Kai Jiang

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Jiang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Jiang has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cell Biology and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Jiang's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (37 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (13 papers). Kai Jiang is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (37 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (13 papers). Kai Jiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Kai Jiang's co-authors include Anna Akhmanova, Shasha Hua, Ilya Grigoriev, Jie Song, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Di Zhao, Yuqi Wang, Michel O. Steinmetz, Eugene A. Katrukha and Weihong Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kai Jiang

101 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Neutrophil extracellular traps-inspired DNA hydrogel for wound hemostatic adjuvant

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Jiang China	31	2.1k	1.7k	351	257	194	107	3.3k
Mironov Aa United Kingdom	38	2.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	276 0.8×	474 1.8×	180 0.9×	161	4.8k
Ayano Satoh Japan	32	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	394 1.1×	175 0.7×	239 1.2×	110	3.3k
Will Wood United Kingdom	35	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	272 0.8×	142 0.6×	145 0.7×	77	4.6k
Tae‐Young Yoon South Korea	30	1.8k 0.9×	789 0.5×	538 1.5×	88 0.3×	106 0.5×	90	3.0k
Martin Stöter Germany	15	2.2k 1.1×	482 0.3×	229 0.7×	284 1.1×	253 1.3×	20	2.8k
Joshua Z. Rappoport United States	34	1.6k 0.7×	989 0.6×	307 0.9×	180 0.7×	243 1.3×	69	3.0k
Thomas D. Pollard United States	16	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	532 1.5×	124 0.5×	71 0.4×	19	3.1k
Marc Bickle Germany	26	3.6k 1.7×	534 0.3×	738 2.1×	417 1.6×	402 2.1×	59	5.0k
Benjamin T. Goult United Kingdom	39	1.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	357 1.0×	155 0.6×	184 0.9×	96	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Jiang

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Hu, Chengcheng, Tongtong Yang, Panpan Xu, et al.. (2025). Condensation-dependent multivalent interactions of EB1 and CENP-R regulate chromosome oscillations in mitosis. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115560–115560.

Liu, Wenyue, Fan Zheng, Xing Liu, et al.. (2025). Klp2-mediated Rsp1-Mto1 colocalization inhibits microtubule-dependent microtubule assembly in fission yeast. Science Advances. 11(1). eadq0670–eadq0670.

Moradi, Shoeib, Vladimir A. Volkov, Shasha Hua, et al.. (2025). Centriolar cap proteins CP110 and CPAP control slow elongation of microtubule plus ends. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(3). 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiyi, Kai Jiang, Xiuqin Wei, et al.. (2024). In-plane anisotropic dispersion property and second-harmonic generation of violet phosphorus with two-dimensional nano-interlocking structure. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 165. 116100–116100. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Dongsheng, Pengran Gao, Kai Jiang, et al.. (2024). Comparative study on the enhancement of the stability of siloxane-based Gemini/sodium alpha-alkenyl sulfonate mixed dispersions using xanthan gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, and gelatin. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 292. 139378–139378. 5 indexed citations

Rai, Dipti, Shasha Hua, Kelly E. Stecker, et al.. (2024). CAMSAPs and nucleation-promoting factors control microtubule release from γ-TuRC. Nature Cell Biology. 26(3). 404–420. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Zhikai, Wenwen Wang, Fengrui Yang, et al.. (2024). CSPP1 stabilizes microtubules by capping both plus and minus ends. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 16(2). 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoyan, Kai Jiang, Weijia Zheng, et al.. (2023). Accelerated bone defect repairment by carbon nitride photoelectric conversion material in core–shell nanofibrous depended on neurogenesis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147360–147360. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Yingjian, et al.. (2023). High responsivity evanescently coupled waveguide photodiode using spot-size converter and distributed Bragg reflector at 1.55 μm wavelength. Infrared Physics & Technology. 130. 104619–104619. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Shuzhen, et al.. (2023). EB1 decoration of microtubule lattice facilitates spindle-kinetochore lateral attachment in Plasmodium male gametogenesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2864–2864. 10 indexed citations

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Hua, Shasha, et al.. (2023). The CEP170B‐KIF2A complex destabilizes microtubule minus ends to generate polarized microtubule network. The EMBO Journal. 42(11). e112953–e112953. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yaqian, et al.. (2022). Reconstitution and mechanistic dissection of the human microtubule branching machinery. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(7). 19 indexed citations

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Ding, Fei, Yuanyuan Guo, Kai Jiang, et al.. (2022). Complexing the Pre-assembled Brush-like siRNA with Poly(β-amino ester) for Efficient Gene Silencing. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 5(5). 1857–1867. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Xu, Xin Fang, Chuan‐Qi Zhong, et al.. (2022). Apical anchorage and stabilization of subpellicular microtubules by apical polar ring ensures Plasmodium ookinete infection in mosquito. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7465–7465. 13 indexed citations

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Hua, Shasha, et al.. (2021). WDR62 regulates spindle dynamics as an adaptor protein between TPX2/Aurora A and katanin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(8). 19 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Daisuke, Ikuo Takahashi, Sho Miyazaki, et al.. (2020). The apple gene responsible for columnar tree shape reduces the abundance of biologically active gibberellin. The Plant Journal. 105(4). 1026–1034. 20 indexed citations

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Atherton, Joseph, Kai Jiang, Shasha Hua, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: A structural model for microtubule minus-end recognition and protection by CAMSAP proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(6). 603–603. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kai, Alex Tong, Kevin D. Dorfman, et al.. (2019). Hydrophobic catalysis and a potential biological role of DNA unstacking induced by environment effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(35). 17169–17174. 75 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Andreas, Kai Jiang, Martha I. Camacho, et al.. (2018). PrgB promotes aggregation, biofilm formation, and conjugation through DNA binding and compaction. Molecular Microbiology. 109(3). 291–305. 31 indexed citations

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Atherton, Joseph, Kai Jiang, Shasha Hua, et al.. (2017). A structural model for microtubule minus-end recognition and protection by CAMSAP proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(11). 931–943. 75 indexed citations

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