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Qingbo Xu 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 Qingbo Xu sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 489 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qingbo Xu 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 Qingbo Xu 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: 122 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Qingbo Xu is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields, predominantly in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The main fields of study covered by Xu include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of specialization are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Immunology
  • Cancer Research

The major topics addressed in Xu's work include:

  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Congenital heart defects research

Qingbo Xu frequently publishes in several notable venues. Among these are:

  • Circulation Research
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Hypertension
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Circulation

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Xu include:

  • Association of Inpatient Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Mortality Among Patients With Hypertension Hospitalized With COVID-19, 2020, Circulation Research
  • In-Hospital Use of Statins Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Mortality among Individuals with COVID-19, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Trajectories of Age-Related Arterial Stiffness in Chinese Men and Women, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Metformin Is Associated with Higher Incidence of Acidosis, but Not Mortality, in Individuals with COVID-19 and Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Redefining Cardiac Biomarkers in Predicting Mortality of Inpatients With COVID-19, 2020, Hypertension

Xu collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Jingjing Cai
  • Yanhua Hu
  • Yibin Wang
  • Peng Zhang
  • Zhi-Gang She

Best Publications

  • Activation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase by H2O2: ROLE IN CELL SURVIVAL FOLLOWING OXIDANT INJURY (∗)

    Kathryn Z. Guyton;Yusen Liu;Myriam Gorospe;Qingbo Xu

  • Association of Inpatient Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Mortality Among Patients With Hypertension Hospitalized With COVID-19.

    Peng Zhang;Lihua Zhu;Jingjing Cai;Fang Lei

  • Abundant progenitor cells in the adventitia contribute to atherosclerosis of vein grafts in ApoE-deficient mice

    Yanhua Hu;Zhongyi Zhang;Evelyn Torsney;Ali R. Afzal

  • Association of serum antibodies to heat-shock protein 65 with carotid atherosclerosis.

    Q. Xu;G. Wick;J. Willeit;M. Marosi

  • Chronic Infections and the Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis Prospective Results From a Large Population Study

    Stefan Kiechl;Georg Egger;Manuel Mayr;Christian J. Wiedermann

  • Vascular repair by endothelial progenitor cells.

    Anna Zampetaki;John Paul Kirton;Qingbo Xu

  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Mechanisms in Atherosclerosis

    Georg Wick;Michael Knoflach;Qingbo Xu

  • Is atherosclerosis an immunologically mediated disease

    Georg Wick;Georg Schett;Albert Amberger;Roman Kleindienst

  • Activation, differential localization, and regulation of the stress-activated protein kinases, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-JUN N-terminal kinase, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, in synovial tissue and cells in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Georg Schett;Makiyeh Tohidast-Akrad;Josef S. Smolen;Beatrice Jahn Schmid

  • Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Atherosclerosis

    Qingbo Xu

  • In-Hospital Use of Statins Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Mortality among Individuals with COVID-19.

    Xiao Jing Zhang;Juan Juan Qin;Xu Cheng;Lijun Shen

  • Induction of arteriosclerosis in normocholesterolemic rabbits by immunization with heat shock protein 65.

    Qingbo Xu;H. Dietrich;H. J. Steiner;A. M. Gown

  • Endothelial cytotoxicity mediated by serum antibodies to heat shock proteins of Escherichia coli and Chlamydia pneumoniae: immune reactions to heat shock proteins as a possible link between infection and atherosclerosis.

    Manuel Mayr;Bernhard Metzler;Stefan Kiechl;Johann Willeit

  • Serum Soluble Heat Shock Protein 60 Is Elevated in Subjects With Atherosclerosis in a General Population

    Qingbo Xu;Georg Schett;Hannes Perschinka;Manuel Mayr

  • Infections, immunity, and atherosclerosis: associations of antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, and cytomegalovirus with immune reactions to heat-shock protein 60 and carotid or femoral atherosclerosis.

    Manuel Mayr;Stefan Kiechl;Johann Willeit;Georg Wick

  • Mechanical stress-initiated signal transductions in vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Chaohong Li;Qingbo Xu

  • Association of serum antibodies to heat-shock protein 65 with carotid atherosclerosis : clinical significance determined in a follow-up study.

    Qingbo Xu;Stefan Kiechl;Manuel Mayr;Bernhard Metzler

  • Immunology of atherosclerosis. Demonstration of heat shock protein 60 expression and T lymphocytes bearing alpha/beta or gamma/delta receptor in human atherosclerotic lesions.

    R. Kleindienst;Qingbo Xu;J. Willeit;F. R. Waldenberger

  • Proteomic analysis reveals presence of platelet microparticles in endothelial progenitor cell cultures

    Marianna Prokopi;Giordano Pula;Ursula Mayr;Cécile Devue

  • Autoantibodies against heat shock protein 60 mediate endothelial cytotoxicity.

    G. Schett;Qingbo Xu;A. Amberger;R. Van Der Zee

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanhua Hu
Yanhua Hu King's College London
Qingzhong Xiao
Qingzhong Xiao Queen Mary University of London
Manuel Mayr
Manuel Mayr King's College London
Georg Wick
Georg Wick Innsbruck Medical University
Stefan Kiechl
Stefan Kiechl Innsbruck Medical University
Johann Willeit
Johann Willeit Innsbruck Medical University
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
John R. Griffiths
John R. Griffiths University of Manchester
Nikki J. Holbrook
Nikki J. Holbrook Yale University
Bin Zhou
Bin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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