Feng Xu

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
166 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Feng Xu is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Feng Xu has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Physiology, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Feng Xu's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (44 papers), Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (33 papers) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (26 papers). Feng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (44 papers), Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (33 papers) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (26 papers). Feng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Feng Xu's co-authors include William E. Van Nostrand, Judianne Davis, Mary Lou Previti, Rashid Deane, Berislav V. Zloković, Galina Romanov, Jianting Miao, Abhay P. Sagare, Peter J. Lenting and Xiaomei Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Feng Xu

158 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

LRP/Amyloid β-Peptide Interaction Mediates Differential B... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2021 200 400 600
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. LRP/Amyloid β-Peptide Interaction Mediates Differential Brain Efflux of Aβ Isoforms
    2004 697 citations Judianne Davis, Feng Xu et al. profile →
  2. IL-6 regulates autophagy and chemotherapy resistance by promoting BECN1 phosphorylation
    2021 168 citations Fuqing Hu, Da Song et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Feng Xu China 32 1.7k 1.4k 808 753 668 166 4.5k
Itender Singh United States 19 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.9k 2.3× 1.1k 1.4× 146 0.2× 24 4.8k
Na Zhao China 31 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 943 1.2× 494 0.7× 141 0.2× 139 4.9k
Jae Kyu Ryu Canada 45 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 2.6k 3.2× 768 1.0× 235 0.4× 73 6.4k
Soroku Yagihashi Japan 46 2.8k 1.6× 1.6k 1.2× 562 0.7× 1.3k 1.8× 119 0.2× 227 8.0k
Jiankun Cui United States 33 1.2k 0.7× 3.2k 2.4× 968 1.2× 738 1.0× 221 0.3× 86 6.1k
Isao Hozumi Japan 33 706 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 575 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 185 0.3× 142 4.1k
Taku Sugawara Japan 36 450 0.3× 2.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 715 0.9× 203 0.3× 104 5.0k
R. Anne Stetler United States 42 749 0.4× 3.4k 2.5× 2.1k 2.6× 1.2k 1.6× 218 0.3× 71 6.9k
Ronald F. Tuma United States 38 598 0.4× 921 0.7× 672 0.8× 320 0.4× 166 0.2× 99 4.2k
Masakiyo Sasahara Japan 43 594 0.3× 2.1k 1.5× 489 0.6× 230 0.3× 151 0.2× 146 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Feng Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Feng Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feng Xu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yiwei, Feng Xu, Qiu-Yue Han, et al.. (2025). AI-based automatic estimation of single-kidney glomerular filtration rate and split renal function using non-contrast CT. Insights into Imaging. 16(1). 84–84.
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Zhai, Yinghong, Fangyuan Hu, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). Associations between an energy-adjusted inflammatory diet index and incident depression: a cohort study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 1–10. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Feng, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of Acupuncture Combined with Patient-Controlled Analgesia in the Treatment of Acute Pain after Back Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. Pain Research and Management. 2022. 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Fuqing, Da Song, Yumeng Yan, et al.. (2021). IL-6 regulates autophagy and chemotherapy resistance by promoting BECN1 phosphorylation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3651–3651. 168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xiao, Feng Xu, Zheng Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of epigenetic regulator gene BCOR mutation and response predictive value for hypomethylating agents in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Clinical Epigenetics. 13(1). 169–169. 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Kaipei, Feng Xu, Tianyi Yao, et al.. (2021). TPGS and chondroitin sulfate dual-modified lipid-albumin nanosystem for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic agent against multidrug-resistant cancer. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 183. 1270–1282. 22 indexed citations
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Robison, Lisa S., Joshua Hatfield, Feng Xu, et al.. (2019). Long-term voluntary wheel running does not alter vascular amyloid burden but reduces neuroinflammation in the Tg-SwDI mouse model of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 16(1). 144–144. 25 indexed citations
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Qin, Yuanyuan, Ping Xu, Tong Wu, et al.. (2019). Bile duct ligation enhances AZT CNS toxicity partly by impairing the expression and function of BCRP in rat brain. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 41(2). 181–191. 10 indexed citations
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Jin, Hai, et al.. (2018). Comparative study of surgical treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage assisted with ROSA system and stereotactic frame. Zhonghua shenjing waike zazhi. 34(7). 674–677. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Fuqing, Haijie Li, Lu Liu, et al.. (2018). Histone demethylase KDM4D promotes gastrointestinal stromal tumor progression through HIF1β/VEGFA signalling. Molecular Cancer. 17(1). 107–107. 39 indexed citations
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Xu, Feng, et al.. (2016). Cerebral vascular amyloid seeds drive amyloid β-protein fibril assembly with a distinct anti-parallel structure. Nature Communications. 7(1). 31 indexed citations
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Lian, Lifei, Dujuan Li, Zheng Xue, et al.. (2013). Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in CADASIL. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 14(1). 98–98. 23 indexed citations
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Tang, Chao, et al.. (2012). Supraorbital keyhole approach for anterior circulation aneurysms. Turkish Neurosurgery. 23(4). 434–8. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Chih‐Chao, S.E. Ellis, Feng Xu, & Karen J. L. Burg. (2007). In vitro regulation of adipogenesis: tunable engineered tissues. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 1(2). 146–153. 8 indexed citations
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Vasilevko, Vitaly, Feng Xu, Mary Lou Previti, William E. Van Nostrand, & David H. Cribbs. (2007). Experimental Investigation of Antibody-Mediated Clearance Mechanisms of Amyloid-β in CNS of Tg-SwDI Transgenic Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(49). 13376–13383. 44 indexed citations
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Davis, Judianne, Feng Xu, Jianting Miao, et al.. (2005). Deficient cerebral clearance of vasculotropic mutant Dutch/Iowa Double Aß in human AßPP transgenic mice. Neurobiology of Aging. 27(7). 946–954. 48 indexed citations
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