Ruijun He

789 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 509 citations indexed

About

Ruijun He is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruijun He has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 509 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ruijun He's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (5 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (2 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (2 papers). Ruijun He is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (5 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (2 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (2 papers). Ruijun He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Ruijun He's co-authors include Zengwu Shao, Min Cui, Hui Lin, Songfeng Chen, Lei Zhao, Zhe Wang, Jiayu Wang, Baichuan Wang, Wei Wu and Sheng Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Development, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Developmental Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ruijun He

12 papers receiving 503 citations

Hit Papers

HIF1A Alleviates compression-induced apoptosis of nucleus... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. HIF1A Alleviates compression-induced apoptosis of nucleus pulposus derived stem cells via upregulating autophagy
    2021 153 citations Ruijun He, Zhe Wang et al. Autophagy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruijun He China 10 231 147 145 79 74 14 509
Dechun Geng China 13 153 0.7× 96 0.7× 216 1.5× 60 0.8× 92 1.2× 28 586
Jiayi Lin China 13 168 0.7× 154 1.0× 177 1.2× 53 0.7× 152 2.1× 35 593
Elizabeth S. Silagi United States 11 365 1.6× 231 1.6× 205 1.4× 91 1.2× 119 1.6× 12 628
Minghong Lan China 8 345 1.5× 211 1.4× 176 1.2× 71 0.9× 70 0.9× 8 523
Chao Zheng China 14 167 0.7× 113 0.8× 371 2.6× 72 0.9× 69 0.9× 38 742
Huiping Song China 16 144 0.6× 119 0.8× 176 1.2× 112 1.4× 163 2.2× 37 624
Min Cui China 14 278 1.2× 178 1.2× 339 2.3× 112 1.4× 105 1.4× 34 816

Countries citing papers authored by Ruijun He

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruijun He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruijun He

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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He, Ruijun, Farid F. Kadyrov, Andrew L. Koenig, et al.. (2026). DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes cardiac-resident macrophage composition and function. Science Immunology. 11(115). eadu4944–eadu4944.
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Gu, Xianfeng, et al.. (2023). Classical and Discrete Differential Geometry. 2 indexed citations
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He, Ruijun, Lianwan Chen, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2022). MIG-23 is involved in sperm migration by modulating extracellular ATP levels in Ascaris suum. Development. 149(15).
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Wang, Qiushi, et al.. (2022). Released ATP Mediates Spermatozoa Chemotaxis Promoted by Uterus-Derived Factor (UDF) in Ascaris suum. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(7). 4069–4069. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiushi, Zheng Cao, Lianwan Chen, et al.. (2021). Membrane contact site-dependent cholesterol transport regulates Na+/K+-ATPase polarization and spermiogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Developmental Cell. 56(11). 1631–1645.e7. 9 indexed citations
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He, Ruijun, Zhe Wang, Min Cui, et al.. (2021). HIF1A Alleviates compression-induced apoptosis of nucleus pulposus derived stem cells via upregulating autophagy. Autophagy. 17(11). 3338–3360. 153 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zhiliang, Sheng Chen, Kaige Ma, et al.. (2019). Comparison of different methods for the isolation and purification of rat nucleus pulposus-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Connective Tissue Research. 61(5). 426–434. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Zhiliang, Songfeng Chen, Kaige Ma, et al.. (2018). CsA attenuates compression-induced nucleus pulposus mesenchymal stem cells apoptosis via alleviating mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Life Sciences. 205. 26–37. 41 indexed citations
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He, Ruijun, Min Cui, Hui Lin, et al.. (2018). Melatonin resists oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in nucleus pulposus cells. Life Sciences. 199. 122–130. 149 indexed citations
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He, Ruijun, Baichuan Wang, Min Cui, et al.. (2018). Link Protein N-Terminal Peptide as a Potential Stimulating Factor for Stem Cell-Based Cartilage Regeneration. Stem Cells International. 2018. 1–11. 22 indexed citations
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Hu, Binwu, Ruijun He, Kaige Ma, et al.. (2018). Intervertebral Disc-Derived Stem/Progenitor Cells as a Promising Cell Source for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration. Stem Cells International. 2018. 1–11. 51 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiyu, Bin Wang, Ruijun He, Yanmei Zhao, & Long Miao. (2013). Calcium signaling and the MAPK cascade are required for sperm activation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1843(2). 299–308. 27 indexed citations

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