Ying Piao

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Ying Piao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Piao has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Biomaterials and 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ying Piao's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (25 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (24 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (16 papers). Ying Piao is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (25 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (24 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (16 papers). Ying Piao collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and United States. Ying Piao's co-authors include Youqing Shen, Zhuxian Zhou, Jianbin Tang, Quan Zhou, Jiajia Xiang, Xiangrui Liu, Shiqun Shao, Nasha Qiu, Jinqiang Wang and Zhihua Gan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ying Piao

60 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Enzyme-activatable polymer–drug conjugate augments tumour penetration and treatment efficacy

2019 707 citations Quan Zhou, Shiqun Shao et al. profile →
The tumor EPR effect for cancer drug delivery: Current status, limitations, and alternatives

2022 237 citations Jiajia Xiang, Quan Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ying Piao China	26	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	504	328	61	3.1k
Jiajia Xiang China	27	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	493 1.0×	281 0.9×	75	3.1k
Zhaopei Guo China	30	1.2k 0.7×	852 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	521 1.0×	305 0.9×	80	2.9k
Nasha Qiu China	17	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	331 0.7×	376 1.1×	38	2.6k
Xinyu He China	23	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	643 1.3×	453 1.4×	64	3.2k
Yao‐Xin Lin China	26	1.5k 0.9×	875 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	760 1.5×	452 1.4×	46	3.0k
Qingshuo Meng China	24	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	233 0.7×	35	3.6k
Xing Guo China	32	2.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	582 1.2×	556 1.7×	47	3.7k
Wafa’ T. Al-Jamal United Kingdom	29	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	680 1.3×	152 0.5×	64	3.0k
Shiqun Shao China	20	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	852 0.7×	321 0.6×	280 0.9×	63	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Piao

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Xu, Haoran, Jiaqi Fan, Jiwei Liu, et al.. (2025). Tetra-branched ionizable lipids enhance the stability and transfection efficiency of lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(11). 110833–110833. 2 indexed citations

Vasconcelos, Marta W., Ying Piao, Sebastian Himbert, et al.. (2025). Photodynamic Inactivation as a New Weapon Against Plant Fire Blight Disease: Proof of a New Dawn of Environmentally Friendly Crop Protection. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(32). 19958–19973. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jiwei, Bing Xiao, Haoran Xu, et al.. (2025). Ionizable Lipids with Branched Linkers Enhance the Delivery of mRNA Vaccines. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(9). 13552–13564. 7 indexed citations

Zhu, Chenchen, Guiping Yuan, Jiahui Jin, et al.. (2024). Active trans-corneal drug delivery with ocular adhesive micelles for efficient glaucoma therapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 377. 578–590. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Xiaoli, et al.. (2024). Trends and frontiers of RNA methylation in cancer over the past 10 years: a bibliometric and visual analysis. Frontiers in Genetics. 15. 1461386–1461386. 1 indexed citations

Piao, Ying, Sebastian Himbert, Zifan Li, et al.. (2024). Alkylated EDTA potentiates antibacterial photodynamic activity of protoporphyrin. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 161–161. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, Dongdong Li, Xiaodan Xu, et al.. (2023). A Bispecific Peptide‐Polymer Conjugate Bridging Target‐Effector Cells to Enhance Immunotherapy. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(18). e2202977–e2202977. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Runnan, Shiqun Shao, Ying Piao, et al.. (2023). Esterase‐Labile Quaternium Lipidoid Enabling Improved mRNA‐LNP Stability and Spleen‐Selective mRNA Transfection. Advanced Materials. 35(46). e2303614–e2303614. 46 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhihao, Jiajia Xiang, Jing Liu, et al.. (2023). Screening of Zwitterionic Liposomes with Red Blood Cell‐Hitchhiking and Tumor Cell‐Active Transporting Capability for Efficient Tumor Entrance. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(16). 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Huifang, Ying Piao, Xiangrui Liu, et al.. (2023). Histone Deacetylase‐Triggered Self‐Immolative Peptide‐Cytotoxins for Cancer‐Selective Drug Delivery. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(16). 18 indexed citations

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Qin, Yating, Guowei Wang, Yuji Sun, et al.. (2023). High‐Throughput Screening of Surface Engineered Cyanine Nanodots for Active Transport of Therapeutic Antibodies into Solid Tumor. Advanced Materials. 36(9). e2302292–e2302292. 19 indexed citations

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Xiang, Jiajia, Kexin Liu, Hongxia Xu, et al.. (2023). Dual Synergistic Tumor‐Specific Polymeric Nanoparticles for Efficient Chemo‐Immunotherapy. Advanced Science. 10(29). e2301216–e2301216. 17 indexed citations

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Xiang, Jiajia, Jing Liu, Xin Liu, et al.. (2022). Enzymatic drug release cascade from polymeric prodrug nanoassemblies enables targeted chemotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 348. 444–455. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Jing, Zhihao Zhao, Nasha Qiu, et al.. (2021). Co-delivery of IOX1 and doxorubicin for antibody-independent cancer chemo-immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2425–2425. 123 indexed citations

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Cong, Hailin, Kaiqi Wang, Jiajia Yang, et al.. (2020). Tuning the Brightness and Photostability of Organic Dots for Multivalent Targeted Cancer Imaging and Surgery. ACS Nano. 14(5). 5887–5900. 50 indexed citations

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Zhou, Quan, Chengyuan Dong, Wufa Fan, et al.. (2020). Tumor extravasation and infiltration as barriers of nanomedicine for high efficacy: The current status and transcytosis strategy. Biomaterials. 240. 119902–119902. 186 indexed citations

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Piao, Ying, et al.. (2019). Acidity-responsive shell-sheddable camptothecin-based nanofibers for carrier-free cancer drug delivery. Nanoscale. 11(34). 15907–15916. 32 indexed citations

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Yan, Huijie, Dingcheng Zhu, Zhuxian Zhou, et al.. (2018). Facile synthesis of semi-library of low charge density cationic polyesters from poly(alkylene maleate)s for efficient local gene delivery. Biomaterials. 178. 559–569. 49 indexed citations

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Xiang, Jiajia, Bihan Wu, Zhuxian Zhou, et al.. (2018). Synthesis and evaluation of a paclitaxel-binding polymeric micelle for efficient breast cancer therapy. Science China Life Sciences. 61(4). 436–447. 39 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xingbo, et al.. (2008). Identification of yak lactate dehydrogenase B gene variants by gene cloning. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 51(5). 430–434. 5 indexed citations

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