Ruohan Xia

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ruohan Xia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruohan Xia has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ruohan Xia's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (3 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (2 papers). Ruohan Xia is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (3 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (2 papers). Ruohan Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Ruohan Xia's co-authors include Elisabeth Chélot, Brigitte Grima, François Rouyer, Jianhang Jia, Yajuan Liu, Junkai Fan, Jinlong Luo, Liang Ming, Jizhong Cheng and Jun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ruohan Xia

15 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Morning and evening peaks of activity rely on different clock neurons of the Drosophila brain

2004 531 citations Brigitte Grima, Elisabeth Chélot et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ruohan Xia	473	444	337	213	140	17	1.0k
Guo-Xiang Ruan	375 0.8×	376 0.8×	710 2.1×	29 0.1×	115 0.8×	20	1.2k
Karen S. Ho	88 0.2×	154 0.3×	849 2.5×	111 0.5×	358 2.6×	25	1.3k
Donald J. van Meyel	56 0.1×	382 0.9×	587 1.7×	69 0.3×	106 0.8×	29	968
Laurence Borgs	132 0.3×	100 0.2×	304 0.9×	34 0.2×	43 0.3×	12	640
Rajnish Bharadwaj	90 0.2×	371 0.8×	1.0k 3.0×	179 0.8×	89 0.6×	13	1.5k
Masayuki Anzai	88 0.2×	106 0.2×	589 1.7×	36 0.2×	215 1.5×	49	955
Baris Tursun	144 0.3×	111 0.3×	944 2.8×	81 0.4×	136 1.0×	36	1.2k
Chan-Yen Ou	47 0.1×	152 0.3×	673 2.0×	78 0.4×	123 0.9×	14	919
Polyxeni Philippidou	83 0.2×	361 0.8×	728 2.2×	20 0.1×	59 0.4×	23	1.1k
Anneliese M. Schaefer	48 0.1×	360 0.8×	425 1.3×	35 0.2×	61 0.4×	9	801

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruohan Xia

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

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17 of 17 papers shown

Zhang, Haixia, et al.. (2025). Emerging roles of non-coding RNA derived from extracellular vesicles in regulating PD-1/PD-L1 pathway: insights into cancer immunotherapy and clinical applications. Cancer Cell International. 25(1). 188–188.

Zhang, Haixia, et al.. (2025). Interactions Between Non-Coding RNAs and HIF-1alpha in the Context of Colorectal Cancer. Biomolecules. 15(4). 510–510. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Shujuan, et al.. (2025). Walnut oil as a dietary intervention for atherosclerosis: Efficacy and mechanistic pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1870(4). 159607–159607.

Hao, Zi-Rui, Xiaoping Tan, Qing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Lactate and Lactylation: Dual Regulators of T-Cell-Mediated Tumor Immunity and Immunotherapy. Biomolecules. 14(12). 1646–1646. 24 indexed citations

Cheng, Ping, Ruohan Xia, & Xianwang Wang. (2024). Ferroptosis: a promising target for fumarate hydratase-deficient tumor therapeutics literature review. Translational Cancer Research. 13(6). 3126–3141. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Shujuan, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of SPARC signal by aerobic exercise to ameliorate atherosclerosis. International Immunopharmacology. 132. 111856–111856. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Bing, Ruohan Xia, Yan Yao, Jia Liu, & Zisheng Guan. (2023). Highly Transparent and Zirconia-Enhanced Sol-Gel Hybrid Coating on Polycarbonate Substrates for Self-Cleaning Applications. Materials. 16(8). 3138–3138. 3 indexed citations

Xia, Ruohan, et al.. (2023). HD-SiO2/SiO2 Sol@PDMS Superhydrophobic Coating with Good Durability and Anti-Corrosion for Protection of Al Sheets. Materials. 16(9). 3532–3532. 11 indexed citations

Yao, Yan, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Mechanical and Hydrophobic Antireflective Nanocoatings Fabricated on Polycarbonate Substrates by Combined Treatment of Water and HMDS Vapor. Materials. 16(10). 3850–3850. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Fengwei, Ruohan Xia, Xinxin Li, et al.. (2020). Improving the electrical and mechanical performances of embedded capacitance materials by introducing tungsten disulfide nanoflakes into the dielectric layer. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 31(10). 7889–7897. 3 indexed citations

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Ming, Liang, Michael Yu, Ruohan Xia, et al.. (2017). Yap/Taz Deletion in Gli+ Cell-Derived Myofibroblasts Attenuates Fibrosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28(11). 3278–3290. 122 indexed citations

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Luo, Jinlong, Anlin Liang, Liang Ming, et al.. (2016). Serum Glucocorticoid–Regulated Kinase 1 Blocks CKD–Induced Muscle Wasting Via Inactivation of FoxO3a and Smad2/3. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 27(9). 2797–2808. 29 indexed citations

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Ha, Tal Soo, Ruohan Xia, Hai‐Ying Zhang, Xin Jin, & Dean P. Smith. (2014). Lipid flippase modulates olfactory receptor expression and odorant sensitivity in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(21). 7831–7836. 20 indexed citations

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Xia, Ruohan, Yajuan Liu, Liuqing Yang, et al.. (2012). Motor neuron apoptosis and neuromuscular junction perturbation are prominent features in a Drosophila model of Fus-mediated ALS. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 7(1). 10–10. 76 indexed citations

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Xia, Ruohan, et al.. (2012). USP8 Promotes Smoothened Signaling by Preventing Its Ubiquitination and Changing Its Subcellular Localization. PLoS Biology. 10(1). e1001238–e1001238. 107 indexed citations

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Liu, Yajuan, Ruohan Xia, Chao Tong, et al.. (2010). Casein Kinase 2 Promotes Hedgehog Signaling by Regulating both Smoothened and Cubitus Interruptus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(48). 37218–37226. 71 indexed citations

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Grima, Brigitte, Elisabeth Chélot, Ruohan Xia, & François Rouyer. (2004). Morning and evening peaks of activity rely on different clock neurons of the Drosophila brain. Nature. 431(7010). 869–873. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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