Cong Shen

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Cong Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong Shen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Medicine, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Cong Shen's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (17 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (6 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (5 papers). Cong Shen is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (17 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (6 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (5 papers). Cong Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, Egypt and United States. Cong Shen's co-authors include Guo‐Bao Tian, Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, Yongqiang Yang, Yohei Doi, Lan-Lan Zhong, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Yangqi Gu, J. Patrick O’Brien and Fengbin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Cong Shen

33 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Colistin and its role in the Era of antibiotic resistance: an extended review (2000–2019)

2020 504 citations Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, Cong Shen et al. profile →
Structure of Microbial Nanowires Reveals Stacked Hemes that Transport Electrons over Micrometers

2019 400 citations Yangqi Gu, Sibel Ebru Yalcin et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cong Shen China	13	716	396	293	293	245	36	1.5k
Song Lin Chua Singapore	24	376 0.5×	1.2k 3.0×	230 0.8×	104 0.4×	245 1.0×	42	1.9k
Warunya Panmanee United States	19	190 0.3×	618 1.6×	72 0.2×	138 0.5×	149 0.6×	28	1.1k
Laura A. Bedzyk United States	17	252 0.4×	1.3k 3.3×	174 0.6×	98 0.3×	269 1.1×	17	2.0k
Emanuela Frangipani Italy	23	601 0.8×	899 2.3×	69 0.2×	50 0.2×	231 0.9×	54	1.8k
Nicky C. Caiazza United States	13	279 0.4×	2.0k 5.0×	153 0.5×	111 0.4×	325 1.3×	13	2.5k
Qing Wei China	15	320 0.4×	941 2.4×	95 0.3×	74 0.3×	198 0.8×	28	1.5k
Susanne Wilhelm Germany	24	233 0.3×	1.6k 4.0×	292 1.0×	29 0.1×	278 1.1×	41	2.1k
Heleen Van Acker Belgium	18	440 0.6×	969 2.4×	126 0.4×	19 0.1×	226 0.9×	24	1.8k
Rohit Ruhal India	11	617 0.9×	455 1.1×	347 1.2×	21 0.1×	273 1.1×	20	1.4k
Carolina Alvarez‐Ortega Spain	13	868 1.2×	846 2.1×	337 1.2×	40 0.1×	279 1.1×	18	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Cong Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong Shen

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

All Works

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Jing, W. C., Mo Li, Shan Huang, et al.. (2025). Carbon source-driven downregulation of the sRNA AmiL enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence during acute lung infection. Virulence. 16(1). 2590837–2590837. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yinglin, Shan Huang, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic profiling reveals RetS-mediated regulation of type VI secretion system and host cell responses in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1582339–1582339.

Shen, Cong, Wonhyeuk Jung, Joseph A. Erwin, et al.. (2025). A widespread and ancient bacterial machinery assembles cytochrome OmcS nanowires essential for extracellular electron transfer. Cell chemical biology. 32(2). 239–254.e7. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Cong, Bo Shen, Dechen Liu, et al.. (2024). Bidirectional regulation of levodopa-induced dyskinesia by a specific neural ensemble in globus pallidus external segment. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(6). 101566–101566. 4 indexed citations

Li, Mo, Cong Shen, Jianming Zeng, et al.. (2024). The small RNA PrrH aggravates Pseudomonas aeruginosa -induced acute lung injury by regulating the type III secretion system activator ExsA. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(3). e0062623–e0062623. 5 indexed citations

Jiao, Long, Qiwei Li, Mo Li, et al.. (2024). Small RNA GadY in Escherichia coli enhances conjugation system of IncP-1 by targeting SdiA. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1445850–1445850. 1 indexed citations

Li, Mo, Qiwei Li, Jieying Pu, et al.. (2023). The small RNA PrrH of Pseudomonas aeruginosa regulates hemolysis and oxidative resistance in bloodstream infection. Microbial Pathogenesis. 180. 106124–106124. 5 indexed citations

Xiao, Yu, et al.. (2023). Long non-coding RNA PRR7-AS1 promotes osteosarcoma progression via binding RNF2 to transcriptionally suppress MTUS1. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1227789–1227789.

Feng, Siyuan, Cong Shen, Jiachen Li, et al.. (2022). A CRISPR-guided mutagenic DNA polymerase strategy for the detection of antibiotic-resistant mutations in M. tuberculosis. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 29. 354–367. 10 indexed citations

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Shen, Cong, Furong Ma, Lan‐Lan Zhong, et al.. (2021). Prevalence, genomic characteristics, and transmission dynamics of mcr-1-positive Salmonella enterica Typhimurium from patients with infectious diarrhea. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 311(4). 151501–151501. 6 indexed citations

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Lin, Minmin, Yongqiang Yang, Yanxian Yang, et al.. (2020). Co-Occurrence of mcr-9 and blaNDM-1 in Enterobacter cloacae Isolated from a Patient with Bloodstream Infection. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 13. 1397–1402. 29 indexed citations

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Huang, Mingxing, Hongtao Chen, Chunna Li, et al.. (2020). Rapid Fulminant Progression and Mortality Secondary to Aeromonas dhakensis Septicemia with Hepatitis B Virus Infection Following the Ingestion of Snakehead Fish in Mainland China: A Case Report. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 17(12). 743–749. 11 indexed citations

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Feng, Siyuan, Yan Liu, Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, et al.. (2020). Involvement of Transcription Elongation Factor GreA in Mycobacterium Viability, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Intracellular Fitness. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 413–413. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Xunwei, et al.. (2020). NRF2 deficiency increases obesity susceptibility in a mouse menopausal model. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228559–e0228559. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Cong Shen, Xiaobin Zheng, et al.. (2019). Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from market retail fruits in Guangzhou, China. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 12. 385–389. 41 indexed citations

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Williams, Jessica F., Emilee E. Shine, Cong Shen, et al.. (2019). Modulation of flagellar rotation in surface-attached bacteria: A pathway for rapid surface-sensing after flagellar attachment. PLoS Pathogens. 15(11). e1008149–e1008149. 58 indexed citations

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Liang, Yingjian, Changli Tu, Cuiyan Tan, et al.. (2019). Antimicrobial resistance, virulence genes profiling and molecular relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Guangdong Province, China. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 12. 447–459. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Yongchang, Lan‐Lan Zhong, Swaminath Srinivas, et al.. (2018). Spread of MCR-3 Colistin Resistance in China: An Epidemiological, Genomic and Mechanistic Study. EBioMedicine. 34. 139–157. 67 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruifeng, Xiaoyi Duan, Cong Shen, et al.. (2018). A retrospective study of SPECT/CT scans using SUV measurement of the normal pelvis with Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate. Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology. 26(6). 895–908. 11 indexed citations

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Xia, Fei, et al.. (2015). Complete genome sequence of Methylophilus sp. TWE2 isolated from methane oxidation enrichment culture of tap-water. Journal of Biotechnology. 211. 121–122. 8 indexed citations

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