Ke Cong

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

Ke Cong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Cong has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Ke Cong's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Ke Cong is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Ke Cong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Ke Cong's co-authors include Sharon B. Cantor, Jennifer A. Calvo, Min Peng, Sumeet U. Nayak, Nicholas J. Panzarino, Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, Jos Jonkers, Neil Johnson, Wei Ting C. Lee and John J. Turchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Molecular Cell and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Ke Cong

8 papers receiving 447 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.

Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency

2021 229 citations Ke Cong, Min Peng et al. Molecular Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ke Cong United States	6	406	232	58	51	35	10	451
Tanay Thakar United States	9	355 0.9×	201 0.9×	45 0.8×	52 1.0×	20 0.6×	9	397
Camille Gelot France	8	442 1.1×	212 0.9×	44 0.8×	56 1.1×	51 1.5×	12	515
Connor S. Clairmont United States	10	564 1.4×	277 1.2×	73 1.3×	76 1.5×	60 1.7×	13	626
Wei Ting C. Lee United States	7	546 1.3×	206 0.9×	47 0.8×	41 0.8×	20 0.6×	8	596
Manuel Daza-Martín United Kingdom	6	387 1.0×	164 0.7×	61 1.1×	29 0.6×	30 0.9×	6	422
Helen R Stone United Kingdom	6	554 1.4×	252 1.1×	87 1.5×	46 0.9×	36 1.0×	6	582
Marie K. Classon Canada	2	295 0.7×	238 1.0×	36 0.6×	93 1.8×	58 1.7×	2	401
Marco Barazas Netherlands	6	270 0.7×	213 0.9×	33 0.6×	47 0.9×	22 0.6×	7	361
Hatice Yücel Netherlands	4	506 1.2×	366 1.6×	89 1.5×	62 1.2×	26 0.7×	6	597
Zehui Hong China	9	527 1.3×	149 0.6×	66 1.1×	73 1.4×	23 0.7×	11	568

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Cong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Cong

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Wei, L., et al.. (2025). Thermally Stable Collagen from Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) Swim Bladder: Preparation, Structure, Rheological, and Functional Properties. Foods. 14(19). 3359–3359.

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Peng, Min, Ke Cong, Rui Li, et al.. (2025). RAD51 is chromatin enriched and targetable in BRCA1-deficient cells. Molecular Cell. 85(18). 3373–3387.e6.

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Zheng, Yan, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Structural and Physicochemical Characteristics of Skin Collagen from Chum Salmon (Cold-Water Fish) and Nile Tilapia (Warm-Water Fish). Foods. 13(8). 1213–1213. 9 indexed citations

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Cong, Ke, Jennifer A. Calvo, Min Peng, et al.. (2024). FANCJ promotes PARP1 activity during DNA replication that is essential in BRCA1 deficient cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2599–2599. 14 indexed citations

5.

Cong, Ke & Sharon B. Cantor. (2022). Exploiting replication gaps for cancer therapy. Molecular Cell. 82(13). 2363–2369. 57 indexed citations

6.

Liu, Xiaokang, et al.. (2022). The prognostic significance of LTBP2 for malignant tumors: Evidence based on 11 observational studies.. PubMed. 101(17). e29207–e29207. 2 indexed citations

7.

Cong, Ke, Min Peng, Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, et al.. (2021). Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency. Molecular Cell. 81(15). 3128–3144.e7. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nayak, Sumeet U., Jennifer A. Calvo, Ke Cong, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of the translesion synthesis polymerase REV1 exploits replication gaps as a cancer vulnerability. Science Advances. 6(24). eaaz7808–eaaz7808. 85 indexed citations

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Peng, Min, Ke Cong, Nicholas J. Panzarino, et al.. (2018). Opposing Roles of FANCJ and HLTF Protect Forks and Restrain Replication during Stress. Cell Reports. 24(12). 3251–3261. 53 indexed citations

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Cong, Ke. (2012). Denatured Ribonuclease Refolding by Glutathione Bonding Column. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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