Dekun Wang

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dekun Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dekun Wang has authored 49 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, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Dekun Wang's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (9 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (6 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers). Dekun Wang is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (9 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (6 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers). Dekun Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Dekun Wang's co-authors include Xiaoyue Tan, Xue‐Long Hou, Li‐Xin Dai, Xue Mi, Yuying Zhang, Junbo Gong, Lingfang Du, Shijing Yue, Chuan’ai Chen and Long Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Dekun Wang

46 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Legumain promotes tubular ferroptosis by facilitating chaperone-mediated autophagy of GPX4 in AKI

2021 233 citations Chuan’ai Chen, Dekun Wang et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dekun Wang China	21	561	345	260	192	169	49	1.3k
Lu Dai China	21	570 1.0×	295 0.9×	184 0.7×	99 0.5×	147 0.9×	74	1.3k
Xiaozhong Chen China	23	347 0.6×	102 0.3×	131 0.5×	294 1.5×	312 1.8×	117	1.4k
Zeinab Zarei‐Behjani Iran	11	367 0.7×	166 0.5×	206 0.8×	116 0.6×	197 1.2×	33	962
Sifan Yu China	18	519 0.9×	150 0.4×	145 0.6×	149 0.8×	230 1.4×	56	878
Liang Zeng China	18	432 0.8×	156 0.5×	189 0.7×	257 1.3×	283 1.7×	92	1.1k
Xi Hu China	24	639 1.1×	96 0.3×	248 1.0×	103 0.5×	371 2.2×	75	1.7k
Zaishun Jin China	15	265 0.5×	142 0.4×	147 0.6×	59 0.3×	128 0.8×	33	810
Tingting Tan China	20	628 1.1×	131 0.4×	170 0.7×	67 0.3×	371 2.2×	44	1.6k
Ali Masjedi Iran	22	524 0.9×	109 0.3×	231 0.9×	95 0.5×	498 2.9×	33	1.5k

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Li, Zheng, Yang Chen, Huidong Wang, et al.. (2025). Federated learning for early severity prediction in acute pancreatitis: a multi-center study. BMC Gastroenterology. 25(1). 681–681.

Shen, Tianyu, Yu‐Xiong Su, Dekun Wang, et al.. (2025). HIF2α drives ccRCC metastasis through transcriptional activation of methylation-controlled J protein and enhanced prolegumain secretion. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 93–93. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Dekun, et al.. (2025). A Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Model for Addressing Efficient Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Automatic Guided Vehicles Consideration. Applied Sciences. 15(6). 3133–3133. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zedong, Chang Liu, Jianguo Dong, et al.. (2024). Self-Referenced Au Nanoparticles-Coated Glass Wafers for In Situ SERS Monitoring of Cell Secretion. ACS Sensors. 9(8). 4154–4165. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Dekun, Runguang Li, Youkang Wang, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the impact of oxidized carbide expansion on fatigue crack initiation in a Ni-based single-crystal superalloy. Materials Characterization. 220. 114701–114701. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenhong, Shuangshuang Tang, Meilin Wang, et al.. (2024). “Triple-Punch” Strategy Exosome-Mimetic Nanovesicles for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Therapy. ACS Nano. 28 indexed citations

Yuan, Xinxin, Xue Mi, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). Ultrasensitive iodide detection in biofluids based on hot electron-induced reduction of p-Nitrothiophenol on Au@Ag core-shell nanoparticles. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 235. 115365–115365. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Jianguo Dong, Zedong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Four-Color SERS Monitoring of Size-dependent Nanoparticle Delivery in the Same Tumor. Analytical Chemistry. 95(37). 13880–13888. 5 indexed citations

Shen, Tianyu, Yang Li, Dekun Wang, et al.. (2022). YAP1-TEAD1 mediates the perineural invasion of prostate cancer cells induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1868(12). 166540–166540. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Kaiqiang, Yang Xia, Haiping Wang, et al.. (2022). Quantitative determination of the hydrostatic pressure of oil-well cement slurry using its hydration kinetics. Construction and Building Materials. 340. 127704–127704. 8 indexed citations

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Mi, Xue, Yan Wu, Long Shen, et al.. (2022). Asparagine endopeptidase-targeted Ultrasound-responsive Nanobubbles Alleviate Tau Cleavage and Amyloid-β Deposition in an Alzheimer's Disease Model. Acta Biomaterialia. 141. 388–397. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Chuan’ai, Dekun Wang, Yangyang Yu, et al.. (2021). Legumain promotes tubular ferroptosis by facilitating chaperone-mediated autophagy of GPX4 in AKI. Cell Death and Disease. 12(1). 65–65. 233 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Long, Lichun Kang, Dekun Wang, et al.. (2019). Legumain-deficient macrophages promote senescence of tumor cells by sustaining JAK1/STAT1 activation. Cancer Letters. 472. 40–49. 27 indexed citations

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Kang, Lichun, Long Shen, Liqing Lu, et al.. (2019). Asparaginyl endopeptidase induces endothelial permeability and tumor metastasis via downregulating zonula occludens protein ZO-1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1865(9). 2267–2275. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Dekun, Min Xiong, Chuan’ai Chen, et al.. (2018). Legumain, an asparaginyl endopeptidase, mediates the effect of M2 macrophages on attenuating renal interstitial fibrosis in obstructive nephropathy. Kidney International. 94(1). 91–101. 46 indexed citations

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Shen, Long, Kunhua Qin, Dekun Wang, et al.. (2014). Overexpression of Oct4 suppresses the metastatic potential of breast cancer cells via Rnd1 downregulation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1842(11). 2087–2095. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongjie, Zhaoting Wu, Xianle Shi, et al.. (2013). Atypical PKC, regulated by Rho GTPases and Mek/Erk, phosphorylates Ezrin during eight-cell embryocompaction. Developmental Biology. 375(1). 13–22. 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingyi, Dekun Wang, Zhaoting Wu, Liping Ma, & George Q. Daley. (2010). Molecular basis of the first cell fate determination in mouse embryogenesis. Cell Research. 20(9). 982–993. 52 indexed citations

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Chan, Kwok Hung, Honglin Chen, S.P. Ng, et al.. (2001). Assessing the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma on the basis of EBV antibody spectrum. International Journal of Cancer. 97(4). 489–492. 48 indexed citations

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Wang, Dekun, Li‐Xin Dai, & Xue‐Long Hou. (1997). Lewis acid promoted aziridination of imines with semistabilized sulfonium ylides: highly stereoselective synthesis of vinyl- and ethynyl-aziridines. Chemical Communications. 1231–1232. 52 indexed citations

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