Ning Fan

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

About

Ning Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Fan has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Ophthalmology and 16 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ning Fan's work include Glaucoma and retinal disorders (21 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (18 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (15 papers). Ning Fan is often cited by papers focused on Glaucoma and retinal disorders (21 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (18 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (15 papers). Ning Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ning Fan's co-authors include Dennis Shun Chiu Lam, Christopher Kai-Shun Leung, Carol Y. Cheung, Robert N. Weinreb, Guihua Xu, Lina Huang, Xuyang Liu, Shu Liu, Chi‐Pui Pang and Haitao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Ning Fan

89 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Imaging with Spectral-Domain Op... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Imaging with Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
    2009 413 citations Christopher Kai-Shun Leung, Ning Fan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ning Fan China 18 885 636 462 259 179 95 1.7k
Andrea Russo Italy 26 1.5k 1.7× 1.1k 1.8× 416 0.9× 69 0.3× 156 0.9× 103 2.4k
Masood Naseripour Iran 20 1.2k 1.3× 558 0.9× 239 0.5× 64 0.2× 198 1.1× 81 1.6k
Rogério A. Costa Brazil 32 2.6k 3.0× 1.7k 2.7× 562 1.2× 274 1.1× 93 0.5× 107 3.3k
Pratap Challa United States 31 1.8k 2.1× 875 1.4× 821 1.8× 54 0.2× 84 0.5× 100 2.6k
Yingting Zhu China 30 334 0.4× 991 1.6× 648 1.4× 43 0.2× 194 1.1× 84 2.1k
Gabriele E. Lang Germany 28 2.9k 3.2× 2.1k 3.3× 701 1.5× 97 0.4× 47 0.3× 140 3.6k
Takashi Kitaoka Japan 21 853 1.0× 755 1.2× 481 1.0× 87 0.3× 36 0.2× 125 1.6k
Tsugio Amemiya Japan 22 711 0.8× 626 1.0× 462 1.0× 34 0.1× 128 0.7× 168 1.8k
Chun Yang Canada 21 259 0.3× 172 0.3× 964 2.1× 125 0.5× 104 0.6× 55 1.6k
Alfredo García‐Layana Spain 30 2.7k 3.1× 1.9k 2.9× 638 1.4× 209 0.8× 53 0.3× 140 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ning Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Fan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ning Fan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ning 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 Ning Fan. Ning Fan 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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Fan, Ning, et al.. (2025). Road performance of new modified filter mudcake filling by composite curing agent. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 179(1). 96–108.
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Song, Yang, Jin Gong, Bo Liu, et al.. (2023). The growth and developmental of the myodural bridge and its associated structures in the human fetus. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13421–13421.
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Zhu, Qingwei, Wei Rao, Junyu Huo, et al.. (2023). Real-world systemic sequential therapy with regorafenib for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: analysis of 93 cases from a single center. BMC Gastroenterology. 23(1). 28–28. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Junhao, et al.. (2022). Partially-drained deformation properties of anisotropically overconsolidated clay by triaxial tests with cyclic confining pressure. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 163. 107566–107566. 2 indexed citations
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Qi, Hui, Fang Dong, Lu Chen, et al.. (2022). A Novel Role of IL13Rα2 in the Pathogenesis of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 831436–831436. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Shuo, Lei Zang, Ning Fan, et al.. (2022). Paraspinal Muscle Degeneration: A Potential Risk Factor for New Vertebral Compression Fractures After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 17. 1237–1248. 13 indexed citations
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Vakiani, Efsevia, Sho Fujisawa, Mithat Gönen, et al.. (2021). Immunofluorescence Assay of Ablated Colorectal Liver Metastases: The Frozen Section of Image-Guided Tumor Ablation?. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 33(3). 308–315.e1. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Shifeng, Yuan Guo, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Somatic Mutation Profiling of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Comparison between Primary and Metastasis Tumor Tissues. Journal of Oncology. 2020. 1–10. 8 indexed citations
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Ye, Qiang, et al.. (2020). rAAV9-UPII-TK-EGFP can precisely transduce a suicide gene and inhibit the growth of bladder tumors. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 21(12). 1171–1178. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Ning, Ke Meng, Yu‐Qing Zhang, et al.. (2020). The effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on the relative expression of the lipid metabolism genes in mouse cholesterol gallstone models. Lipids in Health and Disease. 19(1). 158–158. 16 indexed citations
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Fan, Ning, et al.. (2019). Is “normal tension glaucoma” glaucoma?. Medical Hypotheses. 133. 109405–109405. 9 indexed citations
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Fan, Ning, et al.. (2018). Progress of microinvasive glaucoma surgery. 40(4). 317–320.
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Fan, Ning, Sean M. Silverman, Yang Liu, et al.. (2017). Rapid repeatable in vivo detection of retinal reactive oxygen species. Experimental Eye Research. 161. 71–81. 17 indexed citations
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Fan, Ning, et al.. (2015). Advances in molecular genetics of glaucoma. Zhonghua shiyan yanke zazhi. 33(3). 263–269. 1 indexed citations
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Fujisawa, Sho, Dmitry Yarilin, Ning Fan, et al.. (2015). Understanding the three-dimensional world from two-dimensional immunofluorescent adjacent sections. Journal of Pathology Informatics. 6(1). 27–27. 8 indexed citations
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Ling, Sunbin, Tingting Feng, Qinghong Ke, et al.. (2014). Metformin inhibits proliferation and enhances chemosensitivity of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma cell lines. Oncology Reports. 31(6). 2611–2618. 55 indexed citations
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Fujisawa, Sho, Yevgeniy Romin, Afşar Barlas, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of YO-PRO-1 as an early marker of apoptosis following radiofrequency ablation of colon cancer liver metastases. Cytotechnology. 66(2). 259–273. 45 indexed citations
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Cai, Suping, Yan Yin, Xu Cao, et al.. (2012). A novel MYOC heterozygous mutation identified in a Chinese Uygur pedigree with primary open-angle glaucoma.. PubMed. 18. 1944–51. 7 indexed citations
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Fan, Ning, et al.. (2012). Quantitative measurement of macular ganglion cell complex thickness by spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Zhonghua shiyan yanke zazhi. 30(8). 743–747. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Ning, Nina Huang, Dennis Shun Chiu Lam, & Christopher Kai-Shun Leung. (2011). Measurement of Photoreceptor Layer in Glaucoma: A Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Study. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2011. 1–5. 37 indexed citations

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