Renchao Chen

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Renchao Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Renchao Chen has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Renchao Chen's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (3 papers). Renchao Chen is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (3 papers). Renchao Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Renchao Chen's co-authors include Yi Zhang, Lan Jiang, Xiaoji Wu, Aritra Bhattacherjee, Wenqiang Chen, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Luis M. Tuesta, Bixia Li, Jun Yang and Boguang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Renchao Chen

17 papers receiving 902 citations

Hit Papers

Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Hypothalamic Cell Diversity 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Hypothalamic Cell Diversity
    2017 406 citations Renchao Chen, Xiaoji Wu et al. Cell Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Renchao Chen United States 12 474 151 148 140 114 17 910
Sara R. Guariglia United States 16 303 0.6× 111 0.7× 152 1.0× 87 0.6× 103 0.9× 23 788
Hélène Hardin‐Pouzet France 18 212 0.4× 181 1.2× 175 1.2× 109 0.8× 42 0.4× 43 986
Benjamin I. Laufer Canada 21 718 1.5× 51 0.3× 83 0.6× 253 1.8× 85 0.7× 35 1.2k
Jason Steinberg United States 3 281 0.6× 48 0.3× 114 0.8× 304 2.2× 287 2.5× 3 745
Kimberly H. Cox United States 20 306 0.6× 400 2.6× 195 1.3× 277 2.0× 188 1.6× 40 1.3k
Chrystel Lafont France 20 417 0.9× 304 2.0× 140 0.9× 164 1.2× 61 0.5× 28 1.3k
María Julia Cambiasso Argentina 19 245 0.5× 69 0.5× 150 1.0× 420 3.0× 51 0.4× 34 869
Andre H. Lagrange United States 22 539 1.1× 157 1.0× 530 3.6× 374 2.7× 130 1.1× 50 1.5k
Hisaaki Kudo Japan 8 248 0.5× 55 0.4× 135 0.9× 35 0.3× 96 0.8× 13 626
Eva Küppers Germany 19 240 0.5× 48 0.3× 422 2.9× 334 2.4× 69 0.6× 24 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Renchao Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Renchao Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renchao Chen

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Liu, Yiqiong, Ying Wang, Zhengdong Zhao, et al.. (2024). A subset of dopamine receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens controls feeding and energy homeostasis. Nature Metabolism. 6(8). 1616–1631. 9 indexed citations
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He, Jiang, et al.. (2023). Abstract 4195: Spatially resolved single cell transcriptomic profiling in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 4195–4195. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chi, et al.. (2022). Grain Boundary Engineering and Its Effect on Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of a Ni-Cr-Mo Based C276 Superalloy. Crystals. 12(11). 1625–1625. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhengdong, Xiao Han, Renchao Chen, et al.. (2022). A molecularly defined D1 medium spiny neuron subtype negatively regulates cocaine addiction. Science Advances. 8(32). eabn3552–eabn3552. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao, Renchao Chen, & Yi Zhang. (2022). Accurate inference of genome-wide spatial expression with iSpatial. Science Advances. 8(34). eabq0990–eabq0990. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liwen, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the Transient Contact Heat Transfer between C276 Superalloy and 5CrMnMo. Heat Transfer Engineering. 44(10). 853–864. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Renchao, Yiqiong Liu, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, et al.. (2022). Cell type–specific mechanism of Setd1a heterozygosity in schizophrenia pathogenesis. Science Advances. 8(9). eabm1077–eabm1077. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Renchao, Timothy R. Blosser, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, et al.. (2021). Decoding molecular and cellular heterogeneity of mouse nucleus accumbens. Nature Neuroscience. 24(12). 1757–1771. 99 indexed citations
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Li, Bixia, et al.. (2020). Effect modification of the short-term effects of air pollution on morbidity by season: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 716. 136985–136985. 47 indexed citations
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Chen, Renchao, Jun Yang, Hao Wang, et al.. (2020). Air pollution and hospital outpatient visits for conjunctivitis: a time-series analysis in Tai’an, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(12). 15453–15461. 22 indexed citations
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Tuesta, Luis M., Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Renchao Chen, et al.. (2019). In vivo nuclear capture and molecular profiling identifies Gmeb1 as a transcriptional regulator essential for dopamine neuron function. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2508–2508. 2 indexed citations
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Bhattacherjee, Aritra, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Renchao Chen, et al.. (2019). Cell type-specific transcriptional programs in mouse prefrontal cortex during adolescence and addiction. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4169–4169. 106 indexed citations
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Chen, Renchao, Jun Yang, Chunlin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Global Associations of Air Pollution and Conjunctivitis Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(19). 3652–3652. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Renchao, Xiaoji Wu, Lan Jiang, & Yi Zhang. (2017). Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Hypothalamic Cell Diversity. Cell Reports. 18(13). 3227–3241. 406 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Zhi, Pengfei Li, Renchao Chen, et al.. (2017). ADAM10-Initiated Release of Notch Intracellular Domain Regulates Microtubule Stability and Radial Migration of Cortical Neurons. Cerebral Cortex. 27(2). 919–932. 11 indexed citations
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Miao, Sheng, Renchao Chen, Jiahao Ye, et al.. (2013). The Angelman Syndrome Protein Ube3a Is Required for Polarized Dendrite Morphogenesis in Pyramidal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(1). 327–333. 84 indexed citations
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Lu, Ting‐Jia, Renchao Chen, Timothy C. Cox, et al.. (2013). X-linked microtubule-associated protein, Mid1, regulates axon development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 19131–19136. 27 indexed citations

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