Kuan Hu

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kuan Hu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kuan Hu has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kuan Hu's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (22 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (15 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (11 papers). Kuan Hu is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (22 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (15 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (11 papers). Kuan Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Kuan Hu's co-authors include Ming‐Rong Zhang, Zhou Li, Zigang Li, Lin Xie, Feng Yin, Lu Wang, Xianmao Lu, Tong Li, Steven H. Liang and Zhe Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kuan Hu

105 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Marriage of black phosphorus and Cu2+ as effective photothermal agents for PET-guided combination cancer therapy

2020 303 citations Kuan Hu, Lin Xie et al. Nature Communications profile →
Peptide-based nanomaterials: Self-assembly, properties and applications

2021 268 citations Ming‐Rong Zhang, Kuan Hu et al. profile →
Radiopharmaceuticals and their applications in medicine

2025 57 citations Xingkai Wang, Kuan Hu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kuan Hu China	31	1.1k	1.1k	777	533	426	109	3.3k
Wenwu Xiao China	32	1.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	1.6k 3.0×	434 1.0×	105	4.3k
Aaron M. Mohs United States	30	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.8k 2.3×	693 1.3×	182 0.4×	71	3.6k
Kai Licha Germany	36	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	649 0.8×	740 1.4×	512 1.2×	122	4.1k
Ljiljana Fruk Germany	26	776 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	581 0.7×	230 0.4×	324 0.8×	102	2.9k
Zhiliang Cheng United States	34	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	1.3k 2.4×	304 0.7×	82	4.6k
David Y. W. Ng Germany	30	663 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	472 0.6×	799 1.5×	724 1.7×	87	2.7k
Alvin T. Yeh United States	31	1.5k 1.3×	533 0.5×	596 0.8×	346 0.6×	182 0.4×	63	3.8k
Ken‐ichiro Kamei Japan	26	1.6k 1.4×	855 0.8×	528 0.7×	469 0.9×	156 0.4×	109	2.9k
Mohamed E. H. ElSayed United States	32	1.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	938 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	674 1.6×	79	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kuan Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kuan Hu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kuan Hu

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

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Wang, Xingkai, Dong Dai, Siqi Zhang, et al.. (2025). A Cyclic Peptide‐Based Radiotheranostic Agent for Urokinase‐Type Plasminogen Activator in Tumors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(28). e202500479–e202500479. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yang, Yu Zhang, Hang Ye, et al.. (2025). Selective Adsorption of MAPTAC Constructs Water‐Deficient Electric Double Layer for Enhanced Zinc Battery Performance. Small. 21(49). e09465–e09465.

Peng, Weijun, Die Xu, Xiaowei Wang, et al.. (2025). Identification of Bruceine A as a novel HSP90AB1 inhibitor for suppressing hepatocellular carcinoma growth. Journal of Advanced Research. 82. 863–879. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Zhiwen Wang, Hang Ye, et al.. (2024). Amorphous Structure Benefits in MgV ₂ O ₄ /V ₂ O ₃ Composites for Zinc‐Ion Storage: An Integration of Computational and Experimental Studies. Small. 20(49). e2406651–e2406651. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yiding, Lin Xie, Masayuki Fujinaga, et al.. (2024). l-[5-11C]Glutamine PET imaging noninvasively tracks dynamic responses of glutaminolysis in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 15(2). 681–691. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Siqi, Xin Gao, Hui Zeng, et al.. (2024). Discovery of a highly specific radiolabeled antibody targeting B-cell maturation antigen: Applications in PET imaging of multiple myeloma. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 52(2). 599–610. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Duo, et al.. (2024). Environmentally responsive hydrogel promotes vascular normalization to enhance STING anti-tumor immunity. Journal of Controlled Release. 372. 403–416. 10 indexed citations

Xie, Lin, Lulu Zhang, Kuan Hu, et al.. (2023). A 211At-labelled mGluR1 inhibitor induces cancer senescence to elicit long-lasting anti-tumor efficacy. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(4). 100960–100960. 14 indexed citations

Rong, Jian, Tomoteru Yamasaki, Yinlong Li, et al.. (2023). Development of Novel ¹¹C-Labeled Selective Orexin-2 Receptor Radioligands for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(10). 1419–1426. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Zhe, et al.. (2023). Polypyrrole-Stabilized Polypeptide for Eco-Friendly Supercapacitors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2497–2497. 7 indexed citations

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Jin, Zhao-Hui, Atsushi B. Tsuji, Mélissa Degardin, et al.. (2020). Radiotheranostic Agent 64Cu-cyclam-RAFT-c(-RGDfK-)4 for Management of Peritoneal Metastasis in Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(23). 6230–6241. 11 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Tomoteru, Xiaofei Zhang, Katsushi Kumata, et al.. (2020). Identification and Development of a New Positron Emission Tomography Ligand 4-(2-Fluoro-4-[¹¹C]methoxyphenyl)-5-((1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)methoxy)picolinamide for Imaging Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 2 (mGlu₂). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(20). 11469–11483. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lingling, Kuan Hu, Tuo Shao, et al.. (2020). Recent developments on PET radiotracers for TSPO and their applications in neuroimaging. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 11(2). 373–393. 116 indexed citations

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Hu, Kuan. (2020). PET Imaging of VEGFR with a Novel 64 Cu Labeled Peptide. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Hu, Xiao Zhang, Luming Zhao, et al.. (2020). Correction to: A Hybrid Biofuel and Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Bioenergy Harvesting. Nano-Micro Letters. 12(1). 92–92. 38 indexed citations

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Deng, Xiaoyun, Yiding Zhang, Zhen Chen, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of 4-hydroxy-6-(3-[11C]methoxyphenethyl)pyridazin-3(2H)-one, a 11C-labeled -amino acid oxidase (DAAO) inhibitor for PET imaging. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 30(16). 127326–127326. 4 indexed citations

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Hu, Kuan, Lin Xie, Yiding Zhang, et al.. (2020). Marriage of black phosphorus and Cu2+ as effective photothermal agents for PET-guided combination cancer therapy. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2778–2778. 303 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Zhe, Kuan Hu, Mengyan Yang, et al.. (2019). Elastic Cu@PPy sponge for hybrid device with energy conversion and storage. Nano Energy. 58. 852–861. 64 indexed citations

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Hu, Kuan, Yixiang Jiang, Wei Xiong, et al.. (2018). Tuning peptide self-assembly by an in-tether chiral center. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar5907–eaar5907. 69 indexed citations

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Wang, Chan, Kuan Hu, Wenjian Li, et al.. (2018). Wearable Wire-Shaped Symmetric Supercapacitors Based on Activated Carbon-Coated Graphite Fibers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(40). 34302–34310. 52 indexed citations

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