Robert Chen

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Chen has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert Chen's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers). Robert Chen is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers). Robert Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Robert Chen's co-authors include Ulf Henning, T. I. Kamins, Howard Y. Chang, Stacey F. Bent, James S. Harris, Yijie Huo, Laura Amaya, Jürgen Brosius, Hai Lin and Suyog Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert Chen

54 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

N6-Methyladenosine Modification Controls Circular RNA Imm... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2022 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. N6-Methyladenosine Modification Controls Circular RNA Immunity
    2019 431 citations Y. Grace Chen, Robert Chen et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  2. Engineering circular RNA for enhanced protein production
    2022 271 citations Robert Chen, Sean K. Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Chen United States 30 1.8k 863 616 437 326 56 3.2k
Dorothy A. Erie United States 42 4.2k 2.3× 341 0.4× 467 0.8× 758 1.7× 561 1.7× 91 5.8k
Jean‐Luc Pellequer France 31 1.6k 0.9× 160 0.2× 182 0.3× 169 0.4× 230 0.7× 91 2.8k
Yuru Wang China 21 1.1k 0.6× 834 1.0× 330 0.5× 97 0.2× 192 0.6× 84 2.6k
Fei Liu China 35 2.5k 1.4× 410 0.5× 157 0.3× 210 0.5× 657 2.0× 167 3.9k
Robert Karlsson Sweden 31 4.2k 2.3× 689 0.8× 123 0.2× 189 0.4× 159 0.5× 65 6.1k
Toshio Takagi Japan 34 2.0k 1.1× 712 0.8× 73 0.1× 167 0.4× 372 1.1× 154 4.2k
Yoshihiro Matsumoto Japan 34 3.5k 1.9× 177 0.2× 855 1.4× 383 0.9× 356 1.1× 151 4.8k
Tomohiko Sugiyama Japan 23 1.9k 1.1× 193 0.2× 370 0.6× 439 1.0× 153 0.5× 71 2.5k
Dennis Solas United States 8 2.4k 1.3× 314 0.4× 99 0.2× 227 0.5× 189 0.6× 10 3.2k
Yifan Wang China 25 1.1k 0.6× 847 1.0× 88 0.1× 110 0.3× 256 0.8× 111 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert 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 Robert Chen. Robert Chen 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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Amaya, Laura, Brian T. Abe, Robert Chen, et al.. (2024). Pathways for macrophage uptake of cell-free circular RNAs. Molecular Cell. 84(11). 2104–2118.e6. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, Xiangjun Zeng, Min‐Hsiung Pan, et al.. (2024). MiR-92a-3p Promotes Renal Injury and Fibrosis Through Facilitating M1 Macrophage Polarization via Targeting LIN28A. Physiological Research. 73(5/2024). 755–767. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Robert, Sean K. Wang, Julia A. Belk, et al.. (2022). Engineering circular RNA for enhanced protein production. Nature Biotechnology. 41(2). 262–272. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruijgrok, Paul V., Rajarshi P. Ghosh, Muneaki Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Optical control of fast and processive engineered myosins in vitro and in living cells. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(5). 540–548. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Y. Grace, Robert Chen, Sadeem Ahmad, et al.. (2019). N6-Methyladenosine Modification Controls Circular RNA Immunity. Molecular Cell. 76(1). 96–109.e9. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Wenliang, Yi‐Bing Lin, Yun‐Wei Lin, et al.. (2019). AgriTalk: IoT for Precision Soil Farming of Turmeric Cultivation. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(3). 5209–5223. 102 indexed citations
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Chen, Robert, Suyog Gupta, Yi‐Chiau Huang, et al.. (2016). Dry-wet digital etching of Ge1−xSnx. Applied Physics Letters. 108(6). 13 indexed citations
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Xavier, Sandhya, Radovan Vasko, Kei Matsumoto, et al.. (2014). Curtailing Endothelial TGF-β Signaling Is Sufficient to Reduce Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Fibrosis in CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 26(4). 817–829. 120 indexed citations
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Lin, Jyi-Tsong, Suyog Gupta, Yi‐Chiau Huang, et al.. (2013). Fabrication of GeSn-On-Insulator (GSOI) to enable monolithic 3D co-integration of logic and photonics. Symposium on VLSI Technology. 4 indexed citations
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Chan, Annie, et al.. (2012). Bioactive Sphingolipids As Mediators Of Ocular Inflammation: Observations In An Animal Model. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 1239–1239. 1 indexed citations
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Huo, Yijie, Hai Lin, Robert Chen, et al.. (2012). MBE growth of tensile-strained Ge quantum wells and quantum dots. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 5(1). 112–116. 14 indexed citations
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Bemis, Lynne, Robert Chen, Carol M. Amato, et al.. (2008). MicroRNA-137 Targets Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor in Melanoma Cell Lines. Cancer Research. 68(5). 1362–1368. 219 indexed citations
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Black, Steven, Edwin Lewis, Henry R. Shinefield, et al.. (2002). Lack of association between receipt of conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (HbOC) in infancy and risk of type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes: long term follow-up of the HbOC efficacy trial cohort. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 21(6). 568–569. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Robert, Annette Greer, & Antony M. Dean. (1995). A highly active decarboxylating dehydrogenase with rationally inverted coenzyme specificity.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(25). 11666–11670. 89 indexed citations
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Chen, Robert, et al.. (1987). Studies on Wasp Venom, II A New Mast Cell Degranulating Peptide from the Wasp Paravespula vulgaris. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 42(7). 897–902.
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Chen, Robert. (1982). Complete amino acid sequence and glycosylation sites of glycoprotein gp71A of Friend murine leukemia virus.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(19). 5788–5792. 32 indexed citations
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Levine, Seymour D., Richard E. W. Adams, Robert Chen, et al.. (1979). Zoapatanol and montanol, novel oxepane diterpenoids, from the Mexican plant zoapatle (Montanoa tomentosa). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(12). 3404–3405. 52 indexed citations
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Chen, Robert & B. Wittmann-Liebold. (1975). The primary structure of protein S9 from the 30S subunit of Escherichia coli ribosomes. FEBS Letters. 52(1). 139–140. 37 indexed citations
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Brosius, Jürgen, Emil Schiltz, & Robert Chen. (1975). The primary structure of the 5S RNA binding protein L18 from Escherichia coli ribosomes. FEBS Letters. 56(2). 359–361. 43 indexed citations

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