Qiang Shan

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Qiang Shan is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Shan has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Immunology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Qiang Shan's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (16 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (8 papers). Qiang Shan is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (16 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (8 papers). Qiang Shan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Qiang Shan's co-authors include Hai‐Hui Xue, J. Scott Hale, Gordon J. Freeman, Ronald N. Germain, Helder I. Nakaya, Masao Hashimoto, Michael Y. Gerner, Tahseen H. Nasti, Se Jin Im and Haydn Kissick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Shan

68 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Defining CD8+ T cells that provide the proliferative burs... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 400 800 1.2k
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. Defining CD8+ T cells that provide the proliferative burst after PD-1 therapy
    2016 1.3k citations Qiang Shan, Hai‐Hui Xue 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
Qiang Shan China 27 2.4k 1.3k 1.1k 317 243 72 3.7k
Peter Steinberger Austria 41 2.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 420 1.3× 230 0.9× 154 5.1k
Thomas Hehlgans Germany 29 1.9k 0.8× 662 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 313 1.0× 168 0.7× 71 3.4k
Wiebke Hansen Germany 37 2.1k 0.9× 604 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 307 1.0× 202 0.8× 99 3.9k
Jianfei Yang United States 22 3.0k 1.3× 940 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 338 1.1× 84 0.3× 39 4.7k
James E. Pease United Kingdom 44 2.8k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 423 1.3× 356 1.5× 105 4.8k
Uzi Gileadi United Kingdom 33 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 388 1.2× 424 1.7× 51 4.4k
Daniela Wesch Germany 43 3.9k 1.6× 1.7k 1.3× 622 0.6× 371 1.2× 144 0.6× 113 4.9k
Sven Burgdorf Germany 25 2.3k 1.0× 390 0.3× 1.3k 1.2× 321 1.0× 131 0.5× 42 3.6k
Stefania Gallucci United States 25 2.5k 1.1× 495 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 344 1.1× 134 0.6× 57 4.0k
Hidehiro Yamane United States 23 4.2k 1.8× 1000 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 550 1.7× 171 0.7× 34 5.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qiang Shan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiang Shan

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

All Works

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Gong, Yuan, Wenyan Hao, Zhenzhen Dong, et al.. (2025). BCG‐Derived Outer Membrane Vesicles Induce TLR2‐Dependent Trained Immunity to Protect Against Polymicrobial Sepsis. Advanced Science. 12(37). e04101–e04101. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, Rui, et al.. (2025). Mining genetic loci and candidate genes related to salt tolerance traits in soybean. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 26826–26826.
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Li, Yue, et al.. (2025). Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses of drought resistance mechanisms in sorghum varieties. PeerJ. 13. e19596–e19596. 1 indexed citations
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Shan, Qiang, Xue Wang, Hao Yang, et al.. (2024). Bacillus cereus CwpFM induces colonic tissue damage and inflammatory responses through oxidative stress and the NLRP3/NF-κB pathway. The Science of The Total Environment. 933. 173079–173079. 11 indexed citations
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Tang, Meihua, Qiang Shan, Yuwen Liu, & Shengli Chen. (2023). Pt loading-dependent transport kinetics and effectiveness of Pt in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 567. 232966–232966. 10 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shaoqi, Wei Hu, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2023). CTCF mediates CD8+ effector differentiation through dynamic redistribution and genomic reorganization. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(4). 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuefei, Xue Wang, Jialu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Prediction and Verification of Curcumin as a Potential Drug for Inhibition of PDCoV Replication in LLC-PK1 Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5870–5870. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Xue, Shuxian Li, Ning Liu, et al.. (2022). A Novel β-Hairpin Peptide Z-d14CFR Enhances Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Clearance in a Murine Model of Mastitis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(9). 4617–4617. 13 indexed citations
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Jensen, Isaac J., Xiang Li, Patrick W. McGonagill, et al.. (2021). Sepsis leads to lasting changes in phenotype and function of memory CD8 T cells. eLife. 10. 26 indexed citations
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Urban, Stina L., Isaac J. Jensen, Qiang Shan, et al.. (2020). Peripherally induced brain tissue–resident memory CD8+ T cells mediate protection against CNS infection. Nature Immunology. 21(8). 938–949. 79 indexed citations
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Shan, Qiang, et al.. (2019). Physiological Functions of Heat Shock Proteins. Current Protein and Peptide Science. 21(8). 751–760. 103 indexed citations
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Jensen, Isaac J., Christina S. Winborn, Peng Shao, et al.. (2018). Polymicrobial sepsis influences NK-cell-mediated immunity by diminishing NK-cell-intrinsic receptor-mediated effector responses to viral ligands or infections. PLoS Pathogens. 14(10). e1007405–e1007405. 48 indexed citations
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Danahy, Derek B., Scott M. Anthony, Isaac J. Jensen, et al.. (2017). Polymicrobial sepsis impairs bystander recruitment of effector cells to infected skin despite optimal sensing and alarming function of skin resident memory CD8 T cells. PLoS Pathogens. 13(9). e1006569–e1006569. 46 indexed citations
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Pan, Qingfei, Xiaomin Lou, Ju Zhang, et al.. (2017). Genomic variants in mouse model induced by azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate improperly mimic human colorectal cancer. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 25–25. 43 indexed citations
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Shan, Qiang, Rie Maurer, Robert A. Mitchell, et al.. (2014). Cystic Fibrosis Sputum DNA Has NETosis Characteristics and Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Release Is Regulated by Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factor. Journal of Innate Immunity. 6(6). 765–779. 170 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xu, Ju Zhang, Huiying Sun, et al.. (2014). Ubiquitination of Inositol-requiring Enzyme 1 (IRE1) by the E3 Ligase CHIP Mediates the IRE1/TRAF2/JNK Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(44). 30567–30577. 63 indexed citations
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Qin, Fanzhi & Qiang Shan. (2006). Adsorption of Cu2+ on Montmorillonite as Affected by 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 76(1). 179–186. 2 indexed citations

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