Rufu Chen

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 480 citations indexed

About

Rufu Chen is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rufu Chen has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 480 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Oncology, 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rufu Chen's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (14 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (3 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (3 papers). Rufu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (14 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (3 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (3 papers). Rufu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China. Rufu Chen's co-authors include Quanbo Zhou, Qing Lin, Guolin Li, Shangyou Zheng, Leyi Huang, Yu Zhou, Chonghui Hu, Renpeng Xia, Yuancheng Ye and Zhihua Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cancer Cell and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Rufu Chen

18 papers receiving 475 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cross-tissue human fibroblast atlas reveals myofibroblast subtypes with distinct roles in immune modulation

2024 83 citations Jianan Li, Huilan Liu et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rufu Chen China	10	250	199	153	105	88	20	480
Chumei Huang China	11	187 0.7×	216 1.1×	141 0.9×	41 0.4×	74 0.8×	17	448
Peio Errarte Spain	12	289 1.2×	173 0.9×	127 0.8×	84 0.8×	147 1.7×	21	470
Aleksandra Sejda Poland	11	160 0.6×	189 0.9×	87 0.6×	35 0.3×	105 1.2×	27	407
Shuhai Chen Japan	10	159 0.6×	133 0.7×	90 0.6×	75 0.7×	79 0.9×	17	429
Qingguo Li China	13	266 1.1×	238 1.2×	220 1.4×	69 0.7×	127 1.4×	26	596
Tianqi Luo China	13	122 0.5×	108 0.5×	93 0.6×	69 0.7×	103 1.2×	30	409
Luisa M. Solis Soto United States	9	270 1.1×	113 0.6×	59 0.4×	57 0.5×	80 0.9×	29	503
Masayuki Komatsu Japan	9	112 0.4×	162 0.8×	79 0.5×	68 0.6×	107 1.2×	19	339
Florent Morfoisse France	13	252 1.0×	260 1.3×	106 0.7×	77 0.7×	34 0.4×	25	527

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rufu Chen

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Yu, et al.. (2025). Combining genetic and non-genetic factors to predict the risk of pancreatic cancer in patients with new-onset diabetes mellitus. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 224–224.

Huang, Leyi, Xiaofeng Guo, Jiajia Zhou, et al.. (2025). N4-acetylcytidine modification of ITGB5 mRNA mediated by NAT10 promotes perineural invasion in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 44(1). 103–103. 2 indexed citations

Li, Jianan, Huilan Liu, Yufei Bo, et al.. (2024). Cross-tissue human fibroblast atlas reveals myofibroblast subtypes with distinct roles in immune modulation. Cancer Cell. 42(10). 1764–1783.e10. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Zheng, Shangyou, et al.. (2023). Characterization of heterogeneous metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma identifies new therapeutic target and treatment strategy. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1076587–1076587. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Jianhua, Shangyou Zheng, Defei Hong, et al.. (2023). The short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy combining with different type of mesentericoportal vein resection and reconstruction for pancreatic head adenocarcinoma: a Chinese multicenter retrospective cohort study. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(6). 4381–4395. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Haoda, Chao Wang, Yilong Li, et al.. (2023). The effect of perioperative of dexamethasone on postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PANDEX): a study protocol for a pragmatic multicenter randomized controlled trial. Trials. 24(1). 569–569.

Huang, Meng, Gu Gong, Wenyong Long, et al.. (2023). Crosstalk between cancer cells and the nervous system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 173–189. 18 indexed citations

Wu, Zhuo, et al.. (2023). Association of genetic risk and lifestyle with pancreatic cancer and their age dependency: a large prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 489–489. 14 indexed citations

Huang, Leyi, et al.. (2023). Leveraging Tumor Microenvironment Infiltration in Pancreatic Cancer to Identify Gene Signatures Related to Prognosis and Immunotherapy Response. Cancers. 15(5). 1442–1442. 5 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shangyou, Chonghui Hu, Guolin Li, et al.. (2022). Cancer-associated fibroblast-induced lncRNA UPK1A-AS1 confers platinum resistance in pancreatic cancer via efficient double-strand break repair. Oncogene. 41(16). 2372–2389. 51 indexed citations

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Hu, Chonghui, Renpeng Xia, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2022). circFARP1 enables cancer-associated fibroblasts to promote gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer via the LIF/STAT3 axis. Molecular Cancer. 21(1). 24–24. 107 indexed citations

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Wei, Lusheng, Qing Lin, Yanan Lu, et al.. (2021). Cancer-associated fibroblasts-mediated ATF4 expression promotes malignancy and gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer via the TGF-β1/SMAD2/3 pathway and ABCC1 transactivation. Cell Death and Disease. 12(4). 334–334. 57 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhe, Jiangdong Qiu, Junchao Guo, et al.. (2021). A randomised, multicentre trial of somatostatin to prevent clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula in intermediate-risk patients after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal of Gastroenterology. 56(10). 938–948. 10 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yu, Lusheng Wei, Qing Lin, et al.. (2021). A novel anastomosis technique facilitates pancreaticojejunostomy in total laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (with video). Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 406(8). 2891–2897. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Chonghui, et al.. (2021). A novel gene signature for prognosis prediction and chemotherapy response in patients with pancreatic cancer. Aging. 13(9). 12493–12513. 7 indexed citations

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Su, Dan, Xiaofeng Guo, Leyi Huang, et al.. (2020). Tumor-neuroglia interaction promotes pancreatic cancer metastasis. Theranostics. 10(11). 5029–5047. 58 indexed citations

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Lin, Qing, et al.. (2016). Radical nerve dissection for the carcinoma of head of pancreas: report of 30 cases. Chinese Journal of Cancer Research. 28(4). 429–434. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yu, Quanbo Zhou, Zhi‐Hua Li, & Rufu Chen. (2013). Internal pancreatic duct stent does not decrease pancreatic fistula rate after pancreatic resection: a meta-analysis. The American Journal of Surgery. 205(6). 718–725. 29 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yu, Quanbo Zhou, Zhihua Li, et al.. (2012). The Impact of Internal or External Transanastomotic Pancreatic Duct Stents Following Pancreaticojejunostomy. Which One Is Better? A Meta-analysis. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 16(12). 2322–2335. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Rufu, et al.. (2008). [Therapeutic clinical effect of radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients: a meta-analysis].. PubMed. 46(18). 1413–8. 4 indexed citations

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