Dongdong Zhao

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Dongdong Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dongdong Zhao has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Dongdong Zhao's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers). Dongdong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers). Dongdong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and Czechia. Dongdong Zhao's co-authors include Changhao Bi, Xueli Zhang, Siwei Li, Lijun Ye, Ju Li, Xiuqing Xin, Bin Xiong, Muzi Hu, Susan J. Rosser and Tao Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Dongdong Zhao

47 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Glycosylase base editors enable C-to-A and C-to-G base changes

2020 346 citations Dongdong Zhao, Ju Li et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dongdong Zhao China	23	1.4k	338	152	147	144	49	1.8k
He Huang China	17	1.0k 0.7×	258 0.8×	106 0.7×	70 0.5×	116 0.8×	55	1.4k
Suhyung Cho South Korea	29	2.1k 1.4×	370 1.1×	91 0.6×	170 1.2×	406 2.8×	77	2.6k
Hua Ling Singapore	28	1.5k 1.1×	341 1.0×	81 0.5×	303 2.1×	394 2.7×	70	2.2k
Patrick R. Wright Germany	16	1.3k 0.9×	510 1.5×	93 0.6×	210 1.4×	30 0.2×	23	1.8k
Yasuyuki Seto Japan	21	931 0.6×	141 0.4×	93 0.6×	138 0.9×	88 0.6×	54	1.7k
Irina A. Rodionova United States	22	883 0.6×	226 0.7×	111 0.7×	118 0.8×	96 0.7×	36	1.3k
Andreas Albersmeier Germany	20	800 0.6×	154 0.5×	60 0.4×	171 1.2×	197 1.4×	63	1.3k
Ryan Raisner United States	10	1.5k 1.0×	110 0.3×	381 2.5×	343 2.3×	164 1.1×	13	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Dongdong Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dongdong Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dongdong Zhao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lang, Yuxi, Ningxuan Gao, Hui Tan, et al.. (2025). Blueberry anthocyanins and their metabolites synergistically alleviated ferroptosis induced by acrylamide in HepG2 cells. Food Chemistry. 496(Pt 2). 146690–146690.

Chai, Qiyao, Zehui Lei, Yiru Wang, et al.. (2024). LILRB1-HLA-G axis defines a checkpoint driving natural killer cell exhaustion in tuberculosis. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(8). 1755–1790. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Jing, Dongdong Zhao, Zehui Lei, et al.. (2023). TRIM27 maintains gut homeostasis by promoting intestinal stem cell self-renewal. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 20(2). 158–174. 19 indexed citations

Wan, Xiaoling, Dongdong Zhao, Xuxu Chen, et al.. (2023). AAV-mediated base-editing therapy ameliorates the disease phenotypes in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4923–4923. 29 indexed citations

Chen, Ronghao, Yu Cao, Yajing Liu, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of a prime editing system via optimal recruitment of the pioneer transcription factor P65. Nature Communications. 14(1). 257–257. 19 indexed citations

Li, Siwei, Jingjing An, Yaqiu Li, et al.. (2022). Automated high-throughput genome editing platform with an AI learning in situ prediction model. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7386–7386. 17 indexed citations

Zhao, Dongdong, et al.. (2022). Reconstructed glycosylase base editors GBE2.0 with enhanced C-to-G base editing efficiency and purity. Molecular Therapy. 30(7). 2452–2463. 31 indexed citations

Zhu, Xinna, Zhubo Dai, Feiyu Fan, et al.. (2022). Microbial cell factories. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 68(13). 1626–1636. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Jing, Pupu Ge, Zehui Lei, et al.. (2021). Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein kinase G acts as an unusual ubiquitinating enzyme to impair host immunity. EMBO Reports. 22(6). e52175–e52175. 33 indexed citations

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Xie, Qian‐Wen, Siwei Li, Dongdong Zhao, et al.. (2020). Manipulating the position of DNA expression cassettes using location tags fused to dCas9 (Cas9-Lag) to improve metabolic pathway efficiency. Microbial Cell Factories. 19(1). 229–229. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Li, Dongdong Zhao, Lijun Ye, et al.. (2020). A programmable CRISPR/Cas9-based phage defense system for Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). Microbial Cell Factories. 19(1). 136–136. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Dongdong, Ju Li, Siwei Li, et al.. (2020). Glycosylase base editors enable C-to-A and C-to-G base changes. Nature Biotechnology. 39(1). 35–40. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Dongdong, Ju Li, Siwei Li, et al.. (2020). Publisher Correction: Glycosylase base editors enable C-to-A and C-to-G base changes. Nature Biotechnology. 39(1). 115–115. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Zhongkang, Xiuqing Xin, Bin Xiong, et al.. (2020). Engineering the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle and hydrogen utilization pathway of Ralstonia eutropha for improved autotrophic growth and polyhydroxybutyrate production. Microbial Cell Factories. 19(1). 228–228. 62 indexed citations

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Xiong, Bin, Zhongkang Li, Li Liu, et al.. (2018). Genome editing of Ralstonia eutropha using an electroporation-based CRISPR-Cas9 technique. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 172–172. 72 indexed citations

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Wu, Tao, Lijun Ye, Dongdong Zhao, et al.. (2018). Engineering membrane morphology and manipulating synthesis for increased lycopene accumulation in Escherichia coli cell factories. 3 Biotech. 8(6). 269–269. 43 indexed citations

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Ye, Lijun, Xinna Zhu, Tao Wu, et al.. (2018). Optimizing the localization of astaxanthin enzymes for improved productivity. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 278–278. 60 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xinna, Dongdong Zhao, Feiyu Fan, et al.. (2017). The CRISPR/Cas9-facilitated multiplex pathway optimization (CFPO) technique and its application to improve the Escherichia coli xylose utilization pathway. Metabolic Engineering. 43(Pt A). 37–45. 60 indexed citations

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Wu, Tao, Lijun Ye, Dongdong Zhao, et al.. (2017). Membrane engineering - A novel strategy to enhance the production and accumulation of β-carotene in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering. 43(Pt A). 85–91. 102 indexed citations

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Zhao, Dongdong, et al.. (2017). CRISPR/Cas9-assisted gRNA-free one-step genome editing with no sequence limitations and improved targeting efficiency. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16624–16624. 31 indexed citations

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