Xiang‐Jun Lu

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Xiang‐Jun Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang‐Jun Lu has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xiang‐Jun Lu's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (24 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers). Xiang‐Jun Lu is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (24 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers). Xiang‐Jun Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xiang‐Jun Lu's co-authors include Wilma K. Olson, Andrey Gorin, Victor B. Zhurkin, Lynette M. Hock, Zippora Shakked, Harmen J. Bussemaker, Guangrong Zheng, Christopher A. Hunter, Shuxiang Li and Stephen C. Harvey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiang‐Jun Lu

62 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

3DNA: a software package for the analysis, rebuilding and... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2003 1998 2008 400 800 1.2k
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. 3DNA: a software package for the analysis, rebuilding and visualization of three-dimensional nucleic acid structures
    2003 1.4k citations Xiang‐Jun Lu Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. DNA sequence-dependent deformability deduced from protein–DNA crystal complexes
    1998 858 citations Wilma K. Olson, Xiang‐Jun Lu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. 3DNA: a versatile, integrated software system for the analysis, rebuilding and visualization of three-dimensional nucleic-acid structures
    2008 526 citations Xiang‐Jun Lu, Wilma K. Olson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiang‐Jun Lu United States 27 5.0k 720 536 418 242 68 5.5k
Victor B. Zhurkin United States 39 4.7k 0.9× 637 0.9× 644 1.2× 252 0.6× 152 0.6× 94 5.1k
David E. Draper United States 52 7.0k 1.4× 714 1.0× 1.1k 2.0× 388 0.9× 331 1.4× 121 7.6k
Michael Brenowitz United States 44 4.8k 1.0× 486 0.7× 894 1.7× 490 1.2× 194 0.8× 135 5.8k
Alastair I.H. Murchie United Kingdom 36 4.8k 1.0× 467 0.6× 468 0.9× 204 0.5× 142 0.6× 67 5.2k
Roger M. Wartell United States 32 3.2k 0.6× 439 0.6× 649 1.2× 189 0.5× 201 0.8× 81 3.6k
Stephan Diekmann Germany 41 4.7k 0.9× 457 0.6× 689 1.3× 267 0.6× 263 1.1× 121 5.7k
Shu‐ichi Nakano Japan 30 4.4k 0.9× 539 0.7× 261 0.5× 241 0.6× 365 1.5× 100 4.7k
Emmanuel Margeat France 29 2.5k 0.5× 353 0.5× 829 1.5× 282 0.7× 339 1.4× 63 3.5k
Stephen D. Levene United States 22 2.5k 0.5× 359 0.5× 399 0.7× 140 0.3× 366 1.5× 44 3.2k
Michael C. Wiener United States 33 3.5k 0.7× 260 0.4× 823 1.5× 399 1.0× 306 1.3× 67 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang‐Jun Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang‐Jun Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiang‐Jun Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiang‐Jun Lu 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 Xiang‐Jun Lu. Xiang‐Jun Lu 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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Zhang, Huan, Xiang‐Jun Lu, Jun-Ming Lu, et al.. (2025). Clinical and prognostic insights into Chlamydia trachomatis in pediatric acute respiratory infections: evidence from targeted next-generation sequencing of 5,021 cases. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 44(4). 867–875. 2 indexed citations
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Olson, Wilma K., et al.. (2025). Contributions of Local Structural and Energetic Features of DNA to Large-scale Genomic Organization. Journal of Molecular Biology. 438(5). 169385–169385.
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Castillejos‐López, Manuel, Miguel Ángel Salazar-Lezama, Justino Regalado-Piñeda, et al.. (2025). Molecular characterization of human respiratory syncytial virus in Mexico (season 2023–2024) through whole-genome sequencing. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 27382–27382.
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Feng, Huijuan, Xiang‐Jun Lu, Suvrajit Maji, et al.. (2024). Structure-based prediction and characterization of photo-crosslinking in native protein–RNA complexes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2279–2279. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiang‐Jun. (2020). DSSR-enabled innovative schematics of 3D nucleic acid structures with PyMOL. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(13). e74–e74. 35 indexed citations
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Sharp, Kim A., Xiang‐Jun Lu, Gino Cingolani, & Stephen C. Harvey. (2019). DNA Conformational Changes Play a Force-Generating Role during Bacteriophage Genome Packaging. Biophysical Journal. 116(11). 2172–2180. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiang‐Jun & Haitao Wang. (2017). Reduced Gja5 expression in arterial endothelial cells impairs arteriogenesis during acute ischemic cardiovascular disease. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 14(5). 4339–4343. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Fei, Hongning Zheng, Nicolas Clauvelin, et al.. (2017). Parallels between DNA and collagen – comparing elastic models of the double and triple helix. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12802–12802. 6 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiang‐Jun, Wilma K. Olson, & Harmen J. Bussemaker. (2014). SNAP: Software for Analyzing Structures of Nucleic Acid-Protein Complexes. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 699a–699a. 1 indexed citations
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Colasanti, Andrew V., Xiang‐Jun Lu, & Wilma K. Olson. (2013). Analyzing and Building Nucleic Acid Structures with 3DNA. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e4401–e4401. 48 indexed citations
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Zheng, Guangrong, Xiang‐Jun Lu, & Wilma K. Olson. (2009). Web 3DNA--a web server for the analysis, reconstruction, and visualization of three-dimensional nucleic-acid structures. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(Web Server). W240–W246. 263 indexed citations
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Zheng, Guohui, Andrew V. Colasanti, Xiang‐Jun Lu, & Wilma K. Olson. (2009). 3DNALandscapes: a database for exploring the conformational features of DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(suppl_1). D267–D274. 13 indexed citations
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Moorman, Celine, Junbai Wang, Elzo de Wit, et al.. (2006). Hotspots of transcription factor colocalization in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(32). 12027–12032. 152 indexed citations
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Covell, David G., Anders Wallqvist, Ruili Huang, et al.. (2005). Linking tumor cell cytotoxicity to mechanism of drug action: An integrated analysis of gene expression, small‐molecule screening and structural databases. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 59(3). 403–433. 33 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiang‐Jun, Zippora Shakked, & Wilma K. Olson. (2000). A-form Conformational Motifs in Ligand-bound DNA Structures. Journal of Molecular Biology. 300(4). 819–840. 287 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiang‐Jun & Wilma K. Olson. (1999). Resolving the discrepancies among nucleic acid conformational analyses 1 1Edited by I. Tinoco. Journal of Molecular Biology. 285(4). 1563–1575. 79 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiang‐Jun, M.A. El Hassan, & C.A. Hunter. (1997). Structure and conformation of helical nucleic acids: analysis program (SCHNAaP) 1 1Edited by K. Nagai. Journal of Molecular Biology. 273(3). 668–680. 59 indexed citations

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