Wenpei Fan

17.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
118 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Wenpei Fan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenpei Fan has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 64 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Wenpei Fan's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (92 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (30 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (29 papers). Wenpei Fan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (92 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (30 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (29 papers). Wenpei Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Wenpei Fan's co-authors include Xiaoyuan Chen, Peng Huang, Bryant C. Yung, Jianlin Shi, Wenbo Bu, Xiaohong Chen, Zhèn Yáng, Wei Tang, Zheyu Shen and Yijing Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wenpei Fan

115 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Nanotechnology for Multimodal Synergistic Cancer Therapy 2013 2026 2017 2021 2017 2016 2015 2016 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Nanotechnology for Multimodal Synergistic Cancer Therapy
    2017 1.6k citations Wenpei Fan, Bryant C. Yung et al. profile →
  2. Overcoming the Achilles' heel of photodynamic therapy
    2016 1.5k citations Wenpei Fan, Xiaoyuan Chen et al. profile →
  3. Intelligent MnO2 Nanosheets Anchored with Upconversion Nanoprobes for Concurrent pH‐/H2O2‐Responsive UCL Imaging and Oxygen‐Elevated Synergetic Therapy
    2015 628 citations Wenpei Fan, Wenbo Bu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Glucose‐Responsive Sequential Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide for Synergistic Cancer Starving‐Like/Gas Therapy
    2016 584 citations Wenpei Fan, Nan Lü et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Fenton-Reaction-Acceleratable Magnetic Nanoparticles for Ferroptosis Therapy of Orthotopic Brain Tumors
    2018 548 citations Zheyu Shen, Ting Liu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  6. A Core/Satellite Multifunctional Nanotheranostic for in Vivo Imaging and Tumor Eradication by Radiation/Photothermal Synergistic Therapy
    2013 501 citations Wenbo Bu, Shengjian Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Emerging blood–brain-barrier-crossing nanotechnology for brain cancer theranostics
    2019 476 citations Wei Tang, Wenpei Fan et al. profile →
  8. Activatable Singlet Oxygen Generation from Lipid Hydroperoxide Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy
    2017 351 citations Zijian Zhou, Jibin Song et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wenpei Fan China 62 11.6k 7.6k 4.1k 3.3k 2.8k 118 15.0k
Zijian Zhou China 63 10.8k 0.9× 7.7k 1.0× 4.8k 1.2× 3.6k 1.1× 2.9k 1.0× 170 16.0k
Zhèn Yáng China 60 8.5k 0.7× 6.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 207 12.6k
Guosheng Song China 62 9.5k 0.8× 6.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 180 13.0k
Yijing Liu China 67 11.8k 1.0× 8.2k 1.1× 4.8k 1.2× 4.5k 1.4× 1.7k 0.6× 201 18.0k
Ziliang Dong China 68 12.8k 1.1× 6.3k 0.8× 4.5k 1.1× 3.9k 1.2× 2.7k 0.9× 125 16.5k
Dalong Ni China 53 8.4k 0.7× 7.0k 0.9× 2.8k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 137 12.7k
Yunlu Dai China 76 10.3k 0.9× 8.7k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 208 16.8k
Lisen Lin China 54 8.1k 0.7× 5.3k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 100 11.2k
Zheyu Shen China 53 6.7k 0.6× 4.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 151 11.3k
Liangzhu Feng China 68 18.9k 1.6× 11.3k 1.5× 6.9k 1.7× 4.7k 1.4× 3.0k 1.1× 143 23.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenpei Fan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenpei Fan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenpei Fan 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 Wenpei Fan. Wenpei Fan 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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Sun, Minghao, Weiwei Liu, Yuan‐Yuan Ma, et al.. (2025). A photoswitchable phase-reversible gel engine for systemic redox homeostasis remodeling and on-demand chemodynamic immunotherapy with sustainable immunostimulation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160516–160516. 3 indexed citations
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Zeng, Fei, Hanyu Xie, Geng Wu, et al.. (2025). Inflammation-responsive biodegradable nanocomposite hydrogels for enhanced metalloimmunotherapy in chronic periodontitis. Acta Biomaterialia. 208. 293–308.
