Liran Fu

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Liran Fu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Liran Fu has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Liran Fu's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (4 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (3 papers). Liran Fu is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (4 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (3 papers). Liran Fu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Liran Fu's co-authors include Zhiyi Jing, Wenhui Li, Guocai Zhong, Haimin Wang, Yonghe Qi, Yinyan Sun, Xiaozhong Peng, Jianhua Sui, Wenhui He and Zhenchao Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Liran Fu

11 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus

2012 1.6k citations Huan Yan, Guocai Zhong et al. eLife profile →
HIV-1 capsids enter the FG phase of nuclear pores like a transport receptor

2024 49 citations Liran Fu, Shiya Cheng et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liran Fu China	7	1.5k	1.1k	365	336	206	12	1.9k
Yinyan Sun China	18	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	604 1.7×	496 1.5×	229 1.1×	28	2.6k
Lena Allweiss Germany	25	2.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.9×	387 1.1×	369 1.1×	166 0.8×	66	2.8k
David R. McGivern United States	25	916 0.6×	940 0.8×	639 1.8×	378 1.1×	156 0.8×	44	2.0k
Bernadette Guerra United States	21	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	367 1.0×	295 0.9×	68 0.3×	29	2.2k
Jisu Li United States	25	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	268 0.7×	290 0.9×	67 0.3×	59	2.1k
Anneke K. Raney United States	23	1.5k 1.0×	962 0.9×	628 1.7×	287 0.9×	89 0.4×	36	1.9k
Michael J. McGarvey United Kingdom	18	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	325 0.9×	250 0.7×	61 0.3×	33	1.9k
Bingqian Qu China	20	585 0.4×	412 0.4×	255 0.7×	352 1.0×	141 0.7×	34	1.2k
Christelle Granier France	14	918 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	266 0.7×	101 0.3×	76 0.4×	19	1.5k
Motoko Nagano‐Fujii Japan	22	799 0.5×	846 0.8×	314 0.9×	130 0.4×	91 0.4×	38	1.3k

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Fu, Liran, et al.. (2025). Nuclear pore passage of the HIV capsid is driven by its unusual surface amino acid composition. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(12). 2476–2491.

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Xu, Gang, Liran Fu, Liang Wu, et al.. (2025). A tyramine receptor gene LsTAR2 is involved in reproduction and feeding in the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 209. 106335–106335. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Gang, Qiuxin Zhang, Liang Wu, et al.. (2024). Functional analyses of dopamine receptors involved in virus transmission and reproduction in the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 205. 106157–106157. 2 indexed citations

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Fu, Liran, et al.. (2024). HIV-1 capsids enter the FG phase of nuclear pores like a transport receptor. Nature. 626(8000). 843–851. 49 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2024). Rice Stripe Virus Infection Facilitates the Reproductive Potential of Laodelphax striatellus. Agronomy. 14(4). 714–714. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanyuan, Liran Fu, Liang Wu, et al.. (2024). Functional characterization of β-adrenergic-like octopamine receptors in planthopper reproduction and feeding. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 288. 138722–138722. 2 indexed citations

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Calvo, Enrique, Trevor Huyton, Liran Fu, et al.. (2022). Mechanical control of nuclear import by Importin-7 is regulated by its dominant cargo YAP. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1174–1174. 48 indexed citations

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Fu, Liran, Hongjie Hu, Yang Liu, Zhiyi Jing, & Wenhui Li. (2017). Woodchuck sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide supports low-level hepatitis B and D virus entry. Virology. 505. 1–11. 21 indexed citations

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Yan, Huan, Guocai Zhong, Guangwei Xu, et al.. (2014). Correction: Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus. eLife. 3. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Yinyan, Yonghe Qi, Wenqing Gao, et al.. (2013). Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain IIA Is a Critical Factor Contributing to the Efficiency of Early Infection of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus. Journal of Virology. 88(1). 237–248. 93 indexed citations

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Zhong, Guocai, Huan Yan, Haimin Wang, et al.. (2013). Sodium Taurocholate Cotransporting Polypeptide Mediates Woolly Monkey Hepatitis B Virus Infection of Tupaia Hepatocytes. Journal of Virology. 87(12). 7176–7184. 55 indexed citations

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Yan, Huan, Guocai Zhong, Guangwei Xu, et al.. (2012). Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus. eLife. 1. e00049–e00049. 1583 indexed citations breakdown →

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