Jianfeng Xu

1.6k total citations
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jianfeng Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jianfeng Xu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jianfeng Xu's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (14 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Jianfeng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (14 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Jianfeng Xu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Jianfeng Xu's co-authors include John D. Sutherland, Nicholas J. Green, Lei Wang, Matthew D. Schultz, Robert J. Schmitz, Joseph R. Ecker, David B. Johnson, David A. Russell, Steven P. Briggs and Zhouxin Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jianfeng Xu

30 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jianfeng Xu United Kingdom 16 841 510 174 154 113 34 1.2k
Béatrice Gerland France 7 739 0.9× 809 1.6× 229 1.3× 100 0.6× 119 1.1× 13 1.1k
Alonso Ricardo United States 14 611 0.7× 457 0.9× 87 0.5× 56 0.4× 82 0.7× 24 985
Irena Mamajanov United States 18 616 0.7× 647 1.3× 189 1.1× 55 0.4× 158 1.4× 28 1.2k
Anastassia Kanavarioti United States 15 736 0.9× 560 1.1× 124 0.7× 121 0.8× 63 0.6× 44 1000
Claudia Percivalle Italy 11 673 0.8× 582 1.1× 239 1.4× 43 0.3× 223 2.0× 13 1.2k
Dougal J. Ritson United Kingdom 19 831 1.0× 1.0k 2.0× 393 2.3× 62 0.4× 143 1.3× 28 1.8k
Peter Strazewski France 18 755 0.9× 168 0.3× 94 0.5× 65 0.4× 41 0.4× 79 948
Colm D. Duffy United Kingdom 9 540 0.6× 667 1.3× 270 1.6× 56 0.4× 78 0.7× 10 955
Samanta Pino Italy 14 498 0.6× 715 1.4× 168 1.0× 68 0.4× 103 0.9× 24 914
D. A. Usher United States 17 812 1.0× 271 0.5× 46 0.3× 74 0.5× 134 1.2× 32 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jianfeng Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jianfeng Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jianfeng Xu

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

All Works

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Ding, Yuting, Jia Li, Qing Geng, et al.. (2025). Screening and functional characterization of nanobodies targeting the transferrin receptor. Protein Expression and Purification. 231. 106702–106702. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hao, Jie Yuan, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2025). Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Amino Acids Enabled by Pyridinium Salt MALDI Probe. Analytical Chemistry. 97(43). 23793–23801.
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Xu, Hui, Qian Zhang, Jie Yuan, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive MALDI mass spectrometry imaging of tumor regions post-neoadjuvant therapy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 417(10). 2039–2046.
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Li, Jia, Yuting Ding, Qianqian Cui, et al.. (2025). Preparation and characterization of LGR5 LOOP region-specific nanobodies. Protein Expression and Purification. 229. 106680–106680.
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Xu, Jianfeng, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Rafał Szabla, & John D. Sutherland. (2024). Prebiotic synthesis of dihydrouridine by photoreduction of uridine in formamide. Chemical Communications. 60(55). 7081–7084. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hao, Jie Yuan, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2024). Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Amino Acids Enabled by Quaternized Pyridinium Salt MALDI Probe. Analytical Chemistry. 1 indexed citations
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Rimmer, Paul B., Samantha Thompson, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2021). Timescales for Prebiotic Photochemistry Under Realistic Surface Ultraviolet Conditions. Astrobiology. 21(9). 1099–1120. 22 indexed citations
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Liu, Ziwei, Long-Fei Wu, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2020). Harnessing chemical energy for the activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks. Nature Chemistry. 12(11). 1023–1028. 63 indexed citations
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Xu, Jianfeng, Nicholas J. Green, Clémentine Gibard, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, & John D. Sutherland. (2019). Prebiotic phosphorylation of 2-thiouridine provides either nucleotides or DNA building blocks via photoreduction. Nature Chemistry. 11(5). 457–462. 54 indexed citations
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Rimmer, Paul B., Jianfeng Xu, Samantha Thompson, et al.. (2018). The origin of RNA precursors on exoplanets.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 38 indexed citations
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Τσανακοπούλου, Μαρία, Jianfeng Xu, Andrew D. Bond, & John D. Sutherland. (2017). A new and potentially prebiotic α-cytidine derivative. Chemical Communications. 53(23). 3327–3329. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Jianfeng, Μαρία Τσανακοπούλου, Christopher J. Magnani, et al.. (2016). A prebiotically plausible synthesis of pyrimidine β-ribonucleosides and their phosphate derivatives involving photoanomerization. Nature Chemistry. 9(4). 303–309. 105 indexed citations
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Wang, Qian, Tingting Sun, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2014). Response and Adaptation of Escherichia coli to Suppression of the Amber Stop Codon. ChemBioChem. 15(12). 1744–1749. 9 indexed citations
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Duffy, Colm D., Béatrice Gerland, Saidul Islam, et al.. (2013). Prebiotically plausible oligoribonucleotide ligation facilitated by chemoselective acetylation. Nature Chemistry. 5(5). 383–389. 83 indexed citations
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Johnson, David B., Chong Wang, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2012). Release Factor One Is Nonessential in Escherichia coli. ACS Chemical Biology. 7(8). 1337–1344. 91 indexed citations
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Kirchberger, Tanja, Gerd K. Wagner, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2006). Cellular effects and metabolic stability of N1-cyclic inosine diphosphoribose and its derivatives. Molecular Medicine. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Kirchberger, Tanja, Gerd K. Wagner, Jianfeng Xu, et al.. (2006). Cellular effects and metabolic stability of N1‐cyclic inosine diphosphoribose and its derivatives. British Journal of Pharmacology. 149(4). 337–344. 13 indexed citations
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