Leng Han

36.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
170 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Leng Han is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leng Han has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Cancer Research and 20 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Leng Han's work include RNA modifications and cancer (46 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (32 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers). Leng Han is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (46 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (32 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers). Leng Han collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Leng Han's co-authors include Lixia Diao, Han Liang, An‐Yuan Guo, Chunjie Liu, Youqiong Ye, Zhongming Zhao, Enyong Dai, Rui Kang, Daolin Tang and Qiong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Leng Han

164 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

GSCALite: a web server for gene set cancer analysis

2018 760 citations Chunjie Liu, Leng Han et al. profile →
Autophagy-dependent ferroptosis drives tumor-associated macrophage polarization via release and uptake of oncogenic KRAS protein

2020 481 citations Leng Han et al. profile →
Lipid storage and lipophagy regulates ferroptosis

2018 389 citations Leng Han et al. profile →
Ferroptotic damage promotes pancreatic tumorigenesis through a TMEM173/STING-dependent DNA sensor pathway

2020 316 citations Leng Han et al. Nature Communications profile →
YTHDF3 Induces the Translation of m6A-Enriched Gene Transcripts to Promote Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

2020 298 citations Youqiong Ye, Leng Han et al. profile →
Single-cell reconstruction of the adult human heart during heart failure and recovery reveals the cellular landscape underlying cardiac function

2020 254 citations Leng Han et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Expanding PROTACtable genome universe of E3 ligases

2023 90 citations Yuan Liu, Mei Luo et al. Nature Communications profile →
Ferroptotic therapy in cancer: benefits, side effects, and risks

2024 54 citations Leng Han et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leng Han United States	55	7.8k	4.3k	2.1k	1.5k	955	170	10.6k
Huafeng Zhang China	47	7.4k 1.0×	5.3k 1.2×	957 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	133	11.4k
Subbaya Subramanian United States	52	4.5k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	840 0.9×	134	8.1k
Chenguang Wang China	60	7.8k 1.0×	3.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.8k 1.9×	644 0.7×	249	12.0k
Dan Li China	45	5.6k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	837 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	723 0.8×	390	8.7k
Yulei Wang United States	34	7.7k 1.0×	5.5k 1.3×	853 0.4×	1.9k 1.3×	893 0.9×	82	10.6k
Tao Jiang China	64	8.0k 1.0×	6.3k 1.5×	2.7k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.0×	450	15.5k
David M. Feldser United States	27	8.1k 1.0×	6.9k 1.6×	799 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	814 0.9×	42	11.1k
Qun‐Ying Lei China	47	7.5k 1.0×	2.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	724 0.8×	108	11.7k
Arkaitz Carracedo Spain	49	8.5k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	953 1.0×	96	12.7k
Qianjin Liao China	56	7.0k 0.9×	5.2k 1.2×	924 0.4×	2.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	175	10.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leng Han

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Zhao, Yue, et al.. (2025). Coumarins in the tumor-immune application: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic innovations. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1681892–1681892.

Chen, Chengxuan & Leng Han. (2025). Deciphering genetic regulation at single-cell resolution in gastric cancer. Cell Genomics. 5(4). 100846–100846. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Chengxuan, Yuan Liu, Mei Luo, et al.. (2024). The pharmacogenomic and immune landscape of snoRNAs in human cancers. Cancer Letters. 605. 217304–217304. 1 indexed citations

Han, Leng, et al.. (2024). Novel three-dimensional fibrous covalent organic frameworks constructed via silver amalgam bridging for efficient organic dye adsorption and removal. Nanoscale. 16(34). 16026–16034. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Chengxuan, Yuan Liu, Zhao Zhang, et al.. (2023). The Genetic, Pharmacogenomic, and Immune Landscapes Associated with Protein Expression across Human Cancers. Cancer Research. 83(22). 3673–3680. 6 indexed citations

Xue, Yanfeng, Yingyun Gong, Xin Li, et al.. (2023). Sex differences in paternal arsenic-induced intergenerational metabolic effects are mediated by estrogen. Cell & Bioscience. 13(1). 165–165. 8 indexed citations

Luo, Mei, Lin Ye, Ruimin Chang, et al.. (2022). Multi-omics characterization of autophagy-related molecular features for therapeutic targeting of autophagy. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6345–6345. 17 indexed citations

Dong, Xin, Ke Chen, Wenbo Chen, et al.. (2022). circRIP: an accurate tool for identifying circRNA–RBP interactions. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23(4). 21 indexed citations

Liang, Yan, Bo Tu, Jun Yao, et al.. (2021). Targeting Glucose Metabolism Sensitizes Pancreatic Cancer to MEK Inhibition. Cancer Research. 81(15). 4054–4065. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Bin, Xi Li, Yu Fu, et al.. (2021). MEK Inhibition Remodels the Immune Landscape of Mutant KRAS Tumors to Overcome Resistance to PARP and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancer Research. 81(10). 2714–2729. 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Dong, et al.. (2020). Long noncoding RNA CASC2 inhibits metastasis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition of lung adenocarcinoma via suppressing SOX4. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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Neve, Isaiah A.A., Jessica N. Sowa, Chih-Chun Lin, et al.. (2019). Escherichia coli Metabolite Profiling Leads to the Development of an RNA Interference Strain for Caenorhabditis elegans. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(1). 189–198. 28 indexed citations

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Hu, Qingsong, Chunlai Li, Shouyu Wang, et al.. (2019). LncRNAs-directed PTEN enzymatic switch governs epithelial–mesenchymal transition. Cell Research. 29(4). 286–304. 39 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2018). Characterisation of the complete mitochondrial genome of the black‐footed abalone Haliotis iris. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 46(1). 74–86. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Leng, et al.. (2018). Molecular characterisation of the complete nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence of the blacklip abalone Haliotis rubra. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 52(3). 430–443. 5 indexed citations

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Tan, Peng, Youqiong Ye, Lian He, et al.. (2018). TRIM59 promotes breast cancer motility by suppressing p62-selective autophagic degradation of PDCD10. PLoS Biology. 16(11). e3000051–e3000051. 75 indexed citations

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Han, Leng, et al.. (2017). Complete nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence analyses of the black‐footed abalone Haliotis iris. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 52(2). 232–246. 2 indexed citations

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Xiao, Zhen‐Dong, Leng Han, Hyemin Lee, et al.. (2017). Energy stress-induced lncRNA FILNC1 represses c-Myc-mediated energy metabolism and inhibits renal tumor development. Nature Communications. 8(1). 783–783. 170 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaowen, Zhen‐Dong Xiao, Leng Han, et al.. (2016). LncRNA NBR2 engages a metabolic checkpoint by regulating AMPK under energy stress. Nature Cell Biology. 18(4). 431–442. 247 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Leng Han, Paul Roebuck, et al.. (2015). TANRIC: An Interactive Open Platform to Explore the Function of lncRNAs in Cancer. Cancer Research. 75(18). 3728–3737. 407 indexed citations

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