Leng Ni

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leng Ni is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Leng Ni has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Leng Ni's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (17 papers), Peripheral Artery Disease Management (11 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (9 papers). Leng Ni is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (17 papers), Peripheral Artery Disease Management (11 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (9 papers). Leng Ni collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Leng Ni's co-authors include Changwei Liu, Di Xiao, Baitao Ma, Shuai Niu, Rui Zhang, Xuebin Wang, Rüssel J. Reiter, Rong Zeng, Zhewei Zhao and Zhichao Lai and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Leng Ni

62 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

COVID-19: Melatonin as a potential adjuvant treatment 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. COVID-19: Melatonin as a potential adjuvant treatment
    2020 481 citations Rui Zhang, Leng Ni et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leng Ni China 19 399 246 235 204 188 72 1.4k
Baitao Ma China 12 424 1.1× 142 0.6× 236 1.0× 174 0.9× 61 0.3× 22 1.1k
Xue He China 20 686 1.7× 135 0.5× 108 0.5× 66 0.3× 191 1.0× 98 1.8k
Jumana Saleh Oman 18 254 0.6× 121 0.5× 230 1.0× 306 1.5× 63 0.3× 38 1.3k
Johannes Stegbauer Germany 29 663 1.7× 77 0.3× 178 0.8× 68 0.3× 205 1.1× 97 2.4k
Yuping Zhang China 21 344 0.9× 44 0.2× 93 0.4× 96 0.5× 164 0.9× 128 1.4k
Vinayak Shenoy United States 29 1.1k 2.9× 81 0.3× 379 1.6× 140 0.7× 586 3.1× 61 3.1k
Enzo Ragazzoni∘ Italy 16 268 0.7× 114 0.5× 150 0.6× 194 1.0× 120 0.6× 44 1.2k
Tetsuo Nakata Japan 24 369 0.9× 177 0.7× 42 0.2× 118 0.6× 115 0.6× 93 1.7k
Andréia Carvalho Alzamora Brazil 17 281 0.7× 56 0.2× 295 1.3× 137 0.7× 71 0.4× 36 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leng Ni

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leng Ni

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2025). Advancements in Gene-Based Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Human Gene Therapy. 36(9-10). 787–800. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Di, Peng Wang, Fengshi Li, et al.. (2024). Recombinant Human Hepatocyte Growth Factor Plasmids for Treating Patients with Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 68(5). 619–628. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Lin, Deqiang Kong, Kang Li, et al.. (2024). Multiple Treatment Strategies of Accessory Renal Artery Related Hypertension: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 26(12). 1449–1456.
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Li, Fangda, Rong Zeng, Changwei Liu, et al.. (2024). An Anatomic Classification Scheme for Surgical Planning of Renal Artery Aneurysms. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 32(6). 2030–2038.
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Lai, Zhichao, Di Xiao, Rong Zeng, et al.. (2023). Drug-coated balloon for treatment of non-atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis—a multi-center study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 23(1). 510–510. 1 indexed citations
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Rong, Zhihua, Fengshi Li, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of tiRNA-Gly-GCC ameliorates neointimal formation via CBX3-mediated VSMCs phenotypic switching. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1030635–1030635. 9 indexed citations
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Rong, Zhihua, et al.. (2023). Ant-Neointimal Formation Effects of SLC6A6 in Preventing Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Migration via Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 3018–3018. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuebin, Wei Wang, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Melatonin attenuates high glucose‑induced endothelial cell pyroptosis by activating the Nrf2 pathway to inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Molecular Medicine Reports. 27(3). 12 indexed citations
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Zeng, Rong, et al.. (2021). Sophocarpine Alleviates Injury-Induced Intima Hyperplasia of Carotid Arteries by Suppressing Inflammation in a Rat Model. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(22). 5449–5449. 6 indexed citations
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Hu, Xianglin, et al.. (2021). Clinical characteristics of discharged COVID‑19 patients with reappeared positive nucleic acid test. 42(6). 867–871. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Di, Wei Han, Changwei Liu, Leng Ni, & Rui Zhang. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between C-reactive protein levels and adverse limb events after revascularization in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 74(1). 317–326. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, Leng Ni, Di Xiao, et al.. (2020). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of venous thromboembolic events in novel coronavirus disease-2019 patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. 9(2). 289–298.e5. 26 indexed citations
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Xiao, Di, Changwei Liu, Rong Zeng, & Leng Ni. (2019). Endovascular Aortic Repair Is a Viable Strategy for Treatment of Primary Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 63. 117–128. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuebin, Rui Zhang, Xudong Liu, et al.. (2019). Melatonin alleviates cigarette smoke-induced endothelial cell pyroptosis through inhibiting ROS/NLRP3 axis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 519(2). 402–408. 57 indexed citations
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Ni, Leng, et al.. (2019). Technical Feasibility of Arch Branched Endograft Repair in Type A Aortic Dissection with Prior Ascending Aortic Replacement. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 58(6). e240–e240.
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Zeng, Rong, Rui Zhang, Leng Ni, et al.. (2017). The long non-coding RNA MALAT1 activates Nrf2 signaling to protect human umbilical vein endothelial cells from hydrogen peroxide. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 495(4). 2532–2538. 60 indexed citations
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Liu, Qi, Wei Ye, Changwei Liu, et al.. (2016). Outcomes of vascular intervention and use of perioperative medications for nonpulmonary aneurysms in Behçet disease. Surgery. 159(5). 1422–1429. 20 indexed citations
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Ni, Leng, Rong Zeng, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2016). Endovascular stenting for extracranial carotid artery aneurysms. Medicine. 95(46). e5442–e5442. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Yanchuan, Bao Liu, Leng Ni, et al.. (2015). Anti-oxidant effect of heme oxygenase-1 on cigarette smoke-induced vascular injury. Molecular Medicine Reports. 12(2). 2481–2486. 18 indexed citations
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Song, Ting, et al.. (2014). The p-ERK–p-c-Jun–cyclinD1 pathway is involved in proliferation of smooth muscle cells after exposure to cigarette smoke extract. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 453(3). 316–320. 31 indexed citations

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