Fangqing Zhao

20.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
195 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Fangqing Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fangqing Zhao has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cancer Research and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Fangqing Zhao's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (51 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (27 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (27 papers). Fangqing Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (51 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (27 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (27 papers). Fangqing Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Fangqing Zhao's co-authors include Yuan Gao, Jinfeng Wang, Jinyang Zhang, Peifeng Ji, Wanying Wu, Shuai Chen, Liwen Xiao, Ji Qi, Yi Zheng and Song Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Fangqing Zhao

188 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of hypertension

2017 1.2k citations Fangqing Zhao, Baoli Zhu et al. Microbiome profile →
CIRI: an efficient and unbiased algorithm for de novo circular RNA identification

2015 857 citations Jinfeng Wang, Fangqing Zhao et al. profile →
Circular RNA identification based on multiple seed matching

2017 475 citations Jinyang Zhang, Fangqing Zhao et al. profile →
Dysbiosis of maternal and neonatal microbiota associated with gestational diabetes mellitus

2018 325 citations Jinfeng Wang, Wenyu Shi et al. Gut profile →
Convergent Evolution of Rumen Microbiomes in High-Altitude Mammals

2016 291 citations Jinfeng Wang, Fangqing Zhao et al. profile →
CircAtlas: an integrated resource of one million highly accurate circular RNAs from 1070 vertebrate transcriptomes

2020 290 citations Peifeng Ji, Fangqing Zhao et al. profile →
Microbial transmission, colonisation and succession: from pregnancy to infancy

2023 84 citations Liwen Xiao, Fangqing Zhao Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fangqing Zhao China	49	7.0k	2.8k	950	925	876	195	9.9k
Héctor Corrada Bravo United States	27	6.4k 0.9×	931 0.3×	656 0.7×	677 0.7×	412 0.5×	67	9.5k
Adam Roberts United States	14	8.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	609 0.6×	933 1.0×	3.3k 3.8×	20	13.6k
Wenli Tang China	16	5.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	327 0.3×	667 0.7×	839 1.0×	38	9.7k
Gregory L. Shipley United States	24	7.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	867 0.9×	1.8k 2.0×	50	15.1k
Paul Theodor Pyl Sweden	7	8.4k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	723 0.8×	695 0.8×	2.7k 3.0×	13	14.5k
Reinhold Mueller United States	16	7.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	606 0.7×	1.8k 2.0×	26	14.1k
Le Luo Guan Canada	63	4.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	679 0.7×	791 0.9×	858 1.0×	289	11.9k
Jan M. Ruijter Netherlands	46	6.2k 0.9×	821 0.3×	697 0.7×	704 0.8×	1.9k 2.2×	146	11.4k
Elizabeth Purdom United States	20	7.9k 1.1×	753 0.3×	785 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.2×	36	11.5k
Tania Nolan United Kingdom	21	9.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 1.9×	735 0.8×	2.1k 2.4×	35	17.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Fangqing Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fangqing Zhao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Jinyang & Fangqing Zhao. (2025). Circular RNA discovery with emerging sequencing and deep learning technologies. Nature Genetics. 57(5). 1089–1102. 8 indexed citations

Pang, Kun, Ning Wang, Wenzhuo Zhu, et al.. (2025). High-resolution spatially resolved proteomics of complex tissues based on microfluidics and transfer learning. Cell. 188(3). 734–748.e22. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Jinbin Peng, Shiyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Prospects of porous-carbon-based electromagnetic wave absorbing materials. Carbon. 244. 120650–120650. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Bing, Mengmeng Guo, Fuqiang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Distinct molecular profiles drive multifaceted characteristics of colorectal cancer metastatic seeds. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(5). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinyang, Lingling Hou, Zhengyi Cai, et al.. (2024). Real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing with PROFIT-seq. Nature Cell Biology. 26(12). 2183–2194. 4 indexed citations

Cao, Xiaofei, Zhengyi Cai, Jinyang Zhang, & Fangqing Zhao. (2024). Engineering circular RNA medicines. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 3(4). 270–287. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinyang, Harry Yang, Brunilda Balliu, et al.. (2023). RNA-seq data science: From raw data to effective interpretation. Frontiers in Genetics. 14. 59 indexed citations

Huang, Guangping, Wenyu Shi, Le Wang, et al.. (2023). PandaGUT provides new insights into bacterial diversity, function, and resistome landscapes with implications for conservation. Microbiome. 11(1). 221–221. 14 indexed citations

Hou, Lingling, Jinyang Zhang, & Fangqing Zhao. (2023). Full-length circular RNA profiling by nanopore sequencing with CIRI-long. Nature Protocols. 18(6). 1795–1813. 23 indexed citations

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Huang, Guangping, Dunwu Qi, Zhisong Yang, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiome as a key monitoring indicator for reintroductions of captive animals. Conservation Biology. 38(1). e14173–e14173. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Lingling Hou, Jinfeng Wang, et al.. (2022). Unfavourable intrauterine environment contributes to abnormal gut microbiome and metabolome in twins. Gut. 71(12). 2451–2462. 40 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiao‐Ai, Jinfeng Wang, Xiuling Ma, et al.. (2022). Variation of the Vaginal Microbiome During and After Pregnancy in Chinese Women. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 20(2). 322–333. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bing, Peifeng Ji, Zhenqiang Zuo, et al.. (2022). Changes to gut amino acid transporters and microbiome associated with increased E/I ratio in Chd8+/− mouse model of ASD-like behavior. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1151–1151. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinyang, Lingling Hou, Zhenqiang Zuo, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive profiling of circular RNAs with nanopore sequencing and CIRI-long. Nature Biotechnology. 39(7). 836–845. 138 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinyang, Shuai Chen, Jingwen Yang, & Fangqing Zhao. (2020). Accurate quantification of circular RNAs identifies extensive circular isoform switching events. Nature Communications. 11(1). 90–90. 172 indexed citations

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Liu, Peipei, Di Liu, Xi Yang, et al.. (2014). Characterization of human αβTCR repertoire and discovery of D-D fusion in TCRβ chains. Protein & Cell. 5(8). 603–615. 26 indexed citations

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Zhao, Fangqing, et al.. (2013). Complete mitochondrial genome of the Common Evening Brown,Melanitis ledaLinnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Mitochondrial DNA. 24(5). 492–494. 20 indexed citations

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Hou, Hong‐Wei, Fangqing Zhao, Lijun Zhou, et al.. (2010). MagicViewer: integrated solution for next-generation sequencing data visualization and genetic variation detection and annotation. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(Web Server). W732–W736. 40 indexed citations

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Wu, Jinyu, Fangqing Zhao, Shengqin Wang, et al.. (2007). cTFbase: a database for comparative genomics of transcription factors in cyanobacteria. BMC Genomics. 8(1). 104–104. 21 indexed citations

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Nakhleh, Luay, Guohua Jin, Fangqing Zhao, & John Mellor‐Crummey. (2005). Reconstructing phylogenetic networks using maximum parsimony. PubMed. 93–102. 45 indexed citations

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