Ningning Hou

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ningning Hou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Ningning Hou has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 18 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Ningning Hou's work include Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (8 papers). Ningning Hou is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (8 papers). Ningning Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ningning Hou's co-authors include Xiaodong Sun, Fang Han, Yongping Liu, Xiaojin Feng, Xue Li, Chengxia Kan, Na Huang, Di Wang, Shuxian Zhang and Kexin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ningning Hou

81 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990–2019

2022 379 citations Xiaojin Feng, Xiaodong Sun et al. profile →
Global, Regional, and National Epidemiology of Diabetes in Children From 1990 to 2019

2023 98 citations Kexin Zhang, Fang Han et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ningning Hou China	25	591	526	334	326	234	91	2.0k
Konstantinos Avgerinos United States	17	667 1.1×	502 1.0×	145 0.4×	287 0.9×	213 0.9×	25	1.9k
Mohammed S. Ellulu Palestinian Territory	13	612 1.0×	397 0.8×	250 0.7×	470 1.4×	208 0.9×	25	2.2k
Noriko Satoh‐Asahara Japan	27	744 1.3×	511 1.0×	352 1.1×	298 0.9×	304 1.3×	101	2.2k
Hajime Yamakage Japan	22	443 0.7×	404 0.8×	276 0.8×	231 0.7×	202 0.9×	95	1.6k
Jaana Hartiala United States	29	340 0.6×	600 1.1×	261 0.8×	247 0.8×	396 1.7×	58	2.5k
Michał Wiciński Poland	27	477 0.8×	513 1.0×	117 0.4×	207 0.6×	202 0.9×	101	2.1k
Ze Yang China	25	575 1.0×	831 1.6×	124 0.4×	285 0.9×	223 1.0×	144	2.2k
Yi‐Jen Hung Taiwan	26	330 0.6×	467 0.9×	222 0.7×	305 0.9×	284 1.2×	114	1.9k
Hye Soo Chung South Korea	26	603 1.0×	513 1.0×	214 0.6×	393 1.2×	267 1.1×	69	2.1k
Alfonso Bellia Italy	26	490 0.8×	393 0.7×	339 1.0×	299 0.9×	455 1.9×	102	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ningning Hou

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Kan, Chengxia, Kexin Zhang, Xiaofei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Global burden and future trends of metabolic dysfunction-associated Steatotic liver disease: 1990-2021 to 2045. Annals of Hepatology. 30(2). 101898–101898. 8 indexed citations

Tian, Pan, et al.. (2025). High-performance photocurable resins derived from small-molecule naphthalene-type epoxides: enabled by biphenyl main and side-chain editing. Polymer. 329. 128464–128464.

Li, Jing, Hongyan Qiu, Xiaoxiao Liu, et al.. (2025). Therapeutic Potential of Ginsenosides in the Treatment of Endocrine Diseases: Roles and Mechanisms. Phytotherapy Research. 39(12). 5652–5668.

Song, Hongwei, Junfeng Shi, Yongping Liu, et al.. (2023). Optimizing glycation control in diabetes: An integrated approach for inhibiting nonenzymatic glycation reactions of biological macromolecules. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 243. 125148–125148. 6 indexed citations

Li, Xue, Fang Han, Na Liu, et al.. (2023). Changing trends of the diseases burden attributable to high BMI in Asia from 1990 to 2019: results from the global burden of disease study 2019. BMJ Open. 13(10). e075437–e075437. 13 indexed citations

Feng, Xiaojin, Ningning Hou, Jing Liu, et al.. (2023). Secular trends of epidemiologic patterns of chronic kidney disease over three decades: an updated analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. BMJ Open. 13(3). e064540–e064540. 37 indexed citations

Zhang, Kexin, Jingwen Zhang, Chengxia Kan, et al.. (2023). Role of dysfunctional peri-organ adipose tissue in metabolic disease. Biochimie. 212. 12–20. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Liang, et al.. (2022). The Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. Cellular Reprogramming. 24(6). 329–342. 4 indexed citations

Li, Xue, Xiaodong Sun, Chengxia Kan, et al.. (2022). COL1A1: A novel oncogenic gene and therapeutic target in malignancies. Pathology - Research and Practice. 236. 154013–154013. 62 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kexin, Yanhui Ma, Fang Han, et al.. (2022). Global burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019. Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology. 47(1). 102068–102068. 23 indexed citations

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Qi, Jing, et al.. (2022). Doctor of Public Health-Crisis Management and COVID-19 Prevention and Control: A Case Study in China. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 814632–814632. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kexin, et al.. (2022). The promotion of active aging through older adult education in the context of population aging. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 998710–998710. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiao, Shuai Shi, Ningning Hou, et al.. (2021). High Maternal Serum Estradiol in First Trimester of Multiple Pregnancy Contributes to Small for Gestational Age via DNMT1-Mediated CDKN1C Upregulation. Reproductive Sciences. 29(4). 1368–1378. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangdong, Hangyu Liu, Junfeng Shi, et al.. (2021). Relationships Between Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 704845–704845. 26 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaodong, Ningning Hou, Hongsheng Wang, et al.. (2019). A Meta-Analysis of Pregnancy Outcomes With Levothyroxine Treatment in Euthyroid Women With Thyroid Autoimmunity. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(4). 1009–1019. 28 indexed citations

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Pan, Jiexue, Ya‐Jing Tan, Fangfang Wang, et al.. (2018). Aberrant expression and DNA methylation of lipid metabolism genes in PCOS: a new insight into its pathogenesis. Clinical Epigenetics. 10(1). 6–6. 78 indexed citations

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Geng, Lihua, Ningning Hou, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2017). Comparative study of the effect of different fucoidans from Sargassum maclurei and Saccharina japonica on FGFs/FGFR signaling activation in BaF3 cells. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 107(Pt B). 2429–2435. 4 indexed citations

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Hou, Ningning, et al.. (2017). Irisin Regulates Heme Oxygenase-1/Adiponectin Axis in Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Improves Endothelial Dysfunction in Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 42(2). 603–614. 38 indexed citations

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Li, Yu, Bei Sun, Ningning Hou, et al.. (2016). Atorvastatin inhibits insulin synthesis by inhibiting the Ras/Raf/ERK/CREB pathway in INS-1 cells. Medicine. 95(39). e4906–e4906. 12 indexed citations

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Hou, Ningning, Na Huang, Fang Han, et al.. (2014). Protective effects of adiponectin on uncoupling of glomerular VEGF–NO axis in early streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats. International Urology and Nephrology. 46(10). 2045–2051. 14 indexed citations

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