Tianfeng Chen

21.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
416 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Tianfeng Chen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianfeng Chen has authored 416 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 129 papers in Molecular Biology and 114 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Tianfeng Chen's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (137 papers), Selenium in Biological Systems (111 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (48 papers). Tianfeng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (137 papers), Selenium in Biological Systems (111 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (48 papers). Tianfeng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Tianfeng Chen's co-authors include Wenjie Zheng, Lizhen He, Yum‐Shing Wong, Yum-Shing Wong, Yanyu Huang, Haoqiang Lai, Xiaoling Li, Cundong Fan, Yuanyuan You and Yibo Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tianfeng Chen

408 papers receiving 17.7k 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.

Highly bioactive zeolitic imidazolate framework-8–capped nanotherapeutics for efficient reversal of reperfusion-induced injury in ischemic stroke

2020 309 citations Lizhen He, Guanning Huang et al. profile →
Oral Hydrogel Microbeads-Mediated In Situ Synthesis of Selenoproteins for Regulating Intestinal Immunity and Microbiota

2023 135 citations Mingkai Chen, Tianfeng Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tianfeng Chen China	77	5.4k	4.7k	4.7k	4.4k	2.7k	416	17.9k
Tianli Yue China	77	2.4k 0.4×	7.3k 1.6×	3.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	637	22.4k
Ali Akbar Saboury Iran	61	1.8k 0.3×	7.7k 1.6×	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.7k 0.6×	548	16.0k
Balaraman Kalyanaraman United States	89	2.0k 0.4×	13.4k 2.8×	2.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	688 0.3×	349	30.8k
Jun‐Jie Yin United States	71	4.5k 0.8×	5.5k 1.2×	10.0k 2.1×	484 0.1×	1.1k 0.4×	252	18.2k
Albert W. Girotti United States	49	5.2k 1.0×	7.6k 1.6×	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.3×	490 0.2×	172	18.3k
Wenjie Zheng China	53	1.4k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	732 0.3×	169	8.2k
Peng Huang China	82	2.6k 0.5×	18.0k 3.8×	1.6k 0.3×	957 0.2×	1.0k 0.4×	329	31.3k
Tomohiro Sawa Japan	48	3.5k 0.6×	6.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.3×	395 0.1×	4.1k 1.5×	211	14.9k
Vince Castranova United States	48	2.5k 0.5×	3.9k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	608 0.1×	2.1k 0.8×	91	11.4k
Huibi Xu China	56	1.9k 0.3×	2.6k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	691 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	208	10.3k

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Liu, Ting, Shuya Pan, Qingfeng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Selenium nanoparticles restrain recurrence of cervical cancer in drug-free period by inhibiting the expression of ABC transporters. Nano Today. 62. 102692–102692. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Guanning, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Neuroprotective Role of Selenium: Implications and Perspectives for Central Nervous System Disorders. Exploration. 5(4). e20240415–e20240415. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Ting, Zhiming Lin, Xi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Targeting Nanotherapeutics for Highly Efficient Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus through Regulation of Immune Response. Small Science. 5(5). 2400521–2400521. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaoli, Zhongwen Yuan, Guanning Huang, et al.. (2025). High‐Valence Selenium Nanotherapeutics Downregulates MUC16 to Drive Precise Ovarian Cancer Therapy through Redox Perturbation. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(22). 4 indexed citations

Li, Guizhen, et al.. (2025). Cruciferae-based oral selenium delivery system reprograms antitumor response and enhances the anti-tumor potency of natural killer cells. Nano Today. 62. 102713–102713.

Zhang, Zhongyang, Wei Huang, Jianfu Zhao, et al.. (2024). MoSe2-based magnetic nanosystem for clinical enrichment, retrieval and elimination of circulating tumor cells. Nano Today. 57. 102330–102330. 3 indexed citations

Li, Zhi, Shuya Pan, Shaowei Liu, et al.. (2024). Selenium nanoparticles enhance the chemotherapeutic efficacy of pemetrexed against non-small cell lung cancer. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(12). 110018–110018. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Mingkai, et al.. (2024). Chirality-driven strong thioredoxin reductase inhibition. Biomaterials. 311. 122705–122705. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Qian, Yanan Zhao, Wan‐Yang Sun, et al.. (2024). CK-666 protects against ferroptosis and renal ischemia-reperfusion injury through a microfilament-independent mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(12). 107942–107942. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Li, Yanni He, Yanzhou Chang, et al.. (2024). Ultrasound-triggered functional hydrogel promotes multistage bone regeneration. Biomaterials. 311. 122650–122650. 19 indexed citations

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Shen, Kui, et al.. (2023). High rapamycin-loaded hollow mesoporous Prussian blue nanozyme targets lesion area of spinal cord injury to recover locomotor function. Biomaterials. 303. 122358–122358. 35 indexed citations

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Xu, Yanchao, Haoqiang Lai, Shuya Pan, et al.. (2023). Selenium promotes immunogenic radiotherapy against cervical cancer metastasis through evoking P53 activation. Biomaterials. 305. 122452–122452. 20 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei, Lizhen He, Shiqing Nie, et al.. (2023). Reversing lung cancer radioresistance by hyperpermeable tellurium nanotherapeutics via remodeling tumor microenvironment. Nano Today. 50. 101819–101819. 16 indexed citations

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Chan, Leung, Yongkang Liu, Yanhong Su, et al.. (2023). Cuproptosis‐Driven Enhancement of Thermotherapy by Sequentially Response Cu_2‐_xSe via Copper Chemical Transition. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(33). 57 indexed citations

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Qin, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2023). Dimension-driven cobalt porphyrin nanoframework mimics dehydrogenase activity for inhibition of cancer proliferation. Surfaces and Interfaces. 37. 102709–102709. 3 indexed citations

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Jin, Guoqing, Haoqiang Lai, Zi‐Shu Yang, et al.. (2022). Gadolinium(III) Porphyrinoid Phototheranostics. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 17(10). e202200181–e202200181. 7 indexed citations

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Yuan, Zhongwen, Xinxin Liu, Guanning Huang, et al.. (2022). In situ-transition nanozyme triggered by tumor microenvironment boosts synergistic cancer radio-/chemotherapy through disrupting redox homeostasis. Biomaterials. 287. 121620–121620. 59 indexed citations

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Li, Yan Yan, et al.. (2019). Bifunctional Gyroidal MOFs: Highly Efficient Lewis Base and Lewis Acid Catalysts. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 14(20). 3682–3687. 16 indexed citations

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Fan, Cundong, Qiong Wu, Tianfeng Chen, et al.. (2014). Arene ruthenium( ii ) complexes induce S-phase arrest in MG-63 cells through stabilization of c-Myc G-quadruplex DNA. MedChemComm. 5(5). 597–602. 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Chaoran, Zhong Liu, Meng Li, et al.. (2013). Enhancement of Auranofin-Induced Apoptosis in MCF-7 Human Breast Cells by Selenocystine, a Synergistic Inhibitor of Thioredoxin Reductase. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53945–e53945. 84 indexed citations

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