Kevin Qian

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kevin Qian is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Qian has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kevin Qian's work include Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (5 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). Kevin Qian is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (5 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). Kevin Qian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Kevin Qian's co-authors include Xiaoyong Yang, Hai‐Bin Ruan, Anton M. Bennett, Jing Wu, Jay Prakash Singh, Eugene R. Hickey, Min‐Dian Li, Kevin Barringer, Bennett Farmer and Jun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Qian

23 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Protein O-GlcNAcylation: emerging mechanisms and functions 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 250 500 750
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. Protein O-GlcNAcylation: emerging mechanisms and functions
    2017 877 citations Xiaoyong Yang, Kevin Qian Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

Peers

Kevin Qian
Pingda Ren United States
K. Huber United Kingdom
Thelma S. Angeles United States
Hariprasad Vankayalapati United States
Gordon Alton United States
Semiramis Ayral‐Kaloustian United States
Takuya Furuta Japan
Eugene R. Hickey United States
Serena Pillozzi Italy
Scott Jakes United States
Pingda Ren United States
Kevin Qian
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Qian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Qian

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Jindong, Weiming Shi, Kevin Qian, et al.. (2025). Unlocking the Ambiphilicity of the Boryl Anion: Synthesis and Reactivity of an Anionic Diazoborane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(25). 22033–22040. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaojian, et al.. (2025). Remote Biocatalytic Stereoselective Synthesis of Axially and Centrally Chiral Alkylidene Cyclopentanols. ACS Catalysis. 15(18). 15867–15875. 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Kevin, et al.. (2024). Monodisperse Chemical Oligophosphorylation of Peptides via Protected Oligophosphorimidazolide Reagents. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(11). e202419147–e202419147. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiao, John P. Kennelly, Alessandra Ferrari, et al.. (2023). Hepatic nonvesicular cholesterol transport is critical for systemic lipid homeostasis. Nature Metabolism. 5(1). 165–181. 33 indexed citations
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Qian, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Stabilized Molecular Diphosphorus Pentoxide, P2O5L2 (L = N-Donor Base), in the Synthesis of Condensed Phosphate–Organic Molecule Conjugates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(11). 6045–6050. 10 indexed citations
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Qian, Kevin, et al.. (2020). Continuous Nucleation and Size Dependent Growth Kinetics of Indium Phosphide Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials. 32(10). 4358–4368. 61 indexed citations
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Mu, Xin, Jonathan C. Axtell, Kent O. Kirlikovali, et al.. (2019). Sterically Unprotected Nucleophilic Boron Cluster Reagents. Chem. 5(9). 2461–2469. 30 indexed citations
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Hamachi, Leslie S., Haoran Yang, Ilan Jen‐La Plante, et al.. (2019). Precursor reaction kinetics control compositional grading and size of CdSe1−xSx nanocrystal heterostructures. Chemical Science. 10(26). 6539–6552. 28 indexed citations
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Qian, Kevin, Simeng Wang, Minnie Fu, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional regulation of O-GlcNAc homeostasis is disrupted in pancreatic cancer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(36). 13989–14000. 66 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaoyong & Kevin Qian. (2017). Protein O-GlcNAcylation: emerging mechanisms and functions. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 18(7). 452–465. 877 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruan, Hai‐Bin, Yina Ma, Bichen Zhang, et al.. (2017). Calcium-dependent O-GlcNAc signaling drives liver autophagy in adaptation to starvation. Genes & Development. 31(16). 1655–1665. 107 indexed citations
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Jarajapu, Yagna, Sugata Hazra, Mark S. Segal, et al.. (2014). Vasoreparative Dysfunction of CD34+ Cells in Diabetic Individuals Involves Hypoxic Desensitization and Impaired Autocrine/Paracrine Mechanisms. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93965–e93965. 55 indexed citations
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Ruan, Hai‐Bin, Xuemei Han, Min‐Dian Li, et al.. (2012). O-GlcNAc Transferase/Host Cell Factor C1 Complex Regulates Gluconeogenesis by Modulating PGC-1α Stability. Cell Metabolism. 16(2). 226–237. 236 indexed citations
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Kim, Jin‐Man, Ming‐Hong Hao, Kevin Qian, et al.. (2011). Benzimidazolone as potent chymase inhibitor: Modulation of reactive metabolite formation in the hydrophobic (P1) region. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(15). 4533–4539. 16 indexed citations
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Cogan, Derek A., Eric C. Breinlinger, Daniel R. Goldberg, et al.. (2008). Structure-based design and subsequent optimization of 2-tolyl-(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl-4-carboxamide) inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(11). 3251–3255. 21 indexed citations
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Moss, Neil, Steffen Breitfelder, Raj Betageri, et al.. (2007). New modifications to the area of pyrazole-naphthyl urea based p38 MAP kinase inhibitors that bind to the adenine/ATP site. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(15). 4242–4247. 10 indexed citations
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Barbosa, António Daniel, Daniel R. Goldberg, Ming‐Hong Hao, et al.. (2006). Discovery and design of benzimidazolone based inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(24). 6316–6320. 21 indexed citations
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Qian, Kevin, Joey Studts, Lian Wang, et al.. (2004). Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of human Pim-1 kinase. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(1). 96–99. 22 indexed citations
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Qian, Kevin, Lian Wang, Eugene R. Hickey, et al.. (2004). Structural Basis of Constitutive Activity and a Unique Nucleotide Binding Mode of Human Pim-1 Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(7). 6130–6137. 235 indexed citations

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