Cheng Chen

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Cheng Chen is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Chen has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 20 papers in Biophysics and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cheng Chen's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (17 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (14 papers). Cheng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (17 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (14 papers). Cheng Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Cheng Chen's co-authors include Chong Fang, Liangdong Zhu, Xiulei Ji, Longteng Tang, Jia‐Xing Jiang, Chong Zhang, Daniel P. Leonard, Ismael A. Rodríguez‐Pérez, Xianyong Wu and John Holoubek and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Chen

86 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

A ZnCl2 water-in-salt electrolyte for a reversible Zn met... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 200 400 600
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. A ZnCl2 water-in-salt electrolyte for a reversible Zn metal anode
    2018 639 citations Liangdong Zhu, Cheng Chen et al. Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cheng Chen United States 25 1.1k 362 343 319 317 96 2.3k
Akira Ota Japan 25 308 0.3× 375 1.0× 407 1.2× 652 2.0× 52 0.2× 106 2.5k
Akihiro Noda Japan 25 1.9k 1.7× 281 0.8× 668 1.9× 544 1.7× 13 0.0× 80 5.0k
Keiichi Torimitsu Japan 33 1.1k 1.0× 852 2.4× 430 1.3× 710 2.2× 132 0.4× 115 3.1k
Masaaki Ikeda Japan 36 2.7k 2.4× 654 1.8× 1.1k 3.2× 472 1.5× 77 0.2× 146 5.7k
Silvia Dante Italy 31 331 0.3× 234 0.6× 496 1.4× 1.3k 4.1× 44 0.1× 112 2.8k
Bruno Pignataro Italy 34 1.4k 1.2× 126 0.3× 1.3k 3.8× 660 2.1× 28 0.1× 129 3.7k
Carmen Bartic Belgium 28 878 0.8× 994 2.7× 319 0.9× 518 1.6× 46 0.1× 134 3.0k
Alexander Goldberg United States 22 316 0.3× 597 1.6× 653 1.9× 168 0.5× 22 0.1× 60 2.0k
Jun Kawamata Japan 32 681 0.6× 329 0.9× 1.3k 3.9× 752 2.4× 85 0.3× 174 3.5k
Keyin Liu China 35 363 0.3× 172 0.5× 1.0k 3.0× 708 2.2× 72 0.2× 116 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cheng Chen. 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 Cheng Chen. The network helps show where Cheng Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng 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 Cheng Chen. Cheng Chen 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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Chen, Cheng, et al.. (2025). A twisted chromophore powers a turn-on fluorescent protein chloride sensor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(32). e2508094122–e2508094122. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, Hongtai Li, Zhiwei Lu, et al.. (2025). Disorder‐Induced Targeted Formation of Amorphous Lithium Sulfide for Ah‐Level Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(7).
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Chen, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Construction of conservation laws for the Gardner equation, Landau–Ginzburg–Higgs equation, and Hirota–Satsuma equation. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 76(5). 55004–55004. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Надежда С. Балеева, Alexander S. Mishin, et al.. (2024). Developing 1,4-Diethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoxalin-substituted Fluorogens Based on GFP Chromophore for Endoplasmic Reticulum and Lysosome Staining. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(19). 10448–10448.
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Chen, Cheng, Zengqing Zhuo, Xiao Xia, et al.. (2024). Stabilized Oxygen Vacancy Chemistry toward High-Performance Layered Oxide Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Nano. 18(51). 35052–35065. 15 indexed citations
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Tang, Qin, et al.. (2023). Berberine-loaded MSC-derived sEVs encapsulated in injectable GelMA hydrogel for spinal cord injury repair. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 643. 123283–123283. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, J. Nathan Henderson, Михаил С. Баранов, et al.. (2023). Structural Characterization of Fluorescent Proteins Using Tunable Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(15). 11991–11991. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Надежда С. Балеева, Alexey M. Bogdanov, et al.. (2021). Developing Bright Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)‐like Fluorogens for Live‐Cell Imaging with Nonpolar Protein−Chromophore Interactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(35). 8946–8950. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Longteng Tang, Liangdong Zhu, et al.. (2021). Shedding light on ultrafast ring-twisting pathways of halogenated GFP chromophores from the excited to ground state. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(27). 14636–14648. 18 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, Cheng Chen, Liangdong Zhu, et al.. (2020). Transient electronic and vibrational signatures during reversible photoswitching of a cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 250. 119379–119379. 11 indexed citations
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Hong, Min Ji, Liangdong Zhu, Cheng Chen, et al.. (2020). Time-Resolved Changes in Dielectric Constant of Metal Halide Perovskites under Illumination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(47). 19799–19803. 15 indexed citations
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Fang, Chong, Longteng Tang, & Cheng Chen. (2019). Unveiling coupled electronic and vibrational motions of chromophores in condensed phases. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 151(20). 200901–200901. 46 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Михаил С. Баранов, Liangdong Zhu, et al.. (2019). Designing redder and brighter fluorophores by synergistic tuning of ground and excited states. Chemical Communications. 55(17). 2537–2540. 39 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Liangdong Zhu, Михаил С. Баранов, et al.. (2019). Photoinduced Proton Transfer of GFP-Inspired Fluorescent Superphotoacids: Principles and Design. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(17). 3804–3821. 35 indexed citations
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Fang, Chong, Longteng Tang, Breland G. Oscar, & Cheng Chen. (2018). Capturing Structural Snapshots during Photochemical Reactions with Ultrafast Raman Spectroscopy: From Materials Transformation to Biosensor Responses. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(12). 3253–3263. 77 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaohong, Cheng Chen, Jie Hao, Jiyun Zhang, & Feng Zhang. (2017). Effect of CLIP3 Upregulation on Astrocyte Proliferation and Subsequent Glial Scar Formation in the Rat Spinal Cord via STAT3 Pathway After Injury. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 64(1). 117–128. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, et al.. (2012). The function of p120 catenin in filopodial growth and synaptic vesicle clustering in neurons. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(14). 2680–2691. 5 indexed citations

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