Hong Fan

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Hong Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hong Fan has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hong Fan's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (36 papers), Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (17 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (15 papers). Hong Fan is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (36 papers), Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (17 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (15 papers). Hong Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Hong Fan's co-authors include Cheng-Shine Hwang, M. Daniel Lane, Ormond A. MacDougald, Tong Xiang, Robert F. Dannals, Martin G. Pomper, Ronnie C. Mease, Dongguang Wang, Sitong Liu and Hayden T. Ravert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hong Fan

156 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Initial Evaluation of [18F]DCFPyL for Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-Targeted PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer

2015 354 citations Hong Fan, Robert F. Dannals et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hong Fan China	32	1.2k	992	815	790	504	159	4.2k
Saurabh Aggarwal United States	36	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	234 0.3×	519 0.7×	806 1.6×	152	4.2k
Andrew Chow United States	38	2.1k 1.8×	564 0.6×	448 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	735 1.5×	108	8.6k
Amy P. Hsu United States	44	1.6k 1.4×	521 0.5×	393 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	849 1.7×	149	8.0k
Jie Zhang China	43	2.8k 2.4×	578 0.6×	243 0.3×	568 0.7×	1.1k 2.3×	338	7.2k
Ira M. Goldstein United States	51	2.4k 2.1×	706 0.7×	575 0.7×	683 0.9×	1.2k 2.4×	157	7.8k
Mostafa Rezaei–Tavirani Iran	37	2.4k 2.1×	401 0.4×	426 0.5×	579 0.7×	421 0.8×	441	5.7k
Wen‐Hung Chung Taiwan	52	1.6k 1.4×	317 0.3×	417 0.5×	944 1.2×	863 1.7×	238	11.3k
Yue Li China	38	2.2k 1.9×	359 0.4×	163 0.2×	518 0.7×	811 1.6×	276	5.4k
Hans F. Merk Germany	53	1.4k 1.2×	690 0.7×	346 0.4×	591 0.7×	1.3k 2.5×	344	10.2k
Wei‐Chiao Chang Taiwan	37	1.8k 1.5×	982 1.0×	118 0.1×	323 0.4×	468 0.9×	266	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Hong Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hong Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hong Fan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Min, et al.. (2025). The Prognostic Value of the Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet (HALP) Score in Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(16). 5701–5701. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Jie, Dongguang Wang, Jiao Xu, et al.. (2025). Clinical features and prognostic predictors of C. Psittaci Pneumonia: a systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 25(1). 55–55. 2 indexed citations

Su, Hao, Changqing Li, Kai Tang, et al.. (2025). Coral-Symbiodiniaceae symbiotic associations under antibiotic stress: Accumulation patterns and potential physiological effects in a natural reef. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 486. 137039–137039. 3 indexed citations

Ye, Hui, Hongyan Ma, Han Li, et al.. (2024). Insight into the mystery of Pheretima smells worse exposed to water: Identification, type, and volatility of stenchy odor. Heliyon. 10(18). e37700–e37700. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Dongguang, Lian Wang, Tong Xiang, et al.. (2023). Spin in the abstracts of randomized controlled trials of nurse-led care: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 145. 104543–104543. 2 indexed citations

Xiang, Tong, Tao Liu, Zhenzhen Li, Sitong Liu, & Hong Fan. (2021). Is It Really Feasible to Use Budesonide–Formoterol as Needed for Mild Persistent Asthma? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 644629–644629. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Dongguang, Tong Xiang, Lian Wang, et al.. (2020). The association between osteopontin and tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0242702–e0242702. 7 indexed citations

Hu, Feng, Patrick J. Morris, Jordi Bonaventura, et al.. (2020). 18F-labeled radiotracers for in vivo imaging of DREADD with positron emission tomography. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 213. 113047–113047. 6 indexed citations

Shi, Yi, Yi Huang, Tiantuo Zhang, et al.. (2019). Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults (2018 Edition). Journal of Thoracic Disease. 11(6). 2581–2616. 77 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, Fengshou Dong, Jingya Zhao, et al.. (2019). High Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Strawberry Fields, China, 2018. Emerging infectious diseases. 26(1). 81–89. 48 indexed citations

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Ma, Yao, et al.. (2018). <em>ACE</em> gene polymorphism is associated with COPD and COPD with pulmonary hypertension: a meta-analysis. International Journal of COPD. Volume 13. 2435–2446. 22 indexed citations

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Ravert, Hayden T., Daniel P. Holt, Ronnie C. Mease, et al.. (2016). An improved synthesis of the radiolabeled prostate‐specific membrane antigen inhibitor, [¹⁸F]DCFPyL. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 59(11). 439–450. 59 indexed citations

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Xiang, Tong, et al.. (2016). The SDF-1 rs1801157 Polymorphism is Associated with Cancer Risk: An Update Pooled Analysis and FPRP Test of 17,876 Participants. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27466–27466. 15 indexed citations

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Fang, Hongjuan, Rui Tian, Huanwen Wu, et al.. (2015). Cushing Disease After Treatment of Nonfunctional Pituitary Adenoma. Medicine. 94(51). e2134–e2134. 6 indexed citations

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Zong, Zhiyong, et al.. (2012). Acinetobacter baumannii isolates associated with community-acquired pneumonia in West China. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 18(12). E491–E493. 22 indexed citations

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Hostetler, Eric D., Sandra Sanabria Bohórquez, Hong Fan, et al.. (2010). Synthesis, characterization, and monkey positron emission tomography (PET) studies of [18F]Y1-973, a PET tracer for the neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor. NeuroImage. 54(4). 2635–2642. 25 indexed citations

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Ying, Binwu, Ting Yang, Xingbo Song, et al.. (2008). Quercetin inhibits IL-1 beta-induced ICAM-1 expression in pulmonary epithelial cell line A549 through the MAPK pathways. Molecular Biology Reports. 36(7). 1825–1832. 64 indexed citations

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McCallum, Sarah E., Neeraja Parameswaran, Tanuja Bordia, et al.. (2006). Differential Regulation of Mesolimbic α3 /α6β2 and α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Sites and Function after Long-Term Oral Nicotine to Monkeys. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 318(1). 381–388. 42 indexed citations

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Nakamoto, Yasunari, Shuichi Kaneko, Hong Fan, et al.. (2002). Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development Associated with Chronic Hepatitis by Anti-Fas Ligand Antibody Therapy. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 196(8). 1105–1111. 59 indexed citations

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Fan, Hong & Thomas L. Rothstein. (2001). Lymphokine dependence of STAT3 activation produced by surface immunoglobulin cross-linking and by phorbol ester plus calcium ionophore treatment in B cells. European Journal of Immunology. 31(2). 665–671. 15 indexed citations

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