Kun Ren

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kun Ren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Ren has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Surgery and 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kun Ren's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (14 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers). Kun Ren is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (14 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers). Kun Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Kun Ren's co-authors include Guo-Jun Zhao, Guang‐Hui Yi, Ting Jiang, Yin Liang, Xiaodan Xu, Zhongcheng Mo, Qinghai Zhang, Xiao Zhu, Zhi Zheng and Xiao-Hua Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Advanced Functional Materials and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kun Ren

59 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

The mechanisms of ferroptosis and its role in atherosclerosis

2024 64 citations Xiaodan Xu, Kun Ren et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Ren China	22	636	388	239	185	131	66	1.4k
Ki‐Chul Hwang South Korea	26	1.1k 1.7×	311 0.8×	470 2.0×	190 1.0×	156 1.2×	83	2.4k
Wujun Chen China	28	1.1k 1.7×	488 1.3×	387 1.6×	310 1.7×	113 0.9×	73	2.0k
Wei-Chun Chang Taiwan	22	732 1.2×	184 0.5×	410 1.7×	172 0.9×	211 1.6×	60	2.1k
Hyuk‐Kwon Kwon South Korea	20	536 0.8×	181 0.5×	162 0.7×	203 1.1×	106 0.8×	40	1.3k
Jing Feng China	24	894 1.4×	242 0.6×	138 0.6×	98 0.5×	372 2.8×	123	2.3k
Lihua Gao China	23	526 0.8×	192 0.5×	140 0.6×	267 1.4×	70 0.5×	92	1.5k
Jiaqi Wu China	21	675 1.1×	354 0.9×	198 0.8×	279 1.5×	137 1.0×	120	1.7k
Yanming Li China	27	955 1.5×	390 1.0×	319 1.3×	332 1.8×	175 1.3×	101	2.1k
Pei‐Wen Wang Taiwan	25	595 0.9×	275 0.7×	155 0.6×	172 0.9×	162 1.2×	77	1.7k
Yong Shi China	23	971 1.5×	301 0.8×	142 0.6×	305 1.6×	274 2.1×	64	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Ren

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ren, Kun, et al.. (2025). Intelligent testing environment generation for autonomous vehicles with implicit distributions of traffic behaviors. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 174. 105106–105106. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Peng, Da Zhang, Fupeng Li, et al.. (2025). Sodium vanadium phosphate electrode achieving rapid Na+ migration kinetics through DBD plasma multiscale modification. Energy storage materials. 81. 104555–104555.

Wang, Baowen, Kun Ren, Pan Liu, et al.. (2025). Back-Adhesive Hybrid Solid Electrolyte with Regulated Surface Adhesion Realizing Enhanced Interfacial Kinetics and Stability in Solid-State Sodium Metal Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 10(10). 4777–4786. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Lanqing, Minjie Hou, Fupeng Li, et al.. (2025). Enhanced ionic conductivity via oxygen-vacancies-enriched Na3Zr2Si2PO12 for PEO-based composite solid electrolytes. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 208. 113046–113046.

Ren, Kun, Huangkai Zhou, Da Zhang, et al.. (2025). Understanding the Na+ Conductance and Failure Evolution of Ceramic Electrolytes for Solid‐State Sodium Metal Batteries from Ion Dynamics. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(37). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Chao, et al.. (2025). From signal-off to signal-on: polyT linker alters signal response mode and enhances signal change of aptamer beacon probe. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 417(6). 1105–1112. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiyue, Yingjie Zhou, Minjie Hou, et al.. (2025). Porous Na₂Fe(SO₄)₂/C: high pseudocapacitive contribution for accelerated sodium storage kinetics. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 9(6). 1043–1052. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Baowen, Da Zhang, Kun Ren, et al.. (2024). Interface Stable Kinetics Triggered by Interfacial Built‐In Electric Field in Solid‐State Sodium‐Metal Battery. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(16). 10 indexed citations

Li, Fupeng, Kun Ren, Minjie Hou, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast UV Curing Enabling A Stable Interphase and Interface for Solid-State Sodium–Metal Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 10(1). 195–204. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dantong, Lanqing Zhao, Chao Peng, et al.. (2024). Upgrading Cycling Stability and Capability of Hybrid Na‐CO₂ Batteries via Tailoring Reaction Environment for Efficient Conversion CO₂ to HCOOH. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(16). 49 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lanqing, Minjie Hou, Kun Ren, et al.. (2024). Hot‐Pressing Enhances Mechanical Strength of PEO Solid Polymer Electrolyte for All‐Solid‐State Sodium Metal Batteries. Small Methods. 8(10). e2301579–e2301579. 15 indexed citations

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Ren, Kun, et al.. (2024). Regulation of Ethanol on Ferrous Oxalate Particle Size and Properties: Theoretical and Experimental Study. ChemistrySelect. 9(17). 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianliang, et al.. (2023). Kinetic and experimental analysis of the effect of particle size on combustion performance of low-rank coals. Fuel. 349. 128675–128675. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Bowen, Fupeng Li, Minjie Hou, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical mesoporous NiO nanosheet arrays as integrated electrode for hybrid sodium-air batteries. Ceramics International. 49(13). 21355–21362. 3 indexed citations

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Dong, Xin, Bo Liao, Jian Zhao, et al.. (2023). METTL14 mediates m⁶a modification on osteogenic proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells by regulating the processing of pri-miR-873. Molecular Medicine Reports. 28(3). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ming, Zhongjian Xie, Haijiao Long, et al.. (2022). Current advances in the imaging of atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque using nanoparticles. Materials Today Bio. 14. 100236–100236. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhi, et al.. (2018). Lymphatic Vessels: A Potential Approach to the Treatment of Atherosclerosis?. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 16(6). 498–506. 5 indexed citations

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Ren, Kun, Xiao Zhu, Zhi Zheng, et al.. (2018). MicroRNA-24 aggravates atherosclerosis by inhibiting selective lipid uptake from HDL cholesterol via the post-transcriptional repression of scavenger receptor class B type I. Atherosclerosis. 270. 57–67. 40 indexed citations

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He, Huan, et al.. (2013). MR-1 blocks the megakaryocytic differentiation and transition of CML from chronic phase to blast crisis through MEK dephosphorylation. Blood Cancer Journal. 3(3). e107–e107. 8 indexed citations

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Ren, Kun, Jason D. Bannan, Vijay Pancholi, et al.. (1994). Characterization and biological properties of a new staphylococcal exotoxin.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 180(5). 1675–1683. 112 indexed citations

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