Dan Xu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Xu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dan Xu's work include Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). Dan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). Dan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Dan Xu's co-authors include Zhiheng Xu, Cui Li, Cheng‐Feng Qin, Lei Shi, Qing Ye, Yisheng Jiang, Xinyi Liu, Nana Zhang, Shuai Hong and Ursula Ehmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Dan Xu

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Zika Virus Disrupts Neural Progenitor Development and Lea... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. Zika Virus Disrupts Neural Progenitor Development and Leads to Microcephaly in Mice
    2016 558 citations Cui Li, Dan Xu et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dan Xu China 15 526 390 348 278 118 44 1.3k
Jingwen Wu China 18 173 0.3× 123 0.3× 667 1.9× 291 1.0× 36 0.3× 68 1.5k
Rodrigo Madeiro da Costa Brazil 16 549 1.0× 400 1.0× 587 1.7× 261 0.9× 203 1.7× 27 1.5k
Wei Si China 22 379 0.7× 69 0.2× 648 1.9× 112 0.4× 52 0.4× 105 1.5k
John W. Fanton United States 20 440 0.8× 159 0.4× 283 0.8× 156 0.6× 83 0.7× 63 1.5k
Yunfang Zhang China 19 198 0.4× 88 0.2× 1.2k 3.5× 117 0.4× 48 0.4× 44 2.0k
Jay M. Stewart United States 26 459 0.9× 142 0.4× 791 2.3× 387 1.4× 63 0.5× 166 3.0k
Junling Gao United States 17 406 0.8× 344 0.9× 466 1.3× 226 0.8× 20 0.2× 30 1.4k
Feiran Zhang China 10 723 1.4× 516 1.3× 479 1.4× 315 1.1× 30 0.3× 21 1.4k
Graham Speight Australia 17 396 0.8× 360 0.9× 401 1.2× 180 0.6× 18 0.2× 28 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dan Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dan Xu 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 Xu. Dan Xu 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, Tongtong, Hui‐Zhen Su, Shuyuan Wang, et al.. (2025). Lysosomal and mTORC1 signaling dysregulation underpin the pathology of spastic paraplegia type 80. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9833–9833.
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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2024). Effects of fancy rope-skipping on motor coordination and selective attention in children aged 7–9 years: a quasi-experimental study. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1383397–1383397. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Hui‐Zhen, Xiang Lin, Yan Shi, et al.. (2024). ESCRT-I protein UBAP1 controls ventricular expansion and cortical neurogenesis via modulating adherens junctions of radial glial cells. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113818–113818. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Min, Hui Xie, Dan Xu, et al.. (2023). First principles study of the structure and properties of Nb-Sn alloys under high pressure. Computational Materials Science. 233. 112686–112686. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Min, Zhiwei Li, Fengbo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Butyrate inhibits iILC2-mediated lung inflammation via lung-gut axis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 23(1). 163–163. 19 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ling, et al.. (2023). Stress-Activated Protein Kinase JNK Modulates Depression-like Behaviors in Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 60(5). 2367–2378. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan & Qing‐Chuan Zheng. (2022). Theoretical investigations on the effects of mutations in important residues of NS1B on its RNA-binding using molecular dynamics simulations. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 145. 105412–105412. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, Xinyi Liu, Le Luo Guan, et al.. (2022). WDR62-deficiency Causes Autism-like Behaviors Independent of Microcephaly in Mice. Neuroscience Bulletin. 39(9). 1333–1347. 5 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ling, et al.. (2021). Pathophysiological Significance of WDR62 and JNK Signaling in Human Diseases. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 640753–640753. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Yong, Huan Tang, Zhihui Ren, et al.. (2020). Ganoderma lucidum Immune Modulator Protein rLZ-8 Could Prevent and Reverse Bone Loss in Glucocorticoids-Induced Osteoporosis Rat Model. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 731–731. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenjin, et al.. (2020). Astrocytes increase exosomal secretion of oligodendrocyte precursor cells to promote their proliferation via integrin β4-mediated cell adhesion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 526(2). 341–348. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lingxian, et al.. (2020). Growth monitoring of greenhouse lettuce based on a convolutional neural network. Horticulture Research. 7(1). 124–124. 74 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, Yaqing Wang, Ling Yuan, et al.. (2018). MEKK3 coordinates with FBW7 to regulate WDR62 stability and neurogenesis. PLoS Biology. 16(12). e2006613–e2006613. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2018). Validation of Iodine-131-meta-iodobenzylguanidine cardiac scintigraphy in Parkinsonism: A preliminary study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 50. 69–73. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Cui, Qin Wang, Yisheng Jiang, et al.. (2018). Disruption of glial cell development by Zika virus contributes to severe microcephalic newborn mice. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 43–43. 42 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2017). Astrocytes regulate the expression of Sp1R3 on oligodendrocyte progenitor cells through Cx47 and promote their proliferation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 490(3). 670–675. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Cui, Dan Xu, Qing Ye, et al.. (2016). Zika Virus Disrupts Neural Progenitor Development and Leads to Microcephaly in Mice. Cell stem cell. 19(1). 120–126. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Yang, Xusheng Qiu, Dan Xu, et al.. (2012). Rescue of virulent class I Newcastle disease virus variant 9a5b-D5C1. Virology Journal. 9(1). 120–120. 15 indexed citations
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Tian, Can, Yonggang Zhang, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2011). The +874T/A polymorphism in the interferon-γ gene and tuberculosis risk: An update by meta-analysis. Human Immunology. 72(11). 1137–1142. 19 indexed citations
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Ying, Binwu, Hong Fan, Fuqiang Wen, et al.. (2006). Mechanical strain-induced c-fos expression in pulmonary epithelial cell line A549. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 347(1). 369–372. 11 indexed citations

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