Kepan Chen

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Kepan Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kepan Chen has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kepan Chen's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Kepan Chen is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Kepan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and United States. Kepan Chen's co-authors include Xiangrong Song, Wen Xiao, Na Fan, Shugang Qin, Qian Zheng, Guohong Li, Min Wu, Yuting Chen, Hai Huang and Yuquan Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and Journal of Controlled Release.

In The Last Decade

Kepan Chen

10 papers receiving 789 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

2022 476 citations Shugang Qin, Yuting Chen et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
Artificial intelligence-driven rational design of ionizable lipids for mRNA delivery

2024 70 citations Wei Wang, Kepan Chen 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
Kepan Chen China	8	619	180	122	105	82	10	804
Michaela Jeong South Korea	8	656 1.1×	121 0.7×	80 0.7×	115 1.1×	65 0.8×	11	816
Jared Beyersdorf United States	9	655 1.1×	133 0.7×	161 1.3×	108 1.0×	42 0.5×	12	836
Allen Yujie Jiang United States	8	856 1.4×	259 1.4×	166 1.4×	121 1.2×	106 1.3×	9	1.1k
Staci Sabnis United States	5	826 1.3×	183 1.0×	152 1.2×	158 1.5×	43 0.5×	6	964
Husain Attarwala United States	11	458 0.7×	131 0.7×	90 0.7×	69 0.7×	117 1.4×	19	760
Timothy Salerno United States	3	705 1.1×	153 0.8×	123 1.0×	133 1.3×	38 0.5×	4	822
Antony Jozić United States	13	939 1.5×	138 0.8×	141 1.2×	142 1.4×	38 0.5×	21	1.1k
Jerry Leung Canada	13	837 1.4×	153 0.8×	104 0.9×	115 1.1×	41 0.5×	23	1.1k
Nuphar Veiga Israel	9	851 1.4×	163 0.9×	78 0.6×	202 1.9×	103 1.3×	10	1.0k
Nikhil Khatwani United States	5	659 1.1×	327 1.8×	131 1.1×	144 1.4×	206 2.5×	6	924

Countries citing papers authored by Kepan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kepan Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kepan Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kepan Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kepan Chen 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 Kepan Chen. Kepan Chen 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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Chen, Kepan, Ye Li, Ting Jiang, et al.. (2025). Hydroxychloroquine-functionalized ionizable lipids mitigate inflammatory responses in mRNA therapeutics. Journal of Controlled Release. 387. 114267–114267. 1 indexed citations

2.

Wang, Wei, Kepan Chen, Ting Jiang, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence-driven rational design of ionizable lipids for mRNA delivery. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10804–10804. 70 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Zhang, Yupei, Shugang Qin, Yuting Chen, et al.. (2024). MHCI trafficking signal‐based mRNA vaccines strengthening immune protection against RNA viruses. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 10(1). e10709–e10709. 1 indexed citations

4.

Qin, Shugang, Hai Huang, Wen Xiao, et al.. (2023). A novel heterologous receptor-binding domain dodecamer universal mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 13(10). 4291–4304. 10 indexed citations

5.

Peng, Xingchen, Zhaohui Jin, Hai Huang, et al.. (2023). A lipid-based LMP2-mRNA vaccine to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nano Research. 16(4). 5357–5367. 26 indexed citations

6.

Qin, Shugang, Yuting Chen, Kepan Chen, et al.. (2022). mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7(1). 166–166. 476 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Zhang, Yi, Na Fan, Kepan Chen, et al.. (2022). Sodium alginate coating simultaneously increases the biosafety and immunotherapeutic activity of the cationic mRNA nanovaccine. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 13(3). 942–954. 26 indexed citations

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Fan, Na, Kepan Chen, Rong Zhu, et al.. (2022). Manganese-coordinated mRNA vaccines with enhanced mRNA expression and immunogenicity induce robust immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants. Science Advances. 8(51). eabq3500–eabq3500. 76 indexed citations

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Chen, Kepan, Na Fan, Hai Huang, et al.. (2022). mRNA Vaccines Against SARS‐CoV‐2 Variants Delivered by Lipid Nanoparticles Based on Novel Ionizable Lipids. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(39). 2204692–2204692. 79 indexed citations

10.

Huang, Cheng, Qingqing Tian, Yangmei Ren, et al.. (2022). Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery System for mRNA Encoding B7H3‐redirected Bispecific Antibody Displays Potent Antitumor Effects on Malignant Tumors. Advanced Science. 10(3). e2205532–e2205532. 39 indexed citations

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