Kai Chen

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
263 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chen has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Surgery and 54 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kai Chen's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (41 papers), Bone health and treatments (23 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (11 papers). Kai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (41 papers), Bone health and treatments (23 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (11 papers). Kai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Kai Chen's co-authors include John F. Keaney, Jiake Xu, Zhongjie Sun, Hui Xiao, Michael T. Kirber, Yu Yang, Xianfeng Lin, Shane R. Thomas, Shunwu Fan and Jennifer Tickner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kai Chen

252 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Periosteal matrix-derived hydrogel promotes bone repair through an early immune regulation coupled with enhanced angio- and osteogenesis

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Chen China	40	3.0k	1.1k	996	952	918	263	7.1k
Jeanette A.M. Maier Italy	45	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	657 0.7×	950 1.0×	612 0.7×	196	7.9k
Liu Yang China	44	3.9k 1.3×	451 0.4×	530 0.5×	623 0.7×	591 0.6×	208	7.6k
Kwon‐Soo Ha South Korea	52	4.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	651 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	685 0.7×	289	9.4k
Konstantin G. Birukov United States	59	5.3k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	773 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	525 0.6×	169	9.7k
Wenhua Li China	43	2.9k 1.0×	462 0.4×	605 0.6×	460 0.5×	484 0.5×	328	7.5k
Jesús Ruı́z-Cabello Spain	46	2.2k 0.7×	597 0.6×	598 0.6×	677 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	204	7.1k
David J. Granville Canada	48	2.3k 0.8×	400 0.4×	664 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	634 0.7×	146	6.3k
George E. Sandusky United States	46	5.3k 1.7×	785 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	770 0.8×	311 0.3×	201	9.6k
Yoshitaka Isaka Japan	53	4.1k 1.4×	919 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	240 0.3×	395	12.2k
Moustapha Hassan Sweden	46	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	850 0.9×	269	11.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Xin, Kai Chen, Genxiang Wang, et al.. (2025). Fresh perspectives and insights into the challenges and opportunities in the emerging high-entropy electrocatalysts. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 531. 216496–216496. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Everything2Motion: Synchronizing Diverse Inputs via a Unified Framework for Human Motion Synthesis. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 38(2). 1688–1697. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Ting, et al.. (2024). Antimicrobial potential of carvacrol against Edwardsiella piscicida in vitro. Microbial Pathogenesis. 196. 106947–106947. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, Fang Yang, Yue Chen, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and safety of prophylactic balloon occlusion in the management of placenta accreta spectrum disorder: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Women s Health. 24(1). 208–208.

Zhu, Xudong, Xingzhou Wang, Zhiyan Li, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy Synergizing with Inhibition of Tumor Neutrophil Ferroptosis Boosts Anti‐PD‐1 Therapy of Gastric Cancer. Advanced Science. 11(12). e2307870–e2307870. 37 indexed citations

Xia, Ruixue, Shuang Shi, Zhenmei Xu, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of ligand recognition and design of antihistamines targeting histamine H4 receptor. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2493–2493. 7 indexed citations

Gu, Chen, Wenxin Song, Kai Chen, et al.. (2024). Tool to Resolve Distortions in Elemental and Isotopic Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(29). 20221–20229.

Agarwal, Vipul, Cameron W. Evans, Kai Chen, et al.. (2024). Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Heterogeneous Role of Conducting Films Upon Electrical Stimulation. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(32). e2400364–e2400364. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Yukang, Jianguo Li, Kai Chen, et al.. (2023). Cooperative regulation of Zhx1 and hnRNPA1 drives the cardiac progenitor-specific transcriptional activation during cardiomyocyte differentiation. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 244–244. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Apically-located P4-ATPase1-Lem1 complex internalizes phosphatidylserine and regulates motility-dependent invasion and egress in Toxoplasma gondii. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 21. 1893–1906. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, Weiwei Qin, Mingkun Yang, et al.. (2023). Giant proteins in a giant cell: Molecular basis of ultrafast Ca ²⁺ -dependent cell contraction. Science Advances. 9(8). eadd6550–eadd6550. 8 indexed citations

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Song, Wenxin, Anne P. Beigneux, Thomas A. Weston, et al.. (2023). The lipoprotein lipase that is shuttled into capillaries by GPIHBP1 enters the glycocalyx where it mediates lipoprotein processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2313825120–e2313825120. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2021). An analysis of perioperative hidden blood loss in femoral intertrochanteric fractures: bone density is an important influencing factor. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 22(1). 14 indexed citations

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Santucci, Pierre, Daniel J. Greenwood, Antony Fearns, et al.. (2021). Intracellular localisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects efficacy of the antibiotic pyrazinamide. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3816–3816. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Shirley Wang, Qiwei Sun, et al.. (2020). Klotho Deficiency Causes Heart Aging via Impairing the Nrf2-GR Pathway. Circulation Research. 128(4). 492–507. 136 indexed citations

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Lin, Xianfeng, Qingqing Wang, Chenhui Gu, et al.. (2020). Smart Nanosacrificial Layer on the Bone Surface Prevents Osteoporosis through Acid–Base Neutralization Regulated Biocascade Effects. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(41). 17543–17556. 70 indexed citations

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Kant, Shashi, Siobhan M. Craige, Kai Chen, et al.. (2019). Neural JNK3 regulates blood flow recovery after hindlimb ischemia in mice via an Egr1/Creb1 axis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4223–4223. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuan, Zhen Cao, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2018). Lumichrome inhibits osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption through suppressing RANKL‐induced NFAT activation and calcium signaling. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 233(11). 8971–8983. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Zhonghu Li, Peng Jiang, et al.. (2014). CD44, CD133 and TF correlate with formation of portal vein tumor thrombus and poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. 36(10). 1068–1073. 3 indexed citations

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Shimasaki, Yukio, Ning Pan, Louis M. Messina, et al.. (2013). Uncoupling Protein 2 Impacts Endothelial Phenotype via p53-Mediated Control of Mitochondrial Dynamics. Circulation Research. 113(7). 891–901. 35 indexed citations

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