Junfen Fan

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Junfen Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junfen Fan has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cancer Research and 17 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Junfen Fan's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (15 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (15 papers). Junfen Fan is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (15 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (15 papers). Junfen Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Liechtenstein. Junfen Fan's co-authors include Hongling Li, Robert Chunhua Zhao, Huahao Fan, Qin Han, Zehan Pang, Xisheng Weng, Maochen Li, Lili Tian, Linyuan Fan and Yigang Tong and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Clinical Microbiology Reviews and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Junfen Fan

59 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

COVID-19 vaccine development: milestones, lessons and prospects

2022 254 citations Maochen Li, Lili Tian et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junfen Fan China	21	841	610	352	177	144	65	1.7k
Alessandra Pasut United States	15	1.7k 2.0×	516 0.8×	534 1.5×	192 1.1×	229 1.6×	20	2.6k
Chian‐Shiu Chien Taiwan	25	1.5k 1.8×	710 1.2×	527 1.5×	151 0.9×	149 1.0×	57	2.8k
Yue Yuan China	18	848 1.0×	636 1.0×	144 0.4×	184 1.0×	24 0.2×	55	1.6k
Minjie Wang China	22	750 0.9×	483 0.8×	129 0.4×	259 1.5×	36 0.3×	126	1.7k
Xian Fan United States	29	1.1k 1.3×	204 0.3×	124 0.4×	210 1.2×	60 0.4×	48	2.0k
Raffaele Strippoli Italy	31	935 1.1×	315 0.5×	167 0.5×	208 1.2×	55 0.4×	70	2.5k
Li Huang China	17	507 0.6×	204 0.3×	252 0.7×	209 1.2×	227 1.6×	49	1.2k
Mohammed Al Balwi Saudi Arabia	21	634 0.8×	134 0.2×	235 0.7×	235 1.3×	67 0.5×	83	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fan, Junfen, et al.. (2025). Interleukin-2 and its receptors: Implications and therapeutic prospects in immune-mediated disorders of central nervous system. Pharmacological Research. 213. 107658–107658. 2 indexed citations

Tao, Tao, Lili Tian, Jia Ke, et al.. (2025). Antibody-dependent enhancement of coronaviruses. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 21(4). 1686–1704.

Shen, Tong, et al.. (2024). Potential Predictive Value of Platelet Distribution Width for Functional Outcome After Ischemic Stroke. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(4). 4292–4300. 3 indexed citations

Fan, Junfen, Yue Hu, Lingzhi Li, et al.. (2024). Long noncoding RNA H19 knockdown promotes angiogenesis via IMP2 after ischemic stroke. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 30(8). e70000–e70000. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Rongliang, Yuyou Huang, Yue Hu, et al.. (2024). Erythropoietin‐derived peptide ARA290 mediates brain tissue protection through the β‐common receptor in mice with cerebral ischemic stroke. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 30(3). e14676–e14676. 6 indexed citations

Pang, Zehan, et al.. (2024). Neurological complications caused by SARS-CoV-2. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 37(4). e0013124–e0013124. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Mengfan, et al.. (2024). Association Between Blood Pressure Variation During Dialysis and Cardio‐Cerebrovascular Events. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 27(1). e14934–e14934.

Hong, Xia, Peipei Zhang, Ke Sun, et al.. (2023). Artificial intelligence can accurately distinguish IgA nephropathy from diabetic nephropathy under Masson staining and becomes an important assistant for renal pathologists. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1066125–1066125. 6 indexed citations

Li, Lingzhi, Ziping Han, Rongliang Wang, et al.. (2023). Association of admission neutrophil serine proteinases levels with the outcomes of acute ischemic stroke: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 20(1). 70–70. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Rongliang, Ziping Han, Junfen Fan, et al.. (2023). CCA repair or ECA ligation—Which middle cerebral artery occlusion is better in the reperfusion mouse model?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(3). 258–269. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Guangwen, Xiaoqing Ma, Haiping Zhao, et al.. (2022). Long non‐coding RNA H19 promotes leukocyte inflammation in ischemic stroke by targeting the miR‐29b/C1QTNF6 axis. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 28(6). 953–963. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Maochen, Lili Tian, Zehan Pang, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine development: milestones, lessons and prospects. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7(1). 146–146. 254 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lou, Fuxing, Maochen Li, Zehan Pang, et al.. (2021). Understanding the Secret of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern/Interest and Immune Escape. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 744242–744242. 42 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijun, Lijun Shen, Junfen Fan, et al.. (2020). Clinical features of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 from a designated hospital in Beijing, China. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(10). 2055–2066. 64 indexed citations

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Deng, Luchan, Hongling Li, Xiaodong Su, et al.. (2020). Chlorzoxazone, a small molecule drug, augments immunosuppressive capacity of mesenchymal stem cells via modulation of FOXO3 phosphorylation. Cell Death and Disease. 11(3). 158–158. 21 indexed citations

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Fan, Junfen, Nadia Sadanandan, Bella Gonzales‐Portillo, et al.. (2020). LncRNAs Stand as Potent Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Stroke. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 12. 594571–594571. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Rongliang, Sijia Zhang, Yangmin Zheng, et al.. (2020). Mutant erythropoietin enhances white matter repair via the JAK2/STAT3 and C/EBPβ pathway in middle-aged mice following cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. Experimental Neurology. 337. 113553–113553. 25 indexed citations

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Fan, Linyuan, Junfen Fan, Yan Liu, et al.. (2018). miR-450b Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation In Vitro and Enhances Bone Formation In Vivo by Targeting BMP3. Stem Cells and Development. 27(9). 600–611. 36 indexed citations

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Fan, Junfen, Yanlei Yang, Haoying Xu, et al.. (2018). MiR-1292 Targets FZD4 to Regulate Senescence and Osteogenic Differentiation of Stem Cells in TE/SJ/Mesenchymal Tissue System via the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway. Aging and Disease. 9(6). 1103–1103. 52 indexed citations

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Wei, Jianfeng, Hongling Li, Shihua Wang, et al.. (2014). let-7 Enhances Osteogenesis and Bone Formation While Repressing Adipogenesis of Human Stromal/Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Regulating HMGA2. Stem Cells and Development. 23(13). 1452–1463. 146 indexed citations

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