Yan Xu

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
160 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xu has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Xu's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (84 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (79 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (50 papers). Yan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (84 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (79 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (50 papers). Yan Xu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Yan Xu's co-authors include Hiroshi Sugiyama, Makoto Komiyama, Takumi Ishizuka, Hong‐Liang Bao, Yuki Noguchi, Yuta Suzuki, Kenichiro Ito, Hideji Osuga, Yusuke Sakai and Akinori Kuzuya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xu

146 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Influenza Virus Z-RNAs Induce ZBP1-Mediated Necroptosis

2020 370 citations Ting Zhang, Chaoran Yin et al. profile →
ADAR1 masks the cancer immunotherapeutic promise of ZBP1-driven necroptosis

2022 262 citations Ting Zhang, Chaoran Yin et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Xu Japan	36	4.3k	463	353	352	343	160	5.3k
Stefan Lutz United States	31	4.1k 0.9×	721 1.6×	787 2.2×	714 2.0×	791 2.3×	92	5.9k
Raphaël Rodriguez France	41	4.8k 1.1×	811 1.8×	200 0.6×	152 0.4×	202 0.6×	93	6.1k
Sang J. Chung South Korea	30	1.7k 0.4×	364 0.8×	191 0.5×	567 1.6×	403 1.2×	121	3.0k
Satoshi Obika Japan	39	5.5k 1.3×	732 1.6×	240 0.7×	173 0.5×	209 0.6×	327	6.3k
Daniela Marasco Italy	38	2.6k 0.6×	402 0.9×	591 1.7×	312 0.9×	214 0.6×	177	4.3k
Lorenz M. Mayr Switzerland	28	2.3k 0.5×	247 0.5×	390 1.1×	304 0.9×	238 0.7×	51	3.1k
J. Breed United Kingdom	34	2.4k 0.5×	515 1.1×	164 0.5×	223 0.6×	214 0.6×	51	3.4k
Christian F. W. Becker Austria	32	2.2k 0.5×	940 2.0×	142 0.4×	288 0.8×	207 0.6×	144	3.5k
Sagar D. Khare United States	30	3.3k 0.8×	743 1.6×	97 0.3×	840 2.4×	222 0.6×	70	4.7k
Christopher P. Holmes United States	26	2.1k 0.5×	929 2.0×	170 0.5×	213 0.6×	498 1.5×	47	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Yan, et al.. (2026). Breaking the Interfacial Interaction Bottleneck: PVA-Engineered CDs-LDH Hybrids with Enhanced Time-Dependent Phosphorescence for Advanced Information Anti-Counterfeiting. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 130(7). 2680–2688.

Zuo, Xiaoling, et al.. (2024). Development of a CRISPR/Cas12a-based method to detect invasive aquatic species. Aquaculture. 591. 741132–741132. 3 indexed citations

Yi, Song, Shiyu Wang, & Yan Xu. (2024). Mirror-Image RNA: A Right-Handed Z-Form RNA and Its Ligand Complex. Molecules. 29(20). 4900–4900. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Hongying, Wei Xiong, Mei Zeng, et al.. (2024). Identification of potential characteristic genes in chronic skin infections through RNA sequencing and immunohistochemical analysis. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 28(6). 432–432.

He, Zhiyong, Takumi Ishizuka, Yoshitaka Hishikawa, & Yan Xu. (2022). Click chemistry for fluorescence imaging via combination of a BODIPY-based ‘turn-on’ probe and a norbornene glucosamine. Chemical Communications. 58(89). 12479–12482. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Ting, Chaoran Yin, А. И. Федоров, et al.. (2022). ADAR1 masks the cancer immunotherapeutic promise of ZBP1-driven necroptosis. Nature. 606(7914). 594–602. 262 indexed citations breakdown →

Ishizuka, Takumi, et al.. (2021). Systematic Approach to DNA Aptamer Design Using Amino Acid–Nucleic Acid Hybrids (ANHs) Targeting Thrombin. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 7(4). 1338–1343. 10 indexed citations

Sasaki, Shogo, Yue Ma, Takumi Ishizuka, et al.. (2020). Linear consecutive hexaoxazoles as G4 ligands inducing chair-type anti-parallel topology of a telomeric G-quadruplex. RSC Advances. 10(71). 43319–43323. 5 indexed citations

Bao, Hong‐Liang, Takumi Ishizuka, Atsushi Yamashita, et al.. (2020). Improving Thermodynamic Stability and Anticoagulant Activity of a Thrombin Binding Aptamer by Incorporation of 8-trifluoromethyl-2′-deoxyguanosine. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(1). 711–718. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongshan, Takumi Ishizuka, Makiko Kawaguchi, et al.. (2019). A Nucleoside Derivative 5-Vinyluridine (VrU) for Imaging RNA in Cells and Animals. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 30(11). 2958–2966. 19 indexed citations

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Ishizuka, Takumi, et al.. (2018). 2′-O-Methyl-8-methylguanosine as a Z-Form RNA Stabilizer for Structural and Functional Study of Z-RNA. Molecules. 23(10). 2572–2572. 16 indexed citations

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Ishizuka, Takumi, et al.. (2018). Stability and properties of Z-DNA containing artificial nucleobase 2′-O-methyl-8-methyl guanosine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 27(2). 364–369. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Yanjing, Xiaoguo Liu, Lele Sun, et al.. (2018). Alleviated Inhibition of Single Enzyme in Confined and Crowded Environment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(1). 82–89. 13 indexed citations

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Ishizuka, Takumi, Atsushi Yamashita, Yujiro Asada, & Yan Xu. (2017). Studying DNA G-Quadruplex Aptamer by ¹⁹F NMR. ACS Omega. 2(12). 8843–8848. 18 indexed citations

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Bao, Hong‐Liang, Takumi Ishizuka, Takashi Sakamoto, et al.. (2017). Characterization of human telomere RNA G-quadruplex structures in vitro and in living cells using 19F NMR spectroscopy. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(9). 5501–5511. 93 indexed citations

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Ishizuka, Takumi, et al.. (2017). A multi-functional guanine derivative for studying the DNA G-quadruplex structure. The Analyst. 142(21). 4083–4088. 16 indexed citations

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Kuzuya, Akinori, Yusuke Sakai, Takahiro Yamazaki, et al.. (2017). Allosteric control of nanomechanical DNA origami pinching devices for enhanced target binding. Chemical Communications. 53(59). 8276–8279. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Takumi Ishizuka, Hong‐Liang Bao, et al.. (2017). Structure-Dependent Binding of hnRNPA1 to Telomere RNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(22). 7533–7539. 48 indexed citations

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Ishizuka, Takumi, et al.. (2017). Antiparallel RNA G-quadruplex Formed by Human Telomere RNA Containing 8-Bromoguanosine. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6695–6695. 27 indexed citations

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Xu, Yan, Yuta Suzuki, Kenichiro Ito, & Makoto Komiyama. (2010). Telomeric repeat-containing RNA structure in living cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(33). 14579–14584. 154 indexed citations

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