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He, Yuan, Wang Deng, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). EGFR-targeting oxygen-saturated nanophotosensitizers for orchestrating multifaceted antitumor responses by counteracting immunosuppressive milieu. Journal of Controlled Release. 375. 127–141. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Yingjie, M. Sun, Hao Li, et al.. (2024). Engineering AIEgens-Tethered Gold Nanoparticles with Enzymatic Dual Self-Assembly for Amplified Cancer-Specific Phototheranostics. ACS Nano. 18(39). 26784–26798. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Yinghui, Xin Liu, Minghao Sun, et al.. (2023). Glucose-responsive enzymatic biomimetic nanodots for H2O2 self-supplied catalytic photothermal/chemodynamic anticancer therapy. Acta Biomaterialia. 172. 441–453. 21 indexed citations
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Hou, Jiwei, Guangming Gong, Mohd. Muddassir, et al.. (2021). Targeted Dual Small Interfering Ribonucleic Acid Delivery via Non‐Viral Polymeric Vectors for Pulmonary Fibrosis Therapy. Advanced Materials. 33(12). e2007798–e2007798. 32 indexed citations
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Huang, Lin, Jie Feng, Wenpei Fan, et al.. (2021). Intelligent Pore Switch of Hollow Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles for High Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Tumor-Specific Chemotherapy. Nano Letters. 21(22). 9551–9559. 43 indexed citations
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Hu, Ping, Shengjian Zhang, Tong Wu, et al.. (2021). Fe–Au Nanoparticle‐Coupling for Ultrasensitive Detections of Circulating Tumor DNA. Advanced Materials. 33(20).
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Cheng, Yaya, Xiangyu Jiao, Zhantong Wang, et al.. (2021). Biphasic synthesis of biodegradable urchin-like mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for enhanced cellular internalization and precision cascaded therapy. Biomaterials Science. 9(7). 2584–2597. 8 indexed citations
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He, Liangcan, Yuan Liu, Joseph Lau, et al.. (2019). Recent Progress in Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks for Drug Release and Cancer Therapy. Nanomedicine. 14(10). 1343–1365. 96 indexed citations
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Yáng, Zhèn, Yunlu Dai, Chao Yin, et al.. (2018). Activatable Semiconducting Theranostics: Simultaneous Generation and Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging of Reactive Oxygen Species In Vivo. Advanced Materials. 30(23). e1707509–e1707509. 194 indexed citations
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Liu, Yijing, Zhèn Yáng, Xiaolin Huang, et al.. (2018). Glutathione-Responsive Self-Assembled Magnetic Gold Nanowreath for Enhanced Tumor Imaging and Imaging-Guided Photothermal Therapy. ACS Nano. 12(8). 8129–8137. 139 indexed citations
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Shen, Zheyu, Ting Liu, Yan Li, et al.. (2018). Fenton-Reaction-Acceleratable Magnetic Nanoparticles for Ferroptosis Therapy of Orthotopic Brain Tumors. ACS Nano. 12(11). 11355–11365. 548 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Ping, Shengjian Zhang, Tong Wu, et al.. (2018). Fe–Au Nanoparticle‐Coupling for Ultrasensitive Detections of Circulating Tumor DNA. Advanced Materials. 30(31). e1801690–e1801690. 53 indexed citations
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Lü, Nan, Wenpei Fan, Xuan Yi, et al.. (2018). Biodegradable Hollow Mesoporous Organosilica Nanotheranostics for Mild Hyperthermia-Induced Bubble-Enhanced Oxygen-Sensitized Radiotherapy. ACS Nano. 12(2). 1580–1591. 184 indexed citations
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Tang, Wei, Zhèn Yáng, Sheng Wang, et al.. (2018). Organic Semiconducting Photoacoustic Nanodroplets for Laser-Activatable Ultrasound Imaging and Combinational Cancer Therapy. ACS Nano. 12(3). 2610–2622. 181 indexed citations
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Cui, Zhaowen, Wenbo Bu, Wenpei Fan, et al.. (2016). Sensitive imaging and effective capture of Cu2+: Towards highly efficient theranostics of Alzheimer's disease. Biomaterials. 104. 158–167. 66 indexed citations
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Fan, Wenpei, Wenbo Bu, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2015). X‐ray Radiation‐Controlled NO‐Release for On‐Demand Depth‐Independent Hypoxic Radiosensitization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(47). 14026–14030. 265 indexed citations
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Bu, Jiwen, Wenbo Bu, Shengjian Zhang, et al.. (2014). Real‐Time In Vivo Quantitative Monitoring of Drug Release by Dual‐Mode Magnetic Resonance and Upconverted Luminescence Imaging. Angewandte Chemie. 126(18). 4639–4643. 26 indexed citations

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