Ning Xu

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Ning Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Xu has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Surgery and 22 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ning Xu's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (17 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (12 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (10 papers). Ning Xu is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (17 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (12 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (10 papers). Ning Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ning Xu's co-authors include Xiaojun Peng, Jiangli Fan, Wen Sun, Jianjun Du, Saran Long, Kun Shao, Dongmei Xi, Qiang Xia, Qichao Yao and Ming Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ning Xu

128 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

NIR Light‐Driving Barrier‐Free Group Rotation in Nanoparticles with an 88.3% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy

2020 571 citations Dongmei Xi, Ming Xiao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Carbon Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging and Theranostics

2019 410 citations Jianjun Du, Ning Xu et al. Small profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Xu China	35	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	764	520	132	4.7k
Ying Tian China	42	2.7k 1.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	1.0k 2.0×	218	6.4k
Hongbo Guo China	35	2.4k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	824 0.6×	863 1.1×	727 1.4×	113	5.6k
Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz United States	34	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	556 0.4×	282 0.4×	402 0.8×	79	5.6k
Shunsuke Ohnishi Japan	39	1.6k 1.0×	718 0.5×	770 0.6×	369 0.5×	539 1.0×	124	5.1k
Aihua Gong China	43	3.8k 2.4×	780 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.6k 2.1×	498 1.0×	145	7.0k
Han Kiat Ho Singapore	34	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	789 0.6×	472 0.6×	689 1.3×	104	4.7k
Satoshi Kashiwagi United States	27	1.5k 0.9×	938 0.7×	452 0.4×	473 0.6×	349 0.7×	75	4.0k
Junlei Chang China	27	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	282 0.4×	286 0.6×	67	4.6k
Lawrence W. Dobrucki United States	36	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	436 0.3×	479 0.6×	402 0.8×	116	4.5k
Xiao Han China	42	2.0k 1.2×	3.8k 2.6×	1.2k 0.9×	571 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	143	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ning Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Xu

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

All Works

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Gåfvels, Mats, et al.. (2025). Glycated Albumin Percentage is Correlated With HbA1c: Theoretic Marker in Patients With Altered Erythrocyte Turnover. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 580993520–580993520.

Xu, Ning, Yao Yao, Wen Sun, et al.. (2024). A GSH-activated photosensitizer prodrug for fluorescence imaging-guided chemo-photodynamic therapy. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 410. 135664–135664. 5 indexed citations

Liang, Lei, Ning Xu, Luoyang Ding, et al.. (2024). Combined inflammation-related biomarkers and clinicopathological features for the prognosis of stage II/III colorectal cancer by machine learning. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 1548–1548. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Wei, Cheng Tan, Wenqiang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing cartilage regeneration and repair through bioactive and biomechanical modification of 3D acellular dermal matrix. Regenerative Biomaterials. 11. rbae010–rbae010. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Ning, Haoying Ge, Jiazhu Zheng, et al.. (2024). Wavelength-Tuneable Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Nucleic Acid Imaging. Analytical Chemistry. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Zheyu, et al.. (2024). Metalloligand Nickel Bis(Dithiolene) Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocurrent and Photothermal Conversion. ACS Materials Letters. 6(9). 4051–4057. 5 indexed citations

Li, Zhifeng, Qinglong Qiao, Ning Xu, et al.. (2023). The remarkable effect of amino hydrogen on membrane permeability and organelle staining of 1,8-naphthalimide dyes. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(2). 108824–108824. 20 indexed citations

Yang, Yanjun, Fangman Chen, Ning Xu, et al.. (2022). Red-light-triggered self-destructive mesoporous silica nanoparticles for cascade-amplifying chemo-photodynamic therapy favoring antitumor immune responses. Biomaterials. 281. 121368–121368. 114 indexed citations

He, Guangli, Ning Xu, Haoying Ge, et al.. (2021). Red-Light-Responsive Ru Complex Photosensitizer for Lysosome Localization Photodynamic Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(17). 19572–19580. 59 indexed citations

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Ge, Haoying, Jianjun Du, Saran Long, et al.. (2021). Near‐Infrared Light Triggered H₂ Generation for Enhanced Photothermal/Photodynamic Therapy against Hypoxic Tumor. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(3). e2101449–e2101449. 35 indexed citations

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Xi, Dongmei, Ning Xu, Xia Xiang, et al.. (2021). Strong π–π Stacking Stabilized Nanophotosensitizers: Improving Tumor Retention for Enhanced Therapy for Large Tumors in Mice. Advanced Materials. 34(6). e2106797–e2106797. 113 indexed citations

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Ku, Xin, Qiangling Sun, Lei Zhu, et al.. (2020). Deciphering tissue‐based proteome signatures revealed novel subtyping and prognostic markers for thymic epithelial tumors. Molecular Oncology. 14(4). 721–741. 9 indexed citations

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Xi, Dongmei, Ming Xiao, Jianfang Cao, et al.. (2020). NIR Light‐Driving Barrier‐Free Group Rotation in Nanoparticles with an 88.3% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Materials. 32(11). e1907855–e1907855. 571 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ge, Haoying, Ning Xu, Feng Xu, et al.. (2020). Self-Assembly Trigger Signal Amplification for MicroRNA Sensing in Living Cells with GSH-Cleavable Nanoprobes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(47). 20582–20590. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuan, Tianfei Lu, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2019). Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptides Prevent Hepatocyte Damage by Promoting Yes-associated Protein in Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Transplantation. 103(8). 1639–1648. 14 indexed citations

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Han, Bing, Jiaqi Zhang, Xiaomin Wang, et al.. (2019). <p>miR-449a Is Related to Short-Term Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Inhibits Migration and Invasion by Targeting Notch1</p>. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 12. 10975–10987. 12 indexed citations

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Ge, Haoying, Feng Xu, Ning Xu, et al.. (2019). Intracellular MicroRNA imaging using telomerase-catalyzed FRET ratioflares with signal amplification. Chemical Science. 10(29). 7111–7118. 42 indexed citations

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Du, Jianjun, Ning Xu, Jiangli Fan, Wen Sun, & Xiaojun Peng. (2019). Carbon Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging and Theranostics. Small. 15(32). e1805087–e1805087. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Feng, Jianzhou Liu, Ning Xu, et al.. (2019). MicroRNA Detection with Turnover Amplification via Hybridization-Mediated Staudinger Reduction for Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(51). 20490–20497. 52 indexed citations

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Li, Haidong, Qichao Yao, Feng Xu, et al.. (2018). Recognition of Exogenous and Endogenous Nitroxyl in Living Cells via a Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe. Analytical Chemistry. 90(7). 4641–4648. 46 indexed citations

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