Futao Zhang

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Futao Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Futao Zhang has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Futao Zhang's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (5 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (4 papers). Futao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (5 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (4 papers). Futao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Futao Zhang's co-authors include Zhihong Zhu, Jian Yang, Naomi R. Wray, Peter M. Visscher, Matthew R. Robinson, Grant W. Montgomery, Andrew Bakshi, Joseph E. Powell, Han Hu and Michael E. Goddard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Futao Zhang

26 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets

2016 1.6k citations Zhihong Zhu, Futao Zhang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

2018 526 citations Zhihong Zhu, Zhili Zheng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits

2018 306 citations Yang Wu, Jian Zeng et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

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Erdogan Taskesen Netherlands

Jennifer J. Johnston United States

Kevin B. Jacobs United States

Mitchell J. Machiela United States

Sara H. Windahl Sweden

Peter S. Chines United States

Huwenbo Shi United States

Brendan J. Keating United States

Heather E. Wheeler United States

Jonathan P. Bradfield United States

Erdogan Taskesen Netherlands

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1.1k ×0.7

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1.3k ×1.1

283 ×1.1

187 ×0.9

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223 ×1.2

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Citations per year, relative to Futao Zhang Futao Zhang (= 1×) peers Erdogan Taskesen

Countries citing papers authored by Futao Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Futao Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Futao Zhang

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

Guo, Ziyan, et al.. (2025). The naples prognostic score as a new predictor for heart failure: A cross-sectional study. Heart & Lung. 70. 360–367. 3 indexed citations

Da, Cheng, et al.. (2025). MCATD: Multi-Scale Contextual Attention Transformer Diffusion for Unsupervised Low-Light Image Enhancement. IEEE Access. 13. 97348–97363. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Hong, Jingxi Li, Wei Cao, et al.. (2024). Interlinked water and sediment microplastics in the Laizhou Bay of China. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 43(2). 446–458. 6 indexed citations

Ashton, Katie A., K.T. Lee, Omkar L. Patkar, et al.. (2024). Biallelic SLC13A1 loss-of-function variants result in impaired sulfate transport and skeletal phenotypes, including short stature, scoliosis, and skeletal dysplasia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 101958–101958.

Yan, Lijie, Jintao Wu, Xian‐Wei Fan, et al.. (2023). Analysis of risk factors and short-term prognostic factors of arrhythmia in patients infected with mild/moderate SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1 indexed citations

Thomas‐Wilson, Amanda, David Chitayat, Susan Blasér, et al.. (2023). Biallelic variants in TUBGCP6 result in microcephaly and chorioretinopathy 1: Report of four cases and a literature review. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 191(7). 1935–1941. 1 indexed citations

Ashton, Katie A., Ying Zhu, Futao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Integration of EpiSign, facial phenotyping, and likelihood ratio interpretation of clinical abnormalities in the re‐classification of an ARID1B missense variant. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics. 193(3). e32056–e32056. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Futao, Xiaojie Liu, Leiming Zhang, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with significant functional mitral regurgitation. Medicine. 102(10). e33231–e33231. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Futao, et al.. (2023). Oral nifedipine may be a preferential option for treating acute severe hypertension during pregnancy: a meta-analysis. Hypertension in Pregnancy. 42(1). 2209637–2209637. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Jintao, Futao Zhang, Xiaojie Liu, et al.. (2021). Effect of catheter ablation on clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and significant functional mitral regurgitation. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 21(1). 587–587. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Yang, Ting Qi, Huanwei Wang, et al.. (2020). Promoter-anchored chromatin interactions predicted from genetic analysis of epigenomic data. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2061–2061. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Futao, Wenhan Chen, Zhihong Zhu, et al.. (2019). OSCA: a tool for omic-data-based complex trait analysis. Genome biology. 20(1). 107–107. 76 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhihong, Zhili Zheng, Futao Zhang, et al.. (2018). Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data. Nature Communications. 9(1). 224–224. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yang, Jian Zeng, Futao Zhang, et al.. (2018). Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits. Nature Communications. 9(1). 918–918. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Zhongmin, Futao Zhang, Yanping Chen, & Sugang Ma. (2018). Long-term visual tracking based on adaptive correlation filters. Journal of Electronic Imaging. 27(5). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Futao, et al.. (2016). Functional Regression Models for Epistasis Analysis of Multiple Quantitative Traits. PLoS Genetics. 12(4). e1005965–e1005965. 10 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhihong, Futao Zhang, Han Hu, et al.. (2016). Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets. Nature Genetics. 48(5). 481–487. 1580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Futao, et al.. (2015). Mixed Linear Model Approaches of Association Mapping for Complex Traits Based on Omics Variants. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10298–10298. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Futao, et al.. (2015). FastGCN: A GPU Accelerated Tool for Fast Gene Co-Expression Networks. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0116776–e0116776. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Futao, Eric Boerwinkle, & Momiao Xiong. (2014). Epistasis analysis for quantitative traits by functional regression model. Genome Research. 24(6). 989–998. 26 indexed citations

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