Sheng Ding

19.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
106 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Sheng Ding is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheng Ding has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sheng Ding's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (67 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (45 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (24 papers). Sheng Ding is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (67 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (45 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (24 papers). Sheng Ding collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Sheng Ding's co-authors include Peter G. Schultz, Saiyong Zhu, Wenlin Li, Hans R. Schöler, Hongyan Zhou, Yan Shi, Heung Sik Hahm, Yuan Xu, Caroline Desponts and Tongxiang Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sheng Ding

104 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Clearance of senescent cells by ABT263 rejuvenates aged hematopoietic stem cells in mice

2015 1.3k citations Sheng Ding et al. profile →
Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Recombinant Proteins

2009 1.3k citations Saiyong Zhu, Hans R. Schöler et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts by Oct4 and Klf4 with Small-Molecule Compounds

2008 655 citations Yan Shi, Caroline Desponts et al. Cell stem cell profile →
The role of YAP transcription coactivator in regulating stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

2010 605 citations Ian Lian, Joungmok Kim et al. Genes & Development profile →
Conversion of mouse fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes using a direct reprogramming strategy

2011 486 citations Simon Hilcove, Sheng Ding et al. profile →
Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts to neural progenitors

2011 455 citations Saiyong Zhu, Sheng Ding et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheng Ding United States	50	10.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	106	13.4k
Chad A. Cowan United States	37	10.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	83	12.5k
Nissim Benvenisty Israel	60	12.1k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	982 0.9×	194	14.6k
Andrew G. Elefanty Australia	51	7.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	577 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	164	11.0k
Dean Y. Li United States	51	4.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	430 0.2×	1.6k 1.5×	119	9.9k
Derrick J. Rossi United States	52	10.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	673 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	824 0.8×	90	15.7k
Ernst J. Wolvetang Australia	47	5.4k 0.5×	970 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	727 0.4×	480 0.5×	162	8.1k
Todd Evans United States	55	9.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	552 0.3×	881 0.5×	303 0.3×	161	11.7k
Mark A. Sussman United States	61	7.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	395 0.2×	986 0.6×	640 0.6×	193	11.9k
Karl H. Plate Germany	68	10.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	602 0.3×	729 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	159	17.1k
Beatrice Nico Italy	59	6.0k 0.6×	886 0.4×	561 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	730 0.7×	236	10.8k

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Hao, Jie, Jilong Ren, Jinghuan Yang, et al.. (2025). Single‐cell multi‐omics deciphers hepatocyte dedifferentiation and illuminates maintenance strategies. Cell Proliferation. 58(3). e13772–e13772. 2 indexed citations

Xiao, Shiqi, Yao Liu, Sheng Ding, et al.. (2025). GenX-loaded polystyrene microplastics exacerbate intestinal injury in mice via barrier impairment and microbial dysregulation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(6). 119812–119812.

Zhu, Li‐Hua, et al.. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of 34 cancer groups across 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1660125–1660125. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei, Pengqi Wang, Dan Wang, et al.. (2024). Pharmacologically inducing regenerative cardiac cells by small molecule drugs. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei, et al.. (2024). Pharmacologically inducing regenerative cardiac cells by small molecule drugs. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, Sean M., Brian H. Lee, Andy Vail, et al.. (2023). Fiber chromatographic enabled process intensification increases monoclonal antibody product yield. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 121(2). 757–770. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Yanyan, Yuanyuan Yang, Pengcheng Tan, et al.. (2022). Induction of mouse totipotent stem cells by a defined chemical cocktail. Nature. 617(7962). 792–797. 67 indexed citations

Yang, Bing, Shibing Tang, Cheng Ma, et al.. (2017). Spontaneous and specific chemical cross-linking in live cells to capture and identify protein interactions. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2240–2240. 95 indexed citations

Cao, Nan, Yu Huang, Jiashun Zheng, et al.. (2016). Conversion of human fibroblasts into functional cardiomyocytes by small molecules. Science. 352(6290). 1216–1220. 289 indexed citations

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Chen, Yu, et al.. (2014). Chemical approaches to cell reprogramming. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 28. 50–56. 45 indexed citations

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Ma, Tianhua, Min Xie, Timothy Laurent, & Sheng Ding. (2013). Progress in the Reprogramming of Somatic Cells. Circulation Research. 112(3). 562–574. 85 indexed citations

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Zhu, Saiyong, Wanguo Wei, & Sheng Ding. (2011). Chemical Strategies for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 13(1). 73–90. 50 indexed citations

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Ding, Sheng, et al.. (2010). Cellular Programming and Reprogramming. Methods in molecular biology. 8 indexed citations

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Lian, Ian, Joungmok Kim, Hideki Okazawa, et al.. (2010). The role of YAP transcription coactivator in regulating stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. Genes & Development. 24(11). 1106–1118. 605 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shi, Yan, Caroline Desponts, Jeong Tae, et al.. (2008). Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts by Oct4 and Klf4 with Small-Molecule Compounds. Cell stem cell. 3(5). 568–574. 655 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Yue, Yan Shi, & Sheng Ding. (2008). A chemical approach to stem-cell biology and regenerative medicine. Nature. 453(7193). 338–344. 257 indexed citations

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Chen, Shuibing, Jeong Tae, Qisheng Zhang, et al.. (2006). Self-renewal of embryonic stem cells by a small molecule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17266–17271. 241 indexed citations

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Warashina, Masaki, Kyung Hoon Min, Tomoko Kuwabara, et al.. (2005). A Synthetic Small Molecule That Induces Neuronal Differentiation of Adult Hippocampal Neural Progenitor Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(4). 591–593. 83 indexed citations

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Chen, Shuibing, Simon Hilcove, & Sheng Ding. (2005). Exploring stem cell biology with small molecules. Molecular BioSystems. 2(1). 18–24. 35 indexed citations

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Ding, Sheng, Tom Wu, Achim Brinker, et al.. (2003). Synthetic small molecules that control stem cell fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(13). 7632–7637. 306 indexed citations

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