Shaobo Ruan

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Shaobo Ruan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaobo Ruan has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Biomaterials and 24 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shaobo Ruan's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (27 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (26 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (11 papers). Shaobo Ruan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (27 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (26 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (11 papers). Shaobo Ruan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Shaobo Ruan's co-authors include Huile Gao, Qin He, Xingli Cun, Chuan Hu, Qin He, Jiantao Chen, Li Zhang, Rui Liu, Guanlian Hu and Wenqi Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Shaobo Ruan

48 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.

Self-Targeting Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Diagnosis of Brain Cancer Cells

2015 460 citations Shaobo Ruan, Huile Gao et al. profile →
Advances of nanoparticles as drug delivery systems for disease diagnosis and treatment

2022 378 citations Rui Liu, Shaobo Ruan et al. Chinese Chemical Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaobo Ruan China	31	2.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.0k	355	49	4.0k
Kazuko Toh Japan	40	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	756 0.7×	302 0.9×	70	4.8k
Shixian Lv China	36	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	645 0.6×	328 0.9×	80	4.1k
Chengqiong Mao China	25	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	680 0.7×	241 0.7×	40	4.3k
Shun Shen China	38	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	307 0.9×	76	4.3k
Wenwu Xiao China	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	233 0.7×	105	4.3k
Qingshuo Meng China	24	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	233 0.7×	35	3.6k
Xinyu He China	23	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	643 0.6×	453 1.3×	64	3.2k
Meng Zheng China	42	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.9×	586 0.6×	288 0.8×	103	5.4k
Shizhu Chen China	29	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	332 0.9×	47	4.0k
Jingyi Zhu China	39	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	221 0.6×	104	4.4k

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Li, Wenpei, Jun Yang, Weimin Liu, et al.. (2025). Peptide-drug conjugates repolarize glioblastoma-associated macrophages to resensitize chemo-immunotherapy of glioblastoma. Science Advances. 11(3). eadr8841–eadr8841. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Jun, Yong Li, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Engineered brain‐targeting exosome for reprogramming immunosuppressive microenvironment of glioblastoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 20240039–20240039. 32 indexed citations

Li, Jianan, Jun Yang, Yuquan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Targeted reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages for overcoming glioblastoma resistance to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Biomaterials. 311. 122708–122708. 25 indexed citations

Ruan, Shaobo, Wellington J. Rody, Shivani Patel, et al.. (2023). Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B is enriched in CD9-positive extracellular vesicles released by osteoclasts. PubMed. 4(3). 518–29. 5 indexed citations

Zheng, Lulu, Bo Hu, Deyao Zhao, et al.. (2023). Recent progresses of exosome–liposome fusions in drug delivery. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(2). 108647–108647. 31 indexed citations

Ruan, Shaobo, et al.. (2021). Development of surface engineered antigenic exosomes as vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 21358–21358. 19 indexed citations

Xie, Rou, Shaobo Ruan, Lin Qin, et al.. (2021). Furin-instructed aggregated gold nanoparticles for re-educating tumor associated macrophages and overcoming breast cancer chemoresistance. Biomaterials. 275. 120891–120891. 76 indexed citations

Hu, Chuan, Xingli Cun, Shaobo Ruan, et al.. (2018). Enzyme-triggered size shrink and laser-enhanced NO release nanoparticles for deep tumor penetration and combination therapy. Biomaterials. 168. 64–75. 258 indexed citations

Hu, Chuan, Xiaotong Yang, Rui Liu, et al.. (2018). Coadministration of iRGD with Multistage Responsive Nanoparticles Enhanced Tumor Targeting and Penetration Abilities for Breast Cancer Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(26). 22571–22579. 104 indexed citations

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Yang, Yuting, Kairong Shi, Shaobo Ruan, et al.. (2016). A New Concept of Enhancing Immuno-Chemotherapeutic Effects Against B16F10 Tumor via Systemic Administration by Taking Advantages of the Limitation of EPR Effect. Theranostics. 6(12). 2141–2160. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Yang, Li Zhang, Yuting Yang, et al.. (2016). Cabazitaxel and indocyanine green co-delivery tumor-targeting nanoparticle for improved antitumor efficacy and minimized drug toxicity. Journal of drug targeting. 25(2). 179–187. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Guanlian, Xingli Cun, Shaobo Ruan, et al.. (2016). Utilizing G2/M retention effect to enhance tumor accumulation of active targeting nanoparticles. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27669–27669. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Guanlian, Huiqing Zhang, Li Zhang, et al.. (2015). Integrin-mediated active tumor targeting and tumor microenvironment response dendrimer-gelatin nanoparticles for drug delivery and tumor treatment. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 496(2). 1057–1068. 65 indexed citations

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Ruan, Shaobo, Xi Cao, Xingli Cun, et al.. (2015). Matrix metalloproteinase-sensitive size-shrinkable nanoparticles for deep tumor penetration and pH triggered doxorubicin release. Biomaterials. 60. 100–110. 257 indexed citations

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Cun, Xingli, Shaobo Ruan, Jiantao Chen, et al.. (2015). A dual strategy to improve the penetration and treatment of breast cancer by combining shrinking nanoparticles with collagen depletion by losartan. Acta Biomaterialia. 31. 186–196. 102 indexed citations

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Ruan, Shaobo, Qin He, & Huile Gao. (2015). Matrix metalloproteinase triggered size-shrinkable gelatin-gold fabricated nanoparticles for tumor microenvironment sensitive penetration and diagnosis of glioma. Nanoscale. 7(21). 9487–9496. 154 indexed citations

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Qian, Jun, Shaobo Ruan, Xi Cao, et al.. (2014). Fluorescent carbonaceous nanospheres as biological probe for noninvasive brain imaging. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 436. 227–233. 13 indexed citations

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Ruan, Shaobo, Biyue Zhu, Huajin Zhang, et al.. (2014). A simple one-step method for preparation of fluorescent carbon nanospheres and the potential application in cell organelles imaging. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 422. 25–29. 59 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Shuang Zhang, Shaobo Ruan, et al.. (2014). Lapatinib-incorporated lipoprotein-like nanoparticles: preparation and a proposed breast cancer-targeting mechanism. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 35(6). 846–852. 28 indexed citations

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Ruan, Shaobo, Mingqing Yuan, Li Zhang, et al.. (2014). Tumor microenvironment sensitive doxorubicin delivery and release to glioma using angiopep-2 decorated gold nanoparticles. Biomaterials. 37. 425–435. 274 indexed citations

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