Ren Mao

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 832 citations indexed

About

Ren Mao is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ren Mao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 832 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ren Mao's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (21 papers), Microscopic Colitis (8 papers) and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (8 papers). Ren Mao is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (21 papers), Microscopic Colitis (8 papers) and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (8 papers). Ren Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Ren Mao's co-authors include Florian Rieder, Mark E. Baker, Satya Kurada, Minhu Chen, Ilyssa O. Gordon, Arne Bokemeyer, Dominik Bettenworth, Jordi Rimola, Christine McDonald and John Calvin Coffey and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Ren Mao

38 papers receiving 820 citations

Hit Papers

Assessment of Crohn’s disease-associated small bowel stri... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Assessment of Crohn’s disease-associated small bowel strictures and fibrosis on cross-sectional imaging: a systematic review
    2019 212 citations Dominik Bettenworth, Arne Bokemeyer et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ren Mao China 14 489 475 330 104 87 47 832
Seung‐Jae Myung South Korea 17 518 1.1× 341 0.7× 444 1.3× 60 0.6× 31 0.4× 61 755
Vemund Paulsen Norway 11 208 0.4× 368 0.8× 146 0.4× 101 1.0× 90 1.0× 22 738
C. Petruzziello Italy 23 787 1.6× 536 1.1× 570 1.7× 88 0.8× 101 1.2× 53 1.1k
Marta Gallego Spain 11 758 1.6× 468 1.0× 580 1.8× 72 0.7× 31 0.4× 27 1.0k
Jorge Brito Portugal 9 255 0.5× 280 0.6× 197 0.6× 52 0.5× 63 0.7× 18 497
Mark R. Fleisher United States 10 674 1.4× 220 0.5× 520 1.6× 118 1.1× 72 0.8× 17 1.2k
Orlando García‐Bosch Spain 15 1.2k 2.5× 689 1.5× 945 2.9× 83 0.8× 33 0.4× 22 1.4k
Seid Hossein Mir‐Madjlessi United States 15 315 0.6× 358 0.8× 335 1.0× 122 1.2× 154 1.8× 22 717
Olle Bernell Sweden 9 1.5k 3.0× 824 1.7× 1.1k 3.4× 196 1.9× 104 1.2× 11 1.7k
Daniela Caldera Italy 12 168 0.3× 158 0.3× 299 0.9× 142 1.4× 50 0.6× 28 684

Countries citing papers authored by Ren Mao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ren Mao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ren Mao. 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 Ren Mao. The network helps show where Ren Mao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ren Mao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yudong, Chunyan Ji, Sheng Xu, & Ren Mao. (2025). Theoretical Study on the Wave Attenuation Performance of Floating Breakwater with a Rectangular Cross-Section. China Ocean Engineering. 39(2). 244–255.
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Lin, Sinan, Gail West, Jie Wang, et al.. (2025). Protocol for the decellularization of human intestinal tissue from patients with inflammatory bowel disease. STAR Protocols. 6(2). 103829–103829.
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Qi, Cancan, An Li, Yu Wang, et al.. (2024). An atlas of the shared genetic architecture between atopic and gastrointestinal diseases. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1696–1696. 1 indexed citations
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Qiu, Yun, Shixian Hu, Kang Chao, et al.. (2024). Developing a Machine-Learning Prediction Model for Infliximab Response in Crohn’s Disease: Integrating Clinical Characteristics and Longitudinal Laboratory Trends. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(5). 1334–1343. 4 indexed citations
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Xiong, Shanshan, Ren Mao, Zhirong Zeng, et al.. (2024). Long-term outcomes and associated factors of Crohn’s disease patients achieving transmural healing based on magnetic resonance enterography: a Chinese retrospective cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease. 15. 394308230–394308230.
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Xie, Hongyu, H. J. Yang, Zhanhao Luo, et al.. (2024). Microbiota-induced alteration of kynurenine metabolism in macrophages drives formation of creeping fat in Crohn’s disease. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(11). 1927–1943.e9. 9 indexed citations
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Xiong, Shanshan, Sinan Lin, & Ren Mao. (2023). An Unusual Case of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Gastroenterology. 165(3). e17–e19.
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Zhang, Ruonan, Renyi Liu, Jie Zhou, et al.. (2023). Preoperative computed tomography enterography-based radiomics signature: A potential predictor of postoperative anastomotic recurrence in patients with Crohn’s disease. European Journal of Radiology. 162. 110766–110766. 10 indexed citations
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Qiu, Yun, Baolan Lu, Xiaoqing Lin, et al.. (2023). Validation of disease severity index for predicting complicated disease in Crohn's disease: A comparison study with Lémann index. Digestive and Liver Disease. 56(4). 635–640.
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Mao, Ren, Geneviève Doyon, Ilyssa O. Gordon, et al.. (2021). Activated intestinal muscle cells promote preadipocyte migration: a novel mechanism for creeping fat formation in Crohn’s disease. Gut. 71(1). 55–67. 46 indexed citations
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Li, Zhoulei, Baolan Lu, Shaofu He, et al.. (2021). A Type I Collagen-Targeted MR Imaging Probe for Staging Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 762355–762355. 9 indexed citations
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Bettenworth, Dominik, Arne Bokemeyer, Mark E. Baker, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Crohn’s disease-associated small bowel strictures and fibrosis on cross-sectional imaging: a systematic review. Gut. 68(6). 1115–1126. 212 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Yujun, Ren Mao, Xiaohua Xie, et al.. (2015). Intracavitary Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography to Detect Enterovesical Fistula in Crohn’s Disease. Gastroenterology. 150(2). 315–317. 14 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jing, Minyi Cui, Ren Mao, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of intestinal tuberculosis by multi-slice computed tomography enterography. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 577–577. 14 indexed citations
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Qiu, Yun, Ren Mao, Baili Chen, et al.. (2015). Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies: Anti-tumour Necrosis Factor for Prevention of Postoperative Crohn’s Disease Recurrence. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 9(10). 918–927. 14 indexed citations
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Ren, Jie, et al.. (2010). Feasibility of evaluatingthe microcirculation of hilar bile duct wall of liver grafts with contrast-enhancedsonography. Zhonghua chaosheng yingxiangxue zazhi. 19(7). 580–582. 1 indexed citations
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Mao, Ren, Erjiao Xu, Kai Li, & Rongqin Zheng. (2009). Usefulness of contrast‐enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of biliary leakage following T‐tube removal. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 38(1). 38–40. 22 indexed citations

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