Dandan Zhang

35.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
426 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Dandan Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dandan Zhang has authored 426 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Molecular Biology, 73 papers in Cancer Research and 47 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dandan Zhang's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (34 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (32 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (28 papers). Dandan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (34 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (32 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (28 papers). Dandan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Dandan Zhang's co-authors include Peng Kong, Ziyang Cui, Mei Han, Chunyu Liu, Elliot S. Gershon, Judith A. Badner, Chao Chen, Jianfeng Li, Jin Li and Hao Cheng 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

Dandan Zhang

400 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Inflammation and atherosclerosis: signaling pathways and ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2022 2022 2021 200 400 600
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.

  1. Inflammation and atherosclerosis: signaling pathways and therapeutic intervention
    2022 640 citations Dandan Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Functions of Gut Microbiota Metabolites, Current Status and Future Perspectives
    2022 308 citations Dandan Zhang et al. profile →
  3. HO-1-mediated ferroptosis as a target for protection against retinal pigment epithelium degeneration
    2021 244 citations Dandan Zhang, Huiqin Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dandan Zhang China 43 4.4k 1.4k 970 775 741 426 8.5k
Wei Li China 51 5.5k 1.2× 995 0.7× 729 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 582 0.8× 335 10.2k
Qiang Ma United States 46 5.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 411 0.5× 864 1.2× 111 10.2k
Bahman Yousefi Iran 54 5.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.4× 864 0.9× 469 0.6× 532 0.7× 266 11.3k
Lin Li China 38 3.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 574 0.6× 546 0.7× 478 0.6× 244 6.6k
Maureen A. Sartor United States 49 5.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 618 0.6× 895 1.2× 542 0.7× 169 8.6k
Xiaodong Sun China 51 4.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 475 0.5× 632 0.8× 521 0.7× 305 8.5k
Fang Wang China 46 4.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 866 0.9× 451 0.6× 626 0.8× 624 10.5k
Xiaorong Li China 49 5.3k 1.2× 2.1k 1.6× 685 0.7× 400 0.5× 513 0.7× 550 10.8k
Lan Zhang China 52 5.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 657 0.7× 484 0.6× 729 1.0× 548 10.5k
Qiong Huang China 48 3.9k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 794 0.8× 417 0.5× 835 1.1× 323 8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dandan Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dandan Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dandan Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dandan Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dandan Zhang 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 Dandan Zhang. Dandan Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Li, Dan, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical synthesis and photochromic properties of eight-member cyclic azobenzenes. Electrochimica Acta. 526. 146172–146172. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dandan, et al.. (2025). Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Growth and Nutrient Uptake in Wheat Under Low Potassium Stress. Plants. 14(9). 1288–1288. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Huifang, Qiong Wu, Jing Ma, et al.. (2025). RTN4IP1 Contributes to ESCC via Regulation of Amino Acid Transporters. Advanced Science. 12(8). e2406220–e2406220. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Yi, et al.. (2024). Dapagliflozin prevents kidney podocytes pyroptosis via miR-155-5p/HO-1/NLRP3 axis modulation. International Immunopharmacology. 131. 111785–111785. 16 indexed citations
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Ma, Liyun, Ya‐Nan Ou, Yan Fu, et al.. (2024). Associations between antipsychotics exposure and dementia risk: A prospective cohort study of 415,100 participants. Journal of Affective Disorders. 349. 201–209. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Jian, Wenbo Jiang, Ying Li, et al.. (2024). Relationship between circadian eating behavior (daily eating frequency and nighttime fasting duration) and cardiovascular mortality. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 22–22. 5 indexed citations
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Shi, Zhichao, Jiaqi Liu, Dandan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis, and evaluation of VHL-based EZH2 degraders for breast cancer. Bioorganic Chemistry. 143. 107078–107078. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Yige, Xiaoqing Cheng, Bing-Hong Wang, et al.. (2024). Alternative polyadenylation quantitative trait methylation mapping in human cancers provides clues into the molecular mechanisms of APA. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(3). 562–583. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Qian, Jingwen Yin, Dong Lv, et al.. (2023). Schizophrenia plausible protective effect of microRNA-137 is potentially related to estrogen and prolactin in female patients. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1187111–1187111. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Huiqin, et al.. (2023). miR-124-3p regulates the proliferation and differentiation of retinal progenitor cells through SEPT10. Cell and Tissue Research. 392(3). 689–704. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Xin, et al.. (2023). Allograft inflammatory factor 1 is a potential diagnostic, immunological, and prognostic biomarker in pan-cancer. Aging. 15(7). 2582–2609. 6 indexed citations
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Zang, Zhenle, Jing Luo, Ling Yang, et al.. (2023). Chronic exposure to (2 R,6 R)-hydroxynorketamine induces developmental neurotoxicity in hESC-derived cerebral organoids. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 453. 131379–131379. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dandan, et al.. (2023). Does expansion of college education benefit urban entrepreneurship and innovation in China?. Heliyon. 9(11). e21813–e21813. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuan, Xiaoqing Cheng, Fenglan Zhang, et al.. (2020). Integrated multi‐omics data analyses for exploring the co‐occurring and mutually exclusive gene alteration events in colorectal cancer. Human Mutation. 41(9). 1588–1599. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Chao, Na Zhao, Qin Zheng, Dandan Zhang, & Yong Liu. (2019). BHLHE41 promotes U87 and U251 cell proliferation via ERK/cyclinD1 signaling pathway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jianfeng, Dandan Zhang, & Jen Sheen. (2014). Cas9-Based Genome Editing in Arabidopsis and Tobacco. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 546. 459–472. 38 indexed citations

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