Nan Chen

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
274 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Nan Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Chen has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 64 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nan Chen's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (34 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (25 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (14 papers). Nan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (34 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (25 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (14 papers). Nan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Nan Chen's co-authors include Chunhai Fan, Xiaoming Li, Qing Huang, Haiyun Song, Yao He, Jayanta Debnath, Min Wei, Jiang Li, Qing Huang and Hao Pei and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nan Chen

261 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

Protein Corona-Mediated Mitigation of Cytotoxicity of Graphene Oxide

2011 754 citations Min Lv, Nan Chen et al. profile →
Self-Assembled Multivalent DNA Nanostructures for Noninvasive Intracellular Delivery of Immunostimulatory CpG Oligonucleotides

2011 635 citations Jiang Li, Nan Chen et al. profile →
The cytotoxicity of cadmium-based quantum dots

2011 584 citations Nan Chen, Chunhai Fan et al. profile →
Designed Diblock Oligonucleotide for the Synthesis of Spatially Isolated and Highly Hybridizable Functionalization of DNA–Gold Nanoparticle Nanoconjugates

2012 482 citations Nan Chen, Chunhai Fan et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nan Chen	4.2k	3.2k	2.7k	1.1k	1.0k	274	9.8k
Na Kong	4.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	4.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	112	11.4k
Wei He	4.5k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	774 0.7×	2.3k 2.2×	248	11.3k
Yan Deng	4.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.0×	477 0.4×	849 0.8×	386	10.2k
Da Xing	6.6k 1.5×	2.2k 0.7×	5.9k 2.1×	495 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	338	14.2k
Pedro V. Baptista	4.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	3.8k 1.4×	473 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	231	10.4k
Shasha He	2.7k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	4.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	246	8.8k
Na Zhang	4.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	3.0k 2.9×	460	12.2k
Liping Sun	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	602 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	188	7.7k
Yan Geng	6.3k 1.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	993 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	256	15.0k
Kevin Braeckmans	7.8k 1.8×	3.1k 1.0×	5.1k 1.9×	772 0.7×	3.6k 3.5×	290	16.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Nan & Yang Luan. (2025). Specific expression and common potential therapeutic drugs in different brain regions of major depressive disorder patients: bioinformatics analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 382. 478–487. 1 indexed citations

Kong, Dexu, et al.. (2025). Theoretical Insights into Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries: Applications of Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Electrolyte Design. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(10).

Wang, Gulian, et al.. (2025). Preferential Texture of Surface Coating on Zn Anodes for Advanced Aqueous Batteries: Small Change but Big Gain. Angewandte Chemie. 137(44).

Wang, Gulian, et al.. (2025). Preferential Texture of Surface Coating on Zn Anodes for Advanced Aqueous Batteries: Small Change but Big Gain. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(44). e202509952–e202509952.

Xie, Hui, et al.. (2024). A H2O2-specific fluorescent probe for evaluating oxidative stress in pesticides-treated cells, rice roots and zebrafish. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133426–133426. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Junhao, Nan Chen, Luping Ren, et al.. (2024). A red cell membrane-camouflaged nanoreactor for enhanced starvation/chemodynamic/ion interference therapy for breast cancer. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 245. 114293–114293. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Yanfeng, et al.. (2024). Unzippable Siamese Nanoparticles for Programmed Two‐Stage Cancer Immunotherapy. Advanced Materials. 36(31). e2402456–e2402456. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Huan, et al.. (2024). Dismantlable Coronated Nanoparticles for Coupling the Induction and Perception of Immunogenic Cell Death. Advanced Materials. 36(27). e2313097–e2313097. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiang, Yinjun He, Wenguang He, et al.. (2024). Reclassification of RAS/BRAF allele mutations predicts the survival benefit of triplet chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 16. 2669771–2669771.

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Liu, Xiaoli, et al.. (2023). RNF213 inhibits migration in lung adenocarcinoma cell. Cellular and Molecular Biology. 69(14). 286–292. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Hui Xie, Liping Gou, et al.. (2023). DNA-Based Hydrogels with Multidrug Sequential Release for Promoting Diabetic Wound Regeneration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). 2597–2608. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Nan, et al.. (2023). Carbon nanotube/poly-L-lysine hybrid-modified electrode as efficient platform for cell immobilization and electrochemical study. Microchemical Journal. 191. 108826–108826. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Jianping Xia, Xuan Zhou, et al.. (2021). Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Pain and Sleep in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neural Plasticity. 2021. 1–12. 9 indexed citations

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Mickolajczyk, Keith J., Jonathan B. Steinman, L. Urnavicius, et al.. (2021). Targeting allostery in the Dynein motor domain with small molecule inhibitors. Cell chemical biology. 28(10). 1460–1473.e15. 4 indexed citations

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Du, Na, et al.. (2021). Spontaneous vesicle formation and vesicle-to-α-gel transition in aqueous mixtures of sodium monododecylphosphate and guanidinium salts. Soft Matter. 17(17). 4604–4614. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Hua, et al.. (2018). Downregulation of microRNA-448 inhibits IL-1β-induced cartilage degradation in human chondrocytes via upregulation of matrilin-3. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 23(1). 7–7. 21 indexed citations

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Sun, Lele, Yanjing Gao, Yaoguang Wang, et al.. (2018). Guiding protein delivery into live cells using DNA-programmed membrane fusion. Chemical Science. 9(27). 5967–5975. 75 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jeffrey D., Nan Chen, Christina M. Maher, et al.. (2017). Sigma1 Targeting to Suppress Aberrant Androgen Receptor Signaling in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(9). 2439–2452. 37 indexed citations

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Ke, Wei, et al.. (2011). EFFCTS OF pH AND Cl− CONCENTRATION ON THE CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF COPPER IN BORIC ACID BUFFER SOLUTION. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 47(3). 354–360. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Nan. (2009). Significance of detection of ERCC1 expression in platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer. Shandong yiyao. 1 indexed citations

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