Lu Chen

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
201 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Lu Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Chen has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Immunology and 24 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lu Chen's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (20 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (12 papers). Lu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (20 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (12 papers). Lu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Lu Chen's co-authors include Araxi O. Urrutia, Jaime M. Tovar-Corona, M. Reza Dana, Claus Cursiefen, Hongsong Fan, Suping Chen, Pedram Hamrah, Qiang Zhang, Bronislaw Pytowski and J. Wayne Streilein 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

Lu Chen

189 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of exosome production and cargo sorting 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 2024 50 100 150 200 250
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. Regulation of exosome production and cargo sorting
    2020 276 citations Lu Chen et al. profile →
  2. Advanced Biomaterials for Regulating Polarization of Macrophages in Wound Healing
    2021 179 citations Lu Chen et al. profile →
  3. Real-time detection of 20 amino acids and discrimination of pathologically relevant peptides with functionalized nanopore
    2024 67 citations Lu 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
Lu Chen China 33 1.6k 523 477 456 442 201 3.8k
Hongmei Wang China 37 1.8k 1.1× 294 0.6× 596 1.2× 393 0.9× 350 0.8× 265 4.3k
Michael Zhang United States 29 1.4k 0.9× 492 0.9× 409 0.9× 760 1.7× 531 1.2× 178 4.3k
Xueli Zhang China 38 1.9k 1.2× 834 1.6× 573 1.2× 803 1.8× 473 1.1× 201 4.6k
Yan Chen China 34 1.5k 0.9× 577 1.1× 563 1.2× 265 0.6× 300 0.7× 187 3.7k
Li Huang China 38 2.1k 1.3× 350 0.7× 626 1.3× 419 0.9× 286 0.6× 269 4.9k
Soo‐Hyun Kim South Korea 33 1.6k 1.0× 541 1.0× 338 0.7× 348 0.8× 232 0.5× 92 3.7k
Xinyu Wu China 31 1.4k 0.8× 295 0.6× 499 1.0× 514 1.1× 374 0.8× 167 3.6k
Hyung Joon Kim South Korea 39 2.0k 1.2× 696 1.3× 331 0.7× 392 0.9× 814 1.8× 229 5.5k
Zhao Zhang China 39 2.9k 1.8× 422 0.8× 454 1.0× 394 0.9× 694 1.6× 134 4.8k
Ying Cai China 31 1.4k 0.9× 366 0.7× 264 0.6× 388 0.9× 560 1.3× 148 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lu 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 Lu Chen. The network helps show where Lu Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lu Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lu 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 Lu Chen. Lu 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
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Wang, Qi, et al.. (2025). Histone modification inhibitors: An emerging frontier in thyroid Cancer therapy. Cellular Signalling. 131. 111703–111703. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lu, Wen Yang, Xiaoyan Chen, et al.. (2025). Measurement of four novel endometrial NK cell subsets by multiplex staining in women with reproductive failure: A comparison with fertile controls. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 169. 104525–104525. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, Xiaoyu Wang, Ruirui Li, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Neuroprotective Effects of Ergothioneine and Lactoferrin in APP/PS1 Transgenic Mice and Mouse N2a Cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(17). 10186–10200. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Danmin, Menghui Li, Liqun He, et al.. (2024). Calycosin (CA) inhibits proliferation, migration and invasion by suppression of CXCL10 signaling pathway in glioma. Aging. 16(5). 4191–4203. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Lingling, et al.. (2024). Development and validation of a risk prediction model for preterm birth in women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Clinical Endocrinology. 101(3). 206–215. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Jie, Lanlan Zhang, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2024). Inhibiting endothelial Rhoj blocks profibrotic vascular intussusception and angiocrine factors to sustain lung regeneration. Science Translational Medicine. 16(762). eado5266–eado5266. 10 indexed citations
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He, Tingyi, Hong Su, Lu Chen, et al.. (2023). A Single-Cell Atlas of an Early Mongolian Sheep Embryo. Veterinary Sciences. 10(9). 543–543. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lu, et al.. (2023). Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 Reverse Ectopic Migration of Neural Precursors in Mouse Hilus After Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus. Molecular Neurobiology. 60(11). 6689–6703. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Hanbing, et al.. (2023). Clinical practice guidelines on physical activity and exercise for pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Practice. 29(6). e13141–e13141. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Shiyu, Wenjuan Luo, Peter Szatmary, et al.. (2023). Monocytic HLA-DR Expression in Immune Responses of Acute Pancreatitis and COVID-19. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3246–3246. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Yunfan, Mouxing Yang, Dezhong Peng, et al.. (2023). scBridge embraces cell heterogeneity in single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq data integration. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6045–6045. 16 indexed citations
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He, Dan, Zixin Yang, Lu Chen, et al.. (2023). Dwell time and bloodstream infection incidence of umbilical venous catheterization in China. Pediatric Investigation. 7(4). 239–246. 5 indexed citations
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Ji, Gong‐Jun, Wen Xie, Tongjian Bai, et al.. (2021). Pre‐supplementary motor network connectivity and clinical outcome of magnetic stimulation in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Human Brain Mapping. 42(12). 3833–3844. 18 indexed citations
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Yin, Peng, et al.. (2021). Punicalin Ameliorates Cell Pyroptosis Induced by LPS/ATP Through Suppression of ROS/NLRP3 Pathway. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 14. 711–718. 33 indexed citations
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Li, Ke, Congcong Yan, Chenghao Li, et al.. (2021). Computational elucidation of spatial gene expression variation from spatially resolved transcriptomics data. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 27. 404–411. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, Jiajia, Chengheng Wu, Suping Chen, et al.. (2020). Combining Electrospinning and Electrospraying to Prepare a Biomimetic Neural Scaffold with Synergistic Cues of Topography and Electrotransduction. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(8). 5148–5159. 27 indexed citations
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Liu, Amin, Kai Wu, Suping Chen, et al.. (2020). Tunable Fast Relaxation in Imine-Based Nanofibrillar Hydrogels Stimulates Cell Response through TRPV4 Activation. Biomacromolecules. 21(9). 3745–3755. 26 indexed citations
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Wei, Juncheng, Lu Chen, Fei Li, et al.. (2018). HRD1‐ERAD controls production of the hepatokine FGF21 through CREBH polyubiquitination. The EMBO Journal. 37(22). 49 indexed citations

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