C. Shan Xu

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

C. Shan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Shan Xu has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Structural Biology and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in C. Shan Xu's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (7 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers). C. Shan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (7 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers). C. Shan Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. C. Shan Xu's co-authors include Harald F. Hess, Aubrey V. Weigel, Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Kenneth J. Hayworth, H. Amalia Pasolli, Gleb Shtengel, Song Pang, Richard J. Weinberg, Chi‐Lun Chang and Maria S. Ioannou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

C. Shan Xu

43 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Neuron-Astrocyte Metabolic Coupling Protects against Activity-Induced Fatty Acid Toxicity

2019 489 citations Shu‐Hsien Sheu, Chi‐Lun Chang et al. Cell profile →
Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons

2017 340 citations Yumei Wu, C. Shan Xu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains

2024 48 citations Christopher J. Obara, Jonathon Nixon‐Abell et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Shan Xu United States	21	1.5k	695	499	476	454	49	3.0k
Nicole L. Schieber Germany	31	2.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	277 0.6×	266 0.6×	290 0.6×	46	4.1k
Liangyi Chen China	38	1.8k 1.2×	528 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	953 2.0×	166 0.4×	181	5.2k
Ilya Belevich Finland	32	2.1k 1.4×	671 1.0×	194 0.4×	770 1.6×	124 0.3×	60	3.3k
Shigeki Watanabe Japan	37	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 2.2×	402 0.8×	1.2k 2.6×	307 0.7×	182	5.1k
Rubén Fernández‐Busnadiego Germany	24	1.6k 1.1×	791 1.1×	157 0.3×	622 1.3×	348 0.8×	43	2.4k
Daniela Boassa United States	31	2.9k 2.0×	594 0.9×	166 0.3×	513 1.1×	120 0.3×	49	4.5k
Guisheng Zhong China	25	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	734 1.5×	810 1.7×	299 0.7×	52	3.4k
Marina Mione Italy	39	4.1k 2.8×	1.4k 2.0×	359 0.7×	1.1k 2.3×	74 0.2×	108	6.9k
Sébastien Phan United States	20	1.5k 1.0×	317 0.5×	209 0.4×	329 0.7×	160 0.4×	52	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by C. Shan Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Shan Xu

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

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Nikolaev, Yury A., A Chikamoto, Oda M, et al.. (2025). The inner core enables transient touch detection in the Pacinian corpuscle. Science Advances. 11(9). eadt4837–eadt4837. 3 indexed citations

Makarova, Anastasia A., Pat Gunn, Song Pang, et al.. (2025). The first complete 3D reconstruction and morphofunctional mapping of an insect eye. eLife. 14.

Xu, C. Shan, Christopher T Zugates, Andrea Reyna‐Neyra, et al.. (2025). Illuminating Mouse Renal Proximal Tubule Architecture through High-Resolution Volume EM and Machine Learning Analysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Hanna, Michael G., Yumei Wu, C. Shan Xu, et al.. (2025). BLTP3A is associated with membranes of the late endocytic pathway and is an effector of CASM. The EMBO Journal. 44(21). 6168–6195. 1 indexed citations

Xu, C. Shan. (2025). Enhanced social interaction protects cognition by preserving synapse numbers. Brain Research. 1854. 149552–149552.

Obara, Christopher J., Jonathon Nixon‐Abell, Andrew S. Moore, et al.. (2024). Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains. Nature. 626(7997). 169–176. 48 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, C. Shan, et al.. (2024). Enabling Data-Driven and Empathetic Interactions: A Context-Aware 3D Virtual Agent in Mixed Reality for Enhanced Financial Customer Experience. 186–192. 3 indexed citations

Makarova, Anastasia A., et al.. (2023). Multiscale head anatomy of Megaphragma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 76. 101299–101299. 1 indexed citations

Ritter, Alex T., Gleb Shtengel, C. Shan Xu, et al.. (2022). ESCRT-mediated membrane repair protects tumor-derived cells against T cell attack. Science. 376(6591). 377–382. 78 indexed citations

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Sheu, Shu‐Hsien, Srigokul Upadhyayula, Song Pang, et al.. (2022). A serotonergic axon-cilium synapse drives nuclear signaling to alter chromatin accessibility. Cell. 185(18). 3390–3407.e18. 94 indexed citations

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Weigel, Aubrey V., Chi‐Lun Chang, Gleb Shtengel, et al.. (2021). ER-to-Golgi protein delivery through an interwoven, tubular network extending from ER. Cell. 184(9). 2412–2429.e16. 168 indexed citations

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Polilov, Alexey A., Anastasia A. Makarova, Song Pang, C. Shan Xu, & Harald F. Hess. (2021). Protocol for preparation of heterogeneous biological samples for 3D electron microscopy: a case study for insects. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4717–4717. 17 indexed citations

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García‐Cerdán, José G., Eva M. Schmid, Tomomi Takeuchi, et al.. (2020). Chloroplast Sec14-like 1 (CPSFL1) is essential for normal chloroplast development and affects carotenoid accumulation in Chlamydomonas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(22). 12452–12463. 21 indexed citations

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Oldenkamp, Roel, Jill M. Brown, David Miguel Susano Pinto, et al.. (2020). Chromatin arranges in chains of mesoscale domains with nanoscale functional topography independent of cohesin. Science Advances. 6(39). 121 indexed citations

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Müller, Andreas, Deborah Schmidt, C. Shan Xu, et al.. (2020). 3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule–organelle interaction in whole primary mouse β cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(2). 57 indexed citations

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Hayworth, Kenneth J., D. R. Peale, Michał Januszewski, et al.. (2019). Gas cluster ion beam SEM for imaging of large tissue samples with 10 nm isotropic resolution. Nature Methods. 17(1). 68–71. 34 indexed citations

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Xu, C. Shan, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Song Pang, Zhiyuan Lu, & Harald F. Hess. (2018). Breaking Barriers of FIB-SEM for Large Volume Connectomics and Cell Biology. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 24(S1). 1228–1229. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Yumei, C. Shan Xu, Kenneth J. Hayworth, et al.. (2017). Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). E4859–E4867. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kopek, Benjamin G., Gleb Shtengel, Kem A. Sochacki, et al.. (2017). Diverse protocols for correlative super-resolution fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy of chemically fixed samples. Nature Protocols. 12(5). 916–946. 53 indexed citations

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Nixon‐Abell, Jonathon, Christopher J. Obara, Aubrey V. Weigel, et al.. (2016). Increased spatiotemporal resolution reveals highly dynamic dense tubular matrices in the peripheral ER. Science. 354(6311). 319 indexed citations

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