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

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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

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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.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Complex water networks visualized by cryogenic electron microscopy of RNA 2025 ·Nature ·Rachael C. Kretsch, Shanshan Li, Grigore Pintilie, Michael Z. Palo, David A. Case, Rhiju Das, Kaiming Zhang, Wah Chiu	5
2	Cryo-EM: A window into the dynamic world of RNA molecules 2024 ·Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·(unknown), Shanshan Li, Kaiming Zhang	2
3	Pathogenic role of PFKFB3 in endothelial inflammatory diseases 2024 ·Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences ·Ling Zhou, Juan Li, Juanjuan Wang, Xuping Niu, Junqin Li, Kaiming Zhang	5
4	An adenosine analog shows high antiviral potency against coronavirus and arenavirus mainly through an unusual base pairing mode 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Ming Li, (unknown), Yao Zhong, Entao Li, Yang Liu, Rui Li, (unknown), Qiaojie Liu, (unknown), Yuxia Hou, Li An, Yaoqin Hong, Shanshan Li, Jiancun Zhang, Wei Wang, Kaiming Zhang, Peng Gong, Sandra Chiu	2
5	Tertiary folds of the SL5 RNA from the 5′ proximal region of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rachael C. Kretsch, Lily Xu, Ivan N. Zheludev, Xueting Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Shanshan Li, Kaiming Zhang, Wah Chiu, Rhiju Das	9
6	Potent human neutralizing antibodies against Nipah virus derived from two ancestral antibody heavy chains 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Huajun Zhang, (unknown), Yanfeng Yao, Ming Li, (unknown), Pengfei Fan, Haiwei Zhang, Ye Qin, Zhe Zhang, Entao Li, Zhen Chen, Wuxiang Guan, Shanshan Li, Changming Yu, Kaiming Zhang, Rui Gong, Sandra Chiu	13
7	A cascaded differential evolution optimization framework with adaptive population allocation and reduction 2023 ·Swarm and Evolutionary Computation ·Yongjun Sun, Kaiming Zhang, (unknown), Zujun Liu	3
8	Phylogenomics insights into gene evolution, rapid species diversification, and morphological innovation of the apple tribe (Maleae, Rosaceae) 2023 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Diego F. Morales‐Briones, Yujie Li, Guojin Zhang, Taikui Zhang, Chien‐Hsun Huang, Peng Guo, Kaiming Zhang, Yihan Wang, Hongwei Wang, Fude Shang, Hong Mā	16
9	3D RNA-scaffolded wireframe origami 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Matthew F. Allan, Shanshan Li, Tyson R. Shepherd, Sakul Ratanalert, Kaiming Zhang, Krista M. Pullen, Wah Chiu, Silvi Rouskin, Mark Bathe	29
10	RNA structure determination: From 2D to 3D 2023 ·Fundamental Research ·Jie Deng, Xianyang Fang, Lin Huang, Shanshan Li, (unknown), Keqiong Ye, Jinsong Zhang, Kaiming Zhang, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang	14
11	A prototype protein nanocage minimized from carboxysomes with gated oxygen permeability 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ruimin Gao, (unknown), Shanshan Li, (unknown), Yufu Tang, Kaiming Zhang, Zhiping Zhang, Quli Fan, Jun Yang, Xian‐En Zhang, Feng Li	18
12	Complete three-dimensional structures of the Lon protease translocating a protein substrate 2021 ·Science Advances ·Shanshan Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Grigore Pintilie, Kaiming Zhang, Chung‐I Chang	12
13	Mapping the catalytic conformations of an assembly-line polyketide synthase module 2021 ·Science ·D.P. Cogan, Kaiming Zhang, Xiuyuan Li, Shanshan Li, Grigore Pintilie, Soung‐Hun Roh, Charles S. Craik, Wah Chiu, Chaitan Khosla	51
14	Structural analyses of an RNA stability element interacting with poly(A) 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Kaiming Zhang, Jimin Wang, Suzanne J. DeGregorio, Anand T. Vaidya, Zhaoming Su, Suzette A. Pabit, Wah Chiu, Lois Pollack, Joan A. Steitz	16
15	Cryo-EM structures of full-length Tetrahymena ribozyme at 3.1 Å resolution 2021 ·Nature ·Zhaoming Su, Kaiming Zhang, Kalli Kappel, Shanshan Li, Michael Z. Palo, Grigore Pintilie, Ramya Rangan, Bingnan Luo, Yuquan Wei, Rhiju Das, Wah Chiu	68
16	Structure of the G protein chaperone and guanine nucleotide exchange factor Ric-8A bound to Gαi1 2020 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Kaiming Zhang, Tung‐Chung Mou, (unknown), (unknown), Shanshan Li, Celestine J. Thomas, Tzanko Doukov, Sarah Triest, Alexandre Wohlkönig, Gregory G. Tall, Jan Steyaert, Wah Chiu, Stephen R. Sprang	15
17	Accelerated cryo-EM-guided determination of three-dimensional RNA-only structures 2020 ·Nature Methods ·Kalli Kappel, Kaiming Zhang, Zhaoming Su, Andrew M. Watkins, Wipapat Kladwang, Shanshan Li, Grigore Pintilie, Ved V. Topkar, Ramya Rangan, Ivan N. Zheludev, Joseph D. Yesselman, Wah Chiu, Rhiju Das	120
18	Structural basis of amino acid surveillance by higher-order tRNA-mRNA interactions 2019 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Shuang Li, Zhaoming Su, J. Lehmann, Vassiliki Stamatopoulou, (unknown), Frances E. Henderson, Lixin Fan, Grigore Pintilie, Kaiming Zhang, Muyuan Chen, Steven J. Ludtke, (unknown), Constantinos Stathopoulos, Wah Chiu, Jinwei Zhang	62
19	Cryo-EM structure of a 40 kDa SAM-IV riboswitch RNA at 3.7 Å resolution 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Kaiming Zhang, Shanshan Li, Kalli Kappel, Grigore Pintilie, Zhaoming Su, Tung‐Chung Mou, Michael F. Schmid, Rhiju Das, Wah Chiu	86
20	Structure of human immunoproteasome with a reversible and noncompetitive inhibitor that selectively inhibits activated lymphocytes 2017 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Lin Bai, Pradeep K. Singh, Naoka Murakami, Hao Fan, Wenhu Zhan, (unknown), Xiuju Jiang, Kaiming Zhang, (unknown), Carl Nathan, Huilin Li, Jamil Azzi, Gang Lin	45

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