Ligong Chen

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Ligong Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ligong Chen has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 18 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ligong Chen's work include Animal Virus Infections Studies (16 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (11 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers). Ligong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Animal Virus Infections Studies (16 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (11 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers). Ligong Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Ligong Chen's co-authors include Xinbin Zhao, Jianyang Zeng, Jingtian Zhou, Zhongjie Sun, Kathleen M. Giacomini, Qingjun Liu, Wenhua Kuang, Jian Peng, Yanqing Zhang and Jinglin Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ligong Chen

93 papers receiving 4.3k 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 network integration approach for drug-target interaction prediction and computational drug repositioning from heterogeneous information

2017 635 citations Yunan Luo, Xinbin Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ligong Chen China	31	2.1k	794	638	428	424	96	4.3k
Volker M. Lauschke Sweden	41	1.8k 0.9×	970 1.2×	420 0.7×	465 1.1×	334 0.8×	164	6.0k
Noa Rappaport United States	20	3.4k 1.6×	377 0.5×	468 0.7×	395 0.9×	500 1.2×	34	5.8k
Tsippi Iny Stein Israel	13	4.1k 1.9×	458 0.6×	677 1.1×	447 1.0×	375 0.9×	13	6.9k
Inbar Plaschkes Israel	17	3.1k 1.4×	370 0.5×	422 0.7×	332 0.8×	305 0.7×	30	5.2k
Ron Nudel Denmark	16	2.7k 1.3×	315 0.4×	419 0.7×	344 0.8×	276 0.7×	37	5.1k
Naomi Rosen Israel	8	3.5k 1.6×	393 0.5×	541 0.8×	389 0.9×	307 0.7×	13	5.9k
Michal Twik Israel	8	2.8k 1.3×	319 0.4×	460 0.7×	322 0.8×	274 0.6×	8	4.8k
Philippe Sanséau United Kingdom	23	3.0k 1.4×	486 0.6×	1.3k 2.1×	368 0.9×	298 0.7×	46	5.5k
Simon Fishilevich Israel	10	2.5k 1.2×	322 0.4×	373 0.6×	305 0.7×	242 0.6×	12	4.5k
Gil Stelzer Israel	15	2.6k 1.2×	318 0.4×	414 0.6×	313 0.7×	262 0.6×	23	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ligong Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Parker, Anna M., Jennifer Chang, Ligong Chen, et al.. (2025). Bacterial sexually transmitted infections and related antibiotic use among individuals eligible for doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis in the United States. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9206–9206.

Zhang, Shuhao, Angqi Zhu, Fang Kong, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into human organic cation transporter 1 transport and inhibition. Cell Discovery. 10(1). 30–30. 20 indexed citations

Li, Jiaqi, Huan Cui, Xuejing Wang, et al.. (2024). A Rapid Detection Method for H3 Avian Influenza Viruses Based on RT–RAA. Animals. 14(17). 2601–2601. 4 indexed citations

Chi, Wenna, Sichen Liu, Lei Tao, et al.. (2024). MCT1-governed pyruvate metabolism is essential for antibody class-switch recombination through H3K27 acetylation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 163–163. 13 indexed citations

Le, Jiamei, et al.. (2023). Metabolic basis of solute carrier transporters in treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 14(2). 437–454. 8 indexed citations

Cui, Huan, et al.. (2023). Identification, Typing, and Drug Resistance Analysis of Escherichia coli in Two Different Types of Broiler Farms in Hebei Province. Animals. 13(20). 3194–3194. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Ye, Wenna Chi, Lei Tao, et al.. (2022). Ablation of Proton/Glucose Exporter SLC45A2 Enhances Melanosomal Glycolysis to Inhibit Melanin Biosynthesis and Promote Melanoma Metastasis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 142(10). 2744–2755.e9. 11 indexed citations

Cui, Huan, Fei Tu, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Real-Time Reverse Transcription Recombinase-Aided Amplification Assay for Rapid Amplification of the N Gene of SARS-CoV-2. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(23). 15269–15269. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Ligong, et al.. (2021). Solute carrier transporters: emerging central players in tumour immunotherapy. Trends in Cell Biology. 32(3). 186–201. 37 indexed citations

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Ji, Liangliang, Xinbin Zhao, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Slc6a8-Mediated Creatine Uptake and Accumulation Reprogram Macrophage Polarization via Regulating Cytokine Responses. Immunity. 51(2). 272–284.e7. 171 indexed citations

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Song, Wenxin, Danyuan Li, Lei Tao, Qi Luo, & Ligong Chen. (2019). Solute carrier transporters: the metabolic gatekeepers of immune cells. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 10(1). 61–78. 171 indexed citations

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Luo, Yunan, Xinbin Zhao, Jingtian Zhou, et al.. (2017). A Network Integration Approach for Drug-Target Interaction Prediction and Computational Drug Repositioning from Heterogeneous Information.. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 383–384. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Haiyong, et al.. (2016). Isolation and identification of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus strain HBMC2012 and its pathogenicity in piglet.. Zhongguo yufang shouyi xuebao. 38(12). 934–938. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Yu, Siqi Li, & Ligong Chen. (2015). The physiological role of drug transporters. Protein & Cell. 6(5). 334–350. 77 indexed citations

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Chen, Eugene C., Xiaomin Liang, Sook Wah Yee, et al.. (2015). Targeted Disruption of Organic Cation Transporter 3 Attenuates the Pharmacologic Response to Metformin. Molecular Pharmacology. 88(1). 75–83. 83 indexed citations

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Chen, Ligong, Yan Shu, Xiaomin Liang, et al.. (2014). OCT1 is a high-capacity thiamine transporter that regulates hepatic steatosis and is a target of metformin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(27). 9983–9988. 182 indexed citations

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More, Swati S., Shuanglian Li, Sook Wah Yee, et al.. (2010). Organic Cation Transporters Modulate the Uptake and Cytotoxicity of Picoplatin, a Third-Generation Platinum Analogue. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(4). 1058–1069. 61 indexed citations

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Andrews‐Zwilling, Yaisa, Nga Bien‐Ly, Qin Xu, et al.. (2010). Apolipoprotein E4 Causes Age- and Tau-Dependent Impairment of GABAergic Interneurons, Leading to Learning and Memory Deficits in Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(41). 13707–13717. 257 indexed citations

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Chen, Ligong, Ling Xue, Kathleen M. Giacomini, & John E. Casida. (2010). GABAA receptor open-state conformation determines non-competitive antagonist binding. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 250(3). 221–228. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Ligong. (2004). Study of 9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl Amino Protective Agents. Fain kemikaru. 1 indexed citations

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