Hongbo Zhang

24.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
507 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Hongbo Zhang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongbo Zhang has authored 507 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 152 papers in Molecular Biology and 91 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hongbo Zhang's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (64 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (45 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (41 papers). Hongbo Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (64 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (45 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (41 papers). Hongbo Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Finland and United States. Hongbo Zhang's co-authors include Hélder A. Santos, Jouni Hirvonen, Wenguo Cui, Ermei Mäkilä, Jarno Salonen, Dongfei Liu, Lianfu Deng, Jiaqi Yan, Flavia Fontana and Xiangmeng Qu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hongbo Zhang

484 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

Tumor exosome-based nanoparticles are efficient drug carr... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2021 2018 2021 200 400 600
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.

  1. Tumor exosome-based nanoparticles are efficient drug carriers for chemotherapy
    2019 679 citations Tuying Yong, Xiaoqiong Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Vascularized 3D printed scaffolds for promoting bone regeneration
    2018 417 citations Hongbo Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Cancer Therapy
    2021 342 citations Xu Zhang, Hongbo Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Technological innovation, environmental regulation, and green total factor efficiency of industrial water resources
    2018 278 citations Hongbo Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Pharmaceutical electrospinning and 3D printing scaffold design for bone regeneration
    2021 258 citations Jiaqi Yan, Hongbo Zhang et al. profile →
  6. Dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy in drug delivery: a roadmap for correct characterization of nanoparticles and interpretation of results
    2023 213 citations Sergey K. Filippov, Ramil Khusnutdinov et al. Materials Horizons profile →
  7. Engineered neutrophil-derived exosome-like vesicles for targeted cancer therapy
    2022 209 citations Hongbo Zhang, Hélder A. Santos et al. profile →
  8. Apoptosis-Amplified Assembly of Porphyrin Nanofiber Enhances Photodynamic Therapy of Oral Tumor
    2023 152 citations Hongbo Zhang et al. profile →
  9. Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7
    2022 121 citations Hongbo Zhang et al. profile →
  10. Mimicking Antioxidases and Hyaluronan Synthase: A Zwitterionic Nanozyme for Photothermal Therapy of Osteoarthritis
    2023 100 citations Hongbo Zhang, Qiangwei Xin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongbo Zhang China 71 7.1k 6.0k 3.6k 3.2k 1.7k 507 18.4k
Bin Li China 71 8.4k 1.2× 4.8k 0.8× 3.8k 1.1× 3.0k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 741 21.3k
Hong Chen China 75 6.4k 0.9× 8.3k 1.4× 3.7k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 653 0.4× 854 26.1k
Zhenhua Li China 63 5.1k 0.7× 5.1k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 4.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 364 13.7k
Hélder A. Santos Finland 84 10.4k 1.5× 5.9k 1.0× 7.3k 2.0× 5.1k 1.6× 772 0.4× 452 22.4k
Lin Mei China 73 9.8k 1.4× 6.0k 1.0× 7.0k 1.9× 5.4k 1.7× 930 0.5× 276 20.0k
Tao Gong China 68 4.5k 0.6× 5.2k 0.9× 4.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 645 0.4× 477 16.2k
Jin Zhang China 63 4.6k 0.6× 3.5k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 644 0.4× 423 14.0k
Qing Jiang China 71 6.7k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 3.0k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 852 0.5× 667 19.4k
Ali Zarrabi Iran 71 3.7k 0.5× 6.2k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.6× 369 15.1k
Dong Chen China 68 6.2k 0.9× 4.7k 0.8× 5.0k 1.4× 7.9k 2.5× 776 0.4× 622 22.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongbo Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongbo Zhang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Dan, Jianmei Gu, Maoye Wang, et al.. (2025). Integrated Microfluidic Chip for Neutrophil Extracellular Vesicle Analysis and Gastric Cancer Diagnosis. ACS Nano. 19(10). 10078–10092. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, Guang Yang, Chunsun Fan, et al.. (2025). Cancer-Associated Fibroblast-Driven Progression of HPV+ Head and Neck Cancer with Organoid Models. Journal of Dental Research. 104(13). 1526–1536.
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Zhang, Hongbo, et al.. (2024). Design and optimization of spoof surface plasmon polaritons based multi-octave power amplifier using PSO algorithm. Materials Today Communications. 39. 108685–108685. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wenhui, Xiaodong Ma, Jianpeng Xiao, et al.. (2024). Exploiting the Warburg Effect: Co‐Delivery of Metformin and FOXK2 siRNA for Ovarian Cancer Therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 2300192–2300192. 9 indexed citations
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Yan, Rui, et al.. (2024). Cationic Hyaluronic Acid-Modified Cyclosporin Micelles Used for Ocular Drug Delivery. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 86(1). 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Jiaqi, Rajendra Bhadane, Meixin Ran, et al.. (2024). Development of Aptamer-DNAzyme based metal-nucleic acid frameworks for gastric cancer therapy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3684–3684. 51 indexed citations
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Yan, Jiaqi, Meixin Ran, & Hongbo Zhang. (2023). A scientific debate: The sword that cleaves chaos of DNAzyme catalysis research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 21–23. 2 indexed citations
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Filippov, Sergey K., Ramil Khusnutdinov, Anastasiia Murmiliuk, et al.. (2023). Dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy in drug delivery: a roadmap for correct characterization of nanoparticles and interpretation of results. Materials Horizons. 10(12). 5354–5370. 213 indexed citations breakdown →
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Han, Fanghui, et al.. (2022). Effect of ultrafine mineral admixtures on the rheological properties of fresh cement paste: A review. Journal of Building Engineering. 51. 104313–104313. 74 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongbo, Tongtong Yao, Yue Wang, et al.. (2022). Trx CDSP32-overexpressing tobacco plants improves cadmium tolerance by modulating antioxidant mechanism. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 194. 524–532. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhuoxin, Hong Xiao, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2021). Heterogenous hydrogel mimicking the osteochondral ECM applied to tissue regeneration. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 9(41). 8646–8658. 27 indexed citations
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Yong, Tuying, Xiaoqiong Zhang, Nana Bie, et al.. (2019). Tumor exosome-based nanoparticles are efficient drug carriers for chemotherapy. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3838–3838. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiao, Yue, Ping Yuan, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2019). Laser-Activatable CuS Nanodots to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Release Copper Ion to Accelerate Healing of Infected Chronic Nonhealing Wounds. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(4). 3809–3822. 195 indexed citations
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Ji, Jianfeng, Fei Ma, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2018). Light‐Activatable Assembled Nanoparticles to Improve Tumor Penetration and Eradicate Metastasis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(33). 42 indexed citations
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Li, Lu, Hongbo Zhang, Pin Zhou, et al.. (2018). Three dimensional ordered macroporous zinc ferrite composited silica sorbents with promotional desulfurization and regeneration activity at mid-high temperature. Applied Surface Science. 470. 177–186. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Zehua, Lina Baranauskienė, Ermei Mäkilä, et al.. (2017). A Versatile Carbonic Anhydrase IX Targeting Ligand-Functionalized Porous Silicon Nanoplatform for Dual Hypoxia Cancer Therapy and Imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(16). 13976–13987. 42 indexed citations
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Wang, Yafang, Lili Liu, Xiangqiang Liu, et al.. (2013). Shugoshin1 enhances multidrug resistance of gastric cancer cells by regulating MRP1, Bcl-2, and Bax genes. Tumor Biology. 34(4). 2205–2214. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanxia, Zhichao Li, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2010). HIF-1α and HIF-2α correlate with migration and invasion in gastric cancer. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 10(4). 376–382. 50 indexed citations

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