Ningfang Lian

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 712 citations indexed

About

Ningfang Lian is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ningfang Lian has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 712 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ningfang Lian's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (6 papers), Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (5 papers) and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (4 papers). Ningfang Lian is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (6 papers), Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (5 papers) and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (4 papers). Ningfang Lian collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Ningfang Lian's co-authors include Su Lin, Jiaofeng Huang, Yinlian Wu, Yunlei Deng, Rahul Kumar, Qianwen Zhao, Jiefeng Huang, Qichang Lin, Chaosheng Deng and Mengxue Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Physiology and Journal of Medical Virology.

In The Last Decade

Ningfang Lian

25 papers receiving 702 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.

The impact of COPD and smoking history on the severity of COVID‐19: A systemic review and meta‐analysis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ningfang Lian China	9	299	220	161	135	112	28	712
Alan Pan United States	15	198 0.7×	228 1.0×	141 0.9×	389 2.9×	119 1.1×	56	917
Rohit Gosain United States	14	146 0.5×	95 0.4×	133 0.8×	389 2.9×	44 0.4×	28	699
Margaret Teng Singapore	11	273 0.9×	51 0.2×	157 1.0×	121 0.9×	58 0.5×	25	771
Yunlei Deng China	8	554 1.9×	110 0.5×	287 1.8×	216 1.6×	134 1.2×	11	878
Pamela Mancuso Italy	16	126 0.4×	262 1.2×	47 0.3×	217 1.6×	18 0.2×	63	748
Nitin Chopra United States	9	200 0.7×	66 0.3×	68 0.4×	272 2.0×	41 0.4×	19	590
Maria Cristina Campopiano Italy	8	437 1.5×	34 0.2×	171 1.1×	124 0.9×	33 0.3×	14	915
Massimiliano Beccaria Italy	11	140 0.5×	281 1.3×	37 0.2×	96 0.7×	35 0.3×	20	648

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Hou, Lili, Yurong Zhang, Zhenghua Zhu, et al.. (2025). The chronological age at which small airway function starts to decline in a healthy Chinese population: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Allergy. 6. 1614899–1614899.

Chen, Shuting, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal analysis of anthropometric indices and the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep And Breathing. 30(1). 1–1.

Chen, Jia, Xiaoyu Deng, Hansheng Xie, et al.. (2024). Circular RNA_0025843 Alleviated Cigarette Smoke Extract Induced Bronchoalveolar Epithelial Cells Ferroptosis. International Journal of COPD. Volume 19. 363–374. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Yuqing, Jia Chen, Xiaoyu Deng, et al.. (2024). Triglyceride-glucose index and combined indicators: effective indicators for screening NAFLD in snoring patients. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 24(1). 359–359. 2 indexed citations

Deng, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2024). Ferrostatin-1 Reversed Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Ferroptosis in Aortic Endothelial Cells via Reprogramming Mitochondrial Function. Nature and Science of Sleep. Volume 16. 401–411. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Jiefeng, Ningfang Lian, Guofu Lin, et al.. (2023). Expression alteration of serum exosomal circular RNAs in obstructive sleep apnea patients with acute myocardial infarction. BMC Medical Genomics. 16(1). 50–50. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Jia, Qin Chen, Mengxue Chen, et al.. (2022). The role of ferroptosis in chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced lung injury. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 22(1). 488–488. 23 indexed citations

Lian, Ningfang, Sijiao Wang, Lijuan Hu, et al.. (2022). Effect of a Single Simulated 500 m Saturation Dive on Lung Function. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 911167–911167. 1 indexed citations

Lian, Ningfang, Jiawei Wu, Biying Wang, et al.. (2022). Risk Factors of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis in Non-Obese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Nature and Science of Sleep. Volume 14. 2143–2149. 3 indexed citations

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Lian, Ningfang, et al.. (2022). The role of PPARγ in intermittent hypoxia-related human umbilical vein endothelial cell injury. Sleep And Breathing. 27(3). 1155–1164. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Guofu, Lanlan Lin, Jiefeng Huang, et al.. (2022). LncRNA XR_596701 protects H9c2 cells against intermittent hypoxia-induced injury through regulation of the miR-344b-5p/FAIM3 axis. Cell Death Discovery. 8(1). 42–42. 9 indexed citations

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Lian, Ningfang, et al.. (2021). The Role of Ferroptosis in Bronchoalveolar Epithelial Cell Injury Induced by Cigarette Smoke Extract. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 751206–751206. 23 indexed citations

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Lian, Ningfang, et al.. (2020). Resveratrol Attenuates Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Lung Injury by Activating the Nrf2/ARE Pathway. Lung. 198(2). 323–331. 25 indexed citations

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Lin, Guofu, Jianming Zhao, Shuyi Zhang, et al.. (2020). Effects of CPAP therapy on subcutaneous adipose tissue in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis. Sleep And Breathing. 24(3). 801–808. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Yunfei, et al.. (2019). Analysis of PROC and PROS1 single nucleotide polymorphisms in a thrombophilia family. The Clinical Respiratory Journal. 13(8). 530–537. 4 indexed citations

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Deng, Chaosheng, et al.. (2017). Role of FoxO1 and apoptosis in pulmonary vascular remolding in a rat model of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2270–2270. 28 indexed citations

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Deng, Chaosheng, et al.. (2016). The role of tissue factor and autophagy in pulmonary vascular remodeling in a rat model for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Respiratory Research. 17(1). 65–65. 22 indexed citations

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Deng, Chaosheng, Zhenguo Zhai, Guofu Lin, et al.. (2015). Close concordance between pulmonary angiography and pathology in a canine model with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and pathological mechanisms after lung ischemia reperfusion injury. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 41(4). 581–591. 4 indexed citations

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Deng, Chaosheng, et al.. (2015). The role of mononuclear cell tissue factor and inflammatory cytokines in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 42(1). 38–45. 33 indexed citations

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Lian, Ningfang, et al.. (2010). Clinical analysis on 8 cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Chinese Journal of Asthma. 30(5). 280–282. 3 indexed citations

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