Zhiyan Liu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 799 citations indexed

About

Zhiyan Liu is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiyan Liu has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 799 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Zhiyan Liu's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (4 papers), Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Zhiyan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (4 papers), Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Zhiyan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Ethiopia and Japan. Zhiyan Liu's co-authors include Yimin Cui, Qian Xiang, Hanxu Zhang, Nan Zhao, Yanlun Gu, Xiaocong Pang, Zhiwei Qiu, Ran Xie, He Xu and Hui Tao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Zhiyan Liu

27 papers receiving 787 citations

Hit Papers

Targeting integrin pathways: mechanisms and advances in t... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 200 400 600
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. Targeting integrin pathways: mechanisms and advances in therapy
    2023 610 citations Xiaocong Pang, He Xu et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhiyan Liu China 8 332 136 115 107 93 30 799
He Xu China 7 340 1.0× 134 1.0× 131 1.1× 125 1.2× 106 1.1× 15 773
Hanxu Zhang China 9 320 1.0× 113 0.8× 118 1.0× 124 1.2× 121 1.3× 31 835
Yanlun Gu China 7 324 1.0× 127 0.9× 131 1.1× 131 1.2× 110 1.2× 12 780
Ran Xie China 9 373 1.1× 117 0.9× 120 1.0× 128 1.2× 118 1.3× 19 826
Alexis Broisat France 18 342 1.0× 144 1.1× 128 1.1× 184 1.7× 73 0.8× 66 1.1k
Marco De Giorgi Italy 15 482 1.5× 93 0.7× 109 0.9× 62 0.6× 73 0.8× 54 945
Diana Whaley United States 14 217 0.7× 128 0.9× 53 0.5× 84 0.8× 121 1.3× 17 755
Mika Pietilä Finland 17 507 1.5× 278 2.0× 98 0.9× 95 0.9× 220 2.4× 24 1.1k
Jakub Toczek United States 16 303 0.9× 113 0.8× 59 0.5× 173 1.6× 140 1.5× 33 842

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiyan Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiyan Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiyan Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhiyan Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhiyan Liu 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 Zhiyan Liu. Zhiyan Liu 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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Song, Kehan, Zimeng Li, Zhiyan Liu, et al.. (2025). Updated Thresholds of Basal Calcitonin Level and Extent of Lymph Node Metastasis in Initially Treated Medullary Thyroid Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 151(8). 761–761. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Peng, Zhenyu Liu, Xinyu Shen, et al.. (2025). Targeted mitochondrial function for cardiac fibrosis: An epigenetic perspective. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 228. 163–172. 2 indexed citations
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Cui, Yujun, Shuai Li, Hongzhi Wang, et al.. (2024). Clinicopathological factors predict residual lymph node metastasis in locally advanced rectal cancer with ypT0-2 after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 150(4). 176–176. 2 indexed citations
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Teng, Yue, Dapeng Ma, Yan Yan, et al.. (2024). Retrospective cohort study for thrombocytopenia during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1289824–1289824. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiyan, et al.. (2024). Influencing Factors Associated with Psychological Capital Among Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Latent Profile Analysis. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 17. 4043–4052.
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Liu, Zhenyu, Zhiyan Liu, Peng Liu, et al.. (2024). Phase separation of epigenetic landscape in cardiovascular diseases. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 181. 117654–117654. 1 indexed citations
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Ling, Hui, et al.. (2024). Noncoding RNA network crosstalk in organ fibrosis. Cellular Signalling. 124. 111430–111430. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongzhi, Xuan Zheng, Jiawen Sun, et al.. (2023). 4D-MRI assisted stereotactic body radiation therapy for unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 45. 100714–100714. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiyan, Guangyan Mu, Hanxu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Integrated Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics Model and Simulation of the Ticagrelor Effect on Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Clinical Pharmacokinetics. 62(3). 435–447. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiyan, Bin Tu, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2023). Glycolytic reprogramming in organ fibrosis: New dynamics of the epigenetic landscape. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 207. 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaocong, He Xu, Zhiwei Qiu, et al.. (2023). Targeting integrin pathways: mechanisms and advances in therapy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 8(1). 1–1. 610 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tu, Bin, Yang Zhou, Zhiyan Liu, et al.. (2023). METTL3 boosts mitochondrial fission and induces cardiac fibrosis by enhancing LncRNA GAS5 methylation. Pharmacological Research. 194. 106840–106840. 45 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hanxu, Shuang Zhou, Zhiyan Liu, et al.. (2022). Ferroptosis of Endothelial Cells in Vascular Diseases. Nutrients. 14(21). 4506–4506. 22 indexed citations
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Jia, Xiaohui, Panpan Jiang, Yajuan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Effect of Concomitant Use of Analgesics on Prognosis in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 861723–861723. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Bowen, Hisham Essawy, Zhiyan Liu, et al.. (2022). Tannin-Epoxidized Soybean Oil as Bio-Based Resin for Fabrication of Grinding Wheel. Polymers. 14(24). 5423–5423. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Yi, et al.. (2006). Quadrature Doppler Ultrasound Signal Senoising Based on Adaptive Representations. 2005 IEEE Instrumentationand Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings. 3. 1713–1716. 2 indexed citations

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