Yuequan Shen

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Yuequan Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuequan Shen has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yuequan Shen's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (14 papers), Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (13 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Yuequan Shen is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (14 papers), Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (13 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Yuequan Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yuequan Shen's co-authors include Wei‐Jen Tang, Xue Yang, A. Joachimiak, Marsha Rich Rosner, Xiangyu Cai, Xiaohong Qin, Sandriyana Soelaiman, Qing Guo, Zhijie Lin and Natalia L. Zhukovskaya 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

Yuequan Shen

101 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

A Regulatory Signaling Loop Comprising the PGAM5 Phosphatase and CK2 Controls Receptor-Mediated Mitophagy

2014 463 citations Guo Chen, Zhe Han et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuequan Shen China	35	3.0k	636	491	448	383	101	4.4k
Simon Newstead United Kingdom	40	3.6k 1.2×	632 1.0×	192 0.4×	411 0.9×	142 0.4×	84	5.3k
Ralf Ficner Germany	48	5.6k 1.9×	587 0.9×	270 0.5×	458 1.0×	160 0.4×	169	6.9k
Maofu Liao United States	35	3.7k 1.2×	412 0.6×	371 0.8×	496 1.1×	439 1.1×	60	6.1k
Marcia E. Newcomer United States	41	3.4k 1.1×	482 0.8×	197 0.4×	611 1.4×	308 0.8×	102	5.7k
Margarita García‐Calvo United States	22	4.0k 1.3×	436 0.7×	453 0.9×	474 1.1×	293 0.8×	38	5.1k
Roberto Sánchez United States	32	5.6k 1.8×	695 1.1×	254 0.5×	307 0.7×	163 0.4×	66	7.2k
Maojun Yang China	36	4.8k 1.6×	390 0.6×	323 0.7×	631 1.4×	669 1.7×	96	6.8k
Kenji Takahashi Japan	36	3.6k 1.2×	379 0.6×	117 0.2×	431 1.0×	378 1.0×	269	5.7k
N. Rama Krishna United States	31	2.4k 0.8×	366 0.6×	414 0.8×	418 0.9×	330 0.9×	127	3.9k
Mair E. A. Churchill United States	47	5.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.7×	238 0.5×	181 0.4×	137 0.4×	96	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuequan Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuequan Shen

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Du, Mei, Ning Liu, Shenghai Chang, et al.. (2025). Molecular basis of β-arrestin coupling to the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu3. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(8). 1262–1269. 2 indexed citations

Ren, Yue, Xue Yang, & Yuequan Shen. (2024). Oligomeric rearrangement may regulate channel activity. Biophysics Reports. 9(0). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yang, Yue Ren, Shenghai Chang, et al.. (2023). Molecular basis of Mg2+ permeation through the human mitochondrial Mrs2 channel. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4713–4713. 13 indexed citations

Fan, Jiadong, Zhenzhen Nie, Yajun Tong, et al.. (2022). Quantitative analysis of the effect of radiation on mitochondria structure using coherent diffraction imaging with a clustering algorithm. IUCrJ. 9(2). 223–230. 5 indexed citations

Ren, Yue, Yang Li, Yaojie Wang, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structure of the heptameric calcium homeostasis modulator 1 channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(5). 101838–101838. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaozhe, Yue Ren, Yangfei Xing, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for activation and allosteric modulation of full-length calcium-sensing receptor. Science Advances. 7(23). 40 indexed citations

Li, Yang, Xue Yang, & Yuequan Shen. (2021). Structural Insights into Ca2+ Permeation through Orai Channels. Cells. 10(11). 3062–3062. 3 indexed citations

Nie, Zhenzhen, et al.. (2021). Expression, purification and microscopic characterization of human ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 7 protein. Protein Expression and Purification. 183. 105860–105860. 3 indexed citations

Arif, M. Asif, et al.. (2021). The BAG2 and BAG6 Genes Are Involved in Multiple Abiotic Stress Tolerances in Arabidopsis Thaliana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11). 5856–5856. 30 indexed citations

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Ren, Yue, et al.. (2020). Cryo-EM structure of the calcium homeostasis modulator 1 channel. Science Advances. 6(29). eaba8161–eaba8161. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Dandan, Yang Li, Guangning Zong, et al.. (2020). Crystal Structures of the C-Glycosyltransferase UGT708C1 from Buckwheat Provide Insights into the Mechanism of C-Glycosylation. The Plant Cell. 32(9). 2917–2931. 39 indexed citations

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Wu, Guangyan, Yi Yu, Xiaozhe Chen, et al.. (2019). Molecular understanding of calcium permeation through the open Orai channel. PLoS Biology. 17(4). e3000096–e3000096. 47 indexed citations

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Wu, Guangyan, et al.. (2018). Single channel recording of a mitochondrial calcium uniporter. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 496(1). 127–132. 10 indexed citations

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Dong, Chunming, Zhijie Lin, Dan Li, et al.. (2015). The Elp2 Subunit Is Essential for Elongator Complex Assembly and Functional Regulation. Structure. 23(6). 1078–1086. 26 indexed citations

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Chen, Guo, Zhe Han, Du Feng, et al.. (2014). A Regulatory Signaling Loop Comprising the PGAM5 Phosphatase and CK2 Controls Receptor-Mediated Mitophagy. Molecular Cell. 54(3). 362–377. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Xue, Hao Jin, Xiangyu Cai, Siwei Li, & Yuequan Shen. (2012). Structural and mechanistic insights into the activation of Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(15). 5657–5662. 176 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangyu, et al.. (2011). Crystal Structure of Outer Membrane Protein NMB0315 from Neisseria meningitidis. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26845–e26845. 19 indexed citations

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Taha, Hesham, Jennifer V. Schmidt, Yuequan Shen, et al.. (2008). Molecular Analysis of the Interaction of Anthrax Adenylyl Cyclase Toxin, Edema Factor, with 2′(3′)-O-(N-(methyl)anthraniloyl)-Substituted Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotides. Molecular Pharmacology. 75(3). 693–703. 31 indexed citations

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Guo, Qing, Yuequan Shen, Natalia L. Zhukovskaya, Jan Florián, & Wei‐Jen Tang. (2004). Structural and Kinetic Analyses of the Interaction of Anthrax Adenylyl Cyclase Toxin with Reaction Products cAMP and Pyrophosphate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(28). 29427–29435. 45 indexed citations

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Gu, Lichuan, et al.. (2002). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of cobra venom β-nerve growth factor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 297(4). 1008–1010. 1 indexed citations

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