Xichen Lian

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 864 citations indexed

About

Xichen Lian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Xichen Lian has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 864 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Xichen Lian's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (3 papers). Xichen Lian is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (3 papers). Xichen Lian collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Xichen Lian's co-authors include Feng Zhu, Yunqing Qiu, Fengcheng Li, Ying Zhou, Yintao Zhang, Chaoxin Wang, Yu Chen, Huaicheng Sun, Ying Zhang and Jing Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Xichen Lian

14 papers receiving 858 citations

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Therapeutic target database update 2022: facilitating drug discovery with enriched comparative data of targeted agents

2021 417 citations Ying Zhou, Yintao Zhang et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xichen Lian China	10	507	269	114	100	69	14	864
Gautier Moroy France	16	445 0.9×	267 1.0×	127 1.1×	113 1.1×	44 0.6×	42	868
Xiaoxu Li China	7	707 1.4×	329 1.2×	73 0.6×	188 1.9×	64 0.9×	17	1.1k
Ziaurrehman Tanoli Finland	10	541 1.1×	349 1.3×	74 0.6×	54 0.5×	43 0.6×	24	851
Gao Tu China	13	684 1.3×	381 1.4×	58 0.5×	115 1.1×	84 1.2×	23	997
Philip Prathipati India	19	538 1.1×	304 1.1×	106 0.9×	69 0.7×	94 1.4×	34	998
Xiangrui Jiang China	16	475 0.9×	182 0.7×	108 0.9×	44 0.4×	113 1.6×	79	1.0k
Wenhui Wang China	16	703 1.4×	323 1.2×	138 1.2×	37 0.4×	84 1.2×	57	1.3k
Yan Guan China	16	598 1.2×	166 0.6×	111 1.0×	73 0.7×	79 1.1×	26	1.0k
Song Zhang China	13	699 1.4×	293 1.1×	174 1.5×	190 1.9×	165 2.4×	31	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xichen Lian

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Zhang, Yintao, Yinghong Li, Jianbo Fu, et al.. (2025). Dynamic clinical trial success rates for drugs in the 21st century. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9537–9537. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yintao, Xichen Lian, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2024). OrgXenomics: an integrated proteomic knowledge base for patient-derived organoid and xenograft. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(D1). D504–D515. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ying, Huaicheng Sun, Xichen Lian, Jing Tang, & Feng Zhu. (2023). ANPELA: Significantly Enhanced Quantification Tool for Cytometry‐Based Single‐Cell Proteomics. Advanced Science. 10(15). e2207061–e2207061. 34 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ying, Huaicheng Sun, Xichen Lian, Jing Tang, & Feng Zhu. (2023). ANPELA: Significantly Enhanced Quantification Tool for Cytometry‐Based Single‐Cell Proteomics (Adv. Sci. 15/2023). Advanced Science. 10(15). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ying, Yintao Zhang, Fengcheng Li, et al.. (2023). SISPRO: Signature Identification for Spatial Proteomics. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(14). 167944–167944. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunxia, Ziqi Pan, Minjie Mou, et al.. (2023). A task-specific encoding algorithm for RNAs and RNA-associated interactions based on convolutional autoencoder. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(21). e110–e110. 38 indexed citations

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Lian, Xichen, Yintao Zhang, Ying Zhou, et al.. (2023). SingPro: a knowledge base providing single-cell proteomic data. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(D1). D552–D561. 22 indexed citations

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Lu, Mingkun, Jiayi Yin, Qi Zhu, et al.. (2023). Artificial Intelligence in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Engineering. 27. 37–69. 72 indexed citations

9.

Zhang, Chenyang, Minjie Mou, Ying Zhou, et al.. (2022). Biological activities of drug inactive ingredients. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23(5). 12 indexed citations

10.

Fu, Jianbo, Ying Zhang, Jin Liu, et al.. (2021). Pharmacometabonomics: data processing and statistical analysis. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 22(5). 56 indexed citations

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Zhang, Song, Xiuna Sun, Xichen Lian, et al.. (2021). The miRNA: a small but powerful RNA for COVID-19. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 22(2). 1137–1149. 114 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ying, Yintao Zhang, Xichen Lian, et al.. (2021). Therapeutic target database update 2022: facilitating drug discovery with enriched comparative data of targeted agents. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1). D1398–D1407. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Xiaona, Fengcheng Li, Wenqi Qiu, et al.. (2021). SYNBIP: synthetic binding proteins for research, diagnosis and therapy. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1). D560–D570. 63 indexed citations

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Sun, Xueni, Yintao Zhang, Ying Zhou, et al.. (2021). NPCDR: natural product-based drug combination and its disease-specific molecular regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1). D1324–D1333. 31 indexed citations

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