Lan Xu

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Lan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lan Xu has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Lan Xu's work include Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (25 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (17 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (16 papers). Lan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (25 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (17 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (16 papers). Lan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Belgium and United States. Lan Xu's co-authors include Gerhard Meissner, Marc Arbyn, Marc Arbyn, Cindy Simoens, Pierre PL Martin-Hirsch, Mario Poljak, Ashutosh Tripathy, Geoffrey Mann, F. Anthony Lai and Hilary A. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Lan Xu

74 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lan Xu China	25	1.2k	1.2k	396	353	244	79	2.5k
Tobias Müller Germany	30	2.2k 1.8×	734 0.6×	330 0.8×	229 0.6×	343 1.4×	156	4.3k
Michio Yasunami Japan	33	580 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	387 1.0×	667 1.9×	110 0.5×	99	3.3k
Eduard B. Babiychuk Switzerland	29	240 0.2×	1.9k 1.6×	258 0.7×	146 0.4×	84 0.3×	64	2.8k
Ann Harris United States	41	348 0.3×	3.0k 2.5×	487 1.2×	71 0.2×	395 1.6×	180	5.6k
Erik Harms Germany	37	369 0.3×	2.0k 1.6×	626 1.6×	85 0.2×	166 0.7×	118	4.4k
Bat-Sheva Kerem Israel	8	594 0.5×	3.4k 2.8×	713 1.8×	82 0.2×	619 2.5×	11	11.4k
Maria Gabriella Torcia Italy	27	610 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	135 0.3×	78 0.2×	442 1.8×	58	3.1k
Melvin Berger United States	40	669 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	201 0.5×	88 0.2×	504 2.1×	95	5.5k
Jonas Heilskov Graversen Denmark	26	466 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	278 0.7×	88 0.2×	350 1.4×	65	3.6k
Tim Self United Kingdom	21	257 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	175 0.4×	132 0.4×	58 0.2×	27	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lan Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lan Xu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Lan, Jinjun Ran, Hui Shao, et al.. (2025). Incidence and Risk Factors of Diagnosed Young-Adult-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S.: The National Health Interview Survey 2016–2022. Diabetes Care. 48(3). 371–380. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Guangrui, Hao Huang, Jingxuan Wang, et al.. (2025). Integrated Early-Life Factors and Depression: A Multilevel Investigation of Brain Structural, Immunometabolic, and Genetic Mechanisms. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 11(3). 290–299.

Yang, Guangrui, et al.. (2024). Lifestyle modifies the associations of early-life smoking behaviors and genetic susceptibility with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study involving 433,872 individuals from UK Biobank. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews. 18(7). 103090–103090. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Ying, et al.. (2024). Associations of Dietary Cholesterol Consumption With Incident Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of Genetic Variability in Cholesterol Absorption and Disease Predisposition. Diabetes Care. 47(6). 1092–1098. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Yue, Jingxuan Wang, Lan Xu, et al.. (2024). Decoding the disproportionate risk factor landscape of global type 2 diabetes burden in adults: An attribution analysis from 1990 to 2050. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews. 19(1). 103181–103181.

Xu, Lan, Xiang Lan Piao, Han Li, et al.. (2023). Epidemiological, clinical, and household transmission characteristics of children and adolescents infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Shanghai, China: a retrospective, multicenter observational study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 129. 1–9. 10 indexed citations

Bhatia, Ramya, Jesper Bonde, Wim Quint, et al.. (2021). Papilloplex HR-HPV test has non-inferior clinical performance for detection of human papillomavirus infection: assessment using the VALGENT framework. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 76(3). 172–176.

Valenčak, Anja Oštrbenk, et al.. (2021). Clinical and Analytical Evaluation of the Alinity m HR HPV Assay within the VALGENT-3 Framework. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59(6). 12 indexed citations

Ejegod, Ditte Møller, Helle Pedersen, Wim Quint, et al.. (2021). Clinical and analytical performance of the CLART HPV 4S assay with SurePath screening samples from the Danish cervical cancer screening program using the VALGENT framework. Journal of Virological Methods. 292. 114118–114118. 2 indexed citations

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Yin, Rulan, Lin Li, Lan Xu, et al.. (2021). Association between depression and sleep quality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep And Breathing. 26(1). 429–441. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Lan, Duan Li, Xiaoxia Yu, et al.. (2021). Correction: FANCI plays an essential role in spermatogenesis and regulates meiotic histone methylation. Cell Death and Disease. 12(9). 808–808. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Lan, Anja Oštrbenk Valenčak, Mario Poljak, & Marc Arbyn. (2020). Evaluation and Optimization of the Clinical Accuracy of Hybribio's 14 High-Risk HPV with 16/18 Genotyping Assay within the VALGENT-3 Framework. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(6). 11 indexed citations

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Benoy, Ina, Lan Xu, Davy Vanden Broeck, et al.. (2019). Using the VALGENT-3 framework to assess the clinical and analytical performance of the RIATOL qPCR HPV genotyping assay. Journal of Clinical Virology. 120. 57–62. 16 indexed citations

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Xu, Lan, Elizaveta Padalko, Anja Oštrbenk, Mario Poljak, & Marc Arbyn. (2018). Clinical Evaluation of INNO-LiPA HPV Genotyping EXTRA II Assay Using the VALGENT Framework. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(9). 2704–2704. 28 indexed citations

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Xu, Fei, Yixuan Fang, Lili Yan, et al.. (2017). Nuclear localization of Beclin 1 promotes radiation-induced DNA damage repair independent of autophagy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45385–45385. 39 indexed citations

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Xu, Lan, et al.. (2016). Effect comparison of different nursing methods on swallowing function of patients with stroke coma. Zhonghua xiandai huli zazhi. 22(17). 2438–2441. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiuju, et al.. (2016). Replication and Translation of Sperm-introduced Hepatitis B Virus Genesin Embryonic Cells. 5(2). 15–21. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Lianbing, Qing‐Dong Xie, Mingfu Ma, et al.. (2015). CpG islands of hepatitis B virus genome isolated from Chinese patients. Gene. 561(2). 261–267. 4 indexed citations

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Dong, Hua, Li Shen, Lan Xu, et al.. (2012). Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 regulates cellular metastasis-associated behavior in gastric cancer. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 30(6). 1267–1274. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Chunliang, Dandan Lin, Lan Xu, et al.. (2011). An Anti-Human ppGalNAcT-2 Monoclonal Antibody. Hybridoma. 30(6). 549–554. 6 indexed citations

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