Haijun Yu

23.3k total citations · 11 hit papers
340 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Haijun Yu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Haijun Yu has authored 340 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 104 papers in Molecular Biology and 90 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Haijun Yu's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (129 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (75 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (40 papers). Haijun Yu is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (129 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (75 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (40 papers). Haijun Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Haijun Yu's co-authors include Yaping Li, Zhiwen Zhang, Qi Yin, Bing Feng, Dangge Wang, Zhiai Xu, Fangyuan Zhou, Pengcheng Zhang, Madiha Saeed and Bo Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Haijun Yu

329 papers receiving 19.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Recent progress in drug delivery

2019 607 citations Haijun Yu et al. profile →
Liposomes Coated with Isolated Macrophage Membrane Can Target Lung Metastasis of Breast Cancer

2016 577 citations Haijun Yu et al. profile →
Cancer‐Cell‐Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Therapy of Homotypic Tumors

2016 540 citations Haijun Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Tumor Microenvironment‐Activatable Prodrug Vesicles for Nanoenabled Cancer Chemoimmunotherapy Combining Immunogenic Cell Death Induction and CD47 Blockade

2019 457 citations Haijun Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Binary Cooperative Prodrug Nanoparticles Improve Immunotherapy by Synergistically Modulating Immune Tumor Microenvironment

2018 404 citations Bo Hou, Haijun Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Acid-Activatable Versatile Micelleplexes for PD-L1 Blockade-Enhanced Cancer Photodynamic Immunotherapy

2016 376 citations Haijun Yu, Shi Jiao et al. profile →
A cancer vaccine-mediated postoperative immunotherapy for recurrent and metastatic tumors

2018 355 citations Haijun Yu, Shi Jiao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Acidity‐Activatable Dynamic Nanoparticles Boosting Ferroptotic Cell Death for Immunotherapy of Cancer

2021 264 citations Bo Hou, Jing Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Engineered bioorthogonal POLY-PROTAC nanoparticles for tumour-specific protein degradation and precise cancer therapy

2022 143 citations Jing Gao, Bo Hou et al. Nature Communications profile →
PROTAC Prodrug‐Integrated Nanosensitizer for Potentiating Radiation Therapy of Cancer

2024 58 citations Yi Lai, Jiaxing Pan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
From chaos to order: optimizing fecal microbiota transplantation for enhanced immune checkpoint inhibitors efficacy

2025 34 citations Haijun Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Haijun Yu China	79	11.1k	6.7k	6.5k	3.4k	3.2k	340	19.7k
Twan Lammers Germany	85	12.1k 1.1×	10.5k 1.6×	7.3k 1.1×	4.1k 1.2×	2.2k 0.7×	332	24.8k
Chao Liang China	88	13.1k 1.2×	4.2k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	12.2k 3.6×	2.1k 0.6×	219	24.5k
Jin Sun China	64	6.3k 0.6×	5.8k 0.9×	5.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	480	16.2k
Youqing Shen China	86	11.8k 1.1×	10.2k 1.5×	8.4k 1.3×	6.4k 1.9×	1.2k 0.4×	642	29.1k
Guangjun Nie China	87	10.2k 0.9×	5.7k 0.8×	10.8k 1.7×	5.1k 1.5×	3.4k 1.1×	355	24.6k
Wei Tao China	91	12.9k 1.2×	7.1k 1.1×	9.3k 1.4×	7.8k 2.3×	2.3k 0.7×	273	26.1k
Xiangyang Shi China	90	14.0k 1.3×	12.6k 1.9×	8.9k 1.4×	8.0k 2.4×	1.1k 0.3×	605	29.8k
Huan Meng China	64	6.6k 0.6×	4.9k 0.7×	4.3k 0.7×	8.1k 2.4×	1.2k 0.4×	176	17.6k
Aiguo Wu China	72	9.6k 0.9×	3.8k 0.6×	5.6k 0.9×	10.5k 3.1×	505 0.2×	442	21.1k
Huile Gao China	77	9.2k 0.8×	8.5k 1.3×	7.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	279	19.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haijun Yu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Haijun, Laura Olivieri, Adam Christopher, et al.. (2025). The long-term effect of the Fontan fenestration on clinical outcomes: A FORCE registry study. American Heart Journal. 290. 105–114. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Fangmin, Huijuan Zhang, Shuang Li, et al.. (2025). Polypeptide sono-adjuvant for ultrasound-activatable regulation of innate immunity and cancer vaccination therapy. Nature Communications. 17(1). 272–272.

