Fen Xia

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Fen Xia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Fen Xia has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Fen Xia's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (36 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (11 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (10 papers). Fen Xia is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (36 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (11 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (10 papers). Fen Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Fen Xia's co-authors include Wil L. Santivasi, Henning Willers, Simon N. Powell, Wensheng Zhang, Tie‐Yan Liu, Howard L. Liber, Azad Bonni, Michael E. Greenberg, Mireya Nadal‐Vicens and Hang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Fen Xia

89 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fen Xia United States	35	3.1k	1.4k	736	555	440	94	4.9k
Michael Reich United States	22	6.5k 2.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	588 1.1×	699 1.6×	42	9.6k
Enzo Médico Italy	41	3.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	332 0.6×	335 0.8×	120	6.1k
Jane Staunton United States	12	3.9k 1.3×	843 0.6×	676 0.9×	284 0.5×	511 1.2×	16	6.0k
Andrew P. Weng Canada	32	5.7k 1.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	413 0.7×	350 0.8×	100	9.0k
Jan Komorowski Poland	38	4.2k 1.4×	566 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	747 1.3×	701 1.6×	224	6.9k
TL Lee Hong Kong	42	2.7k 0.9×	635 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	629 1.1×	241 0.5×	136	5.3k
Aedín C. Culhane United States	36	3.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	557 1.0×	218 0.5×	71	5.2k
D.R. Mani United States	32	3.9k 1.3×	768 0.5×	545 0.7×	190 0.3×	226 0.5×	61	5.7k
Sunkyu Kim South Korea	32	4.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	341 0.6×	3.0k 6.7×	76	7.8k
Ken N. Ross United States	5	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	899 1.2×	232 0.4×	378 0.9×	6	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Fen Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fen Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fen Xia

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xia, Fen, Jing Zhang, Jun‐Jie Yin, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional molecular engineering of fluorene-based self-assembled monolayers for high-performance inverted perovskite solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 525. 170521–170521.

Narayanasamy, G., et al.. (2022). A dosimetric comparative analysis of Brainlab elements and Eclipse RapidArc for spine SBRT treatment planning. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. 8(2). 25014–25014. 2 indexed citations

Ying, Binwu, et al.. (2022). An Analysis of Risk Factors for Radiation Necrosis Following Cranial Radiation. Cureus. 14(9). e29268–e29268. 1 indexed citations

Sizemore, Steven T., Gina M. Sizemore, Somaira Nowsheen, et al.. (2018). Synthetic Lethality of PARP Inhibition and Ionizing Radiation is p53-dependent. Molecular Cancer Research. 16(7). 1092–1102. 34 indexed citations

Sizemore, Steven T., Manchao Zhang, Ju Hwan Cho, et al.. (2018). Pyruvate kinase M2 regulates homologous recombination-mediated DNA double-strand break repair. Cell Research. 28(11). 1090–1102. 57 indexed citations

Zheng, Shun, Jialei Wang, Fen Xia, Wei Xu, & Tong Zhang. (2017). A General Distributed Dual Coordinate Optimization Framework for Regularized Loss Minimization. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 18(115). 1–52. 6 indexed citations

Jiang, Juhong, Yuanzhi Lu, Zhi Li, et al.. (2017). Ganetespib overcomes resistance to PARP inhibitors in breast cancer by targeting core proteins in the DNA repair machinery. Investigational New Drugs. 35(3). 251–259. 29 indexed citations

Xia, Fen. (2014). Boring Bar with Constrained Damping. Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica. 5 indexed citations

Santivasi, Wil L. & Fen Xia. (2013). Ionizing Radiation-Induced DNA Damage, Response, and Repair. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 21(2). 251–259. 402 indexed citations

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Willers, Henning, Christopher G. Azzoli, Wil L. Santivasi, & Fen Xia. (2013). Basic Mechanisms of Therapeutic Resistance to Radiation and Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer. The Cancer Journal. 19(3). 200–207. 176 indexed citations

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Jiang, Guochun, Isabelle Plo, Tong Wang, et al.. (2013). BRCA1-Ku80 Protein Interaction Enhances End-joining Fidelity of Chromosomal Double-strand Breaks in the G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(13). 8966–8976. 43 indexed citations

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Yang, Eddy S., Somaira Nowsheen, Mohammad Aminur Rahman, Rebecca S. Cook, & Fen Xia. (2012). Targeting BRCA1 Localization to Augment Breast Tumor Sensitivity to Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibition. Cancer Research. 72(21). 5547–5555. 24 indexed citations

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Jiang, Juhong, Eddy S. Yang, Guochun Jiang, et al.. (2011). p53-Dependent BRCA1 Nuclear Export Controls Cellular Susceptibility to DNA Damage. Cancer Research. 71(16). 5546–5557. 61 indexed citations

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Wiltshire, Timothy D., Courtney A. Lovejoy, Tong Wang, et al.. (2010). Sensitivity to Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) Inhibition Identifies Ubiquitin-specific Peptidase 11 (USP11) as a Regulator of DNA Double-strand Break Repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(19). 14565–14571. 107 indexed citations

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Yang, Eddy S., Hong Wang, Guochun Jiang, et al.. (2009). Lithium-mediated protection of hippocampal cells involves enhancement of DNA-PK–dependent repair in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(5). 1124–1135. 41 indexed citations

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Li, Liping, Hong Wang, Eddy S. Yang, Carlos L. Arteaga, & Fen Xia. (2008). Erlotinib Attenuates Homologous Recombinational Repair of Chromosomal Breaks in Human Breast Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 68(22). 9141–9146. 102 indexed citations

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Yan, Jun, Yong Sik Kim, Leping Li, et al.. (2007). The Ubiquitin-Interacting Motif–Containing Protein RAP80 Interacts with BRCA1 and Functions in DNA Damage Repair Response. Cancer Research. 67(14). 6647–6656. 138 indexed citations

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Xia, Fen & Howard L. Liber. (2003). Electroporation of Human Lymphoblastoid Cells. Humana Press eBooks. 48. 151–160. 3 indexed citations

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Turner, Neil A., Fen Xia, Gohar Azhar, et al.. (1998). Oxidative Stress Induces DNA Fragmentation and Caspase Activation Via the c-Jun NH2-terminal Kinase Pathway in H9c2 Cardiac Muscle Cells. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 30(9). 1789–1801. 169 indexed citations

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Xia, Fen & Howard L. Liber. (1997). The tumor suppressor p53 modifies mutational processes in a human lymphoblastoid cell line. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 373(1). 87–97. 29 indexed citations

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