Fan Leng

747 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 508 citations indexed

About

Fan Leng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Leng has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 508 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 2 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Fan Leng's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (2 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (2 papers) and Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (1 paper). Fan Leng is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (2 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (2 papers) and Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (1 paper). Fan Leng collaborates with scholars based in China and Iran. Fan Leng's co-authors include Kui Liu, Shuang Wei, Ling Zhou, Huiguo Liu, Lei Chen, Wei Liu, Ke Wang, Yan Deng, Jin Shang and Haitao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Healthcare Materials, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology and Molecular Pharmaceutics.

In The Last Decade

Fan Leng

5 papers receiving 496 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.

Clinical characteristics of fatal and recovered cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective study

2020 501 citations Yan Deng, Wei Liu et al. Chinese Medical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fan Leng China	3	440	277	156	48	43	8	508
Hongwei Ren China	5	505 1.1×	256 0.9×	149 1.0×	82 1.7×	43 1.0×	14	634
Jiatian Cao China	4	423 1.0×	191 0.7×	108 0.7×	65 1.4×	31 0.7×	10	518
Ioannis Katsoularis Sweden	4	341 0.8×	230 0.8×	151 1.0×	55 1.1×	42 1.0×	5	526
Zhenghua Ma China	8	397 0.9×	254 0.9×	86 0.6×	77 1.6×	60 1.4×	15	481
Xinguo Zhao China	7	451 1.0×	206 0.7×	126 0.8×	86 1.8×	33 0.8×	11	599
Nidhi Patel United States	6	357 0.8×	192 0.7×	106 0.7×	95 2.0×	17 0.4×	10	512
Songpu Xie China	7	289 0.7×	154 0.6×	147 0.9×	86 1.8×	22 0.5×	9	492
Weidong Nian China	4	460 1.0×	194 0.7×	145 0.9×	31 0.6×	35 0.8×	11	621

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Leng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Leng

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Li, Liu‐Gen, Hao Chen, Tingting Yu, et al.. (2025). Suppression of NRF2 by photodynamic action to enhance bortezomib-triggered DNA damage for synergistic colorectal cancer therapy. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 267. 113162–113162.

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Zhao, Junjie, Jin‐Jian Lu, Xing‐Chun Peng, et al.. (2025). Cepharanthine Loaded TCPP‐MOF Triggers Pyroptosis Through TSPO Inhibition for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Sonodynamic‐Chemotherapy. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(23). e2500630–e2500630.

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Leng, Fan, Siyuan Chen, Chen-Yu Wang, et al.. (2025). Using Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles for Targeted Codelivery of Bortezomib and Iron Ions to Mitochondrial TOM20 to Induce Ferroptosis for Colorectal Cancer Treatment. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 22(8). 4865–4878. 2 indexed citations

4.

Han, Ning, Lei Zhang, Liu‐Gen Li, et al.. (2025). Teniposide Triggers DNA Repair Inhibition by Binding and Ubiquitination of Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 1 to Boost Oxidative DNA Damage for Lung Cancer Destruction. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 8(8). 2710–2724.

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Li, Liu‐Gen, Di Zhang, Min Yan, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial disruption resulting from Cepharanthine-mediated TOM inhibition triggers ferroptosis in colorectal cancer cells. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 150(10). 460–460. 3 indexed citations

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Leng, Fan, Shushu Li, Mengjie Xu, et al.. (2023). Solubility, Crystallization, and Characterization of Cytidine Sulfate. ACS Omega. 8(28). 25288–25294. 1 indexed citations

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Deng, Yan, Wei Liu, Kui Liu, et al.. (2020). Clinical characteristics of fatal and recovered cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective study. Chinese Medical Journal. 133(11). 1261–1267. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leng, Fan. (2011). Effects of allicin on the expression of α-SMA and TGF-β_1 at the pulmonary fibrosis rats. Zhongguo xiandai yixue/Zhongguo xiandai yixue zazhi. 1 indexed citations

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