Sijin Cheng

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sijin Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sijin Cheng has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Sijin Cheng's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (7 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Sijin Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (7 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Sijin Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Sijin Cheng's co-authors include Zemin Zhang, Ranran Gao, Xianwen Ren, Xueda Hu, Lei Zhang, Liang Jiang, Xiliang Wang, Bin Zhang, Zhaode Bu and Yunong Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sijin Cheng

27 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptional atlas of tumor i... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 250 500 750
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.

  1. A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptional atlas of tumor infiltrating myeloid cells
    2021 820 citations Sijin Cheng, Ziyi Li et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sijin Cheng China 15 736 732 660 363 234 29 1.7k
Peng Du China 18 551 0.7× 590 0.8× 554 0.8× 276 0.8× 345 1.5× 51 1.6k
Michele Ammendola Italy 26 628 0.9× 441 0.6× 586 0.9× 201 0.6× 292 1.2× 75 1.6k
Yinan Deng China 17 535 0.7× 504 0.7× 625 0.9× 491 1.4× 174 0.7× 34 1.6k
Yong Yi China 27 663 0.9× 905 1.2× 607 0.9× 474 1.3× 305 1.3× 68 2.0k
Ru Jia China 19 415 0.6× 833 1.1× 422 0.6× 217 0.6× 159 0.7× 50 1.6k
Xiaoyong Huang China 21 434 0.6× 470 0.6× 601 0.9× 298 0.8× 311 1.3× 57 1.6k
Danielle Carpenter United States 14 877 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 396 0.6× 210 0.6× 510 2.2× 38 2.0k
Hongyong He China 22 685 0.9× 784 1.1× 546 0.8× 262 0.7× 255 1.1× 63 1.7k
Guozhu Xie China 20 616 0.8× 829 1.1× 581 0.9× 365 1.0× 83 0.4× 33 1.6k
Jérôme Biton France 22 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 1.5× 421 0.6× 245 0.7× 123 0.5× 35 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sijin Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sijin Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sijin Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sijin Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sijin Cheng 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 Sijin Cheng. Sijin Cheng 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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Chu, Xiaojing, Xiangjie Li, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Pan-Cancer Analyses Refine the Single-Cell Portrait of Tumor-Infiltrating Dendritic Cells. Cancer Research. 85(19). 3596–3613. 4 indexed citations
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Si, Wen, Sijin Cheng, Haiyin He, et al.. (2025). SARDH in the 1-C metabolism sculpts the T-cell fate and serves as a potential cancer therapeutic target. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 22(11). 1363–1378.
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Li, Xiangjie, Xiaojing Chu, Wenbin Xu, et al.. (2025). Integrated spatial transcriptomic profiling to dissect the cellular characteristics of tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures. Cell Reports. 44(9). 116250–116250. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Su, et al.. (2025). An Automatic Method for Powerline Extraction From ALS Point Cloud of Powerline Corridors. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 18. 10803–10829. 3 indexed citations
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Chu, Xiaojing, Xiangjie Li, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Integrative single-cell analysis of human colorectal cancer reveals patient stratification with distinct immune evasion mechanisms. Nature Cancer. 5(9). 1409–1426. 27 indexed citations
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Chu, Xiaojing, Yu Zhang, & Sijin Cheng. (2022). Heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells in era of single-cell genomics. Chinese Journal of Cancer Research. 34(3). 543–553. 14 indexed citations
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Cheng, Sijin, Ziyi Li, Ranran Gao, et al.. (2021). A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptional atlas of tumor infiltrating myeloid cells. Cell. 184(3). 792–809.e23. 820 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Ming O., Natalie K. Wolf, David H. Raulet, et al.. (2021). Innate immune cells in the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Cell. 39(6). 725–729. 108 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qianqian, Sijin Cheng, Yongzhi Wang, et al.. (2021). Interrogation of the microenvironmental landscape in spinal ependymomas reveals dual functions of tumor-associated macrophages. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6867–6867. 30 indexed citations
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Yang, Rui, Sijin Cheng, Nan Luo, et al.. (2019). Distinct epigenetic features of tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells in colorectal cancer patients revealed by genome-wide DNA methylation analysis. Genome biology. 21(1). 2–2. 97 indexed citations
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Cheng, Sijin, Shuai Jiang, Fangyuan Shi, Yang Ding, & Ge Gao. (2018). Systematic identification and annotation of multiple-variant compound effects at transcription factor binding sites in human genome. Journal of genetics and genomics. 45(7). 373–379. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiageng, Xiyue Jing, Changping Li, et al.. (2018). Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for L5S1 Lumbar Disc Herniation Using a Transforaminal Approach Versus an Interlaminar Approach: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 116. 412–420.e2. 66 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yongping, et al.. (2018). Prognostic value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in pancreatic cancer: a comprehensive meta-analysis of 17 cohort studies. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 11. 1899–1908. 50 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yongping, Wei Qian, Junsheng Fan, et al.. (2018). Prognostic role of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis containing 8252 patients. Clinica Chimica Acta. 479. 181–189. 113 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yongping, et al.. (2018). The prognostic value of high LncRNA AFAP1-AS1 expression in various cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis containing 21 studies. Clinica Chimica Acta. 481. 147–153. 14 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yongping, et al.. (2018). Prognostic and clinicopathological value of SIRT3 expression in various cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 11. 2157–2167. 22 indexed citations
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Peng, Linna, Sijin Cheng, Yuan Lin, et al.. (2018). CCGD-ESCC: A Comprehensive Database for Genetic Variants Associated with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Chinese Population. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 16(4). 262–268. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Yongzhao Zhao, Ruizhao Qi, et al.. (2016). Prognostic role of podocalyxin-like protein expression in various cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Oncotarget. 8(32). 52457–52464. 34 indexed citations

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