Chunwei Zheng

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Chunwei Zheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunwei Zheng has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Chunwei Zheng's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (6 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (5 papers). Chunwei Zheng is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (6 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (5 papers). Chunwei Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Chunwei Zheng's co-authors include Wen Xue, Erik J. Sontheimer, Shun‐Qing Liang, Chunsheng Han, Xiaolong Dong, Bin Liu, Xiwen Lin, Daoqin Zhang, Zexiang Chen and Guangping Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chunwei Zheng

19 papers receiving 724 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Improved prime editors enable pathogenic allele correction and cancer modelling in adult mice

2021 196 citations Pengpeng Liu, Shun‐Qing Liang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chunwei Zheng China	12	580	273	143	120	87	21	733
Céline Ziegler-Birling France	14	1.5k 2.5×	161 0.6×	35 0.2×	180 1.5×	63 0.7×	15	1.5k
Dmitri Churikov France	14	675 1.2×	124 0.5×	209 1.5×	99 0.8×	32 0.4×	16	1.0k
Chih-Jen Lin United States	12	831 1.4×	126 0.5×	107 0.7×	261 2.2×	68 0.8×	26	985
Mahesh Sangrithi United Kingdom	11	776 1.3×	298 1.1×	66 0.5×	111 0.9×	187 2.1×	15	901
K Lee South Korea	9	300 0.5×	208 0.8×	132 0.9×	73 0.6×	19 0.2×	13	454
Peijing Jeremy Wang United States	8	593 1.0×	303 1.1×	279 2.0×	201 1.7×	54 0.6×	8	815
Chris Preece United Kingdom	7	350 0.6×	124 0.5×	16 0.1×	43 0.4×	28 0.3×	12	446
Aline Marnef France	17	980 1.7×	140 0.5×	7 0.0×	53 0.4×	75 0.9×	21	1.1k
Anton K. Beck United States	7	343 0.6×	123 0.5×	99 0.7×	55 0.5×	73 0.8×	8	510
Brigitte Boizet France	10	688 1.2×	641 2.3×	266 1.9×	91 0.8×	28 0.3×	15	919

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunwei Zheng

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zheng, Chunwei, et al.. (2025). The reverse transcriptase domain of prime editors contributes to DNA repair in mammalian cells. Nature Biotechnology. 44(1). 146–153. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Chunwei, Anita L. DeStefano, Qiushi Tang, et al.. (2025). A compact base editor rescues AATD-associated liver and lung disease in mouse models. Molecular Therapy. 33(11). 5817–5828.

Zheng, Chunwei, et al.. (2025). A network meta-analysis of therapies for hyperphosphatemia in CKD based on randomized trials. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 2012–2012. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Chunwei, et al.. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Object Detection Algorithms for Wood Defect Detection. 991–996.

Zhang, Gangming, Chunwei Zheng, Yue‐He Ding, & Craig C. Mello. (2024). Casein kinase II promotes piRNA production through direct phosphorylation of USTC component TOFU-4. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2727–2727. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Kai, et al.. (2024). Dehydroepiandrosterone inhibits ADAMTS expression via an ERK-dependent mechanism in chondrocytes. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0313560–e0313560. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Chunwei, et al.. (2023). Template-jumping prime editing enables large insertion and exon rewriting in vivo. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3369–3369. 34 indexed citations

Liu, Bin, Xiaolong Dong, Chunwei Zheng, et al.. (2023). Targeted genome editing with a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase and exogenous DNA-containing templates. Nature Biotechnology. 42(7). 1039–1045. 34 indexed citations

Luo, Mengcheng, Chunwei Zheng, Xiwen Lin, et al.. (2022). MicroRNA‐202 safeguards meiotic progression by preventing premature SEPARASE‐mediated REC8 cleavage. EMBO Reports. 23(8). e54298–e54298. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Bin, Xiaolong Dong, Chunwei Zheng, et al.. (2022). A split prime editor with untethered reverse transcriptase and circular RNA template. Nature Biotechnology. 40(9). 1388–1393. 118 indexed citations

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Lin, Xiwen, Chunwei Zheng, Daoqin Zhang, et al.. (2021). The microRNA miR-202 prevents precocious spermatogonial differentiation and meiotic initiation during mouse spermatogenesis. Development. 148(24). 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Pengpeng, Shun‐Qing Liang, Chunwei Zheng, et al.. (2021). Improved prime editors enable pathogenic allele correction and cancer modelling in adult mice. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2121–2121. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Chunwei, Ying‐Chun Ouyang, Xiwen Lin, et al.. (2019). Non-canonical RNA polyadenylation polymerase FAM46C is essential for fastening sperm head and flagellum in mice†. Biology of Reproduction. 100(6). 1673–1685. 30 indexed citations

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Feng, Yanmin, Xiwen Lin, Daoqin Zhang, et al.. (2018). Reprogramming p53 -Deficient Germline Stem Cells Into Pluripotent State by Nanog. Stem Cells and Development. 27(10). 692–703. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Daoqin, Xiwen Lin, Longfei Ma, et al.. (2018). The transcription factor SOX30 is a key regulator of mouse spermiogenesis. Development. 145(11). 39 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiangjing, Bin Shen, Shangying Liao, et al.. (2017). Gene knockout of Zmym3 in mice arrests spermatogenesis at meiotic metaphase with defects in spindle assembly checkpoint. Cell Death and Disease. 8(6). e2910–e2910. 29 indexed citations

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Tu, Zhaowei, Hongbin Liu, Jingjing Zhang, et al.. (2016). Speedy A–Cdk2 binding mediates initial telomere–nuclear envelope attachment during meiotic prophase I independent of Cdk2 activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(3). 592–597. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Si, Xiuxia Wang, Longfei Ma, et al.. (2016). Retinoic Acid Is Sufficient for the In Vitro Induction of Mouse Spermatocytes. Stem Cell Reports. 7(1). 80–94. 59 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian, Tanxi Cai, Chunwei Zheng, et al.. (2016). MicroRNA-202 maintains spermatogonial stem cells by inhibiting cell cycle regulators and RNA binding proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(7). gkw1287–gkw1287. 81 indexed citations

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Zheng, Chunwei, et al.. (2014). Anti-thrombotic effect of <i>Carthamus tinctorius</i> Linn extracts in rats. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 13(10). 1637–1637. 5 indexed citations

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