Sihan Wu

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sihan Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sihan Wu has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sihan Wu's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Sihan Wu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Sihan Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Sihan Wu's co-authors include Paul S. Mischel, Junfeng Bi, Guangmei Yan, Vineet Bafna, Kenta Masui, Sudhir Chowdhry, Wenjing Zhang, Howard Y. Chang, Wenbo Zhu and Minfeng Shu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Sihan Wu

40 papers receiving 1.4k 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. Extrachromosomal DNA is associated with oncogene amplification and poor outcome across multiple cancers
    2020 260 citations Hoon Kim, Nam Nguyen et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sihan Wu China 18 846 676 157 154 103 49 1.4k
Hongjie Shen China 20 2.0k 2.3× 742 1.1× 217 1.4× 141 0.9× 80 0.8× 109 2.6k
Pamela Bielli Italy 22 1.6k 1.9× 454 0.7× 166 1.1× 121 0.8× 80 0.8× 35 2.3k
Gabriele De Luca Italy 21 880 1.0× 355 0.5× 190 1.2× 45 0.3× 48 0.5× 37 1.3k
Hong Lin China 25 962 1.1× 467 0.7× 214 1.4× 97 0.6× 24 0.2× 63 1.5k
Clarissa Ribeiro Reily Rocha Brazil 21 960 1.1× 349 0.5× 293 1.9× 107 0.7× 26 0.3× 35 1.4k
Wan‐Chun Li Taiwan 24 803 0.9× 288 0.4× 238 1.5× 75 0.5× 100 1.0× 71 1.9k
Ünal Egelí Türkiye 20 759 0.9× 475 0.7× 254 1.6× 51 0.3× 95 0.9× 124 1.4k
Gilles Despouy France 16 838 1.0× 276 0.4× 225 1.4× 56 0.4× 43 0.4× 21 1.3k
Timothy P. Wakeman United States 14 995 1.2× 315 0.5× 387 2.5× 172 1.1× 300 2.9× 14 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sihan Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sihan Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sihan Wu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sihan Wu. The network helps show where Sihan Wu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sihan Wu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luebeck, Jens, Katerina Kraft, Shu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Reconstructing the three-dimensional architecture of extrachromosomal DNA with ec3D. Nature Communications. 17(1). 894–894.
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Lin, Yangyang, et al.. (2025). Efficient Plant Regeneration and Transient Genetic Transformation System of Prunus xueluoensis via an Agrobacterium-Mediated Method. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(8). 3588–3588. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Sihan, Shuo Zhang, Li‐Zi Lin, et al.. (2024). Association between outdoor light at night exposure and executive function in Chinese children. Environmental Research. 257. 119286–119286. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Hongyun, et al.. (2024). Short-term dietary teprenone improved thermal tolerance and mitigated liver damage caused by heat stress in juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 273. 110984–110984.
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Luebeck, Jens, Alvin Wei Tian Ng, Patricia C. Galipeau, et al.. (2023). Extrachromosomal DNA in the cancerous transformation of Barrett’s oesophagus. Nature. 616(7958). 798–805. 67 indexed citations
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Wu, Sihan, Duo-Hong Chen, Huimin Ma, et al.. (2023). The association between childhood adiposity in northeast China and anthropogenic heat flux: A new insight into the comprehensive impact of human activities. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 254. 114258–114258. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Zhinan, Weikang Liu, Xingchun Liu, et al.. (2023). Model-based risk assessment of dengue fever transmission in Xiamen City, China. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1079877–1079877. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Poshen B., Kai Zhang, Bin Li, et al.. (2022). Systematic discovery and functional dissection of enhancers needed for cancer cell fitness and proliferation. Cell Reports. 41(6). 111630–111630. 11 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhen, et al.. (2022). Responses of microRNA in digestive glands of mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 249. 114412–114412. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianjun, Baocun Sun, Yu Cong, et al.. (2020). Predictive Value of Lymphocyte-Related Blood Parameters at the Time Point of Lymphocyte Nadir During Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Hoon, Nam Nguyen, Kristen M. Turner, et al.. (2020). Extrachromosomal DNA is associated with oncogene amplification and poor outcome across multiple cancers. Nature Genetics. 52(9). 891–897. 260 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chang, Ning, et al.. (2019). EP1.11-09 Evaluation of Seven-Autoantibody Panel Test in Early Detection of Lung Cancer in Routine Clinical Practice. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(10). S1010–S1010. 1 indexed citations
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Bi, Junfeng, Sihan Wu, Wenjing Zhang, & Paul S. Mischel. (2018). Targeting cancer's metabolic co-dependencies: A landscape shaped by genotype and tissue context. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1870(1). 76–87. 29 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuxi, Sihan Wu, Chaofeng Liang, et al.. (2015). Transcriptional upregulation of microtubule-associated protein 2 is involved in the protein kinase A-induced decrease in the invasiveness of glioma cells. Neuro-Oncology. 17(12). 1578–1588. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Jingjie, Sihan Wu, Shifeng Li, et al.. (2012). Triptolide Cooperates With Cisplatin to Induce Apoptosis in Gemcitabine-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas. 41(7). 1029–1038. 40 indexed citations
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Shu, Minfeng, Yuehan Zhou, Wenbo Zhu, et al.. (2011). MicroRNA 335 Is Required for Differentiation of Malignant Glioma Cells Induced by Activation of cAMP/Protein Kinase A Pathway. Molecular Pharmacology. 81(3). 292–298. 44 indexed citations
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Wu, Sihan, Yuan Lin, Danyan Xu, et al.. (2011). MiR-135a functions as a selective killer of malignant glioma. Oncogene. 31(34). 3866–3874. 80 indexed citations

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