Qihao Ren

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 875 citations indexed

About

Qihao Ren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qihao Ren has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 875 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Qihao Ren's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (4 papers), Bone health and treatments (3 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (2 papers). Qihao Ren is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (4 papers), Bone health and treatments (3 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (2 papers). Qihao Ren collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Qihao Ren's co-authors include Sheila A. Stewart, Douglas V. Faget, Xianmin Luo, Bhavna Murali, Joseph B. Monahan, Tom Cole, Zhangting Yao, Dinesh Thotala, Roberta Faccio and Darren J. Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature reviews. Cancer and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Qihao Ren

11 papers receiving 871 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.

Unmasking senescence: context-dependent effects of SASP in cancer

2019 580 citations Douglas V. Faget, Qihao Ren et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
Senescent CAFs Mediate Immunosuppression and Drive Breast Cancer Progression

2024 75 citations Jiayu Ye, John Baer et al. Cancer Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qihao Ren United States	8	457	343	259	247	129	12	875
Ilaria Guccini Switzerland	12	468 1.0×	306 0.9×	371 1.4×	315 1.3×	123 1.0×	15	1000
Shauna L Houlihan United States	5	392 0.9×	330 1.0×	248 1.0×	189 0.8×	97 0.8×	6	910
Pierre-Yves Desprez United States	10	553 1.2×	312 0.9×	158 0.6×	250 1.0×	164 1.3×	12	932
Kelly S. Clark United States	5	482 1.1×	206 0.6×	144 0.6×	209 0.8×	134 1.0×	7	758
Danielle Grace United States	3	457 1.0×	193 0.6×	224 0.9×	270 1.1×	163 1.3×	4	840
Daniel DiRenzo United States	15	478 1.0×	118 0.3×	474 1.8×	170 0.7×	121 0.9×	38	1.0k
Jamie C. Stanford United States	8	509 1.1×	109 0.3×	346 1.3×	533 2.2×	181 1.4×	8	1.1k
Hao‐Chen Wang Taiwan	15	420 0.9×	114 0.3×	253 1.0×	342 1.4×	190 1.5×	30	934
Juling Ji China	14	646 1.4×	241 0.7×	334 1.3×	225 0.9×	384 3.0×	36	1.3k
Cheryl A. Doughty United States	9	561 1.2×	83 0.2×	291 1.1×	159 0.6×	117 0.9×	11	907

Countries citing papers authored by Qihao Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qihao Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Qihao Ren. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Qihao Ren. The network helps show where Qihao Ren may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qihao Ren

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Ricci, Biancamaria, Jennifer Tran, Jiayu Ye, et al.. (2025). Stroma-derived Dickkopf-1 contributes to the suppression of NK cell cytotoxicity in breast cancer. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1183–1183. 4 indexed citations

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Ren, Qihao & Louis Vermeulen. (2025). Shaping the microenvironment in peritoneal metastases. Nature Cancer. 6(3). 412–414. 1 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Renata Maria Souza, et al.. (2024). Abstract 2956: Chemotherapy-induced adipocyte senescence triggers bone loss through osteoclast activation. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 2956–2956.

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Ye, Jiayu, John Baer, Douglas V. Faget, et al.. (2024). Senescent CAFs Mediate Immunosuppression and Drive Breast Cancer Progression. Cancer Discovery. 14(7). 1302–1323. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Qihao, Weng Hua Khoo, Alexander P. Corr, et al.. (2022). Gene expression predicts dormant metastatic breast cancer cell phenotype. Breast Cancer Research. 24(1). 10–10. 33 indexed citations

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Yao, Zhangting, Bhavna Murali, Qihao Ren, et al.. (2020). Therapy-Induced Senescence Drives Bone Loss. Cancer Research. 80(5). 1171–1182. 84 indexed citations

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Faget, Douglas V., Qihao Ren, & Sheila A. Stewart. (2019). Unmasking senescence: context-dependent effects of SASP in cancer. Nature reviews. Cancer. 19(8). 439–453. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Murali, Bhavna, Qihao Ren, Xianmin Luo, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of the Stromal p38MAPK/MK2 Pathway Limits Breast Cancer Metastases and Chemotherapy-Induced Bone Loss. Cancer Research. 78(19). 5618–5630. 49 indexed citations

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Dege, Carissa, et al.. (2017). Human definitive hematopoietic specification from pluripotent stem cells is regulated by mesodermal expression of CDX4. Blood. 129(22). 2988–2992. 19 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Kevin C., Elise Alspach, Ermira Pazolli, et al.. (2017). c-Myb and C/EBPβ regulate OPN and other senescence-associated secretory phenotype factors. Oncotarget. 9(1). 21–36. 20 indexed citations

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Dege, Carissa, et al.. (2016). Human Definitive Hematopoietic Specification from Pluripotent Stem Cells Is Regulated By Mesodermal Expression of CDX4. Blood. 128(22). 883–883. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Jinyang Cai, Zikou Liu, et al.. (2014). Zinc Fingers Function Cooperatively with KRAB Domain for Nuclear Localization of KRAB-Containing Zinc Finger Proteins. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92155–e92155. 9 indexed citations

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