Nan Liu

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 712 citations indexed

About

Nan Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Liu has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 712 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nan Liu's work include Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers). Nan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers). Nan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Nan Liu's co-authors include Xiaodong Liu, Yaxiong Yang, Adèle De Arcangelis, Tomoki Kato, Hironobu Morinaga, Kyosuke Asakawa, Hiroyuki Matsumura, Takeshi Namiki, Shizuko Ichinose and Daisuke Nanba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nan Liu

21 papers receiving 705 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Stem cell competition orchestrates skin homeostasis and ageing
    2019 278 citations Nan Liu, Hiroyuki Matsumura et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nan Liu China 11 305 148 121 87 81 23 712
W S Enochs United States 15 289 0.9× 178 1.2× 91 0.8× 16 0.2× 35 0.4× 18 1.1k
Aki Hayashi Japan 20 844 2.8× 230 1.6× 148 1.2× 12 0.1× 36 0.4× 53 1.3k
Tobias Heinen Germany 10 379 1.2× 38 0.3× 120 1.0× 17 0.2× 12 0.1× 26 1.1k
Itsuki Ajioka Japan 20 587 1.9× 106 0.7× 264 2.2× 40 0.5× 6 0.1× 42 1.3k
Xing Liang China 20 353 1.2× 98 0.7× 73 0.6× 199 2.3× 7 0.1× 51 1.1k
Dae‐Sung Kim South Korea 19 769 2.5× 74 0.5× 259 2.1× 61 0.7× 28 0.3× 62 1.2k
Kazuhiko Namikawa Japan 16 516 1.7× 175 1.2× 175 1.4× 185 2.1× 15 0.2× 28 941
Tatiana A. Mishchenko Russia 19 554 1.8× 18 0.1× 130 1.1× 30 0.3× 21 0.3× 66 1.9k
Weiyuan Ma China 17 381 1.2× 49 0.3× 87 0.7× 41 0.5× 49 0.6× 32 1.0k
Xiyu Wang China 20 310 1.0× 27 0.2× 105 0.9× 31 0.4× 27 0.3× 61 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Nan Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nan Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nan Liu 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 Nan Liu. Nan Liu 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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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Laccase-Mediated Oxygen Reduction in Liquid Flow Fuel Cells for Efficient Oxidation of Biomass-Derived Aldehydes with Co-Generation of Electricity. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(4). 1714–1727. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Yaxiong, Boying Li, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Opto-chemogenetic inhibition of L-type CaV1 channels in neurons through a membrane-assisted molecular linkage. Cell Reports Methods. 4(11). 100898–100898.
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Yang, Yaxiong, Min Liu, Nan Liu, et al.. (2022). Cytosolic peptides encoding CaV1 C-termini downregulate the calcium channel activity-neuritogenesis coupling. Communications Biology. 5(1). 484–484. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Wenxiang, Ping Li, Nan Liu, et al.. (2022). Chronic Ca2+ imaging of cortical neurons with long-term expression of GCaMP-X. eLife. 11. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of mimetic viral dynein binding peptide binding nanoparticles in blood-brain barrier model. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 74. 103523–103523. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, Kai Liu, & Chonglin Yang. (2022). WDR91 specifies the endosomal retrieval subdomain for retromer-dependent recycling. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(12). 9 indexed citations
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Xing, Ruxiao, Hejiang Zhou, Youli Jian, et al.. (2021). The Rab7 effector WDR91 promotes autophagy-lysosome degradation in neurons by regulating lysosome fusion. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(8). 42 indexed citations
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Zhang, Simin, Nan Liu, Hongwei Wang, et al.. (2021). Sub‐Nanometer Nanobelts Based on Titanium Dioxide/Zirconium Dioxide–Polyoxometalate Heterostructures. Advanced Materials. 33(23). e2100576–e2100576. 71 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, Hiroyuki Matsumura, Tomoki Kato, et al.. (2019). Stem cell competition orchestrates skin homeostasis and ageing. Nature. 568(7752). 344–350. 278 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuan, Mengchen, Nan Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, et al.. (2018). The Mechanism of Exosomes Function in Neurological Diseases: A Progressive Review. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 24(24). 2855–2861. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Yaxiong, Nan Liu, Yuanyuan He, et al.. (2018). Improved calcium sensor GCaMP-X overcomes the calcium channel perturbations induced by the calmodulin in GCaMP. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1504–1504. 138 indexed citations
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Wang, Xianyun, Shang Gao, Aimin Wei, et al.. (2018). Transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes in flower-buds of genetic male sterile and wild type cucumber by RNA sequencing. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 24(3). 359–367. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2017). Learning a convolutional neural network for sleep stage classification. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, Yuxia Liu, Yaxiong Yang, & Xiaodong Liu. (2016). Linker flexibility of IVS3-S4 loops modulates voltage-dependent activation of L-type Ca2+ channels. Channels. 11(1). 34–45. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Yaxiong, Min Liu, Nan Liu, & Xiaodong Liu. (2015). Convergent Modulations by Carboxyl-Termini across L-Type Calcium Channel Subtypes. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 580a–580a. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Bo, Nan Liu, Changwei Shao, et al.. (2013). Preparation of 1,4,5‐Trisubstituted 5‐Acyl‐1,2,3‐triazoles by Selective Acylation between Copper(I)‐Carbon(sp) and Copper(I)‐Carbon(sp2) Bonds with Acyl Chlorides. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 355(13). 2564–2568. 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2013). Fatigue Research on Welding Joint of the Main Girder in Bridge Crane. Advanced materials research. 711. 323–326. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qun, et al.. (2012). Copper(i) acetate-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition for highly efficient preparation of 1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,3-triazoles. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(14). 2847–2847. 32 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2011). Modal Analysis and Optimization Design on a Vehicle-Load Rectangle Liquid Containers under Fluid-Structure Coupling. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 120. 444–447. 1 indexed citations
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He, Xiuping, Xuena Guo, Nan Liu, & Borun Zhang. (2007). Ergosterol production from molasses by genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75(1). 55–60. 27 indexed citations

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