Lu Cheng

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lu Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Cheng has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lu Cheng's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (4 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Retinal and Optic Conditions (4 papers). Lu Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (4 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Retinal and Optic Conditions (4 papers). Lu Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Finland and Canada. Lu Cheng's co-authors include Jukka Corander, Thomas R. Connor, Jukka Sirén, David M. Aanensen, Wei Xu, Cheng Jin, Xun Xu, Arjun Sahgal, Aki Vehtari and Harri Lähdesmäki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Lu Cheng

74 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Hierarchical and Spatially Explicit Clustering of DNA Sequences with BAPS Software

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Cheng China	22	417	194	194	189	173	80	1.7k
Yuxin Yang China	25	810 1.9×	197 1.0×	155 0.8×	64 0.3×	188 1.1×	147	2.1k
Danni Lin China	12	871 2.1×	384 2.0×	180 0.9×	47 0.2×	47 0.3×	31	1.7k
Rebecca Hands United Kingdom	19	1.5k 3.6×	204 1.1×	159 0.8×	147 0.8×	36 0.2×	37	2.8k
Hiroki Sakai Japan	25	548 1.3×	234 1.2×	160 0.8×	337 1.8×	38 0.2×	243	2.2k
Mei‐Ru Chen Taiwan	30	826 2.0×	166 0.9×	97 0.5×	69 0.4×	79 0.5×	121	2.8k
Abdulhafez Selim Egypt	28	502 1.2×	100 0.5×	188 1.0×	212 1.1×	20 0.1×	160	2.8k
Leopold Eckhart Austria	43	2.5k 6.0×	301 1.6×	122 0.6×	119 0.6×	77 0.4×	141	5.2k
Xisheng Li China	24	462 1.1×	120 0.6×	48 0.2×	139 0.7×	139 0.8×	72	1.4k
Ikuo Kobayashi Japan	23	221 0.5×	143 0.7×	101 0.5×	182 1.0×	168 1.0×	188	1.9k
Yong Soo Choi South Korea	32	367 0.9×	379 2.0×	162 0.8×	559 3.0×	36 0.2×	142	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Cheng

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, Lu, Jin Cheng, Xiaorui Wang, et al.. (2025). PDGFRα ⁺ DPP4 ⁺ Fibroblasts‐Macrophage Crosstalk Induces Orbital Fibrosis in Treatment‐Resistant Thyroid Eye Disease via the GAS6‐AXL Pathway. Advanced Science. 12(45). e11404–e11404.

Niskanen, Einari A., et al.. (2025). k-mer manifold approximation and projection for visualizing DNA sequences. Genome Research. 35(5). 1234–1246.

Cheng, Hui, Lu Cheng, Bo Liang, et al.. (2024). Identification of Coding Variants in 10q22.1 Associated with Vitiligo in the Chinese Han Population. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 28(3). 123–130. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Cong-Cong, Xu Xiong, An Chen, et al.. (2024). Phthalate exposure and subfecundity in preconception couples: A nested case-control study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 278. 116428–116428. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Yun, Lu Cheng, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2024). Hypothesis on the outflow of optic nerve cerebrospinal fluid in spaceflight associated neuro ocular syndrome. npj Microgravity. 10(1). 112–112.

Pan, Zhihua, Feifei Pan, Adriaan J. Teuling, et al.. (2023). Combined influence of soil moisture and atmospheric humidity on land surface temperature under different climatic background. iScience. 26(6). 106837–106837. 23 indexed citations

Lietzén, Niina, Robert Moulder, Santosh D. Bhosale, et al.. (2023). Serum APOC1 levels are decreased in young autoantibody positive children who rapidly progress to type 1 diabetes. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15941–15941. 4 indexed citations

Ouyang, Shouqiang, et al.. (2023). Artificial trans-kingdom RNAi of FolRDR1 is a potential strategy to control tomato wilt disease. PLoS Pathogens. 19(6). e1011463–e1011463. 16 indexed citations

Cheng, Lu, et al.. (2022). Progress on Brain and Ocular Lymphatic System. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 6413553–6413553. 12 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lu, Chong Chen, Wenke Guo, et al.. (2021). EFEMP1 Overexpression Contributes to Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 547436–547436. 18 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lu, Bo Liang, Xianfa Tang, et al.. (2020). Validation of Susceptibility Loci for Vitiligo Identified by GWAS in the Chinese Han Population. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 542275–542275. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lu, et al.. (2019). An additive Gaussian process regression model for interpretable non-parametric analysis of longitudinal data. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1798–1798. 69 indexed citations

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Cai, Xinying, Lu Cheng, Ling Fang, et al.. (2019). GWAS Follow-up Study Discovers a Novel Genetic Signal on 10q21.2 for Atopic Dermatitis in Chinese Han Population. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 174–174. 4 indexed citations

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Mao, Lei, et al.. (2016). Detection of Choroidal Neovascularization in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomographic Angiography. Ophthalmologica. 236(2). 114–121. 19 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lu, et al.. (2016). Macular changes of neuromyelitis optica through spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 9(11). 1638–1645. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lu. (2014). Determination of five pyrrolizidine alkaloids in honey by ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandem triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. Environmental Chemistry. 2 indexed citations

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Follwell, Matthew, Kathleen Joy O. Khu, Lu Cheng, et al.. (2012). Volume specific response criteria for brain metastases following salvage stereotactic radiosurgery and associated predictors of response. Acta Oncologica. 51(5). 629–635. 28 indexed citations

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Azad, Abul Kalam, Isabelle Bairati, Dangxiao Cheng, et al.. (2011). Genetic sequence variants and the development of secondary primary cancers in patients with head and neck cancers. Cancer. 118(6). 1554–1565. 20 indexed citations

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Hu, Pingzhao, et al.. (2011). Pathway-based joint effects analysis of rare genetic variants using Genetic Analysis Workshop 17 exon sequence data. BMC Proceedings. 5(S9). S45–S45. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lu, et al.. (2009). Polyacrylamide Gel-based Microarray: A Novel Method Applied to the Association Study Between the Polymorphisms of BDNF Gene and Autism. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 5(5). 542–550. 11 indexed citations

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