Chao Xu

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
130 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Chao Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Xu has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Chao Xu's work include RNA modifications and cancer (31 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (20 papers). Chao Xu is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (31 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (20 papers). Chao Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Chao Xu's co-authors include Jinrong Min, Shanhui Liao, Ke Liu, W. Tempel, Hongbin Sun, Dong Deng, Pengcheng Sun, Jianping Wu, Nieng Yan and Chuangye Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chao Xu

122 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1

2014 599 citations Chao Xu et al. profile →
Structural basis for selective binding of m6A RNA by the YTHDC1 YTH domain

2014 568 citations Chao Xu, Jinrong Min et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao Xu China	38	4.7k	964	527	473	393	130	5.8k
Marko Jovanović United States	25	5.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	316 0.6×	302 0.6×	281 0.7×	62	6.3k
W. Tempel Canada	35	3.6k 0.8×	452 0.5×	242 0.5×	407 0.9×	340 0.9×	84	4.4k
Qinghua Shi China	39	3.0k 0.6×	826 0.9×	700 1.3×	275 0.6×	1.1k 2.9×	237	5.7k
Jinrong Min Canada	50	8.7k 1.8×	824 0.9×	655 1.2×	850 1.8×	1.0k 2.6×	185	10.2k
Jian Ren China	41	5.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	890 1.7×	830 1.8×	443 1.1×	157	7.6k
Yujing Zhang China	34	2.6k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	239 0.5×	360 0.8×	170 0.4×	121	4.1k
Hongrui Wang China	29	2.8k 0.6×	592 0.6×	220 0.4×	848 1.8×	203 0.5×	148	4.6k
Yoshihiro Matsumoto Japan	34	3.5k 0.7×	855 0.9×	230 0.4×	829 1.8×	383 1.0×	151	4.8k
Long Ma China	40	3.7k 0.8×	659 0.7×	271 0.5×	290 0.6×	124 0.3×	188	5.2k
Chao Cheng United States	44	4.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	402 0.8×	1.3k 2.7×	450 1.1×	234	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Chao Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Xu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Chao, et al.. (2025). Assembly and comparative analysis of the complete mitochondrial of Spodiopogon sagittifolius, an endemic and protective species from Yunnan, China. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 373–373. 2 indexed citations

Ast, Tslil, et al.. (2025). TOM20-driven E3 ligase recruitment regulates mitochondrial dynamics through PLD6. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(1). 37–47. 2 indexed citations

Li, Shanshan, Qiong Guo, Jiahai Zhang, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of Ψ-Pro/C-degron recognition by the CRL2FEM1B ubiquitin ligase. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3558–3558. 11 indexed citations

Xu, Chao, et al.. (2024). Diaporthe species causing shoot dieback of Acer (maple) in Henan Province, China. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 356–356. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Chao, Xinyuan Fan, X. Y. Gao, & Wei Qi. (2024). Substrate recognition by Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase and chemical intervention. Scientia Sinica Chimica. 55(4). 748–760.

Li, Yan, Chao Xu, Xiaojun Qian, et al.. (2024). Myeloid PTEN loss affects the therapeutic response by promoting stress granule assembly and impairing phagocytosis by macrophages in breast cancer. Cell Death Discovery. 10(1). 344–344. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Wenxin, Wei Zhang, J. Leland Booth, et al.. (2023). RIG-I agonist SLR10 promotes macrophage M1 polarization during influenza virus infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1177624–1177624. 5 indexed citations

Zeng, Yue, et al.. (2023). m6A modification in inflammatory bowel disease provides new insights into clinical applications. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 159. 114298–114298. 19 indexed citations

He, Jiajia, Ke Liu, Jiahui Chen, et al.. (2023). The AAA-ATPase Yta4/ATAD1 interacts with the mitochondrial divisome to inhibit mitochondrial fission. PLoS Biology. 21(8). e3002247–e3002247. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhongliang, et al.. (2022). Molecular basis for the recognition of CIZ1 by ERH. FEBS Journal. 290(3). 712–723. 4 indexed citations

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Guo, Qiong, Rosario Francisco‐Velilla, Jiahai Zhang, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for Gemin5 decamer-mediated mRNA binding. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5166–5166. 11 indexed citations

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Zeng, Chenming, Shanhui Liao, Zhongliang Zhu, et al.. (2021). Molecular basis for PICS-mediated piRNA biogenesis and cell division. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5595–5595. 8 indexed citations

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Liao, Shanhui, Qiong Guo, Zhongliang Zhu, et al.. (2021). Molecular basis for arginine C-terminal degron recognition by Cul2FEM1 E3 ligase. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(3). 254–262. 41 indexed citations

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Zheng, Han, Fei Zhang, Shiliang Wang, et al.. (2019). PRC2 recruitment and H3K27me3 deposition at FLC require FCA binding of COOLAIR. Science Advances. 5(4). eaau7246–eaau7246. 107 indexed citations

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Liao, Shanhui, Hongbin Sun, & Chao Xu. (2018). YTH Domain: A Family of N 6-Methyladenosine (m6A) Readers. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 16(2). 99–107. 298 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yang, Jiahai Zhang, Xuecheng Zhang, et al.. (2018). Crystal structure of an ENT domain from Trypanosoma brucei. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 505(3). 755–760. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xiangnan, Chao Xu, Junjie Yang, et al.. (2017). Responses of barley Albina and Xantha mutants deficient in magnesium chelatase to soil salinity. Plant Soil and Environment. 63(8). 348–354. 7 indexed citations

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Chung, Ho‐Ryun, Chao Xu, Andreas Mund, et al.. (2016). PHF13 is a molecular reader and transcriptional co-regulator of H3K4me2/3. eLife. 5. 24 indexed citations

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Alpatov, Roman, Bluma J. Lesch, Andrés Blanco, et al.. (2014). A Chromatin-Dependent Role of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein FMRP in the DNA Damage Response. Cell. 157(4). 869–881. 124 indexed citations

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Adams-Cioaba, Melanie A., Yahong Guo, Chuanbing Bian, et al.. (2010). Structural Studies of the Tandem Tudor Domains of Fragile X Mental Retardation Related Proteins FXR1 and FXR2. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13559–e13559. 45 indexed citations

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