Heng Hu

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Heng Hu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Hu has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 17 papers in Neurology and 17 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Heng Hu's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (15 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers). Heng Hu is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (15 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers). Heng Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Heng Hu's co-authors include Guojun Liu, Henry X. Liu, Xinkai Wu, Muhammad Rabnawaz, Wenteng Ma, Xuefang Ren, James W. Simpkins, Jiandong Wang, Sara E. Lewis and Danielle N. Doll and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heng Hu

91 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Real-time queue length estimation for congested signalize... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Real-time queue length estimation for congested signalized intersections
    2009 322 citations Heng Hu et al. profile →

Peers

Heng Hu
Ya Wang China
Chenlin Zhang China
Xuyan Liu China
Guojin Liu China
Zhi Fang China
Zichen Zhang China
Zhijin Zhang China
Xinqi Wang China
Mengdi Xu China
He Liu China
Ya Wang China
Heng Hu
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Countries citing papers authored by Heng Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heng Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heng Hu

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

All Works

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Zhang, Zhaoru, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms and impacts of anomalous high-salinity shelf water formation in the Ross Sea. ˜The œcryosphere. 19(6). 2229–2245.
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Hu, Heng, et al.. (2025). Enhancement of Indigo Production by a Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli MG1655 Using Membrane Engineering and Two-Stage Cultivation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(16). 9782–9792. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Weiming, et al.. (2024). Recent Advances, Applications, and Perspectives in Erbium-Doped Fiber Combs. Photonics. 11(3). 192–192. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Heng, et al.. (2024). The Relationship between Pragmatic Awareness in Elders and their Utilization of Conflict Strategies in Inter-generational Family Conflicts. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoli, et al.. (2024). Zishen Yutai Pills Promote Angiogenesis at the Maternal-Fetal Interface in Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion Mice by Regulating miR-187/VEGF Axis. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 18. 407–423. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Haishen, Yubao Liu, Yuewei Liu, et al.. (2022). Assimilation of GNSS PWV with NCAR-RTFDDA to Improve Prediction of a Landfall Typhoon. Remote Sensing. 14(1). 178–178. 14 indexed citations
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Saralkar, Pushkar, Alexander Mdzinarishvili, Tasneem Arsiwala, et al.. (2021). The Mitochondrial mitoNEET Ligand NL-1 Is Protective in a Murine Model of Transient Cerebral Ischemic Stroke. Pharmaceutical Research. 38(5). 803–817. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiquan, et al.. (2021). Three-dimensional variational assimilation of Lidar extinction profiles: Application to PM2.5 prediction in north China. Atmospheric Environment. 269. 118828–118828. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Xuefang, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Blood substitution therapy rescues the brain of mice from ischemic damage. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2957–2957. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Heng, et al.. (2021). A Case Study of the 3D Water Vapor Tomography Model Based on a Fast Voxel Traversal Algorithm for Ray Tracing. Remote Sensing. 13(12). 2422–2422. 4 indexed citations
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Ren, Xuefang, et al.. (2020). Blood substitution therapy rescues the brain of mice from ischemic damage. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4078–4078. 46 indexed citations
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Hu, Heng, Samuel A. Sprowls, Saumyendra N. Sarkar, et al.. (2020). MiR-34a Interacts with Cytochrome c and Shapes Stroke Outcomes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3233–3233. 25 indexed citations
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Rellick, Stephanie L., et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Bioenergetic Function in Cerebral Vascular Endothelial Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations
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Rellick, Stephanie L., Heng Hu, James W. Simpkins, & Xuefang Ren. (2016). Evaluation of Bioenergetic Function in Cerebral Vascular Endothelial Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Guojun, et al.. (2015). Stable Encapsulated Air Nanobubbles in Water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(48). 14291–14294. 18 indexed citations
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Cui, Lili, et al.. (2014). NF-κB is involved in brain repair by stem cell factor and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in chronic stroke. Experimental Neurology. 263. 17–27. 44 indexed citations
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Chen, Long, Huiying Ma, Heng Hu, et al.. (2014). Special role of Foxp3 for the specifically altered microRNAs in Regulatory T cells of HCC patients. BMC Cancer. 14(1). 489–489. 20 indexed citations

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