Chen Shen

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Chen Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Shen has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Chen Shen's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (8 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers). Chen Shen is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (8 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers). Chen Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Africa. Chen Shen's co-authors include Hao Wu, Tian‐Min Fu, Liudmila Andreeva, Junmin Quan, Shaun Rawson, Jianbin Ruan, Alvin Lu, Liron David, Pablo Pelegrı́n and Tao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Chen Shen

46 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

NLRP3 cages revealed by full-length mouse NLRP3 structure... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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.

  1. NLRP3 cages revealed by full-length mouse NLRP3 structure control pathway activation
    2021 179 citations Liudmila Andreeva, Liron David et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chen Shen China 20 891 371 162 91 74 47 1.3k
Hanqing Li China 23 618 0.7× 153 0.4× 159 1.0× 42 0.5× 156 2.1× 87 1.4k
Xuemei Luo China 20 1.3k 1.5× 311 0.8× 103 0.6× 16 0.2× 122 1.6× 70 1.9k
Zhiqiang Zhou China 23 507 0.6× 106 0.3× 80 0.5× 100 1.1× 197 2.7× 66 1.5k
Xiaoming Yang China 23 1.0k 1.2× 258 0.7× 123 0.8× 28 0.3× 207 2.8× 84 1.8k
Chao Hu China 23 702 0.8× 136 0.4× 178 1.1× 20 0.2× 62 0.8× 66 1.4k
Fengxiang Lv China 20 1.2k 1.4× 421 1.1× 164 1.0× 37 0.4× 296 4.0× 41 2.2k
Huafeng Liu China 26 731 0.8× 242 0.7× 67 0.4× 64 0.7× 463 6.3× 60 1.8k
Xinbo Zhang China 15 885 1.0× 130 0.4× 92 0.6× 26 0.3× 87 1.2× 45 1.5k
Yanmei Zhang China 20 348 0.4× 461 1.2× 34 0.2× 24 0.3× 75 1.0× 56 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chen Shen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chen Shen. The network helps show where Chen Shen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Shen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fan, Yubin, Wenyun Zhang, Chen Shen, et al.. (2025). A solar adsorption thermal battery for seasonal energy storage. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(3). 102467–102467. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Runzhi, Zan Yang, Decai Wang, et al.. (2024). A mouse model to distinguish NLRP6-mediated inflammasome-dependent and -independent functions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2321419121–e2321419121. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, Yang Liu, Liyun Dong, et al.. (2024). MerTK + macrophages promote melanoma progression and immunotherapy resistance through AhR-ALKAL1 activation. Science Advances. 10(40). eado8366–eado8366. 13 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen & Yongfa Wang. (2024). Recent Progress on Peroxidase Modification and Application. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 196(9). 5740–5764. 7 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wang, Chen Shen, Longfei Wang, et al.. (2022). pH regulates potassium conductance and drives a constitutive proton current in human TMEM175. Science Advances. 8(12). eabm1568–eabm1568. 35 indexed citations
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Liu, Chaofan, et al.. (2022). Cathepsin B/NLRP3/GSDMD axis-mediated macrophage pyroptosis induces inflammation and fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Journal of Dermatological Science. 108(3). 127–137. 19 indexed citations
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Tao, Juan, Jun Li, Chen Shen, et al.. (2022). The expression pattern of pyroptosis-related genes predicts the prognosis and drug response of melanoma. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21566–21566. 5 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, Pengfei Zhang, Xianrong Mao, et al.. (2021). Multiple domain interfaces mediate SARM1 autoinhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 41 indexed citations
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Mao, Jun, et al.. (2021). Discovery of microtubule stabilizers with novel scaffold structures based on virtual screening, biological evaluation, and molecular dynamics simulation. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 352. 109784–109784. 7 indexed citations
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Andreeva, Liudmila, Liron David, Shaun Rawson, et al.. (2021). NLRP3 cages revealed by full-length mouse NLRP3 structure control pathway activation. Cell. 184(26). 6299–6312.e22. 179 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Chen, et al.. (2020). Micro-graphite particles accelerate denitrification in biological treatment systems. Bioresource Technology. 308. 122935–122935. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2020). Isolation and Characterization of Ochrobactrum tritici for Penicillin V Potassium Degradation. mSphere. 5(2). 4 indexed citations
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Cui, Ye, Sevgi Keleş, Louis‐Marie Charbonnier, et al.. (2019). Combined immunodeficiency caused by a loss-of-function mutation in DNA polymerase delta 1. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 145(1). 391–401.e8. 24 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, Humayun Sharif, Shiyu Xia, & Hao Wu. (2019). Structural and mechanistic elucidation of inflammasome signaling by cryo-EM. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 58. 18–25. 18 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, et al.. (2018). Biophysical and structural characterization of the thermostable WD40 domain of a prokaryotic protein, Thermomonospora curvata PkwA. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12965–12965. 4 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, et al.. (2018). Structural basis for dimerization of the death effector domain of the F122A mutant of Caspase-8. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16723–16723. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Tian‐Min Fu, Alvin Lu, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM structures of ASC and NLRC4 CARD filaments reveal a unified mechanism of nucleation and activation of caspase-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(43). 10845–10852. 113 indexed citations
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Xu, Jun, Chen Shen, Tao Wang, & Junmin Quan. (2013). Structural basis for the inhibition of Polo-like kinase 1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(9). 1047–1053. 94 indexed citations

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