Rick Xing Ze Lu

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Rick Xing Ze Lu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rick Xing Ze Lu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rick Xing Ze Lu's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (12 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (8 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers). Rick Xing Ze Lu is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (12 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (8 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers). Rick Xing Ze Lu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Japan and United States. Rick Xing Ze Lu's co-authors include Xuemin Shen, Xiaona Lin, Pin–Han Ho, Milica Radisic, Locke Davenport Huyer, Benjamin Lai, Boyang Zhang, Anastasia Korolj, Erika Yan Wang and Yimu Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Rick Xing Ze Lu

33 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

An Efficient Identity-Based Batch Verification Scheme for Vehicular Sensor Networks

2008 507 citations Rick Xing Ze Lu, Xiaona Lin et al. profile →
AGILE platform: a deep learning powered approach to accelerate LNP development for mRNA delivery

2024 91 citations Yue Xu, Shihao Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
Integrating organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices

2024 67 citations Yimu Zhao, Shira Landau et al. Nature Reviews Bioengineering profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rick Xing Ze Lu Canada	19	779	562	442	415	272	34	1.8k
Shuai Li China	24	502 0.6×	212 0.4×	177 0.4×	674 1.6×	118 0.4×	89	1.9k
Changhong Zhao China	34	478 0.6×	2.4k 4.2×	302 0.7×	239 0.6×	83 0.3×	141	3.7k
Min‐Sung Kim South Korea	26	239 0.3×	75 0.1×	141 0.3×	587 1.4×	82 0.3×	86	2.2k
Qiuxia Lin China	23	423 0.5×	59 0.1×	130 0.3×	355 0.9×	276 1.0×	53	1.9k
Toshimitsu Masuzawa Japan	17	310 0.4×	259 0.5×	397 0.9×	208 0.5×	46 0.2×	225	1.5k
Somali Chaterji United States	20	243 0.3×	123 0.2×	239 0.5×	410 1.0×	101 0.4×	60	1.5k
Jieling Li China	23	437 0.6×	91 0.2×	145 0.3×	436 1.1×	157 0.6×	97	1.8k
Jerry Yan United States	16	287 0.4×	42 0.1×	355 0.8×	194 0.5×	43 0.2×	58	1.3k
Mingyong Liu China	29	243 0.3×	115 0.2×	120 0.3×	672 1.6×	79 0.3×	159	2.4k
Xiaona Lin China	23	61 0.1×	696 1.2×	573 1.3×	395 1.0×	325 1.2×	82	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rick Xing Ze Lu

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Dong, Songtao, Shannon J. Tsai, Yue Xu, et al.. (2025). A modular mRNA platform for programmable induction of tumour-specific immunogenic cell death. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(12). 1856–1870.

Wang, Ke, Jingan Chen, Shannon J. Tsai, et al.. (2025). A Reverse Transcription Nucleic-Acid-Based Barcoding System for In Vivo Measurement of Lipid Nanoparticle mRNA Delivery. PubMed. 5(1). 35–41. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yue, Shihao Ma, Haotian Cui, et al.. (2024). AGILE platform: a deep learning powered approach to accelerate LNP development for mRNA delivery. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6305–6305. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

Landau, Shira, Yimu Zhao, Homaira Hamidzada, et al.. (2024). Primitive macrophages enable long-term vascularization of human heart-on-a-chip platforms. Cell stem cell. 31(8). 1222–1238.e10. 34 indexed citations

Zhao, Yimu, Shira Landau, Sargol Okhovatian, et al.. (2024). Integrating organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 2(7). 588–608. 67 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Rick Xing Ze, Naimeh Rafatian, Yimu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Cardiac tissue model of immune-induced dysfunction reveals the role of free mitochondrial DNA and the therapeutic effects of exosomes. Science Advances. 10(13). eadk0164–eadk0164. 17 indexed citations

Rafatian, Naimeh, Yimu Zhao, Wenliang Chen, et al.. (2023). Maturation of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes in a heart-on-a-chip device enables modeling of dilated cardiomyopathy caused by R222Q-SCN5A mutation. Biomaterials. 301. 122255–122255. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Jingan, Yue Xu, Shufen Xu, et al.. (2023). Combinatorial design of ionizable lipid nanoparticles for muscle-selective mRNA delivery with minimized off-target effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(50). e2309472120–e2309472120. 76 indexed citations

Lu, Rick Xing Ze, Yimu Zhao, & Milica Radisic. (2023). The emerging role of heart‐on‐a‐chip systems in delineating mechanisms of SARS‐CoV‐2‐induced cardiac dysfunction. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 9(3). e10581–e10581. 2 indexed citations

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Coffman, Jon, et al.. (2021). The design basis for the integrated and continuous biomanufacturing framework. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 118(9). 3323–3333. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Erika Yan, Uroš Kuzmanov, Wenkun Dou, et al.. (2021). An organ-on-a-chip model for pre-clinical drug evaluation in progressive non-genetic cardiomyopathy. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 160. 97–110. 33 indexed citations

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Lu, Rick Xing Ze & Milica Radisic. (2021). Organ-on-a-chip platforms for evaluation of environmental nanoparticle toxicity. Bioactive Materials. 6(9). 2801–2819. 56 indexed citations

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Xie, Ruoxiao, Anastasia Korolj, Chuan Liu, et al.. (2020). h-FIBER: Microfluidic Topographical Hollow Fiber for Studies of Glomerular Filtration Barrier. ACS Central Science. 6(6). 903–912. 72 indexed citations

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Lai, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Organs‐on‐a‐Chip: InVADE: Integrated Vasculature for Assessing Dynamic Events (Adv. Funct. Mater. 46/2017). Advanced Functional Materials. 27(46). 2 indexed citations

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Ahadian, Samad, Robert Civitarese, Dawn Bannerman, et al.. (2017). Organ‐On‐A‐Chip Platforms: A Convergence of Advanced Materials, Cells, and Microscale Technologies. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 7(2). 247 indexed citations

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Conant, Genevieve, Benjamin Lai, Rick Xing Ze Lu, et al.. (2017). High-Content Assessment of Cardiac Function Using Heart-on-a-Chip Devices as Drug Screening Model. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 13(3). 335–346. 48 indexed citations

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Willett, Thomas L., et al.. (2017). The micro-damage process zone during transverse cortical bone fracture: No ears at crack growth initiation. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 74. 371–382. 22 indexed citations

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Swartwout, Michael, et al.. (2008). Mission results for Sapphire, a student-built satellite. Acta Astronautica. 62(8-9). 521–538. 10 indexed citations

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Lu, Rick Xing Ze, et al.. (2008). An Efficient Identity-Based Batch Verification Scheme for Vehicular Sensor Networks. 246–250. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Xiaodong, Rick Xing Ze Lu, Haojin Zhu, Pin–Han Ho, & Xuemin Shen. (2008). Provably Secure Self-Certified Partially Blind Signature Scheme from Bilinear Pairings. 21. 1530–1535. 3 indexed citations

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