Kelong Fan

21.6k total citations · 31 hit papers
183 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Kelong Fan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelong Fan has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Materials Chemistry, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 72 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kelong Fan's work include Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (113 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (61 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (61 papers). Kelong Fan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (113 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (61 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (61 papers). Kelong Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kelong Fan's co-authors include Xiyun Yan, Ruofei Zhang, Lizeng Gao, Jiuyang He, Minmin Liang, Juqun Xi, Xiangqin Meng, Zhuoran Wang, Demin Duan and Dongling Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kelong Fan

170 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Standardized assays for determining the catalytic... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2018 2018 2019 2020 2012 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Standardized assays for determining the catalytic activity and kinetics of peroxidase-like nanozymes
    2018 1.0k citations Demin Duan, Kelong Fan et al. profile →
  2. In vivo guiding nitrogen-doped carbon nanozyme for tumor catalytic therapy
    2018 932 citations Kelong Fan, Minmin Liang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. A Single‐Atom Nanozyme for Wound Disinfection Applications
    2019 756 citations Kelong Fan, Xiyun Yan et al. profile →
  4. Structure and activity of nanozymes: Inspirations for de novo design of nanozymes
    2020 676 citations Zhuoran Wang, Ruofei Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Magnetoferritin nanoparticles for targeting and visualizing tumour tissues
    2012 642 citations Kelong Fan, Minmin Liang et al. profile →
  6. Nanozymes Inspired by Natural Enzymes
    2021 550 citations Ruofei Zhang, Xiyun Yan et al. profile →
  7. Nanozymes: A clear definition with fuzzy edges
    2021 485 citations Kelong Fan, Jiuyang He et al. Nano Today profile →
  8. Iron Oxide Nanozyme: A Multifunctional Enzyme Mimetic for Biomedical Applications
    2017 472 citations Kelong Fan, Xiyun Yan et al. profile →
  9. Deciphering the catalytic mechanism of superoxide dismutase activity of carbon dot nanozyme
    2023 431 citations Jiuyang He, Xingfa Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. H-ferritin–nanocaged doxorubicin nanoparticles specifically target and kill tumors with a single-dose injection
    2014 419 citations Minmin Liang, Kelong Fan et al. profile →
  11. High-Performance Self-Cascade Pyrite Nanozymes for Apoptosis–Ferroptosis Synergistic Tumor Therapy
    2021 390 citations Jiuyang He, Xingfa Gao et al. ACS Nano profile →
  12. Nanozyme for tumor therapy: Surface modification matters
    2021 362 citations Guoheng Tang, Jiuyang He et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  13. Superoxide dismutase nanozymes: an emerging star for anti-oxidation
    2021 354 citations Ruofei Zhang, Xiyun Yan et al. profile →
  14. Ferritin Nanocarrier Traverses the Blood Brain Barrier and Kills Glioma
    2018 315 citations Kelong Fan, Meng Zhou et al. ACS Nano profile →
  15. Nanozyme-strip for rapid local diagnosis of Ebola
    2015 314 citations Demin Duan, Kelong Fan et al. profile →
  16. A Bioinspired Five‐Coordinated Single‐Atom Iron Nanozyme for Tumor Catalytic Therapy
    2022 300 citations Kelong Fan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  17. Red Emissive Carbon Dot Superoxide Dismutase Nanozyme for Bioimaging and Ameliorating Acute Lung Injury
    2023 234 citations Cui Liu, Kelong Fan et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  18. Bioinspired copper single‐atom nanozyme as a superoxide dismutase‐like antioxidant for sepsis treatment
    2022 227 citations Ruofei Zhang, Jingyun Li et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  19. Edge‐Site Engineering of Defective Fe–N4 Nanozymes with Boosted Catalase‐Like Performance for Retinal Vasculopathies
    2022 200 citations Ruofei Zhang, Xinyao Zhou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  20. H2O2 Self‐Producing Single‐Atom Nanozyme Hydrogels as Light‐Controlled Oxidative Stress Amplifier for Enhanced Synergistic Therapy by Transforming “Cold” Tumors
    2022 175 citations Wei Jiang, Kelong Fan et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  21. Designing nanozymes for in vivo applications
    2024 175 citations Ruofei Zhang, Bing Jiang et al. profile →
  22. Carbon dots supported single Fe atom nanozyme for drug-resistant glioblastoma therapy by activating autophagy-lysosome pathway
    2022 168 citations Pir Muhammad, Sumaira Hanif et al. Nano Today profile →
  23. Surface Ligand Engineering Ruthenium Nanozyme Superior to Horseradish Peroxidase for Enhanced Immunoassay
    2023 167 citations Huizhen Fan, Jia‐Jia Zheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  24. A Thrombin‐Activated Peptide‐Templated Nanozyme for Remedying Ischemic Stroke via Thrombolytic and Neuroprotective Actions
    2023 158 citations Zhuoran Wang, Yue Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  25. Exploring the Specificity of Nanozymes
    2024 149 citations Huizhen Fan, Ruofei Zhang et al. ACS Nano profile →
  26. Defect Engineering in Nanocatalysts: From Design and Synthesis to Applications
    2024 130 citations Pir Muhammad, Amir Zada et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  27. Ultrasmall metal alloy nanozymes mimicking neutrophil enzymatic cascades for tumor catalytic therapy
    2024 109 citations Huizhen Fan, Jiuyang He et al. Nature Communications profile →
  28. Nanozyme-based point-of-care testing: Revolutionizing environmental pollutant detection with high efficiency and low cost
    2024 91 citations Kaidi Wang, Xiyun Yan et al. Nano Today profile →
  29. A natural biogenic nanozyme for scavenging superoxide radicals
