Chunfu Zheng

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
215 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Chunfu Zheng is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunfu Zheng has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Immunology, 101 papers in Epidemiology and 78 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chunfu Zheng's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (79 papers), interferon and immune responses (72 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (29 papers). Chunfu Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (79 papers), interferon and immune responses (72 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (29 papers). Chunfu Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Chunfu Zheng's co-authors include Chenhe Su, Yan‐Dong Tang, Shuai Wang, Kezhen Wang, Huifang Zhu, Rongtuan Lin, Junji Xing, Yusha Araf, Md. Golzar Hossain and Md Sorwer Alam Parvez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Chunfu Zheng

199 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: Genomics, transmissibility, and responses to current COVID‐19 vaccines

2022 519 citations Yusha Araf, Yan‐Dong Tang et al. Journal of Medical Virology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chunfu Zheng China	43	3.0k	2.6k	2.1k	1.8k	530	215	6.3k
Zhenghong Yuan China	43	1.6k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	371 0.7×	195	7.3k
Andreas Pichlmair Germany	35	4.4k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	374 0.7×	83	7.5k
Rune Hartmann Denmark	46	4.8k 1.6×	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	352 0.7×	99	8.0k
Suryaprakash Sambhara United States	45	4.4k 1.5×	3.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	526 1.0×	128	7.5k
John W. Schoggins United States	34	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	808 1.5×	74	8.0k
Xavier Saelens Belgium	54	3.6k 1.2×	4.4k 1.7×	4.4k 2.1×	2.0k 1.1×	457 0.9×	189	10.3k
Helene F. Rosenberg United States	57	4.4k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	657 1.2×	206	11.6k
Andreas Wack United Kingdom	43	5.3k 1.7×	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	309 0.6×	82	8.4k
Thorsten Wolff Germany	50	4.5k 1.5×	5.4k 2.1×	2.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	567 1.1×	146	9.3k
Li Wu United States	48	3.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	469 0.9×	185	9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunfu Zheng

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Bhattacharyya, Debaraj, Indranil Samanta, Sukumar Saha, et al.. (2025). Role of TLRs as signaling cascades to combat infectious diseases: a review. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 122–122. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Liang, et al.. (2025). GABAB receptors regulate the neural stem cell potential of Pkd2l1+ cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Brain Research Bulletin. 221. 111217–111217.

Araf, Yusha, Sukumar Saha, Mengzhou Xue, et al.. (2025). Exploring the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV Co-infection: Mutation risks, therapeutic efficacy, and future variant prevention. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 111(3). 116707–116707.

Zhu, Qinchang, et al.. (2025). Detection of Protein Interactions During Viral Infection by Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation. Methods in molecular biology. 2940. 187–195.

Li, Yi, Jiangwei Song, Zheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Palmitoyl-transferase 3 promotes mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein degradation by modulating its ubiquitination. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 4). 143609–143609.

Zheng, Chunfu, et al.. (2025). Toxicity of perfluorinated compounds to iron-reducing bacteria and their inhibitory effects on extracellular electron transfer. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139485–139485.

Zheng, Chunfu, et al.. (2024). When IGF-1 Meets Metabolic Inflammation and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. International Immunopharmacology. 138. 112529–112529. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xichen, et al.. (2024). MAVS: The next STING in cancers and other diseases. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 207. 104610–104610. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Rui, Meng Chen, Jinmei Peng, et al.. (2024). MARCH8 inhibits pseudorabies virus replication by trapping the viral cell-to-cell fusion complex in the trans-Golgi network. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 274(Pt 2). 133463–133463. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Shuang, et al.. (2024). The battle between host antiviral innate immunity and immune evasion by cytomegalovirus. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 341–341. 16 indexed citations

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Araf, Yusha, MD. Hasanur Rahman, Md Jamal Uddin, et al.. (2024). Insights into the Transmission, Host Range, Genomics, Vaccination, and Current Epidemiology of the Monkeypox Virus. Veterinary Medicine International. 2024(1). 8839830–8839830. 11 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Chiranjib, Manojit Bhattacharya, Abdulrahman Alshammari, et al.. (2023). Exploring the structural and molecular interaction landscape of nirmatrelvir and Mpro complex: The study might assist in designing more potent antivirals targeting SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 16(12). 1961–1970. 11 indexed citations

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Shang, Shunlai, Bo Fu, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2023). Azvudine therapy of common COVID‐19 in hemodialysis patients. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(8). e29007–e29007. 11 indexed citations

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Yuan, Hao, Xiaoyu Hu, Yasser S. Mahmmod, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2: An Updated Review Highlighting Its Evolution and Treatments. Vaccines. 10(12). 2145–2145. 17 indexed citations

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Liao, Fan, Yan‐Dong Tang, Lei Tan, et al.. (2021). Using the CRISPR-Cas System to Solve Porcine Viral Infection–related Issues. The CRISPR Journal. 4(6). 776–788. 3 indexed citations

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Ding, Qiong, Lei Zhao, Hongxia Guo, & Chunfu Zheng. (2010). The nucleocytoplasmic transport of viral proteins. Virologica Sinica. 25(2). 79–85. 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Li, Xuefeng Ren, Huimin Guo, Qian Ding, & Chunfu Zheng. (2010). Recombinant N-terminal part of Bovine herpesviru 1 ICP27 protein: its preparation, purification, and use for raising specific antiserum. Acta Virologica. 54(2). 147–150. 2 indexed citations

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Zheng, Chunfu, Gareth J. Jones, Meiqing Shi, et al.. (2008). Late Expression of Granulysin by Microbicidal CD4+ T Cells Requires PI3K- and STAT5-Dependent Expression of IL-2Rβ That Is Defective in HIV-Infected Patients. The Journal of Immunology. 180(11). 7221–7229. 22 indexed citations

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Tang, Hao, Y LI, Chunfu Zheng, et al.. (2007). An ethanol sensor based on cataluminescence on ZnO nanoparticles. Talanta. 72(4). 1593–1597. 78 indexed citations

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Zheng, Chunfu, et al.. (2005). A Novel Statistical Approach for Segmentation of Single-Channel Brain MRI Using an Improved EM algorithm. 13. 113–125. 3 indexed citations

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