Elisa Zhang

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Elisa Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisa Zhang has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 3 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Elisa Zhang's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (3 papers). Elisa Zhang is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (3 papers). Elisa Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Elisa Zhang's co-authors include Christopher T. Ruhland, Thomas A. Day, Calvin J. Kuo, Roel Polak, Anne Brunet, Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Robert Tjian, Itamar Harel, Ben E. Machado and Param Priya Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Elisa Zhang

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Dynamics of CRISPR-Cas9 genome interrogation in living cells

2015 265 citations Spencer C. Knight, Liangqi Xie et al. Science profile →
Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

2024 101 citations Roel Polak, Elisa Zhang et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

Peers

Elisa Zhang

MB

NLC

GENET

AGING

PS

Ernesto Maldonado Mexico

Andrew Box United States

Frédéric Sohm France

Jeffrey R. Guyon United States

Henry Roehl United Kingdom

A.D. Woodhead United States

Cristiano De Pittà Italy

Françoise Mazet United Kingdom

Sinnakaruppan Mathavan India

Kazuyuki Hoshijima United States

Ernesto Maldonado Mexico

Elisa Zhang

705 ×1.1

MB

102 ×0.6

NLC

157 ×1.4

GENET

103 ×1.0

AGING

48 ×0.5

PS

Citations per year, relative to Elisa Zhang Elisa Zhang (= 1×) peers Ernesto Maldonado

Countries citing papers authored by Elisa Zhang

Since Specialization

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elisa Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elisa Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elisa Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elisa 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 Elisa Zhang. Elisa 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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14 of 14 papers shown

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Miller, Sarah E., Deirdre J. Lyell, Ivana Marić, et al.. (2025). Predicting Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder Through Machine Learning Using Metabolomic and Lipidomic Profiling and Clinical Characteristics. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 145(6). 721–731.

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Zhang, Elisa, et al.. (2024). Uterine injury during diestrus leads to placental and embryonic defects in future pregnancies in mice. Biology of Reproduction. 110(4). 819–833.

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Polak, Roel, Elisa Zhang, & Calvin J. Kuo. (2024). Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment. Nature reviews. Cancer. 24(8). 523–539. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Elisa, Roberta L. Hannibal, Janet Song, et al.. (2021). PRG2 and AQPEP are misexpressed in fetal membranes in placenta previa and percreta †. Biology of Reproduction. 105(1). 244–257. 4 indexed citations

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Harel, Itamar, Bérénice A. Benayoun, Ben E. Machado, et al.. (2015). A Platform for Rapid Exploration of Aging and Diseases in a Naturally Short-Lived Vertebrate. Cell. 160(5). 1013–1026. 159 indexed citations

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Valenzano, Dario Riccardo, Bérénice A. Benayoun, Param Priya Singh, et al.. (2015). The African Turquoise Killifish Genome Provides Insights into Evolution and Genetic Architecture of Lifespan. Cell. 163(6). 1539–1554. 156 indexed citations

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Knight, Spencer C., Liangqi Xie, Wulan Deng, et al.. (2015). Dynamics of CRISPR-Cas9 genome interrogation in living cells. Science. 350(6262). 823–826. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cattoglio, Claudia, Elisa Zhang, Ivan Grubisic, et al.. (2015). Functional and mechanistic studies of XPC DNA-repair complex as transcriptional coactivator in embryonic stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(18). E2317–26. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Elisa, Yuan He, Patricia Grob, et al.. (2015). Architecture of the human XPC DNA repair and stem cell coactivator complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(48). 14817–14822. 23 indexed citations

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Ung, Cindy, Yohko Murakami, Elisa Zhang, et al.. (2013). The Association Between Compliance With Recommended Follow-up and Glaucomatous Disease Severity in a County Hospital Population. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 156(2). 362–369. 40 indexed citations

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Hondele, Maria, T. Stuwe, Markus Hassler, et al.. (2013). Structural basis of histone H2A–H2B recognition by the essential chaperone FACT. Nature. 499(7456). 111–114. 148 indexed citations

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Valenzano, Dario Riccardo, Roarke A. Kamber, Elisa Zhang, et al.. (2009). Mapping Loci Associated With Tail Color and Sex Determination in the Short-Lived Fish Nothobranchius furzeri. Genetics. 183(4). 1385–1395. 59 indexed citations

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Day, Thomas A., Elisa Zhang, & Christopher T. Ruhland. (2007). Exposure to solar UV-B radiation accelerates mass and lignin loss of Larrea tridentata litter in the Sonoran Desert. Plant Ecology. 193(2). 185–194. 113 indexed citations

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Chu, T. Ming, et al.. (2006). A C-Terminal Motif Targets Hedgehog to Axons, Coordinating Assembly of the Drosophila Eye and Brain. Developmental Cell. 10(5). 635–646. 34 indexed citations

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