Zhen Chen

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
241 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Zhen Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Chen has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Cancer Research and 38 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Zhen Chen's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (46 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (37 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (29 papers). Zhen Chen is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (46 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (37 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (29 papers). Zhen Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Zhen Chen's co-authors include Shu Chien, Shankar Subramaniam, I‐Chen Peng, Hsien‐Da Huang, Xiaopei Cui, Wei Sun, David A. Johnson, Marcy Martin, Yi‐Shuan Li and Brendan Gongol and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Chen

220 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

  1. Engineered Exosome for Drug Delivery: Recent Development and Clinical Applications
    2023 107 citations Jiaqi Tian, Zhen Chen et al. profile →
  2. Encapsulation and assessment of therapeutic cargo in engineered exosomes: a systematic review
    2024 65 citations Zhen Chen, Jiaqi Tian et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Zhen Chen 4.0k 1.8k 861 602 529 241 6.3k
Dan Ye 2.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 744 0.9× 414 0.7× 423 0.8× 148 5.2k
Éric Boilard 3.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.9× 463 0.8× 537 1.0× 125 7.1k
Johannes Grillari 4.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 640 0.7× 1.2k 2.0× 616 1.2× 215 7.3k
Robin Plevin 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 800 1.3× 452 0.9× 149 7.3k
Junfeng Zhang 3.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 911 1.1× 333 0.6× 591 1.1× 119 6.5k
Shusheng Wang 5.9k 1.5× 3.5k 1.9× 717 0.8× 412 0.7× 448 0.8× 108 8.3k
Samuel E. Weinberg 4.6k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 601 1.0× 443 0.8× 59 7.2k
Heng Lin 2.9k 0.7× 920 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 609 1.0× 333 0.6× 135 5.4k
Jin Zhang 4.7k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 628 1.0× 503 1.0× 232 8.5k
Jian Liu 3.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 523 0.9× 563 1.1× 307 6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Zhen, Yun Xiang, Jiaqi Tian, et al.. (2025). Engineering Macrophage‐Derived Exosome to Deliver Pirfenidone: A Novel Approach to Combat Silicotic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 4/2025). Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(4). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zitong, Jiaqi Tian, Ning Li, et al.. (2024). Reproductive and developmental implications of micro- and nanoplastic internalization: Recent advances and perspectives. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 286. 117245–117245. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, Lin Feng, Pei Wu, et al.. (2024). From growth promotion to intestinal inflammation alleviation: Unraveling the potential role of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GCC-3 in juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 148. 109511–109511. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Correlation based-graph neural network for health prognosis of non-fully charged and discharged lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 629. 235984–235984. 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Jielin, Yunqiu Jiang, Zhen Chen, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cardiac Arrhythmias. Cells. 12(5). 679–679. 25 indexed citations
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Feng, Yuehua, et al.. (2023). MiR-183-5p promotes migration and invasion of prostate cancer by targeting TET1. BMC Urology. 23(1). 116–116. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Jun, et al.. (2023). Osteoarthritis related epigenetic variations in miRNA expression and DNA methylation. BMC Medical Genomics. 16(1). 163–163. 10 indexed citations
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H, Tan, Mengjia Sun, Renzheng Chen, et al.. (2023). Single‐cell RNA sequencing reveals a mechanism underlying the susceptibility of the left atrial appendage to intracardiac thrombogenesis during atrial fibrillation. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(6). e1297–e1297. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, Zhenxing Zhang, Hong Li, et al.. (2023). Profiling Chromatin Accessibility Responses in Goat Bronchial Epithelial Cells Infected with Pasteurella multocida. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1312–1312. 6 indexed citations
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Xiao-hong, Yang, Wencan Zhang, Zhenxing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Overexpression of Pasteurella multocida OmpA induces transcriptional changes and its possible implications for the macrophage polarization. Microbial Pathogenesis. 183. 106212–106212. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xueyan, Haojie Hao, Li Ma, et al.. (2021). Methyltransferase-like 3 Modulates Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 RNA N6-Methyladenosine Modification and Replication. mBio. 12(4). e0106721–e0106721. 75 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhangming, Norman Huang, Weixin Wu, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide colocalization of RNA–DNA interactions and fusion RNA pairs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(8). 3328–3337. 45 indexed citations
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Lin, Yuan, Xiaochun Huang, Zhiqing Huang, et al.. (2019). Construction and validation of a seven-microRNA signature as a prognostic tool for lung squamous cell carcinoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiang, Zheng Zhang, Zhen Chen, et al.. (2019). Nonspecific immunoglobulin G is effective in preventing and treating cancer in mice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Shuai, Shen‐Chih Wang, Ming He, et al.. (2016). TIFA as a crucial mediator for NLRP3 inflammasome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(52). 15078–15083. 37 indexed citations
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Chen, Hsin‐Yi, Yu‐Min Lin, Yaw‐Dong Lang, et al.. (2012). miR-103/107 Promote Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer by Targeting the Metastasis Suppressors DAPK and KLF4. Cancer Research. 72(14). 3631–3641. 258 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, et al.. (2010). Shear stress, SIRT1, and vascular homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(22). 10268–10273. 234 indexed citations

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