Kaiming Zhang

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
130 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kaiming Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaiming Zhang has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kaiming Zhang's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers). Kaiming Zhang is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers). Kaiming Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kaiming Zhang's co-authors include Wah Chiu, Shanshan Li, Grigore Pintilie, Zhaoming Su, Mark Bathe, Sakul Ratanalert, Hao Yan, Fei Zhang, Rémi Veneziano and Michael F. Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kaiming Zhang

121 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Designer nanoscale DNA assemblies programmed from the top down

2016 506 citations Sakul Ratanalert, Kaiming Zhang et al. Science profile →
Measurement of atom resolvability in cryo-EM maps with Q-scores

2020 240 citations Grigore Pintilie, Kaiming Zhang et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers

Kaiming Zhang

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David Wu United States

Jimin Wang United States

Özkan Yıldız Germany

Gang Ren United States

Sergio Marco France

Gert‐Jan Kremers Netherlands

Catherine Vénien‐Bryan France

Yuan‐Chih Chang Taiwan

Kunio Takeyasu Japan

Luda S. Shlyakhtenko United States

David Wu United States

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1.1k ×0.5

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497 ×1.0

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125 ×0.3

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379 ×1.1

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172 ×0.7

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Citations per year, relative to Kaiming Zhang Kaiming Zhang (= 1×) peers David Wu

Countries citing papers authored by Kaiming Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaiming Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaiming Zhang

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

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Kretsch, Rachael C., Shanshan Li, Grigore Pintilie, et al.. (2025). Complex water networks visualized by cryogenic electron microscopy of RNA. Nature. 642(8066). 250–259. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Shanshan, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM: A window into the dynamic world of RNA molecules. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 88. 102916–102916. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ling, Juan Li, Juanjuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Pathogenic role of PFKFB3 in endothelial inflammatory diseases. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 11. 1454456–1454456. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Ming, Yao Zhong, Entao Li, et al.. (2024). An adenosine analog shows high antiviral potency against coronavirus and arenavirus mainly through an unusual base pairing mode. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10750–10750. 2 indexed citations

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Kretsch, Rachael C., Lily Xu, Ivan N. Zheludev, et al.. (2024). Tertiary folds of the SL5 RNA from the 5′ proximal region of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2320493121–e2320493121. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huajun, Yanfeng Yao, Ming Li, et al.. (2024). Potent human neutralizing antibodies against Nipah virus derived from two ancestral antibody heavy chains. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2987–2987. 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Yongjun, et al.. (2023). A cascaded differential evolution optimization framework with adaptive population allocation and reduction. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 82. 101376–101376. 3 indexed citations

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Morales‐Briones, Diego F., Yujie Li, Guojin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Phylogenomics insights into gene evolution, rapid species diversification, and morphological innovation of the apple tribe (Maleae, Rosaceae). New Phytologist. 240(5). 2102–2120. 16 indexed citations

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Allan, Matthew F., Shanshan Li, Tyson R. Shepherd, et al.. (2023). 3D RNA-scaffolded wireframe origami. Nature Communications. 14(1). 382–382. 29 indexed citations

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Deng, Jie, Xianyang Fang, Lin Huang, et al.. (2023). RNA structure determination: From 2D to 3D. Fundamental Research. 3(5). 727–737. 14 indexed citations

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Gao, Ruimin, Shanshan Li, Yufu Tang, et al.. (2022). A prototype protein nanocage minimized from carboxysomes with gated oxygen permeability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(5). 18 indexed citations

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Li, Shanshan, et al.. (2021). Complete three-dimensional structures of the Lon protease translocating a protein substrate. Science Advances. 7(42). eabj7835–eabj7835. 12 indexed citations

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Cogan, D.P., Kaiming Zhang, Xiuyuan Li, et al.. (2021). Mapping the catalytic conformations of an assembly-line polyketide synthase module. Science. 374(6568). 729–734. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kaiming, Jimin Wang, Suzanne J. DeGregorio, et al.. (2021). Structural analyses of an RNA stability element interacting with poly(A). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 16 indexed citations

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Su, Zhaoming, Kaiming Zhang, Kalli Kappel, et al.. (2021). Cryo-EM structures of full-length Tetrahymena ribozyme at 3.1 Å resolution. Nature. 596(7873). 603–607. 68 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kaiming, Tung‐Chung Mou, Shanshan Li, et al.. (2020). Structure of the G protein chaperone and guanine nucleotide exchange factor Ric-8A bound to Gαi1. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1077–1077. 15 indexed citations

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Kappel, Kalli, Kaiming Zhang, Zhaoming Su, et al.. (2020). Accelerated cryo-EM-guided determination of three-dimensional RNA-only structures. Nature Methods. 17(7). 699–707. 120 indexed citations

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Li, Shuang, Zhaoming Su, J. Lehmann, et al.. (2019). Structural basis of amino acid surveillance by higher-order tRNA-mRNA interactions. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(12). 1094–1105. 62 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kaiming, Shanshan Li, Kalli Kappel, et al.. (2019). Cryo-EM structure of a 40 kDa SAM-IV riboswitch RNA at 3.7 Å resolution. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5511–5511. 86 indexed citations

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Bai, Lin, Pradeep K. Singh, Naoka Murakami, et al.. (2017). Structure of human immunoproteasome with a reversible and noncompetitive inhibitor that selectively inhibits activated lymphocytes. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1692–1692. 45 indexed citations

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