Feifan Xiao

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Feifan Xiao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Feifan Xiao has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Feifan Xiao's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (6 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers) and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (4 papers). Feifan Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (6 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers) and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (4 papers). Feifan Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China and Canada. Feifan Xiao's co-authors include Wenhao Zhou, Kai Yan, Wenhao Yuan, Jianbo Shao, Lingkong Zeng, Shiwen Xia, Xiaoli Yang, Lin Yang, Bingbing Wu and Chengdong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Gene, Oncotarget and JAMA Network Open.

In The Last Decade

Feifan Xiao

41 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Neonatal Early-Onset Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in 33 Neonates Born to Mothers With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

2020 685 citations Lingkong Zeng, Shiwen Xia et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feifan Xiao China	12	640	321	232	215	146	43	1.1k
Lingkong Zeng China	9	860 1.3×	373 1.2×	280 1.2×	259 1.2×	139 1.0×	25	1.1k
Junli Fan China	12	509 0.8×	228 0.7×	711 3.1×	138 0.6×	104 0.7×	20	1.5k
Xingguang Lin China	12	575 0.9×	264 0.8×	131 0.6×	246 1.1×	43 0.3×	27	971
Alexandre Vivanti France	17	1.3k 2.0×	529 1.6×	326 1.4×	545 2.5×	113 0.8×	68	1.7k
Kristen Thomas United States	15	364 0.6×	134 0.4×	139 0.6×	107 0.5×	265 1.8×	37	977
Reza Bahrami Iran	11	312 0.5×	170 0.5×	113 0.5×	152 0.7×	86 0.6×	73	675
Elizabeth Wastnedge United Kingdom	8	323 0.5×	165 0.5×	101 0.4×	241 1.1×	152 1.0×	11	936
A. Seval Özgü-Erdinç Türkiye	16	640 1.0×	348 1.1×	58 0.3×	276 1.3×	39 0.3×	96	1.0k
Min Wei China	14	330 0.5×	80 0.2×	392 1.7×	69 0.3×	78 0.5×	39	950
Cassandra E. Henderson United States	19	365 0.6×	300 0.9×	134 0.6×	334 1.6×	56 0.4×	66	984

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feifan Xiao

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Xu, Qiong, Yulan Lu, Bo Liu, et al.. (2025). Deep clinical and genetic analysis of 17p13.3 region: 38 pediatric patients diagnosed using next-generation sequencing and literature review. BMC Medical Genomics. 18(1). 90–90. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Lin, et al.. (2024). Genotype and phenotype features and prognostic factors of neonatal-onset pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: A systematic review. Epilepsy Research. 202. 107363–107363. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Kai, Feifan Xiao, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Brain development in newborns and infants after ECMO. World Journal of Pediatrics. 20(6). 556–568. 11 indexed citations

Sun, Weihua, Yi Wang, Hongjiang Wu, et al.. (2023). Fourteen cases of cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome in children: a cohort study in China. Translational Pediatrics. 12(5). 927–937. 2 indexed citations

Xiao, Feifan, Meiling Tang, Kai Yan, & Wenhao Zhou. (2022). Clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 11(11). 3394–3408. 4 indexed citations

Ni, Qi, Xiang Chen, Ping Zhang, et al.. (2022). Systematic estimation of cystic fibrosis prevalence in Chinese and genetic spectrum comparison to Caucasians. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 17(1). 129–129. 20 indexed citations

Gan, Mingyu, Kai Yan, Feifan Xiao, et al.. (2021). Combining Metagenomic Sequencing With Whole Exome Sequencing to Optimize Clinical Strategies in Neonates With a Suspected Central Nervous System Infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 671109–671109. 29 indexed citations

Zeng, Lingkong, Huaping Zhu, Tiantian Xiao, et al.. (2021). Short-term developmental outcomes in neonates born to mothers with COVID-19 from Wuhan, China. World Journal of Pediatrics. 17(3). 253–262. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Jinhui, Tiantian Xiao, Feifan Xiao, et al.. (2021). Time Distributions of Common Respiratory Pathogens Under the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Among Children in Xiamen, China. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9. 584874–584874. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Kai, Feifan Xiao, Yuwei Jiang, et al.. (2021). Effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on neuroimaging and neurobehavior in neonates. World Journal of Pediatrics. 17(2). 171–179. 9 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feifan, Kai Yan, Huijun Wang, et al.. (2021). Protocol of the China Neonatal Genomes Project: an observational study about genetic testing on 100,000 neonates. 4. 28–28. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, Bingbing Wu, Yi Lu, et al.. (2020). A Novel, Recurrent, 3.6-kb Deletion in the PYGL Gene Contributes to Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 22(12). 1373–1382. 4 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feifan, Bin Chen, Tiantian Xiao, et al.. (2020). Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection during an epidemic in China (outside of Hubei province). Annals of Translational Medicine. 8(14). 849–849. 9 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feifan, Kai Yan, & Wenhao Zhou. (2019). Methadone versus morphine treatment outcomes in neonatal abstinence syndrome: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55(10). 1177–1182. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Dong, Jiatong Li, Feifan Xiao, et al.. (2017). Association between F508 deletion in CFTR and chronic pancreatitis risk. Digestive and Liver Disease. 49(9). 967–972. 3 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feifan, Jian Pu, Yuening Zhang, et al.. (2017). Association between the ERCC2 Asp312Asn polymorphism and risk of cancer. Oncotarget. 8(29). 48488–48506. 20 indexed citations

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Yu, Kaihui, Ruoheng Zhang, Jiatong Li, et al.. (2016). The HLA-DRB1 allele polymorphisms and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Tumor Biology. 37(6). 7119–7128. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Jiatong, Feifan Xiao, Yuening Zhang, et al.. (2016). Shorter GGN Repeats in Androgen Receptor Gene Would Not Increase the Risk of Prostate Cancer. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 16(2). 159–166. 8 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feifan, Shaoming Lu, Jingyu Song, et al.. (2016). Research trends and perspectives of male infertility: a bibliometric analysis of 20 years of scientific literature. Andrology. 4(6). 990–1001. 30 indexed citations

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Lin, Li-Yan, et al.. (2015). Association between the FCGR2A gene H131R polymorphism and risk of Kawasaki disease: a meta-analysis. Genetics and Molecular Research. 14(2). 6256–6264. 6 indexed citations

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