Kai Nan

441 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 309 citations indexed

About

Kai Nan is a scholar working on Oncology, Rheumatology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Nan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 309 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Oncology, 4 papers in Rheumatology and 4 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kai Nan's work include Bone and Joint Diseases (3 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (2 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (2 papers). Kai Nan is often cited by papers focused on Bone and Joint Diseases (3 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (2 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (2 papers). Kai Nan collaborates with scholars based in China. Kai Nan's co-authors include Xiaoqian Dang, Lihong Fan, Kunzheng Wang, Jun‐Peng Pei, Zhaopu Jing, Jia Li, Jianan Zhang, Guangyang Zhang, Yuanqing Cai and Leifeng Lv and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Environmental Pollution and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kai Nan

15 papers receiving 306 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.

The Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Findings from the 2019 Global Burden of Diseases Study and Forecasts for 2030 by Bayesian Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

2023 75 citations Yuanqing Cai, Jianan Zhang et al. Journal of Clinical Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Nan China	7	106	66	49	45	38	16	309
Cheng-Wan Li China	13	217 2.0×	20 0.3×	44 0.9×	50 1.1×	49 1.3×	14	431
Ana Alonso‐Pérez Spain	9	125 1.2×	32 0.5×	117 2.4×	29 0.6×	31 0.8×	19	329
Ia Pantsulaia Georgia	14	169 1.6×	44 0.7×	67 1.4×	41 0.9×	44 1.2×	42	480
Lu Song China	11	261 2.5×	43 0.7×	22 0.4×	33 0.7×	118 3.1×	22	459
Zhenqun Zhao China	13	249 2.3×	88 1.3×	36 0.7×	59 1.3×	203 5.3×	36	464
Noriko Kimura Japan	10	34 0.3×	111 1.7×	68 1.4×	57 1.3×	19 0.5×	20	314
Kazunori Iwasaki Japan	10	73 0.7×	36 0.5×	93 1.9×	134 3.0×	41 1.1×	21	415
Yajuan Huang China	9	82 0.8×	25 0.4×	32 0.7×	62 1.4×	5 0.1×	27	326
Ting Jiang China	13	195 1.8×	16 0.2×	135 2.8×	47 1.0×	69 1.8×	30	491
Youxin Song China	10	103 1.0×	9 0.1×	23 0.5×	70 1.6×	18 0.5×	19	349

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Nan

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16 of 16 papers shown

Chen, Shengnan, et al.. (2025). Uric acid to albumin ratio is a novel predictive marker for all-cause and cardiovascular death in diabetic patients: a prospective cohort study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1388731–1388731.

Nan, Kai, et al.. (2024). Relationship of weight change patterns from young to middle adulthood with incident rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: a retrospective cohort study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1308254–1308254. 3 indexed citations

Liang, Jialin, Zhaopu Jing, Yuanqing Cai, et al.. (2024). Association Between Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 28(5). 169–175. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Shengnan, Ming Zhang, Weisong Zhang, et al.. (2024). The Causal Association Between Blood Lead and Sleep Disorders: Evidence from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 14(2). 462–469. 4 indexed citations

Rehman, Asad, Iftikhar Hussain Shah, Samiah Arif, et al.. (2024). Green synthesized silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2NPs) ameliorated the cadmium toxicity in melon by regulating antioxidant enzymes activity and stress-related genes expression. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125459–125459. 6 indexed citations

Liang, Jialin, Yuanqing Cai, Jianan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Metformin Treatment Reduces the Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomized Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(7). 2461–2461. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Mingyi, Ke Xu, Pengfei Wen, et al.. (2023). Common autoimmune diseases and urticaria: the causal relationship from a bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1280135–1280135. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Yuanqing, Jianan Zhang, Jialin Liang, et al.. (2023). The Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Findings from the 2019 Global Burden of Diseases Study and Forecasts for 2030 by Bayesian Age-Period-Cohort Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(4). 1291–1291. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Shengnan, et al.. (2023). Unraveling genetic causality between type 2 diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis on the basis of Mendelian randomization. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 15(1). 228–228. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuankai, Kai Nan, Yan Zhao, et al.. (2022). Addition of Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy to Combined MPFL Reconstruction and Lateral Retinacular Release not Recommended for Recurrent Patellar Dislocation in Patients with 15 to 20 mm TT-TG. The Journal of Knee Surgery. 36(13). 1349–1356. 4 indexed citations

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Nan, Kai, Yuankai Zhang, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Exosomes from miRNA-378-modified adipose-derived stem cells prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by enhancing angiogenesis and osteogenesis via targeting miR-378 negatively regulated suppressor of fused (Sufu). Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 12(1). 331–331. 56 indexed citations

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Nan, Kai, Lihong Fan, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Resveratrol prevents steroid‐induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head via miR‐146a modulation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1503(1). 23–37. 18 indexed citations

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Ma, Yanzhuo, et al.. (2019). Apolipoprotein-J blocks increased cell injury elicited by ox-LDL via inhibiting ROS-CaMKII pathway. Lipids in Health and Disease. 18(1). 117–117. 5 indexed citations

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Pei, Jun‐Peng, Lihong Fan, Kai Nan, et al.. (2017). HSYA alleviates secondary neuronal death through attenuating oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and neural apoptosis in SD rat spinal cord compression injury. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 14(1). 97–97. 76 indexed citations

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Pei, Jun‐Peng, Lihong Fan, Kai Nan, et al.. (2017). Excessive Activation of TLR4/NF-κB Interactively Suppresses the Canonical Wnt/β-catenin Pathway and Induces SANFH in SD Rats. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11928–11928. 36 indexed citations

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Ma, Yanzhuo, et al.. (2015). Apolipoprotein-J prevents angiotensin II-induced apoptosis in neonatal rat ventricular cells. Lipids in Health and Disease. 14(1). 114–114. 8 indexed citations

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