Liangyi Chen

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
181 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Liangyi Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Liangyi Chen has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Biophysics and 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Liangyi Chen's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (57 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (29 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (15 papers). Liangyi Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (57 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (29 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (15 papers). Liangyi Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Liangyi Chen's co-authors include Tao Xu, Pingyong Xu, Jingze Lu, Xiaoshuai Huang, Bertil Hille, Runlong Wu, Liuju Li, Zhengzheng Li, Weijian Zong and Zhengzheng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Liangyi Chen

168 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Fast, long-term, super-resolution imaging with Hessian structured illumination microscopy

2018 430 citations Xiaoshuai Huang, Junchao Fan et al. profile →
Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice

2017 349 citations Weijian Zong, Liangyi Chen et al. Nature Methods profile →
Trimethylamine N-oxide impairs β-cell function and glucose tolerance

2024 44 citations Lijuan Kong, Xiaojing Jiang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liangyi Chen China	38	1.8k	1.1k	997	953	819	181	5.2k
Christian Soeller New Zealand	44	3.2k 1.8×	817 0.8×	888 0.9×	983 1.0×	235 0.3×	137	6.5k
Joseph P. Y. Kao United States	43	4.2k 2.3×	717 0.7×	423 0.4×	3.0k 3.1×	468 0.6×	153	9.1k
A. Harootunian United States	24	2.5k 1.4×	417 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	173 0.2×	33	4.8k
Eric R. Schreiter United States	31	4.4k 2.5×	1.9k 1.8×	795 0.8×	5.9k 6.2×	499 0.6×	50	12.0k
Roland Nitschke Germany	41	4.8k 2.7×	365 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	749 0.8×	304 0.4×	139	8.9k
Kenzo Hirose Japan	32	2.4k 1.3×	243 0.2×	357 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	286 0.3×	148	4.6k
Tomomi Nemoto Japan	29	1.5k 0.8×	782 0.7×	513 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	82 0.1×	107	4.0k
Guisheng Zhong China	25	1.4k 0.8×	734 0.7×	425 0.4×	810 0.8×	352 0.4×	52	3.4k
Jiulin Du China	34	1.7k 0.9×	319 0.3×	841 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	140 0.2×	96	4.5k
Boris Martinac Australia	55	10.0k 5.6×	492 0.5×	1.9k 1.9×	1.8k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	228	13.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Liangyi Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liangyi Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liangyi Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liangyi Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liangyi Chen 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 Liangyi Chen. Liangyi Chen 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

Tian, Wei, et al.. (2025). Computational Super-Resolution: An Odyssey in Harnessing Priors to Enhance Optical Microscopy Resolution. Analytical Chemistry. 97(9). 4763–4792. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Qian, Wenqing Lü, Jie Li, et al.. (2025). Fast, three-dimensional, live-cell super-resolution imaging with multiplane structured illumination microscopy. Nature Photonics. 19(6). 567–576. 5 indexed citations

He, Wenting, Fudong Xue, Ke Zheng, et al.. (2025). A highly photostable monomeric red fluorescent protein for dual-color 3D STED and time-lapse 3D SIM imaging. Nature Methods. 23(1). 143–152.

Chen, Yibing, Chunxiao Ma, Xiaohong Peng, et al.. (2024). Galectin-3 impairs calcium transients and β-cell function. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3682–3682. 15 indexed citations

Kong, Lijuan, Xiaojing Jiang, Qian Jiang, et al.. (2024). Trimethylamine N-oxide impairs β-cell function and glucose tolerance. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2526–2526. 44 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Liangyi, et al.. (2023). Quantification of vessel separation using the carotid-jugular angle to predict the nerve origin of neck peripheral nerve sheath tumours: a pooled analysis of cases from the literature and a single-center cohort. International Journal of Surgery. 109(9). 2704–2713. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Chien‐Min, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 39(2). 210–216.

Chen, Dongdong, Ke Du, Chang Lü, et al.. (2023). Moment-based space-variant Shack–Hartmann wavefront reconstruction. Optics Communications. 540. 129515–129515. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Weisong, Shiqun Zhao, Zhenqian Han, et al.. (2023). Enhanced detection of fluorescence fluctuations for high-throughput super-resolution imaging. Nature Photonics. 17(9). 806–813. 39 indexed citations

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Zhao, Weisong, Xiaoshuai Huang, Jianyu Yang, et al.. (2023). Quantitatively mapping local quality of super-resolution microscopy by rolling Fourier ring correlation. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 298–298. 33 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaoshuai, et al.. (2022). sCMOS Noise-Corrected Superresolution Reconstruction Algorithm for Structured Illumination Microscopy. Photonics. 9(3). 172–172. 2 indexed citations

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Obenhaus, Horst A., Weijian Zong, R. Irene Jacobsen, et al.. (2022). Functional network topography of the medial entorhinal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(7). 27 indexed citations

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Mao, Heng, et al.. (2021). Structured illumination microscopy artefacts caused by illumination scattering. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 379(2199). 20200153–20200153. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Shulin, Rui Yan, Jialu Xu, et al.. (2021). A new type of ERGIC–ERES membrane contact mediated by TMED9 and SEC12 is required for autophagosome biogenesis. Cell Research. 32(2). 119–138. 59 indexed citations

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Gao, Fengli, Liuju Li, Jiangli Fan, et al.. (2019). An Off–On Two-Photon Carbazole-Based Fluorescent Probe: Highly Targeting and Super-Resolution Imaging of mtDNA. Analytical Chemistry. 91(5). 3336–3341. 35 indexed citations

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Yao, Qichao, Liuju Li, Xiaoshuai Huang, et al.. (2019). Photostable Fluorescent Tracker for Imaging Mitochondria with Super Resolution. Analytical Chemistry. 91(24). 15777–15783. 17 indexed citations

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Yuan, Tianyi, Lin Liu, Yongdeng Zhang, et al.. (2015). Diacylglycerol Guides the Hopping of Clathrin-Coated Pits along Microtubules for Exo-Endocytosis Coupling. Developmental Cell. 35(1). 120–130. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangyi, Ming Ye, & Xunming Ji. (2013). Individualized endovascular treatment of intracranial vein sinous thrombosis based on the stage of disease. Chin J Neurol. 46(3). 176–179.

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Ji, Wei, Pingyong Xu, Zhengzheng Li, et al.. (2008). Functional stoichiometry of the unitary calcium-release-activated calcium channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(36). 13668–13673. 204 indexed citations

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Duman, Joseph G., Liangyi Chen, Amy E. Palmer, & Bertil Hille. (2006). Contributions of Intracellular Compartments to Calcium Dynamics: Implicating an Acidic Store. Traffic. 7(7). 859–872. 38 indexed citations

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