Guifang Xu

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Guifang Xu is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Guifang Xu has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Guifang Xu's work include Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (5 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (5 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (5 papers). Guifang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (5 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (5 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (5 papers). Guifang Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Guifang Xu's co-authors include Xiaoping Zou, Zhangding Wang, Shouyu Wang, Qiang Wang, Qingqing Ding, Jianwei Zhou, Junjie Chen, Yan Zhao, Chen Chen and Jingjing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Oncogene and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Guifang Xu

39 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

METTL3-mediated m ⁶ A modification of HDGF mRNA promotes gastric cancer progression and has prognostic significance

2019 629 citations Qiang Wang, Chen Chen et al. Gut profile →
Acetyltransferase from Akkermansia muciniphila blunts colorectal tumourigenesis by reprogramming tumour microenvironment

2023 104 citations Yuejie Xu, Chang Zheng et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guifang Xu China	17	1.1k	636	291	261	253	40	1.5k
Xiaoqiang Zhu China	19	1.1k 1.0×	691 1.1×	139 0.5×	383 1.5×	202 0.8×	36	1.5k
Yasi Pan Hong Kong	11	665 0.6×	310 0.5×	104 0.4×	205 0.8×	89 0.4×	18	993
Chaoqin Shen China	16	945 0.9×	643 1.0×	92 0.3×	164 0.6×	149 0.6×	18	1.2k
Hao Peng China	15	706 0.7×	373 0.6×	80 0.3×	150 0.6×	118 0.5×	25	939
Yan Jia China	25	1.0k 0.9×	354 0.6×	189 0.6×	405 1.6×	226 0.9×	89	1.8k
Wenhui Yu China	18	586 0.5×	254 0.4×	78 0.3×	102 0.4×	75 0.3×	66	994
Joanna H.M. Tong Hong Kong	15	931 0.9×	363 0.6×	243 0.8×	270 1.0×	139 0.5×	22	1.3k
Runliu Wu China	19	1.2k 1.1×	567 0.9×	56 0.2×	219 0.8×	440 1.7×	31	1.7k
Cao Guo China	18	527 0.5×	330 0.5×	49 0.2×	211 0.8×	122 0.5×	28	828

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guifang Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Guifang Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Guifang 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 Guifang Xu. Guifang Xu 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

Xu, Guifang, et al.. (2025). AlF3-Modified Carbon Anodes for Aluminum Electrolysis: Oxidation Resistance and Microstructural Evolution. Inorganics. 13(5). 165–165. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, Yifang Ma, Ming‐Hua Zheng, et al.. (2025). Conjugated Lithocholic Acid Activates Hepatic TGR5 to Promote Lipotoxicity and MASLD‐MASH Transition by Disrupting Carnitine Biosynthesis. Advanced Science. 12(20). e2410602–e2410602. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Xinlu, Qiongyun Chen, Wenjun Li, et al.. (2025). Faecalibacterium Prausnitzii extracellular vesicles regulating macrophage differentiation via homologous recombination repair in colitis model. Microbiological Research. 298. 128217–128217. 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Ping, et al.. (2024). The biofunction of Akkermansia muciniphila in intestinal-related diseases. PubMed. 3(4). 47–47. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhangding, Qiang Wang, Chen Chen, et al.. (2023). NNMT enriches for AQP5 ⁺ cancer stem cells to drive malignant progression in early gastric cardia adenocarcinoma. Gut. 73(1). 63–77. 30 indexed citations

Tang, Dehua, Min Chen, Yonghua Shen, et al.. (2023). Sedation Is Associated with Higher Polyp and Adenoma Detection Rates during Colonoscopy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2023. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Yuejie, Chang Zheng, Lei Ye, et al.. (2023). Acetyltransferase from Akkermansia muciniphila blunts colorectal tumourigenesis by reprogramming tumour microenvironment. Gut. 72(7). 1308–1318. 104 indexed citations breakdown →

Fu, Yao, Hao Wu, Siqi Zhou, et al.. (2022). Hesperadin suppresses pancreatic cancer through ATF4/GADD45A axis at nanomolar concentrations. Oncogene. 41(25). 3394–3408. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, Chunyan Peng, Song Zhang, et al.. (2020). EUS-guided portal pressure gradient measurement in patients with acute or subacute portal hypertension. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 93(3). 565–572. 63 indexed citations

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Zou, Tianhui, Qi Sun, Tianyun Liu, et al.. (2020). Safety and long-term outcomes of early gastric cardiac cancer treated with endoscopic submucosal dissection in 499 Chinese patients. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 13. 3974155793–3974155793. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Guifang, Yanke Chen, Min Fu, et al.. (2020). Circular RNA CCDC66 promotes gastric cancer progression by regulating c-Myc and TGF-β signaling pathways. Journal of Cancer. 11(10). 2759–2768. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Qiang, Chen Chen, Qingqing Ding, et al.. (2019). METTL3-mediated m ⁶ A modification of HDGF mRNA promotes gastric cancer progression and has prognostic significance. Gut. 69(7). 1193–1205. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Bin, Tingsheng Ling, Yu Cao, et al.. (2019). Proton pump inhibitor pantoprazole inhibits gastric cancer metastasis via suppression of telomerase reverse transcriptase gene expression. Cancer Letters. 452. 23–30. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaohua, Guifang Xu, Jingyuan Zhang, et al.. (2019). The clinical and prognostic significance of paraoxonase-2 in gastric cancer patients: immunohistochemical analysis. Human Cell. 32(4). 487–494. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Liuqing, Weijie Zhang, Yanbo Wang, et al.. (2017). Hypoxia-induced miR-214 expression promotes tumour cell proliferation and migration by enhancing the Warburg effect in gastric carcinoma cells. Cancer Letters. 414. 44–56. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feng, Ming Zhang, Chen Wang, et al.. (2016). TWEAK increases SIRT1 expression and promotes p53 deacetylation affecting human hepatic stellate cell senescence. Cell Biology International. 41(2). 147–154. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Guifang, Chunyan Peng, Xia Li, et al.. (2015). Endoscopic resection of gastritis cystica profunda: preliminary experience with 34 patients from a single center in China. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 81(6). 1493–1498. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, et al.. (2010). Comparison of photosynthetic and fluorescence characteristics among taxa in Paeonia sect. Paeonia.. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 34(12). 1463–1471. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinwen, Guifang Xu, Lin Zhou, et al.. (1999). Depentylation of [3H-pentyl]methyl-n-amylnitrosamine by rat esophageal and liver microsomes and by rat and human cytochrome P450 isoforms.. PubMed. 59(1). 91–8. 18 indexed citations

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Xu, Guifang, et al.. (1983). The Relationships Between Activities of Indoleacetic Acid Oxidase, Peroxidase ahd Isoenzymes in Four Kinds of Calli. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 25(6). 551–555. 1 indexed citations

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