Chun‐Kan Chen

4.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
11 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Chun‐Kan Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chun‐Kan Chen has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Chun‐Kan Chen's work include RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers). Chun‐Kan Chen is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers). Chun‐Kan Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Chun‐Kan Chen's co-authors include Mitchell Guttman, Amy Chow, Samie R. Jaffrey, Brian F. Pickering, Deepak P. Patil, Kathrin Plath, Amy Pandya‐Jones, Mario R. Blanco, Eric S. Lander and Christine Surka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Chun‐Kan Chen

10 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

m6A RNA methylation promotes XIST-mediated transcriptional repression

2016 1.3k citations Deepak P. Patil, Chun‐Kan Chen et al. Nature profile →
The Xist lncRNA interacts directly with SHARP to silence transcription through HDAC3

2015 837 citations Colleen A. McHugh, Chun‐Kan Chen et al. Nature profile →
Engineering circular RNA for enhanced protein production

2022 271 citations Robert Chen, Sean K. Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Structured elements drive extensive circular RNA translation

2021 197 citations Chun‐Kan Chen, Ran Cheng et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chun‐Kan Chen United States	8	2.7k	1.5k	242	233	117	11	2.9k
Guifeng Wei United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.4×	579 0.4×	188 0.8×	28 0.1×	62 0.5×	33	1.3k
Run-Wen Yao China	7	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	73 0.3×	11 0.0×	59 0.5×	12	2.5k
Katherine A. Pillman Australia	15	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	25 0.1×	29 0.1×	58 0.5×	27	2.4k
Kimberly A. Dittmar United States	12	2.3k 0.8×	316 0.2×	186 0.8×	13 0.1×	136 1.2×	13	2.5k
Lee-Hsueh Hung Germany	15	1.8k 0.7×	979 0.6×	53 0.2×	21 0.1×	35 0.3×	18	1.9k
Vihandha O. Wickramasinghe United Kingdom	14	1.6k 0.6×	708 0.5×	52 0.2×	12 0.1×	75 0.6×	19	1.7k
Nagarjuna Reddy Pamudurti Israel	5	3.9k 1.4×	3.3k 2.1×	20 0.1×	55 0.2×	26 0.2×	6	3.9k
Demián Cazalla United States	14	1.3k 0.5×	675 0.4×	66 0.3×	11 0.0×	79 0.7×	21	1.6k
Román González‐Prieto Netherlands	20	992 0.4×	142 0.1×	100 0.4×	86 0.4×	287 2.5×	41	1.2k
Marianne C. Kramer United States	10	764 0.3×	398 0.3×	97 0.4×	98 0.4×	27 0.2×	16	966

Countries citing papers authored by Chun‐Kan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chun‐Kan Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chun‐Kan Chen

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Lombardi, Patrick M., Annie Park, Hua Sun, et al.. (2025). YTHDC1 cooperates with the THO complex to prevent RNA-damage-induced DNA breaks. Molecular Cell. 85(6). 1085–1100.e9. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Chun‐Kan, et al.. (2024). Abstract B001: CircRNA-derived neoantigen identification in cancer vaccine development. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 23(11_Supplement). B001–B001.

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Ali, Md Khadem, Katharina Schimmel, Lan Zhao, et al.. (2022). The role of circular RNAs in pulmonary hypertension. European Respiratory Journal. 60(6). 2200012–2200012. 25 indexed citations

4.

Chen, Robert, Sean K. Wang, Julia A. Belk, et al.. (2022). Engineering circular RNA for enhanced protein production. Nature Biotechnology. 41(2). 262–272. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Chun‐Kan, Ran Cheng, János Demeter, et al.. (2021). Structured elements drive extensive circular RNA translation. Molecular Cell. 81(20). 4300–4318.e13. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pandya‐Jones, Amy, Yolanda Markaki, Jacques Serizay, et al.. (2020). A protein assembly mediates Xist localization and gene silencing. Nature. 587(7832). 145–151. 137 indexed citations

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Chen, Chun‐Kan, et al.. (2016). Phosphorylation of Synaptojanin Differentially Regulates Endocytosis of Functionally Distinct Synaptic Vesicle Pools. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(34). 8882–8894. 19 indexed citations

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Patil, Deepak P., Chun‐Kan Chen, Brian F. Pickering, et al.. (2016). m6A RNA methylation promotes XIST-mediated transcriptional repression. Nature. 537(7620). 369–373. 1346 indexed citations breakdown →

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McHugh, Colleen A., Chun‐Kan Chen, Amy Chow, et al.. (2015). The Xist lncRNA interacts directly with SHARP to silence transcription through HDAC3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations

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McHugh, Colleen A., Chun‐Kan Chen, Amy Chow, et al.. (2015). The Xist lncRNA interacts directly with SHARP to silence transcription through HDAC3. Nature. 521(7551). 232–236. 837 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Chun‐Kan, et al.. (2014). Activity-dependent facilitation of Synaptojanin and synaptic vesicle recycling by the Minibrain kinase. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4246–4246. 55 indexed citations

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