Chunmei Fan

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
67 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Chunmei Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunmei Fan has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cancer Research and 17 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Chunmei Fan's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (20 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (14 papers). Chunmei Fan is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (20 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (14 papers). Chunmei Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Chunmei Fan's co-authors include Wei Xiong, Zhaoyang Zeng, Guiyuan Li, Yong Li, Xiaoling Li, Fang Xiong, Xiayu Li, Can Guo, Yongzhen Mo and Xu Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Chunmei Fan

63 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Circular RNAs function as ceRNAs to regulate and control human cancer progression

2018 765 citations Yongzhen Mo, Chunmei Fan et al. Molecular Cancer profile →
Function of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase in carcinogenesis and associated therapeutic opportunities

2018 430 citations Chunmei Fan, Yingfen Wu et al. Molecular Cancer profile →
Overview and countermeasures of cancer burden in China

2023 86 citations Yian Wang, Qijia Yan et al. Science China Life Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chunmei Fan China	28	2.7k	2.0k	582	529	287	67	3.7k
Xu Wu China	12	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	745 1.3×	624 1.2×	255 0.9×	21	2.9k
Fang Xiong China	35	4.0k 1.5×	3.4k 1.7×	848 1.5×	661 1.2×	350 1.2×	78	5.4k
Koji Ueda Japan	37	2.7k 1.0×	898 0.5×	500 0.9×	512 1.0×	304 1.1×	129	3.9k
Pengcheng Bu China	26	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	700 1.2×	227 0.4×	147 0.5×	50	2.9k
Cristina Federici Italy	23	3.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	458 0.8×	779 1.5×	193 0.7×	29	4.4k
Elisabetta Iessi Italy	25	3.7k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	461 0.8×	761 1.4×	221 0.8×	33	4.5k
Minghui Wang China	32	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	521 1.0×	599 2.1×	137	3.9k
Adrian P. Wiegmans Australia	22	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	628 1.1×	403 0.8×	166 0.6×	30	3.2k
Tiziana Triulzi Italy	30	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 2.4×	713 1.3×	345 1.2×	61	3.3k
Young Song United States	28	2.6k 0.9×	671 0.3×	728 1.3×	704 1.3×	279 1.0×	56	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chunmei Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chunmei Fan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunmei Fan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Jingyi, et al.. (2025). Observation of the Phonon Splitting Associated with Strong Interlayered Interaction in Black Phosphorus Structured Polymeric Nitrogen. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(21). 9755–9763.

Zeng, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2025). The roles and mechanisms of non-canonical RNA secondary structures in tumors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1880(4). 189363–189363.

Miao, Peng, Shan Zhang, Pan Wu, et al.. (2025). Circular RNA circCLASP2 promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression through binding to DHX9 to enhance PCMT1 translation. Molecular Cancer. 24(1). 67–67. 7 indexed citations

Fan, Chunmei, Fang Xiong, Shanshan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Role of adhesion molecules in cancer and targeted therapy. Science China Life Sciences. 67(5). 940–957. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Hongke Qu, Jie Wu, et al.. (2024). circTP63-N suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via engaging with HSP90AB1 to modulate the YAP1/Hippo signaling pathway. Science China Life Sciences. 68(3). 689–705. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yixuan, Qijia Yan, Zhaoyang Zeng, Chunmei Fan, & Wei Xiong. (2024). Advances and prospects of mRNA vaccines in cancer immunotherapy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1879(2). 189068–189068. 19 indexed citations

Guo, Jiayue, Pan Chen, Jie Wang, et al.. (2024). Human papillomavirus-encoded circular RNA circE7 promotes immune evasion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8609–8609. 22 indexed citations

Liu, Lei, Rongfu Huang, Chunmei Fan, & Xiangrong Chen. (2024). Diagnostic and prognostic utility of plasma thrombospondin-1 levels in traumatic brain injury. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 50(5). 2229–2237. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Qiling, Lvyuan Li, Yumin Wang, et al.. (2023). RNA modifications in cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 129(2). 204–221. 85 indexed citations

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Liu, Lei, et al.. (2023). Targeting tumor-associated macrophage: an adjuvant strategy for lung cancer therapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1274547–1274547. 16 indexed citations

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Fan, Chunmei, Hongke Qu, Xu Wang, et al.. (2021). Cancer/testis antigens: from serology to mRNA cancer vaccine. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 76. 218–231. 45 indexed citations

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Mo, Yongzhen, Yumin Wang, Shuai Zhang, et al.. (2021). Circular RNA circRNF13 inhibits proliferation and metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via SUMO2. Molecular Cancer. 20(1). 112–112. 94 indexed citations

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Wang, Dan, Le Tang, Yingfen Wu, et al.. (2020). Abnormal X chromosome inactivation and tumor development. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(15). 2949–2958. 31 indexed citations

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Fan, Chunmei, Yanyan Tang, Zhao Jin, et al.. (2019). circMAN1A2 could serve as a novel serum biomarker for malignant tumors. Cancer Science. 110(7). 2180–2188. 96 indexed citations

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Wang, Yian, Xiaoling Li, Yongzhen Mo, et al.. (2018). Effects of tumor metabolic microenvironment on regulatory T cells. Molecular Cancer. 17(1). 143 indexed citations

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Fan, Chunmei, Yanyan Tang, Jinpeng Wang, et al.. (2017). Role of long non-coding RNAs in glucose metabolism in cancer. Molecular Cancer. 16(1). 130–130. 152 indexed citations

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Tang, Yanyan, Jinpeng Wang, Yu Lian, et al.. (2017). Linking long non-coding RNAs and SWI/SNF complexes to chromatin remodeling in cancer. Molecular Cancer. 16(1). 42–42. 115 indexed citations

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Zheng, Ming, et al.. (2015). [Highly expressed CD147 on CD4⁺ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes promotes the progress of breast cancer].. PubMed. 31(7). 961–4. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yu, Jing Xu, Weide Zhong, et al.. (2009). HAb18G (CD147), a cancer‐associated biomarker and its role in cancer detection. Histopathology. 54(6). 677–687. 147 indexed citations

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Zhu, Ping, Xiaoyan Li, Hongkun Wang, et al.. (2006). Oral administration of type-II collagen peptide 250–270 suppresses specific cellular and humoral immune response in collagen-induced arthritis. Clinical Immunology. 122(1). 75–84. 47 indexed citations

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