Xu Chen

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Xu Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Chen has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Xu Chen's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers). Xu Chen is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers). Xu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Xu Chen's co-authors include Courtney Cates, Thomas Rousselle, Ji Li, Bin Lei, Zhenhua Wang, Xuan Li, Bo Xu, Jie He, Wenyan Zhang and Jesper Hastrup Svendsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xu Chen

118 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Gut Microbially Produced Indole-3-Propionic Acid Inhibits... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Gut Microbially Produced Indole-3-Propionic Acid Inhibits Atherosclerosis by Promoting Reverse Cholesterol Transport and Its Deficiency Is Causally Related to Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
    2022 150 citations Xu Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xu Chen China 27 883 412 197 196 183 131 2.1k
Zhijun Wu China 26 743 0.8× 470 1.1× 137 0.7× 300 1.5× 119 0.7× 104 2.0k
Jiahao Liu China 28 1.0k 1.2× 255 0.6× 205 1.0× 341 1.7× 136 0.7× 210 2.6k
Zheng Zhang China 26 1.0k 1.1× 420 1.0× 202 1.0× 389 2.0× 130 0.7× 148 2.5k
Wei Wu China 27 658 0.7× 350 0.8× 237 1.2× 114 0.6× 104 0.6× 155 2.8k
Gareth J. McKay United Kingdom 27 1.0k 1.1× 176 0.4× 231 1.2× 256 1.3× 152 0.8× 145 3.2k
James A. Lin Taiwan 22 490 0.6× 247 0.6× 180 0.9× 159 0.8× 165 0.9× 56 1.4k
Qing He China 28 792 0.9× 243 0.6× 494 2.5× 204 1.0× 226 1.2× 123 2.6k
Zhu Zhu China 20 533 0.6× 231 0.6× 189 1.0× 130 0.7× 132 0.7× 330 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xu Chen. 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 Xu Chen. The network helps show where Xu Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xu Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xu 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 Xu Chen. Xu 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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Lu, Junlin, Hong Li, Tingting Li, et al.. (2025). Resveratrol Induces Oxidative Stress and Downregulates GPX4 and xCT to Activate the Ferroptosis Pathway for Anti-Bladder Cancer Organoids. Journal of Cancer. 16(8). 2613–2625. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Xu, Rui Tang, Ye Wang, et al.. (2025). Response of Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Nitrogen Changes in Rice with Different Nitrogen Use Efficiencies. Plants. 14(10). 1465–1465. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Wenkai, Yougang Wang, Yichao Li, et al.. (2025). The FAST H i 21 cm Absorption Blind Survey. II. Statistical Exploration for Associated and Intervening Systems. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 277(1). 25–25. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Ye, et al.. (2025). Screening of Germplasm Resources with Low-Phosphorus Tolerance During the Seedling Stage of Rice. Plants. 14(10). 1543–1543. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Xu, Hai Hai, Wenzhi Yao, et al.. (2024). Quercetin 7-rhamnoside from Sorbaria sorbifolia exerts anti-hepatocellular carcinoma effect via DHRS13/apoptotic pathway. Phytomedicine. 135. 156031–156031. 4 indexed citations
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Bian, Suyan, Pan Liu, Jing Jing, et al.. (2024). VesselTransGAN to CT Imaging: A Contrast Medium Free CTA Solution. IEEE Access. 12. 129917–129926. 2 indexed citations
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Chang, Qiang, Yannan Zhang, Xiaoming Guan, et al.. (2023). MiR-155-5p Aggravated Astrocyte Activation and Glial Scarring in a Spinal Cord Injury Model by Inhibiting Ndfip1 Expression and PTEN Nuclear Translocation. Neurochemical Research. 48(6). 1912–1924. 7 indexed citations
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Movahedi, Ali, Hui Wei, Saeid Kadkhodaei, et al.. (2023). CRISPR-mediated genome editing in poplar issued by efficient transformation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1159615–1159615. 2 indexed citations
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Al‐Huda, Zaid, et al.. (2023). OSRE: Object-to-Spot Rotation Estimation for Bike Parking Assessment. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 25(6). 6013–6022. 1 indexed citations
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Toth, Courtney R. A., Olivia Molenda, Camilla Nesbø, et al.. (2023). Metagenomic and Genomic Sequences from a Methanogenic Benzene-Degrading Consortium. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12(5). e0134222–e0134222. 2 indexed citations
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Chui, Charles K., et al.. (2022). An Effective Video Transformer With Synchronized Spatiotemporal and Spatial Self-Attention for Action Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 35(2). 2496–2509. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiqi, et al.. (2021). Laboratory rearing of Abidama liuensis (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) and description of immature stages. European Journal of Entomology. 118. 82–89.
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Chen, Xu, et al.. (2020). Z-ligustilide reduces cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity via activation of NRF2/HO-1 signaling pathways. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 19(7). 1359–1364.
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Lu, Donghao, Jie Song, Yi Lu, et al.. (2020). A shared genetic contribution to breast cancer and schizophrenia. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4637–4637. 35 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shengjie, et al.. (2018). Skeleton development observation of Lates calcarifer larva fish.. Nanfang nongye xuebao. 49(3). 592–598. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lijun, et al.. (2005). Diurnal behavioral time budget and activity rhythm of Reevese's butterfly lizard under artificial breeding condition. Sichuan dongwu. 24(1). 9–13. 1 indexed citations

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