Yue Xu

26.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
211 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Yue Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yue Xu has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cancer Research and 34 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yue Xu's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (27 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (18 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers). Yue Xu is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (27 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (18 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers). Yue Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yue Xu's co-authors include Chuong D. Hoang, Maximilian Diehn, Andrew J. Gentles, Weiguo Feng, Chih Long Liu, Aaron M. Newman, Ash A. Alizadeh, Michael R. Green, Michael T. Longaker and Sylvia K. Plevritis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yue Xu

196 papers receiving 17.7k citations

Hit Papers

Robust enumeration of cell subsets from tissue expression... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Robust enumeration of cell subsets from tissue expression profiles
    2015 8.3k citations Aaron M. Newman, Chih Long Liu et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. The prognostic landscape of genes and infiltrating immune cells across human cancers
    2015 2.2k citations Andrew J. Gentles, Aaron M. Newman 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
Yue Xu China 47 8.9k 5.0k 4.8k 4.7k 4.3k 211 17.8k
Michael Zeisberg Germany 55 10.6k 1.2× 5.6k 1.1× 3.3k 0.7× 3.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 105 21.1k
Ruth J. Muschel United States 77 9.1k 1.0× 7.9k 1.6× 2.3k 0.5× 4.8k 1.0× 3.1k 0.7× 232 18.2k
Timothy A. Chan United States 77 9.4k 1.1× 10.4k 2.1× 5.5k 1.2× 5.2k 1.1× 4.5k 1.1× 243 22.7k
Gavin Thurston United States 63 13.8k 1.6× 5.5k 1.1× 2.3k 0.5× 4.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 168 22.1k
Manuel Salto‐Tellez United Kingdom 59 8.4k 0.9× 5.0k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 306 17.9k
Hans‐Peter Gerber United States 51 12.1k 1.4× 5.7k 1.1× 2.5k 0.5× 4.6k 1.0× 2.2k 0.5× 91 21.1k
Glen Kristiansen Germany 79 12.2k 1.4× 6.5k 1.3× 5.5k 1.1× 6.5k 1.4× 2.3k 0.5× 540 22.1k
David Piwnica‐Worms United States 71 9.2k 1.0× 5.8k 1.2× 1.9k 0.4× 2.7k 0.6× 3.3k 0.8× 282 19.5k
Rolf A. Brekken United States 73 9.3k 1.0× 6.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.4× 4.4k 0.9× 3.5k 0.8× 271 19.5k
Alexandra Giatromanolaki Greece 65 7.6k 0.9× 4.2k 0.8× 2.8k 0.6× 5.9k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 389 15.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yue Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yue Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yue Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yue Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yue 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 Yue Xu. Yue 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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Xu, Yue, Lingzhi Wang, Qifeng Liu, et al.. (2025). Spatial metabolomics combined with transcriptomics to reveal heterogeneous metabolism and drug response in the heart of rats with heart failure. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(7). 110958–110958.
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Wan, Li, Tonghui Ma, Xiaoming Shi, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia-induced tumor cell-intrinsic PLAU activation drives immunotherapy resistance in collagenic lung adenocarcinoma. International Immunopharmacology. 162. 115161–115161. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bowen, et al.. (2025). High-Altitude Acute Hypoxia Endurance and Comprehensive Lung Function in Pilots. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. 96(3). 191–197.
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Wu, Haicui, et al.. (2025). Non-coding RNA-mediated granulosa cell dysfunction during ovarian aging: From mechanisms to potential interventions. Non-coding RNA Research. 12. 102–115. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Miao, Baojun Suo, Yudong Wei, et al.. (2024). Distribution Characteristics and Impacting Factors of Drug CYP Enzymes and Transporters in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Chinese Healthy Subjects. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 117(3). 676–689. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Guangxing, Menglin Wu, Yue Xu, et al.. (2024). ROS-mediated M1 polarization-necroptosis crosstalk involved in Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate-induced chicken liver injury. Poultry Science. 104(1). 104558–104558. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiao, Zerui Wang, Yuqing Han, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide association analysis study on host resistance against the Aeromonas veronii of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 157. 110093–110093. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Xuejiao, et al.. (2023). Target-catalyzed self-assembled spherical G-quadruplex/hemin DNAzymes for highly sensitive colorimetric detection of microRNA in serum. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1247. 340879–340879. 22 indexed citations
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Ma, Chunxiao, Wei Zhang, Yue Xu, et al.. (2023). Setd2 deficiency promotes gastric tumorigenesis through inhibiting the SIRT1/FOXO pathway. Cancer Letters. 579. 216470–216470. 12 indexed citations
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Deng, Simin, Yue Xu, Binbin Gao, et al.. (2023). Anemarrhenasaponin I suppresses ovarian cancer progression via inhibition of SHH signaling pathway. ONCOLOGIE. 25(3). 233–243. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Ni, Xiaoxue Li, Yiwen Zhu, et al.. (2023). SETD2 deficiency promotes renal fibrosis through the TGF‐β/Smad signalling pathway in the absence of VHL. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(11). e1468–e1468. 4 indexed citations
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Newman, Aaron M., Chih Long Liu, Michael R. Green, et al.. (2015). Robust enumeration of cell subsets from tissue expression profiles. Nature Methods. 12(5). 453–457. 8298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ron, Chen, Purvesh Khatri, Paweł K. Mazur, et al.. (2014). A Meta-analysis of Lung Cancer Gene Expression Identifies PTK7 as a Survival Gene in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 74(10). 2892–2902. 116 indexed citations
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Vicent, Silvestre, Leanne C. Sayles, Dedeepya Vaka, et al.. (2012). Cross-Species Functional Analysis of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Identifies a Critical Role for CLCF1 and IL-6 in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer In Vivo. Cancer Research. 72(22). 5744–5756. 102 indexed citations
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Xu, Yue, Aaron W. James, Antoine L. Carre, et al.. (2009). Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase Activity in Reduced Oxygen Environment Enhances the Osteogenesis of Mouse Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(12). 3697–3707. 40 indexed citations

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