Heng Meng

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heng Meng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Meng has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Heng Meng's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (13 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (10 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (8 papers). Heng Meng is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (13 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (10 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (8 papers). Heng Meng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Heng Meng's co-authors include Qing Geng, Weichen Lin, Ruyuan He, Wenyang Jiang, Zilong Lu, Na He, Xiaokang Shen, Bo Hao, Wei‐Ping Liao and Tao Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Nature Cell Biology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Heng Meng

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Itaconate inhibits ferroptosis of macrophage via Nrf2 pathways against sepsis-induced acute lung injury

2022 177 citations Ruyuan He, Heng Meng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heng Meng China	15	363	291	287	251	192	50	1.2k
Lorenzo Maggi Italy	27	1.0k 2.8×	262 0.9×	93 0.3×	80 0.3×	813 4.2×	127	2.4k
Evelyn Peelen Netherlands	21	199 0.5×	75 0.3×	118 0.4×	112 0.4×	84 0.4×	35	1.6k
Jeffrey A. Canter United States	20	737 2.0×	165 0.6×	75 0.3×	20 0.1×	80 0.4×	27	1.5k
Tarekegn Geberhiwot United Kingdom	24	528 1.5×	31 0.1×	216 0.8×	51 0.2×	76 0.4×	89	1.5k
Luana Benedetti Italy	20	352 1.0×	135 0.5×	77 0.3×	32 0.1×	780 4.1×	89	1.7k
Stephanie S. Weinreich Netherlands	18	537 1.5×	40 0.1×	281 1.0×	37 0.1×	216 1.1×	48	1.4k
Savalan Babapoor-Farrokhran United States	16	392 1.1×	347 1.2×	38 0.1×	14 0.1×	233 1.2×	35	1.3k
Hans Worthmann Germany	22	328 0.9×	51 0.2×	24 0.1×	53 0.2×	418 2.2×	63	1.6k
Konstantinos S. Polyzoidis Greece	18	137 0.4×	46 0.2×	53 0.2×	28 0.1×	321 1.7×	48	949
Isabelle Hubeek Netherlands	11	285 0.8×	46 0.2×	25 0.1×	220 0.9×	53 0.3×	29	934

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heng Meng

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Hou, Chunyan, Shiya Zhu, Yihan Peng, et al.. (2025). A ROS-mediated oxidation-O-GlcNAcylation cascade governs ferroptosis. Nature Cell Biology. 27(8). 1288–1300. 8 indexed citations

Luo, Yang, Ling Liang, Huimin Zhou, et al.. (2025). The impact of social media addiction on depression among university students in Wuhan, China: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 2279–2279.

Ding, Yan, et al.. (2025). Heavy alcohol consumption, depression, their comorbidity and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 60(10). 2441–2454.

Yang, Yunlong, Pan Yang, Minjie Li, et al.. (2024). Spent mushroom substrates recycled as solid-liquid mixed carbon sources: Inducing concurrent denitrification and anammox in a membrane-less microbial fuel cell. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 68. 106285–106285. 2 indexed citations

He, Ye, Xiaoyu Liang, Siqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). CCDC22 variants caused X-linked focal epilepsy and focal cortical dysplasia. Seizure. 123. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Yunlong, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Cr(VI) reduction in a membrane-less TPBC-MFC driven by solid watermelon rind. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122637–122637. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Weijuan, Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Thanh N. Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Effect of atrial fibrillation on outcomes in patients with anterior circulation occlusion stroke receiving endovascular therapy. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15. 1160265–1160265. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Yunlong, et al.. (2023). Performances and mechanisms of a two-phase bio-cathode microbial fuel cell fueled with watermelon rind and pickling wastewater. Journal of Cleaner Production. 426. 139132–139132. 8 indexed citations

Diana, Francesco, Mohammad Mofatteh, Thanh N. Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Predictors of failure of early neurological improvement in early time window following endovascular thrombectomy: a multi-center study. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1227825–1227825. 12 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhi-Jian, et al.. (2023). Clinical application of trio-based whole-exome sequencing in idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Seizure. 116. 24–29. 6 indexed citations

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Pan, Shize, Congkuan Song, Heng Meng, et al.. (2022). Identification of cuproptosis-related subtypes in lung adenocarcinoma and its potential significance. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 934722–934722. 11 indexed citations

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He, Ruyuan, Zilong Lu, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2020). The clinical course and its correlated immune status in COVID-19 pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Virology. 127. 104361–104361. 170 indexed citations

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Xie, Xinyan, Heng Meng, Hao Wu, et al.. (2020). Integrative analyses indicate an association between ITIH3 polymorphisms with autism spectrum disorder. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 5223–5223. 11 indexed citations

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Meng, Heng, Rui Xiong, Ruyuan He, et al.. (2020). CT imaging and clinical course of asymptomatic cases with COVID-19 pneumonia at admission in Wuhan, China. Journal of Infection. 81(1). e33–e39. 182 indexed citations

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Tan, Zefeng, et al.. (2018). Blood pressure variability estimated by ARV is a predictor of poor short-term outcomes in a prospective cohort of minor ischemic stroke. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0202317–e0202317. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Zirong, Heng Meng, Liu Liu, et al.. (2018). Homozygous missense TPP1 mutation associated with mild late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and the genotype-phenotype correlation. Seizure. 69. 180–185. 9 indexed citations

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He, Na, Zhi-Jian Lin, Jie Wang, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the pathogenic potential of genes with de novo variants in epileptic encephalopathies. Genetics in Medicine. 21(1). 17–27. 37 indexed citations

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He, Na, et al.. (2018). Few individuals with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome have autism spectrum disorder: a comparison with Dravet syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 10(1). 10–10. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingyang, Peng Zhou, Jie Wang, et al.. (2017). ARHGEF9 mutations in epileptic encephalopathy/intellectual disability: toward understanding the mechanism underlying phenotypic variation. Neurogenetics. 19(1). 9–16. 42 indexed citations

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Cella, Matteo, Min Hane Aung, Heng Meng, et al.. (2012). Identifying Pain Behaviour for Automatic Recognition.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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