Ling‐Ling Chen

41.8k total citations · 19 hit papers
210 papers, 27.8k citations indexed

About

Ling‐Ling Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling‐Ling Chen has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 27.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Molecular Biology, 84 papers in Cancer Research and 18 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ling‐Ling Chen's work include RNA Research and Splicing (69 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (58 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (56 papers). Ling‐Ling Chen is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (69 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (58 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (56 papers). Ling‐Ling Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ling‐Ling Chen's co-authors include Li Yang, Chunjie Guo, Maite Huarte, Luisa Statello, Gordon Carmichael, Xiao‐Ou Zhang, Yang Zhang, Run-Wen Yao, Xiang Li and Chu‐Xiao Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ling‐Ling Chen

200 papers receiving 27.6k citations

Hit Papers

Gene regulation by long non-c... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2020 2013 2014 2015 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Gene regulation by long non-coding RNAs and its biological functions
    2020 3.1k citations Ling‐Ling Chen et al. profile →
  2. Circular Intronic Long Noncoding RNAs
    2013 1.8k citations Xiao‐Ou Zhang, Li Yang et al. profile →
  3. Complementary Sequence-Mediated Exon Circularization
    2014 1.5k citations Xiao‐Ou Zhang, Yang Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Regulation of circRNA biogenesis
    2015 1.5k citations Ling‐Ling Chen, Li Yang profile →
  5. The Biogenesis, Functions, and Challenges of Circular RNAs
    2018 1.5k citations Li Yang, Ling‐Ling Chen et al. profile →
  6. Extensive translation of circular RNAs driven by N6-methyladenosine
    2017 1.4k citations Yang Zhang, Ling‐Ling Chen et al. profile →
  7. The biogenesis and emerging roles of circular RNAs
    2016 1.3k citations Ling‐Ling Chen profile →
  8. The expanding regulatory mechanisms and cellular functions of circular RNAs
    2020 1.1k citations Ling‐Ling Chen profile →
  9. Cellular functions of long noncoding RNAs
    2019 1.1k citations Ling‐Ling Chen et al. profile →
  10. Linking Long Noncoding RNA Localization and Function
    2016 798 citations Ling‐Ling Chen profile →
  11. Diverse alternative back-splicing and alternative splicing landscape of circular RNAs
    2016 754 citations Xiao‐Ou Zhang, Rui Dong et al. Genome Research profile →
  12. Circular RNAs: Characterization, cellular roles, and applications
    2022 614 citations Chu‐Xiao Liu, Ling‐Ling Chen profile →
  13. Structure and Degradation of Circular RNAs Regulate PKR Activation in Innate Immunity
    2019 605 citations Chu‐Xiao Liu, Xiang Gao et al. profile →
  14. Human colorectal cancer-specific CCAT1-L lncRNA regulates long-range chromatin interactions at the MYC locus
    2014 583 citations Xiao‐Ou Zhang, Li Yang et al. profile →
  15. Altered Nuclear Retention of mRNAs Containing Inverted Repeats in Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Functional Role of a Nuclear Noncoding RNA
    2009 531 citations Ling‐Ling Chen, Gordon Carmichael profile →
  16. Coordinated circRNA Biogenesis and Function with NF90/NF110 in Viral Infection
    2017 502 citations Chu‐Xiao Liu, Wei Xue et al. profile →
  17. The Biogenesis of Nascent Circular RNAs
    2016 480 citations Yang Zhang, Wei Xue et al. profile →
  18. Biogenesis and Regulatory Roles of Circular RNAs
    2022 191 citations Li Yang, Ling‐Ling Chen et al. profile →
  19. Small and long non-coding RNAs: Past, present, and future
    2024 99 citations Ling‐Ling Chen 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
Ling‐Ling Chen China 62 24.9k 19.3k 1.3k 887 863 210 27.8k
Marcel E. Dinger Australia 52 17.4k 0.7× 14.2k 0.7× 888 0.7× 793 0.9× 955 1.1× 144 20.6k
V. Narry Kim South Korea 49 23.0k 0.9× 16.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.4× 2.4k 2.7× 801 0.9× 92 28.3k
Li Yang China 59 17.5k 0.7× 11.5k 0.6× 851 0.6× 1.5k 1.7× 514 0.6× 252 19.5k
Mihaela Zavolan Switzerland 63 16.5k 0.7× 9.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 1.2k 1.4× 141 19.7k
Lin He China 35 13.1k 0.5× 10.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 564 0.6× 419 0.5× 141 16.5k
Frank J. Slack United States 79 35.1k 1.4× 30.5k 1.6× 2.4k 1.8× 1.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 220 43.1k
Eckart Meese Germany 62 10.3k 0.4× 6.8k 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 715 0.8× 344 15.2k
Witold Filipowicz Switzerland 69 23.8k 1.0× 14.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 3.2k 3.6× 1.1k 1.3× 162 28.9k
Suresh Mathivanan Australia 44 15.8k 0.6× 8.4k 0.4× 2.2k 1.7× 242 0.3× 685 0.8× 93 18.0k
Tao Pan United States 60 21.8k 0.9× 8.1k 0.4× 550 0.4× 480 0.5× 464 0.5× 180 23.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling‐Ling Chen

