Yu Fan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yu Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Fan has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yu Fan's work include RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers). Yu Fan is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers). Yu Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Yu Fan's co-authors include Na Fang, Yanfen Wang, Tongpeng Xu, Tao Yu, Yongqian Shu, Tongshan Wang, Xuyu Gu, Changfeng Man, Chen Zou and Heng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Yu Fan

53 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

CircRNAs in cancer metabolism: a review 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. CircRNAs in cancer metabolism: a review
    2019 327 citations Tao Yu, Yanfen Wang et al. Journal of Hematology & Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yu Fan China 16 755 573 146 119 86 56 1.0k
Diana Han Hong Kong 7 407 0.5× 442 0.8× 126 0.9× 94 0.8× 84 1.0× 9 801
Tomáš Tokár Canada 10 493 0.7× 456 0.8× 66 0.5× 55 0.5× 70 0.8× 21 746
Limin Zhai China 16 448 0.6× 350 0.6× 140 1.0× 82 0.7× 53 0.6× 33 763
Zhanjun Guo China 21 903 1.2× 433 0.8× 180 1.2× 84 0.7× 123 1.4× 94 1.3k
Yingying Qian China 19 479 0.6× 319 0.6× 207 1.4× 95 0.8× 162 1.9× 43 904
Haihui Sheng China 20 727 1.0× 571 1.0× 178 1.2× 123 1.0× 100 1.2× 51 1.1k
Qi‐Man Sun China 18 470 0.6× 397 0.7× 298 2.0× 202 1.7× 151 1.8× 37 1.0k
Xiaoxu Ge China 14 355 0.5× 326 0.6× 135 0.9× 89 0.7× 58 0.7× 40 644

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Fan

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

All Works

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Qiu, Yue, et al.. (2024). R-loops’ m6A modification and its roles in cancers. Molecular Cancer. 23(1). 232–232. 8 indexed citations
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Qu, Jun, et al.. (2022). Curcumin Inhibits Invasion and Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Regulating TET1/Wnt/β-catenin Signal Axis. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 173(6). 770–774. 9 indexed citations
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He, Lian, et al.. (2021). Circular RNAs’ cap-independent translation protein and its roles in carcinomas. Molecular Cancer. 20(1). 119–119. 59 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu, et al.. (2021). Preoperative Serum Prealbumin Level and Adverse Prognosis in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy: A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 775425–775425. 6 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu, et al.. (2020). Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in TNFRSF11 with the Progression of Genetic Susceptibility to Gastric Cancer. Journal of Oncology. 2020. 1–9. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhoujun, et al.. (2020). 面向自然语言处理的预训练技术研究综述 (Survey of Natural Language Processing Pre-training Techniques).. 47. 162–173. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Tao, Yanfen Wang, Yu Fan, et al.. (2019). CircRNAs in cancer metabolism: a review. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 12(1). 90–90. 327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Zhongyuan, Yu Fan, Cheng Shen, et al.. (2019). DDD score for renal tumor: An intuitive and comprehensive anatomical scoring system to access the outcomes of retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. International Journal of Urology. 26(4). 451–456. 6 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu, et al.. (2019). CD4+ T Cell Immune Response to VP1 and VP3 in BK Virus Infected Recipients of Renal Transplantation. Surgical Infections. 20(3). 236–243. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Binbin, et al.. (2019). N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification in gastrointestinal tract cancers: roles, mechanisms, and applications. Molecular Cancer. 18(1). 178–178. 80 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu, Lu Li, Zhihao Wu, et al.. (2012). nm23‐H1 gene driven by hTERT promoter induces inhibition of invasive phenotype and metastasis of lung cancer xenograft in mice. Thoracic Cancer. 4(1). 41–52. 12 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu. (2011). Effects of evodiamine on invasion and polo-like kinase 1 expression of human gastric cancer cell. Journal of Jiangsu University. 2 indexed citations
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Wan, Haisu, Li Y, Yu Fan, et al.. (2011). A site-directed mutagenesis method particularly useful for creating otherwise difficult-to-make mutants and alanine scanning. Analytical Biochemistry. 420(2). 163–170. 10 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu. (2010). Effects of evodiamine on invasion and proliferation in human gastric cancer cell. Shandong yiyao. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu, Youli Zhang, Ying Wu, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 expression by RNA interference suppresses invasion through inducing anoikis in human colon cancer cells. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 14(3). 428–428. 26 indexed citations
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Yuan, Feng & Yu Fan. (2007). LA-ICPMS U-Pb age of zircon from basalt of Matoutan Group in Shilipo native copper mineralized area,eastern Tianshan,Xinjiang.. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 13 indexed citations
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Fan, Yu. (2005). Apoptosis induction with polo-like kinase-1 antisense phosph-orothioate oligodeoxynucleotide of colon cancer cell line SW480. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 11(29). 4596–4596. 9 indexed citations

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