Dan Hu

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
263 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Dan Hu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Hu has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Molecular Biology, 67 papers in Pharmacology and 33 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dan Hu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (59 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (28 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (22 papers). Dan Hu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (59 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (28 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (22 papers). Dan Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Dan Hu's co-authors include Liandong Zhu, Shuangxi Li, Hao Gao, Chenchen Liu, Zhihong Yin, Guo‐Dong Chen, Feng Li, Rusong Wang, Ruoyu Chu and Xin‐Sheng Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Dan Hu

250 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

A comprehensive review on cultivation and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: Environmental pollution control and future directions

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Hu China	42	1.6k	1.0k	862	826	624	263	6.4k
J. Grant Burgess United Kingdom	44	2.6k 1.6×	580 0.6×	390 0.5×	728 0.9×	183 0.3×	116	6.3k
Yoon‐Seok Chang South Korea	61	1.2k 0.7×	268 0.3×	344 0.4×	854 1.0×	234 0.4×	396	13.5k
Weiwen Zhang China	51	5.1k 3.2×	610 0.6×	216 0.3×	2.2k 2.7×	488 0.8×	311	8.6k
Roberto Parra‐Saldívar Mexico	58	2.3k 1.4×	371 0.4×	152 0.2×	2.5k 3.0×	449 0.7×	293	12.0k
Andrew S. Ball Australia	60	2.0k 1.3×	281 0.3×	666 0.8×	837 1.0×	633 1.0×	366	12.9k
Joginder Singh India	47	1.2k 0.8×	222 0.2×	719 0.8×	552 0.7×	297 0.5×	443	10.8k
Phillip C. Wright United Kingdom	46	4.2k 2.7×	507 0.5×	119 0.1×	1.2k 1.5×	144 0.2×	260	8.5k
Thomas Egli Switzerland	61	3.4k 2.2×	136 0.1×	253 0.3×	747 0.9×	913 1.5×	154	12.9k
Makoto Kimura Japan	58	4.9k 3.1×	603 0.6×	917 1.1×	108 0.1×	343 0.5×	577	14.1k
Ying Zhang China	55	992 0.6×	275 0.3×	161 0.2×	1.1k 1.3×	390 0.6×	463	11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Hu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Hu

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

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Gao, Yaohui, Jian‐Ming Lv, Zhiqin Cao, et al.. (2025). Engineered Fusion Enzyme‐Mediated Non‐Consecutive Cyclization‐Glycosylation Enables Heterologous Synthesis of Antifungal Enfumafungin. Advanced Science. 12(44). e07531–e07531.

Jiang, Wei, Lei Zhang, Huan Zhao, et al.. (2025). Generation of two novel furanosteroids via heterologous expression of demethoxyviridin biosynthetic genes in a wortmannin-producing strain. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(28). 6683–6686.

Cao, Zhiqin, Gao‐Qian Wang, Ray Luo, et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of Enfumafungin-type Antibiotic Reveals an Unusual Enzymatic Fusion Pattern and Unprecedented C–C Bond Cleavage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(18). 12723–12733. 14 indexed citations

Liu, Guangzhou, Yunshan Yang, Xiaoxia Guo, et al.. (2024). Drip Fertigation Improves Maize Yield, Resource Utilization, and Economic Benefits by Increasing Light Interception Under Dense Planting in Southwest China. Food and Energy Security. 13(6). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Tiantian, Jiao Wang, Zhulin Wang, et al.. (2023). Green biosynthesis of DHA-phospholipids in tailor-made supersaturated DHA aqueous solution and catalytic mechanism study. Food Chemistry. 431. 137164–137164. 6 indexed citations

Li, Zhen, et al.. (2023). 3D urban landscape optimization: From the perspective of heat flux-microclimate relations. Sustainable Cities and Society. 97. 104759–104759. 13 indexed citations

Ren, Rui, et al.. (2023). The antitumor effect of mycelia extract of the medicinal macrofungus Inonotus hispidus on HeLa cells via the mitochondrial-mediated pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 311. 116407–116407. 7 indexed citations

Hu, Dan, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive analysis of a NAD+ metabolism-derived gene signature to predict the prognosis and immune landscape in endometrial cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(2). 346–359. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, et al.. (2022). Gitelman syndrome diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy: a case report and literature review. Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine. 12(1). 20210075–20210075.

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Li, Xinyang, Takayoshi Awakawa, Takahiro Mori, et al.. (2021). Heterodimeric Non-heme Iron Enzymes in Fungal Meroterpenoid Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(50). 21425–21432. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Yi-Fang, Yongjin Wang, Li Tan, et al.. (2020). Identification and characterization of N9-methyltransferase involved in converting caffeine into non-stimulatory theacrine in tea. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1473–1473. 40 indexed citations

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Lv, Jian‐Ming, Yaohui Gao, Huan Zhao, et al.. (2020). Biosynthesis of Biscognienyne B Involving a Cytochrome P450‐Dependent Alkynylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(32). 13531–13536. 37 indexed citations

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Li, Xinyang, Jian‐Ming Lv, Dan Hu, & Ikuro Abe. (2020). Biosynthesis of alkyne-containing natural products. RSC Chemical Biology. 2(1). 166–180. 41 indexed citations

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Hu, Dan, et al.. (2018). Genetic Analysis of Plant Height and Stem Diameter in Common Buckwheat. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 44(8). 1185–1195. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Huan, Jian Zou, Guo‐Dong Chen, et al.. (2017). Phyllomeroterpenoids A-C, Multi-biosynthetic Pathway Derived Meroterpenoids from the TCM Endophytic Fungus Phyllosticta sp. and their Antimicrobial Activities. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12925–12925. 12 indexed citations

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Hu, Dan, et al.. (2016). The exploitation of rice functional genes for abiotic stress. 28(10). 1229. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qin, Gao‐Qian Wang, Guo‐Dong Chen, et al.. (2015). Nodulisporisteroids C–L, new 4-methyl-progesteroid derivatives from Nodulisporium sp.. Steroids. 102. 101–109. 21 indexed citations

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Hu, Dan, Fengyu Zhang, Huimin Zhang, et al.. (2014). The β-galactosidase (BgaC) of the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis is a surface protein without the involvement of bacterial virulence. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4140–4140. 8 indexed citations

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Hu, Dan, et al.. (2013). Cloning and expression profiling of genes involved in glycometabolism in the midgut of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 56(9). 965–973. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Dan, et al.. (2010). A laccase with antiproliferative activity against tumor cells from an edible mushroom, white common Agrocybe cylindracea. Phytomedicine. 18(5). 374–379. 59 indexed citations

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