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Ling‐Ling Chen's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ling‐Ling Chen with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ling‐Ling Chen more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Ling‐Ling Chen

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ling‐Ling Chen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ling‐Ling Chen. The network helps show where Ling‐Ling Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling‐Ling Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ling‐Ling Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ling‐Ling 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 Ling‐Ling Chen. Ling‐Ling Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Chen, Ling‐Ling, Yijun Lin, Xinyu Zhu, et al.. (2025). MCT1‐mediated Lactate Shuttle to Mitochondria Governs Macrophage Polarization and Modulates Glucose Homeostasis by Affecting β Cells. Advanced Science. 12(38). e14760–e14760. 3 indexed citations
2.
Yang, Mingmei, Chi Zhan, Zongshan Shen, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the Vital Role of Dental Nerves in Dental Pulp Immune Defence and Repair. International Endodontic Journal. 59(1). 2–18.
3.
Wang, Guihua, et al.. (2025). Emerging technologies for detecting antibiotics in aquaculture wastewater: A critical review. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 25. 100572–100572. 3 indexed citations
4.
Yang, Zhiyuan, Nan Fang, Guang Xu, et al.. (2025). A dual effect of FUBP1 onSPAlncRNA maturation. RNA. 31(6). 807–821.
5.
Chen, Ling‐Ling, Nicholas T. Ingolia, Megan L. Insco, et al.. (2024). Voices: Challenges and opportunities in RNA biology. Cell chemical biology. 31(1). 10–13. 2 indexed citations
6.
Wang, Jiayuan, et al.. (2024). Coupling and Coordination between Tourism, the Environment and Carbon Emissions in the Tibetan Plateau. Sustainability. 16(9). 3657–3657. 3 indexed citations
7.
Wu, Ye, Ling‐Ling Chen, Feng Cheng, et al.. (2023). Antitumor effect of toosendanin on oral squamous cell carcinoma via suppression of p-STAT3. BMC Oral Health. 23(1). 846–846. 1 indexed citations
8.
Zhang, Rong, Xiang Gao, Ling‐Ling Chen, & Fajun Nan. (2022). Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Thiazole- Oxazole Tandem Heterocyclic RNA Splicing Inhibitors. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(9). 2925–2925. 1 indexed citations
9.
Liu, Wei, Cuicui Lyu, Wentian Wang, et al.. (2022). Risk factors for inhibitors in hemophilia A based on RNA‐seq and DNA methylation. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 6(6). e12794–e12794. 2 indexed citations
10.
Li, Siqi, Xiang Li, Wei Xue, et al.. (2020). Screening for functional circular RNAs using the CRISPR–Cas13 system. Nature Methods. 18(1). 51–59. 247 indexed citations
11.
Chen, Ling‐Ling. (2019). Analysis and Evaluation of Undergraduate Teaching Quality Based on Undergraduate Teaching Quality Report. Frontiers in Educational Research. 2(4). 1 indexed citations
12.
Fan, Linlin, Ling‐Ling Chen, Hongkun Bao, et al.. (2019). A Polysaccharide Extract from Maitake Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Grifola frondosa (Agaricomycetes) Ameliorates Learning and Memory Function in Aluminum Chloride-Induced Amnesia in Mice. International journal of medicinal mushrooms. 21(11). 1065–1074. 6 indexed citations
13.
14.
Zhu, Xingfu, et al.. (2017). What ecological factors favor the shift from distyly to homostyly? A study from the perspective of reproductive assurance. Journal of Plant Ecology. 11(4). 645–655. 7 indexed citations
15.
Zhang, Xiao‐Ou, Rui Dong, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2016). Diverse alternative back-splicing and alternative splicing landscape of circular RNAs. Genome Research. 26(9). 1277–1287. 754 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Chen, Ling‐Ling, et al.. (2013). Antidepressant-like effect of DS-1226 on chronic restraint rats. 2 indexed citations
17.
Chen, Ling‐Ling, Li Yang, & Gordon Carmichael. (2010). Molecular basis for an attenuated cytoplasmic dsRNA response in human embryonic stem cells. Cell Cycle. 9(17). 3552–3564. 51 indexed citations
18.
Huang, Qingqing, Jie Xu, Ling‐Ling Chen, et al.. (2005). Identification of potent type I MetAP inhibitors by simple bioisosteric replacement. Part 1: Synthesis and preliminary SAR studies of thiazole-4-carboxylic acid thiazol-2-ylamide derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(16). 3732–3736. 15 indexed citations
19.
Huang, Qingqing, Jie Xu, Ling‐Ling Chen, et al.. (2005). Identification of potent type I MetAPs inhibitors by simple bioisosteric replacement. Part 2: SAR studies of 5-heteroalkyl substituted TCAT derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(18). 4130–4135. 16 indexed citations
20.
Li, Jing-Ya, et al.. (2004). Characterization of Full Length and Truncated Type I Human Methionine Aminopeptidases Expressed from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 43(24). 7892–7898. 22 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marcel E. Dinger Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by V. Narry Kim Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Li Yang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mihaela Zavolan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lin He Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Frank J. Slack Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eckart Meese Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Witold Filipowicz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Suresh Mathivanan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tao Pan
Rankless by CCL
2026