2026 Peiyong Jiang: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	62	10698	9875	334	329	148	15270

Overview

Peiyong Jiang is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on cancer and prenatal diagnostics.

The scientist has contributed to numerous papers, including recent notable works such as:

Epigenetics, fragmentomics, and topology of cell-free DNA in liquid biopsies (2021, Science)
Plasma DNA End-Motif Profiling as a Fragmentomic Marker in Cancer, Pregnancy, and Transplantation (2020, Cancer Discovery)
Single-cell meta-analysis of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes across tissues and demographics (2021, Nature Medicine)
Integrated analyses of single-cell atlases reveal age, gender, and smoking status associations with cell type-specific expression of mediators of SARS-CoV-2 viral entry and highlights inflammatory programs in putative target cells (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Identification and characterization of extrachromosomal circular DNA in maternal plasma (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Their research topics cover a breadth of specific areas within the life sciences including:

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Renal and related cancers
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
RNA modifications and cancer
Viral-associated cancers and disorders

Peiyong Jiang's main fields of study are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 92 publications, followed by Medicine with 65 publications. Within subfields, their work notably encompasses:

Molecular Biology
Cancer Research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Oncology
Surgery

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect their disciplinary focus and include:

Clinical Chemistry (10 publications)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 publications)
Genome Research (5 publications)
The American Journal of Human Genetics (3 publications)
Prenatal Diagnosis (3 publications)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

Y. M. Dennis Lo
K.C. Allen Chan
Rossa W. K. Chiu
Suk Hang Cheng
W.K. Lam

Best Publications

Maternal plasma DNA sequencing reveals the genome-wide genetic and mutational profile of the fetus

Y. M. Dennis Lo;K. C. Allen Chan;Hao Sun;Eric Z. Chen

1299
Citations
Plasma DNA tissue mapping by genome-wide methylation sequencing for noninvasive prenatal, cancer, and transplantation assessments.

Kun Sun;Peiyong Jiang;K. C. Allen Chan;John Wong

686
Citations
Lengthening and shortening of plasma DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Peiyong Jiang;Carol W.M. Chan;K. C.Allen Chan;Suk Hang Cheng

673
Citations
Cancer Genome Scanning in Plasma: Detection of Tumor-Associated Copy Number Aberrations, Single-Nucleotide Variants, and Tumoral Heterogeneity by Massively Parallel Sequencing

K. C.Allen Chan;Peiyong Jiang;Yama W.L. Zheng;Gary J.W. Liao

555
Citations
Noninvasive detection of cancer-associated genome-wide hypomethylation and copy number aberrations by plasma DNA bisulfite sequencing

K. C. Allen Chan;Peiyong Jiang;Carol W. M. Chan;Kun Sun

460
Citations
Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13 by Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing

Eric Z. Chen;Rossa W. K. Chiu;Hao Sun;Ranjit Akolekar

459
Citations
Epigenetics, fragmentomics, and topology of cell-free DNA in liquid biopsies.

Y. M. Dennis Lo;Diana S. C. Han;Peiyong Jiang;Rossa W. K. Chiu

410
Citations
Size-based molecular diagnostics using plasma DNA for noninvasive prenatal testing

Stephanie C. Y. Yu;K. C. Allen Chan;Yama W. L. Zheng;Peiyong Jiang

315
Citations
The Long and Short of Circulating Cell-Free DNA and the Ins and Outs of Molecular Diagnostics.

Peiyong Jiang;Y.M. Dennis Lo

306
Citations
Integrated analyses of single-cell atlases reveal age, gender, and smoking status associations with cell type-specific expression of mediators of SARS-CoV-2 viral entry and highlights inflammatory programs in putative target cells

Pascal Barbry;Christoph Muus;Christoph Muus;Malte Luecken;Gokcen Eraslan

296
Citations
Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma

Maria I New;Yu K Tong;Tony Yuen;Peiyong Jiang

281
Citations
Integrative single-cell and cell-free plasma RNA transcriptomics elucidates placental cellular dynamics

Jason C. H. Tsang;Joaquim S. L. Vong;Lu Ji;Liona C. Y. Poon

269
Citations
High-Resolution Profiling of Fetal DNA Clearance from Maternal Plasma by Massively Parallel Sequencing

Stephanie C.Y. Yu;Shara W.Y. Lee;Peiyong Jiang;Tak Y. Leung

256
Citations
Plasma DNA End-Motif Profiling as a Fragmentomic Marker in Cancer, Pregnancy, and Transplantation.

Peiyong Jiang;Kun Sun;Wenlei Peng;Suk Hang Cheng

230
Citations
Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Monogenic Diseases by Targeted Massively Parallel Sequencing of Maternal Plasma: Application to β-Thalassemia

Kwan Wood G. Lam;Peiyong Jiang;Gary J.W. Liao;K. C.Allen Chan

216
Citations
Orientation-aware plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation analysis in open chromatin regions informs tissue of origin

Kun Sun;Peiyong Jiang;Suk Hang Cheng;Timothy H.T. Cheng

197
Citations
Preferred end coordinates and somatic variants as signatures of circulating tumor DNA associated with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Peiyong Jiang;Kun Sun;Yu K. Tong;Suk Hang Cheng

183
Citations
iSeeRNA: identification of long intergenic non-coding RNA transcripts from transcriptome sequencing data.

Kun Sun;Xiaona Chen;Peiyong Jiang;Xiaofeng Song

183
Citations
Second generation noninvasive fetal genome analysis reveals de novo mutations, single-base parental inheritance, and preferred DNA ends

K. C. Allen Chan;Peiyong Jiang;Kun Sun;Yvonne K. Y. Cheng

171
Citations
Inhibition of miR-29 by TGF-beta-Smad3 Signaling through Dual Mechanisms Promotes Transdifferentiation of Mouse Myoblasts into Myofibroblasts

Liang Zhou;Lijun Wang;Leina Lu;Peiyong Jiang

166
Citations