Xi Chen

17.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Xi Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xi Chen has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Xi Chen's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (27 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (18 papers). Xi Chen is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (27 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (18 papers). Xi Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xi Chen's co-authors include Sarah A. Teichmann, Ricardo J. Miragaia, Kedar Nath Natarajan, Chunming Liu, Taylor B. Guo, Synan F. AbuQamar, Burton H. Bluhm, Hugh P. Cam, John M. Salmeron and Tesfaye Mengiste and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xi Chen

183 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

  1. A rapid and robust method for single cell chromatin accessibility profiling
    2018 860 citations Xi Chen, Sarah A. Teichmann et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Xi Chen 4.6k 2.0k 1.6k 762 707 199 9.1k
Ye Zhang 4.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 406 0.5× 963 1.4× 437 9.8k
Meijun Chen 4.9k 1.1× 872 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 453 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 119 9.5k
Xun Xu 6.6k 1.4× 2.5k 1.3× 2.6k 1.6× 600 0.8× 875 1.2× 400 14.4k
Kazuo Yamamoto 5.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 442 0.6× 958 1.4× 304 9.8k
Guang‐Hui Liu 7.9k 1.7× 2.7k 1.4× 875 0.5× 441 0.6× 508 0.7× 334 14.3k
Xu Li 4.7k 1.0× 722 0.4× 781 0.5× 817 1.1× 730 1.0× 440 9.0k
Siqi Liu 4.5k 1.0× 646 0.3× 2.5k 1.5× 297 0.4× 586 0.8× 299 8.4k
Wei Liang 4.5k 1.0× 697 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 877 1.2× 1.6k 2.2× 202 9.6k
Akira Watanabe 6.8k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 886 1.2× 1.4k 2.0× 284 11.1k
Cheng Li 6.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 888 0.5× 444 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 206 11.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xi Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xi Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xi Chen

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

All Works

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Chen, Xi, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for RNA recognition by the C-terminal RRM domain of human RBM45. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(9). 107640–107640. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Danling, et al.. (2024). A simple, robust, cost‐effective, and low‐input ChIP‐seq method for profiling histone modifications and Pol II in plants. New Phytologist. 244(4). 1658–1669. 1 indexed citations
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Ruf-Zamojski, Frederique, Michel Zamojski, Daniel J. Bernard, et al.. (2023). Peak-agnostic high-resolution cis-regulatory circuitry mapping using single cell multiome data. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(2). 572–582. 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Qin, Yingjie Wu, Bing Li, et al.. (2023). Multiple insights into lignin-mediated cadmium detoxification in rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131931–131931. 53 indexed citations
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Zhu, Danling, Yi Wen, Haiyan Zheng, et al.. (2023). Distinct chromatin signatures in the Arabidopsis male gametophyte. Nature Genetics. 55(4). 706–720. 26 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ziqi, Haoran Sun, Xi Chen, et al.. (2023). scMoMaT jointly performs single cell mosaic integration and multi-modal bio-marker detection. Nature Communications. 14(1). 384–384. 22 indexed citations
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Ye, Ying, Xuemei Li, Peixin Chen, et al.. (2023). BRD9-mediated control of the TGF-β/Activin/Nodal pathway regulates self-renewal and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and progression of cancer cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(21). 11634–11651. 16 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fengli, Danling Zhu, Xi Chen, et al.. (2022). Progressive chromatin silencing of ABA biosynthesis genes permits seed germination in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 34(8). 2871–2891. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuefei, Hongyi Liu, Ni Hong, et al.. (2021). Reinvestigation of Classic T Cell Subsets and Identification of Novel Cell Subpopulations by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. The Journal of Immunology. 208(2). 396–406. 39 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Ying Ye, Andrew D. Sharrocks, Wensheng Zhang, & Xi Chen. (2020). Genome-wide Interrogation of Protein-DNA Interactions in Mammalian Cells Using ChIPmentation. STAR Protocols. 1(3). 100187–100187. 7 indexed citations
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Mahata, Bidesh, Jhuma Pramanik, Louise van der Weyden, et al.. (2020). Tumors induce de novo steroid biosynthesis in T cells to evade immunity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3588–3588. 265 indexed citations
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Gu, Muxin, Étienne De Braekeleer, Malgorzata Gozdecka, et al.. (2020). KAT7 is a genetic vulnerability of acute myeloid leukemias driven by MLL rearrangements. Leukemia. 35(4). 1012–1022. 33 indexed citations
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Duren, Zhana, Xi Chen, Mahdi Zamanighomi, et al.. (2018). Integrative analysis of single-cell genomics data by coupled nonnegative matrix factorizations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(30). 7723–7728. 115 indexed citations
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Duren, Zhana, Xi Chen, Rui Jiang, Yong Wang, & Wing Hung Wong. (2017). Modeling gene regulation from paired expression and chromatin accessibility data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(25). E4914–E4923. 131 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi. (2002). Optimum protein level of diets for juvenile Acipenser sinensis. Journal of Fishery Sciences of China. 1 indexed citations

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