Sheng Chen

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sheng Chen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheng Chen has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Microbiology and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sheng Chen's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (19 papers), Antimicrobial agents and applications (16 papers) and Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications (7 papers). Sheng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (19 papers), Antimicrobial agents and applications (16 papers) and Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications (7 papers). Sheng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Czechia and Hong Kong. Sheng Chen's co-authors include Runhui Liu, Jiayang Xie, Zihao Cong, Min Zhou, Wenjing Zhang, Weinan Jiang, Ximian Xiao, Zhemin Ji, Ning Shao and Longqiang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sheng Chen

41 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. A dual-targeting antifungal is effective against multidrug-resistant human fungal pathogens
    2024 43 citations Min Zhou, Longqiang Liu et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sheng Chen China 18 622 489 421 181 163 42 1.2k
Ning Shao China 24 898 1.4× 565 1.2× 807 1.9× 400 2.2× 258 1.6× 59 1.9k
Chengcheng Zhou China 22 691 1.1× 165 0.3× 492 1.2× 753 4.2× 824 5.1× 55 2.0k
Michael Kaszuba United Kingdom 16 138 0.2× 100 0.2× 432 1.0× 218 1.2× 209 1.3× 32 1.2k
Ângelo M. L. Denadai Brazil 20 261 0.4× 68 0.1× 295 0.7× 116 0.6× 237 1.5× 74 1.2k
Su Ma Austria 23 163 0.3× 108 0.2× 632 1.5× 252 1.4× 171 1.0× 48 1.4k
Hiroki Kourai Japan 24 776 1.2× 87 0.2× 508 1.2× 94 0.5× 141 0.9× 81 1.5k
Letícia Dias de Melo Carrasco Brazil 10 384 0.6× 218 0.4× 281 0.7× 100 0.6× 81 0.5× 11 766
Jhuma Ganguly India 19 141 0.2× 91 0.2× 154 0.4× 199 1.1× 287 1.8× 73 1.1k
Megan C. Jennings United States 16 902 1.5× 253 0.5× 579 1.4× 92 0.5× 119 0.7× 18 1.3k
Haoning Gong United Kingdom 18 344 0.6× 579 1.2× 669 1.6× 219 1.2× 125 0.8× 33 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sheng Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheng Chen

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

All Works

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Ma, Ning, Hongyuan Zhang, Wenwen Chen, et al.. (2025). Sodium caseinate‑sodium alginate binary complex stabilized W1/O/W2 emulsion gels loaded with proanthocyanidins from Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott: Formation, structure, stability, in vitro gastrointestinal digestion. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 301. 140346–140346. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Sheng, Min Zhou, Ximian Xiao, et al.. (2025). Host Defense Peptide-Mimicking Poly(2-oxazoline)s Displaying Potent Activities toward Phytopathogens to Alleviate Antimicrobial Resistance in Agriculture. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(14). 8191–8203. 2 indexed citations
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Xie, Jiayang, Min Zhou, Zihao Cong, et al.. (2025). A host defense peptide–mimicking prodrug activated by drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. Science Translational Medicine. 17(801). eadl4870–eadl4870. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Sheng, Min Zhou, Ximian Xiao, et al.. (2025). An effective approach to obtain functional poly-β-peptides for combating drug-resistant bacterial infections. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 13(18). 5315–5326. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min, Longqiang Liu, Zihao Cong, et al.. (2024). A dual-targeting antifungal is effective against multidrug-resistant human fungal pathogens. Nature Microbiology. 9(5). 1325–1339. 43 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bian, Chenchen, Shen Zhang, Jiayi Fan, et al.. (2023). A dual-response fluorescent probe for SO2 and viscosity in lysosomes. Dyes and Pigments. 216. 111308–111308. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Sheng, et al.. (2023). Boron continuous recovery from brines by the multicolumn simulated moving bed process with boron chelating resin. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 53. 103875–103875. 8 indexed citations
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Jiang, Weinan, Min Zhou, Sheng Chen, et al.. (2023). Peptide-Mimicking Poly(2-oxazoline)s Possessing Potent Antifungal Activity and BBB Penetrating Property to Treat Invasive Infections and Meningitis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(47). 25753–25765. 31 indexed citations
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Wu, Yueming, Sheng Chen, Jiangzhou Wang, et al.. (2023). Facile Construction of Antimicrobial Surface via One‐Step Co‐Deposition of Peptide Polymer and Dopamine. Macromolecular Bioscience. 24(2). e2300327–e2300327. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haodong, Qi Chen, Jiayang Xie, et al.. (2023). Switching from membrane disrupting to membrane crossing, an effective strategy in designing antibacterial polypeptide. Science Advances. 9(4). eabn0771–eabn0771. 73 indexed citations
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Jiang, Weinan, Min Zhou, Zihao Cong, et al.. (2022). Short Guanidinium‐Functionalized Poly(2‐oxazoline)s Displaying Potent Therapeutic Efficacy on Drug‐Resistant Fungal Infections. Angewandte Chemie. 134(17). 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenjing, Shuai Deng, Min Zhou, et al.. (2022). Host defense peptide mimicking cyclic peptoid polymers exerting strong activity against drug-resistant bacteria. Biomaterials Science. 10(16). 4515–4524. 10 indexed citations
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Xie, Jiayang, Min Zhou, Yuxin Qian, et al.. (2021). Addressing MRSA infection and antibacterial resistance with peptoid polymers. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5898–5898. 172 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min, Ximian Xiao, Zihao Cong, et al.. (2020). Water‐Insensitive Synthesis of Poly‐β‐Peptides with Defined Architecture. Angewandte Chemie. 132(18). 7307–7311. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min, Yuxin Qian, Jiayang Xie, et al.. (2020). Poly(2‐Oxazoline)‐Based Functional Peptide Mimics: Eradicating MRSA Infections and Persisters while Alleviating Antimicrobial Resistance. Angewandte Chemie. 132(16). 6474–6481. 22 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min, Ximian Xiao, Zihao Cong, et al.. (2020). Water‐Insensitive Synthesis of Poly‐β‐Peptides with Defined Architecture. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(18). 7240–7244. 59 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min, Yuxin Qian, Jiayang Xie, et al.. (2020). Poly(2‐Oxazoline)‐Based Functional Peptide Mimics: Eradicating MRSA Infections and Persisters while Alleviating Antimicrobial Resistance. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(16). 6412–6419. 218 indexed citations
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Jiang, Weinan, Ximian Xiao, Yueming Wu, et al.. (2019). Peptide polymer displaying potent activity against clinically isolated multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo. Biomaterials Science. 8(2). 739–745. 40 indexed citations

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