Linhao Ruan

924 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 543 citations indexed

About

Linhao Ruan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Linhao Ruan has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 543 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Linhao Ruan's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (3 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers). Linhao Ruan is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (3 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers). Linhao Ruan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and United Kingdom. Linhao Ruan's co-authors include Rong Li, Andrei Kucharavy, Zhihui Wen, Ying Zhang, Laurence Florens, Chuankai Zhou, Xi Zhang, Yuhao Wang, Joshua T. McNamara and Jianwen Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Cell Science and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Linhao Ruan

13 papers receiving 540 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.

Cytosolic proteostasis through importing of misfolded proteins into mitochondria

2017 353 citations Linhao Ruan, Chuankai Zhou et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linhao Ruan United States	8	416	149	101	82	71	13	543
Aurélien Bayot France	13	475 1.1×	114 0.8×	62 0.6×	69 0.8×	75 1.1×	16	561
Giovanni Aviles United States	4	418 1.0×	160 1.1×	93 0.9×	29 0.4×	70 1.0×	4	568
Akbar Zeb Estonia	7	340 0.8×	92 0.6×	63 0.6×	39 0.5×	147 2.1×	8	488
Elettra Sara Marini Italy	9	294 0.7×	146 1.0×	76 0.8×	68 0.8×	227 3.2×	9	471
Leslie A. Scarffe Canada	4	229 0.6×	84 0.6×	77 0.8×	154 1.9×	146 2.1×	6	411
Ryan Prestil United States	6	255 0.6×	83 0.6×	73 0.7×	94 1.1×	116 1.6×	8	445
Sarah van Veen Belgium	11	369 0.9×	145 1.0×	165 1.6×	220 2.7×	123 1.7×	13	647
Max-Hinderk Schuler Germany	9	483 1.2×	114 0.8×	64 0.6×	31 0.4×	84 1.2×	13	572
Seda Koyuncu Germany	13	429 1.0×	113 0.8×	103 1.0×	36 0.4×	75 1.1×	20	617
Nadja Patenge Germany	6	278 0.7×	53 0.4×	71 0.7×	186 2.3×	110 1.5×	6	501

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Fields of papers citing papers by Linhao Ruan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linhao Ruan

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Åkerman, Sigvard, et al.. (2025). Divergent and convergent TMEM106B pathology in murine models of neurodegeneration and human disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 169–169. 1 indexed citations

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Dong, Yi, Linhao Ruan, Maged Zeineldin, et al.. (2024). Disruption of epithelium integrity by inflammation-associated fibroblasts through prostaglandin signaling. Science Advances. 10(14). eadj7666–eadj7666. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuhao, et al.. (2024). Metabolic regulation of misfolded protein import into mitochondria. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, Linhao Ruan, Hu Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing mitochondrial proteolysis alleviates alpha-synuclein-mediated cellular toxicity. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 120–120. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuhao, Linhao Ruan, & Rong Li. (2024). GPI-anchored Gas1 protein regulates cytosolic proteostasis in budding yeast. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(3). 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuhao, et al.. (2023). Metabolic regulation of misfolded protein import into mitochondria. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations

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Nitika, Nitika, Bo Zheng, Linhao Ruan, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive characterization of the Hsp70 interactome reveals novel client proteins and interactions mediated by posttranslational modifications. PLoS Biology. 20(10). e3001839–e3001839. 16 indexed citations

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Ruan, Linhao, Joshua T. McNamara, Xi Zhang, et al.. (2020). Solid-phase inclusion as a mechanism for regulating unfolded proteins in the mitochondrial matrix. Science Advances. 6(32). eabc7288–eabc7288. 15 indexed citations

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Ruan, Linhao, et al.. (2020). Mitochondria-Associated Proteostasis. Annual Review of Biophysics. 49(1). 41–67. 59 indexed citations

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Ruan, Linhao, Xi Zhang, & Rong Li. (2018). Recent insights into the cellular and molecular determinants of aging. Journal of Cell Science. 131(3). 22 indexed citations

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Ruan, Linhao, Chuankai Zhou, Andrei Kucharavy, et al.. (2017). Cytosolic proteostasis through importing of misfolded proteins into mitochondria. Nature. 543(7645). 443–446. 353 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Li, Meng Xu, Mengxue Yang, et al.. (2014). An ALS-mutant TDP-43 neurotoxic peptide adopts an anti-parallel β-structure and induces TDP-43 redistribution. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(25). 6863–6877. 46 indexed citations

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Li, Yan, et al.. (2013). RNF 149 Regulates The Cell Proliferation by The Polyubiquitination Mediated CD9 Degradation. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 40(12). 1230–1230. 2 indexed citations

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