Xiaotong Cheng

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaotong Cheng is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaotong Cheng has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiaotong Cheng's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (5 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (5 papers). Xiaotong Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (5 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (5 papers). Xiaotong Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Bangladesh. Xiaotong Cheng's co-authors include Fu‐Gen Wu, Gaolin Liang, Huan-Huan Ran, Haidong Xu, Yao‐Wen Jiang, Hao‐Ran Jia, Ge Gao, Ya‐Xuan Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang and Wei Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Xiaotong Cheng

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Glutathione-Depleting Nanomedicines for Synergistic Cance... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2021 2020 100 200 300
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. Glutathione-Depleting Nanomedicines for Synergistic Cancer Therapy
    2021 305 citations Xiaotong Cheng, Haidong Xu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  2. Enzyme‐Mediated Tumor Starvation and Phototherapy Enhance Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Therapy
    2020 281 citations Ge Gao, Yao‐Wen Jiang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaotong Cheng China 13 758 551 331 257 146 25 1.1k
Guobei Yan China 6 755 1.0× 592 1.1× 407 1.2× 174 0.7× 184 1.3× 7 1.0k
Huarong Bai China 10 661 0.9× 497 0.9× 717 2.2× 212 0.8× 100 0.7× 15 1.2k
Defan Yao China 14 531 0.7× 396 0.7× 284 0.9× 158 0.6× 114 0.8× 26 861
Manman Liu China 20 676 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 445 1.3× 152 0.6× 74 0.5× 48 1.7k
Qianglan Lu China 19 725 1.0× 443 0.8× 270 0.8× 226 0.9× 104 0.7× 30 975
He Ma China 19 675 0.9× 336 0.6× 216 0.7× 193 0.8× 273 1.9× 35 1.0k
Na Yoon Kim United States 11 614 0.8× 382 0.7× 446 1.3× 233 0.9× 92 0.6× 13 1.1k
Hao-Ran Jia China 11 744 1.0× 660 1.2× 392 1.2× 241 0.9× 292 2.0× 12 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaotong Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaotong Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaotong Cheng. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiaotong Cheng. The network helps show where Xiaotong Cheng may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaotong Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaotong Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaotong Cheng 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 Xiaotong Cheng. Xiaotong Cheng 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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Cheng, Xiaotong, et al.. (2025). Atg4B-Activated Near-Infrared Nanoprobe for Precise Imaging of Autophagy In Vivo. Analytical Chemistry. 97(39). 21181–21186. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Qiaochu, Xiaoyang Liu, Xiaotong Cheng, et al.. (2025). Caspase 8-activated bioluminescence probe for in vivo imaging of programmable cell death. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 290. 118004–118004.
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Gao, Ge, Yao‐Wen Jiang, Hao‐Ran Jia, et al.. (2024). Correction to “Enzyme‐Mediated Tumor Starvation and Phototherapy Enhance Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Therapy”. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(52). 1 indexed citations
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Zhan, Wenjun, Lingling Xu, Zhiyu Liu, et al.. (2023). Tandem Guest‐Host‐Receptor Recognitions Precisely Guide Ciprofloxacin to Eliminate Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(32). e202306427–e202306427. 40 indexed citations
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Jia, Hao‐Ran, Ya‐Xuan Zhu, Yi Liu, et al.. (2022). Direct chemical editing of Gram‐positive bacterial cell walls via an enzyme‐catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(5). 20220010–20220010. 21 indexed citations
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Xia, Tiantian, Xiaotong Cheng, Xianbao Sun, & Gaolin Liang. (2022). Photoswitchable Nanofiber–Nanoparticle Transformation in a Cosolvent Gel–Sol System. ACS Materials Letters. 4(10). 1962–1966. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Wei, Xiaotong Cheng, Binhui Chen, et al.. (2021). Enhancement of red upconversion emission intensity of Ho3+ ions in NaLuF4:Yb3+/Ho3+/Ce3+@NaLuF4 core–shell nanoparticles. Journal of Rare Earths. 40(4). 517–525. 16 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaotong, Haidong Xu, Huan-Huan Ran, Gaolin Liang, & Fu‐Gen Wu. (2021). Glutathione-Depleting Nanomedicines for Synergistic Cancer Therapy. ACS Nano. 15(5). 8039–8068. 305 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Ge, Yao‐Wen Jiang, Yuxin Guo, et al.. (2020). Enzyme‐Mediated Tumor Starvation and Phototherapy Enhance Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(16). 281 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Wei, Qingyan Han, Xiaotong Cheng, et al.. (2020). Building vertical gold nanorod arrays to enhance upconversion luminescence of <i>β</i>-NaYF<sub>4</sub>: Yb<sup>3+</sup>/Er<sup>3+</sup> nanocrystals. Acta Physica Sinica. 69(18). 184213–184213. 2 indexed citations
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Ran, Huan-Huan, Xiaotong Cheng, Ge Gao, et al.. (2020). Colistin-Loaded Polydopamine Nanospheres Uniformly Decorated with Silver Nanodots: A Nanohybrid Platform with Improved Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Performance. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(4). 2438–2448. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoyang, Hao‐Ran Jia, Ya‐Xuan Zhu, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrion- and nucleus-acting polymeric nanoagents for chemo-photothermal combination therapy. Science China Materials. 63(5). 851–863. 24 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaotong, et al.. (2020). Covalently Conjugated Hydrogelators for Imaging and Therapeutic Applications. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 31(3). 448–461. 12 indexed citations
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Gao, Wei, Zeyu Sun, Qingyan Han, et al.. (2020). Enhancing upconversion emission of Er3+ in single β-NaYF4 microrod through constructing different inert and active shells with doping Yb3+ ions. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 857. 157578–157578. 22 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yao‐Wen, Ge Gao, Hao‐Ran Jia, et al.. (2020). Palladium Nanosheets as Safe Radiosensitizers for Radiotherapy. Langmuir. 36(39). 11637–11644. 19 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaotong, Xiaodong Zhang, Peidang Liu, et al.. (2019). Sequential Treatment of Cell Cycle Regulator and Nanoradiosensitizer Achieves Enhanced Radiotherapeutic Outcome. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(5). 2050–2059. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaodong, Xiaokai Chen, Yao‐Wen Jiang, et al.. (2018). Glutathione-Depleting Gold Nanoclusters for Enhanced Cancer Radiotherapy through Synergistic External and Internal Regulations. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(13). 10601–10606. 100 indexed citations
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Pan, Guang‐Yu, Hao‐Ran Jia, Ya‐Xuan Zhu, et al.. (2018). Cyanine-Containing Polymeric Nanoparticles with Imaging/Therapy-Switchable Capability for Mitochondria-Targeted Cancer Theranostics. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(6). 2885–2897. 48 indexed citations
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Zhao, Weihong, et al.. (2016). <b><i>c-myc</i></b> Gene Copy Number Variation in Cervical Exfoliated Cells Detected on Fluorescence in situ Hybridization for Cervical Cancer Screening. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. 81(5). 416–423. 8 indexed citations

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