Chuan Tian

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Chuan Tian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuan Tian has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chuan Tian's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Chuan Tian is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Chuan Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Chuan Tian's co-authors include Carlos Simmerling, Kellon Belfon, Qin Wu, Lauren Raguette, Koushik Kasavajhala, Yuzhang Wang, John D. Bickel, He Huang, Angela N. Migues and Ruixin Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Chuan Tian

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

ff19SB: Amino-Acid-Specif... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 400 800 1.2k
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. ff19SB: Amino-Acid-Specific Protein Backbone Parameters Trained against Quantum Mechanics Energy Surfaces in Solution
    2019 1.4k citations Chuan Tian, Koushik Kasavajhala et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chuan Tian China 15 1.4k 284 245 169 155 49 2.2k
Ramu Anandakrishnan United States 15 1.9k 1.4× 480 1.7× 311 1.3× 167 1.0× 245 1.6× 36 2.9k
David Sehnal Czechia 14 1.2k 0.8× 278 1.0× 166 0.7× 100 0.6× 117 0.8× 37 1.7k
Boris Aguilar United States 14 1.3k 1.0× 284 1.0× 291 1.2× 138 0.8× 177 1.1× 34 1.9k
Joshua Buckner United States 4 2.1k 1.5× 253 0.9× 300 1.2× 139 0.8× 266 1.7× 5 2.9k
Moritz Winger Australia 11 1.3k 1.0× 431 1.5× 203 0.8× 129 0.8× 356 2.3× 12 2.4k
Jong Cheol Jeong United States 9 2.4k 1.7× 257 0.9× 372 1.5× 175 1.0× 266 1.7× 19 3.3k
Alexandra Choutko Switzerland 7 1.3k 0.9× 459 1.6× 210 0.9× 116 0.7× 291 1.9× 11 2.3k
Fabio Polticelli Italy 40 3.3k 2.4× 201 0.7× 199 0.8× 229 1.4× 187 1.2× 206 4.8k
Radka Svobodová Vařeková Czechia 19 2.3k 1.7× 547 1.9× 423 1.7× 169 1.0× 239 1.5× 69 3.4k
Gabriele Cavallaro Iceland 28 1.8k 1.3× 505 1.8× 95 0.4× 237 1.4× 116 0.7× 96 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chuan Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chuan Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuan Tian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chuan Tian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chuan Tian 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 Chuan Tian. Chuan Tian 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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Zhang, Yufei, Sile Liu, Chuan Tian, et al.. (2025). Construction of TiO2/g-C3N5 S-Scheme Heterojunction for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants: DFT Calculation and Mechanism Study. International Journal of Environmental Research. 19(3). 1 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Qi, Xishan Wang, Chuan Tian, et al.. (2024). 347MO The safety and efficacy of ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy as first-line (1L) treatment for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Annals of Oncology. 35. S360–S361. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yufei, et al.. (2024). Efficient degradation of methylene blue and HCHO by nonmetallic B-doped g-C 3 N 5 : activity and mechanism analysis. Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures. 33(4). 394–403. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xiaoqi, et al.. (2023). Potential pathways to reach energy-related CO2 emission peak in China: analysis of different scenarios. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(24). 66328–66345. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Dingfeng, Lei Liu, Na Jiao, et al.. (2022). Targeting keystone species helps restore the dysbiosis of butyrate‐producing bacteria in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). e61–e61. 30 indexed citations
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Tian, Chuan, et al.. (2021). Learning word representation by jointly using neighbor and syntactic contexts. Neurocomputing. 456. 136–146. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xin, Jun Liu, Ming Zhang, et al.. (2021). Azole-triphenylphosphonium conjugates combat antifungal resistance and alleviate the development of drug-resistance. Bioorganic Chemistry. 110. 104771–104771. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Dingfeng, Wenxing Gao, Chuan Tian, et al.. (2020). Dr AFC : drug repositioning through anti-fibrosis characteristic. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 22(3). 8 indexed citations
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Tian, Chuan, Koushik Kasavajhala, Kellon Belfon, et al.. (2019). ff19SB: Amino-Acid-Specific Protein Backbone Parameters Trained against Quantum Mechanics Energy Surfaces in Solution. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(1). 528–552. 1385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Qian, Chuan Tian, Chun Li, et al.. (2019). The roles of Qishen granules recipes, Qingre Jiedu, Wenyang Yiqi and Huo Xue, in the treatment of heart failure. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 249. 112372–112372. 14 indexed citations
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Zou, Junjie, Chuan Tian, & Carlos Simmerling. (2019). Blinded prediction of protein–ligand binding affinity using Amber thermodynamic integration for the 2018 D3R grand challenge 4. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 33(12). 1021–1029. 36 indexed citations
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Tian, Chuan, et al.. (2019). Long-term costs and benefits analysis of China’s low-carbon policies. Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment. 17(4). 295–302. 8 indexed citations
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Jiang, Duo, Courtney R. Armour, Mei Meng, et al.. (2019). Microbiome Multi-Omics Network Analysis: Statistical Considerations, Limitations, and Opportunities. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 995–995. 108 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiang, Wenge Rong, Jingshuang Liu, Chuan Tian, & Zhang Xiong. (2017). Convolution neural network based syntactic and semantic aware paraphrase identification. 2158–2163. 8 indexed citations
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Tian, Chuan, Lixin Zhu, Dan Yu, et al.. (2013). The Stereoselectivity of CYP2C19 on R‐ and S‐isomers of Proton Pump Inhibitors. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 83(5). 610–621. 5 indexed citations
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Kang, Hong‐Yo, et al.. (2013). Binding Mechanism of Inhibitors to CDK5/p25 Complex: Free Energy Calculation and Ranking Aggregation Analysis. Molecular Informatics. 32(3). 251–260. 2 indexed citations

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