Luyu Fan

593 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 395 citations indexed

About

Luyu Fan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Luyu Fan has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 395 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Luyu Fan's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (6 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (5 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (3 papers). Luyu Fan is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (6 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (5 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (3 papers). Luyu Fan collaborates with scholars based in China. Luyu Fan's co-authors include Sheng Wang, Jianjun Cheng, Zhangcheng Chen, Zhipu Luo, Huan Wang, Jing Yu, Jinsong Li, Fen Nie, Liang Tan and Zhan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Luyu Fan

10 papers receiving 392 citations

Hit Papers

Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedeli... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs
    2022 200 citations Jing Yu, Huan Wang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luyu Fan China 7 188 166 141 106 38 10 395
Ryan H. Gumpper United States 10 170 0.9× 204 1.2× 96 0.7× 69 0.7× 15 0.4× 25 389
Carol Smith United States 17 321 1.7× 445 2.7× 94 0.7× 220 2.1× 26 0.7× 20 796
Florian Enzler Austria 7 195 1.0× 124 0.7× 277 2.0× 141 1.3× 20 0.5× 11 447
M S Choudhary United States 10 519 2.8× 513 3.1× 93 0.7× 119 1.1× 19 0.5× 11 738
Benjamin R. Chemel United States 9 247 1.3× 190 1.1× 77 0.5× 94 0.9× 9 0.2× 12 408
Seoung‐Soo Hong United States 11 98 0.5× 215 1.3× 61 0.4× 125 1.2× 8 0.2× 14 386
Sigrun Leonhardt United States 10 472 2.5× 396 2.4× 143 1.0× 76 0.7× 16 0.4× 10 730
Yi-Ting Chiu United States 9 323 1.7× 297 1.8× 119 0.8× 42 0.4× 13 0.3× 12 491
In-Wook Hwang South Korea 8 133 0.7× 113 0.7× 90 0.6× 60 0.6× 27 0.7× 12 278
Patricio Sáez‐Briones Chile 10 146 0.8× 88 0.5× 120 0.9× 57 0.5× 9 0.2× 20 300

Countries citing papers authored by Luyu Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luyu Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luyu Fan

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Fan, Luyu & Sheng Wang. (2025). Biased GPCR Signaling: Possible Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications. Biochemistry. 64(6). 1180–1192. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Luyu, Youwen Zhuang, Hongyu Wu, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of psychedelic LSD recognition at dopamine D1 receptor. Neuron. 112(19). 3295–3310.e8. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhangcheng, Jing Yu, Huan Wang, et al.. (2024). Flexible scaffold-based cheminformatics approach for polypharmacological drug design. Cell. 187(9). 2194–2208.e22. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Ruiquan, Huan Wang, Luyu Fan, et al.. (2023). Transformation of a Dopamine D2 Receptor Agonist to Partial Agonists as Novel Antipsychotic Agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(9). 6274–6287. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Jing, Huan Wang, Zhipu Luo, et al.. (2022). Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs. Science. 375(6579). 403–411. 200 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pan, Yonghui, Junjie Guo, Luyu Fan, et al.. (2022). The source–sink balance during the grain filling period facilitates rice production under organic fertilizer substitution. European Journal of Agronomy. 134. 126468–126468. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhangcheng, Luyu Fan, Huan Wang, et al.. (2021). Structure-based design of a novel third-generation antipsychotic drug lead with potential antidepressant properties. Nature Neuroscience. 25(1). 39–49. 43 indexed citations
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Song, Changgeng, Fang Yang, Jiajia Zhang, et al.. (2021). Endocannabinoid system in the neurodevelopment of GABAergic interneurons: implications for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 32(8). 803–831. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Wenzhong, Luyu Fan, Jing Yu, et al.. (2021). 2-Phenylcyclopropylmethylamine Derivatives as Dopamine D2 Receptor Partial Agonists: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(23). 17239–17258. 11 indexed citations
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Fan, Luyu, Liang Tan, Zhangcheng Chen, et al.. (2020). Haloperidol bound D2 dopamine receptor structure inspired the discovery of subtype selective ligands. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1074–1074. 75 indexed citations

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