    2024 88 citations Long Ma, Jia‐Jia Zheng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  30. Nanozymes expanding the boundaries of biocatalysis
    2025 25 citations Ruofei Zhang, Xiyun Yan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  31. Hypoxia-tropic delivery of nanozymes targeting transferrin receptor 1 for nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy sensitization
    2025 22 citations Ruofei Zhang, Jianru Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kelong Fan China 65 12.5k 7.0k 7.0k 3.3k 1.8k 183 17.6k
Xiyun Yan China 76 20.7k 1.7× 14.0k 2.0× 9.9k 1.4× 6.9k 2.1× 2.2k 1.2× 246 29.9k
Lizeng Gao China 53 14.8k 1.2× 8.1k 1.1× 6.9k 1.0× 4.9k 1.5× 1.1k 0.6× 148 18.5k
Dongling Yang China 27 6.5k 0.5× 5.2k 0.7× 2.4k 0.3× 2.9k 0.9× 685 0.4× 48 9.5k
Yuanfang Liu China 52 8.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.3× 5.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 216 12.6k
Minmin Liang China 34 5.7k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 2.7k 0.4× 2.0k 0.6× 743 0.4× 86 8.1k
David Tai Leong Singapore 70 9.8k 0.8× 4.4k 0.6× 5.8k 0.8× 704 0.2× 3.2k 1.8× 193 18.0k
Daishun Ling China 58 6.3k 0.5× 3.0k 0.4× 6.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 4.0k 2.2× 186 13.2k
Yu Zhang China 51 4.1k 0.3× 2.7k 0.4× 5.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 2.3k 1.3× 304 9.8k
Jiwei Cui China 51 3.4k 0.3× 2.2k 0.3× 4.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 4.3k 2.3× 244 12.2k
Wei Liu China 56 2.9k 0.2× 3.4k 0.5× 6.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 2.9k 1.6× 280 11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelong Fan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Haiyin, Abid Hussain, Abid Naeem, et al.. (2025). Tumor suppressor protein-inspired peptide for siRNA delivery and synergistic cancer therapy. Fundamental Research. 5(5). 1920–1929.
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Zhang, Yuhan, et al.. (2025). Nanozyme‐Based Biomimetic Intelligent Immune Organelles for the Treatment of Bladder‐Metastasized Tumors. Advanced Materials. 37(43). e11181–e11181. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xue, Jing Ma, Jiacheng Sun, et al.. (2025). Fullerenols hijack lysosomes to disrupt inter-organellar crosstalk and block autophagy pre-activated by mTOR inhibitors for cancer cell PANoptosis. Science Bulletin. 70(8). 1275–1294. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Guoheng, Qizhi Wang, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Transferrin receptor 1 nuclear translocation facilitates tumor progression via p53-mediated chromatin interactions and genome-wide alterations. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 212–212. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhuoran, Yaxin Hou, Guoheng Tang, et al.. (2024). Intelligent nanozymes: Biomimetic design, mechanisms and biomedical applications. Fundamental Research. 5(4). 1369–1383. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Di, et al.. (2024). Atomic-level design of biomimetic iron–sulfur clusters for biocatalysis. Nanoscale. 16(40). 18644–18665. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Kaidi, et al.. (2024). Nanozyme-based point-of-care testing: Revolutionizing environmental pollutant detection with high efficiency and low cost. Nano Today. 54. 102145–102145. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Muhammad, Pir, Amir Zada, Jamshaid Rashid, et al.. (2024). Defect Engineering in Nanocatalysts: From Design and Synthesis to Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(29). 130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Bing, Xuehui Chen, Shenghui Wang, et al.. (2024). Structure-Guided Design of Ferritin–Platinum Prodrugs for Targeted Therapy of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. ACS Nano. 18(17). 11217–11233. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Long, Jia‐Jia Zheng, N. Zhou, et al.. (2024). A natural biogenic nanozyme for scavenging superoxide radicals. Nature Communications. 15(1). 233–233. 88 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yujie, Jingjie Zhao, Lingmin Zhang, et al.. (2023). A cascade nanoreactor for enhancing sonodynamic therapy on colorectal cancer via synergistic ROS augment and autophagy blockage. Nano Today. 49. 101798–101798. 76 indexed citations
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Fang, Long, Ruofei Zhang, Lin Shi, et al.. (2023). Protein‐Nanocaged Selenium Induces t(8;21) Leukemia Cell Differentiation via Epigenetic Regulation. Advanced Science. 10(35). e2300698–e2300698. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Yongjuan, et al.. (2023). Nanotechnology connecting copper metabolism and tumor therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Jia, Xiaohang Chen, Xiaoxuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Utilizing nanozymes for combating COVID-19: advancements in diagnostics, treatments, and preventative measures. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 21(1). 200–200. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Xing, Mei Yang, Yajie Du, et al.. (2023). A scientometric analysis and up-to-date review of nano-based drug delivery systems in glioblastoma treatment. Nano Today. 52. 101961–101961. 16 indexed citations
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Jiang, Wei, Qing Li, Ruofei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Chiral metal-organic frameworks incorporating nanozymes as neuroinflammation inhibitors for managing Parkinson’s disease. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8137–8137. 100 indexed citations
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Fan, Huizhen, Zhenzhen Wang, Jia‐Jia Zheng, et al.. (2022). Mechanism and Kinetics-Guided Discovery of Nanometal Scissors to Cut Phosphoester Bonds. ACS Catalysis. 13(1). 504–514. 31 indexed citations
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Liang, Minmin, Hui Tan, Jun Zhou, et al.. (2018). Bioengineered H-Ferritin Nanocages for Quantitative Imaging of Vulnerable Plaques in Atherosclerosis. ACS Nano. 12(9). 9300–9308. 59 indexed citations

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