Guoyan Zhao

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Guoyan Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guoyan Zhao has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Guoyan Zhao's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (8 papers). Guoyan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (8 papers). Guoyan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Malawi. Guoyan Zhao's co-authors include David Wang, Lindsay Droit, Herbert W. Virgin, Lori R. Holtz, Efrem S. Lim, Carl Franz, Ramnik J. Xavier, Scott A. Handley, Irma Bauer and Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Guoyan Zhao

76 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Disease-Specific Alterations in the Enteric Virome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2015 906 citations Lindsay Droit, Guoyan Zhao et al. profile →
Early life dynamics of the human gut virome and bacterial microbiome in infants

2015 460 citations Efrem S. Lim, Guoyan Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guoyan Zhao United States	34	2.1k	1.8k	1.3k	748	747	80	4.8k
David Goulding United Kingdom	51	4.2k 2.0×	1.9k 1.1×	738 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	1.0k 1.4×	157	9.1k
Christopher H. Woelk United Kingdom	35	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	272 0.2×	788 1.1×	615 0.8×	82	4.8k
Björn Andersson Sweden	44	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	303 0.2×	2.7k 3.6×	659 0.9×	182	8.4k
Tomoyuki Honda Japan	36	1.7k 0.8×	648 0.4×	358 0.3×	789 1.1×	621 0.8×	148	4.6k
Amal Kambal United States	16	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	500 0.4×	793 1.1×	438 0.6×	25	3.7k
Rory Bowden United Kingdom	43	3.0k 1.5×	2.7k 1.5×	462 0.3×	2.4k 3.3×	1.1k 1.5×	93	7.5k
Richard Malík Australia	51	856 0.4×	3.0k 1.7×	463 0.3×	4.2k 5.6×	1.1k 1.5×	378	9.0k
Carlos F. Arias Mexico	49	1.2k 0.6×	4.6k 2.6×	463 0.3×	1.0k 1.4×	1.9k 2.5×	178	6.6k
Wim Van Den Broeck Belgium	38	1.3k 0.6×	676 0.4×	488 0.4×	459 0.6×	652 0.9×	228	5.9k
Axel Kornerup Hansen Denmark	42	3.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	277 0.2×	510 0.7×	889 1.2×	237	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Guoyan Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guoyan Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guoyan Zhao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Yujie, Yiran Hou, Qi Zeng, et al.. (2025). Common and specific gene regulatory programs in zebrafish caudal fin regeneration at single-cell resolution. Genome Research. 35(1). 202–218.

Voorhees, Jaymie R., Julie Dimitry, Lauren N. Woodie, et al.. (2025). REV-ERBα regulates brain NAD+ levels and tauopathy via an NFIL3–CD38 axis. Nature Aging. 5(10). 2070–2085.

Miao, Benpeng, et al.. (2024). Review and Evaluate the Bioinformatics Analysis Strategies of ATAC-seq and CUT&Tag Data. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 22(3). 4 indexed citations

Xu, Jinbin, Yiran Hou, Shinnosuke Yamada, et al.. (2023). Human striatal glia differentially contribute to AD- and PD-specific neurodegeneration. Nature Aging. 3(3). 346–365. 23 indexed citations

Ewan, Eric E., et al.. (2021). Ascending dorsal column sensory neurons respond to spinal cord injury and downregulate genes related to lipid metabolism. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 374–374. 19 indexed citations

Avraham, Oshri, et al.. (2021). Profiling sensory neuron microenvironment after peripheral and central axon injury reveals key pathways for neural repair. eLife. 10. 83 indexed citations

Hou, Yiran, Hyung Joo Lee, Yujie Chen, et al.. (2020). Cellular diversity of the regenerating caudal fin. Science Advances. 6(33). eaba2084–eaba2084. 36 indexed citations

Richaud, Aurélien, Lise Frézal, Stephen Tahan, et al.. (2019). Vertical transmission in Caenorhabditis nematodes of RNA molecules encoding a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(49). 24738–24747. 20 indexed citations

Bricker, Traci L., Anshu P. Gounder, Andrew B. Janowski, et al.. (2019). Therapeutic efficacy of favipiravir against Bourbon virus in mice. PLoS Pathogens. 15(6). e1007790–e1007790. 30 indexed citations

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Oh, Young Mi, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic regulator UHRF1 inactivates REST and growth suppressor gene expression via DNA methylation to promote axon regeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(52). E12417–E12426. 55 indexed citations

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Park, Arnold & Guoyan Zhao. (2018). Mining the Virome for Insights into Type 1 Diabetes. DNA and Cell Biology. 37(5). 422–425. 9 indexed citations

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He, Mei, Min Mao, Guoyan Zhao, et al.. (2018). Synaptic Plasticity in PTSD and associated Comorbidities: The Function and Mechanism for Diagnostics and Therapy. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 24(34). 4051–4059. 33 indexed citations

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Zhao, Guoyan, Tommi Vatanen, Lindsay Droit, et al.. (2017). Intestinal virome changes precede autoimmunity in type I diabetes-susceptible children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(30). E6166–E6175. 212 indexed citations

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Zhao, Guoyan, Guang Wu, Efrem S. Lim, et al.. (2017). VirusSeeker, a computational pipeline for virus discovery and virome composition analysis. Virology. 503. 21–30. 103 indexed citations

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Carr, Michael J., Akira Kawaguchi, Michihito Sasaki, et al.. (2016). Isolation of a simian immunodeficiency virus from a malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros). Archives of Virology. 162(2). 543–548. 8 indexed citations

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Luo, A-Li, et al.. (2015). VizieR Online Data Catalog: LAMOST DR1 catalogs (Luo+, 2015). 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiake, Jinglin Wang, Lihua Wang, et al.. (2015). Molecular Characterization and Seroprevalence in Pigs of SC0806, a Cat Que Virus Isolated from Mosquitoes in Sichuan Province, China. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 15(7). 423–431. 10 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hongbing, Lori R. Holtz, Irma Bauer, et al.. (2012). Comparison of novel MLB-clade, VA-clade and classic human astroviruses highlights constrained evolution of the classic human astrovirus nonstructural genes. Virology. 436(1). 8–14. 57 indexed citations

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Presti, Rachel M., Guoyan Zhao, Wandy L. Beatty, et al.. (2009). Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae. Journal of Virology. 83(22). 11599–11606. 63 indexed citations

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Zhao, Guoyan, Lawrence A. Schriefer, & Gary D. Stormo. (2007). Identification of muscle-specific regulatory modules inCaenorhabditis elegans. Genome Research. 17(3). 348–357. 34 indexed citations

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