Lei Deng

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Deng is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Deng has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Oncology, 41 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 24 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lei Deng's work include Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (19 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (8 papers). Lei Deng is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (19 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (8 papers). Lei Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Lei Deng's co-authors include Changchuan Jiang, Chaolin Li, Fei Ji, Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Shirley M. Bluethmann, Scott P. Kelly, Shouhao Zhou, Kathleen M. Sturgeon, Daniel M. Trifiletti and You Lü and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lei Deng

103 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A population-based study of cardiovascular disease mortality risk in US cancer patients

2019 571 citations Lei Deng, Changchuan Jiang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Deng China	27	797	661	556	495	359	115	3.1k
Tianyu Li China	41	1.2k 1.5×	640 1.0×	1.4k 2.4×	1.2k 2.5×	152 0.4×	230	6.2k
Hitoshi Ishiguro Japan	38	656 0.8×	896 1.4×	1.3k 2.4×	386 0.8×	374 1.0×	107	3.8k
Chien‐Hung Chen Taiwan	34	366 0.5×	185 0.3×	585 1.1×	407 0.8×	81 0.2×	114	3.3k
Mei Hong China	36	272 0.3×	215 0.3×	1.0k 1.8×	890 1.8×	123 0.3×	112	4.0k
Xiaoyu Yin China	27	759 1.0×	361 0.5×	824 1.5×	233 0.5×	39 0.1×	133	2.9k
Chunhua Song China	29	518 0.6×	232 0.4×	732 1.3×	221 0.4×	121 0.3×	154	2.9k
Tingting Zhan United States	27	558 0.7×	300 0.5×	550 1.0×	108 0.2×	39 0.1×	184	2.4k
Yunlong Xia China	33	259 0.3×	177 0.3×	1.2k 2.2×	423 0.9×	1.5k 4.2×	181	4.1k
Jie Tang China	41	815 1.0×	472 0.7×	1.5k 2.8×	448 0.9×	117 0.3×	229	5.8k
Shinji Tamura Japan	38	722 0.9×	181 0.3×	1.5k 2.7×	1.2k 2.5×	252 0.7×	255	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Deng

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Huang, Xinyi, et al.. (2025). Associations between indicators of lipid and glucose metabolism and hypothyroidism. Lipids in Health and Disease. 24(1). 58–58.

Yang, Jie, Zongmei Zhou, Nan Bi, et al.. (2025). A nomogram for predicting the risk of chemoradiotherapy-associated thrombocytopenia in patients with esophageal cancer: a real-world cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 17. 22808630–22808630.

Deng, Lei, Muzi Li, Xiao‐Jun Huang, & Xiang‐Yu Zhao. (2025). Single-cell lineage tracing techniques in hematology: unraveling the cellular narrative. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 270–270. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Jie, et al.. (2025). Oesophageal cancer-specific mortality risk and public health insurance: Prospective cohort study from China. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 17(4). 103629–103629.

Deng, Lei, et al.. (2024). Immunological roles for resistin and related adipokines in obesity-associated tumors. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt A). 112911–112911. 11 indexed citations

Deng, Lei, Jingyun Liu, Yu Chen, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical sensing membrane with enhanced mass transfer under flow-through detection mode for high sensitivity and low detection limit. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154641–154641. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Qian, et al.. (2024). Joint association of physical activity and diet quality with dyslipidemia: a cross-sectional study in Western China. Lipids in Health and Disease. 23(1). 46–46. 6 indexed citations

Dekker, Simone E. & Lei Deng. (2024). Clinical Advances and Challenges in Targeting KRAS Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers. 16(22). 3885–3885. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jiaojiao, et al.. (2023). Enhanced hydrogen production coupled with ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation by flow-through self-supporting electrode. Fuel. 354. 129441–129441. 8 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Christopher Su, Xingxing Zang, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous Expression of PD-L1, B7x, B7-H3, and HHLA2 in Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma and the Related Regulatory Signaling Pathways. Cancers. 15(13). 3372–3372. 11 indexed citations

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Jiang, Changchuan, K. Robin Yabroff, Lei Deng, et al.. (2023). Transportation barriers, emergency room use, and mortality risk among US adults by cancer history. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 115(7). 815–821. 17 indexed citations

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Jiang, Changchuan, Stuthi Perimbeti, Lei Deng, et al.. (2023). Medicaid expansion and racial disparity in timely multidisciplinary treatment in muscle invasive bladder cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 115(10). 1188–1193. 3 indexed citations

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Jiang, Changchuan, Lei Deng, Yumeng Wen, et al.. (2021). Chronic comorbid conditions among adult cancer survivors in the United States: Results from the National Health Interview Survey, 2002‐2018. Cancer. 128(4). 828–838. 49 indexed citations

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Wang, Chengshi, Kejia Hu, Lei Deng, et al.. (2021). Cardiovascular mortality among cancer survivors who developed breast cancer as a second primary malignancy. British Journal of Cancer. 125(10). 1450–1458. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2020). Efficacy of Osimertinib in Afatinib-resistant Lung Cancer Harboring Uncommon EGFR Mutations: Case Report and Literature Review. Clinical Lung Cancer. 22(3). e466–e469. 2 indexed citations

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Lei, Jinfeng, Lei Deng, Xinying Li, et al.. (2018). Comparative study of the physicochemical and photocatalytic properties of water-soluble polymer-capped TiO2 nanoparticles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(26). 26259–26266. 4 indexed citations

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Huang, Hsin‐Yi, Wenjing Zhang, Yijun Gao, et al.. (2017). YAP Suppresses Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression via Deregulation of the DNp63–GPX2 Axis and ROS Accumulation. Cancer Research. 77(21). 5769–5781. 68 indexed citations

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Pollom, Erqi L., Lei Deng, Reetesh K. Pai, et al.. (2015). Gastrointestinal Toxicities With Combined Antiangiogenic and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 92(3). 568–576. 66 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Balázs Győrffy, Baoqing Chen, et al.. (2015). Association of PDCD1 and CTLA-4 Gene Expression with Clinicopathological Factors and Survival in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results from a Large and Pooled Microarray Database. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 10(7). 1020–1026. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Cong, H. Lu, Feifei Na, et al.. (2013). Prognostic Role of Hypoxic Inducible Factor Expression in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 14(6). 3607–3612. 23 indexed citations

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