Fan Chen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Fan Chen is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Chen has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 12 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Fan Chen's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (9 papers) and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (3 papers). Fan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (9 papers) and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (3 papers). Fan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Fan Chen's co-authors include Zhaomin Zheng, Zemin Li, Hua Wang, Jianru Wang, Guowei Jiang, Yuxin Pei, Hui Liu, Jianru Wang, Haowen Cui and Hehai Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Fan Chen

42 papers receiving 990 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.

  1. Serglycin secreted by late-stage nucleus pulposus cells is a biomarker of intervertebral disc degeneration
    2024 36 citations Fan Chen, Yuming Huang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fan Chen China 13 407 367 246 132 117 45 1.0k
Michael Braun Germany 18 163 0.4× 151 0.4× 165 0.7× 317 2.4× 27 0.2× 64 1.2k
Harish K. Datta United Kingdom 18 268 0.7× 514 1.4× 43 0.2× 172 1.3× 77 0.7× 45 1.4k
Weifeng Zhang China 19 187 0.5× 203 0.6× 93 0.4× 128 1.0× 39 0.3× 64 887
Jyoti Patel United Kingdom 18 66 0.2× 300 0.8× 75 0.3× 176 1.3× 143 1.2× 33 953
Lin Zou United States 29 137 0.3× 861 2.3× 31 0.1× 147 1.1× 35 0.3× 75 2.0k
Chien‐Ping Chiang Taiwan 17 204 0.5× 258 0.7× 52 0.2× 77 0.6× 65 0.6× 73 960
Andrew J. Ball United Kingdom 22 82 0.2× 506 1.4× 53 0.2× 369 2.8× 190 1.6× 58 1.5k
Xueqin Yang China 18 108 0.3× 488 1.3× 63 0.3× 79 0.6× 25 0.2× 78 1.1k
Angela Bruna Maffione Italy 16 109 0.3× 254 0.7× 24 0.1× 72 0.5× 78 0.7× 41 891
Ferda Özkan Türkiye 18 59 0.1× 126 0.3× 35 0.1× 120 0.9× 66 0.6× 50 711

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Chen

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

All Works

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Wu, Jiansong, et al.. (2024). Effects of hydrogen status and compartment structure on hydrogen explosion propagation in utility tunnels. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 96. 652–663. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Yao, et al.. (2024). A Study on the Comfort Level of Standing Chairs Based on Pressure Sensors and sEMG. Applied Sciences. 14(14). 6009–6009. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Jitao, Jiansong Wu, Yuhang Wang, Fan Chen, & Rui Zhou. (2024). Experimental investigation of natural gas leakage and dispersion characteristics in utility tunnels under the effects of real facility layout and forced ventilation. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 155. 106187–106187. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Hua, Yuming Huang, Xiaohui Huang, et al.. (2024). Curculigoside upregulates BMAL1 to decrease nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis by inhibiting the JAK/STAT3 pathway. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 33(4). 412–425. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Hui, Siping Deng, Jianru Wang, et al.. (2023). Association between immediate postoperative hypoalbuminemia and surgical site infection after posterior lumbar fusion surgery. European Spine Journal. 32(6). 2012–2019. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Ye, Yunpeng Wu, Xin Liu, et al.. (2023). Impact of age on long-term relative survival benefit of radiotherapy for early-stage grade I–II follicular lymphoma from the SEER database (2000–2015). Leukemia & lymphoma. 65(3). 312–322. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Honglin, et al.. (2023). Factors related to the postoperative recurrence of lumbar disc herniation treated by percutaneous transforaminal endoscopy: A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 1049779–1049779. 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jinjian, Jianru Wang, Hui Liu, et al.. (2022). Alarmins S100A8/A9 promote intervertebral disc degeneration and inflammation-related pain in a rat model through toll-like receptor-4 and activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 30(7). 998–1011. 40 indexed citations
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Li, Zemin, Fan Chen, Yuming Huang, et al.. (2022). Grem1 accelerates nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis and intervertebral disc degeneration by inhibiting TGF-β-mediated Smad2/3 phosphorylation. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 54(4). 518–530. 66 indexed citations
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Wang, Qian, Christine M. Budke, Wei He, et al.. (2020). Assessment of a 10-year dog deworming programme on the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis in Tibetan communities in Sichuan Province, China. International Journal for Parasitology. 51(2-3). 159–166. 6 indexed citations
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Dandey, Venkata P., William C. Budell, Hui Wei, et al.. (2020). Time-resolved cryo-EM using Spotiton. Nature Methods. 17(9). 897–900. 94 indexed citations
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Chen, Bei & Fan Chen. (2019). Comparison of the therapeutic effect and safety of anti-VEGF drugs on macular edema secondary to non-ischemic retinal vein occlusion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jian, Zemin Li, Fan Chen, et al.. (2017). TGF-β1 suppresses CCL3/4 expression through the ERK signaling pathway and inhibits intervertebral disc degeneration and inflammation-related pain in a rat model. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 49(9). e379–e379. 95 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jianwen, et al.. (2013). Efficacy of three internal fixation methods for type C distal humeral fractures: a comparative study. Zhonghua chuangshang zazhi. 29(5). 395–400. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Fan, Jing Zhou, Yonghao Huang, et al.. (2012). Function of ssDNA aptamer and aptamer pool against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a mouse model. Molecular Medicine Reports. 7(2). 669–673. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Shaoxing, Feng‐Ying Huang, Guang‐Hong Tan, et al.. (2009). RNA interference against interleukin-5 attenuates airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in an asthma model. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B. 10(1). 22–28. 5 indexed citations
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Mittal, Khush, Fan Chen, Jian Wei, et al.. (2009). Molecular and immunohistochemical evidence for the origin of uterine leiomyosarcomas from associated leiomyoma and symplastic leiomyoma-like areas. Modern Pathology. 22(10). 1303–1311. 89 indexed citations

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