Kai Han

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kai Han is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Han has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kai Han's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (7 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (6 papers). Kai Han is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (7 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (6 papers). Kai Han collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Kai Han's co-authors include Dan Xie, Rui‐Hua Xu, Xin‐Yuan Guan, Feng‐Wei Wang, Zhizhong Pan, Jiaxing Zhang, Rixin Chen, Jiewei Chen, Liangping Xia and Feng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Kai Han

44 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

N6-methyladenosine modification of circNSUN2 facilitates cytoplasmic export and stabilizes HMGA2 to promote colorectal liver metastasis

2019 537 citations Rixin Chen, Jiaxing Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Han China	15	1.1k	789	181	127	97	46	1.4k
Yu-Ru Lee Taiwan	17	1.4k 1.3×	444 0.6×	344 1.9×	98 0.8×	114 1.2×	31	1.8k
Haiqing Li China	22	967 0.9×	690 0.9×	281 1.6×	52 0.4×	128 1.3×	52	1.6k
Pengxiang Chen China	24	898 0.8×	219 0.3×	207 1.1×	36 0.3×	111 1.1×	56	1.6k
Lihua Li China	27	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	208 1.1×	108 0.9×	196 2.0×	105	2.2k
Ran Xu China	22	879 0.8×	583 0.7×	146 0.8×	37 0.3×	167 1.7×	52	1.3k
Fangli Ren China	23	931 0.9×	343 0.4×	327 1.8×	88 0.7×	105 1.1×	62	1.4k
Jianing Liu China	15	665 0.6×	296 0.4×	147 0.8×	36 0.3×	85 0.9×	50	970
Chunzhi Zhang China	17	837 0.8×	635 0.8×	108 0.6×	47 0.4×	86 0.9×	45	1.3k
Akio Iio Japan	15	1.2k 1.1×	870 1.1×	78 0.4×	48 0.4×	33 0.3×	25	1.5k
Xudong Guo China	20	1.0k 1.0×	556 0.7×	107 0.6×	27 0.2×	79 0.8×	57	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Han

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Han

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Han

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Han. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Han 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 Han. Kai Han 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

Han, Kai, Shutao Yin, Hongbo Hu, & Chong Zhao. (2025). Distinct role of fatty acids in regulating ferroptosis. Food Research International. 221(Pt 1). 117293–117293.

Han, Kai, et al.. (2025). Epigallocatechin Gallate Promotes Cuproptosis via the MTF1/ATP7B Axis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cells. 14(6). 391–391. 7 indexed citations

Hou, Zhenlin, Weiwei Xiao, Qiaoqi Sui, et al.. (2025). Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus sintilimab in pMMR/MSS rectal cancer patients with PD-L1 TPS ≥ 1% or CPS ≥ 1: an open-label, prospective, phase II study. npj Precision Oncology. 9(1). 237–237. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Jinghua, Jiang Wu, Yuan Li, et al.. (2024). The effects of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy in high-risk stage II colon cancer with mismatch repair-deficient: a retrospective study. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 164–164. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Xiaofei, Kai Han, Xuqi Sun, et al.. (2024). A novel molecular subtyping based on multi-omics analysis for prognosis predicting in colorectal melanoma: A 16-year prospective multicentric study. Cancer Letters. 585. 216663–216663. 5 indexed citations

Qin, Youwen, Xin Tong, Wei-Jian Mei, et al.. (2024). Consistent signatures in the human gut microbiome of old- and young-onset colorectal cancer. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3396–3396. 18 indexed citations

Han, Kai, et al.. (2024). Glycyrol Alleviates Acute Kidney Injury by Inhibiting Ferroptsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2458–2458. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Lixing, Shuang Zhao, Kai Han, et al.. (2023). Managing ferroptosis-related diseases with indirect dietary modulators of ferroptosis. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 120. 109427–109427. 11 indexed citations

Xiao, Binyi, Xuan Zhang, Dandan Li, et al.. (2023). Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Leads to Major Response and Low Recurrence in Localized Mismatch Repair–Deficient Colorectal Cancer. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 21(1). 60–66.e5. 26 indexed citations

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Li, Yuan, Bin Li, Rou Jiang, et al.. (2023). A novel screening method of DNA methylation biomarkers helps to improve the detection of colorectal cancer and precancerous lesions. Cancer Medicine. 12(21). 20626–20638. 9 indexed citations

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Guo, Lidong, Zhi Huang, Kai Han, et al.. (2023). VT3D: a visualization toolbox for 3D transcriptomic data. Journal of genetics and genomics. 50(9). 713–719. 6 indexed citations

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Han, Kai, et al.. (2022). A study about the application of probiotics on Apis mellifera. Journal of Apicultural Research. 62(5). 1070–1081. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, Yan Liu, Wei Yan, et al.. (2022). Structure-Based Design and Synthesis of N-Substituted 3-Amino-β-Carboline Derivatives as Potent αβ-Tubulin Degradation Agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(3). 2675–2693. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Lixing, Kai Han, Han Zhang, et al.. (2022). Patulin disrupts SLC7A11-cystine-cysteine-GSH antioxidant system and promotes renal cell ferroptosis both in vitro and in vivo. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 166. 113255–113255. 37 indexed citations

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Duan, Jin‐Ling, Wei Chen, Juanjuan Xie, et al.. (2022). A novel peptide encoded by N6-methyladenosine modified circMAP3K4 prevents apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Cancer. 21(1). 93–93. 109 indexed citations

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Li, Yuan, Ling-Heng Kong, Jiang Wu, et al.. (2022). DNA ploidy and stroma predicted the risk of recurrence in low-risk stage III colorectal cancer. Clinical & Translational Oncology. 25(1). 218–225. 1 indexed citations

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Sui, Qiaoqi, Dingxin Liu, Jiang Wu, et al.. (2021). Dickkopf 1 impairs the tumor response to PD-1 blockade by inactivating CD8+ T cells in deficient mismatch repair colorectal cancer. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 9(3). e001498–e001498. 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongfang, Zhenfang Li, Lanting Ma, et al.. (2021). The Native Dietary Habits of the Two Sympatric Bee Species and Their Effects on Shaping Midgut Microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 738226–738226. 7 indexed citations

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Han, Kai, Chenhui Cao, Ling Han, et al.. (2020). CircLONP2 enhances colorectal carcinoma invasion and metastasis through modulating the maturation and exosomal dissemination of microRNA-17. Molecular Cancer. 19(1). 60–60. 134 indexed citations

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Wang, Feng-Wei, Chenhui Cao, Kai Han, et al.. (2018). APC-activated long noncoding RNA inhibits colorectal carcinoma pathogenesis through reduction of exosome production. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(2). 727–743. 131 indexed citations

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