Jian Gu

17.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
333 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Jian Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jian Gu has authored 333 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Molecular Biology, 86 papers in Cancer Research and 72 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Jian Gu's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (49 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (40 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (36 papers). Jian Gu is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (49 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (40 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (36 papers). Jian Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Jian Gu's co-authors include Xifeng Wu, Margaret R. Spitz, Yuanqing Ye, Jack A. Roth, Jie Lin, Bingliang Fang, Colin P. Dinney, Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, Hushan Yang and Maosheng Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Jian Gu

321 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility locus for lung cancer at 15q25.1

2008 879 citations Christopher I. Amos, Xifeng Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jian Gu United States	55	6.6k	3.0k	2.0k	1.5k	1.4k	333	10.5k
Steven A. Belinsky United States	57	9.2k 1.4×	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.6×	555 0.4×	227	12.8k
Manon van Engeland Netherlands	54	8.2k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	795 0.6×	158	12.2k
Walter N. Hittelman United States	62	7.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	3.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.9×	950 0.7×	223	12.2k
Wei Wang China	51	6.9k 1.0×	4.4k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	521	11.5k
Norio Nonomura Japan	49	4.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	3.6k 2.3×	2.3k 1.7×	598	11.4k
Dongxin Lin China	59	7.1k 1.1×	4.1k 1.4×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	286	11.2k
George E. Sandusky United States	46	5.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	964 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	201	9.6k
Rui Medeiros Portugal	43	3.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	764 0.6×	447	7.9k
Ylermi Soini Finland	59	5.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	3.5k 1.7×	2.7k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	283	12.2k
Ning Zhang China	62	7.9k 1.2×	5.0k 1.7×	2.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	564	14.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jian Gu

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All Works

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Hu, Yanting, et al.. (2025). In Vivo and In Vitro Models of Hepatic Fibrosis for Pharmacodynamic Evaluation and Pathology Exploration. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(2). 696–696. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Jian, et al.. (2023). The mediating role of social support and resilience between self-efficacy and prenatal stress: a mediational analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 866–866. 5 indexed citations

Dai, Xinzheng, Yong Shi, Xiaowen Zhu, et al.. (2021). CHI3L1 alleviate acute liver injury by inhibiting Th1 cells differentiation through STAT3 signaling pathway. Annals of Translational Medicine. 9(7). 529–529. 6 indexed citations

Gu, Jian, Luis A. Herrera, Nizar M. Tannir, et al.. (2015). Genomic DNA Hypomethylation and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case–Control Study. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(8). 2074–2082. 22 indexed citations

Gu, Jian, Leizhen Zheng, Yajie Wang, et al.. (2014). Prognostic significance of HER2 expression based on trastuzumab for gastric cancer (ToGA) criteria in gastric cancer: an updated meta-analysis. Tumor Biology. 35(6). 5315–5321. 30 indexed citations

Wen, Chi-Pang, Fanmao Zhang, Dong Liang, et al.. (2014). The Ability of Bilirubin in Identifying Smokers with Higher Risk of Lung Cancer: A Large Cohort Study in Conjunction with Global Metabolomic Profiling. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(1). 193–200. 50 indexed citations

Lin, Jie, Janice A. Blalock, Meng Chen, et al.. (2014). Depressive Symptoms and Short Telomere Length Are Associated with Increased Mortality in Bladder Cancer Patients. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(2). 336–343. 34 indexed citations

He, Yonggang, Jian Gu, Sara S. Strom, et al.. (2014). The Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Variant rs2735839 Near KLK3 Gene Is Associated with Aggressive Prostate Cancer and Can Stratify Gleason Score 7 Patients. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(19). 5133–5139. 24 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, Jian Gu, Jack A. Roth, et al.. (2013). Pathway-Based Serum microRNA Profiling and Survival in Patients with Advanced Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 73(15). 4801–4809. 71 indexed citations

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Lin, Moubin, Jian Gu, Cathy Eng, et al.. (2012). Genetic Polymorphisms in MicroRNA-Related Genes as Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Patients. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(14). 3982–3991. 56 indexed citations

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Xia, Pu, Yuanqing Ye, Margaret R. Spitz, et al.. (2012). Predictors of Survival in Never-Smokers with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Large-Scale, Two-Phase Genetic Study. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(21). 5983–5991. 11 indexed citations

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Gu, Jian, Meng Chen, Sanjay Shete, et al.. (2011). A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies a Locus on Chromosome 14q21 as a Predictor of Leukocyte Telomere Length and as a Marker of Susceptibility for Bladder Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 4(4). 514–521. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, J. Jack, Xifeng Wu, Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, et al.. (2011). Global Assessment of Genetic Variation Influencing Response to Retinoid Chemoprevention in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Cancer Prevention Research. 4(2). 185–193. 26 indexed citations

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Liang, Dong, Larissa A. Meyer, David W. Chang, et al.. (2010). Genetic Variants in MicroRNA Biosynthesis Pathways and Binding Sites Modify Ovarian Cancer Risk, Survival, and Treatment Response. Cancer Research. 70(23). 9765–9776. 102 indexed citations

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Gu, Jian, Jaffer A. Ajani, Ernest T. Hawk, et al.. (2010). Genome-Wide Catalogue of Chromosomal Aberrations in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A High-Density Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array Analysis. Cancer Prevention Research. 3(9). 1176–1186. 67 indexed citations

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Xing, Jinliang, Jaffer A. Ajani, Meng Chen, et al.. (2009). Constitutive Short Telomere Length of Chromosome 17p and 12q but not 11q and 2p Is Associated with an Increased Risk for Esophageal Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 2(5). 459–465. 63 indexed citations

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Wu, Xifeng, Margaret R. Spitz, J. Jack Lee, et al.. (2009). Novel Susceptibility Loci for Second Primary Tumors/Recurrence in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Large-Scale Evaluation of Genetic Variants. Cancer Prevention Research. 2(7). 617–624. 44 indexed citations

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Yang, Hushan, Jian Gu, Kenneth K. Wang, et al.. (2009). MicroRNA Expression Signatures in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(18). 5744–5752. 109 indexed citations

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Lin, Chenxiang, Yonggang Ke, Yan Liu, et al.. (2007). Functional DNA Nanotube Arrays: Bottom‐Up Meets Top‐Down. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(32). 6089–6092. 59 indexed citations

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Gu, Jian, et al.. (2000). Evolutionary conservation of post-transcriptional 3′ end adenylation of small RNAs: S. cerevisiae signal recognition particle RNA and U2 small nuclear RNA are post-transcriptionally adenylated. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 208(1-2). 99–109. 10 indexed citations

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