Sam Toan

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Sam Toan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Toan has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sam Toan's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (14 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (13 papers). Sam Toan is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (14 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (13 papers). Sam Toan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Sam Toan's co-authors include Hao Zhou, Jin Wang, David Mui, Jun Ren, Zhao Sun, Pingjun Zhu, Xing Chang, Zhiqiang Sun, Maohong Fan and Shunying Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Sam Toan

55 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

New insights into the role of mitochondria in cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion injury

2020 235 citations Jin Wang, Sam Toan et al. Angiogenesis profile →
Mitophagy coordinates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response to attenuate inflammation-mediated myocardial injury

2021 181 citations Yue Wang, Heinrich Jasper et al. Redox Biology profile →
Empagliflozin attenuates cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion through activating the AMPKα1/ULK1/FUNDC1/mitophagy pathway

2022 159 citations Chen Cai, Zhongzhou Guo et al. Redox Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Toan United States	35	1.7k	827	624	609	552	56	4.0k
Xiaoyan Zhu China	44	1.9k 1.1×	642 0.8×	969 1.6×	209 0.3×	688 1.2×	220	6.3k
Mei Hong China	36	1.0k 0.6×	154 0.2×	890 1.4×	489 0.8×	328 0.6×	112	4.0k
Chunmei Cao China	28	1.7k 1.0×	278 0.3×	519 0.8×	127 0.2×	78 0.1×	67	3.2k
Xiangjun Yang China	38	417 0.2×	150 0.2×	1.1k 1.7×	833 1.4×	487 0.9×	216	4.9k
Fei Jing China	31	761 0.4×	378 0.5×	496 0.8×	352 0.6×	209 0.4×	124	3.0k
Cheng Guo China	37	1.7k 1.0×	214 0.3×	480 0.8×	244 0.4×	318 0.6×	164	4.9k
Wenwu Liu China	40	1.1k 0.6×	404 0.5×	581 0.9×	138 0.2×	287 0.5×	235	5.0k
Qiuhua Zhang China	33	905 0.5×	82 0.1×	978 1.6×	466 0.8×	267 0.5×	140	3.7k
Yao Song China	35	1.0k 0.6×	101 0.1×	355 0.6×	676 1.1×	1.6k 2.9×	105	3.5k
Xinyang Wang China	35	1.4k 0.8×	146 0.2×	769 1.2×	356 0.6×	262 0.5×	152	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Toan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Toan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Toan

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

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Wang, Tingwei, et al.. (2024). Deoxygenated pyrolysis-gasification of biomass for intensified bio-oil and syngas co-production with tar abatement. Fuel. 371. 131883–131883. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, Jianmin Luo, Xiaoxing Wang, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient catalytic direct air capture of CO2 using amphoyeric amino acid sorbent with acid‐base bi‐functional 3D graphene catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal. 477. 147120–147120. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, Yi Yao, Richard Davis, et al.. (2023). Mesoporous MgO enriched in Lewis base sites as effective catalysts for efficient CO2 capture. Journal of Environmental Management. 332. 117398–117398. 19 indexed citations

Zhao, Zongshan, Xue Zhao, Sam Toan, et al.. (2023). Copper nanoparticle-decorated nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets for electrochemical determination of paraquat. Microchimica Acta. 190(7). 252–252. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Zhao, et al.. (2023). Enabling Low-Temperature Methanol Activation via Lattice Oxygen Induced Cu–O–Cr Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 13(20). 13704–13716. 64 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, Hua Zhang, Fanfei Min, et al.. (2023). Synergistic effect between Er‐doped MoS ₂ nanosheets and interfacial Mo–N coupling phases for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Rare Metals. 43(3). 1301–1308. 28 indexed citations

Zhou, Feiyi, Rongjun Zhang, Hongwei Li, et al.. (2023). The critical role of Ga doped Cu/Al2O3 aerogels in carbon monoxide suppression during steam reforming of methanol. Fuel Processing Technology. 249. 107792–107792. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Shiyuan, Hang Zhu, David Mui, et al.. (2022). DNA-PKcs interacts with and phosphorylates Fis1 to induce mitochondrial fragmentation in tubular cells during acute kidney injury. Science Signaling. 15(725). eabh1121–eabh1121. 84 indexed citations

Sun, Zhao, et al.. (2022). Deoxygenation-enhanced chemical looping gasification: a new pathway to produce hydrogen from biomass. Green Chemistry. 24(6). 2613–2623. 29 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhao, Junpeng Liu, Rongjun Zhang, et al.. (2022). Fabricating Ga doped and MgO embedded nanomaterials for sorption-enhanced steam reforming of methanol. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(13). 7300–7313. 33 indexed citations

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Zou, Rongjun, Jun Tao, Junxiong Qiu, et al.. (2022). DNA-PKcs promotes sepsis-induced multiple organ failure by triggering mitochondrial dysfunction. Journal of Advanced Research. 41. 39–48. 75 indexed citations

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Cai, Chen, Zhongzhou Guo, Xing Chang, et al.. (2022). Empagliflozin attenuates cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion through activating the AMPKα1/ULK1/FUNDC1/mitophagy pathway. Redox Biology. 52. 102288–102288. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yue, et al.. (2021). Mitophagy coordinates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response to attenuate inflammation-mediated myocardial injury. Redox Biology. 45. 102049–102049. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Toan, Sam, et al.. (2020). Ammonia production from biomass via a chemical looping–based hybrid system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 289. 125749–125749. 43 indexed citations

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Zeng, Liang, et al.. (2020). Sorption-enhanced chemical looping oxidative steam reforming of methanol for on-board hydrogen supply. Green Energy & Environment. 7(1). 145–155. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Jin, Sam Toan, & Hao Zhou. (2020). New insights into the role of mitochondria in cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion injury. Angiogenesis. 23(3). 299–314. 235 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Hao, Jun Ren, Sam Toan, & David Mui. (2020). Role of mitochondrial quality surveillance in myocardial infarction: From bench to bedside. Ageing Research Reviews. 66. 101250–101250. 201 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hao, Pingjun Zhu, Jin Wang, Sam Toan, & Jun Ren. (2019). DNA-PKcs promotes alcohol-related liver disease by activating Drp1-related mitochondrial fission and repressing FUNDC1-required mitophagy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 4(1). 56–56. 133 indexed citations

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Zhu, Pingjun, Shunying Hu, Qinhua Jin, et al.. (2018). Ripk3 promotes ER stress-induced necroptosis in cardiac IR injury: A mechanism involving calcium overload/XO/ROS/mPTP pathway. Redox Biology. 16. 157–168. 295 indexed citations

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Lai, Qinghua, Sam Toan, Mohammed A. Assiri, et al.. (2018). Catalyst-TiO(OH)2 could drastically reduce the energy consumption of CO2 capture. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2672–2672. 172 indexed citations

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