Xia, Kun, Hui Chen, Haijun Yu, et al.. (2025). TEMPO-Catalyzed Electrochemical Hydrobenzylation of Imines with Methylarenes via Radical Cascade Reaction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(40). 14253–14259.

Li, Yunhao, Haijun Yu, Dandan Liu, et al.. (2025). Nanofiltration membranes with sandwich-like mixed charge layers for high-efficiency Mg2+/Li+ separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 722. 123834–123834. 7 indexed citations

Kasmi, Sabah, Lutz Nuhn, Qiwen Zhu, et al.. (2025). Enhancing anti-tumor immunity through intratumoral combination therapy with amphiphilic conjugates of oxaliplatin and imidazoquinoline TLR7/8 agonist. RSC Advances. 15(15). 11662–11674.

Zhang, Huijuan, Fangmin Chen, Wenhao Cheng, et al.. (2024). Dynamic polyphenol nanoparticles boost cuproptosis-driven metalloimmunotherapy of breast cancer. Nano Today. 58. 102442–102442. 9 indexed citations

Yu, Haijun, et al.. (2024). Alteration and mineralization of the giant Pulang porphyry Cu–Au deposit, southwest China: Evidence from biotite mineralogy. Ore Geology Reviews. 173. 106222–106222. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zhenshuo, Liwei Wang, Mengyao Wang, et al.. (2024). Differential expression of long non-coding RNA and mRNA in kiwifruit fruit in response to Penicillium expansum. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 211. 112849–112849.

Li, Yunhao, Haijun Yu, Lixin Li, et al.. (2024). Advanced lithium extraction nanofiltration membrane with fast transport channels via competitive diffusion and reaction of rigid electropositive phenylbiguanide molecules. Journal of Membrane Science. 713. 123362–123362. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shanguo, Ming Li, Haoxiu Sun, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional wearable triboelectric nanogenerators prepared by combined crystallization and diffusion method: High-output, breathable, antimicrobial, and Janus-wettability for smart control and self-powered biosensing. Nano Energy. 131. 110214–110214. 10 indexed citations

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Dai, Xiaomei, et al.. (2024). Intracellular infection-responsive macrophage-targeted nanoparticles for synergistic antibiotic immunotherapy of bacterial infection. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 12(21). 5248–5260. 7 indexed citations

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Yu, Haijun, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the potential of achieving carbon neutrality at the neighborhood scale in urban areas. Sustainable Cities and Society. 97. 104764–104764. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Yunhao, Xingming Jie, Guodong Kang, et al.. (2023). Polytetrafluoroethylene hollow fiber membranes with thru hydrophilic channels for enhancing water transfer and anti-oil-fouling properties. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(1). 111747–111747. 13 indexed citations

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Zhou, Mengxue, Jiaxing Pan, Hui Wang, et al.. (2023). Nanovesicles loaded with a TGF-β receptor 1 inhibitor overcome immune resistance to potentiate cancer immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3593–3593. 53 indexed citations

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Chen, Fangmin & Haijun Yu. (2023). The advancement of metalloadjuvant for cancer immunotherapy. Science Bulletin. 68(8). 756–758. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Qi, Huilin Zhu, Junyi Wang, et al.. (2023). Salvianolic acid B promotes angiogenesis and inhibits cardiomyocyte apoptosis by regulating autophagy in myocardial ischemia. Chinese Medicine. 18(1). 155–155. 15 indexed citations

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Yu, Xichao, Mingjie Wu, Weijie Zhu, et al.. (2023). Ligustrazine alleviates pulmonary arterial hypertension in rats by promoting the formation of myocardin transcription complex in the nucleus of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Clinical and Translational Science. 16(8). 1369–1380. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Luyao, Wendong Gao, Jingjing Wang, et al.. (2022). O₂-Supplying Nanozymes Alleviate Hypoxia and Deplete Lactate to Eliminate Tumors and Activate Antitumor Immunity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(51). 56644–56657. 35 indexed citations

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Guo, Yuanyuan, Qiushuang Zhang, Qiwen Zhu, et al.. (2022). Copackaging photosensitizer and PD-L1 siRNA in a nucleic acid nanogel for synergistic cancer photoimmunotherapy. Science Advances. 8(16). eabn2941–eabn2941. 122 indexed citations

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Zhou, Fengqi, Jing Gao, Yang Tang, et al.. (2021). Engineering Chameleon Prodrug Nanovesicles to Increase Antigen Presentation and Inhibit PD‐L1 Expression for Circumventing Immune Resistance of Cancer. Advanced Materials. 33(43). e2102668–e2102668. 58 indexed citations

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