Mengran Du

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Mengran Du is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengran Du has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Mengran Du's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). Mengran Du is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). Mengran Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Mengran Du's co-authors include J. D. Kessler, Kaiwen Ta, Xiaotong Peng, David L. Valentine, S. Dasgupta, Molly C. Redmond, S. A. Yvon‐Lewis, Stephanie D. Mendes, Eric W. Chan and J. Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Mengran Du

39 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

A Persistent Oxygen Anomaly Reveals the Fate of Spilled Methane in the Deep Gulf of Mexico

2011 365 citations J. D. Kessler, Mengran Du et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengran Du China	17	980	472	392	342	336	45	1.7k
Christian Katlein Germany	23	773 0.8×	382 0.8×	312 0.8×	428 1.3×	504 1.5×	58	2.4k
Amanda M. Grannas United States	23	216 0.2×	259 0.5×	631 1.6×	422 1.2×	81 0.2×	40	2.2k
Laura Sánchez‐García Spain	24	182 0.2×	720 1.5×	253 0.6×	436 1.3×	57 0.2×	79	2.0k
John W. Moreau Australia	23	267 0.3×	484 1.0×	143 0.4×	624 1.8×	31 0.1×	63	2.3k
Nicholas E. Pingitore United States	24	247 0.3×	197 0.4×	131 0.3×	219 0.6×	44 0.1×	84	1.9k
Man‐Sik Choi South Korea	24	547 0.6×	323 0.7×	147 0.4×	283 0.8×	32 0.1×	88	2.0k
Jong‐Sik Ryu South Korea	25	168 0.2×	202 0.4×	139 0.4×	297 0.9×	46 0.1×	97	1.7k
Morgane Derrien South Korea	19	175 0.2×	215 0.5×	69 0.2×	421 1.2×	182 0.5×	28	1.4k
Jean‐François Lapierre Canada	30	151 0.2×	975 2.1×	574 1.5×	1.1k 3.4×	159 0.5×	94	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mengran Du

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20 of 20 papers shown

Du, Mengran, et al.. (2025). Abiotic synthesis of organic matter in deep-sea basalt gives clues for the origin of life on earth and beyond. 3(3). 100139–100139.

Wu, Jingheng, Mengran Du, Qi Shi, et al.. (2025). Brain-derived extracellular vesicles circUsp32 polarized macrophages causing acute kidney injury after traumatic brain injury. Science Advances. 11(48). eadz1243–eadz1243.

Du, Mengran, et al.. (2025). Evidence of electron–phonon coupling in type-II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4. Applied Physics Letters. 127(3).

Ta, Kaiwen, Zhanfei Wei, Mengran Du, et al.. (2024). Oasis of the deep: Cold-water corals of the South China Sea. Marine Environmental Research. 195. 106354–106354. 3 indexed citations

Ta, Kaiwen, Shun Chen, Mengran Du, et al.. (2024). Iron oxides (oxyhydroxides) associated with biogenic iron-organic framework structures in deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Indian Ocean. Chemical Geology. 650. 121980–121980. 2 indexed citations

Du, Mengran, Jie Zhang, Ziyu Zhu, et al.. (2024). CircSpna2 attenuates cuproptosis by mediating ubiquitin ligase Keap1 to regulate the Nrf2‐Atp7b signalling axis in depression after traumatic brain injury in a mouse model. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 14(11). e70100–e70100. 12 indexed citations

Zhu, Ziyu, Mengran Du, Chenrui Wu, et al.. (2024). FMOD Alleviates Depression-Like Behaviors by Targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling After Traumatic Brain Injury. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 26(1). 24–24. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Jun, Ziyu Zhu, Mengran Du, et al.. (2023). Transcriptomic and bioinformatics analysis of the mechanism by which erythropoietin promotes recovery from traumatic brain injury in mice. Neural Regeneration Research. 19(1). 171–179. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Shun, Xiaotong Peng, Jie Li, et al.. (2022). Extremely light molybdenum isotope signature of sediments in the Mariana Trench. Chemical Geology. 605. 120959–120959. 13 indexed citations

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Jiang, Qiuyun, Hongmei Jing, Hao Liu, & Mengran Du. (2022). Biogeographic distributions of microbial communities associated with anaerobic methane oxidation in the surface sediments of deep-sea cold seeps in the South China Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1060206–1060206. 9 indexed citations

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Liao, Zhengbu, et al.. (2021). CircLphn3 protects the blood-brain barrier in traumatic brain injury. Neural Regeneration Research. 17(4). 812–812. 18 indexed citations

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Du, Mengran, Xiaotong Peng, Haibin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Geology, environment, and life in the deepest part of the world’s oceans. The Innovation. 2(2). 100109–100109. 44 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhiyan, Jiwei Li, Xinxin Li, et al.. (2020). Characteristics and implications of isoprenoid and hydroxy tetraether lipids in hadal sediments of Mariana and Yap Trenches. Chemical Geology. 551. 119742–119742. 9 indexed citations

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Dasgupta, S., Xiaotong Peng, Hengchao Xu, et al.. (2020). Deep seafloor plastics as the source and sink of organic pollutants in the northern South China Sea. The Science of The Total Environment. 765. 144228–144228. 22 indexed citations

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Peng, Xiaotong, S. Dasgupta, Guangfa Zhong, et al.. (2019). Large debris dumps in the northern South China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 142. 164–168. 31 indexed citations

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Xu, Hengchao, Xiaotong Peng, Shun Chen, et al.. (2018). Endolithic Boring Enhance the Deep-sea Carbonate Lithification on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Hengchao, Xiaotong Peng, Shun Chen, et al.. (2018). Macrofaunal burrowing enhances deep-sea carbonate lithification on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Biogeosciences. 15(21). 6387–6397. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jian, Yun Zhao, Mengran Du, Colin Binns, & Andy H. Lee. (2017). Does Caesarean Section Affect Breastfeeding Practices in China? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21(11). 2008–2024. 26 indexed citations

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Du, Mengran & J. D. Kessler. (2012). Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Bulk Hydrocarbon Respiration Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(19). 10499–10507. 48 indexed citations

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Yvon‐Lewis, S. A., et al.. (2010). Methane Flux to the Atmosphere from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak. AGUFM. 2010.

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