Yan‐Jun Liu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yan‐Jun Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan‐Jun Liu has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Yan‐Jun Liu's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (12 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (5 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (5 papers). Yan‐Jun Liu is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (12 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (5 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (5 papers). Yan‐Jun Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Laos and United States. Yan‐Jun Liu's co-authors include Paolo Maiuri, Raphaël Voituriez, Matthieu Piel, Tohru Takaki, Mélina L. Heuzé, Andrew Callan-Jones, Franziska Lautenschlaeger, Maël Le Berre, Yaming Jiu and Ruijuan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yan‐Jun Liu

41 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells

2015 597 citations Yan‐Jun Liu, Maël Le Berre et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan‐Jun Liu China	14	550	455	426	150	104	48	1.2k
Sébastien Schaub France	20	591 1.1×	534 1.2×	268 0.6×	163 1.1×	78 0.8×	45	1.4k
Gert‐Jan Bakker Netherlands	13	503 0.9×	304 0.7×	531 1.2×	307 2.0×	56 0.5×	16	1.2k
Jordan R. Beach United States	17	673 1.2×	722 1.6×	285 0.7×	88 0.6×	53 0.5×	31	1.6k
Vinay Swaminathan United States	13	836 1.5×	414 0.9×	470 1.1×	180 1.2×	74 0.7×	22	1.4k
Sari Tojkander Finland	16	924 1.7×	608 1.3×	219 0.5×	150 1.0×	76 0.7×	22	1.6k
Franziska Lautenschläger Germany	20	852 1.5×	440 1.0×	596 1.4×	138 0.9×	29 0.3×	43	1.6k
James R. W. Conway Australia	20	396 0.7×	826 1.8×	280 0.7×	375 2.5×	253 2.4×	33	1.6k
Kazushige Kawabata Japan	22	809 1.5×	477 1.0×	443 1.0×	114 0.8×	37 0.4×	74	1.6k
Erik S. Welf United States	21	575 1.0×	468 1.0×	389 0.9×	108 0.7×	35 0.3×	34	1.4k
Jérôme Solon Spain	15	1.4k 2.5×	764 1.7×	706 1.7×	101 0.7×	140 1.3×	22	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan‐Jun Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan‐Jun Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan‐Jun Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan‐Jun Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan‐Jun Liu 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‐Jun Liu. Yan‐Jun Liu 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

Mei, Jie, Hao Zhang, Cong Liang, et al.. (2025). Macrophages form dendrite-like pseudopods to enhance bacterial ingestion. The EMBO Journal. 44(17). 4772–4802.

Liu, Jiahao, Xue Dong, Gaowen Liu, et al.. (2025). Bio-friendly and high-precision super-resolution imaging through self-supervised reconstruction structured illumination microscopy. Nature Methods. 23(2). 395–404.

Wang, Yan, Peng Shi, Wei Chen, et al.. (2025). Espin enhances confined cell migration by promoting filopodia formation and contributes to cancer metastasis. EMBO Reports. 26(10). 2574–2596.

Wang, Yu, Yuwen Zhu, Pengcheng Yu, et al.. (2024). Angiomotin cleavage promotes leader formation and collective cell migration. Developmental Cell. 60(1). 101–118.e7. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yajun, et al.. (2024). Physical effects of 3-D microenvironments on confined cell behaviors. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 327(5). C1192–C1201.

Du, Yang, Xinxin Xu, Yajun Wang, et al.. (2023). On-chip modeling of physiological and pathological blood-brain barrier microenvironment for studying glial responses to neuroinflammation. Nano Today. 52. 101947–101947. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Yixin, Xiao‐Nan Tao, Qian Shi, et al.. (2023). Engineering of Multivalent Membrane‐Anchored DNA Frameworks for Precise Profiling of Variable Membrane Permeability During Reversible Electroporation. Small Methods. 8(7). e2301198–e2301198. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yi, Hao Luo, Yanan Liu, et al.. (2023). Escaping Behavior of Sperms on the Biomimetic Oviductal Surface. Analytical Chemistry. 95(4). 2366–2374. 10 indexed citations

Liu, Yixin, et al.. (2023). Trends in confinement-induced cell migration and multi-omics analysis. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 416(9). 2107–2115. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan‐Jun, Ling Lin, & Liang Qiao. (2023). Recent developments in organ-on-a-chip technology for cardiovascular disease research. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 415(18). 3911–3925. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanan, Hao Luo, Yajun Wang, et al.. (2022). Cervix chip mimicking cervical microenvironment for quantifying sperm locomotion. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 204. 114040–114040. 13 indexed citations

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Han, Zhenzhen, Yi Yang, Yi Jia, et al.. (2022). Integrated microfluidic-SERS for exosome biomarker profiling and osteosarcoma diagnosis. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 217. 114709–114709. 79 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, Hong Liang, Jing Mi, et al.. (2022). Role of TRPC6 in periodontal tissue reconstruction mediated by appropriate stress. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 13(1). 401–401. 15 indexed citations

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Jia, Yi, Minghui Song, Dandan Li, et al.. (2021). Highly efficient enrichment and identification of pathogens using a herringbone microfluidic chip and by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The Analyst. 146(13). 4146–4153. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Yiqi, Qiyuan Bao, Qi Liu, et al.. (2021). A Novel Microfluidic Chip for Fast, Sensitive Quantification of Plasma Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers in Patients With Osteosarcoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 709255–709255. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Yajun, et al.. (2021). Feedback-Driven Mechanisms Between Phosphorylated Caveolin-1 and Contractile Actin Assemblies Instruct Persistent Cell Migration. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 665919–665919. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2021). How Physical Factors Coordinate Virus Infection: A Perspective From Mechanobiology. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 764516–764516. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan‐Jun, Xiaowu Huang, Dan Lu, et al.. (2020). LncRNA SNHG4 promotes the increased growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity via regulating c-Met mediated by miR-148a-3p. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 514. 110887–110887. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Bing, Yan‐Jun Liu, Dan Tang, et al.. (2020). Hippocampus is more vulnerable to neural damages induced by repeated sevoflurane exposure in the second trimester than other brain areas. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 52(8). 864–874. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan‐Jun, Maël Le Berre, Franziska Lautenschlaeger, et al.. (2015). Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells. Cell. 160(4). 659–672. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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