Junjie Zai

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Junjie Zai is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junjie Zai has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 3 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Junjie Zai's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (4 papers). Junjie Zai is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (4 papers). Junjie Zai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Junjie Zai's co-authors include Xingguang Li, Wei Wang, Xiaofang Zhao, Wei Ji, Antoine Chaillon, Yi Li, Qing Nie, Brian Foley, Qiang Zhao and Qiang Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Virology, Scientific Reports and Vaccine.

In The Last Decade

Junjie Zai

11 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cross‐species transmission of the newly identified corona... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 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. Cross‐species transmission of the newly identified coronavirus 2019‐nCoV
    2020 655 citations Wei Ji, Wei Wang et al. Journal of Medical Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Junjie Zai China 8 965 261 169 154 149 11 1.3k
Shuyi Zhang China 2 1.0k 1.0× 138 0.5× 105 0.6× 325 2.1× 101 0.7× 4 1.2k
Changcheng Wu China 9 883 0.9× 166 0.6× 422 2.5× 140 0.9× 111 0.7× 22 1.4k
Xingguang Li China 15 1.3k 1.4× 263 1.0× 208 1.2× 161 1.0× 156 1.0× 41 1.9k
Angela L. Rasmussen United States 20 1.2k 1.2× 198 0.8× 212 1.3× 313 2.0× 131 0.9× 40 1.8k
Abdullah Algaissi Saudi Arabia 17 1.3k 1.3× 168 0.6× 309 1.8× 213 1.4× 109 0.7× 45 1.8k
Zhigang Zhang China 12 831 0.9× 128 0.5× 127 0.8× 183 1.2× 104 0.7× 26 1.2k
Samuel M. S. Cheng Hong Kong 17 1.9k 2.0× 206 0.8× 342 2.0× 198 1.3× 140 0.9× 50 2.2k
Colin Campbell United Kingdom 13 1.7k 1.8× 503 1.9× 307 1.8× 128 0.8× 117 0.8× 44 2.3k
NS Zhong China 4 838 0.9× 226 0.9× 139 0.8× 150 1.0× 108 0.7× 5 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Junjie Zai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junjie Zai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Junjie Zai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Junjie Zai. The network helps show where Junjie Zai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junjie Zai

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

All Works

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Nie, Qing, Xingguang Li, Wei Chen, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic and phylodynamic analyses of SARS-CoV-2. Virus Research. 287. 198098–198098. 63 indexed citations
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Li, Xingguang, Junjie Zai, Qiang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Evolutionary history, potential intermediate animal host, and cross‐species analyses of SARS‐CoV‐2. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(6). 602–611. 300 indexed citations
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Li, Xingguang, Wei Wang, Xiaofang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Transmission dynamics and evolutionary history of 2019‐nCoV. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(5). 501–511. 219 indexed citations
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Zai, Junjie, Haizhou Liu, Zhenzhen Lu, et al.. (2020). Tracing the transmission dynamics of HIV-1 CRF55_01B. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 5098–5098. 19 indexed citations
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Vrancken, Bram, Bin Zhao, Xingguang Li, et al.. (2020). Comparative Circulation Dynamics of the Five Main HIV Types in China. Journal of Virology. 94(23). 36 indexed citations
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Ji, Wei, Wei Wang, Xiaofang Zhao, Junjie Zai, & Xingguang Li. (2020). Cross‐species transmission of the newly identified coronavirus 2019‐nCoV. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(4). 433–440. 655 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zai, Junjie, et al.. (2018). Dual monoclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA for detection of in vitro packaged Ebola virus. Diagnostic Pathology. 13(1). 96–96. 10 indexed citations
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Zai, Junjie, et al.. (2016). A new strategy for full-length Ebola virus glycoprotein expression in E.coli. Virologica Sinica. 31(6). 500–508. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xingguang, Junjie Zai, Haizhou Liu, et al.. (2016). The 2014 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa highlights no evidence of rapid evolution or adaptation to humans. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35822–35822. 6 indexed citations

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