Zhongxing Liao

27.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
536 papers, 19.4k citations indexed

About

Zhongxing Liao is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongxing Liao has authored 536 papers receiving a total of 19.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 381 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 205 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 170 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Zhongxing Liao's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (221 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (169 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (113 papers). Zhongxing Liao is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (221 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (169 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (113 papers). Zhongxing Liao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Zhongxing Liao's co-authors include Ritsuko Komaki, James D. Cox, Radhe Mohan, Joe Y. Chang, Susan L. Tucker, Jaffer A. Ajani, Steven H. Lin, Ritsuko Komaki, Daniel R. Gomez and Stephen G. Swisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhongxing Liao

509 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of ferroptosis in ionizing radiation-induced cell death and tumor suppression

2020 940 citations Steven H. Lin, Jaffer A. Ajani et al. profile →
Delta-radiomics features for the prediction of patient outcomes in non–small cell lung cancer

2017 272 citations Jinzhong Yang, Peter Balter et al. profile →
Bayesian Adaptive Randomization Trial of Passive Scattering Proton Therapy and Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

2018 214 citations Zhongxing Liao, Ritsuko Komaki et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhongxing Liao United States	77	13.7k	6.9k	6.3k	4.6k	3.9k	536	19.4k
David P. Dearnaley United Kingdom	73	11.3k 0.8×	5.0k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	4.3k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	416	18.4k
Ben J. Slotman Netherlands	80	13.4k 1.0×	7.2k 1.0×	9.0k 1.4×	3.2k 0.7×	4.3k 1.1×	507	21.9k
Mitchell S. Anscher United States	65	6.6k 0.5×	5.0k 0.7×	3.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	268	12.8k
Steven E. Schild United States	66	12.1k 0.9×	2.5k 0.4×	3.1k 0.5×	4.9k 1.1×	8.0k 2.1×	637	21.9k
Michael Flentje Germany	60	5.2k 0.4×	4.5k 0.7×	5.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	370	11.7k
Rodney J. Hicks Australia	78	8.5k 0.6×	11.3k 1.6×	1.6k 0.2×	2.9k 0.6×	7.7k 2.0×	602	23.8k
Johannes A. Langendijk Netherlands	76	10.2k 0.7×	5.9k 0.9×	5.8k 0.9×	5.4k 1.2×	4.6k 1.2×	642	21.8k
Claus Belka Germany	67	6.0k 0.4×	4.7k 0.7×	3.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.3×	3.4k 0.9×	644	16.8k
Feng‐Ming Kong United States	55	6.0k 0.4×	4.9k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.2×	2.1k 0.6×	390	10.6k
Stephanie E. Combs Germany	60	6.3k 0.5×	3.8k 0.6×	2.8k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	503	13.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liao, Zhongxing, et al.. (2025). PM2.5 exacerbates nasal epithelial barrier dysfunction in allergic rhinitis by inducing NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis via the AhR/CYP1A1/ROS axis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 492. 138145–138145. 4 indexed citations

Cao, Wenhua, Stephen Bilton, Skylar Gay, et al.. (2025). Dose prediction via deep learning to enhance treatment planning of lung radiotherapy including simultaneous integrated boost techniques. Medical Physics. 52(5). 3336–3347. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yaoguang, Zhongxing Liao, Xiaohang Yang, et al.. (2025). Targeting TRPV1: a potential strategy for traditional Chinese medicine to combat diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Traditional Medicine Research. 10(10). 59–59.

Liu, Shiyang, et al.. (2025). The Fusion of Focused Spectral and Image Texture Features: A New Exploration of the Nondestructive Detection of Degeneration Degree in Pleurotus geesteranus. Agriculture. 15(14). 1546–1546. 1 indexed citations

Ning, Matthew S., Joe Y. Chang, Saumil Gandhi, et al.. (2024). Salvage Reirradiation with Proton Beam Therapy for Locoregionally Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers. 16(21). 3587–3587. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xinru, Yao Zhao, Skylar Gay, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Vendor-Pretrained and Custom-Trained Deep Learning Segmentation Models for Head-and-Neck, Breast, and Prostate Cancers. Diagnostics. 14(24). 2851–2851.

Hernández, Mike, Joe Y. Chang, Steven H. Lin, et al.. (2023). Metformin in Conjunction With Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Long-term Results of a Prospective Phase II Clinical Trial. Anticancer Research. 44(1). 133–137. 1 indexed citations

Mikhail-Lette, Miriam, Diana Páez, Lawrence N. Shulman, et al.. (2022). Toward Improved Outcomes for Patients With Lung Cancer Globally: The Essential Role of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. JCO Global Oncology. 8(8). e2100100–e2100100. 3 indexed citations

Monti, Serena, Ting Xu, Radhe Mohan, et al.. (2022). Radiation-Induced Esophagitis in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Voxel-Based Analysis and NTCP Modeling. Cancers. 14(7). 1833–1833. 21 indexed citations

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Boyce-Fappiano, David, Quynh‐Nhu Nguyen, Bhavana V. Chapman, et al.. (2021). Single Institution Experience of Proton and Photon-based Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Non–small-cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer. 22(5). e745–e755. 14 indexed citations

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Xiong, Wei, Ting Xu, Daniel R. Gomez, et al.. (2020). Development and application of an elastic net logistic regression model to investigate the impact of cardiac substructure dose on radiation-induced pericardial effusion in patients with NSCLC. Acta Oncologica. 59(10). 1193–1200. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Fei, Yanfang Guan, Zongbi Yi, et al.. (2019). Assessing tumor heterogeneity using ctDNA to predict and monitor therapeutic response in metastatic breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 146(5). 1359–1368. 63 indexed citations

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Yue, Jinbo, Qiuling Shi, Ting Xu, et al.. (2018). Patient-reported lung symptoms as an early signal of impending radiation pneumonitis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiation: an observational study. Quality of Life Research. 27(6). 1563–1570. 14 indexed citations

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Krafft, Shane P., Arvind Rao, Francesco C. Stingo, et al.. (2018). The utility of quantitativeCTradiomics features for improved prediction of radiation pneumonitis. Medical Physics. 45(11). 5317–5324. 97 indexed citations

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Adams, Daniel L., Diane K. Adams, Jianzhong He, et al.. (2017). Sequential Tracking of PD-L1 Expression and RAD50 Induction in Circulating Tumor and Stromal Cells of Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(19). 5948–5958. 80 indexed citations

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Li, Qianxia, Ju Dong Yang, Qianqian Yu, et al.. (2013). Associations between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the PI3K–PTEN–AKT–mTOR Pathway and Increased Risk of Brain Metastasis in Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(22). 6252–6260. 60 indexed citations

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Welsh, James W., Ritsuko Komaki, Arya Amini, et al.. (2013). Phase II Trial of Erlotinib Plus Concurrent Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for Patients With Brain Metastases From Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(7). 895–902. 314 indexed citations

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Welsh, James W., Stephen H. Settle, Arya Amini, et al.. (2011). Failure patterns in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation. Cancer. 118(10). 2632–2640. 155 indexed citations

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Yin, Ming, Zhongxing Liao, Zhensheng Liu, et al.. (2011). Genetic variants of the nonhomologous end joining gene LIG4 and severe radiation pneumonitis in nonsmall cell lung cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy. Cancer. 118(2). 528–535. 68 indexed citations

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Ahamad, A., Craig Stevens, W. Roy Smythe, et al.. (2003). Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a novel approach to the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 55(3). 768–775. 110 indexed citations

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