Liangjun Chen

4.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
43 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Liangjun Chen is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liangjun Chen has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Liangjun Chen's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (9 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (8 papers). Liangjun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (9 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (8 papers). Liangjun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Taiwan. Liangjun Chen's co-authors include Mǎng Shī, Jun-Hua Tian, Xian‐Dan Lin, Edward C. Holmes, Guangming Ye, Qiaoling Deng, Yirong Li, Yong‐Zhen Zhang, Cixiu Li and Xin-Cheng Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Liangjun Chen

41 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

The presence of SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA in the feces of COVID‐19 patients

2020 594 citations Yifei Chen, Liangjun Chen et al. Journal of Medical Virology profile →
Unprecedented genomic diversity of RNA viruses in arthropods reveals the ancestry of negative-sense RNA viruses

2015 589 citations Mǎng Shī, Jun-Hua Tian et al. profile →
The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses

2018 527 citations Mǎng Shī, Xian‐Dan Lin et al. profile →
RNA based mNGS approach identifies a novel human coronavirus from two individual pneumonia cases in 2019 Wuhan outbreak

2020 391 citations Liangjun Chen, Guangming Ye et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liangjun Chen China	15	1.8k	393	393	359	321	43	2.8k
Nathan D. Grubaugh United States	32	2.6k 1.4×	228 0.6×	1.2k 3.1×	424 1.2×	568 1.8×	90	3.7k
Craig Martens United States	30	1.5k 0.8×	206 0.5×	266 0.7×	715 2.0×	1.0k 3.1×	109	3.6k
Xing‐Yi Ge China	25	2.4k 1.3×	193 0.5×	254 0.6×	345 1.0×	627 2.0×	84	3.5k
Pragya D. Yadav India	32	2.7k 1.5×	401 1.0×	1.2k 3.1×	502 1.4×	721 2.2×	196	3.8k
Suxiang Tong United States	32	2.4k 1.3×	115 0.3×	427 1.1×	1.0k 2.9×	618 1.9×	85	3.8k
Ali Rostami Iran	37	1.4k 0.8×	102 0.3×	428 1.1×	878 2.4×	414 1.3×	145	4.2k
Kenneth S. Plante United States	26	2.1k 1.2×	71 0.2×	1.2k 2.9×	303 0.8×	469 1.5×	61	2.8k
Antoine Nougaırède France	30	2.2k 1.2×	116 0.3×	1.8k 4.6×	806 2.2×	420 1.3×	99	3.4k
David Navarro Spain	36	1.7k 0.9×	248 0.6×	189 0.5×	3.0k 8.3×	566 1.8×	276	5.2k
Myung Guk Han South Korea	27	2.2k 1.2×	78 0.2×	402 1.0×	296 0.8×	165 0.5×	78	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liangjun Chen

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Lü, Shuang, Yuqing Zhang, Shaowei Zhu, et al.. (2025). Hantaan virus glycoprotein Gc induces NEDD4‐dependent PTEN ubiquitination and degradation to escape the restriction of autophagosomes and facilitate viral propagation. The FASEB Journal. 39(1). e70295–e70295. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Yuting, Jian‐Chun Ma, Jianwei Dai, et al.. (2025). Sporadic Human Infections With Rickettsia japonica in Yichang, China, 2021–2023. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2025(1). 4832524–4832524.

Chen, Guinan, Luyao Xu, Yaojun Liu, et al.. (2025). Polyacid-Protonated Covalent Organic Frameworks Enable Stable and Efficient Photothermal Textiles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148(3). 3148–3157. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Bing, Jingjing Guo, Xiaohong Chen, et al.. (2024). Discovery and genetic characterization of novel paramyxoviruses from small mammals in Hubei Province, Central China. Microbial Genomics. 10(5). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Liangjun, Guinan Chen, Chengtao Gong, et al.. (2024). Low-valence platinum single atoms in sulfur-containing covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10501–10501. 45 indexed citations

Xie, Linlin, Liangjun Chen, Xinran Li, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Lung Microbiome in COVID-19 Patients during Time of Hospitalization. Pathogens. 12(7). 944–944. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Man‐Qing, Kun Cai, Xue-Bing Ni, et al.. (2023). Extensive genetic diversity of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus circulating in Hubei Province, China, 2018–2022. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(9). e0011654–e0011654. 8 indexed citations

Zhan, Jianbo, Man‐Qing Liu, Bin Hu, et al.. (2023). Diversity and genetic characterization of orthohantavirus from small mammals and humans during 2012–2022 in Hubei Province, Central China. Acta Tropica. 249. 107046–107046. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yuan-Yuan, Yang An, Yingqi Xu, et al.. (2023). Incidence of Orthohantavirus infection in humans follows observed changes in rodent reservoirs, Hubei Province, China (1984–2010). American Journal of Veterinary Research. 84(8). 1–7. 1 indexed citations

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Deng, Liping, Qian Li, Wenjia Hu, et al.. (2023). Metagenomic next-generation sequencing versus traditional laboratory methods for the diagnosis of central nervous system opportunistic infections in HIV-infected Chinese adults. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4921–4921. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Jiale, Bing Hu, Yijie Liu, et al.. (2022). Pathogenic Leptospira Infections in Hubei Province, Central China. Microorganisms. 11(1). 99–99. 4 indexed citations

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Pan, Yunbao, Yang Liu, Liangjun Chen, et al.. (2021). Correction: SARS-CoV-2-specific immune response in COVID-19 convalescent individuals. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 293–293. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangjun, Jingjing Guo, Weiwei Guo, et al.. (2020). Molecular Epidemiology and Vaccine Compatibility Analysis of Seasonal Influenza Viruses in Wuhan, 2016–2019. Virologica Sinica. 35(5). 556–565. 2 indexed citations

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Ye, Guangming, et al.. (2020). Analysis of false-negative results for 2019 novel coronavirus nucleic acid test and related countermeasures. Zhonghua jianyan yixue zazhi. 43(12). 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Yifei, Liangjun Chen, Qiaoling Deng, et al.. (2020). The presence of SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA in the feces of COVID‐19 patients. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(7). 833–840. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Fuling, Jingfeng Li, Mengxin Lü, et al.. (2020). Tracing asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers among 3674 hospital staff:a cross-sectional survey. EClinicalMedicine. 26. 100510–100510. 14 indexed citations

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Ye, Guangming, Zhenyu Pan, Yunbao Pan, et al.. (2020). Clinical characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reactivation. Journal of Infection. 80(5). e14–e17. 224 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangjun, Xian‐Dan Lin, Jun-Hua Tian, et al.. (2017). Diversity, evolution and population dynamics of avian influenza viruses circulating in the live poultry markets in China. Virology. 505. 33–41. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangjun, Yan Zhong, Bingyu Liu, et al.. (2016). Specific interference shRNA-expressing plasmids inhibit Hantaan virus infection in vitro and in vivo. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 37(4). 497–504. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jinlin, Jiaxin Ling, Liangjun Chen, et al.. (2012). Establishment of SYBR green-based qPCR assay for rapid evaluation and quantification for anti-Hantaan virus compounds in vitro and in suckling mice. Virus Genes. 46(1). 54–62. 18 indexed citations

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