Cong‐Zhao Zhou

12.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Cong‐Zhao Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong‐Zhao Zhou has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Cong‐Zhao Zhou's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers). Cong‐Zhao Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers). Cong‐Zhao Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Cong‐Zhao Zhou's co-authors include Yuxing Chen, Yong‐Liang Jiang, Joël Janin, Fabrice Confalonieri, Roland Perasso, Michel Jacquet, Zhengang Li, Yong‐Xing He, Cheng‐Cai Zhang and Weifang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Cong‐Zhao Zhou

157 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Silk fibroin: Structural implications of a remarkable amino acid sequence

2001 617 citations Cong‐Zhao Zhou, Fabrice Confalonieri et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →
Fine organization of Bombyx mori fibroin heavy chain gene

2000 562 citations Cong‐Zhao Zhou profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cong‐Zhao Zhou China	34	2.5k	1.3k	459	431	383	161	4.5k
Oldřích Benada Czechia	36	1.8k 0.7×	354 0.3×	518 1.1×	389 0.9×	333 0.9×	175	4.1k
Jin He China	36	2.2k 0.9×	769 0.6×	403 0.9×	444 1.0×	1.2k 3.2×	134	5.4k
Wei‐Chiang Shen United States	43	4.5k 1.8×	658 0.5×	791 1.7×	234 0.5×	225 0.6×	131	6.8k
Seong‐Cheol Park South Korea	34	1.9k 0.8×	416 0.3×	457 1.0×	138 0.3×	244 0.6×	150	3.6k
Luciano Paulino Silva Brazil	35	1.3k 0.5×	504 0.4×	636 1.4×	109 0.3×	590 1.5×	208	4.0k
Kiyoshi Yamauchi Japan	40	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	192 0.4×	361 0.8×	318 0.8×	280	6.3k
Tara D. Sutherland Australia	34	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	577 1.3×	186 0.4×	104 0.3×	85	3.4k
Yang Ding China	35	3.4k 1.4×	796 0.6×	1.3k 2.8×	299 0.7×	355 0.9×	108	6.9k
Linglin Fu China	42	1.8k 0.7×	463 0.4×	493 1.1×	171 0.4×	338 0.9×	183	5.3k
Sônia Nair Báo Brazil	41	1.4k 0.5×	497 0.4×	538 1.2×	157 0.4×	294 0.8×	321	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Cong‐Zhao Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong‐Zhao Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong‐Zhao Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cong‐Zhao Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cong‐Zhao Zhou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cong‐Zhao Zhou. Cong‐Zhao Zhou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xing, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Pdr15 ABC Transporter of Phyllospheric Yeast Enhances Plant Tolerance to 4-Monobrominated Diphenyl Ether, Chromium, and Cadmium Stress. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(45). 28735–28744.

Yang, Feng, Hongyan Zhang, Ning Cui, et al.. (2024). Structure of the intact tail machine of Anabaena myophage A-1(L). Nature Communications. 15(1). 2654–2654. 12 indexed citations

Ain, Qurat Ul, Xuan Wu, Qing Bai, et al.. (2024). Cyanophage-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes in modulating cyanobacterial metabolism and algal bloom dynamics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 5 indexed citations

Li, Bo, Xiaoqian Wang, Da Xu, et al.. (2024). Allosteric regulation of nitrate transporter NRT via the signaling protein PII. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2318320121–e2318320121. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Dandan, Yuhao Qin, Jiaqi Liu, et al.. (2023). Orally administered BZL-sRNA-20 oligonucleotide targeting TLR4 effectively ameliorates acute lung injury in mice. Science China Life Sciences. 66(7). 1589–1599. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Liang, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into human ABCC4-mediated transport of platelet agonist and antagonist. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 2(7). 693–701. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Feng, Qingfa Wu, Yuxing Chen, et al.. (2023). Phylogenomics of five Pseudanabaena cyanophages and evolutionary traces of horizontal gene transfer. Environmental Microbiome. 18(1). 3–3. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Zhipeng, et al.. (2022). Structural insights into the activation of autoinhibited human lipid flippase ATP8B1 upon substrate binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(14). e2118656119–e2118656119. 27 indexed citations

Haubrich, Brad A., Caroline Williams, Tahl Zimmerman, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of Streptococcus pneumoniae growth by masarimycin. Microbiology. 168(4).

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Cai, Kun, Yong‐Liang Jiang, Yue Chen, et al.. (2022). Biochemical and structural characterization of the cyanophage‐encoded phosphate‐binding protein: implications for enhanced phosphate uptake of infected cyanobacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 24(7). 3037–3050. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Tingting, Cong‐Zhao Zhou, Jianxi Xiao, & Jinsong Liu. (2018). Unique Conformation in a Natural Interruption Sequence of Type XIX Collagen Revealed by Its High-Resolution Crystal Structure. Biochemistry. 57(7). 1087–1095. 7 indexed citations

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Ruan, Lingwei, et al.. (2018). Cloning, identification and function analysis of a Chibby homolog from Litopenaeus vannamei. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 78. 114–120. 8 indexed citations

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Chi, Changbiao, Yajun Tang, Jiahai Zhang, et al.. (2018). Structural and Biochemical Insights into the Multiple Functions of Yeast Grx3. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(8). 1235–1248. 18 indexed citations

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Tan, Xiao-Feng, Ya-Nan Dai, Kang Zhou, et al.. (2015). Structure of the adenylation–peptidyl carrier protein didomain of theMicrocystis aeruginosamicrocystin synthetase McyG. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 71(4). 873–881. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Yihu, Yong‐Liang Jiang, Juan Zhang, et al.. (2014). Structural Insights into SraP-Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion to Host Cells. PLoS Pathogens. 10(6). e1004169–e1004169. 84 indexed citations

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Bao, Rui, Cong‐Zhao Zhou, Chunhui Jiang, et al.. (2009). The Ternary Structure of the Double-headed Arrowhead Protease Inhibitor API-A Complexed with Two Trypsins Reveals a Novel Reactive Site Conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(39). 26676–26684. 49 indexed citations

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Tang, Jie, Weifang Li, Xuan Zhang, & Cong‐Zhao Zhou. (2007). The gene expression profile of Bombyx mori silkgland. Gene. 396(2). 369–372. 7 indexed citations

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Bao, Rui, Yuxing Chen, Yajun Tang, Joël Janin, & Cong‐Zhao Zhou. (2006). Crystal structure of the yeast cytoplasmic thioredoxin Trx2. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 66(1). 246–249. 22 indexed citations

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Bao, Rui, et al.. (2006). Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of mitochondrial thioredoxin Trx3 fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(11). 1161–1163. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Cong‐Zhao, Fabrice Confalonieri, Michel Jacquet, et al.. (2001). Silk fibroin: Structural implications of a remarkable amino acid sequence. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 44(2). 119–122. 617 indexed citations breakdown →

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