Duan Liu

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Duan Liu is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Duan Liu has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Duan Liu's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (19 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (11 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers). Duan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (19 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (11 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers). Duan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Duan Liu's co-authors include Richard M. Weinshilboum, Drew Neavin, Balmiki Ray, Zan Wang, Hao Shu, Zhijun Zhang, Sui Ke, Arnold B. Rabson, Yanan Tian and Xinsheng Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Duan Liu

72 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Cardiac Fibrosis in the Multi-Omics Era: Implications for Heart Failure

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Duan Liu China	25	490	403	334	250	230	81	1.8k
Amàlia Lafuente Spain	28	910 1.9×	157 0.4×	181 0.5×	197 0.8×	465 2.0×	111	2.3k
Herman Depypere Belgium	26	581 1.2×	122 0.3×	159 0.5×	217 0.9×	236 1.0×	56	2.5k
Megan Roth United States	18	675 1.4×	127 0.3×	227 0.7×	793 3.2×	77 0.3×	28	2.9k
Bo Gao China	30	897 1.8×	190 0.5×	144 0.4×	782 3.1×	77 0.3×	77	3.1k
Vidar M. Steen Norway	39	1.3k 2.6×	204 0.5×	710 2.1×	365 1.5×	906 3.9×	101	4.1k
Ke Wang China	26	432 0.9×	159 0.4×	90 0.3×	179 0.7×	63 0.3×	163	2.2k
Jing Sun China	29	1.3k 2.6×	87 0.2×	62 0.2×	317 1.3×	234 1.0×	94	2.3k
Craig Hyde United States	18	548 1.1×	65 0.2×	117 0.4×	93 0.4×	152 0.7×	38	2.3k
Jun Nakamura Japan	29	563 1.1×	118 0.3×	34 0.1×	181 0.7×	318 1.4×	127	1.8k
Yushan Wang China	24	1.0k 2.0×	447 1.1×	104 0.3×	73 0.3×	101 0.4×	107	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Duan Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Duan, et al.. (2025). Benefits and risks of sleep medication in individuals with hypertension and sleep disturbance: evidence from a large population-based study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 25(1). 761–761.

Xia, Qingqing, et al.. (2025). Identification of inverted U-shaped curve association between serum potassium and prodromal Parkinson’s disease. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 12. 100323–100323.

Liu, Duan, et al.. (2023). Financial market imperfections and sensitivity of cash holdings to R&D investment: Evidence from chinese listed firms. Research in International Business and Finance. 66. 102025–102025. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Lei, Duan Liu, & Jianhong Luo. (2023). Synthesis and ion exchange properties of the new composite cation exchanger polypyrrole tin boratophosphate. Journal of Materials Science. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Min, Carolyn M Roos, Runqing Huang, et al.. (2023). Abstract 16898: Myocardial Recovery Associated Gene Cdcp1 Expression Attenuates Cardiac Fibrosis in a Pressure Over-Load Mouse Model. Circulation. 148(Suppl_1).

Sarangi, Vivekananda, Duan Liu, Ming‐Fen Ho, et al.. (2022). ACE2 and TMPRSS2 SARS-CoV-2 infectivity genes: deep mutational scanning and characterization of missense variants. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(24). 4183–4192. 9 indexed citations

Nguyen, Thanh Thanh L., Duan Liu, Huanyao Gao, et al.. (2022). Glucocorticoids mediate transcriptome‐wide alternative polyadenylation: Potential mechanistic and clinical implications. Clinical and Translational Science. 15(11). 2758–2771. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Thanh Thanh L., Huanyao Gao, Duan Liu, et al.. (2022). Glucocorticoids unmask silent non-coding genetic risk variants for common diseases. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(20). 11635–11653. 6 indexed citations

Gao, Huanyao, et al.. (2022). Cytochrome P450 Transcriptional Regulation by Testis-Specific Y-Encoded-Like Protein: Identification of Novel Upstream Transcription Factors. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 51(1). 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Duan, Thanh Thanh L. Nguyen, Huanyao Gao, et al.. (2021). TCF7L2 lncRNA: a link between bipolar disorder and body mass index through glucocorticoid signaling. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(12). 7454–7464. 15 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Yongxian, Peter T. Vedell, Jia Yu, et al.. (2021). Establishment and characterization of immortalized human breast cancer cell lines from breast cancer patient-derived xenografts (PDX). npj Breast Cancer. 7(1). 79–79. 7 indexed citations

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Gong, Liang, Duan Liu, Qiuhua Luo, et al.. (2019). Amygdala Changes in Chronic Insomnia and Their Association with Sleep and Anxiety Symptoms: Insight from Shape Analysis. Neural Plasticity. 2019. 1–8. 47 indexed citations

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Bhattacharyya, Sudeepa, Matthias Arnold, Duan Liu, et al.. (2019). Metabolomic signature of exposure and response to citalopram/escitalopram in depressed outpatients. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 173–173. 62 indexed citations

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Neavin, Drew, Duan Liu, Balmiki Ray, & Richard M. Weinshilboum. (2018). The Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) in Immune and Inflammatory Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(12). 3851–3851. 230 indexed citations

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Asleh, Rabea, David Snipelisky, Matthew Hathcock, et al.. (2018). Genomewide association study reveals novel genetic loci associated with change in renal function in heart transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation. 32(10). e13395–e13395. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Duan, Ming‐Fen Ho, Daniel J. Schaid, et al.. (2017). Breast cancer chemoprevention pharmacogenomics: Deep sequencing and functional genomics of the ZNF423 and CTSO genes. npj Breast Cancer. 3(1). 30–30. 11 indexed citations

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Qin, Sisi, Duan Liu, Manish Kohli, et al.. (2017). TSPYL Family Regulates CYP17A1 and CYP3A4 Expression: Potential Mechanism Contributing to Abiraterone Response in Metastatic Castration‐Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 104(1). 201–210. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Qian, et al.. (2016). Sap flow and transpiring water-consumption of Pinus sibirica in different diameter classes.. Xibei zhiwu xuebao. 36(2). 390–397. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Duan. (2011). Geochemical Characteristics and Prospecting in the Tianjingshan Gold Deposit,South Anhui. Acta Geological Sinica. 7 indexed citations

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Gu, Xinsheng, Sui Ke, Duan Liu, et al.. (2006). Role of NF-κB in Regulation of PXR-mediated Gene Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(26). 17882–17889. 256 indexed citations

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