Qicai Xiao

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Qicai Xiao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Qicai Xiao has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Qicai Xiao's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (14 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (9 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Qicai Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (14 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (9 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Qicai Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Qicai Xiao's co-authors include Liqian Gao, Albert Wingnang Leung, Chuanshan Xu, Xin Pang, Yue Jiang, Su Seong Lee, Heyu Hua, Yu Zhang, Jianxun Ding and Zhongyu Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Qicai Xiao

38 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Engineered nanomedicines with enhanced tumor penetration

2019 371 citations Liqian Gao, Qicai Xiao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qicai Xiao China	20	952	681	522	423	279	39	1.9k
Lingling Shan China	21	881 0.9×	559 0.8×	523 1.0×	500 1.2×	185 0.7×	43	1.8k
Feifei An China	27	1.3k 1.3×	631 0.9×	804 1.5×	786 1.9×	254 0.9×	74	2.4k
Rahul Maheshwari India	24	918 1.0×	717 1.1×	871 1.7×	442 1.0×	137 0.5×	85	2.3k
Chunshun Zhao China	29	1.1k 1.2×	429 0.6×	535 1.0×	532 1.3×	326 1.2×	79	2.1k
Bijay Kumar Poudel South Korea	31	728 0.8×	658 1.0×	866 1.7×	388 0.9×	142 0.5×	56	2.2k
Hong Wu China	17	606 0.6×	604 0.9×	615 1.2×	318 0.8×	124 0.4×	42	1.7k
Liqian Gao China	28	879 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	506 1.0×	499 1.2×	218 0.8×	83	2.6k
Ranran Guo China	18	1.3k 1.4×	630 0.9×	613 1.2×	446 1.1×	244 0.9×	34	2.0k
Mengchi Sun China	28	1.0k 1.1×	843 1.2×	783 1.5×	339 0.8×	231 0.8×	82	2.3k
Meiwan Chen Macao	28	915 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	553 1.1×	430 1.0×	228 0.8×	96	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qicai Xiao

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

All Works

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Li, Rui, Han Wang, Wei Duan, et al.. (2025). “Capture and kill” circulating fibrocytes by cisplatin prodrug loaded albumin disrupt the progress of pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Journal of Controlled Release. 383. 113781–113781.

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Yuan, Chuang, Qicai Xiao, Qiaohui Chen, et al.. (2024). Anticoagulant therapy without bleeding: A novel molybdenum‐based nanodots alleviate lethal coagulation in bacterial sepsis by inhibiting ROS‐facilitated caspase‐11 activation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 4 indexed citations

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Tang, Guanghui, Wei Wang, Chengjun Zhu, et al.. (2024). Global Reactivity Profiling of the Catalytic Lysine in Human Kinome for Covalent Inhibitor Development. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(12). e202316394–e202316394. 21 indexed citations

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Tang, Guanghui, Wei Wang, Chengjun Zhu, et al.. (2024). Global Reactivity Profiling of the Catalytic Lysine in Human Kinome for Covalent Inhibitor Development. Angewandte Chemie. 136(12). 1 indexed citations

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Lou, Liang, Chengjun Zhu, Peng Chen, et al.. (2024). Rationally designed BCR-ABL kinase inhibitors for improved leukemia treatment via covalent and pro-/dual-drug targeting strategies. Journal of Advanced Research. 74. 541–554. 2 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, Shubo Du, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2023). Biodegradable silica nanocapsules enable efficient nuclear-targeted delivery of native proteins for cancer therapy. Biomaterials. 294. 122000–122000. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Xuan Wang, Guanghui Tang, et al.. (2023). Multitarget inhibitors/probes that target LRRK2 and AURORA A kinases noncovalently and covalently. Chemical Communications. 59(72). 10789–10792. 4 indexed citations

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Xiang, Menghua, et al.. (2023). Amplifying the efficacy of ALA-based prodrugs for photodynamic therapy using nanotechnology. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1137707–1137707. 12 indexed citations

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Feng, Wei, et al.. (2023). A New Fluorescent Probe for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection in Solution and Living Cells. Molecules. 28(17). 6195–6195. 9 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qicai, Bingjie Mai, Yichu Nie, et al.. (2021). In Vitro and In Vivo Demonstration of Ultraefficient and Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents for Photodynamic Antibacterial Chemotherapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(10). 11588–11596. 43 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qicai, Xiao Dong, Fen Yang, et al.. (2021). Engineered Cell‐Penetrating Peptides for Mitochondrion‐Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(59). 14721–14729. 26 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qicai, Wei Du, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2021). Cell‐Penetrating Mitochondrion‐Targeting Ligands for the Universal Delivery of Small Molecules, Proteins and Nanomaterials. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(47). 12207–12214. 11 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiao, Wenqiang Chen, Shubo Du, et al.. (2021). Broad-Spectrum Polymeric Nanoquencher as an Efficient Fluorescence Sensing Platform for Biomolecular Detection. ACS Sensors. 6(8). 3102–3111. 12 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qicai, Huirong Lin, Juan Wu, et al.. (2020). Pyridine-Embedded Phenothiazinium Dyes as Lysosome-Targeted Photosensitizers for Highly Efficient Photodynamic Antitumor Therapy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(9). 4896–4907. 56 indexed citations

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Gao, Liqian, Wei Wang, Xuan Wang, et al.. (2020). Fluorescent probes for bioimaging of potential biomarkers in Parkinson's disease. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(2). 1219–1250. 133 indexed citations

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Yang, Fen, Wei Wang, Menghua Xiang, et al.. (2020). Recent advance on PTP1B inhibitors and their biomedical applications. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 199. 112376–112376. 106 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianhao, Lin Qiu, Jianpeng Wang, et al.. (2018). A CE-FL based method for real-time detection of in-capillary self-assembly of the nanoconjugates of polycysteine ligand and quantum dots. Nanotechnology. 29(27). 274001–274001. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Juan, Qicai Xiao, Na Zhang, et al.. (2016). Photodynamic action of palmatine hydrochloride on colon adenocarcinoma HT-29 cells. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 15. 53–58. 25 indexed citations

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Pang, Xin, Chuanshan Xu, Yue Jiang, Qicai Xiao, & Albert Wingnang Leung. (2015). Natural products in the discovery of novel sonosensitizers. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 162. 144–151. 96 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qicai, Yongqiang Liu, Yatao Qiu, et al.. (2011). Design, synthesis of symmetrical bivalent mimetics of annonaceous acetogenins and their cytotoxicities. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(12). 3613–3615. 11 indexed citations

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