Junhong Han

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Junhong Han is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junhong Han has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Junhong Han's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers). Junhong Han is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers). Junhong Han collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Junhong Han's co-authors include Zhiguo Zhang, Hui Zhou, Rui-Ming Xu, Shengyong Yang, Fei Mo, Yuan Cheng, Xiawei Wei, Xuelei Ma, He Cai and Manni Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Junhong Han

69 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

2019 735 citations Shengyong Yang, Junhong Han et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junhong Han China	24	2.5k	463	385	182	178	74	2.9k
Michelle T. Paulsen United States	25	1.8k 0.7×	481 1.0×	410 1.1×	137 0.8×	172 1.0×	55	2.4k
Katherine M. Hannan Australia	30	2.9k 1.2×	348 0.8×	668 1.7×	160 0.9×	152 0.9×	64	3.6k
Kishor K. Bhakat United States	31	2.9k 1.2×	521 1.1×	681 1.8×	191 1.0×	272 1.5×	59	3.4k
Isabella Manni Italy	25	1.9k 0.8×	494 1.1×	785 2.0×	123 0.7×	171 1.0×	57	2.5k
Talya L. Dayton United States	17	1.1k 0.5×	622 1.3×	460 1.2×	118 0.6×	109 0.6×	28	1.9k
Hong Zeng China	30	2.1k 0.9×	467 1.0×	420 1.1×	96 0.5×	155 0.9×	120	2.9k
Wenhua Tang United States	20	1.6k 0.7×	656 1.4×	675 1.8×	91 0.5×	151 0.8×	33	2.2k
Barbara Majello Italy	32	2.7k 1.1×	408 0.9×	557 1.4×	245 1.3×	322 1.8×	77	3.3k
Qi‐En Wang United States	29	1.8k 0.7×	447 1.0×	777 2.0×	108 0.6×	180 1.0×	65	2.4k
Tsuyoshi Ikura Japan	31	3.4k 1.4×	420 0.9×	705 1.8×	156 0.9×	324 1.8×	61	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junhong Han

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yang, Xuyang Yang, Su Zhang, et al.. (2025). MicroRNA-6084 orchestrates angiogenesis and liver metastasis in colorectal cancer via extracellular vesicles. JCI Insight. 10(14). 2 indexed citations

Xu, Ying, Meng Yang, Yongfeng Xu, Junhong Han, & Qing Zhu. (2025). Epigenetic mechanisms in non-small cell lung cancer therapy and chemoresistance. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1880(4). 189356–189356.

Yang, Xiaojuan, Jiang Zhu, Tao Xue, et al.. (2025). Challenges and opportunities for the diverse substrates of SPOP E3 ubiquitin ligase in cancer. Theranostics. 15(13). 6111–6145. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Qing, Juan Zhao, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2025). eIF3i facilitates NELFCD translation to promote metastasis via regulating EMT and invadopodia. British Journal of Cancer. 134(7). 996–1005.

Liu, Sicheng, Yang Zhang, Yang Meng, et al.. (2025). Multi-omics analyses identify mannose phosphate isomerase-centered hypoxia-induced angiogenesis signature in colorectal cancer. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 1246–1246.

Liu, Sicheng, Yang Meng, Yaguang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Integrative analysis of senescence-related genes identifies robust prognostic clusters with distinct features in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Advanced Research. 69. 107–123. 11 indexed citations

Li, Yanbo, Sicheng Liu, Lei Xue, et al.. (2024). Profiling immune cell-related gene features and immunoregulatory ceRNA in ischemic stroke. Molecular Biomedicine. 5(1). 72–72. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yang, Xuyang Yang, Su Zhang, et al.. (2023). Reactive oxygen species in colorectal cancer adjuvant therapies. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(2). 166922–166922. 9 indexed citations

Xu, Yongfeng, et al.. (2023). The dual role of p63 in cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1116061–1116061. 9 indexed citations

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Qiu, Lei, Jing Qian, Yanbo Li, & Junhong Han. (2023). RNA modification: mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Molecular Biomedicine. 4(1). 25–25. 93 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2023). Ferroptosis regulation by methylation in cancer. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1878(6). 188972–188972. 19 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lina, Yang Du, Yi Ching Esther Wan, et al.. (2021). The elevated transcription of ADAM19 by the oncohistone H2BE76K contributes to oncogenic properties in breast cancer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100374–100374. 18 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xuan, Yinghui Jia, Lei Qiu, et al.. (2019). A potential target for liver cancer management, lysophosphatidic acid receptor 6 (LPAR6), is transcriptionally up-regulated by the NCOA3 coactivator. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(6). 1474–1488. 7 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiao, Yang Meng, Lian Xu, et al.. (2019). Cul4 E3 ubiquitin ligase regulates ovarian cancer drug resistance by targeting the antiapoptotic protein BIRC3. Cell Death and Disease. 10(2). 104–104. 40 indexed citations

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Wei, Mingtian, Qingbin Wu, Chuanwen Fan, et al.. (2016). Lateral pelvic lymph node dissection after neoadjuvant chemo-radiation for preoperative enlarged lateral nodes in advanced low rectal cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 17(1). 561–561. 23 indexed citations

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Han, Junhong, Qing Li, Hui Zhou, & Zhiguo Zhang. (2013). Histone modifications regulate DNA replication coupled nucleosome assembly. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 6(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Kottom, Theodore J., Junhong Han, Zhiguo Zhang, & Andrew H. Limper. (2010). Pneumocystis carinii Expresses an Active Rtt109 Histone Acetyltransferase. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 44(6). 768–776. 13 indexed citations

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Alabert, Constance, Yuki Katou, Su Wu, et al.. (2009). Involvement of a chromatin remodeling complex in damage tolerance during DNA replication. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 16(11). 1167–1172. 80 indexed citations

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Han, Junhong, Hui Zhou, Bruce Horazdovsky, et al.. (2007). Rtt109 Acetylates Histone H3 Lysine 56 and Functions in DNA Replication. Science. 315(5812). 653–655. 340 indexed citations

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Han, Junhong, Hui Zhou, Zhizhong Li, Rui-Ming Xu, & Zhiguo Zhang. (2007). Acetylation of Lysine 56 of Histone H3 Catalyzed by RTT109 and Regulated by ASF1 Is Required for Replisome Integrity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(39). 28587–28596. 146 indexed citations

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