andrea L. Neimann, et al.. (2023). Paradoxical Effects of Depression on Psoriatic Arthritis Outcomes in a Combined Psoriasis-Psoriatic Arthritis Center. PubMed. 8(4). 134–140. 2 indexed citations

Siegel, Karolynn, Alan Chen, & Eric W. Schrimshaw. (2023). Dating and Hookup Apps and Websites as Facilitators of Entry into Sex Work. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 20(4). 1430–1447. 6 indexed citations

Myers, Christopher A., et al.. (2023). Aggregation in Aqueous Solutions of 2-(Tetrafluoro(trifluoromethyl)-λ⁶-sulfanyl-ethan-1-ol (CF₃SF₄-ethanol)): A Comparison with Aqueous Trifluoroethanol and Hexafluoroisopropanol Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Dynamic Light Scattering Experiments. ACS Omega. 8(33). 30037–30047.

Dillmann, I., O. Kester, R. Baartman, et al.. (2023). Measuring neutron capture cross sections of radioactive nuclei. The European Physical Journal A. 59(5). 105–105. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Angela M, et al.. (2022). Cotranscriptional RNA strand exchange underlies the gene regulation mechanism in a purine-sensing transcriptional riboswitch. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(21). 12001–12018. 24 indexed citations

Szuhany, Kristin L., Samrachana Adhikari, Alan Chen, et al.. (2022). Impact of preference for yoga or cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with generalized anxiety disorder on treatment outcomes and engagement. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 153. 109–115. 6 indexed citations

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Vangaveti, Sweta, et al.. (2022). Toehold clipping: A mechanism for remote control of DNA strand displacement. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(8). 4055–4063. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Alan, et al.. (2022). Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Novel 2′–5′-Linked Amikacin-Binding Aptamer: An Experimental and MD Simulation Study. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(12). 3478–3488. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Alan, et al.. (2022). Beyond lipids: Novel mechanisms for parenteral nutrition–associated liver disease. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 37(2). 265–273. 5 indexed citations

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Vangaveti, Sweta, et al.. (2021). Structural and Binding Effects of Chemical Modifications on Thrombin Binding Aptamer (TBA). Molecules. 26(15). 4620–4620. 7 indexed citations

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Chandrasekaran, Arun Richard, et al.. (2020). Hybrid DNA/RNA nanostructures with 2′-5′ linkages. Nanoscale. 12(42). 21583–21590. 9 indexed citations

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Haruehanroengra, Phensinee, et al.. (2020). Terpene Chain Length Affects the Base Pairing Discrimination of S-geranyl-2-thiouridine in RNA Duplex. iScience. 23(12). 101866–101866. 5 indexed citations

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Ranganathan, S., Hsu‐Chun Tsai, Phensinee Haruehanroengra, et al.. (2018). Cyano Modification on Uridine Decreases Base‐Pairing Stability and Specificity through Neighboring Disruption in RNA Duplex. ChemBioChem. 19(24). 2558–2565. 1 indexed citations

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Haruehanroengra, Phensinee, Sweta Vangaveti, S. Ranganathan, et al.. (2017). Nature’s Selection of Geranyl Group as a tRNA Modification: The Effects of Chain Length on Base-Pairing Specificity. ACS Chemical Biology. 12(6). 1504–1513. 6 indexed citations

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Begley, Thomas J., et al.. (2017). tRNA Modification Detection Using Graphene Nanopores: A Simulation Study. Biomolecules. 7(3). 65–65. 2 indexed citations

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Huynh, Loan & Alan Chen. (2016). Designing an Electrochemically Labelled Thrombin DNA Aptamer using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 566a–566a. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Alan & Angel E. Garcı́a. (2013). High-resolution reversible folding of hyperstable RNA tetraloops using molecular dynamics simulations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42). 16820–16825. 232 indexed citations

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