Tracy Liu

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Tracy Liu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy Liu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Tracy Liu's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (15 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (8 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (7 papers). Tracy Liu is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (15 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (8 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (7 papers). Tracy Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Tracy Liu's co-authors include Gang Zheng, Juan Chen, Jonathan F. Lovell, Thomas D. MacDonald, Brian C. Wilson, Jiyun Shi, Audrey Moores, Edmond Lam, Tony Jin and David Piwnica‐Worms and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tracy Liu

52 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Activatable Photosensitizers for Imaging and Therapy

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tracy Liu United States	22	1.8k	1.4k	1.1k	496	413	58	2.8k
Yufu Tang China	29	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	457 0.4×	675 1.4×	266 0.6×	79	2.9k
Marie Maynadier France	30	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	463 0.4×	571 1.2×	680 1.6×	68	2.5k
Xinghua Dong China	32	2.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.6×	573 0.5×	685 1.4×	807 2.0×	49	3.9k
Sasidharan Swarnalatha Lucky Singapore	10	2.7k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	492 1.0×	541 1.3×	14	3.4k
Yao‐Wen Jiang China	31	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	474 0.4×	1.0k 2.1×	895 2.2×	60	3.5k
Jason R. McCarthy United States	31	959 0.5×	848 0.6×	745 0.7×	860 1.7×	470 1.1×	61	2.9k
Raviraj Vankayala Taiwan	27	2.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	581 0.5×	592 1.2×	591 1.4×	75	3.2k
Shenglu Ji China	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	540 0.5×	773 1.6×	672 1.6×	50	2.9k
Xianchuang Zheng China	22	1.8k 1.0×	958 0.7×	265 0.2×	613 1.2×	682 1.7×	38	2.4k
Jian‐Dong Huang China	35	3.1k 1.7×	2.9k 2.1×	2.4k 2.2×	479 1.0×	366 0.9×	115	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tracy Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tracy Liu

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All Works

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Valic, Michael S., Tracy Liu, Yiming Yang, et al.. (2025). A Membrane Fluidization Strategy Significantly Boosts Photodynamic Therapy and Antitumor Immunity of Porphyrin-Lipid Nanoparticles. PubMed. 1(1). 268–282.

Gammon, Seth T., et al.. (2025). Imaging Reactive Oxygen Species with L-012 Reveals Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Antioxidants. 14(12). 1473–1473.

Liu, Tracy, et al.. (2025). Imaging of Adrenal Incidentalomas: What Actually Happens in Everyday Clinical Practice?. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 69(3). 328–334. 1 indexed citations

Melero, Ignacio, Judy S. Wang, Martin Gutierrez, et al.. (2024). Cln-619 (anti-MICA/B antibody) alone and in combination with pembrolizumab (P) for advanced solid tumors: Updated results of a Ph1 study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 2588–2588. 1 indexed citations

Régnier, Sophie, et al.. (2024). Mechanochemical and aging-based reductive amination with chitosan and aldehydes affords high degree of substitution functional biopolymers. Green Chemistry. 26(9). 5386–5396. 12 indexed citations

Fagan, B. Matthew, et al.. (2024). Pancreatectomy Induces Cancer-Promoting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 31(6). 3707–3717. 4 indexed citations

Holt, Graham T., Jason Gorman, Siyu Wang, et al.. (2023). Improved HIV-1 neutralization breadth and potency of V2-apex antibodies by in silico design. Cell Reports. 42(7). 112711–112711. 5 indexed citations

Kwon, Young Do, Amarendra Pegu, Eun Sung Yang, et al.. (2023). Improved pharmacokinetics of HIV-neutralizing VRC01-class antibodies achieved by reduction of net positive charge on variable domain. mAbs. 15(1). 2223350–2223350. 2 indexed citations

Jin, Tony, Tracy Liu, Faezeh Hajiali, et al.. (2022). High‐Humidity Shaker Aging to Access Chitin and Cellulose Nanocrystals**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(42). e202207206–e202207206. 21 indexed citations

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Jin, Tony, Tracy Liu, Faezeh Hajiali, et al.. (2022). High‐Humidity Shaker Aging to Access Chitin and Cellulose Nanocrystals**. Angewandte Chemie. 134(42). 1 indexed citations

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Jin, Tony, Tracy Liu, Shuaibing Jiang, et al.. (2021). Chitosan nanocrystals synthesis via aging and application towards alginate hydrogels for sustainable drug release. Green Chemistry. 23(17). 6527–6537. 25 indexed citations

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Jin, Tony, Tracy Liu, Edmond Lam, & Audrey Moores. (2021). Chitin and chitosan on the nanoscale. Nanoscale Horizons. 6(7). 505–542. 122 indexed citations

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Lunny, Carole, Lorri Puil, Tracy Liu, et al.. (2021). Over half of clinical practice guidelines use non-systematic methods to inform recommendations: A methods study. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0250356–e0250356. 56 indexed citations

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Gammon, Seth T., Niki M. Zacharias, Tracy Liu, et al.. (2020). Hyperpolarized [1- ¹³ C]pyruvate-to-[1- ¹³ C]lactate conversion is rate-limited by monocarboxylate transporter-1 in the plasma membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 22378–22389. 50 indexed citations

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Pisaneschi, Federica, Tracy Liu, David Piwnica‐Worms, et al.. (2019). Development of a Potential Gallium-68-Labelled Radiotracer Based on DOTA-Curcumin for Colon-Rectal Carcinoma: From Synthesis to In Vivo Studies. Molecules. 24(3). 644–644. 10 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yuan, et al.. (2019). Social Contagion of Gift Exchange in Online Groups. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Tracy, Margarete K. Akens, Juan Chen, Brian C. Wilson, & Gang Zheng. (2016). Matrix metalloproteinase-based photodynamic molecular beacons for targeted destruction of bone metastases in vivo. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 15(3). 375–381. 15 indexed citations

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Harrison, Claire, Jean‐Jacques Kiladjian, Florian H. Heidel, et al.. (2015). Efficacy, Safety, and Confirmation of the Recommended Phase 2 Starting Dose of the Combination of Ruxolitinib (RUX) and Panobinostat (PAN) in Patients (Pts) with Myelofibrosis (MF). Blood. 126(23). 4060–4060. 31 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Thomas D., Tracy Liu, & Gang Zheng. (2014). An MRI‐Sensitive, Non‐Photobleachable Porphysome Photothermal Agent. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(27). 6956–6959. 142 indexed citations

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Liu, Tracy, Jocelyn M. Stewart, Thomas D. MacDonald, et al.. (2013). Biologically-Targeted Detection of Primary and Micro-Metastatic Ovarian Cancer. Theranostics. 3(6). 420–427. 22 indexed citations

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