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Ji-Fan Hu

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8852
World Ranking
16765
National Ranking
6919

Ji-Fan Hu publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ji-Fan Hu sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 155 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Ji-Fan Hu D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ji-Fan Hu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ji-Fan Hu is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Their research particularly spans Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Immunology, and Genetics.

Their scientific work centers on cancer-related molecular mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, CRISPR and genetic engineering, microRNA in disease regulation, RNA research and splicing, circular RNAs in diseases, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Frequent publication venues for Ji-Fan Hu include Genome Biology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Cancer Letters, International Journal of Biological Sciences, and Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids.

Some of the recent papers associated with Ji-Fan Hu are:

  • "Nuclear-Encoded lncRNA MALAT1 Epigenetically Controls Metabolic Reprogramming in HCC Cells through the Mitophagy Pathway" (2020) published in Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • "Nerves in the Tumor Microenvironment: Origin and Effects" (2020) published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "LncRNA Functions as a New Emerging Epigenetic Factor in Determining the Fate of Stem Cells" (2020) published in Frontiers in Genetics
  • "HULC targets the IGF1R-PI3K-AKT axis in trans to promote breast cancer metastasis and cisplatin resistance" (2022) published in Cancer Letters
  • "JMJD3 acts in tandem with KLF4 to facilitate reprogramming to pluripotency" (2020) published in Nature Communications

Ji-Fan Hu collaborates frequently with several coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary research efforts. These coauthors include Jiuwei Cui, Andrew R. Hoffman, Wen Xue, Lei Zhou, and Songling Zhang.

Best Publications

  • Telomerase activity in human development is regulated by human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) transcription and by alternate splicing of hTERT transcripts

    Gary A. Ulaner;Ji-Fan Hu;Thanh H. Vu;Linda C. Giudice

  • A novel FLI1 exonic circular RNA promotes metastasis in breast cancer by coordinately regulating TET1 and DNMT1

    Naifei Chen;Gang Zhao;Xu Yan;Zheng Lv

  • Regulation of telomerase by alternate splicing of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) in normal and neoplastic ovary, endometrium and myometrium.

    Gary A. Ulaner;Ji-Fan Hu;Thanh H. Vu;Haritha Oruganti

  • Manipulation of nuclear architecture through CRISPR-mediated chromosomal looping.

    Stefanie L. Morgan;Natasha C. Mariano;Abel Bermudez;Nicole L. Arruda

  • CTCF Regulates Allelic Expression of Igf2 by Orchestrating a Promoter-Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Intrachromosomal Loop

    Tao Li;Tao Li;Ji-Fan Hu;Xinwen Qiu;Jianqun Ling

  • Loss of imprinting of IGF2 and H19 in osteosarcoma is accompanied by reciprocal methylation changes of a CTCF-binding site

    Gary A. Ulaner;Thanh H. Vu;Tao Li;Ji Fan Hu

  • IVF results in de novo DNA methylation and histone methylation at an Igf2-H19 imprinting epigenetic switch

    Tao Li;Thanh H. Vu;Gary A. Ulaner;Eva Littman

  • TISSUE-SPECIFIC ALTERNATE SPLICING OF HUMAN TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE (HTERT) INFLUENCES TELOMERE LENGTHS DURING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

    Gary A. Ulaner;Ji-Fan Hu;Thanh H. Vu;Linda C. Giudice

  • Putative tumor suppressor miR-145 inhibits colon cancer cell growth by targeting oncogene Friend leukemia virus integration 1 gene.

    Jianjun Zhang;Haiyan Guo;He Zhang;He Zhang;Haibo Wang;Haibo Wang

  • A novel antisense long noncoding RNA within the IGF1R gene locus is imprinted in hematopoietic malignancies

    Jingnan Sun;Wei Li;Yunpeng Sun;Dehai Yu

  • Pro-inflammatory miR-223 mediates the cross-talk between the IL23 pathway and the intestinal barrier in inflammatory bowel disease

    Huiling Wang;Kang Chao;Siew Chien Ng;Alfa Hc Bai

  • IGFBP-2 enhances VEGF gene promoter activity and consequent promotion of angiogenesis by neuroblastoma cells.

    Walid J. Azar;Sheena H. X. Azar;Sandra Higgins;Sandra Higgins;Ji-Fan Hu

  • Long noncoding RNA-mediated intrachromosomal interactions promote imprinting at the Kcnq1 locus

    He Zhang;Michael J. Zeitz;Hong Wang;Hong Wang;Beibei Niu

  • Intrachromosomal looping is required for activation of endogenous pluripotency genes during reprogramming

    He Zhang;Weiwei Jiao;Weiwei Jiao;Lin Sun;Lin Sun;Jiayan Fan;Jiayan Fan

  • A methylated oligonucleotide inhibits IGF2 expression and enhances survival in a model of hepatocellular carcinoma

    Xiaoming Yao;Ji-Fan Hu;Mark Daniels;Hadas Shiran

  • Symmetric and asymmetric DNA methylation in the human IGF2-H19 imprinted region.

    Thanh H. Vu;Tao Li;Danielle Nguyen;Binh T. Nguyen

  • FLI1 exonic circular RNAs as a novel oncogenic driver to promote tumor metastasis in small cell lung cancer

    Lingyu Li;Wei Li;Naifei Chen;Naifei Chen;Haixin Zhao

  • Long noncoding RNAs coordinate functions between mitochondria and the nucleus.

    Yaru Dong;Yaru Dong;Takeshi Yoshitomi;Ji-Fan Hu;Ji-Fan Hu;Jizhe Cui

  • An intragenic long noncoding RNA interacts epigenetically with the RUNX1 promoter and enhancer chromatin DNA in hematopoietic malignancies

    Hong Wang;Hong Wang;Wei Li;Rui Guo;Rui Guo;Jingnan Sun;Jingnan Sun

  • A Novel Orthotopic Tumor Model to Study Growth Factors and Oncogenes in Hepatocarcinogenesis

    Xiaoming Yao;Ji-Fan Hu;Mark Daniels;Huifan Yien

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Hoffman
Andrew R. Hoffman Stanford University
Thanh H. Vu
Thanh H. Vu Stanford University
Shengfang Ge
Shengfang Ge Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Linda C. Giudice
Linda C. Giudice University of California, San Francisco
Pinchas Cohen
Pinchas Cohen University of Southern California
Ferhat Ay
Ferhat Ay La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Jiekai Chen
Jiekai Chen Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health
Miguel A. Esteban
Miguel A. Esteban Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health
Runsheng Chen
Runsheng Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianshe Lian
Jianshe Lian Jilin University

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Publications: 11

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Publications: 11

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Publications: 10

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Jörn Walter

Saarland University

Publications: 9

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