Fangkun Liu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Fangkun Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fangkun Liu has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Fangkun Liu's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (3 papers). Fangkun Liu is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (3 papers). Fangkun Liu collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Fangkun Liu's co-authors include Zhixiong Liu, Wenrui Ye, Jing Huang, Chenglong Li, Cong Luo, Jing Huang, Jindong Chen, Quan Cheng, Renrong Wu and Liyang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Scientific Reports and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Fangkun Liu

30 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gestational diabetes mellitus and adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis

2022 498 citations Wenrui Ye, Cong Luo et al. BMJ profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fangkun Liu China	19	427	332	270	239	186	31	1.4k
Michael J. Goodheart United States	31	393 0.9×	672 2.0×	774 2.9×	228 1.0×	28 0.2×	118	2.5k
Sonja Šuvakov Serbia	18	281 0.7×	369 1.1×	66 0.2×	170 0.7×	39 0.2×	54	1.1k
Amanda Vincent Australia	24	127 0.3×	246 0.7×	252 0.9×	100 0.4×	59 0.3×	86	1.6k
Nathalie Chabbert‐Buffet France	28	1.1k 2.5×	252 0.8×	273 1.0×	370 1.5×	40 0.2×	155	2.7k
Hui Gu China	22	99 0.2×	803 2.4×	102 0.4×	167 0.7×	57 0.3×	88	1.6k
Heather S. Hipp United States	21	83 0.2×	347 1.0×	268 1.0×	664 2.8×	21 0.1×	89	1.9k
Malcolm Whitehead United Kingdom	37	781 1.8×	323 1.0×	446 1.7×	104 0.4×	18 0.1×	99	4.8k
Luigi Minerba Italy	21	99 0.2×	215 0.6×	231 0.9×	70 0.3×	27 0.1×	79	1.4k
Herjan J.T. Coelingh Bennink Netherlands	37	318 0.7×	324 1.0×	360 1.3×	342 1.4×	10 0.1×	129	3.4k
Ina Knerr Germany	29	339 0.8×	808 2.4×	54 0.2×	571 2.4×	31 0.2×	110	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fangkun Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Fangkun, Kun Jin, Ziwei Teng, et al.. (2025). Intermittent theta burst stimulation for non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with major depressive disorder: a randomized, sham-controlled trial. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(2). 860–868. 1 indexed citations

Ye, Wenrui, Cong Luo, Jun Zhou, et al.. (2025). Association between maternal diabetes and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 202 observational studies comprising 56·1 million pregnancies. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 13(6). 494–504. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Zhuohui, Xiang Wang, Ziwei Teng, et al.. (2024). Modifiable lifestyle factors influencing psychiatric disorders mediated by plasma proteins: A systemic Mendelian randomization study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 350. 582–589. 3 indexed citations

Teng, Ziwei, Zhuohui Chen, Yu‐Han Su, et al.. (2024). Olanzapine enhances early brain maturation through activation of the NODAL/FOXH1 axis. iScience. 27(10). 110917–110917. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhenyan, Zhenghao Deng, Fangkun Liu, et al.. (2024). Clinical sequencing reveals diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic biomarkers for adult-type diffuse gliomas. Heliyon. 10(18). e37712–e37712. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Zhuohui, Xiang Wang, Ziwei Teng, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive assessment of the association between common drugs and psychiatric disorders using Mendelian randomization and real-world pharmacovigilance database. EBioMedicine. 107. 105314–105314. 6 indexed citations

Wen, Jie, Fangkun Liu, Quan Cheng, et al.. (2023). Applications of organoid technology to brain tumors. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 29(10). 2725–2743. 23 indexed citations

Huang, Jing, Gangrui Hei, Fangkun Liu, et al.. (2023). Metformin improves cognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia: associated with enhanced functional connectivity of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 315–315. 22 indexed citations

Huang, Jing, Chenchen Liu, Ye Yang, et al.. (2022). The effects of probiotics plus dietary fiber on antipsychotic-induced weight gain: a randomized clinical trial. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 185–185. 23 indexed citations

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Fan, Fan, Hao Zhang, Ziyu Dai, et al.. (2022). HOXA5: A crucial transcriptional factor in cancer and a potential therapeutic target. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 155. 113800–113800. 21 indexed citations

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Ye, Wenrui, Cong Luo, Jing Huang, et al.. (2022). Gestational diabetes mellitus and adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 377. e067946–e067946. 498 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wen, Jie, Yuyao Chen, Jing Huang, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of metformin therapy in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of 22 randomised controlled trials. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 402–402. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liyang, Fangkun Liu, Nathaniel Weygant, et al.. (2020). A novel integrated system using patient-derived glioma cerebral organoids and xenografts for disease modeling and drug screening. Cancer Letters. 500. 87–97. 44 indexed citations

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Ye, Wenrui, Cong Luo, Chenglong Li, Jing Huang, & Fangkun Liu. (2020). Organoids to study immune functions, immunological diseases and immunotherapy. Cancer Letters. 477. 31–40. 48 indexed citations

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Liu, Fangkun, et al.. (2020). Effects of sulforaphane on cognitive function in patients with frontal brain damage: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(10). e037543–e037543. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Jing, Fangkun Liu, Bolun Wang, et al.. (2019). Central and Peripheral Changes in FOS Expression in Schizophrenia Based on Genome-Wide Gene Expression. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 232–232. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Fangkun, Jing Huang, & Zhixiong Liu. (2018). Vincristine Impairs Microtubules and Causes Neurotoxicity in Cerebral Organoids. Neuroscience. 404. 530–540. 41 indexed citations

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Huang, Jing, et al.. (2018). Repurposing psychiatric drugs as anti-cancer agents. Cancer Letters. 419. 257–265. 71 indexed citations

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Liu, Fangkun, Jing Huang, Liyang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Advances in Cerebral Organoid Systems and their Application in Disease Modeling. Neuroscience. 399. 28–38. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Fangkun, Jing Huang, Liyang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Screening for distress in patients with primary brain tumor using distress thermometer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer. 18(1). 124–124. 36 indexed citations

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