Zi‐Jian Lan

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Zi‐Jian Lan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Zi‐Jian Lan has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Zi‐Jian Lan's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (11 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (8 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). Zi‐Jian Lan is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (11 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (8 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). Zi‐Jian Lan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Zi‐Jian Lan's co-authors include Austin J. Cooney, Xueping Xu, Deepak Adhikari, Barry T. Hinton, Jacquelyn C. Labus, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Tuula Hämäläinen, Kui Liu, Nagaraju Gorre and Yan Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Zi‐Jian Lan

41 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Oocyte-Specific Deletion of Pten Causes Premature Activat... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Oocyte-Specific Deletion of Pten Causes Premature Activation of the Primordial Follicle Pool
    2008 618 citations Pradeep Reddy, Lian Liu et al. Science profile →

Peers

Zi‐Jian Lan
Dori C. Woods United States
Meijia Zhang China
R.‐Marc Pelletier Canada
Francesca Gioia Klinger Italy
Carla Boitani Italy
JoAnne S. Richards United States
Alex Tsafriri Israel
Katja Prelle Germany
Kimihisa Tajima Japan
Eva Wertheimer United States
Dori C. Woods United States
Zi‐Jian Lan
Citations per year, relative to Zi‐Jian Lan Zi‐Jian Lan (= 1×) peers Dori C. Woods

Countries citing papers authored by Zi‐Jian Lan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zi‐Jian Lan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zi‐Jian Lan

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

All Works

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Ma, Yaping, Peng Luo, Zi‐Jian Lan, et al.. (2025). Precision-targeting and dual silencing osteoclastogenesis and inflammatory pathways for the treatment of radiation-induced bone deterioration. Biomaterials Advances. 177. 214369–214369.
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Peng, Ting, et al.. (2025). Multimodal MRI analysis of COVID-19 effects on pediatric brain. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 11691–11691.
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Lan, Zi‐Jian, Zhenmin Lei, Alexandros Yiannikouris, et al.. (2019). Non-peptidyl small molecule, adenosine, 5′-Se-methyl-5′-seleno-, 2′,3′-diacetate, activates insulin receptor and attenuates hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic Leprdb/db mice. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(8). 1623–1643. 8 indexed citations
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Lei, Zhenmin, et al.. (2018). Inactivation of Fgfr2 gene in mouse secondary palate mesenchymal cells leads to cleft palate. Reproductive Toxicology. 77. 137–142. 4 indexed citations
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Lan, Zi‐Jian, X. Li, Huaxin Zhou, et al.. (2017). Selective deletion of Pten in theca-interstitial cells leads to androgen excess and ovarian dysfunction in mice. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 444. 26–37. 26 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingyu, et al.. (2015). Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak associated with a contaminated food container in a school in Sichuan Province, China. Epidemiology and Infection. 144(2). 285–290. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chunshun, et al.. (2015). Discovery of 3-n-butyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one as a potential anti-ischemic stroke agent. Drug Design Development and Therapy. 9. 3377–3377. 17 indexed citations
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Lei, Zhenmin, Jing Lin, Xian Li, et al.. (2010). Postnatal male germ‐cell expression of cre recombinase in Tex101‐iCre transgenic mice. genesis. 48(12). 717–722. 5 indexed citations
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Adhikari, Deepak, Nagaraju Gorre, Yan Shen, et al.. (2009). Disruption of Tsc2 in oocytes leads to overactivation of the entire pool of primordial follicles. Molecular Human Reproduction. 15(12). 765–770. 171 indexed citations
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Lan, Zi‐Jian, Xueping Xu, Arthur Chung, & Austin J. Cooney. (2009). Extra-Germ Cell Expression of Mouse Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 6, Group A, Member 1 (NR6A1)1. Biology of Reproduction. 80(5). 905–912. 11 indexed citations
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Reddy, Pradeep, Lian Liu, Deepak Adhikari, et al.. (2008). Oocyte-Specific Deletion of Pten Causes Premature Activation of the Primordial Follicle Pool. Science. 319(5863). 611–613. 618 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bridges, P.J., Yongbum Koo, Zi‐Jian Lan, et al.. (2008). Generation of Cyp17iCre transgenic mice and their application to conditionally delete estrogen receptor alpha (Esr1) from the ovary and testis. genesis. 46(9). 499–505. 46 indexed citations
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Lan, Zi‐Jian, Xueping Xu, & Austin J. Cooney. (2004). Differential Oocyte-Specific Expression of Cre Recombinase Activity in GDF-9-iCre, Zp3cre, and Msx2Cre Transgenic Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 71(5). 1469–1474. 214 indexed citations
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Jin, Seung‐Gi, Dong-Hyun Lee, Zi‐Jian Lan, et al.. (2002). MBD3L1 and MBD3L2, Two New Proteins Homologous to the Methyl-CpG-Binding Proteins MBD2 and MBD3: Characterization of MBD3L1 as a Testis-Specific Transcriptional Repressor. Genomics. 80(6). 621–629. 35 indexed citations
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Hinton, Barry T., Zi‐Jian Lan, Daniel B. Rudolph, Jacquelyn C. Labus, & R. John Lye. (1998). Testicular regulation of epididymal gene expression.. PubMed. 53. 47–57. 106 indexed citations
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Lan, Zi‐Jian, et al.. (1992). Effects of multiglycosides of (GTW) on rat fertility and Leydig and Sertoli cells. Contraception. 45(3). 249–261. 16 indexed citations

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